and

IO. The books were sent to

II. I would not try if were

or will deliver your message.

12.

Copy the following sentences, filling the blanks with suitable pronouns. Tell in each case why the form chosen should be used:

6. Neither would admit that — was in the wrong.

7. Each soldier carried

8.

own gun.

Happy, thrice happy, every one

9. One who would succeed must learn to think for

IO. The committee has offered to refund the amount which

received from the company.

II. Every man must bear own burden.

12. All men think all men mortal but

13. He was surrounded by a shouting multitude, most of had been born in the country —

he had helped to found.

14. At length they came within full sight of the palace,

proved to be very large and lofty.

What is a pronoun? How does a pronoun differ from a noun? Mention the different classes of pronouns and give examples of each class.

What is a personal pronoun? How many case forms has the pronoun of the first person? How is each used?

Mention the second person singular, and tell how it is used. Give two uses of the pronoun you.

Which person has a distinction of gender? State special uses of the pronouns of the masculine, feminine, and neuter genders. How are the possessive forms of personal pronouns used?

Mention the compound personal pronouns, and tell how they are formed.

Give an example of their use as reflexives; for emphasis.
How does an adjective pronoun differ from an adjective?

Define a relative pronoun. State the distinctions in the use of

who, which, and what. Give a sentence in which as is used as a relative pronoun; in which but is so used.

What is an interrogative pronoun? Name the interrogative pro

nouns.

EXERCISE II.

Parse the pronouns in the following sentences:—

To parse a pronoun, tell

I. The kind of pronoun.

2. Its person.

3. Its number.

4. Its gender.

5. Its case.

6. Its construction.

Example. And then I think of one who in her youthful beauty died.

I. I is a personal pronoun, first person, singular number, common gender, nominative case, subject of the verb think.*

2. One is an adjective pronoun, third person, singular number, feminine gender, objective case, object of the preposition of.

3. Who is a relative pronoun, third person, singular number, feminine gender, agreeing with its antecedent one, and nominative case, subject to the verb died.

4. Her is a personal pronoun, third person, singular number, feminine gender, possessive case, depending upon the noun beauty. n pri ad

I. The moon did not rise till after ten, so I had two hours of intense darkness during which I used my ears instead of my eyes.-M. THOMPSON.

*Or follow a briefer form, similar to the one suggested on p. 46.

2. And what is so rare as a day in June? — LOWELL. 3. Hang around your walls pictures which shall tell stories of mercy, hope, courage, faith, and charity. —D. G. MITCHELL. 4. A few hoped, and many feared, that some scheme of monarchy would be established. — JOHN FISKE.

5.

With merry songs we mock the wind

That in the pine top grieves,

And slumber long and sweetly

On beds of oaken leaves. - BRYANT.

6. I witnessed a striking incident in bird life which was very suggestive. — M. THOMPSON.

7. Hast thou a charm to stay the morning star? — COLERIDGE. 8. He laid him down and closed his eyes. — SOUTHEY.

9.

IO.

Triumphant arch, that fill'st the sky
When storms prepare to part,

I ask not proud Philosophy

To teach me what thou art.—CAMPBELL.

He that only rules by terror

Doeth grievous wrong. - TENNYSON.

LESSON XXXIII.

STUDY OF SELECTION.

THE LANDING OF THE PILGRIM FATHERS IN NEW ENGLAND.

I.

The breaking waves dashed high

On a stern and rock-bound coast,

And the woods against a stormy sky
Their giant branches tossed;

II.

And the heavy night hung dark

The hills and waters o'er,

When a band of exiles moored their bark
On the wild New England shore.

III.

Not as the conqueror comes,

They, the true-hearted, came;
Not with the roll of the stirring drums,
And the trumpet that sings of fame;

IV.

Not as the flying come,

In silence and in fear;

They shook the depths of the desert gloom
With their hymns of lofty cheer.

V.

Amidst the storm they sang,

And the stars heard, and the sea;

And the sounding aisles of the dim woods rang

To the anthem of the free!

VI.

The ocean eagle soared

From his nest by the white wave's foam, And the rocking pines of the forest roared, This was their welcome home!