ceiling; a smoke-jack1 made its ceaseless clanking beside the fireplace and a clock ticked in one corner. A well-scoured deal table extended along one side of the kitchen, with a cold round of beef and other hearty viands upon it, over which two 5 foaming tankards of ale seemed mounting guard. Travelers of inferior order were preparing to attack this stout repast, while others sat smoking and gossiping over their ale on two highbacked oaken settles 2 beside the fire. Trim housemaids were hurrying backwards and forwards under the directions of a fresh 10 bustling landlady, but still seizing an occasional moment to exchange a flippant word, and have a rallying laugh, with a group round the fire. The scene completely realized Poor Robin's humble idea of the comforts of mid-winter: EXERCISE. (a) Give syntax of phrases mounting guard (1. 5) and smoking ... fire (1. 7). See p. 27 (b). (b) Give syntax of the infinitive phrase to attack . . repast (1. 6), and state how the phrase is used. M 368 (5); Met 231; H 222; B & S 361 (1); R 162. (c) Give class and syntax of the clause over which . . . guard M 554; Met 71; H 194; B & S 375; R 61. (1. 4). (d) Change the infinitive to exchange... fire (1. 11) to a clause, and give syntax of the clause so formed. M 557 (7); Met 252; H 194; B & S 378 (6). (e) Select an adverbial phrase of place. An adverbial phrase of accompaniment. An adverbial clause denoting time. (f) Parse the italicized words. M 381; Met 133; H 109; B & S 272, 274 (6); R 151. (g) What do the conjunctions but (1. 10), and (1. 11), and the conjunctive adverb while (1. 6) connect? 1 A machine, consisting of fly-wheels used to rotate a roasting spit, and operated by the current of rising air in a chimney. 2 Benches. 3 The pseudonym of Robert Herrick, the poet, under which he issued a series of almanacs (begun in 1661). The quotation is from the almanac for 1684. "Now trees their leafy hats do bare A pot of ale, and now a toast, Are things this season doth require." I had not been long at the inn when a post-chaise drove up to the door. A young gentleman stepped out, and by the light of the lamps I caught a glimpse of a countenance which I thought Io I knew. I moved forward to get a nearer view, when his eye caught mine. I was not mistaken: it was Frank Bracebridge, a sprightly, good-humored young fellow, with whom I had once traveled on the Continent. Our meeting was extremely cordial, for the countenance of an old fellow-traveler always brings up 15 the recollection of a thousand pleasant scenes, odd adventures, and excellent jokes. To discuss all these in a transient interview EXERCISE. (a) Give syntax of the phrase to reverence M 368 (5); Met 231; H 222; B & S 361 (1); R 162. (b) What is the subject of do bare (l. 1)? The object? (c) What is the object of doth require (1. 6)? The subject? Write this stanza in a sentence of not more than twenty-five words. (d) Select from the above two dependent (subordinate) adverbial clauses expressing time, and give syntax of each. Study M 557 (2); Met 252; H 194; B & S 378 (1); R 41. (e) Select two dependent (subordinate) relative adjective clauses and give syntax of each. Study M 553, 554; Met 71; H 194; B & S 375; R 60, 61. (ƒ) Give syntax of each infinitive phrase. M 368; Met 229, 231; H 220, 222; B & S 359 (1), 361 (1); R 161, 162. (g) Give class and syntax of the clause for the .. jokes (1. 14). M 557 (5); Met 252; H 194 ; B & S 378 (3); R 41. (h) What is gained in the above by the frequent use of the pronoun I in connection with the short sentences? See notes. at an inn was impossible; and finding that I was not pressed for time, and was merely making a tour of observation, he insisted that I should give him a day or two at his father's country seat, to which he was going to pass the holidays, and which lay at a 5 few miles' distance. "It is better than eating a solitary Christmas dinner at an inn," said he, "and I can assure you of a hearty welcome in something of the old-fashioned style." His reasoning was cogent, and I must confess the preparation I had seen for universal festivity and social enjoyment had made me feel a 10 little impatient of my loneliness. I closed, therefore, at once, with his invitation: the chaise drove up to the door, and in a few moments I was on my way to the family mansion of the Bracebridges. EXERCISE. (a) Give syntax of the phrase, finding observation (1. 