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4. The poetry of earth is never dead. - Keats.

5. Either measure would have cost no more than a day's debate. - Burke.

6. They came without a moment's delay.

7. She has had two years' experience.

8. He likes neither winter's snow nor summer's heat.

9. The city was taken after a ten years' siege. 10. The chieftain's pride was humbled.

EXERCISE II.

Select from standard writers —

1. Ten sentences in which possession is indicated by the objective case with the preposition of.

2. Ten other sentences in which possession is indicated by the use of the possessive sign.

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I. Its classification-name the part of speech.

2. Its form-give the inflection, if any.

3. Its construction show its grammatical relation to other words in the sentence.

Parse each noun in the following exercises. Tell

I. The kind of noun.

2. Its number.

3. Its gender.

4. Its case.

5. Its construction.

Example. His eyes sparkled with joy when he heard Jason's reply.

1. Eyes is a common noun, plural number, neuter gender, nominative case, subject of the verb sparkled.*

2. Joy is an abstract noun, singular number, neuter gender, objective case, object of the preposition with.

3. Jason's is a proper noun, singular number, masculine gender, possessive case, depending upon the noun reply.

4. Reply is a common noun, singular number, neuter gender, objective case, object of the verb heard.

EXERCISE I.

1. The lights of the church shone through the door. 2. Nell and her grandfather rose from the ground, and took the track through the wood. -DICKENS.

3. The rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep. - GRAY. 4. I bring fresh showers for the thirsting flowers. —SHELLEY. 5. Strong reasons make strong actions. - SHAKESPEARE. 6. I stood in Venice, on the Bridge of Sighs. - BYRON. 7. I now bade a reluctant farewell to the old hall. - IRVING. 8. A great deal of talent is lost in the world for the want of a little courage.

- SIDNEY SMITH.

* A briefer method of parsing may be followed as soon as the pupil is familiar with the different steps; thus, Eyes is a noun, common, plural, neuter, nominative, subject of the verb sparkled.

EXERCISE II.

1. The eyes of the sleepers waxed deadly and chill. — BYRON.` 2. Is Saul also among the prophets? — BIBLE.

3. The doe lifted her head a little with a quick motion, and turned her ear to the south.-C. D. WARNER.

4. They had now reached the road which turns off to Sleepy Hollow; but Gunpowder, who seemed possessed with a demon, instead of keeping up it, made an opposite turn, and plunged headlong down hill to the left. - IRVING.

5. 'Tis the middle of night by the castle clock,
And the owls have awakened the crowing cock.

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- BIBLE.

- COLERIDGE.

6. A soft answer turneth away wrath. 7. Some have even learned to do without happiness, and instead thereof have found blessedness. - CARLYLE.

8. The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea. — GRAY.

9. Reading maketh a full man, conversation a ready

man, and writing an exact man. - BACON.

10. Charity beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. — BIBLE.

What is a noun? state the difference

LESSON XXII.

REVIEW OF NOUNS.

Mention the two leading classes of nouns and between these classes. What is a collective

noun? What is an abstract noun? State three ways in which abstract nouns are formed, and illustrate by examples.

What is meant by inflection? To what do the inflections of nouns relate?

How do most nouns form the plural? Mention other ways in which nouns form their plurals, and illustrate by example.

Give the plural of watch, piano, potato, donkey, lily, loaf, roof, tooth, ox, sheep.

Distinguish between the meaning of brothers and brethren; fishes and fish; indexes and indices; pennies and pence.

State three ways in which compound nouns form the plural, and illustrate by examples.

Give the plural of larva, alumnus, axis, beau, bandit, seraph. Why do these nouns not form their plurals in the usual way ?

What is gender? How many genders are there, and what does each denote? Mention three ways in which the gender of nouns is distinguished.

Give the feminine nouns corresponding to the nouns hart, monk, nephew, host, master, governor, executor, hero, man-servant.

Tell the gender of the nouns woman, heiress, landlord, doe, waitress, czar, administratrix, guest, friend, witness, cousin, sun, wind, table, house.

How many cases have nouns? What determines the case of a noun? Which case has a special form? How is the possessive case of nouns formed? How is the possessive formed in compound words and phrases? How may possession be indicated without the possessive form? When is this way preferable?

LESSON XXIII.

PERSONAL PRONOUNS.

Mention the pronouns in the following sentences, and tell which denote the person speaking, which the person spoken to, and which the person or thing spoken of:

1. I met a little cottage girl;

She was eight years old, she said.

2. You will be surprised when you read the report. 3. He requested that we should be present. 4. Buy the truth, and sell it not.

A pronoun that shows by its form whether the person speaking is meant, the person spoken to, or the person or thing spoken of, is called a personal pronoun.

A pronoun that denotes the person speaking is said to be in the first person; as, I, we.

A pronoun that denotes a person spoken to is said to be in the second person; as, thou, ye, you.

A pronoun that denotes a person or a thing spoken of is said to be in the third person; as, he, she, it, they.

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