23. "Around Sebago's lonely lake There lingers not a breeze to break The mirror which its waters make." 24. "Cold in the dust this perished heart may lie, But that which warmed it once shall never die." 25. "He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, shall gather it for him that will pity the poor." Let the Pupil place Sentence (25) in the subjoined Diagram. "Our proper bliss depends on what we blame." A COMPLEX SENTENCE. THE AUXILIARY QUALIFIES A PHRASE. 2. What thou dost not know thou canst not tell." 3. "I speak not to disprove what Brutus spoke." 4. "Seek not to know what is improper for thee." 5. "But here I stand and speak what I do know." "To,". "Bless," "The," "Bow," "Of God," ANALYSIS of the ADJUNCT PHRASES. .Introduces the Phrase-connects "bless" with "held." ..Object of "to." .Adjunct of "bow." .Object of "bless." .Adjunct of "bow.” 66 Of". .Introduces the Phrase-connects "God" with "bow." ... "God,". ..Object of "of." "O'er," Introduces the Phrase-connects "mountains" with "smiled." "Mountains,". "Yet," .Object of "o'er." ..Adjunct of "untrod." .Adjunct of "mountains." ☞ Thus analyze the following ADDITIONAL EXAMPLES. 2. "Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it." 8. "Yet do I feel my soul recoil within me, As I contemplate the dim gulf of death." 4. "If we have whispered truth, Whisper no longer." 5. "Speak as the tempest does, Sterner and stronger." 6. "The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness." 7. "Their advancement in life and in education was such that each ought to have been a gentleman." 8 "The sweet remembrance of the just, Shall flourish when he sleeps in dust." 9. "But, when he caught the measure wild, The old man raised his head and smiled." 10. "There are sumptuous mansions with marble w Where fountains play in the perfumed halls." 11. "The earth hath felt the breath of spring, Though yet on her deliverer's wing The lingering frosts of winter cling." EXAMPLES Of SUBSTANTIVE, ADJECTIVE, and ADVERBIAL S Let the Pupil name the Sentence below adapted t and place it in an exact copy, written on the bla 1. "If you would know the deeds of him who chews, Enter the house of God, and see the pews." 2. "The man that dares traduce because he can With safety to himself, is not a man." 3. "And, as I passed by, I heard the complaints of th had reaped down his fields, and the cries of t covering he had taken away." 4. "The time must come when all will have been sa said to exalt the character of any individual of o 5. "Mysterious are his ways, whose power Brings forth that unexpected hour, When minds that never met before, Shall meet, unite, and part no more." 6. "My heart is awed within me when I think Of the great miracle that still goes on, In silence, round me." 7. "When we consider carefully what appeals to our minds, and exercise upon it our own reason-taking into respectful con sideration what others say upon it-and then come to a conclusion of our own, we act as intelligent beings." 8. "Before we passionately desire what another enjoys, we should examine into the happiness of its possessor." 9. "With what loud applause didst thou beat heaven with blessing Bolingbroke, before he was what thou wouldst have him be?" PROMISCUOUS EXAMPLES. 1. "The troubled ocean feels his steps, as he strides from wave to wave." 2. "Beneath the spear of Cathmar rose that voice which awakes the bards." 3. "As they sat down, one said to his friend on his right, 'We shall soon see who is who."" With all the nameless shapes that haunt the deep." 5. "Go to the mat where squalid Want reclines," 6. "Go to the shade obscure where Merit pines," 10. "Wheresoe'er our best affections dwell, And strike a healthful root, is happiness." 11. "A man of refinement never has recourse to proverbs and vulgar aphorisms." 12. "Across the ocean came a pilgrim bark." 13. The bark of the trunk of the white oak is frequently variegated with large spots. 14. The wood of the young stocks is very elastic, and is susceptible of 15. 16. " minute divisions. The flowers put forth in the month of May." Her leaden scepter o'er a slumbering world.” |