a. Simple adverbial phrase.

Prin, part, to be; Ad. rich (indirect attribute). 1. Simple clause.

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S. he; P. become; Att. poor; Ad. P. suddenly.

Say not thou, 'I will recompense evil;' but wait on the Lord, and he shall save thee."

ANALYSIS.-Compound imperative sentence, consisting of two co-ordinate members:
A. Say not thou, "I will recompense evil.”

B. Wait on the Lord, and he shall save thee. Con. but.
A. Complex imperative member.

S. thou; P. say; O. I will recompense evil (1); Ad. P. not.

1. Simple declarative clause.

S. I; P. will recompense; O. evil.

B. Compound imperative member.

2. Wait on the Lord.

3. He shall save thee; connective, and.

2. Simple imperative clause.

S. Thou (understood); P. wait; Ad. P. on the Lord. (a.)

a. Simple adverbial phrase.

Prin. part, Lord; Ad. the.

e. Simple declarative clause.

S. He; P. shall save; O. thee.

If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; if he be thirsty, give him water to drink.

If the mind were left uncultivated, though nothing else should find entrance, vice certainly would.

While riotous indulgence enervates both the body and the mind, purity and virtue heighten all the powers of human fruition.

If the King were present, Cleon, there would be no need of my answering to what thou hast just proposed.

He seems to have made an injudicious choice, though he is esteemed a sensible man.

The person he chanced to see, was, to appearance, an old, sordid, blind man; but, upon his following him from place to place, he at last found, by his own confession, that he was Plutus, the god of riches. I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death.

Let any one resolve always to do right now, leaving then to do as it can, and if he were to live to the age of Methuselah, he would never do wrong; but the common error is to resolve to act right after breakfast, or after dinner, or to-morrow morning, or next time; but now, just now, this once, we must go on the same as ever.

It seems easier to do right to-morrow than to-day, merely because we forget, that when to-morrow comes, then will be now.

The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day,
Had he thy reason, would he skip and play?

Inspiring thought of rapture yet to be!

The tears of love were hopeless but for thee!

If in that frame no deathless spirit dwell,

If that faint murmur be the last farewell,

If fate unite the faithful but to part,
Why is their memory sacred to the heart?

XVII.-Miscellaneous Sentences.
EXAMPLES ANALYZED.

1. "Rasselas could not catch the fugitives, with his utmost efforts; but, resolving to weary by perseverance him whom he could not surpass in speed, he pressed on till the foot of the mountain stopped his course."-Johnson.

ANALYSIS.-Compound declarative sentence:

1. Rasselas could not catch the fugitive with his utmost efforts;

A. Resolving to weary .... course. Connective, but.

1. Simple declarative clause.

S. Rasselas; P. could catch; O. fugitive.

Ad. P. not, with his utmost efforts (a); Ad. O, the.

a. Simple adverbial phrase.

Prin. part, efforts; Ad. his and utmost.

A. Compound declarative member.

8. He; P. pressed.

Ad. S. resolving to weary by perseverance him......speed (b);

Ad. P. on, and till the foot of the mountain stopped his course (2).

b. Complex adjective phrase.

Prin. part, resolving: Ad. to weary..... speed (c).

c. Complex objective phrase.

Prin. part, to weary; Ad. him (obj ) and by perseverance ; Ad, of him, whom speed (3).

3. Simple adjective clause.

S. He; P. could surpass; O. whom; Ad. P. not and in speed.

2. Simple adverbial clause.

S. foot; P. stopped; O. course.

Ad. S. the, of the mountain; Ad. P. till; Ad. O. his; Connective, till.

2. "There is strong reason to suspect that some able Whig politicians, who thought it dangerous to relax, at that moment, the laws against political offenses, but who could not, without incurring the charge of inconsistency, declare themselves adverse to relaxation, had conceived a hope that they might, by fomenting the dispute about the court of the lord high steward, defer for at least a year the passing of a bill which they disliked, and yet could not decently oppose."-Macaulay.

ANALYSIS.-Complex declarative sentence.

S. Reason; P. is.

Ad. S. strong, to suspect..... oppose; (a) Ad. P. there.

a. Complex adjective phrase.

e......oppose; (A) Con. that.

Prin. part, to suspect; Ad. (object), Some able..

A. Complex object clause.

S. Politicians; P. had conceived; O. hope.

Ad. S. Some, able Whig, and the two co-ordinate clauses, connected by but, Who thought......offenses (B), Who could .....relaxation (C); Ad. O. They might... ..oppose (D). Con. that.

B. Complex adjective clause.

S. who; P. thought; O. It (to be) dangerous......offenses (1).

1. Simple object clause, of the infinitive form.

S. It; P. to be (understood); Att. dangerous.

Ad. S. to relax......offenses (b).

b. Complex explanatory phrase.

Prin. part, to relax; Ad. (primary), at that moment, (c) and laws; (Secondary), the, and against political offenses (d).

c. Simple adverbial phrase.

d. Simple adjective phrase, modifying laws.

C. Complex adjective clause.

S. who; P. could declare; O. themselves (to be) adverse to relaxation (2).

Ad. P. not, without incurring the charge of inconsistency (e).

e. Complex adverbial phrase.

Prin. part, incurring; Ad. (primary), charge; (secondary), the, and of incon sistency.

2. Simple object clause, infinitive form.

S. themselves; P. to be (und).; Att. adverse; Ad. Att. to relaxation.

D. Complex adjective clause.

S. they; P. might defer; O. passing.

Ad. P. by fomenting.....steward (f), for at least a year (g) ;

Ad. O. the, and of a bill which......oppose (h).

f. Complex adverbial phrase.

