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advised, he does not reform.

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we would be healthy.

proved him. Her talents are more brilliant useful. on earth stable to assure us of undisturbed rest, to afford us constant protection.

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joy.

me! what shall I do!

! I have been too often occupied with Simplicity source of genuine

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SECTION II.

WORDS TO FORM SENTENCES.

Take the following words, and connect and arrange them so as to make sense:

EXAMPLE.

Prompts, others, relieve, compassion, to, wants, the, of, us
Compassion prompts us to relieve the wants of others.

EXERCISES.

Heart, has, in, true, its, politeness, the, seat. 2. Unwilling, pain, a, give, to, good, is, mind.

3. Evils, great, is, by, a, human, ourselves, proportion, of, created.

4. Vanity, if, greatness, our, flatters, our, multiplies, it, dangers.

5. For, preparing, another, in, world, this, must, life, we, duties, the, neglect, of, not.

6. Amiable, there, and, is, more, nothing, respectable, life, in, than, human, humble, benevolent, character, man, the, of, a, truly, and.

7. In, multitudes, obscure, the, stations, most, broils, are, petty, in, not, less, their, eager, by, nor, passions, tormented, their, less, contend, than, if, they, princely, for, which, prize, were, the, honours.

8. Parent, anxious, with, does, what, the, care, hen, together, call, he and, offspring, them, wings, her, with, cover! Suggest, mother, does, to your, this, you, of, not, the, sight, and, tenderness, affection? Helpless, watchful, infancy, protected, her, care, you, in, period, the, of, nourishea when, milk, she, with, you, her, and, move, to, your, taught, limbs, and, accents, its, tongue, unformed, to, your, lisp. Childhood, in, your griefs.

she, your, little, over, mourned, delights, in, your, rejoiced, innocent, heal ing, to, sickness, administered, the, balm, in, you, and, mind, of, instilled the, wisdom, into, love, your, truth, and, of, virtue.

SECTION III.

WORDS TO FORM SENTENCES (continued).

Supply such words as are necessary to make sense of the following exercises:

EXAMPLE.

Old, age, joyless, dreary, season, arrive, unimproved, corrupted, mmd. Old age will prove a joyless and dreary season, if we arrive at it with an unimproved or a corrupted mind.

EXERCISES.

1. No, errors, trivial, deserve, mended.

2. Work, dull, performance, capable, pleasing, neither, understanding, imagination.

3. When, Socrates, fell, victim, madness, truth, virtue, fell.

4. Gay, pleasing, sometimes, insidious, dangerous, companions.

5. Taste, useful, knowledge, provide, great, noble, entertainment, other, leave.

6. Anxious, votary, riches, negligent, pleasure.

7. Perseverance, laudable, pursuits, reward, toils, effects, calculations. 8. Changes, continually, place, men, manners, opinions, customs, private, public.

9. Religious, unjustly, romantic, visionary, unacquainted, world, unfit. Live.

SECTION IV.

DERIVATIVE WORDS.

Make out a list of derivatives from the following primitive words, and then write a sentence, either quoted or original, containing each of them :

EXAMPLE.

Act, actor, actress, action, active, activity, actively, actual, actually, actuary, actuate, counteract, enact, exact, exactly, exactor, exactness, exaction, inaction, inactive, inactivity, overact, react, reaction, transact, trans action.

I scarcely know how to act in the matter. Like a dull actor now, I have forgot my part. Who is the most celebrated actress of the present day? Both the body and the mind should be kept in action. The steward is an active man of business. Do not remit your activity. We are actively employed. Every man is daily guilty of actual transgression. How often is old age actually arrived before we suspect it. The actuary of the court died very lately. Our passions too frequently actuate our conduct. Counteract the mischief by doing all the good you can. It is enacted in the laws of Venice. I now exact the penalty. John was here exactly at the hour. Exactions and exactors overspread the land. You have performed the task with grea! exactness. I lie in a refreshing kind of inaction. Inactive youth will be followed by profitless old age. Virtue concealed is inactivity at best. You overact when you should underdo. The son reacts the father's crimes

The action and reaction are equal. My father transactea business in the office to-day. Give me a minute account of all your transactions.

Vary the expression in the following sentences by changing the parts of speech:

EXAMPLES.

1. Wisdom is better than riches. To be wise is better than to be rich The wise are better than the rich.

2. Be humble in your whole behavior. Always behave yourself humbly. Behar yourself with humility on all occasions.

EXERCISES.

1. Piety and virtue will make our whole life happy.

2. Modesty is one of the chief ornaments of youth.

3. The eager and presumptuous are continually disappointed.

4. Friendly sympathy heightens every joy.

5. Praise is pleasing to the mind of man.

6. To deceive the innocent is utterly disgraceful.

7. A family where the great Father of the universe is duly reverenced, where parents are honored and obeyed, and where brothers and sisters dwell together in affection and harmony, is surely a most delightful and interesting spectacle.

SECTION VI.

VARIETY OF EXPRESSION (continued).

Vary the expression in the following sentences by using synonymous words and phrases:

EXAMPLE.

Wrath kindles wrath. Anger inflames anger. Strife begets strife One angry passion excites another.

EXERCISES.

1. The avaricious man has no friend

2. It is not easy to love those whom we do not esteem.

3. Few have courage to correct thei friends.

4. Passion swells by gratification.

5 The great source of pleasure is variety.

6 Knowledge is to be gained only by study.

7. Sir Isaac Newton possessed a remarkably mild and even temper This great man, on a particular occasion, was called out of his study to an adjoining apartment. A little dog, named Diamond, the constant but incurious attendant of his master's researches, happened to be left among the papers, and threw down a lighted candle, which consumed the almost finished labors of some years. Sir Isaac soon returned, and had the mor

tification to behold his irreparable loss. But with his usual self-possession he only exclaimed, "Oh, Diamond! Diamond' thou little knowest the mischief thou hast done "*

SECTION VII.

WORDS SUGGESTED TO FORM SENTENCES.

Let one pupil name a subject, and each of the others, at the suggestion of the teacher, successively give a word or phrase.

Let the words and phrases be written down as they are suggested, and afterward re-written so as to make

sense:

EXAMPLE.

Name a subject. The horse. A noun common to the horse and all other animals of the same kind? Quadruped. An adjective descriptive of some property in the horse? Beautiful. An adverb to increase the signification of beautiful. Most. Is the horse the most beautiful of quadrupeds? He appears to be so.

The horse, quadruped, beautiful, most, appears.

A noun which refers to the largeness or smallness of the horse? Size. A noun applicable to his skin? Smoothness. A noun applicable to his motions? Ease. A noun applicable to his shape? Symmetry. Adjectives descriptive of the horse, to qualify these nouns? Fine, glossy, graceful, exact. What do all these properties entitle the horse to? Distinction.

Size, skin, smoothness, motions, ease, shape, symmetry, fine, glossy, graceful, exact, entitle, distinction.

Of all quadrupeds, the horse appears to be the most beautiful. His fine size, the glossy smoothness of his skin, the graceful ease of his motions and the exact symmetry of his shape, entitle him to this distinction.t

IV.-STRUCTURE OF SENTENCES.

A SENTENCE is any number of words joined together in such a manner as to form a complete proposition. Every complete proposition or sentence contains a subject, or thing spoken of, and a predicate, or what is said of the subject.

* Pupils may be exercised, according to the two preceding sections, on their daily reading-lessons.

In answer to his suggestions and questions the teacher will get a variety of words, in selecting the most appropriate of which he may exercise the judgment and taste of his pupils. He may also make them vary the expression according to Sections V. and VI. The exercises in this section may be extended to any length.