both of the nominative and objective cases.

"Neither

hath it entered into the heart of man, to conceive the things," &c. would have been regular.

"We have the power of retaining, altering, and compounding, those images which we have once received, into all the varieties of picture and vision." It is very proper to say, "altering and compounding those images which we have once received, into all the varieties of picture and vision;" but we can with no propriety say, "retaining them into all the varieties;" and yet according to the manner in which the words are arranged, this construction is unavoidable : for "retaining, altering, and compounding," are participles, each of which equally refers to, and governs the subsequent noun, those images; and that noun again is necessarily connected with the following preposition, into. The construction might easily have been rectifed, by disjoining the participle retaining from the other two participles, in this way: "We have the power of retaining those images which we have once received, and of altering and compounding them into all the varieties of picture and vision;" or, perhaps, better thus: "We have the power of retaining, altering, and compounding those images which we have once received, and of forming them into all the voice of picture and vision."

A PRAXIS :

OR EXAMPLES OF GRAMMATICAL RESOLUTION.*

As we have finished the explanation of the different parts of speech, and the rules for forming them into sentences, it is now proper to give some examples of the manner in which the learners should be exercised, in order to prove their knowledge, and to render it familiar to them. This is called parsing. The nature of the subject, as well as the adaptation of it to learners, requires that it should be divided into two parts; viz. parsing, as it respects etymology alone; and parsing, as it respects both etymology and syntax.

SECT. 1. Specimen of etymological parsing.

"Virtue enobles us."

Virtue is a common substantive of the third person, the singular number, and in the nominative case. (Decline the noun.) Ennobles is a regular verb active, indicative mood, present tense, and the third person singular. (Repeat the present tense, the imperfect tense, and the perfect participle.+) Us is a personal pronoun, of the first person plural, and in the objective case. (Decline the pronoun.)

"Goodness will be rewarded."

Goodness is a common substantive, of the third person, the singular number, and in the nominative case. (Decline it.) Will be rewarded is a regular verb, in the passive voice, the indicative mood, the first future tense, and the third person singular. (Repeat the present tense, the imperfect tense, and the perfect participle.)

*This Praxis is accommodated to teachers, who adopt an objective case for nouns, as well as to those who think that English

nouns have no such case.

+ The learner should occasionally repeat all the moods and tenses of the verb.

"Strive to improve."

Strive is an irregular verb neuter, in the imperative mood, and of the second person singular. (Repeat the present tense, &c.) To improve is a regular verb neuter, and in the infinitive mood. (Repeat the present tense, Tc.).

"Time flies, O! how swiftly."

Time is a common substantive, of the third person, the singular number, and in the nominative case. (Decline the noun.) Flies is an irregular verb neuter, the indicative mood, present tense, and the third person singular. (Repeat the present tense, &c.) @! is an interjection. How and swiftly are adverbs.

"Gratitude is a delightful emotion."

Gratitude is a common substantive of the third person, the singular number, and the nominative case. (Decline it.) Is is an irregular verb neuter, indicative mood, present tense, and the third person singular. (Repeat the present tense, c.) A is the indefinite article. Delightful is an adjective in the positive state. (Repeat the degrees of comparison.) Emotion is a common substantive of the third person, the singular number, and in the nominative case. (Decline it.)

"They who forgive, act nobly"

They is a personal pronoun, of the third person, the plural number, and in the nominative case. (Decline it.) Who is a relative pronoun, and in the nominative case. (Decline it.) Forgive is an irregular verb active, indicative mood, present tense, and the third person plural. (Repeat the present tense, c.) Act is a regular verb active, indicative mood, present tense, and the third person plural. (Repeat, &c.) Nobly is an adverb of quality. Repeat the degrees of comparison.)

"By living temperately, our health is promoted."

By is a preposition. Living is the present participle of

the regular neuter verb "to live." (Repeat the participles.) Temperately is an adverb of quality. Our is an adjective pronoun of the possessive kind. (Decline it.) Health is a common substantive, of the third person, the singular number, and in the nominative case. (Decline it.) Is promoted is a regular verb passive, indicative mood, present tense, and the third person singular. (Repeat, &c.)

“We should be kind to them, who are unkind to us.”

We is a personal pronoun, of the first person, the plural number, and in the nominative case. (Decline it.) Should be is an irregular verb neuter, in the potential mood, the imperfect tense, and the first person plural. Repeat the present tense, &c.) Kind is an adjective, in the positive state. (Repeat the degrees of comparison.) To is a preposition. Them is a personal pronoun, of the third person, the plural number, and in the objective case. (Decline it.) Who is a relative pronoun, and in the nominative case. (Decline it.) Are is an irregular verb neuter, indicative mood, present tense, and the third person plural. (Repeat, &c.) Unkind is an adjective in the positive state. (Repeat the degrees of comparison.) To is a preposition. Us is a personal pronoun, of the first person, the plural number, and in the objective case. (Decline it.)

SECT. 2. Specimen of Syntactical parsing.

"Vice produces misery."

Vice is a common substantive, of the third person, the singular number, and in the nominative case. Produces is a regular verb active, indicative mood, present tense, the third person singular, agreeing with its nominative "vice," according to RULE 1. which says; (here repeat the rule.) Misery is a common substantive, of the third person, the singular number, and the object of the active verb " produces;" or, (as some grammarians think,) the objective case governed by that verb.

T

"Peace and joy are virtue's crown.”

Peace is a common substantive. (Repeat the person, number, and case.) And is a copulative conjunction. Joy is a common substantive. Repeat the person, number, and case.) Are is an irregular verb neuter, indicative mood, present tense, and the third person plural, agreeing with the nominative case "peace and joy," according to RULE II. which says; (here repeat the rule.) Virtue's is a common substantive, of the third person, the singular number, and in the possessive case, governed by the substantive "crown," agreeably to RULE X. which says, &c. Crown is a common substantive, of the third person, the singular number, and in the nominative case, agreeably to the fourth note of

RULE XI.

"Wisdom or folly governs us."

Wisdom is a common substantive. (Repeat the person, number, and case.) Or is a disjunctive conjunction. Folly is a common substantive. (Repeat the person, number, and case.) Governs is a regular verb active, indicative mood, present tense, and the third person singular, agreeing with its nominative case "wisdom" or "folly," according to RULE III. which says, &c. Us is a personal pronoun, of the first person, plural number, and in the objective case, governed by the active verb "governs," agreeably to RULE XI. which says, &c.

"Every heart knows its sorrows."

Every is an adjective pronoun of the distributive kind, agreeing with its substantive "heart," according to Note 2. under RULE VIII. which says, &c. Heart is a common substantive. (Repeat the person, number and case.) Knows is an irregular verb active, indicative mood, present tense, third person singular, agreeing with its nominative case "heart," according to RULE 1. which says, &c. Its is a personal pronoun of the third person singular, and of the neuter gender, to agree with its substantive "heart," ac