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l'r('<li c:.te.
Change Simpl e ~ e ntcne eR to Co mpo1111·I .
C011tr:ict Compound Sc11tc11 ces to :"i111id1·.
l·>q•;i.nd S im)> IC :--ie 11 t<"uct<s to C•.111q.J cx .
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EXEl\CISES IN ENGLISH UOMPUSiTION.
EXERCISE I.
SU BSTITUTE Plfl{i\SFS FOi,: TIIE ITA LICIZED W U1'1)S.
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It grew on hi s w1de's fa rm.
J\. week's delay wi 11 do no harm.
He always wears paper co llars.
They too k the r; 1:..;s to the f11lper-miil.
He gave h er a diam o11d rin g.
The Dalles had invaded England .
Most of th e m like Jlattay.
They narrow ly escaped stan111lir/Jl.
It is the hrg-est quadmp,;d in tlic world.
H is name is not on the li st o f voters.

They Ii ;i.cl erected a brazen i m;q.: e.
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II c occupi ·s an z11jl11otlia! pos iti on.
It
would be 11seless to try again .
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r 4 . He infli cted a d eadly wound .
15. The childre n a re very quarrelsome.
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They m ade three s11rccssive attemp ts.
17. The number of the stars is infinite.
18. His conduct was la11d11b!e.
19. The writing- is sca rcely lf',r;ib!e.
20. Give a list of co11t,-111porrrry authors.
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lie waited a11xio11sl_y for the res ult.
She must have done it 1111iule11tiu11a!!y.

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EXERCISES IN ENGLISH COMPOSITION.

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He seems to have actcJ zll(~·rdly.
Th ey visited th e school r ec,;11/l_y.
1-htlterto it has bee n the custom to do so.
l/01cL' you will sec lhc ncccs -; ity of it.
It is 7C'/1<1l/1' s urruunJcJ by water.
l Ie b o re th e p:tin lter oically.
The directors meet a1111urllly.
God is c11ety~vl1t'rc ;1.11d ahua)'S presen t.

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They were walki11 g· b1/ or c me.
She was standing (1<-.ride the g-r: tv<..:.
l could not hear him .for the n o ise.
I I e voted fo r the <11n c nd 111en t.
They would g-o 11ot wit/1s/anrhw: th e rain.
I wrote to him resf<di11. ~· the matt e r.
No one !mt the secretary h<1d seen it.
For these servi ces he received a pe nsion.
I have no inf\lr11i:tti 1lll on that pl)int.
Besides that I have ullin reasons.

Classify the words in thi s list.
It ten ds to ferttli::e the soil.

They had all assetnbled to see it.
He had 01uitted some of the names.
They resolved to execute his orders.
He ridiculed the proposal.
Have you notified the secretary?
The regulation has been abolished.
Try to substitute some other \vord.
The meeting will have to be postponed

EXERCISE II.
SUBSTITUT E WORDS FOR THE 1TAL1CIZl:<:D PH RASES.

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!!is s tateme nt was incorrect.
I shall never for g ct _1·rm r ki11dness.
One ca n scarcely believe l11·r story.
I l e that told you was mistaken.
No11 e that knew him \\·otil d have thought so.
The papers were harder t li :t n tlwsc of last year.
I will co me to-morrow if tk 1t will do.
If you do so you will be so rry for it.
T1V/wt you say may be qu ite true.
He went alon e, 1c/1idz was :-:carcely prudent.

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He accused me of being ung rateful.
Her want of care caused the accident.
They were in tlte same class at school.
There were some jJe(lple from .Nt1r<cay on the boat
The perso1ls looking on cheered him.
The pati e nce s/1mu1t by the tm clzer was won derfui.
He an swered in t/1e llegative.
The p eople listening to !tim Legan to laugh.
There was no contest for th e office of 1lta)'(lr.
Me ntion any words ltaving tlte same meaning.
You may find it of !1011fit t o do so.
~uch a res ult is unlikely tu l111f/t:tt.
The carriage was no wh e re to be seen .
H is conduct was like tlwt of a t)'Yant.
They were nearly of one mind.
His words were scarcely able to be lmrrd
Such a course would be lacl.:z.11g in jurl~· ment.
He saw th e dan~e r lta11Jrilll[ over tltem .
I gave them an amuunt of equal value.

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I t created confu s io n in th e rank s oj tk: 01i:11ty.

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l le 1!lay l1 , t \ ' \ '. d lJ ll c it w i / ltr111 / 1it i11l i11,r;.
S ho w me in 1d111 / ;i'rl) ' }' (Jll tlid it.
1 r c fo 1111 d t li e I 1O l! Se <citIto !{/ a II)' d~!Jim !ty.
The \\ ·: tt cr <i cc pc1 1ed 11.J' d i:<;-rccs.
l fc e xp l; 1i11 ed it in a .fc<u W(ln/s.
l J is an s 11·c r ll':ts i11 1.'<'0 ) ' r n}'t'r"I s : 1t is Lt c to ry.
Th e ;u1 s 11·c r is \\"l'(J fl g· ;;,) '1'11J a d /111/1 /.
A(frr ! It.;.,. d ,1/1.· th e rule wi ll lie c: 11f'qrcccl .

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T spo L c to hi m i 11 nj,·ro/l·,· l o t ha t matt e r.
I s ha ll V l .1\ e i11 off o.s1/it111 l o it.
Th ey tri ed it i11 sf 11t' rif hi s c1ppns iti o n .
I k a pp c;1red ill !1d 1a!.f of tl1e d ek 11d :111t.
No one k 11 ows of it <«1't/1 / /1" 1'. ff1/l il'li 1i/ us.
Y o u m :i y d o a s y o u li h ..: ·i fltdt rt '.~'t lrd lu tktt.
If e s i ~~· 1 ll'd it i11 j'ltlt'1' of hi s b ro th e r.
I I e wa s s t: 11 1d i11 ;..; at .'/1,· /1ad.: o f t li e d e s k.
A vo ice fro m lite i 11.1id1 · (I/ th e niu m repli ed .
Th e y rej t·c ted lite propos:-t l 111adc by 111e.
T!te me th o d r1dof lt'd l1j l/1,. 111 is s impl e.
T b ro11 g h t m y b(J1J k a nd t/;,: f!ool u f my brother.
F 'i ·o y ptrson th at sa w it :-..t id so.

5 r. Th e n e ws w ill 111t!l1-· t li ~· ir h c : 11·h .>:lt 1d.
52. It ma v ha ve /urti t"ts on:::·i1t in t l1i s \\'ay.
53. Wh o :ra1;c yu u 1rnl/1ort°I)' tu d <> t l1: tt?
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tl:11t r/,·sl a n d Llke tilt: ones on ths.
/] 11y (11/ t' !l1rrt \ 1· i s l w s rn ;1y h ave a co py.
He \\' ill re ma in , i f you thi nk /1/s r «111t1t'11 i11J:· 11 ecessary.
I t o ld hi s f:tt h c r, a 11d hisfal!trr p u nis hed him severely
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IT c s;e m s to have lost :n ::;/1t ti/ t h is fac t.
Th ey -zoo1t a/011g· w ill! us t o th e s t <tt i< Jll.
li c / (}!111d / m dt w itlt us for d oin g- tl1 .1t.
Jlave th ey Geen 111adi: a «etrrt..' o f' o ur ;trriv:d?
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I shall h;cv e t o 111td . ·,· so 1111' d11111_(·1·s u 1 it.
It is hard to g et them 011 t l1j //1 e r l 1ots.

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W e v o t ed .fur ils a d of l ion.
I am d o in g thi.s t o b, ·11 1jil )'Oll .
I s h e lik e ly t o rt'C1'h-1· 1!11: rr/ f oi1t111101/?
T h at is the q ucs t i( >11 / ,1 be t11 11.1·1d t'J'l'd l') pm.
Th e jud ge orde red its i11sla 11t ro 11on r!.
I [c was stan d in g !" ·.11dl· lt!'r at the time.
S o sayi11g he !cit th e roo 111.
After a /011g scardt th e y fo und it.
H e w e nt t he re 1uit/1 1/11 · i 11/01tion of u111t 1i11 1.11.~.

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B rin g· !lie boo k s

He was quite sober, a11d !tis UL'LllJ}' (jttili: s11!1<r s u rprised me .
1 n 't y< J ll S:l)' )'ii /{ 'lt 't i!tf IO •),'11?
If you want to g o w l1y Lo

H e s tood tlic ;-c 1c •i !l1 11/ >j'rrr,·11t 111tcfl111 -,I11.

H op ing to recm h·r it h e rn ;td e an o t he r a ttempt.

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EX E l{C ISES IN ENGLISH C

H e was cha rged with t/;e com 111fr~irm o.f the crime.
He treated the proposal in a co11 !011p!11 1111s manner.
We h aJ no ch:rnce o.f seeing· it at work.
Did you find. it dij}icu!t tl soh1e?
Th ey live at 110 .~r,·a t disti111ce fn.>111 he re.
He answered wi t ho ut lu:sitati1tg .for a m om en t.

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SUBSTITUTE C LAU SES FOR TUE ITALI CIZED WORDS.

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Give it to the tid.:d agent.
They stopped at a ·w a)'stde inn.
I met him d urin g a rcct!11t vis it.
Th;:it w ill be the i1101itable res ult.
The sc;tl is an a111plul1imts ani mal.
We fi11 d traces of it Ci'CJ)'<ultere.
They arri vcd /t 11c.rpi.:c1t:dly.
Ile did not a ct !tonorab!y.
The a ttcrn pt was apparml/y succcssful.
I shall always rememb e r it.
Fearing dday he sta rted fo r hom e.
Two of th e m pleaded ill11i.:ss.
They came a11d begged a ssisl 1n1ce.
Cu11t rary to e.1f.dal1.on he was 11 11 s 11 ccessful.
I will show it to yo u after di1111er.
The teac/1a's explanati on was q uite co rrect.
Fi 11i ,Ji 1t and tlwt y o u may go.
He is agent fo r a ltfe insura11re Co m pany.
I sa w him ta ke it ;ind I told him so.
W is/1 ing to e'-l rn some money I accepted /1is offer

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I d id not hear tlte speech w!ttdt J'Olt 111adr.
He ga ve them an :rn s wc r 'w/ad1 did 110! s!llis/)1 t/1.-111.
She returned to t/1e to wn w/1at! .du· !tad (1,·,·11 /111r11.
Here is a copy of the repo rt wli dt is issued every
J'ear.
I t gro ws on a spo t w!ticlt cmlllot be reaclta l.
He exp ressed it as a p oet would oJress it.
He answe red wlten lie was n ot t/1i1tli11,f(.
Y ou must bring him back wk·tlter !te z·s living or is
rlmd.
l.f I admit t hat wh:it docs it prove ?
If !te is rlc.fcalcd it will di ::ico ur a ;:,; c him .

Il e seemed to expect / /;11 / !te wr/l/ld he f11ni.d11·d.
Tkrt lie rk11irs i"t (>11ly m ;tLcs tl1 e nntt cr worse.
Boo ks like 7eiltat )'Oil see a re c.tsily de stroyed.
I //!toc1f('r 7:c is/1es may have a c li :uice to try.
He m ay have sa id so b ut I don' t believe tltat !te
said so.
J ti '> m cn ti (n1 e <l in th e chapter 7u/nd1 comes f!1fore //tis.
H e will probably fe ig n t /1tr / !te is insane.
They erect ed a pbtro rm 1u/11d1 1c·ill do .for a time.
If you do n't want it just say t!tat )'o.lt rlo11't 1cw1 t it.
He did it o ncL and afte r lie did it once I would not
tru st him.
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SunST ITUTE CLAUSES FOR THE ITALI C IZC D PHRASES.
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I a m s o rry .for lmvi11g do ne it.

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i \ bdy 1:/ //~)' tT1'1/ lltl/11 /111tC1: tu]d Ille.
1 have 111 1 c t:-.: c l o l <1/ ii i11.
\\ili1 ) is the rn;t11 "· , ·1/l t / /;,· <1•/;il!' /1r1t ?
I s hall be th e firs t tu s;:~.-11 tf
Tl1 cse arc tl 1c q ucsti () ns _f;1r )'Oii 111 c1 JJ;sirler.
E ve n tea chers 1 ~/ 1Tf<'ri1.:1tl°l.' rn :tkc tlt i'i rni s take
l f e is n o t th e 11 1;rn lo rc:jNsc sud 1 a 11 1'(/;' r.
Anothe r thin g· Ill' / lo /;c J or.:;·o //<11 i.s this.
N u t a d :iy p:1ssc.s :, ·i. /1//{ tt so11ti,· rll'u d ,·nt.
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l I c ;tc tul I d·, · a f ool.
wuuld lw li>1ili s l1

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They waited f 1r 11s l o 11·: ·fftrrl1: tk·m.
Ry so riot·, ( ~ y o u ll'ill gr eatly oldi ,'.: e us.
Jo rlt'l'o· z,,; 1/1,·m li e 11·r, 'le :1 let kr t\) lier.
You ca n't su cceed ·1L·1/11t111 t !ti.> /; d j>.
He bh 111 cd us j.ir 11 c;/ 111'!'1f'l11t ::
T/1i: 'i t 'lil I.: !1c ·i11,i.:· ji1t1'.d11 d th ey al I \".'C nt home.
Ile s Ltrt cd f1Jr h ome / 11 .')'Iii: rI lillr 1 rdz•ice.

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Th e 11 c 11·.s ('.! ltis r!,~fi-rrt h;td rea ch ed I .u 11don.
\ Ve 11·c11 l L·:1rl y i11 ord 1·r t o gd Lr.;·11t1il s 1·a/s.

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I I c pr1.: tc n clc d l o /!1: r~(r1 11d.
She ll1rca tu1 c d l o Id! her (1 rol/1cr.
Ir c rcpc:l tcd It is .fr 1r 111t"r Sit/ IL'Jll<'lt t.
Lxphin J101tr 11111d c of soh•i11/; 1t.

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EXERCISES IN ENGLISH COMPOSITION.

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I l>cgan t o doubt !tis siuc,;rity.

35 . 'vVc h;cve no co nfi<lence in your sta/1?Jit1'llf.
_,6. Ile lived i n t!te reign of Qttci·n E!i:: rr/ tit.
37. They warned us not to e.1pat VU)' J111tck
38. !!is telling tltelll makes the 1ri:i.t tcr worse.
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C;rn you show me ltuw to 111al1; £t?
The proposal to divide it equally see ms fair.

EXERCISE VlI.
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I was not aware tlwt !te Wlrs a/;sot t.
I I c c 1aims t!ta t lte 1uas t!te jird /1J see it.
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feel that it is a ve;y g reat !1 01wr.
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5. I admit tlwt s1tclt a res11/t is p ossLMe.
6. There is no doubt tlwt !ti:: !ttrs tall'n it.
7. I cxpectc<l tlwt !te wo11/d r!IJ~·r 1111: 1l s/;rrre.
8. l le co uld not tell us 1e>l1at c1ws,·d ii.
9. The fact tlml !lt1)' are 111/r.;lt/!ors 11ukcs it worse.
We have no gu; tr;u1t ce lkrt i't z·s J:'1·1u11.1t1'.
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Is there no way in wludt you cmt 11101d /t?
He expla ine<l the mode i1t 11•!11d1 it is (lp, ·r 11 /t'd.
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13. Is that th.-:: reaso n tlwt )'(l tt are so !1rte ?
14 Any m a n w /;o /ws co11111101t sc11se kno\\'s that.
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is the Lies t thin ~~ //;11/ c1111. /!e do1t c.
That is no t a question 7e/11dt !te 011.r;-/11 l o d ,·c/de.
No o n e \\'ill b e admitt e d w/10 lws lt(I/ a 1/cld
Jt is Guilt o r1 the spot <11!1a1 · fill' (J/d j.1rt stood.
He left th e very clay tltat ·w e arri·ui:d.

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Do y o u remember the reaso ns tltrtl hi' ,~r1771e?

I ha vc b ee n very busy si1ff1· I rd!(rl! t'd.
Sile n ce p 1-c \·a ilcd wlul i: lie 7f'<H .1p,·al1'11g .
23. T h e y we nt cl ose r //wt t/11')' 1111:~r/; / /1mr bi:tter.
24. l.f ) 0 11 w ork /1ard you may be in t im e.
25. Il e will be so rry w/1m !te/1c1trs o.f it.
2C. l.f I /1,zd a lt'!tle ltdp I co ul d fini s h it t o -day.
27 . 1I c p raised th e Ill /1,·1·t111sc tlt1)' 1111s:uc·r,·d so ·<fie!/.
2S . \Nhy d id y o u not do as I did?
29. A.Jfr r !11: !tar! / /t, 1 11~~·!1 1 .for a !1'tlle h e recall ed it?
30. The sn o w was so deep that we CO!(/d not frocl·1.:d.
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l Ic was t nu cliecl w/101 he saw t llf ir 1111'.l'CIJ'.
l.f t/m/ t'.-; ml111il!t'd the r c .~ t f() ll1•\\· s.

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No 111 :1 11 1u/w n"j/'1'd ." !1 i111sd.f \\'u t1ld d o it.
You 1rn1 s l not g o 11 11/, ·ss sh" .!: 1·.-·1 s )'Iii( /,·ail/!,
Pi c k ot tt all t /1,1st· 1!111 / 11u / r,1l,.11 .
Il e felt C(>11(1d c nt //tat /1c c111rld j i11tl it.
lJo you re m e mb e r /1 0 ~ < · 11111d1 t'/ r (Js/?
I ca n sh o w you th e way that it is {lff'ltt'rl.
I s hall n :111 c rnhe r it as /011 ::· rlS I h w .
H<.: i11 s is ts !Ita l ·.-"c shrdl ,111 ·0 111/all)' /;im .

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F.NOLISR COM l'O ::; JTION.

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4. Write simple sentences co ntai nin g (a) a p re positinn
phrase a nd a n infi n iti ve phras<.:, ( b) a pre pos itio n
phrase and a parti c ipial phrase, ( c) an in fi n it ive
phrase and a p a rticipial phrase.
5. Write s imple se nt e nces containin g (a) a noun phr:-ise ,
(b) an adj ec tive phrase, (c) an adverbial phr:N .:.
6. Write s imple sentences co ntainin g (a) a n oun phrase
an d an adjective p hra se, (b) a nou n ph ra se a nd
an a dve rbi al phrase, ( c) an adj ective ph ra se an d
an adverbial phrase, ( d) three adv c rL1i:tl phr:1s1.·s.
7. Writ e simple se nt e nces to sho w tha t a prq Jus itional phrase may h a ve the value of (17) an a dject ive, ( b) an adv e rb.

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\tVr ite s imple se nte nces t o sh o w th :tt an infi n it ive
ph rase may have th e value of ( a) a nou n, (b)
an adj ec tive, (c) an adverb .

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Wri te simple se nt e n ces to show th at th e s.1 rnc
ph ra se, e.g., "in th e ga rd e n," "to s ec the show,"
may have diffe re nt g rammatical va lu es.

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Write si mple sentences containin g ( a) a pred icate
n o min at ive, (b) an appositive, (c) a numi n ~ttive
absolute, ( d) an aclverl.Jial obj ec tive.

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Writ e simple sente n ces in whi ch th e predi cate ~ h a ll
consis t of (a) a t rans itive verb follow ed by a
direct obj ec t with m odifyin g wo rd s, (b) an intra 11 sit ive ve rb m o difi ed by a n adverbial a dju nct,
(c) an in t ran sitive or pass ive ve rb followed by
a n adjunct relatin g to the subject.
Write simple sen te nces to sh o w the different p us itions an infini ti ve J-!hrase m ay occupy in the
analysis of a simple sentence.

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l 111p1.· r;ttiv c ;u1cl Opt.tt i\·c :--.i1 11plc Sl'llt cnccs.
\ \!r il e s i1 11p lc sc nll'n u s n 111l:1 i11i 11g- (a ) a ll the· p:trts
of speec h, ( /; ) the ~; 11 11 c \\' urd u.-;cd :1s diff1.-r<.:nt
p:-irts o f speec h.
\Vri te s impl e sente nces c ont;·1i11i n ~ (a) a pr('pos 1t1o n
p hrase, (/; ) an infini ti ve pl iras <.: , (c) a partici p ial phrase.

