史 1. He gives twice who gives quickly. 3. They stumble that run fast. 4. Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown. 5. He jests at scars who never felt a wound. 6. The dog that snapped the shadow dropped the bone. 7. The path is smooth that leadeth on to danger. 8. Kind words are little sunbeams That sparkle as they fall. 9. This hermit good lives in that wood Which slopes down to the sea. 10. Those who think must govern those who toil. 11. We wandered to the pine forest That skirts the ocean's foam. 12. The moon had climbed the highest hill 14. The smoke that rose into the sky had lost its dingy hue and taken a brightness upon it. 15. He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill. 16. A slender wire the living light conveys That startles midnight with its noonday blaze. 17. I have seen manners that make a similar impression with personal beauty.. I love the old melodious lays Which softly melt the ages through. 19. Tloved the brimming wave that swam✓ Through quiet meadows round the mill. 20. The beauties of the sunset had not faded from the long light films of cloud that lay at peace in the horizon. 21. From Poets' Corner I continued my stroll towards that part of the Abbey which contains the sepulchres of the kings. 22. The tide rippled on in wayes of sparkling silver, that imperceptibly, yet rapidly, gained upon the sand. 23. At the top of the woods, which do not climb very high upon this cold ridge, I struck leftward by a path among the pines. 24. The trees in this secluded spot were chiefly beeches and elms of huge magnitude, which rose like great hills of leaves into the air. 25. The cock, that is the trumpet to the morn, Doth, with his lofty and shrill-sounding throat, Awake the god of day. 26. Here the red rays of the sun shot a broken and discolored light that partially hung upon the shattered boughs and mossy trunks of the trees. 27. The hand of the reaper Takes the ears that are hoary, But the voice of the weeper Wails manhood in glory. 28. To him who in the love of Nature holds Communion with her visible forms, she speaks A various language. 29. He that loveth a book will never want a faithful friend, a wholesome counsellor, a cheerful companion, an effectual comforter. Р. S. 30.) The sun had mastered the clouds, and was shin ing through the boughs of the tall elms that made a deep nest for the gardener's cottage.co 31. Prune thou thy words, the thoughts control That o'er thee swell and throng They will condense within the soul And change to purpose strong. 32. Hundreds of branchedded, short-stemmed, wide branched oaks, which had witnessed perhaps 33. Hold fast that which is good. 34. Genius does what it must, and Talent does what it can. 35. What he hath lost noble Macbeth hath won. 36. Lend thy serious hearing To what I shall unfold. 37 What we gave, we have; What we spent, we had; What we left, we lost. THE PASSIVE VOICE In your definition of Verbs, what is the grammatical name of "anything?"* When the subject of a verb is doing something, the verb is said to be in the Active Voice. When something is being done to the subject, the verb is said to be in the Passive Voice. Transitive verbs can be changed from the active voice to the passive voice by taking the object of the verb in the active voice and making it the subject of the same verb in the passive voice. Thus, if Mary studied her lesson, then The lesson was studied. If A boy throws a ball, then The passive voice can be made only in this way; that is, by changing the form of a verb in the active voice, so that its object becomes the subject of the same verb in the passive voice. And so you will see that only a transitive verb can have the passive voice. 1. The passive voice is derived from the active voice. 2. The object of a verb in the active voice becomes the subject of the same verb in the passive voice. 3. Only transitive verbs can have the passive voice. * See Abbott's "How to Tell the Parts of Speech," page 24. EXERCISE IV PASSIVE VOICE 1. The gentle mind by gentle deeds is known. 2. With home-life sounds the desert air was stirred. 3. The silvery mist was touched with the first rays of the moonlight. 4. Lost time is never found again. 5. Small lights are soon blown out, huge fires abide. 6. A threefold cord is not quickly broken. 7. When clouds are seen, wise men put on their cloaks. 8. Grand masses of cloud were hurried across the blue. 9. A heart unspotted is not easily daunted. 10. My crown is called content. 11. Often I think of the beautiful town That is seated by the sea. 12. The camp of the crusaders was surrounded and almost besieged by clouds of light cavalry. 13. Weary hearts by thee are lifted, Struggling hearts by thee are strengthened. 14. The sheep before the pinching heaven To sheltered dale and down are driven. 15. His garb is humble; ne'er was seen Such garb with such a noble mien. 16. That country is the fairest which is inhabited by the noblest minds. |