4. The indicative mood is that form of the verb which simply expresses or declares what is said or done, or asks a question.

5. The first-future tense is that which expresses what will take place hereafter.

6. The third person is that which denotes the person or thing merely spoken of.

7. The plural number denotes more than one.

Jute is a preposition.

1. A preposition is a word used to express the relation between different objects or ideas.

Chuos is a common noun, of the third person, singular number, neuter gender, and objective case.

). A noun is a word which is either the name of a person, animal, place, thing, or idea.

2. A common noun is a name applied generally to all individuals, places, or things, of the same kind or sort.

3. The third person is that which denotes the person or thing merely spoken of.

4. The singular number denotes but one.

5. The neuter gender is that which denotes things that are neither male nor female.

6. The objective case is that form of a noun or pronoun which denotes the object of a verb, participle, or preposition.

LESSON I.

It is a sign of great prudence, to be willing to receive instruction; the most intelligent persons sometimes stand in need of it.

Good-nature, in a companion, is more agreeable than wit; and gives a certain air to the countenance, which is more amiable than beauty.

True greatness of mind is to be maintained only by Christian principles.

A talkative fellow applying to Isocrates for instruction, the orator asked him double his usual price ;—"Because," said he, "I must both teach him to speak, and to hold his tongue."

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LESSON II.

"O let not thy heart despise me! thou whom experience has not taught, that it is misery to lose that which it is not happiness to possess."—Dr. Johnson.

"Let never day nor night unhallow'd pass,

But still remember what the Lord hath done."—Shak. "Ignorance, when it is voluntary, is criminal; and he may properly be charged with evil, who refused to learn how he might prevent it."—Dr. Johnson,

"When we pursue our end by lawful means, we may always console our miscarriage by the hope of future recompense."—Id. "Ah, that deceit should steal such gentle shapes, And with a virtuous visor hide deep vice!"—Shak.

LESSON III.

"To live without feeling or exciting sympathy, to be fortunate without adding to the felicity of others, or afflicted without tasting the balm of pity, is a state more gloomy than solitude: it is not retreat, but exclusion from mankind."

Dr. Johnson.

"It is the care of a very great part of mankind to conceal their indigence from the rest; they support themselves by temporary expedients, and every day is lost in contriving for the morrow."—Id.

"This same grace is spoken of as the gift of God, as coming by Jesus Christ, as reigning, as abounding, as operating."— Berkley.

"If I were not a preacher, I know of no profession on earth of which I should be fonder than that of a preceptor."—Luther. "Nothing is proof against the general curse

Of vanity, that seizes all below.

The only amaranthine flower on earth

Is virtue; the only lasting treasure, truth."—Cowper.

EXERCISES IN ETYMOLOGY.

[When the pupil has become familiar with the different parts of speech, and their classes and modifications, and has been sufficiently exercised in etymological parsing, he should write out the following exercises.]

EXERCISE I.—ARTICLES.

1. Prefix the definite article to the following nouns: path, paths; loss, losses; name, names; page, pages; want, wants; doubt, doubts; votary, votaries.

2. Prefix the indefinite article to the following nouns: age, error, idea, omen, urn, arch, bird, cage, dream, empire, farm, grain, horse, idol, jay, king, lady, man, novice, opinion, pony, quail, raven, sample, trade, uncle, vessel, window, youth, zone,

whirlwind, union, onion, unit, eagle, house, honour, hour, he rald, habitation, hospital, harper, harpoon, ewer, eye, humour.

3. Insert the definite article rightly in the following phrases: George Second-fair appearance—part first—reasons most obvious—good man—wide circle—man of honour—man of world —old books—common people—same person—smaller piece— rich and poor—first and last—all time—great excess—nine muses—how rich reward—so small number—all ancient writers—in nature of things—much better course.

4. Insert the indefinite article rightly in each of the following phrases: new name—very quick motion—other sheep— such power—what instance—great weight—such worthy cause too great difference—high honour—humble station-universal law—what strange event—so deep interest—as firm hope —so great wit—humorous story—such person—little reflection.

EXERCISE II.—NOUNS,

1. Write the plural of the following nouns: town, country, case, pin, needle, sex, arch, marsh, monarch, blemish, distich, princess, gas, bias, stigma, wo, grotto, folio, punctilio, duty, toy, money, entry, valley, half, dwarf, strife, knife, roof, muff, chief, sheaf, mouse, penny, ox, foot, erratum, axis, thesis, criterion, bolus, rebus, son-in-law, pailful, man-servant.

2. Write the feminines corresponding to the following nouns: earl, friar, stag, lord, duke, marquis, hero, executor, nephew, heir, actor, enchanter, hunter, prince, traitor, lion, arbiter, tutor, songster, abbot, master, uncle, widower, son, landgrave.