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EXERCISES IN

Write simple se nt e nces to show that the same verb
may be us ed tr:11 is itivl·ly or illtransilive ly.
\Vrit.e s imple se11tc11ces to s l1ow tli e different :~ram­
rn:ttical value:; that word s in ing· may have.

EXERCISE IX.
(!IAN(;J:'. THE SUJ:lll,l il NX IT CLALISJ·:s TO C LAUSES OF
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No one will be ad111itt ed \1·lio ha s nut paid the fee.
Boys must b e p u11i s lied if tli cy h re;1k the rules.
\V lH •evc:r told you that was rnist:-tken.
1\11y Oil<.:: tli:tt tries it \1·ill find hi s mi s L1ke.
\ Vhaleve r prlldt1 ces su c h r esults is i11juriuus.
Show m e where )llll kit it.
I don't rcm crn bcr i1 1 11 h: tt yea r h e: dic:cl.
I pity his s<in, 11· Ji , , \1·ill li:t \T t() ! war the bl:tme.
l l e bla lllcd me:, 11·li1 l h :1d 1 l<1tliin~ tu do\\ itli it.
The lwu sc staml...; br
its elf, \1·hich i..; an adv;u1L t"e
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li c bccb111 cd to hi s ll Wl1, \\·ho ;it once adv:rnc cd.
l't·rh:11)S this, whi c h is smaller, 11i:ty suit yo t1 lxtter.
Let us app oint a C()I1ll11iLLce which m ay inquire into
it.
l \\'OulJ have go ne if they m iu ld lLt \"C let me.
J\ man would u11ly be lau :._: hed at if he did so.
/\. m:111 \\'Ould IJCJL b,:Jic vc it un k'i'i he s:t\1· it.
H any one 11· ic; )i,_·-; h e: 11ny li;ive a copy of it.
The re is 11ot <L b. ')' i 11 t li c c 1:1< ,.; li11 t ], 11"w:, i t.
The cli;111 g c.'i that :tn: s11n : t11 C< •l li \; l J u 11 ' t fc<tr tu see.
\\lli ;1t can't be curcJ llllht l>c cndurcJ.

E:-.:GL i ::J ll COMPOSITION .

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EXERCISE X.
(JTANGE T l1E VO! C I·: OF THE V E RTIS.

The papers give a full report of it.
They have offered him a n incre;i.se o f sala ry.
She will never forg e t the scene.
Did any one speak to you about it?
He has not received any applications.
None of them h ad seen the report.
Teachers often lose si:;ht of this fact.
They have sometimes found fault with me.
None of the speakers m ade any refercnce tu it.
Has any one tried the plan that he spoke of?
She is highly esteemed by them.
Was anything done by the Committee?
No meetings have been he ld by the society.
He had been prescntc<l with a cane by his pupil-:.
It could not ha ve been written by either l\lary or
her.
Has thi s method ever been m;i.de use of?
Instances may be met with every day.
No notice should have been taken of it by the
chai rm an.
Nothin g will ever be known of their fate.
His fe c:li ngs may be better imagi ned than dc:scribed.
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The report states that three meetings of the Committee were held .
The names are n ot given in the paper he sent us.
N obouy will ever know where he was buried.
Have any changes been made since he visited the
school.
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EXEll(' IS l·:s

He was see n to pick up the paper t h at she dropped.
The opporlt11 1ity he gave them w ~1 s taken advantage
of.
He soo n go t rid of the money that was left him by
his t1nclc.
The in ge nuity they displayed coulJ hardly be surpassed.
It \v0tild neve r have been known that she wrote it.
She docs no t take any not ice of the things that are
said al..Jout her.

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EXERCISE XI.
SUBSTITUTE EQUIVALENT FORMS OF EXPlZESSION

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I shall g ive it my hearty support.;
He had no recoll ec tion of it.
They offered no objection to the scheme.
She gave an accurate des cription of it.
We had no suspicion of its exi stence.
I have no knowledge of the matter. ,
They made fre qu e nt comp la int s of his severi ty.
The suppl y 'was in excess of the d e mand:
Jt made a s trong impress ion on them.
He had no intention of leaving.
It has o nly an irna g-i na ry e xistence.
They all prom ised th e sam e thing-.
Th ey g.we him an ent hus ias tic \\'elcome. '
He m ;1de a tho rou g h examina ti on of it
T he attemp t completely fa iled.
I shall conside r it carefully.

IN ENGLISH COMPOS IT ION.

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He derived g reat b cn efi. t from its use.
We <lid no t succeed very well.
You mu st be m o re rc ~ ular in your allc11J a nce.
l [i s rep ly did n o t satisfy th em .
That will increas~ the diffi culty o f th e task.
IIe divided the properly eq ua lly.
They met with a very kind rece ption.
The committee h as d ecided wis e ly.
He had the chi e f command o f t he ir forces .
I have vi s ited the schoo l several tim es .
Tl1ey attempted it three times in su ccess io n.
Thei r fiercene ss rende rs th em an ol..Jj ect of dread to
eve ry one.
I-Ie inflicte d severe punishm ent on th e m.
Ne was held in the highest respe~t by all his neighbors. '

EXERCISE XII.
EXPAND INTO COMPOUND SENTENCES.

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Th e t rees m et overhead, fo rmin g an archway.
He started for lwnH\ pro mi s ing to rctmn next day .
Taking off my skJ.tes I wcnd ed my way to the
h o use.
Not havin g expected u:-; they were n ot prepared .
After a short re st he re s umed hi s j o urney.
He ate the food g iven to him.
Alarm ed bv thc:-;e rep o r t:s t he y decid ed to ret urn.
IIe would
accq; t my (1 :f~ r.
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Neither of the ap plica nts was s ucc essful.
I kept him in for mi ::>s ing his lesson.

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Either <i f t h could h:tvc ;ui:-; 11l.' rcd it .
There :tre ulhns t o hl.1111c lx:s idl.'s hi111.
On a secunJ tri :tl lie 11·:1s more succes~·Ju(

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Two fri g:llcs escaped u11ly t o be c1p tmed 11 ex tclay·
J\11 ou r :itt e 111pts to do so 11 cre fruit less.
On further cu1 1s ide r;1 tion I lia1·e cil.'cidL·d t o re ma in
\\Tith all th y faults I love the e sti ll.

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The ball passe d throug h it without doing- u1uch
h :trm .

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\ Vith this :1d1·icc I le;we you to fi 11ish it.
I g ave it away not cxpect in ;; t u n ee d it aga in.

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EX F.HC IS ES IN ENO LISH

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CoNT 1 ~ 1\ C T J J\TO s1i\11·1x :-;1·J\T FN< 1-:s.

Th ere wa s ll•,tl1i11 g more to d o and

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He \\':lS ill J.llll co 11scq t1e ntly u1 ul1lc to :1ttc nd lo it.
I wrote hilll a letter but he li as n ot :111 s ll'c re d it.
The stci.ternent may be true but I du uiJt it.

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I clid n o t know th at anJ th e refore g ave him
letter.
I le refus ed to go and I know the rl-<tso n.
Ne ith e r this ans11·cr n o r that is corre c t.

A bolt broke and tlii ·; ctuscd anothe r delay.
The m oney 11·;cs paid and l ctn prnve it.
I up set it but I did not i11 tc11d t o do so.
Such a resul t is p ossib le and that I hav e n ot denied.
H e ap pl ied for a p:1s:-: b ut his req ues t w:t s r e fused.
F inis h thi s and th en y o u nn y g o.
He wmk cd l uo hard and con su1u e n t ly inj urcd his
heallh.

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He fa iled :rnd so did hi s brothe r.
I vi s ited it a SlT01 1J time but fu u11cl n o irn pro\·c111c11t.
He professeJ to r eg-ret it but l d, ubt hi s s in ce rity.
His h ealt h return ed and \\·ith it hi s hop es r e\' i\'C<l.
He failed many ti111cs but th;ct did n ot make hi111

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lose h ea rt.
S o m e o f the cand id ates tri ed it bu t n one of tlielll
s u c ceeded in solv in g it.

EXPA ND 101 T O CU\ ll'U:X

EXERCISE XIII.

POS IT I ON.

EXERC I SE XIV.

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Fc:1 r in g- to be su rro unded they decided to rdreat.
Is th e r e any h o pe of hi s fincl i11 g it?
He was ;rn :-.: io us to lu ve the doctor se c h e r.
Tel l rn c the rn e. u1 i11 g of th e wurd.
Expb in the co11st ru ctio n of the ma c hine.
Ile see ms to doubt y o ur sincerity.
He is almost ce rtain t o fo r ge t about it.
He di s c o v e r ed it a cc id e nta lly.
It w ill be h e lt e r f1ir you to a ccu rnp:11 1y us.
ITcr telii11 ~; y o u that makes 11 0 differe nce.
It be lo ngs to a bdy of ir1 y :1cquai11Lt11cc.
I sec 110 oth e r 111 c;1ns of aco1 111plishi11 g it.
It isn't a vict o ry for a11y one to boast of
He was th e seventh king- of t h :i t nam e.
She re turn ed to her fo rme r res id e n ce:
IIi s s uccessor will ha ve a difri c til t t ask.
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He showed me som e goods o f hi s m111 manu factu re.
A marbl e p illar marks the scene of the inter view. '

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EXEHCI SES IN El\GLI SII COMPOS I T ION.

Nobody but you would do such a thing.
On rny c:1llin g attention to it h e correc t ed it.
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ITe wa s too t ir'-·d t o go any farthe r.
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- .)· To :--,<r~1in tim e h e 11udc an o ther offe r.
It happcn c~I in the rvi g n of George III.
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2 5- \Vi th th is warnin g he di smi ssed them.
20. The work bei ng finished they all went home.
27. \\Tith al l thy f:tt1 lh I love thee st ill.
28. I could not h;1vc clone it with o ut hi s help.
2C). I Jc \\·u uld b e fo< 1lish to g ive them a nothe r ch:i.nce.
30. That e \·e11t (J CC u rrccl a g reat many yea rs ago.
3 I. It pnssc s·;es 11i. 11 1y cornine ndabk featu res.
32. They will h :1vc a ch .u1 cc to show their in ge nuity
33- They all think me fo(Jl is h to trust him.
34. 1-Ic hurried ]11 1111e with all possible s peed.
35 . I warned liirn of the probable C<inscquc nces.
36. Grc< Ltly to o ur s nrpri sc not one was mi ss ing.
37- They were kn<11\'11 to be prepari ng for it.
30. It was a great 1ni s tak c ' for him to w ri te the letter.
39- In t<pitc of o ur w :t rnin ~· he repeatuJ the a tt e mpt.
40. S11akc-charini 11 g is 11ot con f1n cd to India.

EXEHCISES JN ENGLISH COMPOSITION.

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I feel that this is a ~rcat honour.
Jiave you any pmof tli;tt he t oo k it l
T h e re is no do u bt tli:i.t ht s;tid so.
It is not lik e ly th at s u c h a rc s11 1 t will ha ppen .
I notified hi1n th:1t the i-:oods l1aJ arrived.
I Iave yo u heard ho w t:ltc tr ial n.:.-; ult cd?
He left orders t h at they were to Ge sent uy the boat.

Secreta ry.
The acre in which we live is n ot ed fo r inventi o ns.
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He stayed with us wh ile the tr ial was gomg on . ,
I di d not hear the name of the ge ntleman that spo1-<e
last.
It was n ot ti ll th e n that I missed it.
Wh e n h e was fourteen years old b e left home.
It was so dark that we could not sec it.
You will greatly oblige me if y o u will do that.
It is evide nt that he was g reatly to blame.
The quest io ns were m o re d ifficult than they usually

If you do that you will show that you are si ncere.
When he lea rn ed how much it was worth he was
greatly elated.
He s h o wed that he appreciated the services we had
r ende red .
As he was an entire stranger he did not know where

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he ought to go.
She promised that sh e would lend me the b ook t hat

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I mi g ht r ead it.
It was not till next day th a t he discovered the mis-

CONTRACT I i\TU SI /11l 'LI~ ~ ; I·:NT ENCES.
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He explai ned how matters stood .
I was n ot aware the he had b roken the rule.
Those who de s ire to co mpe t e must notify the

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EXERCISE XV.

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tak e that h e had made .
The w ay in whi c h h e a ct ed arou c.;ell the sus pi cio ns
of th ose wh o h ad bee n left in ch:i.rgc .
lt w ou ld tal..:e m e too lo ng were I t o describe all
the won<l er ful things that we saw.

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I felt inclin ed t o do u bt w h et her the s tat e ments he
mad e we re correc t.

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I hope th;tt I s hall find yo u al l h e re wh e n I return .
He does n ot deny that th e cbim \vhi ch th ey make
is just.

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Is the re no way in which we
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t es t wh e th e r it is
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It is probable that the o ffe r which h e ha s made will

Le accepted .
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I wrot e to him and exp la in ed fully what had caused

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The q11 cs tion whi ch we have t o cons id e r is h o w we
urn pre\-CIJt these evi ls .
A s the proprietor was not 1n I tl1o ugh t that it was
bette r n ut to wait.
It was a g re ed that th e man se s h o uld lie built on the

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lot which adj o in e<l the c hmc h.
T h ose wh o li ved in th e vi c inity b ecame alarmed
a n d applie<l t o the l\Ltyor fo r prot ec li<>Il.
It w;-i s a g reed th at n o p u pi l \\· ho w;1s over fourt ee n
years nld slio 11l d he ;1ll1111T11 to co 111pde.
I Ie n ·;1d a p ;1p e r in \1·hi c li li e dcscrilJed the m ode in
whi c h th e ope rat io n is u s u;li ]y perfo rm ed .
He will be very so rry whe n he lea rns that you
l1ave failed in the altc111pt which you nude.
The fe ar \1·hi ch h e fe lt that th ey might esca pe while
h e \\'a-; ab,;ent re nd e red him un easy.
There is no dnubl that they will be s urpri sed when
they h ear tktt he has escaped.
vVh e n h e was in lormed that the e n e my we re appro:ic hi 11g· h e ga ve o rders that the g;i tes should
be cl osed .

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Lon g b efo re h e r sente n ce had exp ired h e ha d becom e co nvin ced t h at she was inn ocent of the
crime that was cha r;: ·d again s t her.
I am quite aware how important it is that we
s h o uld sec ure th e co -upe rati o n of all that are
e 11 ga~ed in the work.
\ Nh c n h e ret urn ed to the little vilh ;.;e wh ere he had
been born he found that hi s pare11ts we re still

livin g.
He att e nded careful ly to the in s tru c ti o ns that his
employer gave him, and th e co nse4 u c 11 ce was
that h e soo n beca me p roficient in th e duties
th:it Jcvoh-cd on him .
As they had L tr11 ed fr o m th e deserters how 11-c~1k
the defenders we re they h a d n u J u ul Jt that they
w o uld be able to capture th e fort.
He fir ed his g un in th e h ope that the rL port mi ;..: lit
attract the att e nti o n o f some fftl' ll tli;1 t 11 e re
w o rkin ;,; in the mc td ow that a dj oined the
swamp.

EXERCISE XVI.
Ci £ANGE FR Oi\r C0;-..1 p1 lU ND To Cn;.. 11' 1.Ex.

4.
5.

You as k ed me a qu e-;t io n a nd l have an-;w c re d it.
You mu s t do it o r I sh;t!l Ju ve t o pu11i sh you.
He w o uld have g-cJne but the ductor \l"<>t1ld n ut let him.
Th e s tatc111 cn t is fal:-;e and he kn o w:-; i t
You hav e rea so n to fear them but he has more

6.

She w as sor ry to lea vc and 1 am equa lly sorry.

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EXErtCJSES IN E'.\GL IS II COM P OSITIO N.

EXF.llCfSES IN El\GLISH COMP OS ITION .

7.

They did n ot know th e ir lesson and so he kept
th e in in.

8.
9.

It was too h e;-ivy to carry ;rn d so w e had t o leave it.
He is n e:-irly n inety b ut is s till active a nd c h eerful.
IIe m ::i.y h ;ive t;-ikc n it but I hardly thi nk so.
She g ave it t o one o f th e boys Ln:t I fo rget his name.
I
was ve ry ill b11 t st ill li e tri ed t o fini :-;J1 it.
I le o pened the doo r and a t o nc e the flames burst
forth.

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19.

I fo und it in the dra we r and I left it there.
Solll e one tcild him or h e \\' Ou ld n eve r h ave found it.
A boy ha d see n it fall and had pi c'.,ed it u p .
I know li ttle about it l>ut h e kllows eve n less.
I I e sa id so m ething about it but I could n o t hear it.
Fi!lish this and the n I will le t y o u go.

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Ile tried several keys L>ut n o ne of th e m would fit

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As it is g rowing la te I s h all n o t d eta in you .
I2 . He sc nt two m ess en ge rs, n e ith e r of w ho m returned.
13. Sh e would h ave b ee n late if s h e h :.id n ot go t a ri de.
14.• She w as jus t as much fri g htened a s I \1·.is.
15. The seco nd pape r w as even hard e r than th e firs t.
16. You have no m o re clai m to it tha n h e lu s.
17. He rej ected both o f t h e o ffers that we re mad e for it.
18. She w o uld n o t tell me th e name of th e l>oy that
g:i. ve it to her.
19. Th e s n ow was so deep that w e h ad to ab andon the
att e mpt.
20. Althou g h we hav e b ee n a w ee k in the ci ty we ha ve
not see n the h alf of it yet.
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CII/\1\' GE Fl\0:'11 co:--1ru: x TO COMPOUND.

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3.

4.

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6.

Thou g- h he h:i.s k ft us w e skill no t for ge t him.
Tf y ou c; tll f1ir 111c I \\' ill i: o witlr )'<HI.
/\fter he kid rc;td it h e ha11ded it t o th e s ec retary.
His Lith e r, wli o ,,·as m irkin g n ea r by, ca Ille t o his aid.
If he di d not do it he go t some on e else to do it.
I can n ot rem e mber where I sa w it.

7.

A s h e had n o t se nt us wu r d w~ were n o t re;idy
him.

8.

I c:tnnot believe th;i.t he is g uilty.

9.

I ain :t \v:tre that s uch a co urse is unu s11;i.I.

10.

for ,

If h e d1\t :.s not c0n<1ucr h is passions th ey will con·
qu er him.

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EXERCISE XVIII.

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EXERC ISE XVII.

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Wri te two examples ea ch of c o m poun d se n tences
illustratinc:: (a) cop ulati ve , (/1) adve rs ati1-c, (c)
al t ernat ive (or disj unctiv e),( d) causal (o r illativc)
coordinati o n.
Wri te comp le x sentences cn ntainin ~~ (a) a n <n 1n
clau se , ( b) an adj cc ti vc clau se, (c) ; 111 advc1 bi;d
clause.
Write compl e x sentences con t a ining (a ) a noun
clau se and ;rn adjecri v e clause, ( b) a n o un
clau se and an adv e rbi al clause, (c) an adj ect ive
clause and dll adve r b ia l cla us e.
Writ e complex se n te nces to s h o w the differ e nt
r e latl'ons a n ou n c la use in the n ominative may
b ea r, viz., s ubje ct, predicate, appositive, anJ
absolu te.

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vVrite cornplc:x se nt e nces to sho w \\'h a t diffe rent
ki nds of cla uses m ay be;.; in ll'ith as, 7('/tdlter,
w/1 ic/1, •olt)'.

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vVr itc a co m p lex sc nknce co n ta inin g th e wo rd tltat
used with four cliffn e nt gra11111Ltti c L! values
Writ e a complex se 11L c n ce C()nla inin g three different
ki11 1ls of :11lve 1!Ji. 1l ch 11 scs .
vVri te a complex sentc 1ice <:onta i11i11 g a n o un clause,
a n adj ec tiva l cla use , a nd an ad verbial clause.

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\ Vrite complo.: <;e 1it c11 ce t o show that the words
t/1at, w!to1 , w/1crc, 1llay lx:gin n o un, adjective,
or adv e rbial ch uscs.

vVrite crnnplex se nt e n ces to s how tlLtt th e same
clau.sc, 1·.g., "\\'h o lives in th e ho use," "that you
may see it," m:i.y ha ve d ifferc nt g rammat ical
values.

