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Note 1. He was industrious, frugal, and discreet, and by these means he became wealthy. He was virtuous, and by that means he was respected. Charles was extravagant, and by that means he became poor. He was so prudent as to adopt the happy mean between presumption and timidity.

2. Religion raises men above themselves; irreligion sinks them beneath the brutes; this binds them down to a poor pitiable speck of perishable earth, that opens for them a prospect to the skies. Rex and Tyrannus are of very different characters; the one rules his people by laws to which they consent; the other, by his absolute will and power; that is called freedom: this, tyranny.

3. Give to every one his due. Neither of those men was honourable. Each of them in his turn receives the benefits to which he is entitled. Every person, whatever be his station, is bound by the duties of morality and religion.

Are we to expect (all or) every one of the four gentlemen, whom we met at your house? Many gallant efforts were made by each party; and success was for some time doubtful. Every man is mortal. On each side of the river was there the tree of life.

4. a. He is the taller of the two. The opposite scale is the heavier. When two verbs come together, the latter is put in the infinitive mood. Of the three, John is the most learned. William, Thomas, and Henry came; the last seems to be in ill health.

I understood him better than any who spoke upon the subject. Eve was fairer than her daughters. She is more amiable than her sisters. He has more talent than any of his brothers. He is the best man that I know. He, of all, made the greatest figure. Men in the highest stations have, of all, the least liberty; or, Of all men, those in the highest stations have, &c., or, Men in the highest stations have less liberty than others have.

5. The tongue is like a race horse, which runs the faster the less weight it carries. The Supreme being is the wisest, the best, and the most powerful of beings.

6. His work was better than his brother's. That expression is farther from truth than the other. It was situated on the extreme point of the land. He was chief among ten thousand. The house is full. That opinion is too general or too prevalent to be rejected.

7. Thomas is equipped with a pair of new shoes, and a pair of new gloves; he is the servant of a rich old man. The orchard is planted with five rows of trees; the first three are apple-trees, and the other two are pear trees.

8. He writes tolerably well. He speaks improperly. He acted agreeably to his instructions. His manner of living was singularly absurd. Three months' notice is required to be given previously to a pupil's leaving the school. I intend conformably to my plan, to suggest a few hints.

His conduct was agreeable to his notions of honour. The rose smells sweet. From these favourable beginnings, we may hope

for a speedy and prosperous issue.

They rejected advice, and conducted themselves most or very indiscreetly.

So amiable a temper is seldom seen. I never before saw a building so high.

He is older and more experienced than she.* She is the handsomer and more attractive of the two. That is a very useful and unpretending little volume.

Promiscuous Exercises on the whole Rule.-This kind of things gives no satisfaction. 'Tis easier to build two chimneys than to maintain one. The conspiracy was the more easily discovered, from its being known to many. The amputation was exceedingly well performed, and saved the patient's life. He was so deeply impressed with the subject, that few could speak more nobly upon it. This person embraced every opportunity to display his talents; and by this means rendered himself ridiculous. The bird flew swiftly. Conformable to their vehemence of thought, was their vehemence of gesture. The first two in the row are cherry-trees, the other two are pear trees. The lute sighed softly. Neither of my friends was aware of the consequence. Virtue and vice are very different in their consequences, that leads to happiness, this to misery.

How many misfortunes should we avoid, if we were more circumspect. Each of them has his work appointed. He is the best of the three. My counsel to each of you is, that each should make it his endeavour to come to a friendly agreement. He is so unruly a boy, that he will corrupt the whole school. That is the grossest insult that could be offered to any one. The first two boys shall receive the rewards. He addressed several exhortations to them suitable to their circumstances. Agreeably to my promise I now write to you. The quarrel became so general and national. He is a newly created knight, and his dignity sits awkwardly upon him. Virtue confers the highest dignity on man.

* In the position of adjectives, the longest adjective should generally be placed last.

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Exercises, p. 43, 44. Grammar, p. 80, 81, 82.

A person may make himself happy, though he does not possess great riches. I do not think any one should incur censure for being tender of his reputation. A soul inspired with the love of truth, will keep all its powers attentive to the pursuit of it. His sound understanding and refined education, discovered themselves at a single interview. The male, amongst birds, seems to discover no beauty, but in the colour of his species. The foe is not so forward as we supposed him to be.

When, yet a boy his herds you stole;
With angry view, the threatning pow'r
Bade you the fraudful prey restore.

Note 1. Whatever Chaldean antiquities he could procure, he sent into Greece. Disappointments and afflictions, however disagreeable, often improve us. What I have told you, is the truth.

Note. In the first example-Whatever is a compound relative and serves, in this instance, as a double objective, as, Those Chaldean antiquities which he could procure, he sent into Greece. In the last example-What I have told you, &c., is this resolved, That is true which I have told you.

