no proof of crime were produced; yet was the pure and spotless, the holy and precious lamb of God, mocked, reviled, scourged, like the vilest malefactor; and finally suspended to the cross, on which he expired in cruel agony, praying for his murderers,." Father, forgive them; they know not what they do."

PART III.

EXERCISES IN SYNTAX.

CHAP. I.

RULE 1. p. 134.

OH! how refreshing to the eyes is the verdure of the fields; when they are fatigued by, &c.

Riches take to themselves wings and fly away. Honour, honesty, temperance, activity, and religion, are the best friends of human happiness.

William and Anne are much taller than you are.
He and she are never long friends.

They live not happily together.

To be prudent, honest, and benevolent, is far better, than to be learned, eloquent, and genteel; all that the world calls a great scholar and a fine gentleman.

Novelty has charms that few minds can withstand. The most valuable things when grown common, make not impressions in proportion to their value, but rather excite distaste in proportion as they grow old. But when the influence of this caprice is over, by a happy return of good taste, and good sense, they again become objects of admiration.

Self-denial is the most exalted pleasure, and the conquest of evil habits is the most glorious triumph.

They who endure calamity without dejection, attract the like veneration as demolished temples; the very ruins of which are reverenced.

At all times, and in all places, discord is a troublesome companion; but when she takes up her abode in the domestic circle, and rages among relatives, then are her wounds, &c.

How deplorable is the blindness of human pride. It causes the dead to be laid in state. It seeks pompous funerals and superb monuments. It turns the most solemn warnings which the Lord of Providence gives men to humble them, into the most dangerous delusions. It endeavours to fix upon brass or marble, that transitory grandeur, which passes away with passing time. It strives to secure to itself a portion of a worldly life, in the very empire of death itself.

Passion makes fools of those who, otherwise, are not so; and shews those to be fools who are so.

I am so foolish as to admit such an absurdity, but thou canst easily be deceived, and they will believe the greatest absurdities.

Prosperity is not without its trials, nor is adversity without its comforts.

Where there is flattery, there likewise is folly. If the flatterer be detected, the folly falls to his share; if he be not, it falls to the lot of him whom he deludes. Better is a dry morsel and quietness therewith, than a house full of sacrifices with strife.

Poor shall be he who delighteth in feasting; he who loveth wine and mirth shall not grow rich. The drunkard and the glutton come to ruin, and the lazy are clothed in rags.

The witnesses being examined, the pleadings being

finished; the criminal being delivered into custody; the court broke up. The marriage being concluded upon, and the settlements being drawn, the ceremony is appointed, &c.

The preliminaries being settled, and the treaty being signed, hostilities will cease immediately.

The work being finished, the bills were sent in, and payment being made, the accounts were finally closed. 2. Upon examining the votes, the numbers were as follows.

Upon diligently searching into the matter, we found the circumstances to be as follows.

The different persons present at the discussion of that important question, were as follows.

3. To be ever active in laudable pursuits, is the distinguishing characteristic of the man of true merit.

To be able to bear provocation, is a mark of great wisdom; and to forgive it is the indication of a great mind.

To be proud of knowledge is to be blind in the light. To be proud of virtue is to change the antidote into poison. To be proud of authority is to convert elevation into downfall.

To tell one lie is an easy matter; but to tell only one is a difficult task, for one lie requires many more to maintain it.

To misapply wealth, is to convert into evil what was intended to be the means of improvement and true enjoyment.

To glory over a fallen enemy, is the mark of a mean and depraved mind.

To err is human, to forgive is divine.

Faithfully to discharge the duties of the present life,

is the best preparation thou canst make for the future life.

4. To sing well is a pleasing accomplishment. Thou singest with all thy heart. He has sung the song which the company called for. To awaken a brother from the sleep of insensibility is a laudable act. That eloquent discourse awakened me from my dream of pleasure. To awake at a certain hour is a habit easily formed. I awoke this morning at five o'clock as usual. To laugh unseasonably is a very awkward thing. She laughed aloud in the midst of the congregation. Why laughest thou at my distress? In great attempts 'tis noble e'en to fall. The child fell down in the street, and was miserably bruised.

5. Your cousin wrote that book.

The king received his petition graciously.

He who professed himself thy friend, has proved a bitter foe.

He who promised so fairly has violated his promise. 6. His bad principles, his dissolute conduct, and his wild extravagance, were the cause of his ruin. The peculiar circumstances in which he was placed was a powerful motive to exert, &c.

7. The queen cried eagerly, Spare him, oh spare him. You would not act thus, were you not totally blind to your own interest.

RULE 2. p. 136.

The affectionate father and mother are come to see their children. The bull, the cow, the calf, the hog, and the man, were all in the field together. The man and the woman were married yesterday.