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(O ll!BINE

EAC II O F TIIE
sr ~ rru:

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Write corn p le x se nten ces t o sh o w th e different
rchlin ns a il (J llll clau se in th e o bj ec tive may
bea r, viz., (Jhjcc t o f a ve rb, o bj ect o f a prepos iti o n, appo siLio 11 , ;111d ;1d vc rlJi a l object ive.
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Wr ite co mp lex se1ite 11 (cs tu ill us trate the differen t
kinds o f advnhi:il ch u ses, v iz ., o f tim e, pbce,
m :ttrne r, degree , cau se, co11ditio 11, co ncession,
puqi osc , a11d result.

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FOLl.<l\V I \'\. CRO Ul'S INTO A

SV\'Tr :\'cr·:.

They mad e a Io n!-: se:i. rc h. Th ey m·ade a careful
searc h . They di sc(Jvc rcJ the box. It was concealed in a bar rel. Tlie barre l wa s in the cellar.

2.

3·

He obtai n ed th e se rvi ces o f thr ee g uid es . They
V'erc ex p e rien ced rn e n. He b q,~a n hi s march
t o the fo rt. He t u uk with him all hi s a vailable
force .
Th ey sc r:unbl ed up. Th ey he ld o n by roots and
.. C·! l CS
, ·. ' J' li cy we re :-,
•ruid cd o nl y by th e s t;n s .
b ),\!J
The st ars s h o ne ove r th e edge of th e cl iff.

He wrapped a h andke rchi e f round th e \\'uuncl. He
has tened from rank t o r;tnk . H e exhorted his
men to be s teady. I-l e e xhorted them to rese rve their fire.
Hi
s
failure did not cla u11 l him . H e se t sa il again
5.
th e foll o wi ng y ea r. He still hoped to s o lvt: the
p roble m.
6. Th ey have o nly on e mu sica l in s trum en t. It is a
so rt o f drum . l t co ns is ts o f a h oo p. Th e hoo p
h as a ski n stret c h e d o ver it.
. of it .
7. A co111pany o f m ere I ian t s t oo'k Poss·ess ion
That was tw o y e~rs afte rwa rd s . They mt ended
to forlll a settlement. They in te nded to trade
with the natives.
8. Pe 1111 offered Lo take paym e nt in bnJ. Tl 1c bn g
bc ~ l oll'ed on him a vas t r e ~ i o n.
I-l e did so
Th is regio n st ret ched wes tw ard from
1-ead ily.
th e Delaware.
It
was
a m ag ni fice nt palace. N ca r the entrance to
9.
it sl•>od a cottage. The cottage was old <111tl
ruin ous.
It wa s a humb le dwe ll i11 g . In it
li ved a we<1ver. He was poor.

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He re nectcd fo r a few m o m e nts. I-Te th e n a greed
to the proposal. I le t oo k ce rtain precautions,

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hu\\.e \·e r. 'l'he~e wen.:
hid e tl1e kl').
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t ec ted fr ,i111

accompanied by a siu ;ili number of foliowcr::, .
They were woundeJ. They were faithful.
A cl ock stood in a farmer's kitche n. It was an old
clock. It had s toud thL:re for filly y e;1rs.
It had g iven its ownL: r no G1u se uf cornpla i11t.
It suddenly stopped. This was o n a su mmer
morning. It was ju st a t dayli g ht.
'vVe cast our eyes over th e valley. \ Ve saw scvcr;tl
buffaloes. They were on our left. They were
about a mile distant. So me of tl1l.:m were feeding. Others were lying down.
They were
under the shade of some large trees.
He was in a friend's house one day. He happened
to take up a Boston paper. His eye fell on an
extract. It was copied from a n En g lish paper.
It gave an account of a discovery. It was ~t
recent discovery. It was the discovery of a
will. The will had been lost.

to luc k the safe

Jt is fo rn1 nl fo r liic.: in tht' se i\'y
tl1c c-xtrc1rn:

cu ld.

sc: 1~;.

Jt is pro·

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11 c: 1rh· :11 1 i11< h thi c k .

of oily fat.
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1 t ha s 11rn!t:r thi s a coating
Tlus co n q•ktcly c nv, ·lnpes ih body.

1 le listened :tttcnti1-cly. I f l: l1G11 s a no ise . Jt so unds
lik'- the r:llti i ng uf a ch:tin .
tliicl;c t. The tl1ickct is a few paces m
him.

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These two vessels lef t o ur s h o res.

It w::i.s m

spnng of I s -15 ·
T hey \\' Cre go in g to
nmtli. They h:id on bo:mi a g:ilb nt company.
T lw re wne one hundred and thirty-four.
were all tri e d men.

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These bnds we re once owned by his a ncestors.
Th ey we re no w in th e hands of strangers. He
s:1w th ese lands dailv.
The sight fil led his
brain 1\·ith projects. The y wer e wild proj ec ts.

15.

l le s1 1e nt t1\·o \" C:Hs 111 ('a l<'l1t t:1.
l <il11J•:111y·s <>lii« c .
I le w:1 s l·ng:1gcd in keeping
:t<TOt11 1h .
I le 1\·: 1s th e n se nt 11p th e co untry.
lJe w:1s l <l take ,·!t:1rgc of a station.
The
s tatiun was on tht'. I lou gly .

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EXERCISE XX.
OF THE FOLLOWING GROUPS INTO ,\
COMPO UND

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There is an op e n sp:w c in fro nt of the factories.
\Ve ka\·c thi s.
\\·e behold a succession of
1t is app :trc ntl y an endless succession
The :11-cnucs arc narrow. Th ey sca rce ly deserve
th e name of street s .

a1·cn 11t· s.

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Th e king w:1 s 11·c::1ricd with lighting. He
uf l·,;capc . I l e k id rl'lirl'll tu hi s te nt.

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The struggle was now at an end.

The inh abitan ts
were terror stricken. They burst through th e
lines. They fled in every direction.
They saw their leader fall. They thought him slain.
They at once g ave up th e contest. This was in
accordance with the practice of their ancestors.
He descends the slope. He enters the thi ck et. H c
pauses for a little. He is within a yard or l\rn
of the trap. He peers through the bushes,

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EX l·: 1; c:1s1·:s JN E NG L JS[[ CO ~IP OS l'l'IO N.

Sud ck r1 ly a bra nc h s naps un de r his fee t.
growl is heard . At the same m o mc11t a
wolf bounds towJ rJ s him.
bi s feet.

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6.

The ~:til o rs :vcrc un:tblc to rema in lon ger on
1 hey climbed rn to the ri 00
rrrr in ;,.,rr. '1' 11ey s,
way of esca pe. Th ey gave themse lves up
los t.
One evening a violent sto rm arose.
suclde 11l y. It drove the men from th ei r w
Their Ltdde r was fa ste ned to the cliff
w ere fo rced to leave it th e re.

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8.

Onc e 1 ,r t.w ice he acted in defia n ce of th eir opin'
He d1cl so (~eliberatc ly. He d id so for impo
reasons . Eve n o n thes e occasions he did
lose their r espec t.
Th e ships fo llow ed .

They t ook advantage o(

darlrnc:~ · Th ey were aid ed by th e rapid
rent.
I hey reached th e co ve. Th ey were
in tirne t o cove r the hr1clin
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Ir e rose fr o m l1is knees.

li e dre w his sword.
u.nf ur lcd t he .royal s ta nda rd. He took !X>S:
s1.on. o.f t he is land . H e d id so solemnly.
~ 1 d 1t 111 the narn e of hi s so vereig n. He
1t a nam e. Th e n:une was Sa n Salvador.

The h o und ha d brok e n loose. It had missed
m as t e r. I t h ad gone in search of him. It
fo u11 d him . It sa ved him fro m death. It .
jus t in tim e to do :;o. The death would
been ct horrible one.

EXEI1C!SF:S !'< E'.'<GT.lSII CO MPO S ITION'.

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had plund e re d th e M og ul. II e had en sh ved t he
Rohillas. Th a t \1·a s a few yea.rs before. J Jc
had obtai11ed re lief fr o lll hi s l~nancial difficultiL ';
in th at way. H e h :td a frnitful mind. Its re sources w e re n ot yet e xhausted.

he did n ot rc :-:.ig n h erse lf to d es pa ir.

She se t a bo llt
bu ildin g a dwelling. This wa s to be shelter
durin g th e 11·intcr.
She completed it.
She
cal mly t oo k u p h e r ab ode in it. She b q;an h e r
solitary h o 11 sc- k eep ing.
he fold ed the let t e r. She dire cted it. S h e did so
in ha s t e . She th en we nt to a drawer. She made
up a sm:tll pack:1ge o f clothi ng . Th is was for
h e r b oy. Sh e t ied it to h e r wai s t w ith a h and kerchi e f.
th ei r fo rces. They ca m e on again.
Th e y we re dr1v c11 ha ck :1 g·;t!n. Th ')' left m;llly
of th e ir 11llll1 h c r o n the gro und . ./\m o11 g these
was one of their k: iders.

li g h ted t h e Ilise. JI c tri ed to throw the sh f' ll
ove r th e wa ll. Unl()rtun :ltcly it s tr uck t h e cd~~1~.
It fell bac k into the furt. It exploded . lt
kill ed seve ral. It wounded ot hers.
· Th e poor woman tri ed to reason with him. She
found it us e less. She was in imm ed ia te n eed
of the fuel. S h e was in press in g n eed of it.
Sh e at Li s t t oo k th e lo ad. She paid th e s um
dem a nd e d fo r it. Th e sum was an e xorb ita nt
one.
They advanc e d CJ Ui ct ly . They hoped to smprrs~
the g·arri.-.;u11. The latte r we re 011 th e watch.

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They g reeted their ene mies
was a well aimed volley. It was
volley.

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EXERCISES IN ENGLIS H CO Ml' OS ITION .

He Ind bee n defeated in a g rea t battle. He was ~·
obliged to hid e from hi s e 1~ c mi es . I l e wandered '
about in a wood fur so me time. 1 l. e lay down
under a bush. He was very tired . He soon
fell asleep.

The mouse recog- 11 ized the voice.
his fo rmer preserver. 1-{e ran to the spot
set to work a.t once. Il e ni bblcd th e cords of
t he net. He did this with his sha rp teeth. He
soo n set the nul.Jlc bea st at libe rty.
Th e dog was ig norant of his m ast e r's purpose.
supposed him to be in cla nge r. IIc pl unged in ·
afte r him . He seized him 1.Jy the hair. He
dragged him to the shore. This was much to
his master's chaf; rin. It caused g reat diversion
to the spectators.

3- They had crossed the yard.

T hey had still to wor k
their way throu g h the wall. It was nearly four
feet thi ck.

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COMBINE E1\CII OF T ll E FC1LLOWING GROU l' S INTO A

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He felt unu su;:illy cold. He drew his chair close to ' <
the grate
t-\ strong fire had just been kindled
in it.

2.

A bold e x pedien t occu rred to him. Most people
in hi s circum stances wo uld have hes itat ed to at.
tempt it. II e carricJ it throu g h successfully.

He h;id scarcel y seated hims elf. A hu ge lion ent e red the cave. It came up to him. It laid
its paw in his lap
A travel le r was drenched with ra m. I-le ,.vas ben umbed with cold. I le arrived at a co untry inn.
He found it full of people. Con se4ucntly he
co uld not get near the fire .
Soo n alterwards a canoe appeared. In the stern
was seated a man. He was paddlin r rren t l)' ·
He had an a ir o ( se re nity and ind epe nde nce.
O nly th e I ndi a n has this.
A poo r woman hea rd of his g rea t humanity. Sh e
wrote him a lette r. S he urged hi m t o send h e r
so me thing· fo r he r hu sba nd. Her hu !:!hrn cl was
ill. He was unable to wo rk.
IT e had fo rm e rl y been j ea lo us of Alrna g ro. Th is
jealou sy st ill rankl ed in hi s bo~o m. H e had
co nsequ e ntly beh eld his a rri val with di sg ust.
Ile did no t tak e pa in s to c"n ce;tl th is disg ust.

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Th ey h ad a gr eed to m eet at a ce rtain spot. He
a rriv ed at this spot. H i:> fri e nd had been capt u red . He had been t.1k e n back to priso n. He
lea rn ed th is o n hi s ar rival.
The turnk ey ofte n e ntered the room. He never
gave notice of his com in g. The pri so ne r h t.Hi
to concea l his tools. He had al so to co ncea l
th e c hips and th e rubbi sh. Th e appeara nce of
these wuuld have 1.Jetrayed him.

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EX l·:11c1sEs

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EX l·: l{ C ISES

E:\GLISH COMl'OSITIO N.

Ile seizc<l the King-. Ile impri so n ed
palace. He \\' Orkc d o n his mind.
induced him t o acknowledb'e him sel f a vassal ol ~:
Spain.

T struck a li t; ht.

I tonk a survey of th e room. It

contained a stove. I t conLtincd a supply ol
bed-clothi11 ~~ l rcjc1 iccd t o sec thi s .
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Dionys iu s w:cs tyrant o Sicily. I fc had great ,
~·
ri c he s . J~i c lt c s ra n procure plc:hl!IC~. ] f e J~a d
all t 1 .csc.
Still h e was VLry far from bcltlg Ji
h appy.

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At last :en ~1rrow struck him. It " ·a s a po isoned
arrow. I IC Ge l ic\·cd hilll sclf rn<irt;illy \\'<>1111d ed .
Ile o rd e rLd a retreat to th e c a111p. Th ey had ·
left it in th e rn u rn111 g-. They we re the n in high ,
spirits.

A Russian ve ssel had sailed fr o m Archangel. lt
wa s ~- ( , in g to the " ·li ;dc (i..;hcry . It was driven .
by th e wind to tlte cast s ide o f the is land. It ~~
fo und itself ht..: sd hy n, , ;1 ti11 ~ ice. The re was -~~
n o li"p c of dclivu.t1 1ce frn111 t l1i s.

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The offi ce rs thou g ht th e advice ri dic ul o u s.
s llli k d :tt it. Th e y loukcd ;it th e king. Th ey ., ,,
expe·~ ted him to be c 11r;1:..;-cd . They expected '. '
him to o rd e r the m an to be ;nr cs lc<l.
Once a Frc 11 ch army w:-ts ma rchi n g a cross a Jcsert.
T h e s<ildi c rs \1c rc fai nlii1g with thirst. They
Sudden ly they
were c hok ed \Vith fine s ;md .
were revived in s p iri t.
They saw a sheet of
wate r in the Ji st;u ice. /\ t ka s t th ey th o ug ht so.

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The ne ws arr ived. There were reJ·o ic in ,..,<··s tlll'ull b"hout all the land. The only excepti< 111 was a
Kenti sh villa(! e. Th e nam e of it was \Ves tcrham . Th e re \r\!olfc liad been born . Th e re hi s
m o the r s.til l lived . She was a widow. She
mourn e d the death o f h e r son. He was h e r
o nl y c hi ld .
C cil11 11lrn ,.; ha d obse r ved flocks of small bi rds. They
were fl y in g towards th e south-we.st. The Po rtu guese n:tvi:-.;ato rs kuJ o f'ten fo lluw e<l the fli g ht
of b ir<ls. By so doin g- th ey h ad di scove red
ish nds. Cul 11111bus kiw c w this. II e determined
to alter hi s cou rse. He determin ed to follow
that of the birds.
[J c fo u n d hirn s t:lf obliged to leave home. He h ad
n o t expected to g-o so soon. l f e se nt th e m a
note. He told. them th e p urp ose o f hi s journey.
He asked th em to m eet him at a certain pLic ...
He named the place.

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EXERCISE XXII.
:oMnI N E EACII OF TIIE

FOLLOWING Gl.:.OUPS INTO A

CU1\ l PUU N l> COl\1 l'ILX
I.

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SENTENCE.

The keys were lyin g on the table. The table s tood
by t h e side of the bed . He coolly too k up the
keys. H c opened the desk. Some money had
been left in it. He carried th is off.
Ice is light e r than w a t e r. Otherwise it wo uld sink
to the bottom . In tim e rivers and lakes would
become solid ma sses o f ice. The he a t of s um mer would not be sufficient to dissolve these.

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3.

l':Xl-:llCISl•:s IN 1;;:-ia 1.1 s 1r COMPOS ITI ON.

A superio r force was g·<.:tting re; :dy tu att.1ck him.
J Ic sailed back to Lisbon fo r rc ;i1fc rce1nc11ts.
I Tc 11.td left th ese there. ] l e s<1 dd c 1ily return ed.
I Tc 111aJe an attack on th e Fr e nch fl ee t. The
att ;ick was succe ss fu l.

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The enemy ren e wed the attack . ThL')' 11·c 1-c aided
by reinforce ments . These had ju st ;1rri 1Ttl.
Th ey had come from the othe r ::;idL' vf th e ri ve r.
A shu rt a11d sharp s tru g~ lc t ook pLtce. In it
several of our officers fell. Our m e n we re compelled to abandon the hei g hts.
They ha<l
won these very gallantly.

5.

He equipped him self thus. He advanced to the
wall. He leaned on h is swo rJ . He die! so
with a pompous air. Ile li s te ned to th e he rald.
The herald adva nced. Ile s urnn1 u1H.:d the furt
to s ur rc 11d e r.

6.

I Iis purs uers were ~~; 11n111 .~· o n him.
They were
likely to overL1kc l1i111 . J le pcrn·ivvcl tl1 is. He
dropped his prey. I le un s lun g hi s c trbine.
Ile C t1ri cd it at his h:1ck . I l e firctl ;1t tile furcm o::; t. Fortunately he did not h it him.

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8.

EXEHC ISES IN ENGLISH COMPOS ITION .

The French lin es ga ve way .
Then the D uke
mounted his horse. l 1c h o ped to rally the
fu g itives . He fo un d this imposs ible. He rcturneJ to t he scene of dan ~ c r. He pe rformed
prodig ies of valor. H e w;ts s lain lJy an Engli sh kni ght.
There was once a beautiful youth. 11 is name was
Narci ssus.
On e day he was hunting 111 the
fore st. He los t sight of h is cornµanions. He

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was look in g for th e m . He chanced to see a
fountai n. It was flashin g in the sunli g ht .
I [c w;ts ill and worn out. He had just returned fr o m
the Black Sea. . He had ken busily empl oyed
th e re. He was there durin g the greate r part of
th e Crimean war. Still he not unly joined the
expedition . He also subscribed a large s um
towards the expenses.
These had been in curred in fitti ng it out.
He fell in with s0mc of the natives
He observed
a naval button on the dres s of one of th e m . II c
made inquiry. It was one of num erous relics.
They were relics of th e crew of a ship. The ship
had been crushed in the ice. That was so me
years previously. The c rew had p e ri sh ed of
cold and hunger
He found th is by inquiry.

EXERCISE XXTTT.
EACH OF TIIE FOLLUWING INTO A SERIES
OF SIIORT STM l'LE SENT F NCES.
I.

3-

The knowledge which he thus acquired in India was
immen se, and enabled him to be of great se rvi ce
to that country in later years when he was conn ected with its adm ini strat io n .
Peter carefull y exam in ed the leak, and when he
found that the wood was so rotten that the water
was every moment enlarg ing the hole he determined to re main there all ni g ht.
\:\Th at makes beer and wine so full of clanger is that
the alcohol in them ca uses an unhealthy craving

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EXEIWISES

IN E;\l; J.J Sl l CU .\11'\J S ITI ON.

"XI·:ltC! S l'.S

in th e b u dy, a nd sn peo ple arc led on to drin k
tu ex cess 11 11t il th e y beco m e dru11 J..: .trds .

4.

w e cal l sav;:1~:es ha ve ju ~ t a s mu c h cbim as our
fellow co u 11 tryrnen to !J e treated ju s tly.

The p oo r fello w wa s soo n aft e rw ,trd s p o iso n ed by hi s
riva ls who \\· ere en vi ou s o f th e favo r that had
b ee n sl10 \\'11 hirn by the \\ hite m e n.

6.

The s 111 al l f(Jr ce \\'li ic h h e had a ssem bl ed w;:1s comp()se d 1_11 ;ti11ly of vnlu ntee rs , 11·]1 0 , altho ug h th ey
kn e w l1tlle o f \qr , \\·ere fil k d with a pat riotic
resol ve t o resis t the inva de rs to the deat h.

7.

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The ru s tlin g of th e trees alar med the Fre nch g ua rd,
wh o ha st ily t u rn ed o ut, b11t after firin g an irreg ular volley d ow n the p rec ipi ce fl e d in a panic,
ex ce pt th e cap t. till , wh o s t oo d hi s g round .
While Ran dolph was c01 1si:lcrin g \\'hdt t o <lo, th ere
came to him a ge ntleman n.1111 eJ Francis who
t ol d him th at at o ne time h e ha d lived in the
Ca s tle, of which his father had then been
k eepe r.

