rescue; but the queen's courage did not forsake her. Not only was he found out, but he was also convicted. First we went to the well, then we ascended the mountain. The jury could not agree on a verdict; on that account he was acquitted. We can never find out the secret; for it is hidden in deepest mystery. The road was found impracticable; consequently the expedition was abandoned. She looks upon his lips, and they are pale; She takes him by the hand, and that is cold; And opens both his eyes. 2. The Compound Sentence may embrace several co-ordinate Clauses, some of which may be placed after each other without the intervention of any Conjunction. John went away, Mary followed, and we returned home, is a Compound Sentence consisting of three Clauses. The second is placed alongside the first without any Conjunction. LESSON XLII. Name the Clauses in the following Compound Sentences: Come hither, Evan Cameron; come, stand beside my knee I hear the river roaring down towards the wintry sea. There's shouting on the mountain side, there's war within the blast--Old faces look upon me now, old forms go trooping past; I hear the pibroch wailing amidst the din of fight, And my dim spirit wakes again upon the verge of night. The knot had been securely bound; the victim sank without effort; the waters settled calmly over him, and that unit of life was for ever withdrawn from the sum of human existence. The building rook 'll caw from the windy tall elm tree, And the tufted plover pipe along the fallow lea, And the swallow 'll come again with summer o'er the wave; The place was perfectly quiet; the loud ticking of the clock was the only sound heard; the swing of its pendulum was distinctly seen; the fire had almost burnt out, but a few red embers were still glowing on the hearth. LESSON XLIII. Construct six Compound Sentences, each consisting of two Clauses. LESSON XLIV. Construct six Compound Sentences, each consisting of three or more clauses. 3. In a Compound Sentence there are frequently two or more Subjects with only one Predicate, and two or more Predicates with only one · Subject. The moon and the stars were shining is a Compound Sentence, in which there are two Subjects and only one Predicate.-The sun burst forth and scattered the clouds is a Compound Sentence, in which there is only one Subject but two Predicates. He acted with great firmness and courage is a Compound Sentence, in which there is only one Subject but two Predicates-acted with great firmness, acted with courage. LESSON XLV. Name the Clauses of the following Compound Sentences, supplying the ellipses where necessary :— The winds The moon rose, and threw her silvery light on the sea. and the waves obey their Creator's voice. The officers took off their caps, shouted with delight, and clapped their hands again and again. By sheer steel and sheer courage, Enniskillener and Scot were winning their desperate way right through the enemy's squadrons, and already gray horses and red coats had appeared right at the rear of the second mass. The keepers and the attendants had obviously escaped. He was formed to be the ornament of the senate and the darling of the people. The king behaved with the utmost magnanimity and with the greatest clemency. Beyond the city, there opened on his view the lovely country, the sublime ocean, and the serene heavens. Mile after mile the traveller looks in vain for the smoke of one hut, for one human form wrapped in a plaid, and listens in vain for the bark of a shepherd's dog or the bleat of a lamb. I have song of war for knight, Dark the night, and long till day, Do not bid me farther stray. LESSON XLVI. Construct six Compound Sentences, each having two Subjects and only one Predicate, and six each having one Subject and two Predicates. 4. Each Clause of a Compound Sentence may have one or more Subordinate Clauses dependent on it. My father, whom you saw yesterday, has gone away; but my mother, who is poorly, intends to remain at home, is a Compound Sentence, in which there are two Principal Clauses, and each Principal Clause has a Subordinate Clause attached to it. LESSON XLVII. Name all the Principal and all the Subordinate Clauses in the following Compound Sentences: It was broad day long before the man arrived, and he found the work not even half performed. It is said, and may but too easily be believed, that the sufferings of the fugitives were terrible. When the troops had retired, the Macdonalds crept out of the caverns of Glencoe, ventured back to the spot where the huts had formerly stood, collected the scorched corpses from among the smoking ruins, and performed some rude rites of sepulture. Ignorance was the talisman on which their power depended, and that talisman they had themselves broken. There is no lack of alarmists who will tell you that the era is about to commence under evil auspices: but from me you must expect no such gloomy prognostications; I have heard them too long and too constantly to be scared by them. Not a drum was heard, not a funeral note, Rokeby's lords had fair regard 5. To analyze a Compound Sentence is to name first the Principal or Co-ordinate Clauses, and then the Subordinate Clauses, and to show how they are connected the one with the other. Analyze and parse logically the Compound Sentences in the following Exercises : LESSON XLVIII. We made a hasty breakfast off a star-fish that we found stranded on the beach: but this rather increased our painful thirst; and, to find some means of quenching it, we hurried inland at the utmost speed which our weakened powers could command. He employed his leisure hours in architecture and gardening: he improved and enlarged his rural palace, planted fruit trees, enjoyed water excursions upon the gentle Clyde and its romantic estuary, and received with warm hospitality those gallant knights and nobles who had so often fought by his side. When Time, who steals our years away, Shall steal our pleasures too, The memory of the past will stay, And half our joys renew. I met a little cottage girl; She was seven years old, she said; LESSON XLIX. Chaucer most frequently describes things as they are; Spenser, as we wish them to be; Shakespeare, as they would be; and Milton, as they ought to be. When I look upon the tombs of the great, every emotion of envy dies in me; when I read the epitaphs of the beautiful, every inordinate desire goes out; when I meet with the grief of parents upon a tombstone, my heart melts with compassion; when I see the tomb of the parents themselves, I consider the vanity of grieving for those whom we must quickly follow. The seas are quiet when the winds give o'er ; There's nothing in this world can make me joy; Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale, Vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man. LESSON L. My uncle Toby laid down his knife and fork, and thrust his plate from before him, as the landlord gave him the account; and Trim, without being ordered, took it away, and, in a few minutes after, brought him his pipe and tobacco. Woodman, spare that tree! I sat and watched her many a day, When her eyes grew dim, and her locks were gray; And I almost worshipped her when she smiled, And turned from her Bible to bless her child. Years rolled on, but the last one sped My idol was shattered, my earth-star fled; I learnt how much the heart can bear, |