Prin. part, fomenting; Ad. (primary), dispute, (secondary), the, and about

......steward (i).

i. Complex adjective phrase.

Prin. part, court; Ad. the, and of the lord high steward (k).

k. Simple adjective phrase.

g. Simple adverbial phrase.

Prin. part, year; Ad. a. At least, independent phrase.

h. Complex adjective phrase.

Prin. part, bill; Ad. a, and which......oppose (3).

8. Simple adjective clause, with a compound predicate.

S. they; P. (compound), disliked, and could oppose; Con. and; O. which, Ad. P. (second), not and decently.

3.

What wonder, when
Millions of fierce encountering Angels fought
On either side, the least of whom could wield
These elements, and arm him with the force
Of all their regions? How much more of pow'r
Army 'gainst army numberless, to raise
Dreadful combustion warring, and disturb,
Though not destroy, their happy native seat;
Had not th' Eternal King omnipotent

From his strong hold of Heav'n high over-ruled

And limited their might; though number'd such
As each divided legion might have seem'd

A num'rous host, in strength each armed band

A legion, led in fight, yet leader seem'd
Each warrior single as in chief, expert
When to advance, or stand, or turn the sway

Of battle, open when, and when to close

The ridges of grim war.-Paradise Lost, VI., 219.

ANALYSIS.-The first period which terminates at regions, is a compound interrogative sentence.

1. What wonder (should there be)? A. When......regions; Con. when (used as a conjunction).

1. Simple interrogative clause.

A. Compound declarative member.

2. When millions......side; 3. The least......regions; Con. whom.

The second period, comprising the remainder of the passage, is a compound exclamatory sentence.

1. How......seat; A. Had......grim war; Con. if (understood).

1. Simple exclamatory clause.

S. army; P. would have wielded (understood); O. power.

Ad. S. numberless, and warring against (numberless) army; Ad. O. to raise

dreadful combustion, and disturb, though not destroy their happy native seat.

A. Compound member.

2. Had......might; B. Though....

......war; Con, though.

2. Simple clause, with a compound predicate.

B. Compound declarative member.

3. (They were) number'd such;

C. Each divided legion......war; Con. as (for that).

3. Simple declarative clause.

C. Compound declarative member.

4. Each divided legion......host;
5. In strength......legion;

D. Led in fight......war.

4, 5. Simple declarative clauses.

No connective.

D. Compound declarative member.

6. Each single warrior seemed as a leader in chief, expert......war; 7. (He was) led in fight. Connectives (corresponsive), though and yet. 6. Simple declarative member.

S. Warrior; P. seemed; Att. leader (connected to the subject by as).

Ad. S. each, single; Ad. Att. a, in chief, and expert; Ad. of expert, When to advance......war (a).

a. Compound adverbial phrase,

b. When to advance; c. when to stand; d. when to turn the sway of battle ; e. when to open and when to close the ridges of grim war.

Let the pupil be required to analyze and parse orally, according to the Praxis, the sentences in the following paragraphs, or to prepare a written analysis of each, according to the method, indicated in the above examples.

1. Let the ambitious, whether soldiers, tribunes, or kings, reflect, that, if there are mercenary soldiers to serve them, and flatterers to

excuse them while they reign, there is the conscience of humanity afterward to judge them, and pity to detest them.-Lamartine.

2. Some, in their discourse, desire rather commendation of wit, in being able to hold all arguments, than of judgment in discerning what is true; as if it were a praise to know what might be said, and not what should be thought.-Bacon.

3. If all the means of education which are scattered over the world, and if all the philosophers and teachers of ancient and modern times, were to be collected together, and made to bring their combined efforts to bear upon an individual, all they could do would be to afford the opportunity of improvement.-Degerando.

4. Dreams are the bright creatures of poem and legend, who sport on earth in the night-season, and melt away in the first beams of the sun, which lights grim Care and stern Reality in their daily pilgrimage through the world.-Dickens.

5. Montaigne saith prettily, when he inquired the reason why the word of the lie should be such a disgrace and such an odious charge. Saith he, "If it be well weighed, to say that a man lieth, is as much to say, as that he is brave toward God, and a coward toward men." --Bacon.

6. Dear sensibility! source inexhausted of all that is precious in our joys, or costly in our sorrows, thou chainest thy martyr down upon his bed of straw, and 'tis thou who lift'st him up to heaven! Eternal fountain of our feeling! 'tis here I trace thee, and this is thy "divinity which stirs within me; "not that, in some sad and sickening moments, my soul shrinks back upon herself, and startles at destruction ! " (mere pomp of words!) but that I feel some generous cares beyond myself. All comes from thee, great-great Sensorium of the world! which vibrates, if a hair of our heads but falls to the ground, in the remotest desert of thy creation.-Sterne.

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7. On the fourth day of creation, when the sun, after a glorious but solitary course, went down in the evening, and darkness began to gather over the face of the uninhabited globe, already arrayed in the exuberance of vegetation, and prepared by the diversity of land and water, for the abode of uncreated animals and man,-a star, single and beautiful, stepped forth into the firmament. Trembling with wonder and delight in new-found existence, she looked abroad, and beheld nothing, in heaven or on earth, resembling herself. But she was not long alone; now one, then another, here a third, there a fourth resplendent companion had joined her, till, light after light stealing though the gloom, in the lapse of an hour, the whole hemisphere was brilliantly bespangled. -Montgomery.