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Th ey m .:ld e so s t o ut a resista nce th at t h e ir fo es were
unabl e to Ltn d, and fo und it n ecessary to send
a deta ch m e 11t highe r up t he river to a crossing
that haJ un fo rtunat el y bee n le ft und c fenclecl.

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vVith thi s :hip he s ucceeclccl in capturin g a vessel
o n which \1-c re a l! Umbe r of rebe ls who had
intended t o rn:tkt.:. a clc::;c~ nt o n the island, and
brou g ht them p ri so ner::; lllt o th e very harbor
which th ey had cx pec t cJ to e nter a s conquerors.

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On th e fifth Jay afte r he had s t arted on his jom1ll.T

\Ve mu s t n o t f1 1rf; d th.it th c,e i;..: n o ra 11t people wh o111

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h e met with a M oo r, wh o, th o ug h at fi rst he
w o re a hostile appearan ce, ultim a t ely received
him a ncl entertained him in a hospitable manner
in his tent.
The i11 s 1H.: c t o r \\'h ose dut y it W.1S to examin e p ri so ners s oo n dis co ve red that th e travell e r w as not a
Frc 11 c h111 a11 , and that a s h e did n ot un d e rstan d
a \\' Ord o f th e Cennan lan g ua ~e he was lutally
in c q>~tlJ\c o f a c tin g the spy.
\.Vh ile th ey were occ upied in ex aminin g and clistr iu uti n;.;· the ri c h Lov ty which th ey had captured th ey were in t urn atta c ked by a tro o p of
Turki sh h o rse m e n t liat had go ne out fr om
Damascus to med .111d escort th e caravan.

14.

Shortly c1t't<:r fi 11i s hi1 1g- th e b us in ess un whi ch li e had
co m e h e rece ived a n invit ation to d in ner, anu
accep tin g it, fo und him s elf in co m pany with
man y clistin ~ ui s h e d g ues ts, amo n g wh o m he
preser ve d ;1 m o d es t Je111 e;u1or, taking but littl e
p :u·t in th e CCJ nve rs ati o n.
Well was it fu r tli e rn that th ey had not att e m pte<l
to land o n the is land, an<l that the can oes which
had pur:-; u e d them had failed to overtake them,
for th ey afterwards lea rned that th e n atives of
th ese isLrnd s w e re cannibals .
Thou g h th e speed of th e h o rse is ce rt.:linly supe rior
to that of th e e lephant the ch.1se usually takes
place o n ground so rou g h that he is li ab le to
stumble a nd fall, in which case there is little
chance of escape for either animal or rid er.

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CO Mf'U S ITI O N' .

IIav in;..:· atta c l1ed the sle d ge to hi s bac k he stoops to.
recL: ive his :• u11 fro lll the s qu ;tw, wh o has been
wat c h i n ~ hi s opL: ra tio n s frum a h o le in th e tent ··
and thro win g- it across his s h o uld e r s trid es off
w it li 11ut utte rin g a wo rd, and turns into a narrow
trac k that leads down the dark ravin e.
It w;ts Ollly by pv in t i llg ou t t o him that he could
n o t b e of m uc h use th e re, whi le h e co ul d be f ·
g re; tt se rvi ce hclp in ;..:· th e s urg eo ns with the
w o u ndL:d, that I pc:r-; u,tded him to lea ve th ·
ri d g e and g·o du\\' ll into t he villag e, wh ere th ere
w as less cLtnge r.
The chief e ng ill ec r. \rho had ju s t bee n rel ieved from
d u ty, e n Lk avo rcd to ext in g ui s h th e fl ames, and
wl_1L: 1_1 he fail ed in this , p e rce ivi ng that the cap·
Lt111 1ll k 11ded to lll' :tc h th e vesse l, he felt hi s way
at the ri s k of hi s li fe to th e le ver of the eng ine
an d pulled ope n the th ro ttk val ve so as to give
h e r a s g reat a h ead o f stea m as possible.

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21.

Kin dl i11 g the b:-trk whi ch th ey lwd coll ec ted th ey ,
ru s l_icd fo rw;trd and tri ed t o pile it blazing
a g;un s t the pali s aJc : but so bri sk and st eady a
fi re m et th e m t ha t they r eco il e d a nd at last gan:
way, lc t\·i ng ma ny of thei r number on the
ground, among whom w as th e chief of the
S e necas.
On e t~:iy .ts Alfred W.1. S s it tin g by th e fire trimming
hi s b,,w and arru11·\ the wife o f his h ost, who
d id not kn o w th a t he was th e Kin g, desired
him . w hile s h e was oth e r wi se engaged, to attend
to so m e cak es th a t w e re bak in g , an injunction

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which th e King , wh o was thinkin g o f far differ en t lllatlns, n eglec t ed to oucy.

EXERCISE XXI V.
O F TflE F0Ll.O\V ! NG G IWUPS INTO J\

( a) Of not m o re than fo ur sente nces.
He b cc;-<rne ve ry weak. At la s t he co u ld not clilll b
a tree a t ni g ht I fc l::ty du m1 a t th e foot nf o n e .
Ile sank int o a d ee p sleep. l [ere li e \\'a '> fOl:n d
n e xt cby by so m e n :-t ti ves. They had entered
the jun g le to l oo] ~ fo r so m e ca ttl e. T!1 e cattle
had s tray ed aw:-ty. The n at ives rou sed him
from hi s slee p. Ile was n ot a b le to s tand. He
scu n ed to have los t h is SL:n ses. Th ey ca rr ie d
him t o th e n ea res t h o use. Th e re h e rccei1-cd
eve ry attenl101L He slo ·. vly recovered his reaso n and hi s health.

A do;:; h ad s tolen a piece o f m eat.

He had it in his
m o u t h. I l e w;i,s c ro s s in ~; a s trL:am o n a pla n k
IIe lool,cd int o the wat e r.
l k saw Si 111H·thin ~r
It see m ed t o be an o th e r dog· . Th e o tl1L:r dog
had a piece o f meat. H c w is h ed to ge t this
also. He s n apped g reedily at it. I-Ie let go
hi s ow n p i ·~ ce. It fl o at ed away in the stream.

On e day two men w e r e walkin g t o~ct li c r. A bea r
s ud de nl y met them . One cl irnl>ed quick ly int o
a tree. Tfc !1i d 111 the bra n c h es . T h e oth e r
was t111 ab \e to esc:tp1: . He saw thi~. He fell
flat 011 the ground. The bear carnL: up. I t

J•: X1·: 1tCJ8ES

I N E .\ ' U LI S ll C U~ ll' US J'l'J ON .

·nwllcd hilli ;tll ove r. IL.: he ld his brc;ith.
pret e nd ed tu IJc d e. ti! . Tl1 e lx :tr soo n left hi
lk :trs wil : n ot t ouch a Lk ~t d buJy. So p
say

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Dr. :\ . w.i. s a learn ed m a n.
in hi s s tudy. A litt k g irl ca m e t o him.
a :-.k cd hi m fur so rne fi re. S he h ad noth ing
take it in . The doctor n o t iced this.
go i11 ;,: to ge t su metl1i11 ~ for th e purpose.
stlJ1lpcd d ow n. S h e t oo k so m e cold ashes
c1:1e li;u1 d . S he p ut li ve coal s in th e m with
other. The d uc t o r \\·as as to nished. He th
cl ow n hi s lirn •k . l [ e li.td l:">n reat lea rnin g • F
all tl1at h e 11·rnild ll l.Tcr have thOLwht
of s
::,
an e >: \H..:d ic nt. JI e s: tid so.
A

Ro111 a n lady wa s very ri ch.
p u mp and s h () \\' . She wa .'>
t o C\J rn el i:t. Corne lia Wd S th e m o th er of
G ra cc lii . Tl1c ri c h hdy di s played h er d iamo
and h er jewe ls .
She di d
Slic ac;ked to s ec C o rn e lia 's j e we ls.
turn e<l th e conve rs :tti o n to anot h er su bjet•.
Sh e w aited f,1r th e ret urn of h e r sons. Tn
i
w e re at sc li o() l. : \ ftc r a ti me th ey ret urn ed. Th
ente red th e ir tn otlie r's a pa rtlll c nt. She poi nt
to the m . Th ese \\'e re h e r j ewels. She said
to th e hcly.

A m :tn

l f>t111d

a s11:tke und e r a h e d ge.

in win ter. T h e s nake was f~
mos t de ;l\.l with tl1e cold. Il e took pity on ·
poor cr c. ttu re. I le broug ht it ho me. He I ·

fr osty

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EXERCISES IN ENG LI S H CO MPOS ITlON.

r
Th e h e:.tt rev ived
it o n the h e:.t rth n ear t 11c 11re.
..
it. It re arL·d itsel f u p . It att :u.:ked th e w1l 1
and ch ildr e n o f its b c n d a c tor . Th e man he ;tr1\
t h e ir c ri es. l Ic r us hed in . I l e h ad :t lll ;ttl ocl'
in hi s h a nd. He soo n c ut th e sn ake tu pieces .

( b) Of n o t m o re th a n s ix sente nces.
A fa lco n h ove red ro 11nd a d ove -co te fo r se ve ral ch.ys
l ic did so in vain . I fe ha d t o h a\·e re co ur se t c•
strat ~t ge m. Hunge r fo rced him to d o so. lie
a pproac h ed the pi geo n :> in a ~e nt lc nnnn e r.
· I t l wm t o c I10ose' a k in ,,,
o- . Th e Jv would
H e a d visee
be bette r o ff. /\. ki n g w o u ld p rut cc t th e m frnrn
haw ks and othe r cn l· rni cs . Th e pi geo n s w ere
d e l u ded by h is rcas;-1ni11 g . Th ey ;tg rce J t o ::l C ·
cept him a<i kin:-'.". Th ey adrnilled h i1n t o th e
d (lvc-cot e. l l e kilkd o n e o f th e m e \·n y day.
U c con s i<k rcd t li:1t part of hi s ki n ~~ l y p1-c r nga tiv e. Th ey f1 >t1nd that \lUl. Th ey bit te rly rl' pente d the ir fooli s hn ess in le ttin g him in. It
wa s t u o late.
A l io n wa s lyi11 ~ und e r a tr ee. He was s1cepi n g
Ile h:1cl been t ired wit h t h e c ha se. Some m ice
s c r; 1 rn blcd o ve r h im . Th ey a woke hi:n. H e
laid h is paw o n 0 11 c o f th e m . I le w;ts about
t o cru s h him. T h e m o u se ve ry earnest ly 1m·
p lo rec.l m e rcy. 'l'l1c li o n let him 'Q"O
.J . Su 1n e tirn c

afterward s the li o n wa s c:u1 ~ \it ir1 a n e t. The
n e t had b ee n hid by som e hu n t e rs. ii c was unable to fr ee Jii 111 sclf. I l e mad e th e fu r c:.; t reso und
with roars. T!..e grateful m o use ca me at o n ce.

F.Xt·: HC ISER IN ExO L ISII COMPOS! 1'10N.

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EXF.H C TSES IN E NG LTSH CO MP OS ITI ON .

He uscJ his sktrj) tcct li. Tl
e g naweJ the cord:
asunder. Ire set the li on free.
A gc11tl e 111 a11 owneJ a 11 ute 1-t 1 1
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lac one
note.
I
lie
t
un
es
1ilavcd
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n
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L< ways m1 ss<:1.1
t .~a~ note: The flute was stole n from him . . No .
tLt ce of 1t coul d be fo und
S
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ome t ime aftcrw.u d-, he w;ts rid111 0· ·do11 rr
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e was some di
t.t11cc from home. l lc he·1rcJ a
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b' .
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moc ong ird
w 111"l 1111 g· so me tu ne·
It
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was ..tt the cloor of a ·
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w u_sc . 1t a lways dro ppe d a ce rtai n note H
nu
.
de
. tr ccd
. this. l f e made i11 c1uin·
./. It 11 n. . ( I learne
f i u rn its ow ne r to sill'' 1·11· ..
1
th
., . .
. ,..,.
"' ow ner iaJ stolen
e flute.
L li e g e ntkm;in found t his out.
w :ts <>nee r idi11 ;..:· ;do ne across th e . ·I· . 1
.
. .
is <t nu. I t was a
t l:tr I,;: ra 111 y
n i,,-Ji t
I
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saw S(JJnct liin g- ah ead of
m e. I ts c med to be a lil:tll ca rryin ,.- a lighted
to rch.
I was d cl i",.., hted . r s·I w utcd ;:-,to him
. to .
.
wait fo r me. I received no
I
I
rep y.
sp urred on
m ' 1 ..
_> 10'. se. . fhe road w:ts miry. H e made his
\\ay \\'1 t h d1ffJ culty. I go t no nea re r the li rrht
I followed it f() r some time 1/\t l·· t. · I f o
\
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·
.1s i t e t the
t 1,t c '·
It hove red ove r a sm . . 11 !·1]·
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' ,e.
reached
101lle aftt. r some t11n e I 1·el ·1 t . I
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• ct my adve nture
I lea rn ed so n1etli in ·r I J . d 1. •
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l et
uee n chas11wo a
v I - 0 -t 1e-w1sp.
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/\ g-c ntlc 1n :11 1 was wa II"n
· a in th e fi e] l
d
1 l e li e: trd
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.
.
( s one ay
th e c1ics of a bird in distress. He
look ed up. JI
.c_saw a 1l:t ll'k . ]twas tryin ['" to
c. it c h a hrk. 11 ic I:1r.;:
l d :irt ed o ne way. TJv
it dar ted :111 ()tlier
It rn :111:1 .'...;·cd to keep out1~~
its c 11 e 111y's reac h. It. w; ts evi de ntly becomincy
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tired o ut. The man fel t sorry for the lark He
wished to save it from th e haw k. It suddenly
dart ed dow n t ow a rds him. It f1 ew r ight into
hi s han ds. It rema ined th e re. It was pan t in g
a nd tre mblin g. Th e ha wk saw a ll this. It
fl e w away. It seemed disg usted at losing its
prey.
A cu rious in cicl c nt o nce occu rred t o a ge ntl e man,
It occ urred durin t; a te rribl e ga le on the so uth
coast o f En g land . His ho use was cl ose to th e
wa te r. He was sit t in g in hi s parl or. The window was open . It fac ed th e wate r. He sa w
an im mense wave a pprc ac hin g. He had not
t ime to shut th e wind ow. He ret reated fr om
t he room. l re pul led th e J oo r ti gh t afte r him .
Afte r some time he ret urn ee\. Il e e nte red th e
roo m. I Ic fo un d the f1 oo r cove red with fishe s.
Th ey we re fla p p in g and jumpin g. The wave
had broug ht a shoal of whitin g. It had d epos it ed th e m on th e ca rpet . T here t hey tossed.
It was mu ch to his asto ni shment. It was mu ch
to th eir o wn d iscomfo rt.
Th e li g ht -ho use sta nds on a roc k. The rock is
C<"lll ed th e Bell Ro ck. I will tell you th e reaso n.
O nce t he re was 110 li ght-house o n it. In stonT1y
we: ithe r many vesse ls we re wrecked on th ese
rocks. So me mo nk s lived on th e shore. Th ey
go t a la rge be ll. Th ey chain ed it to the rock
in a certai n way. The waves in a storm wou ld
mak e it rin g. Thu s it wa rn ed seam en of the
dan ge r. A wick ed pi rate st ole the bell. Not
lon g aft e rw ards h e was sailing in these waters.

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The we ath e r \\' :ts st nr rnv. N ig·ht came on.
lost cn11tro l of l1is \'Css«.: 1. It w:-is d ri ven on
rock. It proved to be the B ell J:~ock
v essel s:111 k. The pirate w.1s drowned.
s e rved lii s fate.

(c) Of n ot m o re th a n eight se nt e nces.
14.

On ce some mic e were greatly p c r.'i ecutcd by a ca
Th ey called a m ee t in ;_; . It 11 as to co nsid er the
best mea1is of p rote ctin g· tliL'lllsL·lves. Man)' .
plan s wne s u;;·g ested.
None ()f them would "'
d o. i\t List a y u u11 g m n t1 se gu t 11 p. H e pr<>- ~:
posed to han g· a h e ll arou11d th e ca t's neck. · . .
Th en th ey w0t1!d Ii .1rhe r co 1ni11 g . They could ;..
kc<'p out of he r i1·:iy. The pLtn was applaud ed. 1\l .
It was_:1g recd to by_ all. But an o ld mo use got
up. '.:ihc li:1d bee11 s il e nt liitlicrt<). '....:1) 1e tilO ll <' h"'
the plan an cxcelle11t o11c
I t wo uld no do: b
p11>1·c quite s 11 r·ces -.; ful. She w:111 ted to ask one: :
q1l<' s t i.,11, li n11-...: vcr. \\ 'I ll·L l l " f t IH.: 111 \\'O llld it;1ng
tlit : IJcl!

Oil

the c.tt's ii eek? That

11';1 s

tlie qu 1.:s- .

ti< in.

15.

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stn rk to d in e with him .
to be amu sed at her exJl"i i ~e
.
· " ·· · l Te pro v1.<l cd
so up for d 111n e r. !Tc put it i11 a la rne flat di h. .) ·
I Ie Cl Hild hp it up quite e as ily. o The storl-"- ~
co1ild n nl y dip in th e ti p nf li e r lo ng bill. The'~
sto rl~ b'.ne this in mind. S n 111cti111e afterwards .
she 111v1tecl tl w fnx ti ~ dine wit h he r. She pro •.
vi dcd ini11cc i11 eat. .:>lie put it in a narrow neck·

A fox inv ited

;i

ed vessel. Sh e co uld eas ily put her bill into it.
The fox cou ld o nl y li c k th e o ut side. The fox
re m e m h e red his o ld tri ck
Th e s t o rl~ had paid
him off well for it. He had to admit this.

A Ne \\' fo undhnd dog a nd a mast iff \1 Cre e ne mi es..
They used to fi g ht n ea rly eve ry d. 1y . 01 1e day
th ey were fighting o n a pie r. They fel l into the
se: t. The pier wa s long a nd s tee p. T h e t111ly
way o f escape was by swimming. Th e di s t: in ce
was co ns id e rab le.
The New fo un dla nd was a
good s1\i111111er. li e go t to sh o re without mu ch
trn 111Jlc. I fc land ed drippi11g wet. I fc s l:ook
hi 111 self. lie loo ked back. He saw hi s e nemy
s tru ggl in g in the water. T h e m astiff was nearly
exh:1 ustcd . The Newfou ndl a nd jumped in ag-a i11
H e sw:1111 to t h e ma st iff. He se iz ed him hy the
collar.
He kept his he ad above wate r.
I le
bro u g il t him safe to land . They never fou g ht
a g ain . Th ey we re ofte n see n playing t og·t.:ther
in the most fri endly mann e r.
Ancl roclcs was nat u rally brave. T he li o n's d e m ea nour was unu sua l. Androcl es gai ned additi o na l
courage from it. He had n o ticed th e lion lim pin g. He lo oked clo-.;e ]y a t it. O ne foot was
g reat ly swelled. And roclcs saw thi s. It see m ed to have been hurt. If e ve ntured to go close
to the li on. He took h o ld o f th e swelled paw.
He examined it care fully.
He examin ed it
ge ntly. He fo und a lar: ~·e t h o rn in it.
This
had causeJ the s well ing.
lt had caused the

iJO

Ex1 : 1:c1 S ES IN

E!\"(;l, IS ll

CO~ IP I JS ITION.

bmene ss. Thl: lion cu 11 tinued quite ge ntl e.
extracted the th tlrll
I le p n .: .., o; c:d o ut a large
q u ~rnt it y uf matter. I le thus r c:l ievecl th e animal
fr o m su ri·t ri 11g-. I t at o n ce showe d its g ratitude. .
It did so in every poss ible way.

18.

