LESSON 33. EXERCISES FOR ANALYSIS. 228. A cheerful temper, joined with innocence, will make beauty attractive, knowledge delightful, and wit good natured.-Anon. (221 a.*) Earth is our work-house, and Heaven is, or should be, our store-house. Our chief business here is to lay up treasures there.-Dr. Grynoeus. Speak properly, and in as few words as you can, but always plainly; for the end of speech is not ostentation, but to be understood.-Penn. God hath a voice that ever is heard In the peal of the thunder, the chirp of the bird; It comes in the torrent, all rapid and strong, In the streamlet's soft gush as it ripples along; It breathes in the zephyr, just kissing the bloom; It lives in the rush of the sweeping simoon; Let the hurricane whistle, or warblers rejoice, What do they all tell thee but " God hath a voice?"-Eliza Cook. Knowledge cannot be stolen from us. It cannot be bought or sold. We may be poor, and the sheriff may come and sell our furniture, or drive away our cow, or take our pet lamb, and leave us homeless and penniless; but he cannot lay the law's hand upon the jewelry of our minds.—E. Burritt. Once to every man and nation comes the moment to decide, In the strife of Truth with Falsehood, for the good or evil side; * * * * * Then to side with Truth is noble, when we share her wretched crust, Language and thoughts are inseparable. Words without thoughts are dead sounds; thoughts without words are nothing. To think is to speak low; to speak is to think loud.-Max Müeller. * Paragraph numbers refer to certain constructions explained in lessons just preceding this. Young women, the glory of your life is to do something, and to be something. You may have formed the idea that ease and personal enjoyment are the ends of your life. This is a terrible mistake. Developmen?, in the broadest sense and in the highest direction, is the end of your life.-J. G. Holland. No one loves to tell a tale of scandal but to him who loves to hear it. Learn then, to rebuke and silence the detracting tongue, by refusing to hear. Never make your ear the grave of another's good name.-Anon. (221.) Cover them over with beautiful flowers; Deck them with garlands, these brothers of ours, (208.) Lying so silent by night and by day, Sleeping the years of their manhood away,— Years they had marked for the joys of the brave, -Carleton. Reputation is, or should be, the result of character. Character is the sum of individual qualities; reputation, what is generally thought of character, so far as it is known. Character is like an inward and spiritual grace, of which reputation is, or should be, the outward and visible sign. A man may have a good character and a bad reputation, or a bad character and a good reputation; although, to the credit of human nature, which, with all its weakness, is not ignoble, the latter is more common than the former.-Richard Grant White. "How long I shall love him I can no more tell, And yet I would give all the world he did know it; (199, 200.) *Of this passage from Sir George Etherege's "She Would if She Could," Mr. Richard Grant White says: "I do not know in English literature another passage in which the distinction between shall and will and would and should is at once so elegantly, so variously, so precisely, and so compactly illustrated." The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. He restoreth my soul: he guideth me in the paths of righteousness for His name's sake. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; for thou art with me: thy rod and thy staff, they comfort me. Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou hast anointed my head with oil; my eup runneth over. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.—Twenty-third Psalm. LITTLE BROWN HANDS. They drive home the cows from the pasture, Up through the long, shady lane, Where the quail whistles loud in the wheat fields, That are yellow with ripening grain. They find in the thick waving grasses Where the scarlet-lipped strawberry grows; They gather the earliest snowdrops And the first crimson buds of the rose. They toss new hay in the meadow; They gather the elder-bloom white; They know where the apples hang ripest, They know where the fruit hangs the thickest They gather the delicate sea-weeds, -Mary H. Krout. PART II. FACTS ABOUT NOUNS. 229. Fact 1. The plural of nouns is regularly formed by adding s or es to the singular. Remark. There are some exceptions to this statement, but as the formation of plurals is a matter of spelling rather than a question of correct construction, the pupil is referred to what has already been said on this point. (129 to 132.) 230. Fact 2. The possessive form of singular nouns is regularly made by adding an apostrophe and the letters ('s); that of plural nouns is made by adding only the apostrophe, unless the plural form does not end with s, in which case the possessive sign is the same as for singular nouns. Remark. For the possessive sign with phrases and nouns in apposition, and its use to denote joint or individual ownership, see paragraphs 136, 137, and 363. [For examples of correct usage, see 135 to 139, and 363.] Correct the errors in the following: [Four are correct.] 1. The boys' hat was lost. 2. Marys' handkerchief was stolen. 3. The Teacher's Journal. 4. The Youth's Companion. 5. The Presidents' Message. 6. The Seamens Bethel. 7. A teachers' desk. 8. The Mens Home has been opened. 9. The babys mother died. 10. The ship's crew were starving. 11. The soldiers' arm was broken. 12. The soldiers guns were captured while they slept. 13. The judges' decision was not satisfactory. 14. The ladys' gloves were returned to her. 15. The ladie's bonnets were alike. 16. She mourned her brothers' death. 17. Another day's work is done. 18. Her husbands misfortune made her sick. 19. Cromwell's the Protectors' reign was brief. 231. Fact 3. A noun limiting a participle should have the possessive form. Examples: John's failing to pass the examination was a great disappointment to his parents. The jury's disagreeing was a surprise to us. Correct the following: 1. The man asking the question showed that he was intelligent. 2. The boy attempting to get away proved that he was guilty. 3. The bank failing caused him to commit suicide. 4. The firm selling out was unexpected. 5. The city running into debt was unnecessary. 6. John quitting the farm was a mistake. 232. Fact 4. Fact 4. When a numeral adjective is united with a noun to form a compound adjective, the singular form of the noun is used; but when the numeral is placed before a noun used adverbially to denote distance or measure (79 e), the plural form of the noun is used. Examples: A three-foot measure. A four-inch pipe. A ten-pound weight. A platform five feet high. This piece is six yards long. [See 3192.] Correct the following: 1. A two-gallons jug; a three-miles run; a six-quarts pail; a ten-inches sewer; a fifty-feet lot; a two-feet rule; a ten-days note. 2. He is six foot tall. 3. The street was three mile long. 4. The field is forty rod wide and eighty rod long. 5. The lots are sixty foot wide. 6. The cloth was two yard wide. MISCELLANEOUS EXERCISES TO BE CORRECTED. 233. [See errors under 139.] 1. Mary's, the carpet weaver, house burned last night. 2. The committee will meet at Jones' the carpenter's house. 3. The measure failed on account of the president neglecting to lay it before the council. 4. Did you read that account of a man being killed yesterday? 5. Another weeks' work is finished. 6. The horse was 15 hand high. 7. They bought a 30 horses power engine. 8. The hog weighed three hundred pound. 9. You will find it at the ten cents counter. 10. The room is twelve foot long and nine foot broad. 11. He is five years old today. 12. We were surprised at the clerk doing that. 13. Had you heard of the child falling and breaking its arm? 14. Did you ever hear of anyone's acting thus? FACTS ABOUT PRONOUNS. 234. Fact 1. I, we, he, she, they, and who, are subject forms used in the following positions: For subjects; in the predicate after a copula verb; as the base of attendant elements; sometimes in apposition. (144, 209, and 215.) Examples: 1. He and I were playmates. 2. He and she came yesterday. 3. It is I. It is he. It is we. It is she. It is they. It is who? 4. It was I. It |