masculine gender, third person, singular number, objective case and in apposition with the noun Alpin, which it identifies. [RULE. A noun or pronoun used to identify or explain another noun or pronoun is put, by apposition, in the same case.]

"Washington was president."

President is a common noun, Nom. president, Poss. president's, Obj. president, masculine gender, third person, singular number, nominative case, and forms with the copula was the predicate of the sentence. [RULE. A noun or pronoun used with the copula to form the predicate must be in the nominative.]

"The evening was delightful."

Delightful is an adjective of quality, because it expresses a property of the noun evening, and forms with the copula was the predicate of the sentence; - - Pos. delightful, Comp. more delightful, Sup. most delightful; positive degree, and modifies evening, the subject of the sentence. [RULE. An adjective used with the copula to form the predicate belongs to the subject.]

"Alas! I have been shamefully treated by a professed friend."

Alas is an interjection, and is independent of grammatical construction. [RULE. The independent case and the interjection have no grammatical relation to the other parts of the sentence.]

Have been treated is from the regular transitive verb treat, pres, treat, past treated, past participle treated,- passive voice, because it denotes an action performed upon the subject; indicative mood, perfect tense, first person, singular number, and agrees with its subject, I. [RULE.]

Shamefully is an adverb of manner, because it expresses the quality of an action; - Pos. shamefully, Comp. more shamefully, Sup. most shamefully; it is a modifier of the verb have been deserted. [RULE. Adverbs are used to modify words, sentences, and phrases; particularly verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs.]

By is a preposition; it connects the adjunct friend to the verb have been treated, and marks the relation of agency. [RULE.]

EXERCISES FOR ANALYSIS AND PARSING

THE Greeks took Troy by stratagem.

Virtue and vice are opposed to each other.
No one can be happy without virtue.

The king returned in the gleam of his arms.

The murmur of thy streams, O, Lora! brings back the memory of the past. The sound of thy woods, Garmallar, is lovely in mine ear.

Who comes from the land of strangers, with his thousands around him? The sunbeam pours its bright stream before him; his hair meets the wind of his hills.

Greatness may build a tomb, but goodness alone deserves an epitaph.

Thought and language act and reäct upon each other.

A contented temper opens a clear sky, and brightens every object around it.

The soul of man is rational and immortal.

Wisdom and virtue are loved only by the good.

Children, obey your parents.

The whole universe is your library.

Hidden dangers are always the most difficult to avoid. Suddenly the sound of the signal gun broke the stillness of the night.

Improvement and pleasure are the products of industry.

Virtue embalms the memory of the good.

Integrity is the best defence against the ills of life.

There is nothing but poison in the heart of the flatterer.

I envy none that know more taan myself, but pity them that

know less.

Every man is known by his principles.

Sound not the vain trumpet of self-commendation.

Avarice and ambition enter into the composition of all crime. No revenge is more noble than that which torments envy by doing good.

Give me a retired life, a peaceful conscience, honest thoughts, and virtuous actions, and I can pity Cæsar.

The obligation of love and respect for parents never ends.
Speak with your friends as if all men heard you.

The waves come with joy around thee.

The spirit of true heroism is generous.
History tells us of illustrious villains.

The envious are always malicious, and can never be trusted without danger.

Soft music came to mine ear. It was like the rising breeze, that whirls, at first, the thistles' beard, then flies, dark, shadowy,

o'er the grass.

Silence is sometimes more significant and sublime than the most noble and most expressive eloquence.

We should always prepare for the worst, and hope for the best When our virtuous friends die, they are not lost forever; they are only gone before us to a happier world.

Wisdom and virtue ennoble us. Vice and folly degrade us.

True cheerfulness makes a man happy in himself, and promotes the happiness of all around him.

Blame not before thou hast examined the matter. Understand first, and then rebuke.

Death can never occur prematurely to a good man.

Whenever it takes place, it is the close of his sufferings, the beginning of his happiness.

Adversity borrows its sharpest sting from our impatience.
We must speak well, and do well.

Precipitation ruins the best contrived plan; patience ripens the most difficult.

Contemporaries appreciate the man, rather than the merit; but posterity will regard the merit, rather than the man.

Their palaces were houses not made with hands; their diadems, crowns of glory.

The moon was bright, but the eve was clouded and dark. Overcome injuries by forgiveness; disasters, by fortitude; evil examples, by firmness of principle.

I intend to be at the meeting of the Institute, unless unforeseen circumstances prevent.

He who lives always amid the bustle of the world, lives in a perpetual warfare.

Profaneness is a sure mark of an irreligious mind.

Industry is not only the means of improvement, but also the foundation of pleasure.

The advantages of this world, even when innocently gained, are uncertain blessings.

True charity consists not in speculative ideas of general benevolence, floating in the head, but leaving the heart untouched and cold.

Real virtue and merit are often exposed to suffer the hardships of a stormy life.

A devotional spirit consists in making a religious use of everything we see, or feel, or know.

Diligent and persevering effort will do almost anything.

The habit of listening well to the conversation of others is a valuable means of improvement.

I hear thee speak of the better land,
Thou callest its children a happy band;
Mother! oh, where is that radiant shore?
Shall we not seek it, and weep no more?

If thou wouldst know what thou art, ascertain what thou canst do.

He will be immortal who liveth till he is stoned by one with out faults.

The good instructor teaches in his life, and proves his words by his actions.

A good conscience seats the mind on a throne of lasting quiet. He who commands himself, commands the world too.

Look not mournfully into the past; it comes not back again : wisely improve the present; it is thine: go forth to meet the shadowy future without fear, and with a manly heart.

The wise man applauds him whom he thinks most virtuous, the rest of the world, him who is most wealthy.

Mature well your plans, and you will seldom fail of their ac complishment.

He is the greatest man who does the greatest service to man kind.

If you want enemies, excel others; if you want friends, let others excel you.

Straws swim on the surface, but pearls lie at the bottom. Washington needs no monument to perpetuate his noble fame.

Honors, monuments, and all the works of vanity and ambition are demolished and destroyed by time; but the reputation of wisdom is venerable to posterity.

He that receives a benefit without being thankful, robs the giver of his just reward.

It is the character of an unworthy nature, to write injuries in marble and benefits in dust.

There is no true happiness but in a clear and open conscience. He only is worthy of esteem who knows what is just and honest, and dares to do it.

Superiority of virtue is the most unpardonable provocation that can be given to a base mind.

Where there is no conflict, there is no conquest; and where there is no conquest, there is no crown.

Poverty falls heavily upon him only who esteems it a misfortune.

Religion is the best armor in the world, but the worst cloak. The tear of sensibility is the most honorable characteristic of humanity.

If the world says you are wise and good, ask yourself if it be

true.

A man should not always be yielding, like the reed, nor unbending, like the cedar.

The station does not honor the man, but the man should, by honesty of conduct, honor the station.

The earth is beauteous; from it spring myriads of fair blossoms, but none so sweet, so cherishing, as parental care.

Greatness flies from him who too eagerly runs after it, but follows him who seeks to avoid it.

The friend that you buy with presents, will be bought from you.

The storm increased with the night. The sea was lashed into tremendous confusion. There was a fearful, sullen sound of rushing waves and broken surges. Deep called unto deep.

Men of business should cultivate letters, that they may find in them grateful employment for old age.

Sincerity is to speak as we think, to do as we pretend and profess, to perform and make good what we promise, and really to be what we appear to be.