On ce a vesse l w.1 s driven o n the coas t.
called for help. A crowd collected o n shore. .
No boat co u ld be sen t to th e ir aid. A :::;cntlc·
man c:tmc duw n t o th e bea c h . He had a Ne w~
found land clog \\·ith him. He m ade s ii:;ns to th~
d og.
It see m l'd to u11 ders tand his m eaning.
It plu11 ;.;l:d in to the sea. It fuug ht its way
thr (J\ 1'. .; h the wav es t o tht.: \Tssc l. It got near it
Tli t.: s; 1il <1h had fo'4Lu1t.:d ;1 ro p e t o a piece of
w ood. They threw it t owa rd s the clog-. The
dog· g r;1 s ped the sti c k. It swam back. I t had ·
a l1a rd str u ~~~k . It reac hed th e s ho re.
liv e r ed th e sti c k to its ma s ter. By th e aid of'
th e rope all in the vessel were saved .
(d) Of not more t ha n t e n se nt ences.

19.

On ce the w eathe r w:ts very d ry. A crow was thirsty.
She search ed evc ry11·he re for water. She co uld
not find a drop. She w:ts c ruak in g for so rrow.
She sp ied a j11 g. She n e w to it at o nc e. She
eage1 ly pu sh ed in her hill. It was of no use.
T h e re \\' :ts plenty of \\':tl c r in the jug. She
co uid not rc:1c l1 it. Tht.: nec k \\'as so narrow.
She tried f11r ;1 ltln g time. I t was in vain.

EXERCI S ES I N 1.;;o;G LI S il C0 ,\IPOS ITJON.

f) 1

attempt e<l to tip the ju g o ve r. It was too heavy
for h er. She co uld no t s t ir it. S h e was i n despair. She w ;is o n t h e p o int o f g iving up . A
n ew th o u g ht st ru ck h e r. l t was to cl mp stones
in to the ju g. Then the water wo ul d ri sl: hi g h er.
In ti m e it wo ul d be within her reac h. S h e was
n early fai 11 t i11 ~ with thirs t. S h e se t bra ve ly t o
work. She dropped in stones. Ea c h tim e th e
wat e r rose. N o t h a lf an h o ur passed.
The
clever crow had drunk h e r fill.
Clive wa s in a n anxiou s situati o n. !Te could place
n o confldc nce in t h e sincL:rity of his ally. I Ic
co u ld place no co11fiden cc in hi s co ur a :~e . He
mi ,..,•rht have c o n fidence in hi s ow n military t al en ts. I I e might have co n fidt.: n cc in th e valor
and d iscipline o f hi s troops. S ti ll it w:is nc
li g-Jit thin er to encrac»e
t h e e n e my's army. It was
:'.:::>
b
~

tw enty times the numb e r of his ow n. B efo re
him lay a ri ver. It was easy t o croo;s it. Things
mi ..·,.-, ht :;,
rro ill. In that case not o n e o f his little
band w ould return.
I le .s hr.tnk fro111 the r e sp o 11 s ibility of dec iding. It was th e o nl y time
in his life. He called a council of w.1r. The
majority pro n o un ced aga in s t li g h t in g . Cl ive
decla red his c o nc urrl: n ce.
Th e m eeti n g h ad
scarce ly brnke11 up. I I e was him sel f again
Ile
retired alo n e to th e s hade of some t rees. IIe
pa sse d n ea r ly a n h u ur in t h ought. I Ic ca 111 c: ba 1~ k
determined. He w o uld p ut e ve rythin g· to the
hazard.
They s h o uld pass the ri ver on the
m orro w. I Ie ga ve or<lcrs to have all in readines.5

EX l·: 1:c1 s1·:s 17' 1-: :w;J.1 s 1t

I

'! 1\l l' t1 ,.; IT ION.
EXEH C l <; I·:,.;

E:\1 ·: 1\ C ISE X XV.
.'-1l1 1:S TIT U TI·:

1·: •2l l ! V .\l.l: :\ T
TIJ US I ~

\\'U l\DS

O!Z

1

T li cT e :1rc

y :1v 111.rr/t/111 · .1'/t/' f't' l// ,r,·v "f J ·:11 :~· i .1 1 1 d

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Prutc s L 111t

·r h t.~

1-,111 1f1.rir/,1rs h:1d assi.: mbkd a t the rr}/'oi1ttni rm-

TlI OU Cl lT IN

I.

2.

4.

T licy 1 !..;Tcc d to a t o 11j'1Jr1T1) ' assrr t lon of /;()s/illties.

5.

.cl .

Tiw 1111 •st o f tlH ·111 /'rif·n·,·, / 'i'11/111.' l r!l )' t. ifrr lriation.
A1n icl--t ;ti I t ilt's ,. ;·1"1.1.1il w l <.1 li e l'l'/11ai111·d co1tslanl r..
t o 11 is onj,"1.11.rl / 111/ osc.

6.

22 .

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FOl'M

A0l l

L\NGLJ,\GE.

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EXERCISE XXVI.

Th e rl1···/ .rri! 1· ()[ t h e ir fnrr-r<; 1·.-11r/·r,·d it lltl:::ardous.
F. Ji' a /1 n >f /'<' I .;"ii it rd11r JJ Ii i.; i 11,·;·l!1rl1/,. doom.
Tl l C (! Il/l , ! 1·1. l / / .1' 111 e . Ls t 1re \\' , LS 11· it l 1t!r.t 1v1 1 at hi s l/J'U'1'/I /

"'

th ~ 1 t

1,;

I le .1.·/ ·:;, ·d th e 1ij'f'1 1r/1111ilJ' t>[ c111(f;r.ritill 1 n the ltostilt
r:1n ks .
Tl1 e r l/11 111111! 11h t •n 11>r1'r1/,·r / 1
•,_, ,. tl1t· /'
· not ex11
1
·11 rft1.1·e 1s
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CL'.l'S'°71e.

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d o cs n o t s1~jfia to i11rl11ce him t o surn:11da
it I s hall /111; r, n1 nrse lo sterner nH"a-;urcs.
The d :j>rc·rf,t1io1ts C1111wu'ttc·d by th ese 111anwdcrs
n aturally rou se d th e 11«11gcm1ce of the colonists
and led them to retalia :l'.
The t erms o f peace, t h o u g h !a11d.-d by the mini s try,
were bitte rly assmit'd by the oppos iti on , on the
groun<l that they i11 ad c:1711 rz ld.J1 COlll/'OiSalt'd E ngland fo r her eu.1n1101rs 011tlaJ1.
Th e s!al1t!cs J. g·ai ns t l!er d i1·s we re ri:11h1ed, and
hu11clreds p1 ·risl!1·d at //; i: s/a/.:t: as mar!JlrS for the

If

o/1s/ rr/, ·s l » n t1r rt'Sll//t i 11•'>,,. r1f'crrr/i(IJ/J' .
11·; 1.; lmJ.nlkd.
I I 1cse tr1 h ·s 11·1.'l'C .1·11, lt'.l'.1/:11·~1 ' .rl1 !:/11._~"irlt'r! by the im/'1'/'trd :1!' Ill il's.

rlc·-~; -,1/( S.

·d

jrr rliojr // 111.~ i 11 these /1,'''<fils.

IH >

s. /1'0/1 r!1·0 11.

53

C<1~ll' l> "l ' l 'ION.

re

I Ic i1Jt1J1.'r/1', r/,-/r <11 / ·.1; 1,1111-, -.! t " c1111c1 ·,r/ it.
Th ey ofil11i11t'rl f 1·n11 i.u· /,11z to <'1.s il th e /, t-, 11/ty.
3. ! ~ w :h e: ·1J. ·11 ! that h e ILh r d11d.r11/ l\l i!L" ·,1 : 11J 1n 1y u-;.
.~·
l h e 111.1·n1-rt'1li111 11·:h ji11(/ . '~J' .rn/f' rt.u·l'ri.
(_ ;i;u/rl, 'f" th e 111,r~"Jll/11,/ · 11f th e i11 tc rc·sh i 11 ;1t>h 1td.
1 r i s l·o1n1 1""' " 'c1· di d n<Jt ;,d r,,- ,, t 1i c ..., 1i :-,
" 11 t·~·-- · t t..,,, (//(///
/·
.
7- T h ey 11· c r c ,· ; ·o;/;w/~I' C/111:/.l/, ti [ () 1·11/i!nlate.
o. lT c t r ied t11 11 ."<rl t lic ,·//lf',·11,/111c," 1·i1 :'t1 11u .l_y.
9
I fi11d it r!L(/in1// t1 > c;-,·i/1/ his 11ssa/1 1111.1-.
I0 .
T u f110/1/a/,· thi s it 1ud Gee n c1111s!ntdetl 0 11
r/,d/; •1'(1'.
I.

I I.

r·: :\GLI<;ll

The co1tj!a.:;-r11/i.111 wa s w il1tcssed by a n i111111ense cott CO/frse of cili::ens.
I
tried to rrllrrj' p o liti ca l COl/l//IO / ion a nd to 111it<r;1!le
t h e asf'1· 1itics of p a rty s trife.
The g o \'C rn or sided with th e d oll1inant p :1rty a nd
scn·•11!'d d di11 ;11.-1!1s fr o m 111<·n'frrl puni s hm e nt.
All ut h er d 1..·11111111 1111!io1ts w e re n~:_;-idly 1·xd11di!d from

i 'lf l\ASES

!TAI.I C l /. 1. ll.

L ?.

IN

7.
8.

Gold is h eav ier than iro n.
Cr u e lty to animal s is cow,mlly.
Ri c hes do n o t ahvJ.ys brin g happiness.
To p reach is eas ie r than to pra c ti s e.
N o o n e can:s to empluy a care less wo rkm an .
l\1an u bt;1i 11s mu c h of hi s c lo thi11 g from anim a b .
The propos :.tl Jid nut ori;;i11a t e with me.

fd

lcXElt1·1s1·: s

9.
10.

r I.

IN

1·;Nc;1.1s11 CVMPUSITION.

~:x1·:1w1s1<:s

TJ1csc dr:1wi11.•-,.-.s arc tl. JC wo1 l( o f. a former
this :-.cli()ul.
The rn e thud s by which the I 1. .
.
nc 1:-i1b s ucceed
s11:1 r111 :.,:- and lra pp in ~ anirnals a re nurncrous.

The gr_e:1t v:il11c of di:ununds arises chicn

•j

I 2.

\V:itn is i11di s1h ·1h :tiJk t o bot l1 tl1'
. I
c an1ma a nd
vegetable.: \1·u r lds .

r 3.

In th e tr1~pical re~ iun s the sea g reatly
lane! in exte nt.

14.

I

5.

16.

17.
18.

IIi.s pr.ices were hi;..:·Jicr than ally
painter li:1d a :-. kcd.
Self-re li;u1 ce is <>Ile of the r:
i1 rst requisites of s ucc
in any c d Ii 11;..;-.

oco d'lI c.
lie C< >11dit11~11 of the prese nt inhab ita nts of thi$
cuu 11 try is very diffe re nt from that of th eir fore ..

l·'<:: w crcatt1rcs arc so slv and ''''lry as the
T
..
J
•
•

. .

~o .

2 I.

22 .

mo,.

26.

Thc chi ef s t1pp lics o f g 1dd :ire obtained frolll Cali- . . fornia and A t1 sl r.1 li:t.

fathers.
C;trhonic acid ·

23.

fro .
y

th e ir s c.1rc 1ty.

~

.

Cl

·

I~ :-is c ssrnt1 :il to the life of the plant

IN ENGLISH CO)l l' OSIT ION.

The h eat of t heir climate p rotected the unwarlik e
inhabitants of th ese r c~ i u n s frum invasion.
Of all o rdinary c: tu scs of di sea se no o th e r is so productive of sickness and d ea th as in1pure ai r.
Thc barom e ter is of g rc:tt su\·1cc to 11i:tri1 1c rs by e nabli11g them to rorct c ll th e ;ipp r< )<tcl1 o f stor m s.
The g·uverno r a c te d u11 cu11s tilutiu11ally in rnakin gth esc unauth o rized d isburse111cuts from the
trea s ury.
The o nl y accession which the l~ornan E mpire
received during the fir s t ce ntury o f th e Ch ri sti a n
era w<ts the pro\ in ce of Jhitain.
or all the (l. 111 ge rs to \\'hich J. ship at sea is liable
th at fr o m the ravag-es of fire is the mos t awful.
The best ide<L o f the exte nt a11J varicty o f its trade
is to be , 'it.1i11cd by a vi sit to th e quays and
an in s pection or th e carb:UCS landed On them.
EXERCISE XXVII.

·

..
., .

, - .i .s ux_\·g·c n is tu lh; tt of the animal.
1 he q11antity o f bva and <lshc.s wl11. c l1
~
some tim es
esc1pcs from i·ulc:1110··s
! .
~
c unng a n e rupti on
almost beyond Liclief.

55

TI<A NSI'l> SE INTO Pl.:.c )SE ORDER.

Then sho()k the hills, with thunder riven.
The robin, softly, o'er the lea,
A farewell so ng· is trillin g.
yo ~ Ir

Coal is one of the .ure.1test t
..
reasures the mineral
world bestows 0 11 man.

The herbag e or

There is . scarcely a ft111 c ti rJ11 of the human
__ that 1s not injured by alco hol.
Exerc is e is nece.~sary to the hc"llth y d
,
.
·
eve 1opment
and ma111tcna ncc of eith e r brain or mu scle.

Then t o battle fi e rce ca me fo rth
All the mi ght of Denmark's crown.

grave
No impious foot s teps here shall tread.

Till a fee ble cheer the Dane
To our c he er in g sent us back.

56

EXEl\ C: ISt:S IN

E~GLIS JJ

CO ~!

POSJTION.

6.

No mo re o n li lc's paraJc s hall meet
TIL tt !Jr;tve anJ f;dlcn few.

7.

In o ur isle's encha nted hall
Hand s un see n thy couch are s trewing.

8.

Hy torch a nJ trum pet fa s t a rr;iyed ,
Each h orsema n drew hi s ba ttl e blad e.

·-:- 9 .

G o ne \\' a-; the fon~s t that o f yore
I I aJ fringed with g reen the silent shore.

10.

Ill fares the la nd , to haste ni ng ill s a prey,
\tVhcrc weal th accurnuL:ttes and men decay.

I I.

From p ea k to r)eak , the ra ttlin oo- cra orrs amonrr
o>
Leaps th e live thunde r.

· I 2.

EX~:H C I S F.S

IN EKGL !S ll COMP OS ITION.

Up from th e South, at brea k of day,
Br in g in g t o Winches t e r fre s h dismay,
Tlic affriuhtecl
a ir with a shudde r bo re
:-,
The t e rril>le g rumble and rumble and roa r.
For in the ni g ht, un see n, a s in g le wa rrior,
I n somb re h a rn ess ma iled ,
DreaJ c d of m e n, anJ surna m ed the Destroyer,
The ralllpart wall has scaled.

And thus, t h ough so rrow's winter
The h ea rt of ma n is ch ill in g,
Within it lie, fo r yea rs to come,
Hopes bea utiful anJ true.

EXERCISE XXVIII.

Still m e mo ry to a g ray -hai red ma n,
That s weet ch ild face is shew in g .

A S J\1:\ NY
I

3.

Fo r us the r:i ftsrne n down the s trea m
T h ei r island ba rg-cs stee r.

14-

Now fades th e glimmering land scapeonth esight
An d all the air a solem n sti lln ess holds.
·

r 5.

S\\'cct was the sou nd when oft, at evening-'s cl o~
Up yond e r hi ll the vi lla ge m urm ur rose.

16.

IIow oft, pursui ng fa nc ie:s hol y,
My m oon lit way o'er fl o wer in g weeds I wound.

17.

Within the s;indy bar,

At su ns et of a summer's 1ay,
Ready fo r sc~t, at anch o r lay ,
The gvod s hip WalJem ar.

57

WAYS AS 1'0 :-i S!B l.E , wn11 ou· 1

lJESTl\.UYlNG T l! E

SI::;\:-i l ·~ .

T he plo ug·h rna n homeward p lods hi s \\" ea ry way.
So throt1 ~ h th e val Icy, in s il e n ce I'll tak e my way.
L ike lev iathans afl o~ tt b y t h e ir bulwark s 0 11 th e brin e.
To ev e ry man u po n thi s ea rth death co11H:t h soon
or late.
Arou nd the fire, one wir:try n ig·ht, the farm e r's rosy
chi ldren sat.
N ever mo re , on sea o r s h ore, should S ir Ilumphrcy
sec t h e li g ht.
With sl1ic ld and blade Horatius ri g ht deftly turn ed
t he blo w.
He was s u Jdcn ly to.k e n ill one eveni n g jus t before
d ark.

:; .")

9.

1-::0:1tc 1s 1·;s
sh :tli

l .'1

Ell'OLISJI CO ~l l'US ITI ON.

ll C

·vc r cu1isc11t tu s uc h a proposa l while I ha

a v ote.

g ;t i11cd in thi s way ;it each
hu1 1cl rcd yards.

1 I.

011 the t: u11 ,_· i l 1 ~i· in <if the war,
1v;ts rcstur«:J tu Fr;iricc:.
I le rc:tds .'>ix 1i:t:-:"s uf j .:ttin
in ~~ bd,irt; lnc :1kfa s t.

13.

I le l1 aJ !cit hi s IJOuks lyin g o n th e
tha t 1nilrni11 ,..,.
,,I I c s r)okc of th is '·tfl crwarl
·
Is t o my s urprise
warm i 11tc r cst.

r 5.

16.
IJ.
l~.

Out of th ese fc r111c11tc:d li q uors s pirits arc m:1dc
t he p r't)CC.-;s "'" di stilhtion .
On hi:; decis ion or 1 t li :it cvcn tltd mornincr
('
h
iu r tu11es uf t·.t c h of h is f,iJJowcrs.
J\ ge nt leman \\ h 1lc \\ :ti kin" in the ficl l ·
I
. .
.
. ~
t s one < ay
1lCcl1 d the c rr cs (If a JJ1rd in distress.

A s ce n e of \\'Oc t lw11 e n-;u c d, of whi ch no eye had
eve r seen tli c like.

l <) .

On e. (in c ;iftn11 n< >1 1 in .)ulv
of' young- lau.1·
.: '' l l)<'lrty
'
1
.t11d .~-,- 1il k 111 e 11 a hu·recd lo g·o J'or
. . . ·1 111
. l1Je
I
cl .S<.l!
evv ll 111.l.'.'.

20.

if yo u break the rules you must JJ ca r the cons cqt1 e 11 c cs ."

10 .

12.

59

On th. e :-;11 1 ()( S e plc1nb c r w:-is sin·
nccl· tl1e.- cap
·l I
:-.,
c
I U :t•
t1un \1-hicli sevc n:d for ever Canada from Fra nce.

"I tlia11k Cotl," said he, lifti11 ~ his eyes t o h eaven,
"that I li;t \'C be e n alJ!e t o come h ere to-day and
do my duty t o my co untry."
"F() IJ ,-, 11· 1n" , s"ld icrs," sai d the c tp !:tin , <ts he placed
lii1w;,.\( :t l tl1 c ir h e ad, "and I wiil k: td y o u t o
th e c:t1 11p \1·hich you are sc d.:i11 ;..'.'."
"T:tk c you a Frcn chm ;u1, apie ce ," s aid Nelson to
hi s c tpl:tin s, "an d leave m e tlt c Spa11iartl.
vVhe11 1 li;tul du11·11 my co lors you lll:ty do th e
saill l', \Jut n o t till th e n"
"\V i1y d<1 ) ou l1c s it: 1t e , com rade?" said the c e 11 1uri rl 1J , " o r wh at better oppor t1111i ly of provin ;.:
your v. tl o r do you h o p ~ to fi11d?"
"Let us 11"1it fo r the re i11fo rccmc 11ts whi c h arc nn
th e ir 11·:1y t o j oi n u s," urg·ed the spe;tk cr, "and
then w e sltall be m o re than a mat c h for our
.
"
e11 e 1ll 1es.
TJ 1c1 1 the tea c h e r ca li e cl h im up to tlic desk and
s:1id, " R obe rt, don ' t y o u thi11k y o u CP ulcl get
h e re:

;-i

little c;1rl icr tli ;111 yu1 1 ~;<

11 ,

r:t!ly do?

Thi .'> is ti1c fii'th tim e y () u have bec11 l;t!e thi-;
week . Yt•U can sure ly sec wha t an i11j11ry y o u
a rc clo in ~ t o yourself and to th e rest o f us."

"I have no doubt ," s aiJ he, "that y o u will do all

EXER CI SE
Cll,\NCE F J\11\1
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xxrx.

