360. You have my answer:

speak.

-let my actions

361. No, no, Dionysius; remember that it was I alone who displeased thee: Damon could not

362. If he were all

Remember haughty Henry, the nephew of his wife, whose word could speed a veteran army to his kinsman's aid.

363. I would not wound thee, Douglas, well thou knowest; but thus to hazard on a desperate cast thy golden fortunes

364. For thy father's sake.

Peace! I'd not go if staying here would strew his hoar hairs in the tomb- not stir, by Heaven! 365. Nay, hear me, hear me, Douglas

-Talk to me of dangers? Death and shame! is not my race as high, as ancient, and as proud as thine?

366. Still must I wonder; for so dark a cloud

Oh, deeper than thou think'st I've read thy heart. 367. Your grace will pardon me for obeying

Say no more, my child; you are yet too raw to make proper distinctions.

368. Let them or suppose I address myself to some particular sufferer- there is something more confidential in that manner of communicating one's ideasMoore says, Heart speaks to heart-I say, then, take especial care to write by candle-light.

as

369. To such unhappy persons, in whose miseries I deeply sympathize

similar horrors?

Have I not groaned under

370. That spares manual labor- this would relieve from mental drudgery, and thousands yet unborn.

But hold!

I am not so sure that the female sex in general may quite enter into my views on the subject.

371. I am glad to see you well: Horatio

forget myself.

or I do

372. Would I had met my dearest foe in heaven, or ever

I had seen that day, Horatio!

My father

methinks I see my father.

LESSON XX.

APOSTROPHE, QUOTATION, AND DIERESIS.

An Apostrophe is a mark which differs from a comma only in being placed above the line; thus "

The apostrophe shows that some letter or letters are left out; as, 'tis for it is, tho' for though, lov'd for loved.

The apostrophe is likewise used in grammar to designate the possessive case; as, John's book.

A Quotation consists of four commas or apostrophes; two placed at the beginning and two at the end of a word, sentence, or part of a sentence. The two which are placed at the beginning are inverted, or upside down.

A quotation shows that the word or sentence was spoken by some one, or was taken from some other author.

A Diæresis consists of two periods placed over a vowel ; thus, ä.

The diaresis shows that the letter over which it is placed is to be pronounced separately; as, creator, Zoönomia, aërial.

[In this lesson the pupil is to recognize each of the above-mentioned marks, and explain their use.]

EXAMPLES.

373. The fox-howl's heard on the fell (or hill) afar.* 374. The kindling fires o'er heaven so bright, look sweetly out from yon azure sea.

375. Banished from Rome! what's banished, but set free

* In this lesson, as well as in some of the preceding lessons, there are several sentences of poetry, which are not divided into poetical lines. The reason of this is, that, in the opinion of the author, poetical lines should not be read by the pupil, without special instruction to avoid that "sing song" utterance, into which he is too apt to fall in reading verse. This subject is reserved for the 36th lesson, where it is fully exemplified. It remains to be observed here, that abbreviations and contractions, such as occur in the poetical sentences in this lesson and others, which appear in the form of prose, are not allowable in prose itself. This explanation appears to be necessary, lest the authority of this book should be quoted by the pupil for the use of abbreviations in prose.

from daily contact of the things I loathe? "Tried and convicted traitor"-Who says this? Who'll prove it, at his peril, on my head? "Banished?"-I thank you for't. It breaks my chain! I held some slack allegiance till this hour but now my sword's my own.

376. Your consul's merciful. dares not touch a hair of Catiline. but I return. This

For this all thanks. He "Traitor!" I go

trial! Here I devote your senate!

I've had wrongs, to stir a fever in the blood of age.
This day is the birth of sorrows.

**

377. The eye could at once command a long-stretching vista, seemingly closed and shut up at both extremities by the coalescing cliffs.

378. It seemed like Laocoön struggling ineffectually in the hideous coils of the monster Python.

379. In those mournful months, when vegetables and animals are alike coërced by cold, man is tributary to the howling storm, and the sullen sky; and is, in the pathetic phrase of Johnson, a slave to gloom.”

380. I would call upon all the true sons of humanity to cooperate with the laws of man and the justice of Heaven in abolishing this "cursed traffic."

381. Come, faith, and people these deserts! Come and reänimate these regions of forgetfulness.

382. I am a professed lucubrator; and who so well qualified to delineate the sable hours, as

"A meagre, muse-rid mope, adust and thin!"

383. He forsook, therefore, the bustling tents of his father, the pleasant "south country" and "well of Lahairoi;" he went out and pensively meditated at the eventide.

384. The Grecian and Roman philosophers firmly believed that "the dead of midnight is the noon of thought." 385. Young observes, with energy, that an undevout astronomer is mad."

386. Young Blount his armor did unlace, and, gazing on his ghastly face, said" By Saint George, he's gone! that spear-wound has our master sped; and see the deep cut on his head! Good night to Marmion!" "Unnurtured Blount! thy brawling cease he opes his eyes," said Eustace, "peace!"

387. The first sentence, with which he broke the awful silence, was a quotation from Rousseau: "Socrates died like a philosopher, but Jesus Christ like a God!"

338 A celebrated modern writer says, "Take care of the minutes, and the hours will take care of themselves." This is an admirable remark, and might be very seasonably recollected when we begin to be "weary in well doing," from the thought of having much to do.

339. I've seen the moon gild the mountain's* brow; I've watched the mist o'er the river stealing; but ne'er did I feel in my breast, till now, so deep, so calm, and so holy a feeling: 'tis soft as the thrill which memory throws athwart the soul in the hour of repose.

*

390. Blest be the day I 'scaped the wrangling crew from Pyrrho's maze and Epicurus' sty; and held high converse with the godlike few, who to th' enraptured heart, and ear, and eye, teach beauty, virtue, truth, and love, and melody.

391. But thou, who Heaven's* just vengeance dar'st defy, this deed, with fruitless tears, shalt soon deplore.

392. O Winter! ruler of the inverted year! thy scatter'd hair with sleet-like ashes fill'd, thy breath congeal'd upon thy lips, thy cheeks fring'd with a beard made white with other snows than those of age, thy forehead wrapt in clouds, a leafless branch thy sceptre, and thy throne a sliding car, indebted to no wheels, but urg'd by storms along its slipp'ry way, I love thee, all unlovely as thou seem'st, and dreaded as thou art!

393. For, as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, "To THE UNKNOWN GOD." Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you.

* The apostrophe in these words is the sign of the possessive case.

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LESSON XXI.

THE ASTERISK, OBELISK, DOUBLE OBELISK, SECTION, PARALLELS, PARAGRAPH, INDEX, CARET, BREVE, AND BRACE.*

The pupil will take particular notice of the following marks, so that he may call them by name, and explain their use in the following lesson.

The Asterisk, Obelisk, Double Obelisk, Paragraph, Section, Parallel, and sometimes figures, or letters, are used to show that there is a note at the bottom of the page. When many notes occur on a page, these marks are sometimes doubled. [See next page.]

The Paragraph is used to show the beginning of a new subject.

The Section is also used to divide chapters into less parts.

The Index or Handpoints to something which requires particular attention.

The Breve

is placed over a letter to show that it has a short sound; as, Hělěna.

The Brace }

is used to unite several lines of poetry, or

to connect a number of words with one common term.

The Caret is never used in printed books; but in writing it shows that something has accidentally been left out; as,

recited

George has his lesson.

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*The teacher will find, in Parker and Fox's Grammar, Part III., page 21st to 35th, a complete enumeration of all the marks used in written language, with rules, observations, and practical exercises for the pupil in the use of them, more extensive and particular than he will probably find in any other work.