who was commissioned by Artaxerxes, king of Persia, to gain him over to his interest by the offer of an immense sum of money, Epaminondas replied, "if the king wish me to do what may be conducive to the welfare of Thebes, there is no need of money to induce me so to act; but if he would allure me to the contrary, rich as he is, he has not gold and silver enough; for I would not accept the wealth of the world in exchange for my fidelity and love towards my country." By his wisdom and valour, Epaminondas raised the glory of the Thebans, to its greatest height. He fell fighting for his country; and with him fell the prosperity of that state, never to rise again.

PART II.

ETYMOLOGY.

CHAP. I. AND II. OF THE ENGLISH GRAMMAR,

p.30-38.

1. The Article.

BRING me the book which I mentioned to you. Give me a pen; any you may happen to chuse. The man whom you saw yesterday, and pointed out to me, is a worthy and truly admirable character. Fetch me a peach; the first upon which you may lay your hand.

Let me have a book to amuse me in my solitude.
Call for a candle to light me to bed.

Ring the bell for the servant to come and remove those things from the table.

Is that the dog, &c.

O when will the day dawn? when will the sun arise? &c.

He was in the carriage which we saw break yesterday morning, as we were walking the road.

Put in its place the book, &c.

Take up from the ground the child, whom you have thrown down in the hasty, &c.

Bring me the oranges which I left on the table.
Put into the cupboard the sugar, &c.

Give me an apple, for, &c.

It is but half an hour since you were eating a biscuit you found on a chair.

He is an idle and careless boy, do not keep company with him, lest you should follow an example so mischievous.

Take heed that you do not contract the habit of slothfulness, for you would find that a source of great evil.

He was a hunter keen and desperate; he rode over a child who was in the road, &c.

They were extremely riotous and unruly, and made quite a hubbub in the street, &c.

2. Religion is the source of true happiness.

Godliness is proper for all things; both for the life which now is, and for that which is to come.

Intemperance weakens the faculties of the soul, and destroys the bodily health.

Fortitude is a valuable quality of the mind; which enables it to sustain the storms of adversity.

5. A woman virtuous and amiable, is a treasure of great value, a pearl of great price to her husband, &c He is too hasty a composer to write well.

She is too passionate a woman to be an agreeable companion.

6. Give me a few of those flowers, I beg, for they diffuse a pleasant fragrance, and are clothed with beauty.

7. I saw a herd of cattle, consisting of several thousands, running in the vast plains near Buenos Ayres, in South America.

He met a multitude of men, women, and children, hurrying towards London.

8. That man is very rich; he has more than twelve thousand pounds a year.

He works hard, and gains only fourteen shillings a week by his labour.

11. Henry the Second of England was a very learned prince for his time; and, upon the whole, an excellent monarch.

Edward the First was a warlike and able king who established some good regulations, but who was too ambitious and fond of war.

12. The more accurately I examine that matter, the more convinced I am that you are in the right.

The more indulgent you are towards him, the more does he abuse your kindness.

The more angry he grew, the more bitterly, &c. The less extravagantly you live at present, the less likely, &c.

13. Numa Pompilius was truly the wise, &c.

In his public capacity, Henry IV. of France was truly the patriotic monarch.

Solon, the Athenian, was indeed the, &c.

Fabricius, the Roman, was in all respects the illustrious patriot.

14. He travelled on foot fifteen miles a day, till he was quite worn out with fatigue.

She journeyed on horseback, &c.

He went from Paris to Calcutta by land.

CHAP. III.

The Noun, or Noun Substantive, or Substantive. 2. Apples; pears; plums; cabbages; currants; peaches; gooseberries; carrots; turnips; galleries; ladies; men; women; children; foxes; geese; mice; oxen; calves; halves; staves; knives; wives; teeth; feet; muffs; stuffs; chiefs; miseries; pence; sheep; deer; fishes; dishes; churches; valleys; keys; dice; city; swine. Tongs; bellows; lungs; ashes; breeches; snuffers; scissars.

In autumn, the wild geese take flight, &c.
The mice have, &c.

The country people were all armed with staves.
The Portuguese drew their long knives, &c.

What a large flock of sheep, and what a nnmerous herd of deer, &c.

The galleries of the church are quite full of ladies. The chiefs assembled, &c.

The great circles divide the globe into equal halves, or hemispheres.

The man, his wife, and his children, are perishing with hunger.

The hen and chicken, &c.

Those three beautiful calves have been sold.

He has paid all the duties upon, &c.

Those green and smiling valleys, &c.

The whole herd of swine ran down, &c.

3. That woman's tongue is intolerable, &c.

That lady's beauty, &c.

The man's wife, &c.

His fellow-citizens' goodwill, &c.