17. Through the streets were seen The frequent fire, and heaps of dead in haste 19. There interspersed in lawns and opening glades The lady whispered, while we stood and gazed, 21. To seek thee did I often rove Through woods and on thy green; Still longed for, never seen. 22. Thirty-seven years of sorrow and struggle, chequered with one or two brief flickering gleams of apparent prosperity, made up the poet's span of life. 23. 24. The mountain-ash, Decked with autumnal berries that outshine Miserable they Who, here entangled in the gathering ice, 25. Bold, firm, and graceful, are thy generous youth, 26. We see the multitude sunk in brutal ignorance, and the studious few engaged in acquiring what did not deserve the name of knowledge. 27. Venerated be the spot on which stands the little Church of St. Martin. 28. Before these fields were shorn and tilled, Full to the brim our rivers flowed. 29. The trees which grew in the swamps and forests of the coal period derived their carbonaceous substance from carbonic acid gas and water existing in the soil, and floating in invisible currents in the air. 30. Beyond this flood a frozen continent Lies dark and wild, beat with perpetual storms 31. The mob, excited and delighted by the news, now hurried from house to house, cheering and crying for an illumination. 32. The wild birds shrieked, And, terrified, did flutter on the ground, And flap their useless wings. 33. It was in many a winter walk by the shores of Ullswater, that he acquired a more complete mastery of a spirit tamed by adversity than his former experience had given him. 34. Here the ground Was never trenched by spade, and flowers spring up 35. Intoxicated by such extraordinary success, and wound up to the highest pitch of vanity by the compliments lavished upon him at Court, Settle at once assumed the airs of an established favourite. IV. Miscellaneous Exercises in Parsing. 1. Born in Derbyshire in 1689, he went to a village school, where he became a great favourite with his classfellows. 2. 3. Thus passed the evening away. Bitterly weeping I turned away. 4. Travelling to Oxford on horseback, and spending, no doubt, many weeks upon the rough and perilous journey, young Wycliffe was entered as a commoner upon the books of Queen's College, a newly-founded school. 5. Now recommenced the reign of rest and affection and stillness. 6. There was racing and chasing on Cannobie Lee, But the lost bride of Netherby ne'er did they see. 7. In the earlier stages of society a system of barter exists, by which men exchange their property with each other, and satisfy their wants by parting with their superfluities. 8. Heaven from all creatures hides the book of fate, All but the page prescribed, their present state. 9. The coal glowing in the cheerful fires of our town. dwellings, and diffusing light through the gas-pipes of our streets, is composed of vegetables in which are stored up light and heat derived from the sunshine of distant ages. 10. Here stood a shattered archway, plumed with fern; And here had fallen a great part of a tower. 11. When Alfred was engaged in expelling the Danes from England, and bestowing the rudiments of civilization on his country, the daring sea rovers of Northern Europe had discovered and were forming settlements in Iceland. 12. Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have oft-times no connection. 13. During the peace of Amiens, Jacquard happened to take up a newspaper in a house which he frequented, and his eye fell on a translated extract from an English journal, stating that a prize was offered by a society in London for the construction of a machine for weaving nets. 14. Inverted in the tide Stand the gray rocks, and trembling shadows throw. 15. Having come to terms with Austria, Bonaparte directed his attention to the subjugation of Venice, no longer the Queen of the Adriatic throned on her hundred isles,' but degenerate, weakened and divided. 16. The wet and heavy grass, where feet had strayed, Not yet erect, the wanderer's feet betrayed. 17. The place of our own retreat was in a little neighbourhood, consisting of farmers who tilled their own grounds, and were equal strangers to opulence and poverty. 18. The feast was spread, the sparkling bowl went round, And to the assembled Court the minstrel harped The song of other days. 19. When the morning arrived on which we were to entertain our young landlord, it may be easily supposed what provisions were exhausted to make an appearance. 20. My eye descending from the hill, surveys Where Thames among the wanton valleys strays. 21. Our little habitation was situated at the foot of a sloping hill, sheltered with a beautiful underwood behind, and a prattling river before it. 22. Him portioned maids, apprenticed orphans blest; The young who labour, and the old who rest. 23. He alleged that Flora destroyed the effect of her beauty by an affectation of the grand airs which she had * What is the object of this verb? * probably seen practised at the mock Court of St. Germains. 24. The robin, tamest of the feathered race, Soon as he hears the woodman's sounding chops, Around his old companion fearless hops. 25. The constitution having vested in the king the power of forming a guard for the protection of his person and family, he commenced, soon after the meeting of the Legislative Assembly, the formation of it. 26. Dreams of that which cannot die, Bright visions came to me, As lapped in thought I used to lie, 27. When the first rapturous sensation occasioned by these excellent tidings had somewhat subsided, Edward proposed instantly to go down to the glen to acquaint the baron with their import. EXERCISES IN SYNTAX. Correct the following sentences according to the rules given on page 13. RULE I. 1. The books which my brother bought lies on the table. 2. The account received of those transactions are quite heart-rending. 3. The good opinion of some people are of little value. 4. There is only a few apples in the basket. 5. The growth of the English constitution and laws have been a gradual process. 6. A sudden inundation of the rivers always produce great suffering to those who dwell near them. 7. The junction of the two railways have been productive of great benefit to the public. 8. Each of the books presented to Charles are handsomely bound. 9. The lighting and paving of a country town is not nearly so good as in London. 10. There's two or three of us have seen strange sights. *The pupil must be careful not to parse this word as a participle. † Which verb does the adverb 'instantly' modify? 11. The undisciplined fury and unarmed courage of the Pisidians was unable to check the progress of Alexander. 12. Neither of them are remarkable for precision. 13. Knowing that you was one of my old master's friends, I could not forbear sending you the melancholy news of his death. 14. We should reckon every circumstance which enable them to divide and to maintain themselves in distinct and independent communities. 15. Magnus, with 4,000 of his supposed followers, were put to death. RULE II. 1. Those kind of plants flourish only in warm climates. 2. The lady and gentleman which travelled with us are not related to each other. 3. The reindeer, that useful animal, from whom the savage of the North derives the best comforts of their dreary life, is a ruminating animal. 4. The servant has been waiting in the hall this three hours. 5. No one can tell what may befal them to-morrow. 6. Each of the persons on returning home lost their way for a time. 7. The boy and the horse whom we met yesterday were both drowned in crossing the river. 8. Neither of the four boys are fit to be removed to a higher class. 9. The speaker, in the statement which he made, seemed to have other interests than that of truth and honour. 10. These sort of grapes are the finest grown. RULE III. 1. It is better for you and I to leave things as they are. 2. Who did the boy give the parcel to at the railway office ? 3. They that honour me I will honour. 4. The lady invited my sister and I to the party. 5. Who did you know among the people that we met yesterday? 6. Between Alaric Watts and I no such event occurred to be lamented now. 7. The gentleman who you saw in the park is my brother. 8. Whom do you think were out riding yesterday ? |