EXERCISE LII.

Show the concords of the antecedents and relatives in the following:

(a) "Now glory to the Lord of Hosts, from whom all glories are.”

(b) "Not a pine in my grove is there seen,

(c)

-Macaulay.

But with tendrils of woodbine is bound."-Shenstone.

This sword a dagger had, his page,

That was but little for his age.”—Butler.

(d) "My banks they are furnished with bees,

(e)

Whose murmur invites one to sleep."-Shenstone.

"Then palaces shall rise; the joyful son

Shall finish what his short-lived sire begun."-Pope.

EXERCISE LIII.

Show the concord of each verb in the following with its subject, and quote the rule in each case :—

(a) "I sing the birth was born to-night,

The author both of life and light."-Ben Jonson.

(b) "Blow, blow, thou winter wind,

(c)

Thou art not so unkind

As man's ingratitude.”—Shakespeare.

"Sundays the pillars are

On which heaven's palace archèd lies.”—G. Herbert.

(d) "Can storied urn or animated bust

Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath?"--Gray.

(e) "Our company were now arrived within a mile of Highgate."

(f) "Neither a borrower nor a lender be."-Shakespeare.

-Fielding.

EXERCISE LIV.

Point out the governing verbs and their objects in the following:

(a) "He gave to misery all he had, a tear.”—Gray.
(b) "They made me queen of the May."-Tennyson.
(c) "Thou hast a tongue, come, let us hear its tune."

-Horace Smith.

Death has left on her

Only the beautiful."-T. Hood.

(e) "Methinks we must have known some former state."

(f) "To scatter plenty o'er a smiling land, And read their history in a nation's eyes, Their lot forbade."-Gray.

-L. E. Landon.

EXERCISE LV.

Explain fully the mood of each verb in the following:(a) "Had I a heart for falsehood framed,

I ne'er could injure you."-Sheridan.

(b) "The good of ancient times let others state;

(c)

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I think it lucky I was born so late."-Sydney Smith.

Oh, then, while hums the earliest bee,
Where verdure fires the plain,

Walk thou with me, and stoop to see

The glories of the lane !"-Eb. Elliott. (d) They make obeisance and retire in haste, Too soon to seek again the watery waste:

Yet they repine not-so that Conrad guides,

And who dare question aught when he decides?"-Byron.

EXERCISE LVI.

Distinguish between gerunds and infinitives in the following:

(a) "To gild refined gold, to paint the lily,

To throw a perfume on the violet,

To smooth the ice, or add another hue
Unto the rainbow, or with taper light

To seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish,
Is wasteful and ridiculous excess."-Shakespeare.

(b) "To make mankind, in conscious virtue bold,

Live o'er each scene, and be what they behold:
For this the tragic muse first trod the stage,

Commanding tears to stream through every age.”—Pope.

(c) "Good-night, good-night! parting is such sweet sorrow, That I shall say good-night till it be morrow."-Shakespeare.

(d) "In framing an artist, art hath thus decreed,

To make some good, but others to exceed."-Id.

(e) " 'Giving is better than receiving."

EXERCISE LVII.

Explain all the adverbs, prepositions, and conjunctions in the following:

(a) "Bunyan's famed Pilgrim rests that shelf upon :

A genius rare but rude was honest John."-Crabbe.

(b) "A second man I honour, and still more highly: him who is seen toiling for the spiritually indispensable; not daily bread, but the bread of life."-Carlyle.

(c) "This only grant me, that my means may lie

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Too low for envy, for contempt too high.”—Cowley.

(d) A man that looks on glass,

(e)

On it may stay his eye;

Or, if he pleaseth, through it pass,

And then the heavens espy."-G. Herbert.

"All precious things, discovered late,

To those that seek them issue forth;

For Love in sequel works with Fate."-Tennyson.

ANALYSIS (p. 86).

EXERCISE I.

1. What is a sentence? 2. Of what two parts must it consist? 3. What can form a subject? 4. Define a predicate. 5. What is necessary for the completion of some predicates? 6. Why are these completions called objects?

EXERCISE II.

Arrange in columns the subjects in the following, and say of what each consists:

(a) The potato is wholesome. (b) Eat it. (c) "Hush!" said the mother. (d) "Hurrah!" rang from the ranks. (e) The lazy take most pains. (f) Thinking leads to action. (g) To learn meagrely means to beg eagerly. (h) Who loves not liberty? (i) Amassing wealth oft ruins health. (k) "Bravo!" shouted the audience. (1) Laughing is contagious.

EXERCISE III.

Supply subjects, and so make sentences of the following :

(a)

shall clothe a man with rags. (b)
is a good dog. (d)
discovered America.
deserves play. (h) —

(f)

catch mice. (c) tips the little hills with gold. (e) was killed by Brutus. does not love his home? (i) a glad father. (k) fell great oaks.

(g) makes

EXERCISE IV.

Select the predicates in the following, and say of what each consists :

3. A live dog is 5. The idle pro

1. A cheery old soul lives here. 2. It rains. better than a dead lion. 4. I am not the king. crastinate. 6. The dead alone are happy. 7. We are all here. 8. Charity beareth all things. 9. Heroes die once. 10. No one loves a coward.

Select the objects in the following, and say of what each consists :

(a) We loved him dearly. (b) The preacher cries "Prepare!" (c) Ruskin adores the beautiful. (d) Cats love to lie basking. (e) Each man plucked a rose. (f) Who does not love singing? (g) Friends dislike saying good-bye! (h) Him they found in great distress. (i) He destroyed all. (k) She left none behind. (1) One sailor saved the other. (m) One good turn deserves another.

EXERCISE VII.

Select the objects, distinguishing between direct and indirect :

1. Give the knave a groat. 2. Thrice he offered him the crown. 3. He handed his daughter down-stairs. 4. They handed the visitors programmes. 5. The weather promises the anglers fine sport. 6. The boatswain taught the midshipman swimming. 7. Grant us a holiday. 8. The fox paid the crow great attention. 9. Thomas posted his uncle a letter. 10. The sailor-boys often bring their friends curiosities.