Ji1 1, 1·:cr N i\l\.1\

1

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- TO INDrnr·:n .

"l 'll let y o u uff this time" s·tid the doct t I
' ·'
or o t •IC
boys, .. but 1 g- ivc you fair wa rning that hereafter

that li es i11 y u m po\\·c r t o a ccu lll !) li s h th e obj ects
t11at I ha, ·e ju ~; t r c fcT rcd to; my o nly fe ar is
that y <•ll !ll :ty C\:lTt ym1r sc hcs too mu c h in th e
cff. 1n , :l11d it is f()r t11at re a so n that I ha ve c al led yon tu ;._:l t lie r to g iv e you a few \\ urds of
c o un se l."

IN ENGLISH cu~ll'USlTlUN .

61

GU
The king, see ing their arnusemcn
"I sec nothin g- to laugh at
g i\·e 11 me ; but on the con r ry.
am I of the wisd om of th e m • . •~<-'lt,i:fil"'~·i l\':i
have it written on th e wall s (
that it may be ever Lefort: me:•
ro. " It is c\·idcnt to me," said he to th
armies have been overthrown
much by the strength of you r
ignorance o f your own gcncr. ls.
th :Lt I shall require will oe a
my o rd e rs, and I ass ure y ou of
I I.
"K eep your m o ney ," replied th J
fusin g the gold that was offered
pbccs me beyond want, and
ca: rn ot part with it. l lcrc I w:
my fat her died, anJ here I h 1pc
I 2.
Th e ki 11 ;.; did not believe that
his Wl)rd, and said to him: "
go, un less you find some fri end
and stay in your pbce : and
not back when the day com
friend to death in your stead.
I 3.
"I have no doubt that you thi n ~
l\·I r. Elliott," but if you had !iv
have without seeing your n. th
would love this little tree, di1ai
14. "I ca1111ot understand," sai<l he to
is th at yuu, who alway s speak
yet so dul l at rnmprehcndin
gram ina r when you meet with thi:~
which I give you."

to inform yourlorJsl:i:)," sai <l h e, 111 lii_s_lettcr
the Lord Mayor, "l\iat th e port of l uulon
you seem
1 \ \
nev er b ee n bl oc \.; al.el iy m e , :ls
O suppose.
On the cri11trary c \-cry oppurt unit~;
h< been offc1·cd ou r ct\ \.: 1ny to put t <> ~c;l , for it
i there that we h o p e to real izc the wi ,; ht.·s and

9.

xpec tations o f our count ry."
" -a -td G1"lY
1:-t.,\c· as Sl)() n as th ey \l;td
•
·' ,.., ' · ·
tl1t: rs, s
, th c red an1und hitn, "an ac c ide11t \i;h \Jcf:dicn
this pr e vent y u ur go in g to a
. ... t e vVint cr is rat)iJ\v :q11 1ru:t c hin g,
.,nncrc l 1111 .. .
·
1
•
nd you cannot rem ain h ere . It is \,vt l·-· r that
1 n\0 11e sho ul d die th :u1 tl1.1t you all shv'..ild s uffer
~ .....

on my account.''

\\'ho hacl \o'.-'t his t:1.il 111 a trap ('id not like t1.>
_be differ e nt from hi s comp:uiin ns. So h1.: c dlcd
the m together and addr1.:ss1.: d the m :ts fu\\()ws
Look at me, I am ilC\t bu rd e n ed, as you arc
ith a Jon a bushy m:1ss that serves n •> purp 1isl'.
xccpt to ~lean the grou nJ b e h ind y v u. \' uu
ill neve r beat me in a race as lo n g a s y <•U bear
thi. burclcn and I do lJl it. l f yo11 arc \\ ' I S (' yoi 1
i\\ cut off these useless wci~\ih, an d l Gll l ~liuw
ou in a mom e nt how to d o so."
re me" cried the s t o rk, "and \c t tn<~ go.
arn
O cra;1e, I have n u t eaten any of y1 iur C(l r11.
l am a p oo r inn ocen t stork, a s y1i11 rn :\y c:i s ily
,cc." "Th a t n1:ty be tru e," repli ed the fa rm er,
t~bu t this I kn ow , th;it I c tu ~; ht y1n 1 \\ith tl wse
that were dcstru yi n ~ my er •'i'· a nd yuu rnu~t
the com1Ja ny in \\hi ch y11u \\·e re
ken."

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IN

E '.'\CJL IS H

COMPOS!'l'IOS

"\Vh at bri11 c-.._, th ee l11'tl1c?"
..
. "
.
1 n ow
a ~ k <l
J\rt ~l1 u u d1o.;co ntelltc d wi t h
" Nr
.
my
l o, quite t li e n J11tnry"
. ·1· l I
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I IC
Lut I. :i 111 ;111>:iuus to lea rn li ow lhuu \ '
t o cl ec1Jc so justly : fo r I d o ubt not t
o th er tw o C tscs were clecid eJ a ' .
. , ,, " , , .
s cqu1
m 111. c.
i\u t 111 nu
c 'an be •s irnr> Ic 1., " rct u
l':>
ca dr , who .tl 1c re upo 11 procc~cJ
.
c c·J to gwc
so n s f( i r his deci s ions.
20.

" \Vhy ;,trc y o u inud,lying my wat e r?" said the
t o tli c lamb._ ·• 1Iow ca n J muddy y our
nwd:ly rcp l1cd the larnh, who was lo\
tli e .'i lr c: 11n. " s i11 ce it n uws f·
" . .
1o m you r
l hat 111 ;1 \· he s o,, s· tid tl1 e
If .
.
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\V O
an •ri fy.
'~vhy di d yo u s l<1 11 dcr m e and C<t ll Ill ~ n
I neve
r did so," !:'aid tl1e l<, mb. "\'
J._t
.,
.
OU (tiu;
ye:tr. i'«I ii rn l the wolf· "I wa s. not bo rn l ."
pruks ted tl 1e trernb lin g- lamb. ,, \Vcll t'
-~·;.1 -; y o ur in_nt licr o r ~>o n i e o f your ~I
s~ud _th e \\'()I f, illld with that h e fell on the
lcs.-, c 1cdt1 1rc a nd t ore li e r in pieces.

EXER CISE X XX.
CHAP:GE n:.0111
I.

2.

JNI J ) II '' J~~ c T .N,\J.:, I\/\TIVE

He told
· CC l Ilt: p
. t he m t li:1t after l1is· ex
- i)e r ICll
n 1~ii t 1_1e co u Id ea s ily un de rstand that I
h a ir 1111,_;lit t11 rn grey in a nig·h t.
Ile w rut c tu h e r tli;t t if he diJ not hear fro
l> c fore the e nd u f t kt t \\" Cd-: he would ta
g-rant r d tha t she had chano-ed 1
• do
1er mi n
Wuuld feel free to nn l-c othe
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r arran g-ements,

EXEn C IS ES TN ENGLl S II

CO ~! PO~ ITI ON".

G3

He call ed ou t to hi s co rnradcs to follo w him if th ey
did not wi s h t o sec tl1 e ir sta nJard fall in to the
hand s of th e c11c111y.
He ask ed a ~ r c n ad icr o ffi ce r w ho \\'as n ear at h a 11 d,
to suppr)rt him that his brave .'ioldicrs m i~=)1 t n o t
see him fall.
He want ed to know wh at h e s h o uld say 111 case th e
teach e r a s ked him \\·here he had b ee n or why
h e did n o t kn ow hi s lesso ns.
He asked the boys what th ey had bee n do in g in his
abse n ce, and \\'liy they h ad n o t w o rk ed t he
qu es tio n s that h e h a d g ive n them.
He added tlut he th (• t1 :-; ht tl1 at m os t o f th e m had
chosen wi sely, and h ad g ive n goo d re a so ns for
th e ir choice. A s he \D s o lder than th ey, however, perhaps t h ey w o u ld no t o bj ec t t o hi s g ivi ng
them a few wo rds o f a dv ice.
He to ld th e m that he was w e ll aware that torture
and d e ath were in s t o re for him , hut that th ese
w e re n ot hin g to the sli a m c of a di s h o no rabl e
action. Thou g h h e w as a s lave to Carth age he
had s till the s piri t o f a F:.(Jman, and as h e h ad
sworn t o re turn it was hi s duty t o go.
He w e nt o n t o say th a t th u ug h he wa s d ee pl y sen s ible of the perso nal kindn ess of which he had
been the rec ipi e nt, and th o ug h he was proud of
the hon o r cl o ne t o hi s o lfi ce , yet no une kn ew
bette r than him se lf what an imperfec t return
he h ad made f(J r th e ir ge nerou s e nthu s i<ts m.

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EN'GJ. i l:lf!

CO~fPOS [TfON.

ti.icy \\' o uld ah:1ndon th eir journ ey and
c.trc uf h1111 as he had done of them before
w c:rc db l · t 1 I· . . .
- c o ,.i ,c c.1 i e of tl1 c ms clves. II ti
chill cl 1in :itc k illed him it should also kil l th
a1.1 d \\.·lictl1n he livecJ or died they would Ii
di e w i t Ii hi111 .
I I.

12.

S h e: told the 1>ro(c--:so r sl1e
. .
·· - ·
was very sorry the
\\.eie no t so :1d1·an ccd in history a-; hc had
pcctcd tu fin d tl](' 111, hu t s he ·was s11rc tlqt if
wo uld examin l: th e m in mathematics, he
fine! th e m as \\' el l prcp<ired as he coul d d Hi.s father . o n
parting with him, exhorted hi
l>.c havc wel l, addin g- th at he hop ed to liv
l1Iln .a c tp
· t;-i.i11. To tl11· .s tl1 e· 1.Ll1 · ave.: boy re·

that if li e did not think he should sornc
comet" l> e an :u!rni1;tl li e: would not ~o t
I

3.

He i1-c11 t o11 t11 --:.iy that th in gs had comc to
I>.:t so.; t.li;1t t licy mu st act prompt ly and unit
l· o r h1rn -, L·ll
1·ved wit11 tl ie i.t·so Iut ion
.
. he ;w
~ n:; '.d, '.u_id if it cxprc.">-, cd the ge ne ral opi ni
the111 .ict ;it <lll t·e • 1J\s
.
l
1. "uunast1ecapta inr

ed kt th c 111 •h <' l<1 him in a ui.o,·'-l y a flu
- .1.1111' orin
th.at they '' ere resolved to ret urn .either wi
without lii1n.
14.
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Pythia s repli ed ll1;1t the Kin er was w
.

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ron~

would co111 e if he possibly could, but he
come by sea, :rnd the wind had been con r.l
for so m e tla1 ·s. I-f n \\'evcr i·t \-v·ts
"'
•
· . mucni
th:it .l'. c Cl» slio ulcl di e than Damon. ft
no wif e :111c! no c hildren, and he loved hi (t' ",
so well that he wo uld willing ly die for bit

EXERCISES _IN ENGLISH COMl'USlTION.

At last he d etermi ned to run away, sayi ng to him self
that it wa s better to die th a n to continue to live
in such mi se ry as he was obliged to s uffe r. If
h e we re reca pl11rcJ he kn e w that he would be
put t o a c r ue l clc:1th , but it was better to die a t
on ce th:111 to live in mi se ry. If he escaped he
would have to betake him self to the co n1p a ny
of wild bea sts but they cauld no t use him more
cru el ly than he had been used by his fcll o wcreat u res.
Callin g them to ~e ther she t o ld them that God had
saved them that day from th e hands of th eir
en em ies, but th ey must t ake care not to fall into
their snares th a t n ight. She and her brothers
would tak e cha rge of t he fo rt, and the res t of
the men with the wome n and childr e n would go
to the bl oc k-h o use.
If she were taken th ey
were n o t t o surrender, e ven th o u g h the Indian s
threate ned to burn her or to cut her to pieces.
When he had fini shed the book hi s tutor asked him
what h e thou g ht of Alexan der th e Great. The
prin ce repli ed that he would like very much t o
resemble him. The tuto r remind ed him that
Alexander ha d lived only thirty -two years. The
prince said that that was Jong enough when one
had conquered so many kingdoms a nd gained
so much glory.
The czar ask ed how they had ve ntured to penetrate
so far into his country and to att ack him with
so sm a ll an army. The Swede replied that th ey
had not be en co ns ulted; but that lik e faithful
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EXEH C ISES !:-< E;>;Gl.JS ll

i<)

J O.

cn ~rP OS!TlO N.

servanls they h ;i.d s imply obeyed t he
th e ir rny;tl ma s t e r. The cza r, turnin g to
orfi cc rc; , told lh c m tha t tlut wa s h ow a sov crd
ot1ght to be s rv ed .
They told him th ey haJ co mp lied with hi s d irccti
a n d th ey w;tnled him to fulfil t h e promi se wh
he had made to them the prev io us Jay. T·
tailo r told th e m to wait till he went out
buu ~ lit a piece of cloth; when he returned U
wut1ld li e .t i· w hat he expected th em to do.
An o ld f;u11 1e r, at the point of death, se nt for
s uns , whu \I-e re idle and careless, a nd tuld the
that he w;t s afraid they would soon spend
th e ir rn ,•ncy , so he \\'Ou ld t ell th em 11·hat th
'' 're t 1..• ,;,) w '.1'.' ~l ti;cy k)und they had nothing
left. There w as a treasure concealed in the fa
Th e s o ns, interruptin g him, eage rly asked where
it wa s , to wh o m it belo n ged , and wh at they __
should do to get it. The fat h e r replied th l ~..
th e y w ou ld find it if they d ug for it, but th at he: ~ ,
would not tell them where it was, nor who put -;,
it the r e.
"

EXEIZCISE XXXI.
PAR/\l'IIIZASE
{.

........ 2 .

Til l ~

FOLLOWlNG E XTRACTS.

Oft did he stoop a listeni n g· ear,
Sw ee p r o u nJ a n anxious eye,
N o bark o r axe-blow co uld h e hea r,
No human trace descry.

An antle red dweller of the wild
Had met his eager g·aze,

EXIWC! Sl·:S IN

61

F.JS"GL IS ll CO~I PL)S ITi 0:-1.

·
. t , )S beo· uiled
And far hi s wanel c rin g s ·er
: :,
Within an u11 knuwn maze,
. . \- h e ~ ~ h;lttcr e d th ro ne,
Reaso n f o 1:-.ou '"
, ..
·tt Sl!l illll e r hours
tll
l
t-I e c1ccrnec
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.
l I hi1n bri ·rhtly s ho ne
Agarn
a 1. ou1
t
.-,
.
·l . , lc·t ves and !lo we rs.

In s un :-.

11n<. ,

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f- t ~ com pd lee\
/\ manner w11o m ,t c
To mal,;e hi s h o me ashore,
t h e m o unt,
L i vc<l in yon co ttage o n
With ivy m antled o'er,
d
), . - h e co uld n ot brea t \i L: b cyu 11
1)L'. C. l ll "e
The so un d of ocean's roa r.

ench the vetera n loved,
Yon tur f e n b
Be n eath th e thr eshold tree,
lei s urvey
For from that spot 1le cou
The broad expanse of sea,
That cleme nt where he so lon g

1Iad been a rover fre e .
f -o m the crest
As ni ~ht drew o n , ,tn t ' _1
,
, •
l
ol
ls
tlnt
nd
·•ed
th
e
,vest,
Of WO()(1c c1 1'" I
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k
~
a snow-blown trav elle r, san
·
lJ k
Tl1e sun,
. l . i. . - th th e sm o t 1ie nn g ,111 ,
T·, ro1n s1"·
lt u l. ne,t
W e pil ed with ca re ou r ni g htly s tack
Of wood against the chim ney -back
r

\

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t re and unfit
The heart is h ard in. na u '.
o id
For human fell owsh ip, as b e ing v
. .
. d th e r efo r e dead a li ke
Of sympat1ly, an '
l
d
.
. . ·l . b th tha t is n o t p ease
To 10 ,.e and f nends 11p 0 '.
_
·
l.
· oy rn(T life
W"th ,., i· •\1t of an11 na s e nJ
,.,
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. ,..,
.
. ,
(r ment his o wn.
N or feds their h ap p1nc:ss aub

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EXF.RClS"S IN
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E\l·:l;L'ISES

I ~

E:\ULI S I! CU.\ll' O"i lTION.

Such dupes arc m en to custom , :rncl so pron e
To rcvnc 11 cc \\'ll :1l is ancien t, :L1 1d ca n pkad
A cour.-.;e of long· obse rvance fur its use,
Th:tt even se rvitude, th e \\'Ur st c f ills,
Bec:-tusc del ivered down fr o m sire to so n,
'vVas kept and guarded as a sacred thing.
1

9.

'vVcll by hi s vi s:1~e yo u mi g ht know
He \\'as a s t :-J,1·art k 11 ight and kee n,
An d had in nuny a battle Gee n.
Th e sca r on his brown ch ec k revealed
A tokc1\ tru e of Bosworth field.
His cycbru11·s dark, and eye of fire,
Showed sp irit proud and prompt to ire,
Yet l in es u f tli <1 u .~ ht u pon his check
Did deep desi g n and coun sel speak.

IO.

The b: rnd of co mm e rce was designed
To a~soci:-ttc ;ill th e branches o f mank ind.
\ Vi se t o promote whatcvLr end he means,
God opens fruitful nature's var io u s sce nes ;
E;tc11 c limate needs what o th er climes prod uce,
l\nd uffcrs scm1ct hi11 g to the ge neral use ;
Na Lind but liste ns to th e common ca ll
And in return rccl.'. ivcs supply from all.

I I.

Rich is thy so il, and merciful thy clime,
Thy strc:1ms unfailing in the summe r's drought;
U nrnatch ed thy g uardia n oaks ; thy valleys fl oat
\Vith g old e n \\' av es an d o n t hy mo un ta ins flock s
Bleat numbcrk ~s ; while rov ill g ro und their sides,
Bclllrn· the bLl'~k c ning herds in lus ty droves ;
I3c11c cttli thy Jl1 L·adows g!ow and ris e un eq ual led

n eve ry hand
. -' s scy t l ie . O
\ l
A ga in s t the mowe t . .
. t 'e m s with wea t i.
.
Thy co unt1 y c
Thy vi llas" 111n c.
\ l ike fire
. ' s swa1
·thy C l \ CL'..;:
l M·1rm1on
Burnec
'
. f r ire·
And sh ook hi s very frame
"Thi-; to m e \" he said ,
Ancl.
. th ' \i oa rv b c:1rcl,
"An 'twcre n l) t fo 1 . ) , \ . '1
t spa red
. i\l ·trm1 o n s \,le n o .
Su ch hand a ;,
'
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, \ )ou•rlas h ead ·
l 'o c\cave ti \ C
n
r
. 1 t e ll th ee , h augh ty pee ,
J\. nd fi r,.,t,
_ ·l \' . iricssane here,
a 11 c s
n
5 E.n "
\
I l e who Loe.
,..,
.
. ·t t e
·t 111 hc1 s a ,
j\ \thuu~h the m ca\nc:o s \)C t hy rn <ttc."
.. l tll J n a u . '
j\'Lty \\' C \\ , pt<>
n

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f th e mansion ca me
Th c rnht1esso
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'l" tc c lul dame .
l\1 atu rc o f age, a g '
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·y step and s t:t\c y prn
\ Vhosc l.'.a'-

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r Clll \t-t.

·\\ beco m e a prince )
l T:tL we
l1c r rr t icst
s\w• tllade,
·
·
\\ \ . t we 1come to
,..,
..I
cc
t us rit e was p .l1 C'
J\nc\ eve ry co ur eo
.
. i·t co u ld cl;u m ,
' l.'l 1 .,t ho:·\Hta 1 Y
.
I
1e
''
·\ · , d !ii-; b irth anc nan •
Thntt• ' h al\ un a :-. ,e
.
. c t
,.., \
t \1 l.'. i· cve rcnce to a ~'. 1 1 " ,
L'
·11 t l{' ll
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.-i l\ C
. ·j t J. lill the lt «lS '
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o
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Th: 1t k 1\cs
c
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. . dc;1.dl 1cst f rn. 111.ll\ s
\11 s
cl
frul\l
' r
J\ n
.
. the b :1n q uct o e .
st·oncd
tu1
n,
k
U 11 ql\ L' . t
,
f Nat ur e's wor 'S
\

The 1ove o
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. the co mpottncl, man,
. ,r rc1.\1L~ nt in
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l s :\n lll ,,
t'
o f th e lon e .
1 n {u sed at the crc<1 io'.1 \ t 1\ •1 ·11·c r has throughout
·\ J\\m1 g l Y 1' · "'
f\ 11 d tho ugh t 1 e
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each h y s tr okes
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t
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. . .1 with so much ar
. \ es of l l 1s \l,wu,
t

Ui sn i1111n :t c
tuUL 1 .

