he spare our lives?" 1 could not think, nor speak, nor hear."

"Should I forgive you, and allow you to depart, you would no reform."

689. Omissions of the Conjunction before the Verb in the Subjunctive Mood.

If he will repent and reform, I
will assist him."
Unless good order be restored,
and the former officers be re-
elected, there will be an end
to the administration of jus-
tice."

"Had I improved my time as 1 ought to have done, I should have been well qualified for business."

"Were there no alternative, ] would not do that."

690. Omissions of FOR after Verbs implying the idea of serving "Make me a pen." "Order me a carriage.

691.

"Bring me some water."
"Purchase him a knife."

Omissions of the Interjection.

"Sweet child! lovely child! thy

parents are no more.' "Sweet blossom! precious to my heart."

692.

"Thou Preserver and Creator of all mankind."

"My beloved Ulrica! hast thou too, forgotten me?"

Omissions of the Relative.

'Several men are there come "I trust that he I desire to see so

from Europe."

much, will speedily return "

693.

LXVI. INVERTED SENTENCES.

The Nominative Case placed after the Verb.

'Smack went the whip, round

went the wheels;

Were ever folks so glad?"
"There goes a man alike distin-

In what sort of descriptions do we use the present for the past tense? 486.

What is the conjugation of a verb? 531. What is the conjugation of an active vert styled? 532. A passive verb? 532. How many tenses has the indicative? 525. Potential? 527. Subjunctive? 526. Imperative? 529. Infinitive? 528.

What is the sign of the present indicative? 519. The imperfect? 520. Perfect? 521. Pluperfect? 522. First future? 523. Second future? 524. The potential mood? 515. Infinitive? 517. Subjunctive? 516. How many persons

guished for his learning and politeness.'

"And in soft ringlets waved her golden hair.'

Will you new parse the omissions ! 684, &c.

How is the passive verb formed? 510.

Will you decline love in the indicative present, passive? and the verb to be in the imperfect? Perfect? Pluperfect? First future? Second future? Present potential? Imperfect? Perfect? Pluperfect? Present subjunctive, common form? Imperfect? Perfect? Pluperfect? First future: Second future?

In what voice, mood, tense, number and person, is "I love"? "We love"? "They are loved"? "You are"? "I did learn"

tue wondered how "The rolls of fame I will not now explore."

SENTENCES TO BE WRITTEN.

mpose a sentence exemplifying Rule VIII.? One, XI.? XII.? XIII.? XIV.? Will you compose a use of the dog? One, on the clouds? One, on night? One, on snow? One, on hail? One, on ice? One, me, on fishing? One, on courage? One, on cowardice ity? One, on indolence? One, on schools?

SENTENCES TRANSPOSED.

e rests his head upon the lap of earth, outh, to fortune and to fame unknown

Transposed.

known to fortune and to fame, rests here his head earth."

n, young, life's journey I began,

e glittering prospect charmed my eyes; - along the extended plain,

after joy successive rise

oon I found 'twas all a dream,

d learned the fond pursuit to shun, -e few can reach the purposed aim, d thousands daily are undone."

Transposed.

journey when young, and the glittering prospect ; I saw joy after joy successive rise, along the exsoon I found it was all a dream; and learned to ursuit, where few can reach the purposed aim, and ly undone."

il austerities our wills restrain,

-rns fence in the tender plant from harm

Transposed.

rities restrain our wills, as thorns fence in the ten -m."

"? "You shall be ⇒ punished?" "He

parse the inverted

tense, number and "? "I may go"? ed"? "You might may have been rehave been"? "If have"? "If thou "To have been"? synopsis of learn,

Will you give the synopsis of desire in the active voice, with the participles? Of the same in the passive? Of do in the active? In the passive?

When is a verb called regular? 539 When irregular? 534.

Will you repeat the present and imper feet tenses, also the perfect participle, of am? see? hear? do? weep? sink? swim?

Will you next take the sentences to be written?

What are auxiliary verbs? 511.

E'en in our ashes live their wonted fires."

Transposed.

"The parting soul relies on some fond breast; the closing eye requires some pious drops; the voice of nature cries, even from the tomb; and their wonted fires live even in our ashes."

"From lofty themes, from thoughts that soared on high,
And opened wondrous scenes above the sky,
My Muse! descend; indulge my fond desire;
With softer thoughts my melting soul inspire,
And smooth my numbers to a female's praise;
A partial world will listen to my lays,
While Anna reigns, and sets a female name
Unrivalled in the glorious lists of fame."

Transposed.

"Omy Muse! descend thou from lofty themes, and from thoughts that soared on high, and opened wondrous scenes above the sky indulge thou my fond desire; and do thou inspire my melting soul with softer thoughts, and smooth my numbers to a female's praise ; a partial world will listen to my lays, while Anna reigns, and sets a female name unrivalled in the glorious lists of fame."

GENERAL OBSERVATIONS.

SYNTAX.

THAT part of Grammar which treats of the formation and scund of the letters, the combination of letters into syllables, and syllaoles into words, is called Orthography.

That part which treats of the different sorts of words, their various changes and their derivations, is called Etymology.

That part which treats of the union and right order of words in the formation of sentences, is called Syntax.

GRAMMAR may be considered as consisting of two species, Universal and Particular. Universal Grammar explains the principles which are common to all languages. Particular Grammar applies those principles to a particular language, modifying them according to the genius of that tongue, and the established practice of the best writers and speakers by whom it is used.

LANGUAGE, in the proper sense of the word, signifies the expression of our ideas, and their various relations, by certain articulate sounds, which are used as the signs of those ideas and relations. An articulate sound is the sound of the human voice, formed by the organs of speech.

LETTERS are the representatives of certain articulate sounds, the elements of the language.

The letters of the English Language, called the English Alphabet, are twenty-six in number, each of which constitutes the first principle, or least part of a word.

LETTERS are divided into vowels and consonants.

A vowel is a letter that can be perfectly sounded by itself. The vowels are a, e, i, o, u, and sometimes w and y. W and y are consonants when they begin a word or syllable; but in every other situation they are vowels.

A consonant is a letter that cannot be perfectly sounded without the aid of a vowel; as, b, d, f, b. All letters except the vowels are consonants.

Consonants are divided into mutes and semi-vowels.

The mutes cannot be sounded at all, without the aid of a vow el They are b, p, t, d, k, and c and g hard.