1. "Time slept on flowers and lent his glass to hope.”

ADJUNCT

Of the 1st Predicate, "On flowers,” a Phrase. ELEMENTS. Of the 2d Predicate, "To hope,"

Of the Object,

66 His,"

ADDITIONAL SENTENCES, adapted to the same Diagram.

a Phrase.

a Word.

2. We sigh for change, and spend our lives for ñaught.
3. Willia bes to school, and pursues his study with zeal.
4. James ys at home, and spends his time at play.
5. We shall pass from earth, and yield our homes to others.
6. Fruits ripen in Autumn, and yield us rich repasts.

Other COMPLEX SENTENCES, with variable Adjuncts.

7. "For Spring shall return, and a lover bestow."
8. "The waves mount up and wash the face of heaven."
9. "In silence majestic they twinkle on high,

And draw admiration from every eye."

10. "Its little joys go out one by one,

And leave poor man, at length, in perfect night."

11 "But the black blast blows hard,

And puffs them wide of hope."

12. "Wreaths of smoke ascend through the trees, And betray the half-hidden cottage."

COMPLEX SENTENCES.

1. THE AUXILIARY SENTENCES. SUBSTANTIVE.

1. "That all men are created equal is a self-evident truth. “

{

The Predicate, . {“

ADJUNCT ELEMENTS.

ANALYSIS of the Auxiliary Sentence.

The Subject,... "Men."

PRINCIPAL ELEMENTS. The Predicate, . "Are created."

equal." ("Is,"

"Truth."

}

a Verb and

a Noun.

ADJUNOT ELEMENTS. {

{

Of the Subject,.. "All,". a Word.
Of the Predicate, "Equal."*

ADDITIONAL COMPLEX SENTENCES,

Having SUBSTANTIVE SENTENCES for their SUBJECTS.

2. "I can not,' has never accomplished anything."

3. "I will try,' has done wonders."

4 "That friendship is a sacred trust,

That friends should be sincere and just,

That constancy befits them,

Are observations on the case,

That savor much of commonplace."

* A word substituted for the Adverbial Phrase, “[with] equal [rights].”

ADDITIONAL COMPLEX SENTENCES,

Having SUBSTANTIVE SENTENCES for their OBJECTS.

"Go to the raging sea, and say, 'Be still.'"

But tell not Misery's son that life is fair."

4. "And this to me?' he said."

5. "Cæsar cried, 'Help me, Cassius, or I sink."

6. "While man exclaims, 'See all things for my use,' 7. 'See man for mine,' replies a pampered goose."

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8. Will you walk into my parlor ?'

Said a spider to a fly."

9. "He knew not that the chieftain lay, Unconscious of his son."

10. "He shouted but once more aloud, 'My father! must I stay?"

11. "We bustle up with unsuccessful speed,

And in the saddest part cry, 'Droll, indeed !"

12. "Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Almost thou persuadest me to be

a Christian.""

13. "A celebrated writer says, 'Take care of the minutes and the hours will take care of themselves.""

14 The little birds, at morning dawn,
Clothed in warm coats of feather,
Conclude that they away will roam
To seek for milder weather."

15. "I tell thee thou art defied."

AUXILIARY SENTENCES.-ADJECTIVE

1. "But they that fight for freedom, undertake The noblest cause mankind can have at stake."

ADJUNCT Of the Subject,

ELEMENTS. Of the Predicate,. "For freedom,". a Phrase.

ANALYSIS of the SECOND AUXILIARY SENTENCE.

The Subject,

...

"Mankind." PRINCIPAL ELEMENTS. The Predicate, . . "Can have." The Object,. [That] understood.

ADJUNCT ELEMENTS.

Of the Subject,

Of the Predicate, . "At stake,”. . . .a Phrase.
Of the Object,

Thus analyse and place in the same Diagram the following

ADDITIONAL SENTENCES:

8. And students who love to study merit the highest honors which teachers can give them.

4. And actions which were founded in justice, produced the good results which we had in view.

5. "But such as seek for truth shall find the richest boon which

God to man can give."

6. "And I who bleed for thee,

Shall claim the brightest gift
Which thou canst yield to me."

7. But he who wins at last,

Shall love the very toils

Which fortune round him cast.

THE ADJUNCTS VARY.

8. "He that walketh uprightly walketh surely."

9. "There is something in their hearts which passes speech."

10. "He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction."

11. "I love the bright and glorious sun

That gives us light and heat,"

12. "I love the pearly drops of dew

That sparkle 'neath my feet." 13. "I love to think of him who made These pleasant things for me." 14. "The boy stood on the burning deck, Whence all but him had fled:

15. The flames that lit the battle's wreck, Shone round him o'er the dead."

16. "I love to hear the little birds

That carol on the trees."

17. “Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth instruction." 18. "Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding." 19. “Understanding is a well-spring of life to him that hath it.” 20. "But the noblest thing that perished there

Was that young faithful heart."

21. Thou hast green laurel leaves that twine Into so proud a wreath.

22. Thou hast a voice whose thrilling tones Can bid each life-pulse beat.