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COMPOSITIO

Diver-.; ifi ed that t
T .
'
c
wo were nev er foun d
i1·111 s a t all po in ts-yet thi s ol t· . .
That all i'. - _
· J •1111 s 1n l
c L'> ce rn a bea uty in I-I i.s work~
~ncll all ~;in tast.e them : minds th at hav·~
nc tuto red, with
. 1 · .1
P
.
a1e1h1m
o rt:cxact
nut none \v tt ho ut some relish
'
, no11c unm
' 5. At church \\' it/1 and urnffccted , •
. .
'
i mee"
I1 h looks ad u rn ed the ' , .. i.1
g
,
\ enci,tu c 1)l ·1ce .
T ru t n, f ·
1· ·
'
•
J\ l
10 111 i1 s lips p re va iled with c.Jou bl
nc fools wh o came t - ff
.
e
Tl
.
o sco , re main ed to
ie service !J'l ·t . ..
.
'\' . -I
, " ' d1 0 unt1 the pious man
" . it l s tc- tdy zeal
I 1
'
E
.·
, c , eac l iones t ru s tic ran.
VL·n cluldren fol lowed with ende·tri n
.
A11d pl uc ked his o·o wn to ·l . . I . g w1f

~..

J [. · - ,.

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s Lu C t i q~ood OHUt\

lre.1cly ~ 1nil c a parent's warmth xpr
0
t Jc m hrs hea rt J · l
J·
•
·
But . 11 1 . .. , .·
, i1s o v e, i1 s gncfs were
.t
11 ~ scuous thoughts had res t in b

T

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EXERCISE

xxxn.

PAR ,\ l'f f 1\ 1\ S J•: 'l'llE FOLLOWING PA N '

1.

2

·

n'-

.
.~.~A O
Tl le h1 •r h valu e of cl'·
.
.
f: -:---,
1L1m onas chiefly arises
.tc t tlia t tl1 ey ·t.
·
.
c i e scarce.
J\ t th
sc1rc 1t
I
c
:
y a one will not crea te value.
m.111y sca rce m etals oi·
.
I
c
'
m1n era s
011 I
Y .a few little bits· J1".. vc. ever yet ··~
.
vt:1.
bu t 'iUCh subst<t nccs are no t of
l ,
so 111e S /) 'c· - I . 1
v f('r
. c i.t the Lt s been fuund [i
t
r •l'ltt"' '
epkrnt huntin g is an
ex trem ely da ng
mcnt, but it is on
tha t account a fi,n,irui..,-.~·

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IN

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C O~IP OS ITI O ~.

71

with th e office rs of the Briti sh army m India,
for it se rv es to rel ieve th e t edium of g arris o n
life when there are 110 active military <luties to
be p e rformed.
Exerci se is n ccess;:i,ry for th e h e;ilthy development
and mainte n a n ce of e ith er brain o r mu scle, and
hen ce the student , the profess io nal m a n, and
every o ne wh ose c:1llin g i1l\·o lves much brain
work, sh o uld have da ily p h ysica l exe rci se; and
the m o re pl easant and amu s in g that exercise,
the be tter its effec t o n the h eal th.

Bad cook in g , bes id es d es troyin g fo od, is unqu es tionably the source o f mu ch indi gest io n; the ar t of
cookin g, th e rcf< ire, int he int e res ts o f b o th h ealth
and eco no my, should be th e s ubject o f ca reful
study in every h o use ho ld . AnJ o f scarcely less
impo rtan ce is the selec ti o n o f wholesome and
unadult era t ed fo od .
_ Seafarin g life abou nds with in s t:-i nces of g reat courage combin ed with perfect prese nce of mind
in the face of th e m os t clrcadlul p e ril. Such
qu a liti es c!t :illc 11 gc uni ve rs; tl admiration wh enever th ey :i re clisccrn cd, but by co mmon co nsen t
the m os t cord ial m eed o f prai se seems to be
rese rved for th ose wh o furni sh ex.am pies of true
h ero is m at sea.
That a con s tJ. nt excitem e nt of th e mind is most injuri o us the re ca n be no J <,uut; that exc it e ment
invo lves a consequent weak11css is :-'t !.:nv o f our
natun: th an which nun c is surer; th a t the weak-

EX ~:ncJSFS J:\ l'i'\Gf

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7.

,'),

.

" ' .rsu

C0MPOS I1'ION.

n css of mi n( l ti lll s produced .
I s a nd r11ust
aLlv c · t
zse o q 11i ct st 11 dy 'tri cl ti
fl cc t.JOJl wh ich .
'
10u
t
~ .
.
· bo·J1t, t o t nat
r
. .
.i 1o ne Js \VJsclo m .
l·
.. ,
ll scl f, a nd p rovcJ t
J .
' Is a .so clear 111 "
oo aJ c:reJy by ~
.
b
experi ence
Excess ive h c;1t en feebles
.
r
ma n. it inv·t
an(. inactio n.
i\
.
1 es to rl'po:.e .-· o.
.. .
1 Io reovc r
i
h
. }'
i cg 1o ns nature too
. 1· '
n t e tropi c L
'
pr oc '"a l of h
.
n o t compel him t
b'
er g ifts, docs
b.
o wrest from h , . I . .
.
J cad by dailv t ·1
.
Cl
11.~ daily .
01
·
J
A
unrfi
·
1·
•
t Jic a!Jsence of
cl .
OI 111 c 1111.1.te and :.
a or ma nt sea
th otJ <> ht o f )J'tt l . .
.
son ren der fore
"'
c
.'-'e r vrcc t o 1.11·m
·
.
N o t·111ng·
.
Vrlcs hrm to tint st . . i
.
.
in•
'
i u ~g , e of rnt e ll'
.
n ature whi c h r a i .... i. 1
igen ce ag-a111 st
.
, 'ies uot l the
.I
phy.->rc; d p u 11c rs of
. menta and tlie• .
.
m.111 to th eir high est pitch.
TlJc Iroqlroi,.;, a stnn i-; /i · l
.
n at the pe rs t
.
t 1ie dclence f, ·JI 1 . + .
· rs e nt vrg-or of
.
'
c
J. tc '- dJscon ifited
1'1
t ll e J· rcnch who w..
1
.
1e fi re o(

'
cie t icrn .scl ve·
under cove r Jn 1 t 1
s compl etely '
' ' ( <J ( 1 up o n th e
·
effec t. Three da
m with cl l'ad ly
, y s m o re w or e a
.
.
of f11ti lc :ittacl ·.
.
'way 111 a sc rie
. .
,s, !11.l( 1e With littl .
VJ ~.;() r; ;u1d du ri 11 u ·tlJ tJ .. _.
e co ncert or
r
,..., ,
i1.s time Da 1
men iou•"li
t ·111d 1..
< U ac and his
0
'
P .iycd as b r, .
m:trtyr's reward.
e o1e, s ure of n

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EXIWCISES lN

73

l•:NO Ll S H COM l' OSITION.

force by the s word. Attila was allowed t o
march ba ck the remnants of his army with o ut
m oles t a ti o n, and even with the semblance of
success.
Lett e rs were rece ived fr o m Columbus, annou n cin g
hi s return tu Spai n , and th e s uccessful ach ievem ent of his g reat e nt e rpr i1. 1: . The del ig ht a n d
asto nishm e nt rai sed by thi s int e lli ge n ce were
p roportioned to th e scep ti c is m with which hi s
obj ec t h ad b ee n orif,'.ina lly vi e w ed. The sover e ig ns were n ow filled wi t h a n a tura l impati e n ce
t o asce rt ai n th e exte nt and o th e r parti c ul a rs of
th e impo rtant d iscove ry; and th ey tran s mitt ed
in st ru ct io n s to t h e a dmiral to re pa ir t o Ua rc cl o na as soo n as he s h( uld h ave maJe the
pre lim inary arra nge ments fo r the further prose cu ticm of his e11teqnise.

EXERCISE XXXIII.
TTI E FOLLOWING Pi\S S \ C ES

'1'111·:

LA :'\'<;U J\(;I ·:

Oi\ 1 ITT! N( ;

J\ N I>

Tlii':

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nv

CHANGI NG

C()NS TJ;.UCT I UN, J\ N U
\V (JJ.!.lJ S

AN 0

U N I M-

J' (J J{'l ' ANT PA l<.Tl CU LAl,S.

Dut wh e n the mn rni11()' b. I·
:-_, JO ,e ;:nJ
tent of the C'trw,.
. ' 'i
revealed the ex\\'Jt h 111iich ti
!- ·
1ic.,.tpcd for mil' .. "~~c
ti . .
.
1e p arn was
L.'l ,
JC success ful
11·
s p cctcd t I . ..
. ··
a res sa w and
r
le J l .~ J)) l! [ C <t t t I t ti d C 0 f .
.
r el\ u r were any
.. .
th e ir antagonist
.
.
lll L d S U /' l"S t.tken to 1 l
.
in Ii is carllI> ·u1 I .
J ockacle him
' '
l
so tu C \:tn ·t 1 f; .
su bu1 ission i1·Ji ich it\\" . . . ' c Jy an11ne that
.is plainly pe ril ous ·t o

en-

It i:-; th e firm be li e f o f all tlnt arc p resrn t that
if yo u ac t in thi s way yo u wiil in a s h o rt time
attain th e obj<..c t o f yo ur d c~ ir es .
2.

vVhat is th e re ason th at y o u did n o t pay attention
t o th e in s t ru c tiun that I g av e you in rega rd to
t he p rnpcr way in \\'hich thi s work sliuulJ be
dun e ?

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, ,
COM!'OSl'J'lON .

3.

T h ere c an
. 1.
as lclS

b e no doubt tl
.
1at such an a
Jus t bee .
< rra n
n suo·a-es tecl
Il
grcaler utility at ti"".. .
wou L J.iavc ~n
lat tun e tli ··t
l
p ossibil't
f ·.
.
'n t 1crc i
I yo its being a t tl·
le prese nt mom .
The efforts that his fri e nd s .
.
be: half are
.
· ai e putting forth
not, Ill my liumbl
t o be re w;-ird ed .
e op1r 11on, fi
.
'
wi t 1l su ccess ·1 . . .
h e i.s no t possessed 0 f 1
. ' 's it is clr:tr t
.•
.
··
t1 e n cc e ssa 1·
req uired by the law.
. , Y qu a 11fK.tt
Ca n a11y o ne of the
.
tea ch ers p rc:sc t b r
.
a ss1 ;..:·11 a r caso 11 fi
· n
e1on:
·
'·
o r the fact t/
n u in be r of th e c::in l' d
,
la t so lattt
.
,
L i . ates we re
t J..
.
111 ; 1\· 1uclo·e fro
'a c.i~t 1( 0t'
, - ""
m aµpcar;rn c . .
s u ffici e nt abili lv t ( . .
cs, nu t P< h\(• ~
l .
, o u1n1.~ li a cor. . .
t 1ie proble m ?
I cct so utton .-.

~.

A s t ~a

1ia1 1:1e ned to b
.
1
e qu ench1n rr Ji ' i.. ·
.
a c l c: 1r Jake wa- ·t
h
is t111rst
1 with tl
' cs s ru e.;:
I
l1orns, which h .
le )ca11ty (
e s;i w rcnectcd in ti
..
th e sarne t i me o b ·~ ·.
lC:\\ ,1 cr.
'
se 1v111 ,.,. th e e:.:t .
n(' .s_-; ,,r /iis le"·" "\1VJ. -~
. i ein ,,,.,
:-. ,
i.tt a ;-..'"r c,'' tt p1tv
·
.
J1c· "th·t'· .
. ,
, L
so 1ine a c reat ure . I
, 1r i .
ni c;/ 1cd wit h so 1
. 1
as . s li o1dd be r..
·J .
c esp1c. 1 ) )e a set f
.
SL111k .s !
·what
ll
.
o . pm1 ..
mv lt· •·s in a' a no) c :1n1m:tl I sh ould IM." (f f
•
,_,.
' 11 Y m easure co r. ..
.
'
h u r n ..; ! In tl
.cl
i cspo nd with
ic 1111 s t o f his s l'l
suddcn!v ·t larrr1ed b
l
. . o ' oquy he
Y
t 1e cry of
•
.
'
'
1
1101 111./ s . lTc ini
. I
a p.1
fl
,
ine( 1i:i te y hot1 nded. . i
t nc J(lre -;t-, a nd le !t liis
..
.1w.iy !r1rr'ul\'
.

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ILt\'e

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furt u11 ;1tvh: w/1il. 1 •
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lrH11 ."t1ers so f:ir

ro m th

was

.
e n1,

tiia

but

EXEl lC Jsgs IN EN<;L!Sll

CO ~ll'OS!TION .

7!)

thick e t his h o rn s became en t an g- lc d lll th e
bran c h es, \\'h e re h e \\·;;s held till th e h o un ds
came up and tore him t o pi eces. In hi s l<lst
mom e nts h e thu s e x c laim ed : "l l o w ill do we
ofte n ju dge o f our own t ru e ad va n tages ! The
legs whi c h I dc s pi ..;cd so fo r th e ir sli 11111ess would
have bo rn e m e away in sa fet y, had no t th e
antlers of whic h l was so proud bcL1·ayed me to
ru 111.
On e ve ry hot and s ultry clay in th e month o f Septembe r, a fox p e rceiv ed so m e delicious-lo o ki ng
g ra res n ai lcJ up Lo a trel lis. Th ey hun g ve ry
hi gh, a nd \1·ere ind eed beyo nd hi s r l·acli; but
he was ve ry th irs ty and lon ged for the refresh in g jui ce o f th e gr apes, whi c h look ed e x ceed in g ly nic e and t empt in g; h e det e rm in ed, th e refore , n o t to pass by th e m and co nti11u e on his
journ ey witho ut at lcasl m:tking an att e mpt to
obtain some o f th e m. I-Lt vi11 g, h o we ve r, lea p ed
up at th e 1ll s e ve ra l tim es and e nde avoured wi t h
all hi s mi g ht t o g·ct a t th em, a ll his s tri vings
t O obtai11 j)O'>SC.ss io n o r tJi e m \\'e l'C Un Sl! CCt.:SsruJ.
At b st , \1·lie11 li e fo u11d tl ut all li i.s ~:ff()rt.s \\' e re
of no avail, h e s u dde nly turne :.l away a nd co ntinu ed hi s j ourney, s ayin g t o hi111 se lf :1s h e 11-c nt.
"Ps haw! a fter all I dare say th ey ;ire n;lSty sou r

thin gs, n o t w o r t h havin r~ . arnl no t frt t o be ea ten
if I had th e m. I won de r that I ga ve my ...;clf
su ch an amou 11 t u f t ru ubic: about them ."

F1ill fi rty years l1:Hl p:1.ssed, and :ill f,irgo t,
When o n an id le day, a day of s earch

7G

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Mid' th e

*9.

* 111

COMPOSITION .

1

11 ·
1Ji .t· t lllou 1clcrirvr clie ·t
'"'a cry
'
J3
"'
s W:ts noticed
I,
y one as youncr a . 1
: an( twa<;
" \\'J
;-,, s t iouglitlcss as G. .
iy Il< it re rn o ve it r.
111(.: vra,
'T\\':ts d
. .
r om its lu rkin rr 1ilacc ~ ,.
u ll c as sou fl <l'i sai cl .
.
:::,
r
It burs t -it fi ·l l.
· b ut o n the way
c ' and Jo ' a l l
\Vi th he re a nd tl .
· s 'e eto n:
i c r e a pearl a ld
j\
: :• •ld <' 11 cl.:ls )'l cl · . .
' ' c i e n1 crald s tone
j\
. '
<L'> Jll ll "· a s h· ~i f
•
ll <:lsc li:td j)Crish 1- '..
re1. o g o ld .
CC -Scl Ve 'l 11
. J •
A nd a -"lll:tl I ·c.: · I
<
upt1a ring
l'
·"
<1 ' 1ler mother' · J. .
'
1'..n g r :n :c: 11 IVitli a name' ti
s eg-,tcy,
"c;in c vn " Tl
. le name of l1oth
,. . . Jere t hen h:id sh r
\ \ rlli1 11 thatches~ 1. d
. e io i111d a ''rav . .
. L la
vJie c
I
,.,
•
"
F lutU.:ri11 " with ·
once;i eel li c rsc· lf,
.,
JOy, t 1l<: happ=e t f J
\ .v h e n a s,. pr
in u lo · / I
' s o t Jc krppy I
.
.
:-.
,
1 . L'il<-11cd her do .c <,r t lat lay i n am 1) lls. h th ere
11 n ior e ve r.
,
N G t 1ianks Jnd b ~
'
ee 11 voted b
1
.
~
for the vi c tory and N 1
y t le City ( or;oc1
J·
'
e so n fceli ,,. tl
ii.-; co111panit)lls in tl
t d ;
no 1:1t he' tW
o11r;1l >le chim t tl . la ay s glo ry had an hort
.
o i1s rewa rd
.l
•
to t Ii c L o rd M
, a cll resscd a J { er
ayor, complainin cr f 1
and the i11J. llstice "I'
;:, o t lC omi
·
•o r 111 ' lf''
.
wnc on ly per so 11
ysc ' said li e, ,, if l
·J
.
. na y concern ed 1 1 l
t le s t1 <> ma with 1
·1·
.
' s 1011 d bt lr
:-.,
1un11 1ty. Hut
•
tlJc 11 :1tur;tl •r11a1·d·
f
my 1~Ord, j tn
:-., ·
iri.n o the cl 1
ortr cc r..; of tl . .
<lra cters o( th
ic n:1vy, army - l
.
~
fou ~~ ht , and so profuse] bl. dllC marin es, who
lll ~tll < l on that dtJ.y I dy. . ed, und e r rny (11Jl.
.
' ·
1scJa 1m fo r
If
ll1cr1t th ;t11 n at ural ! r 11 · .
rnysc lllo r i:
.
.
Y ia s to the s-/1.1rc
.
(
s i1 c c., ·ssl u! com
.i
o
i11a11uer; but when r ·1m
II J
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(J

lllllber in the

,

EX J·: rtC ISf:S IN

E :\O LT SH COM P OSl TlON.

77

er

•

,·.,11 tr·1 1·t; , I
, -- - - -·- - . .11.:. , <: t:t nge Nos. !J a d IO . - : - : - : - - - n
to llld1rect narrative,

Cl

C(

on t o spc;tk o f the m e ii ts o f the Cap tains o f hi s
Maj esty's Ships, and of th e (J((i cc rs a n d m e n ,
wheth e r s e amen, ni:u·ines, o r so ldie rs, whom 1
h ad the h appin csc: t o co1n111a11d that day, then
I say tli :tt nev e r was the g·lo ry of thi s country
u p h el d with m ore dcte rrnin cJ b rave ry th a n on
th <lt occas io n ."
From 8oG, th e pe ri o d o f my entrance o n th is n oble
th eat re, \\" ith sho r t inte r vals t o the prese nt t im e ,
I h a v e been e n ;_;a:;cJ in publ ic co un c ils at h ome
and abroad . Of the servi c es re nd e red du ri ng tl1at
long and arduous peri l) d of my life, it do es not
b eco me me to speak: hi story, if she dei g n to
n o ti ce m e , and p os terity , if the reco ll ec ti o n of
my h11t1lb ic act io ns sha ll b e tran s mitted to

poste r ity, a re th e bes t, the tru est, a nd the mPst
impa rt ial judges. When deat h h as closed the
scene, th e ir se nt ence wil l b e p ro nou 11ced, and t o
th at I com mit mysel f.
During th at lcJ 1'g period, howeve r, I have no t escaped
the fate of othe r public 11H.: 11 , n o r failed t o
in c ur ce n s ure and detra ctio n o f the bittcrcst,
m ost 1111 relc 11tin g , and m os t 111 ali ~ : n a nt cli:1ractc r;
and th o ug h not always in se ns ib le t o th e p;tin
it was m ea nt to in flict, I h ;:ive borne it, in
ge n e ral, \1·ith compos ure, wait in g in perfect con.
'..,.
ficl e nc c t h at, wha t ever \n o n g o r in j 11 s ti cc I mi :;h t
experience a t the h ands of m a n , Ile to whom
a ll h ea r ts are open and fully kn o wn, would, by
the in scruta ble disp c n ,;: Lt icJns o f I Ii s prt>vid e ncc,
rec t il·y :11\ crrur, redress a ll \\T O n g-, a nJ cau s e:
::irnnle i11 -;1·ire to he done.