2. a. Observe those four men walking. The library given by the king, will be arranged in those beautiful rooms. Persons, the most abandoned to all sense of goodness, sometimes wish those who are related to them, to be of a different character.

b. None more impatiently suffer injuries, than they that are most forward in doing them.

3. His continual endeavours to serve us, notwithstanding our ingratitude, are remarkable. The wonderful civilities, that have passed between the nation of authors and that of readers, are an unanswerable argument of a very refined age.

4. They are much greater gainers than I by this happy event. He is much more learned than she. The undertaking was much better executed by his brother than by him. You are as tall as he.

5. Ah! miserable thou, who triflest away thy time. Oh! happy us, surrounded with so many blessings.

6. You and he were busy. He and I have been consulting the biographical chart. You and I have not written our exercises. Promiscuous Exercises on the whole Rule.-The apostles, who immediately conversed with our Saviour, had the testimony of their own senses for his divine authority. They who talk shall be fined. She is as learned as I. Lend me those books. If the

pupil has genius, application to study will improve and adorn it. What he asserts is false. The Royal George foundered at sea, he overset, and lost most of his men. Ah! wretched thou, who hast rejected good advice. They know how to write as well as he. Take handfuls of ashes of the furnace, and let Moses sprinkle them towards heaven, in the sight of Pharaoh; and they shall become small dust. He sees no one in prosperity without envying him. The fair sex whose task is not to mingle in the labours of common life, have their own part assigned them to act. Virtue and truth are in themselves convincing. Your attempting to do it will be useless. They who are in the first class may repeat their lessons.

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Exercises, p. 45, 46. Grammar, p. 82, 83, 84, 85.

He who trusts in the Almighty, will never be without a friend. Thou, who knowest all things, canst speedily remove these my troubles. A man of abilities, who directs the whole vigour of his mind to one point, will seldom be finally unsuccessful. The men and women who were there, wondered at his conduct. History shows us the regard which was always paid to great men. Neither the logic nor the rhetoric, which distinguishes the doctor, was able to persuade them.

a man who, It is not to

Note 1. a. Who is there to oppose him? He is as far as I am able to judge, deserves your esteem. be expected that they, who in early life, have been dark and deceitful, should afterwards become fair and ingenuous.

He, who grows old without religious hopes, becomes miserable. The errors which proceed from ignorance or inadvertence, are not to be too harshly censured.

b. When I arrived, whom should I see, but your brother. They who have laboured to make us wise and good, are the persons whom we ought to love and respect, and to whom we ought to be grateful. To whom was that sent?

2. St. Paul wrote to the Roman converts, some of whom had been heathens. They seem to take the sun out of the world who take friendship out of it.-The court, which gives currency to manners, ought to be exemplary. The army was divided into battalions, each of which was composed of men from the same country. The people with whom he lodged are respectable. His acquaintance, who consisted of the chief libertines of the day, soon deserted him.

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3. The child which, or, that we saw, I could not walk. The animals which you describe come from Bengal. Shun vicious pleasure, which is a deadly mischief.-Which of you convinceth me of sin? Which of these men came to his assistance ?

4. b. It is no wonder that he did not shine at the court of Queen Elizabeth, whose name was but another word for prudence and economy. Julius Cæsar, whose name is reverenced by the ambitious, was murdered by his citizens.

5. We may justly consider him as one of the most memorable men that have done honour to modern times. He was the ablest minister that James ever possessed. Give me any thing that you please. Who are they that assisted us yesterday ?-The ministers and measures that distinguished his reign, are still regarded with admiration.

6. a. He would not be persuaded but that I was greatly in fault. Not but that we are to make allowance for his good humour in the affair.-b. I relate what I have seen. These commendations of his children, appear to have been made in a rather injudicious manner.

7. How learned soever he may be, he is not candid. On which side soever it is viewed, will bear examination.

8. There are, in the empire of China, millions of people whose support is derived almost entirely from rice. He involved in a troublesome lawsuit, a friend who had always supported him.

9. a I treat you as a boy who loves to learn, and who is ambitious of receiving instructions. I acknowledge that I am the teacher, who adopts that sentiment and maintains the propriety of such measures. I am the Lord thy God, who teacheth thee to profit, and who leadeth thee by the way thou shouldst go. I am the person who advises such things.

b. Thou art the Lord who didst choose Abraham, and didst bring him forth out of Ur of the Chaldees; or, Thou art the Lord who chosest Abraham and broughtest him forth, &c.

10. Of the battles in which he fought, and which were so severely contested, he has given an interesting account. A long life may be passed without finding a friend, in whose understanding and virtue we can equally confide, and whose opinion we can value for its justness and sincerity.

11. His conduct is not scandalous; and that is the best that can be said of it. He discovered some qualities in the youth of a disagreeable nature, and which to him were wholly unaccountable. He who studies much and properly, will become learned.

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