would achieve a high success, you must think for

Old Kasper took it from the boy,

Who stood expectant by.

3. One by one we miss the voices which we loved so well to hear.

4. Among the spectators were some school-boys, who came to gaze at this group of oddly dressed foreigners.

5. Where lies the land to which the ship would go?

6. The night cometh, when no man can work.

7. That man is formed for social life is acknowledged by all. 8. You are not the first person that has made this mistake. 9. Send me word as soon as you reach your destination. 10. He had taken only a few steps, when he turned round again. II. It is only by degrees that the great body of mankind can be led into new practices.

12. The people believed in him, because he was honest and

true.

13. See that you can untie what you tie.

14. The sight of sea-weed floating past his ship enabled Columbus to quell the mutiny which arose amongst his sailors. 15. If you take my advice, you will turn back.

16. As nobody objected to this scheme, he proceeded to count the whole band.

17. The honest man was incapable of betraying one, who, in extreme peril, had come under the shadow of his roof.

18. He that leans on his own strength leans on a broken reed.

19.

Fling wide the grain for those who throw
The clanking shuttle to and fro.

20. We receive but what we give.

21. He shook off the few drops of moisture which clung to

its petals.

22. It was a fine sunny morning when the thrilling cry of "land!" was given from the mast-head.

23. Those who live only for the world, and in the world, may be cast down by the frowns of adversity.

24. The fox barks not when he would steal the lamb.

25.

I knew by the smoke that so gracefully curled
Above the green elms, that a cottage was near.

LESSON XXXV.

COMPOUND SENTENCES.

A sentence made up of two or more independent members is called a compound sentence; as,

1. Knowledge is power, and truth is knowledge. (Simple members.)

2. He that observeth the winds shall not sow, and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap. (Complex members.) 3. The way was long, the wind was cold. omitted.)

Analyze the following sentences, thus:

I. Tell the kind of sentence.

(Connective

2. Name the different members, and tell how they are connected.

3. Analyze the different members of the sentence.

Example. A soft answer turneth away wrath, but grievous words stir up anger.

1. This is a compound declarative sentence, consisting of two independent members connected by the conjunction but, expressing contrast.

2. The first member, A soft answer turneth away wrath, is simple. The subject is a soft answer; the predicate, turneth away wrath. The subject consists of the noun answer, modified by the adjectives soft and a, — soft modifying answer, and a modifying soft answer. The predicate consists of the verb turneth, modified by the adverb away, and completed by the object wrath.

The second member, grievous words stir up anger, is simple. The subject is grievous words; the predicate, stir up anger. The subject consists of the noun words, modified by the adjective grievous. The predicate consists of the verb stir, modified by the adverb up, and completed by the object anger.

I. The ploughman homeward plods his weary way,
And leaves the world to darkness and to me.

2. He had naturally a generous and feeling heart, but his temper was wayward and irritable.

3. The river was covered with solid ice, and the ships were buried in four feet of snow.

4. The time for supplication is past; the time for action is at hand.

5. He whistled shrill, and he was answered from the hill. 6. The moon is up, and yet it is not night.

7. His dark eye flashed, his proud breast heaved, his cheek's blood came and went.

8. The day was nearly gone, and the battle was undecided. 9. The town had drifted behind us, and we were nearing the group of islands.

10. We strolled along the beach, and gathered large quantities of floating moss.

11. Learn to govern yourself, and you will be able to govern others.

12. The politician thinks of himself; the statesman thinks of his country.

13. Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.

14. Once more the gates are opened; an infant group go out. 15. Fear God, and keep his commandments.

LESSON XXXVI.

MISCELLANEOUS SENTENCES FOR ANALYSIS.

I. His wisdom was made up of a knowledge of things as well as of men.

2. If he had feared difficulties, he would not have died an acknowledged leader of men.

3. "I will not leave my native land," he said, "now that I am so unexpectedly restored to it."

4. When you have a number of duties to perform, always do the most disagreeable one first.

5. My rambles soon led me to the church, which stood at a short distance from the village.

6. It seemed to be drifting slowly towards the north.

7.

Thou hast taught me, Silent River!

Many a lesson, deep and long.

8. "Down with him!" cried false Sextus.

9. Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky.

10. It is not enough to do the right thing, but we must do it in the right way, and at the right time.

II.

Heaped in the hollows of the grove, the autumn leaves lie dead;

They rustle to the eddying gust, and to the rabbit's tread.

12. He who needlessly breaks his appointment shows that he is as reckless of the waste of others' time as of his own.

13. Economy is of itself a great revenue.

14. He read few books, but mastered all he read.

15. He walks forth in the fields and forests, and not a green or rosy tint escapes his vigilant eye.

16. He was only too glad to comply with this condition.

17. They will help you to build the city.

18.

Choose the timbers with greatest care;

Of all that is unsound beware.

19. Between two of the bookcases hung a looking-glass.

20. The good old year is with the past.

21. The vine still clings to the mouldering wall.

22. A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

23. It is no easy matter to discover the exact spot where a

sunken vessel lies.

24. Having completed his surveys, he set forth from the south branch of the Potomac on his return homeward.

25. Six days shalt thou labor and do all thy work.

26. The cause of American independence was now to be presented to the world in such a manner as to engage its sympathy, to command its respect, to attract its admiration.