EX.1mc1s1·:s I N EN(Jl.JSI(

COMl'OS!TlON.

EXERCISE XXXlV.
l\!I SCJ:l.l..\ N l ·:ou s

SUHJ LC T :-i

FO R COMPOSITION .".

ONI·:

I ',' "·'- ·\i\11N ·\T1 0N

\ 1U N n K F l )

1\

ND

1

,

RLVJE\V

! .-.~ FRCISES .

I. f Vn/ ,· s11ital1!e aduatiso 11otls lo go u!lder tlte followin

!tcadi11gs.

••

I.

Ho11 sc to Let.
\\ '. 111t c d .
\V.111 tcd.

ii
'

2. Fann for Sale.
4. Teac h e r Wanted.

5. Tenders

6. St ray Cattle. J. Lost.
9. New Goods. IO.

me nee d Bu s i11 ess.
off r I . Found.
~ - 1l'rifr sl!1 1r l

acco/{,11/s for JIOtt r local paper of tJu

fo!!owi11g .
I.

School Exarn in atiun 2. C hurch Social. 3. Seriout
1\ccidt·11t.
4. 1\u naway Team.
5. Fire. 6.
Burg·lary .
7. School Pic-nic.
8. Town ship
Sh o w.

J . 11 1 rile lrtfrrs a11d lms1'11rssfor111ssuitab!efor tliefolltrtJJ-.
z'11g· j!/f rposes.
I. Ap plyi 11 g fo r a p os iti (l ll ;is cleric
2. Applyin g for
a ]l(isil iu11 as tc;tcher. 3. Subsc ribin g for ,
p:q wr. 4. Encl osi 11 g- a n ac co unt and ask ing
p :ty rn c nt.
5. J\d.:11 o wlc<lg·in g- the rece ipt o(
mon ey ;rnu c 11 clos in g rec eipt.
6. Ordering
got>cls.
7. Notificat io n by sec retary of a
m eet in ;._; t o be l1 e lc.l. 8. A s king for informa tion.
9 . An invitati o n . IO. Ans wers to an invitation.
4. 1Vrifr s/1ort compositio11s on t!te f o!!o1oing-.
I. T lw use ol sludyi11~ Histo ry.
2. Alfred the Great.
3. The Arn1ada . 4. O liver Cromwel l. 5. The
Pc 11in suhr War. 6. Champlain. 7. The U.K
Loyalists.
8. The \Nar of 1812.

t he word (IJ/ltt'
, in Wll
l · C1'•;vou u se
Wrile a se n te n ce
twi ce.
·; tltc
· _ . ( " ,1fa /,· c lwJ' w Jti e
\!Vrite in full the 111can111;.:, ()
,

s 1111 s/!l i/l'S ·
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T ·11 how :t 1101s
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C'll l \ l
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( the W\ll "
What Llo YLHl kn o wn
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r:u·1wJ.y
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c the thr ee ~1:i11ts,

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S how how use\ ll

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th ey arc lo u s.
?
- 1 t'1es o£ a c ity fireman.
What a rc t 1H'. t ll
fire )' Oll have see n.

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D escrihc a f 11 st-<1J10 "
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l
T c 11 a\Jout l 1e p OsL«,.-, : •
ktt crs arc so i tcd.
Th e way
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he 1n :til s.
f { )J'W ; tr( 1Ill ~ 1
Th1..: rn<: l hol I <> 1
Fast mail trains.
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·t'"'
''e
stamps.
Mark111 ~ pos " r->
Du l ics o( post men.
. ..
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r
ccr
uht
1ons.
0
Ge n era \ po.S '
11 boot an<l shoe d e partm e nt
You arc sh ort1y to ac c a
P 1·e1)·ne a ci rclllar t o
f
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l ·to re
t o y o ut genera s
.
a1)1iris in g th e m o
o
your
cu
stomers,
be sen t t
th e ch ange.
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• n tell
'\ r \f S as yo
u C::l '
kind s 0£ bui ( 1n ° '
· . sccl in
N arne as rn ::i ny
.
the mate ri als u.
. . se :ind rncntwn
\ Vritc s c 1lle 11cL'S l'•>nt ainin g the follow i1i g
the11 u
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correctly usu l: .
" -o nst ru ction .
J>rep:ne .t
.
tl1e1r c
\ \ ~ ., 0 \d pc n c11.
RL:spect ivcly.
. lost a va\ ua' c o
.
\
entrance ha\\
You h ave . . . t o \)e p l it t\l)1 in t >C
Re s pc ct fu 11 y.
noti c e o [ it
Stationary.
of the schoo\-roorn.
• • er onotationStationery.
each r equ1nno l
sentences,
Lighten in g.
·write three
·
won ls
111 arks.
. . er the f o\low1n g;
\ Vrit e two eac h affi rmative an cl nega ti ve sc
,
con ta1r11no
· \ t pea ce
vVrite senten ce.5
. " . wares. w n g) '
, .
tcn c cs .
, ·\ ' u sc<l: ernc1~c ,
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l
balance.
curn:c t ) .
[ \ S\lk1ll\1 LI, cone, .
. 1y '1.\Vll , ·
fare, charmin g '.
1 t n the
\V h;-it arc the uses of lc;-irni ng to sw im?
in a house anc e
Tell ho w people learn.
h e various r oo rns
t
'. 20. Narne
u se £or each .
·t o1·rn ' and
vVri te a sc1 1t cnce in which yo u use the word IS
, c r -s
an cl a tl) 1111 \
. b ·• sn ow-storm
to property o r
twi ce.
D esc n e
, 2 [.
by thern
.1 ..,-c l\o nc
~
the (\ arn - b
Copy the se sentences, t11cn cross o ut the itali cized ~
t raffle .
wunl i11 each ;-i nd wri te above it a word mean ..:
clearl y wha t it is to
in g nearl y the s:l. mc: · a l)riso nc r.
A cquit
Th e ri \· er overflows 011((: rl year.
·
,, 11 office .
l~cs1 ~ J1
A furio11s wind blew all ni ght.
1\f
·t "'a cr e a house.
1.'LU l b o
J o hn spoke tTci!t"df:y.
Embezzl e rnoney.
between a
T fffan· your lesson .
he d iffere n ce
. your own wor<.l s t
T ell 111
Tell how you woul d spe n d a five-d ollar bill.
stn·c I .,l n Ll a road.
'
. . t l•e ·rcnera\ appearan ce
ann '' ' "'
Write fi vc sc 11t cnces, eac h telling t hat something
·'te n\·e lines co rn pb
£ an Ind ian.
Zi· W II of a C \1inarnan w1'th that 0
y o u saw ye stcrcby is of a certain shape.
'tl a horse.
w1 1
Desc rib e the co mposi tion, manufac ture and use
Cornpare a n c·\ ep11ant
.
25.
of pbster for sto ne or brick work.
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\Vritc :Lll you know of you r own life under
heads of

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4.

5.

Your birthplace.
Your parents.
Your C:Lrly years.
Your home work.
Impo r ta nt even ts.

27 .

In buil d i11 g a house the following articles arc used:
]urn bc r, st{)nc, brick, plaster, laths, nails. tin,
iuint , ,gbss, paper. Give the name of the meclnn ic that uses each , and tell how he pro ceeds at his wo rk .

2S.

'vVritc fi ve i11tcrruga tive sente n ces.

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]· of :-t horse. 'vVha t s u b .
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l)cs·cril)e the 1i [c a n c wor 'some Cllliltncs.
.
i ) t· horse s arc us cl1 tn
stttutes ·'
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:-tncl tell tl\c
.
, liffcrcnt trees yo u 1,now, ,
.
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l. 1 th e ir t1mb 1: r l~
N:Ln\e the l
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di11crcnt
purp CLseS· ·u 1 W 11 C 1

used .

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h y 1, rep:Ht'. ',t n
You 1csirc: a situation :ts <> 1i1ce o .
. . forth
l.
fiJr tlH~ paper sdt111;c,
ad\'\.: r t i se 111 c n t
y(lur dc<;i1cs
'vV ri tc hi rn a r ~~ )aic1 h is bill.
T l10rn:1s 1,>I . ()\\' l ' ' li::tc:.
'· 1
ccipt.
. u 1"1·
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·ourteous c1rc
" to he .se nt to
.
Prepare ::t nc:1\, c
1
. . behind with th e ir
·ot1r c1 1st()mcrs w 10 ,11 c
t . i--· <tucs till ' '

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payrncn s, '"

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i111111ed iate scttkmc 11 t.

. . .. tl1c fol\owino- stanza : -

1 1asc
Parap1

29

Describe the washing- day at you r h o use; say how
the clo tlil'.s arc dried, and afterwards s tarche<l
and ironed.

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\Vritc :1 lettc1· to your mother, describing what you
haYe sec 11 coming to a ncl from school thi s
\\ " Ct' k.

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Tell lww you ,,·ould proceed to
1.

2.
3.
4.

5.
3 2.

Sew o n a b utt o n.
Put 011 :i. fire.
Make bread.
\\l as h your hands
Pbnt potatoes .

Com par' a t ent with a house.

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The clock ·ts o n tl 1c st1
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i\ nd L\th e r ' ,; \vu rk is don·~ :
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tl 1 c l1 e·1rth and mend th e fitc,
S\\·ce p up
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J\ncl put th e k ettl e on.
· t \\' ·\IH l ·t :-,· 1' lowin",... e< 11d;
Th e \Yilcl 11 1:-::h
·
'e - th c· \\'n\d .
' Ti s drc:ny crossing o t

1 \\·in" t1> :1hout !1· 1·ty won l s, " T ' 1fr
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. 1·. . . . between coffee :1 nc1 te:i..
Fxplain th e c1i lt.'.1 cncc
in \\'11i ch you 1i\'C with snmc
Co 1111.)a 1c the town
,, . 1 ' as t(l size , p opu l ~1t1 n11,
o t 1w r t () '\' n n c .11 )) ' .
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\)Ltt.1<'1 .111 ns f:1ctorics , appe::t r.111ce .i1H
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e nterpri se.

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nnl·e '1
tha t ti· . .
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i1 s senten ce nny ·l
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iavctwon
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1ea n1 11 1··s; .
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1\ fr ica.
, wide he was in
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\ Vritc out i11 (u/i .
111 )'our ow .
by " iN ()l ii I.ni.:· ve n tu . 11 words
wlnt
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C
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o111 p:irc th e (oJJ
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11 ess
and of cr1·t·
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' e points of l'I·
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S t1m1 n c r '.'.l 11 cl 11· 1. n tc:r
Hen :111d clu ck
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) fo1 ."L' .tile
· / c:-i me)
1S11tter ·ind ·l
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4
\"rit e tu .1 s ·)
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\.: ll) <r wh::i.t
or }()ll r fu l tm..: Ii rc.
b
.
your plans arc
4 7. l\T e n ti o n five 1iv 1. . I .
58.
n .~ ! 11n ns
scl ioo/ . !ell
I
.-,· yo u s.:i w o n your
' · w 1c rt.: yo ..
way to
59.
they We re cI1 i1n
. .. ·
ll s,i w the 111 a l
Ile w liat
·I ~. ( 'ornp:1rc l lic
,...,.

vVrit c a tc kgraph ic de spat c h uf t c 11 words, telling
your brnth c r that your siste r is ill and tli;tt you
will 111ed him if lie co me s on the 11 ig ht express .
\ Vrilc a biography of some famo us perso n .
Exam in e e:1 c h
alo11c, and
a book; a
a stove; a

of t h e following with yo u r e yes
w ri te out wlut you have learned :
w:it c h ; th e floo r; a s heet o( paper;
knife; a bench ; ll1c wall.

How cl ues ord inary g r~L ss diffe r frum clover?
] [ow doe s a b uo k differ [rom a n ewspaper?
Yo u ha ve re c eive d from your c 1iu s in, by m a il, a
b ea ut ift il p resen t. Wr i te a letter of thank s

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smi th.

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a1 or with lliat

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a )h ck.

G ive all the r easons you c an f\lr belic v in ;; th e ea rth
is niund ;ind not !lat.
Wri te a quc s tiou con taining-: no and kn o w; nc\11
and kn ew ; lo a n and lone; fair and fare; hair
and h a rt'.; him a11d hym n; write aud rii-;'hl:
passed and pa s t.

Use your (J .

I\ e SC Il se.-> ;in cJ
a lem(Jn '. ' t I) (.; Ii . desc ribe ·. <l- 5 1ate pencil ·
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a n::i.i i ; a coil
' a Joo!\.'
.'.l rubbe r ball .
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Co 11 tr::i.st :t hn1
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60.

\ Vritc <l\"iwn th e name s of fiv e thin gs made of woo d;
name the clifferc11t parts :rnd poi nt out th e u se
of each part.

61.

Name th e var io\ls kinds of c loc ks and watches, and
tell where some of th e m are mac.le.

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\\rite i1n;1 .. i1 nt 11
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a merchant.
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s, t.:i ' 11 1n- for
rl ltrr! /;<')' 7.U/;o /'"/• ' . I ·':>
. your charac/ /; ,
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il 111 slie r!.
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u st wnr e th ·
)oy , anc) then the Lo •
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ircl s letter to the

;J.n swcr.

\ 62.

T e ll h ow the se se ntcn cl'. s differ in m e:l.ning: -

011/y the b o y t hre w a sto n e.
The boy Olllj' thre w a stone.
The bov threw 011/v a sto n e.

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r1 e ig- h IJO rr.11 ,.- t
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ns1t1on as teacher
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Cump:tre tl ic ap1w;ira11cc of the co untry Ill spri ng
with its ;ippc:uancc ill the fal l.

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_o u r C'<Jt11it•r y p~t pe r . ·! .
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:in :tcc1de11[ 0( \\" /1· · /
. ,[ s l01t desc ri ption (J(
IC l ) ' O il \V

\Nhat do yo u k11ow o f clothi 11 g mater ials obtaillcd
frolll i11 scc ts and a11imals?

ere an eyc-wit11css.

Tell wln. t :l I·t I· C 1l'S ) ' Ol! .
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.
I e qn1 r c to m:i l·
b
s,t) io w i t is made.
, 'e read, a nd
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o 11 t c1rcf11)]
Y any cnnvc · -- ·
1; l [ c/y· t ·d "(:
I Sd t ICJn yo II /i;o \ ' C
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67.

'/'e ll wh ;1t )' nu c·

E.\pand. so as to e.\p rcss the mca n in1; accurately,
a walking sti c k, a telq:;raph ope rat or, a j:t1!
bird, the custom house, a steam plow.

1

a n :1 l1111t Jn
how it is m :1d e .
w~/J~r/. .'.vherc it is mad\.',
:111d the different . . . . d . c illcrcnt subst:inccs
t1sc s it is p u t to
,
J'\ ;in1c the mer.·1ls
.
used 111 n1 :t.;111
I . n· coins
I.
l i c1 r \· :ti 11c-; :ind
,..,
. Co mpare
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n:1n1e otli•·1·
I
r icy a rc put.
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trs cs to which

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N;illle as m;iny points of difference as you can between a d"g and a ca t, a li oll a11d a gira ff~.', a
carrnt and a turnip, :t boot alld a sh oe, a st o \e
and a furnace.

I
t

.S e t the t:tl1lc for dinner.
l\fake hut ter fr o n1
crea m.
1r .

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;-, l 0\VJ ll _g- u(

of s trawberries.

"Tape
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s with the g rowi ng

vVrite Ollt all irn:i. g i!l :try conversation between a
foreman and a workman, the latter liavin gbccn cau g ht id le.
\\Trit e to y o ur cous in inviting him to come over to
spc11d I I allowc'c.: 11 w ith you , ancl ;i s king him
to brin g his checker-boa rd and his " Robin ~ on
Crusoe."

1 brnes-; a horse.

C'<nn pare the
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l>csc ribc :i.s fully as you can the ga mes, tenllis and
croque t.

177

\Li s h di shes.
J\7 ;i kc a lil·d

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4.
5.

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79.

Say how you spend your Saturchys, and des c ribe
your chu rch and Sunday school.

l rn:i." ine t 1 t 0
,. ., . i;i Y tt lia \'C lost c.. , ·1
art1cl .
"c 1 of t he foJlowi 1w
c s, nnd dc sc ril >e to he · )
h
c as s wh at each
was like . .1 /) 1 ·r
.. , en \11 1 c, a lead
penci l, a doer ·1
pen, a pigeo n.
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80 .

Take your geo g raphy ancl de sc ribe a n 1m:ig1 n a ry
trip fro1n Mo n treal to Chi ca g o.

Sr.

l )cs c ribe a game o f b:i.sc ball, g 1v111g th e prin c ipal
ru les of the g :i.rnc.

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.l . S 'u\ Fran. , tkrn::tnfnent in
,
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·oun ·' <> en
the chan ces
You have a )
o "':
, ·hn " what ,u c
.
Write h im, .is'" "' . . · that ci t y.
.
c 1sco.
. of )' onr a.b1hty 1n
r

82.

L1H11111.:ratt: the points of diff 1..Tt:n cc between a lion
:llld a ti .~ cr, a guosc and a duck, a turk ey :rnd
a hen , co:tl a11<l wood, iro n and lead.

lll1"f or a Yo 0

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\Vri tc quest ions containing nouns formed from
white, s:-id, just , small, free, frail , tru e, hi gh ,
Jon~, dc::;titute, poor, <liffi cult, friendly.

2.

3

93·

The Lice.
I lour and minute divisions.
l lands ancl their movements.

Say wh:i.t m:1tcrials you would require to make a
kite
Tell how to m :1kc it.
Describe its
framework, s!Lq><.: a11d cuvcri 11 g, and tell why
it rises.

.ss.

\tVritc

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sc 11tc11 cc using the words !emit and leant .

\Vrite ten lines describing a party which you at-

\ \/rite the follo win g sentence five tim es, changin g
the order of the words each time:
•) -0011 1l

1·01-l.y

do w n.

~ following st:1nz~1: -

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. , )rose o[ th <.: ·
1\b I,c l
.
. rtt\c boy,
, a seri ous i
\· , .
There was once
l ' \\1l\ w\10 rarel y s 1io ,c '
Who never sm1\cL
.
t ' - was his only J<> Y•
, I· . a J·,,k<.:L ••

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11111.rs llll~t-ctl willt s11ow cawc rattli11g·

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!\. 1Ll b e c ould n ot )\...
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Cba.n~c

th

e following furrna

l n ote to a

n infur111:1\

ts to
·
. ·11 t t!tcir com/' I 171Zt1'

o ne: -

tended.
C)O.

for so rnc
. 1 sc \100\
h ec n una\)lc to attem . otc of cxp\ana.You \1avc
tca.cl1er a n
\\'rite yo ur
days.
tion.

.
. l name f nr
Write a ):..'..ooL
' :u\,·cntur c.
A story <) l '
~-- A book o£ trav e\.

How to tell the time.
Color of face.

87.

0 £ th e

1 \ ow to spen
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excu r sio n.
C:.sbtn~
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Visit to a print1n~ o
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lksL·rihc fully :-i dod.·j;1Ci' a11d the u se of eac h part,

\tVrite an account of your last holiday trip.

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:rnd pr i11 cipal C\'C nts.

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· · 1) n on
, cornpos11.1

. . , a twenty- \ \\H.:
.
. ·~ts: fol\ow1 n ~ suhjcC
<l 4t\1 0£ Ju\y.

:\Take a diary for bst week, putti11g in d ays , datL's

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DY a11d J/rs. Ball pro~[, - Starr, a11d ff(jll o !
· R ..-, r-t. E . a1ld 1 ~"
, on J/011day
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tlu' ptrasurc (lj I Ii _
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Il PRIMARY rn

\ Vrite ( 1) a formal ·1ccc1)t·
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<1 Il l'C
ceptancc · ( . . )
' ( 2 ) an i11for 111 ..,1 .., ,
' ~) an ill r() rma1
the forc 1roin cr . . .
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