1. Those good or bad habits

through life.

2. Nothing in this life

ledge.

generally go with us

is more estimable than know

3. It is one of the melancholy pleasures of an old man to recollect the kindness of friends

4. Compassionate affections

the heart.

5. Virtue

convey satisfaction to

must be habitually active.

6. An idle man cannot engage himself in any employment

or profession,

7. Arabia is destitute of navigable rivers

The torrents

are imbibed by the thirsty earth. The are nourished by the dews of

rare and hardy plants

the night.

8. Veturia

She feared that

bedience in a new light

at first hesitated to become intercessor - it would only show his disoshe was accompanied by Volumnia, her daughter-in-law, and her two children, and by many of the principal matrons of Rome. Coriolanus was resolved to give them a denial. He called his offieers round him to be witnesses to the resolution

But he instantly came down from his tribunal to meet and embrace them. he seemed much agitated by con

tending passions. For a length,

time he was silent

At

he flew to

6. CONTRACTION.

Exercise 21.

Contract the following passages by omitting the subordinate clauses and making each sentence simple :

EXAMPLE.

Socrates, though primarily attentive to the culture of his mind, was not negligent of his external appearance. His

cleanliness resulted from those ideas of order and decency, which governed all his actions.

Socrates was not negligent of his external appearance. His cleanliness resulted from his ideas of order and decency.

1. A horse, having been insulted by a stag, and finding himself unequal to his adversary, applied to a man for assistance. The request was easily granted; and the man, putting a bridle in his mouth, and mounting upon his back, soon came up with the stag, and laid him dead at his enemy's feet. The horse having thus gratified his revenge, thanked his assistant. "Now," said he, "I will return in triumph, and reign the undisputed lord of the forest."-" By no means," replied the man, "I shall have occasion for your services, and you must go home with me." So saying he led him to his hovel, where the unhappy steed spent the remainder of his days in laborious servitude; sensible, too late, that revenge may cost a great deal more than it is worth.

2. A youth, who lived in the country, and who had not acquired, either by reading or conversation, any knowledge of the animals which inhabit foreign regions, went to a neighbouring city to see an exhibition of wild beasts. "What is the name of that lovely animal," said he to the keeper, "which you have placed near one of the ugliest beasts in your collection, as if you meant to contrast beauty with deformity?"—"The animal which you admire," replied the keeper, "is called a tiger; and, notwithstanding the meekness of his looks, he is fierce and savage beyond description. But the other beast, which you despise, is in the highest degree docile, affectionate, and useful. For the benefit of man, he traverses the sandy deserts of Arabia, where drink and pasture are seldom to be found, and will continue several days without sustenance, yet still patient of labour. The camel, therefore (for such is the name given to this animal), is more worthy of your admiration than the tiger, notwithstanding the inelegance of his make, and the two bunches upon his back: for mere external beauty is of little esti

mation; and deformity, when associated with amiable dispositions and useful qualities, should not preclude our respect and approbation."

7. EXPANSION.

Exercise 22.

Expand the following sentences by changing the form of the phrases and clauses, making each sentence complex:

EXAMPLE.

The boy, attentive to his studies, is sure to excel.

The boy, who is attentive to his studies, is sure to excel. A boy is sure to excel, when he is attentive to his studies. A boy is sure to excel, if he be attentive to his studies.

1. Shame being lost, all virtue is lost.

2. The king had never before committed an unjust action, but he dismissed his minister without inquiry.

3. He descended from his throne, and ascended the scaffold, and said, "Live, incomparable pair."

4. She was deprived of all but her innocence, and lived in a retired cottage with her widowed mother, and was concealed more by her modesty than by solitude.

5. The dry leaves rustled on the ground, and the chilling winds whistled by me, and gave me a foretaste of the gloomy desolation of winter.

6. The trees were cultivated with much care, and the fruit was rich and abundant.

7. The lion and the eagle are both possessed of great strength, and exercise dominion over their fellows of the forest.

8. All mankind must taste the bitter cup mixed by destiny. 9. Gentleness corrects everything offensive in our manners. 10. Some refused to come, but their places were soon filled by a multitude of delighted guests.

11. You have pleaded your incessant occupation: Exihbit the result of it.

12. Wicked men may multiply in number and increase in power; but do not imagine, therefore, that Providence particularly favours them.

8. SYNTHESIS.

Exercise 23.

Combine the following simple into complex sentences, using the verb printed in italics as the verb of the principal clause:—

EXAMPLE.

Memory is of great moment. It is sometimes wanting. Then, the rest of our faculties are in a great measure useless (so... that).

Memory is of so great moment that, when it is wanting, all the rest of our faculties are in a great measure useless.

1. Patience preserves composure within. Patience resists impressions from without. Trouble makes impressions from

without.

2. Our sky seems settled and serene. In some unobserved quarter gathers the little black cloud. In the little black cloud the tempest ferments. In the little black cloud the tempest prepares to discharge itself on our head.

3. Camphor is a solid essential oil. boiling the wood of a species of laurel. in certain parts of China and Japan.

It is obtained by This laurel abounds

4. Artesian wells are perpendicular borings. They are only a few inches in diameter. They are carried down. Some great natural reservoir of water is reached. A strong and permanent current of water then rushes up.

5. Sir Thomas More was laying his head upon the block. He bade the executioner stay. He put aside his beard. He said, "This has never committed treason."

6. The manners of individuals are generally determined by moral causes. A nation is nothing but a collection of individuals. The character of a nation will therefore much

depend on moral causes. This must be evident to the most superficial observer.

7. A farmer stept into a field to mend a gap in one of the fences. At his return he found the cradle turned upside down. He had left his only child asleep in the cradle. The clothes were all torn and bloody. His dog was lying near the cradle besmeared also with blood.

8. He at once conceived that the dog had destroyed his child. He instantly dashed out the dog's brains with the hatchet in his hand.

9. He turned up the cradle. He found his child unhurt. He found an enormous serpent lying dead on the floor. The serpent had been killed by the faithful dog. The courage and fidelity of the dog preserved the life of the child. The courage and fidelity of the dog deserved a very different

return.

10. After the battle of Worcester, Charles II. mounted into an oak tree. He did this for better concealment. He sheltered himself among the leaves and branches for twentyfour hours. The oak tree was long afterwards venerated as the Royal Oak.

11. Wife, children, kindred, friends, are objects of affection and endearment. Some persons have about them many such objects. Those persons generally possess good spirits.

12. There is a gentle wisdom. There is an artificial courtesy. The former is from above. The latter is learned in the school of the world. The latter the most frivolous and empty may possess. We must not confound the former with

the latter.

13. The Star-Chamber Court is so called from the room in which it met. It is said to have been founded in the reign of Henry VII. This is usually said. This is not quite

correctly said (though).

14. A person is addicted to play or gaming. He took but little delight in it at first (though). By degrees, he gives himself up entirely to it. It seems the only end of his being (so... that).