moral essays, which have been translated into several languages, and are of a skeptical character. D. 1592. 69. Francis De Sales was famed for his works of a devotional character, the principal of which was his Introduction to a Christian Life; and also for his service in recovering large numbers to the Church of Rome, after they had become members of the Reformed communions. D. 1622. 70. Lafontaine was a poet and a fabulist, whose fables in verse will ever occupy a prominent place in French literature. D. 1695. 71. Fontenelle was the author of numerous poetical, oratorical, dramatic, philosophical, and scientific writings. He died when he had nearly finished his 100th year, in 1757. 72. Voltaire (Francis Marie Arouet de Voltaire), the most voluminous and distinguished of the French writers-poet, dramatist, historian, and philosopher. By his subtle and sarcastic genius, he exercised a prodigious influence over his countrymen, and powerfully aided in bringing on the Revolution. D. 1778. 73. Rousseau was a dramatist, novelist, and writer on speculative subjects, but extravagant in his theories, and intractable; though classed with French writers, he was a native of Geneva. 74. Baroness de Staël-Holstein (Madame de Staël) was the daughter of Necker, the famous financier, and became celebrated for her novels and other productions. Her best known work is Corinne, or Italy. D. 1817. 75. Guizot was a writer of historical and political treatises, and statesman of note in the reign of Louis Philippe. B. 1787. D. 1874. 76. Thiers was a writer of the History of the French Revolution, and an eloquent speaker, who as a statesman rendered eminent service to France after the war with Germany. B. 1797. D. 1877. 77. De Tocqueville was an eminent writer on politics. D. 1859. 78. Victor Hugo is a poet and novelist. B. 1842. 79. As late as the 18th century, with the writings of Klopstock, Goethe, and Schiller. 80. Nicholas Copernicus (Copernik) was a native of Prussia, eminent for his mathematical and astronomical knowledge. He is usually called the originator of the present system of astronomy. D. 1543. 81. Kepler was a native of Wurtemberg; made discoveries on certain laws of light and of planetary motion, known as "Kepler's Laws." D. 1630. 82. Lavater was a native of Zürich, Switzerland, whose great work is a treatise on Physiognomy, or a method of determining the character by the countenance. D. 1804. 83. Goethe was a poet, dramatist, and novelist, the greatest of the German writers. Born at Frankfort-on-the-Maine, 1749. His most famous production is Faust. D. 1802. 84. Klopstock was eminent as a German poet. He is best known in England as author of the Messiah, a religious epic of a high order. D. 1803. 85. Schiller was a poet, dramatist, and historian. His fame mainly rests on his tragedies of the Robbers, Wallenstein, Tell, and Marie Stuart, and on his splendid lyrics. D. 1805. 86. Humboldt was famed for his philological treatises. D. 1835. 87. Alexander Humboldt was one of the greatest naturalists and geographers; his latest and best known work is Cosmos, a disquisition on the physical structure of the universe. D. 1859. 88. Niebuhr wrote several historical and philological works; his best production is the History of Rome. He mastered twenty languages before he was thirty years old. D. 1831. 89. Baron Liebig was one of the greatest chemists of recent times; he was the author of numerous well-known works on chemical science, written chiefly to improve agriculture and sanitary knowledge. B. 1803. D. 1873. 90. Neander (David Mendel) was born of Jewish parents at Göttingen, in 1789, and adopted the name of Neander, on being baptized. He is allowed to be by far the greatest of ecclesiastical historians. His best known work is his Church History, which shows extraordinary erudition. D. 1850. 91. Dr. Franz Joseph Gall, a native of Suabia, studied medicine at Vienna, and there became the founder of Phrenology. D. 1832. 92. Fichte, Schelling, and Hegel-philosophy; Reinhard, Paulus, and Strauss-biblical criticism; Wolf, Hermann, Müller, Benecke, and Herder-philology and critical research; Winckelmann, Heeren, Ranke, and Mommsen-archæology and history; Körner, Uhland, Heine, and Rückert -poetry; Richter, Hoffman, Arnim, Zschokke, Therese Huber, Möser, Goethe, and Freytag-prose fiction. 93. It is the Dutch, a branch of the great Teutonic stock, to which belong the modern German. 94. He was the most eminent prose writer that Russia has produced; his great work is a History of the Russian Empire. B. 1766. D. 1826. 95. Pushkin was a distinguished poet of Russia, and wrote several narrative poems and dramas in the Russian language. B. 1796. D. 1837. 96. It is the literature of Hungary composed in the Magyar language, which bears a resemblance to the Turkish. 97. Oehlenschläger was a celebrated Scandinavian poet and dramatist; his works, which are highly appreciated in Denmark and Germany, extend to 41 volumes. B. 1779. D. 1850. 9. How many elementary sounds in the English language, and how are 10. What is a word? 11. How many parts of speech, and what are they? 12. When does a proper noun become a common noun ? 13. How many grammatical ways are there of distinguishing sex? 14. What is the feminine form of Duke, Earl, Marquis, hero? 15. What is the masculine form of songstress, Abbess? 16. How can the possessive case be expressed without the apostrophe? 17. What are the simple relative pronouns ? 18. Name the properties of verbs. 19. What are tenses, and how many, in English? 20. What is the conjugation of a verb? 21. What is parsing? 22. What is the difference between an adjective and an adverb? 23. Name the sixty-two words used as prepositions. 24. Give the plural of beef, parenthesis, stratum, and brother-in-law. 25. What is the plural of wharf, axis, focus, cherub, phenomenon? 26. Give the rules for the use of capitals. 27. How is a name beginning with a title Mr., Miss, or Dr. made plural? 28. Give the difference in the proper use of the relatives who, which, and that. 29. In the sentence, " And is a conjunction," what part of speech is And? 30. What part of speech is "but" in this sentence? 31. Correct the following sentence: "You should speak prompt." 32. Why is "Whom do men say that I am" grammatically incorrect? 33. "The book lays on the table," and parse the word corrected. [rected. 34. "The General, with his soldiers, were taken," and parse the word cor35. What is the plural of "this tooth." 36. Correct the following and parse the corrected word: He is like a bird of prey who destroys without mercy. 37. To preach and to practice is very different. Correct the following sentences and give the rule: 38. My brother is older than me. Whom do you suspect did it? 39. Every one must judge of their own feelings. Sir Walter speaks to every one as if they were his blood relations.- [Thomas Jefferson. Each occupied their several premises and farmed their own land.— 40. Discontent and sorrow manifested itself in his countenance. Truth and honesty cannot fail of its reward. 41. Can justice or truth change their nature? Neither the lion nor the tiger will bow their neck to the yoke. 42. You was kindly received. The propriety of such restrictions are doubtful. What is seventy-five cents or even a dollar an acre?-Elliots' Debates. 43. The majority was disposed to adopt the measure. All the world is spectators of your conduct. 44. Industry and frugality leads to wealth. My flesh and my heart faileth. [-Shakespeare. My robe and my integrity to Heaven is all I now dare call my own. 45. Ignorance or negligence have caused this mistake. Neither authority nor analogy support such an opinion. A silk dress or a flowered bonnet were then great rarities.-History of Pennsylvania. 46. They would neither go in, nor suffered others to enter. He was elected to the office, but would not serve. 47. Let that remain a secret between you and I. Let no quarrel occur among we three fellows. [rich's History. Mr. Burke was offered a very important and lucrative office.-Good |