Converse and love mankind might strongly draw RULE II. Be wise to-day 'tis madness to defer. The present all their care the future his. Wit makes an enterpriser sense a man. Ask thought for joy grow rich and hoard within. RULE III. In Latin there are six cases namely the nominative the genitive the dative the accusative the vocative and the ablative. Most English nouns form the plural by adding 8 as boy boys nation nations king kings bay bays. Bodies are such as are endued with a vegetable soul as plants a sensitive soul as animals or a rational soul as the body of man. III.-The Colon. Copy the following sentences, and insert the comma, the semicolon, and the colon where they are required. RULE I. Death wounds to cure we fall we rise we reign. That is the gem sell all and purchase that. RULE II. I have the world here before me I will review it at leisure surely happiness is somewhere to be found. A melancholy enthusiast courts persecution and when he cannot obtain it afflicts himself with absurd penances but the holiness of St. Paul consisted in the simplicity of a pious life. Observe his awful portrait and admire Nor stop at wonder imitate and live. RULE III. Such is our Lord's injunction "Watch and pray." He died praying for his persecutors “Father forgive them they know not what they do." On his cane was inscribed this motto "Festina lente." IV. The Period. Copy the following sentences, and insert the comma, the semicolon, the colon, and the period, where they are required. RULE I. Then appeared the sea and the dry land the mountains rose and the rivers flowed the sun and moon began their course in the skies herbs and plants clothed the ground the air the earth and the waters were stored with their respective inhabitants at last man was made in the image of God In general those parents have most reverence who most deserve it for he that lives well cannot be despised RULE II. Civil accomplishments frequently give rise to fame but a distinction is to be made between fame and true honor the statesman the orator or the poet may be famous while yet the man himself is far from being honored RULE III. Glass was invented in Eng by Benalt a monk A D 664 The Roman Era U C commenced B C 753 Here is the Literary Life of S T Coleridge Esq V.-The Dash. Copy the following sentences, and insert the dash, and such other points as are required. RULE I. You say famous very often and I don't know exactly what it means a famous uniform famous doings What does famous mean O why famous means Now don't you know what famous means It means It is a word that people say It is the fashion to say it It means it means famous RULE II. But this life is not all there is there is full surely another state abiding us And if there is what is thy prospect O remorseless obdurate Thou shalt hear it would be thy wisdom to think thou now hearest the sound of that trumpet which shall awake the dead Return O yet return to the Father of mercies and live The future pleases Why The present pains VI.-Note of Interrogation. Copy the following sentences, and insert the note of interrogation, and such other points as are required. RULE I. Does nature bear a tyrant's breast Is she the friend of stern control Why should a man whose blood is warm within Who art thou courteous stranger and from whence RULE II. Who bid the stork Columbus-like explore Heavens not his own and worlds unknown before RULE III. Ask of thy mother Earth why oaks are made They asked me who I was and whither I was going VII.-Note of Exclamation. Copy the following sentences, and insert the note of exclamation, and such other points as are necessary. RULE I. Alas how is that rugged heart forlorn RULE II. O Popular Applause what heart of man Is proof against thy sweet seducing charms More than thy balm O Gilead heals the wound RULE III. How often have I loitered o'er thy green VIII.-Marks of Parenthesis. Copy the following sentences, and insert the marks of parenthesis, and such other points as are necessary. RULE I. And all the question wrangle e'er so long Is only this If God has placed him wrong And who what God foretells who speaks in things RULE II. Say was it virtue more though Heav'n ne'er gave Where is that thrift that avarice of time IX. Promiscuous. Copy the following sentences, and insert the points which they require. As one of them opened his sack he espied his money It is my son's coat an evil beast hath devoured him The only words he uttered were I am a Roman citizen Some distress either felt or feared gnaws like a worm How then must I determine Have I no interest If I have not I am stationed here to no purpose Harris In the fire the destruction was so swift sudden vast and miserable as to have no parallel in story Dionysius the tyrant of Sicily was far from being happy I ask now Verres what thou hast to advance Excess began and sloth sustains the trade Fame can never reconcile a man to a death bed They that sail on the sea tell of the danger Be doers of the word and not hearers only There are no tricks in plain and simple faith I am satisfied My son has done his duty Remember Almet the vision which thou hast seen I beheld an enclosure beautiful as the gardens of paradise Yet at the same time the man himself undergoes a change Take care lest while you strive to reach the top you fall Then said he Lo I come to do thy will O God As for me behold I am in your hand Now I Paul myself beseech you He who lives always in public cannot live to his own soul whereas he who retires remains calm Therefore behold I even I will utterly forget you To whom can riches give repute or trust Not so for once indulg'd they sweep the main Say will the falcon stooping from above Smit with her varying plumage spare the dove Pope Throw Egypt's by and offer in its stead Offer the crown on Berenice's head Id Falsely luxurious will not man awake And springing from the bed of sloth enjoy The cool the fragrant and the silent hour Thomson |