1). M 380; Met 131; H 109; B & S 263; R 151. (b) Give use and syntax of the clause, that observation (1. 1). M. 545 (2); Met 214; H 194; B & S 373 (2) ; R 61. Select from the above the other clauses of this class and rewrite, supplying the ellipses. (c) What is the syntax of the quotation, "It is better fashioned style" (1.5)? See notes. (d) Give class and syntax of the clause, to which (1.4). M 554; Met 71; H 194; B & S 375 ; R 61. old holidays (e) Supply the ellipsis in the clause, than eating. . . at an inn (1.5). Give its class and syntax. M 557 (4); Met 252; H 194; B & S 378 (5); R 40. (ƒ) Select from the above (1) an adverbial infinitive of purpose, (2) a prepositional adverbial phrase denoting limit of motion, (3) one denoting the place in which. ... (g) Give class and syntax of phrase, for . enjoyment (1. 9). M 335 (4); Met 64; H 193; B & S 356 (1); R 51. (h) Parse feel (1.9). M 366; Met 229; H 113; B & S 358 (1 a); R 235. (i) Parse the italicized words. Give syntax of therefore (1. 10). THE MUTABILITY OF LITERATURE. [A Colloquy in Westminster Abbey.] HERE are certain half-dreaming moods of mind, in which THERE are we naturally steal away from noise and glare, and seek some quiet haunt, where we may indulge our reveries, and build our air castles undisturbed. In such a mood, I was loitering 5 about the old gray cloisters of Westminster Abbey, enjoying that luxury of wandering thought which one is apt to dignify with the name of reflection; when suddenly an irruption of madcap boys from Westminster School, playing at football, broke EXERCISE. (a) What is the syntax of there (1. 1)? Observe particularly its use here. M 593 (6); Met 258; H 147; B & S 292; R 224. (b) What is the syntax of the clause, in which... undisturbed (1.1)? Write the other clause in this sentence and give its syntax. M 554; Met 71; H 194; B & S 375 ; R 61. (c) What is the class and the syntax of the clause, which . reflection (1.6)? M 553; Met 71; H 194; B & S 375; R 60. (d) Give the class and the syntax of the clause, when . merriment (1. 7). M 557 (2); Met 252; H 194; B & S 378 (1); R 41. (e) Give the class and the syntax of the phrase, playing... football (1.8). M 530 (36); Met 131; H 193; B & S 351 (6); R 151. (f) How is the infinitive to dignify reflection (1. 6) used? Give its syntax. M 368 (5); Met 229; H 222; B & S 361 (2); R 162. (g) Change the clause, where . . . undisturbed (1. 3), to a phrase. Change the phrase, playing. . . football (1. 8), to a clause. What is the effect, in sense, of these changes? See notes. (h) Parse the italicized words. in upon the monastic stillness of the place, making the vaulted passages and moldering tombs echo with their merriment. I sought to take refuge from their noise by penetrating still deeper into the solitudes of the pile, and applied to one of the vergers 5 for admission to the library. He conducted me through a portal rich with the crumbling sculpture of former ages, which opened upon a gloomy passage leading to the Chapter house and the chamber in which Doomsday Book1 is deposited. Just within the passage is a small door on the left. To this the verger EXERCISE. (a) Give syntax of the phrase, making merriment (1. 1). M 530 (3 ); Met 131; H 193 ; B & S 351 (6) ; R 151. (b) Give syntax of the infinitive, to take (l. 3). M 368 (2); Met 229; H 220; B & S 359 (2); R 161. (c) Give syntax of the phrase, by penetrating... pile (1. 3), and state how it is used. M 447; Met 64; H 148; B & S 356 (2); R 40. (d) Give syntax of the adjective, rich (1. 6). See notes. (e) Select the two dependent clauses in which opened. . . is deposited (1. 6), and give syntax of each. M 553-554; Met 71; H 194; B & S 375; R 60-61. (f) Classify the following phrases as, limit of motion, place in which, instrument or means, place from which: from their noise (1.3), into the solitudes (1. 4), by penetrating (1.3), to the Chapter house (1. 7); within the passage (1.9). See notes. (g) Parse echo (1. 2). M 366; Met 229; H 113; B & S 358 (1a); R 235. just (1. 8). See notes. (1.8). (h) Change the phrases, making . . . merriment (1. 1) and leading . . . is deposited (1. 7), to clauses of like meaning, and give class and syntax of each clause constructed. 1 A book containing the results of a survey of England ordered by William the Conqueror about 1086. It is now preserved in the Public Record Office in London. It was so called because, upon any difference, the parties received their doom from it. |