3. Write the possessive case, singular, of the following nouns : table, leaf, boy, torch, park, porch, portico, lynx, calf, sheep, wolf, echo, folly, cavern, father-in-law, court-martial.

4. Write the possessive case, plural, of the following nouns : priest, tutor, scholar, mountain, city, courtier, judge, citizen, woman, servant, writer, grandmother.

5. Write the possessive case, both singular and plural, of the following nouns: body, fancy, lady, attorney, negro, nuncio, life, brother, deer, child, wife, goose, beau, envoy, distaff, colloquy, hero, thief, wretch.

EXERCISE III.—ADJECTIVES.

1. Annex a suitable noun to each of the following adjectives, without repeating any word: good, great, tall, wise, strong, dark, dangerous, dismal, drowsy, twenty, true, difficult, pale,

livid, ripe, delicious, stormy, rainy, convenient, heavy. Thus— good pens, &c.

2. Prefix a suitable adjective to each of the following nouns, without repeating any word: man, son, merchant, work, fence, fear, poverty, picture, prince, delay, suspense, devices, follies, actions. Thus—wise man, &c.

3. Compare the following adjectives: black, bright, short, white, old, high, wet, big, few, lovely, dry, fat, good, bad, little, much, many, far.

4. Express the degrees of the following qualities by the comparative adverbs of increase: delightful, comfortable, agreeable, pleasant, fortunate, valuable, wretched, vivid, timid, poignant, excellent.

5. Express the degrees of the following qualities by the comparative adverbs of diminution: objectionable, formidable, forcible, comely, pleasing, obvious, censurable, prudent.

EXERCISE IV.-PRONOUNS.

1. Write the nominative plural of the following pronouns. I, thou, he, she, it, who, which, what, that.

2. Write the declension of the following pronouns : myself, thyself, himself, herself, itself, whosoever.

3. Write the following words in their customary form: her's, it's, our's, your's, their's, who's.

4. Write the objective singular of all the simple pronouns. 5. Write the objective plural of all the simple pronouns.

EXERCISE V.—VERBS.

1. Write the four principal parts of each of the following verbs: slip, thrill, caress, force, release, crop, try, die, obey, delay, destroy, deny, buy, come, do, feed, lie, say.

2. Write the following preterits in their appropriate form: stript, learnt, dropt, prest, whipt, spoilt, propt, fixt, staid, past, cross, stept, distrest, confest, snapt, blest, shipt, discust. 3. Write the following verbs in the indicative mood, present tense, second person singular: move, strive, please, reach, confess, fix, deny, survive, know, go, outdo, close, lose, pursue.

4. Write the following verbs in the indicative mood, present tense, third person singular: leave, seem, search, impeach, fear, redress, comply, bestow, do, woo, sue, view, allure, rely, beset, release, be, bias.

5. Write the following verbs in the subjunctive mood, pre

sent tense, in the three persons singular: serve, shun, turn, learn, find, wish, throw, dream, possess, detest, disarm, allow, pretend.

EXERCISE VI.—VERBS.

1. Write a synopsis of the first person singular of the active verb amuse, conjugated affirmatively.

2. Write a synopsis of the second person singular of the neuter verb sit, conjugated affirmatively.

8. Write a synopsis of the third person singular of the active verb speak, conjugated affirmatively in the compound form.

4. Write a synopsis of the first person plural of the passive verb be reduced, conjugated affirmatively.

5. Write a synopsis of the second person plural of the active verb lose, conjugated negatively.

6. Write a synopsis of the third person plural of the neuter verb stand, conjugated interrogatively.

7. Write a synopsis of the first person singular of the active verb derive, conjugated interrogatively and negatively.

EXERCISE VII.—PARTICIPLES.

1. Write the simple imperfect participles of the following verbs belong, provoke, degrade, impress, fly, do, survey, vie, let, hit, put, defer, differ, remember.

2. Write the perfect participles of the following verbs: turn, burn, learn, deem, crowd, choose, draw, hear, lend, sweep, tear, thrust, steal, write, delay, imply, exist.

8. Write the pluperfect participles of the following verbs: depend, dare, deny, value, forsake, bear, set, sit, lay, mix, speak, sleep, allot.

4. Write the following participles in their appropriate form: markt, equipt, embarrast, astonisht, tost, embost, attacks, hacks, blest, curst.

5. Write the regular participles which are now generally preferred to the following irregular ones: clad, graven, knelt, leant, lit, quit, riven, sawn, shaven, strown, swollen, thriven, wrought.

6. Write the irregular participles which are commonly preferred to the following regular ones: bended, builded, catched, creeped, dealed, digged, dreamed, dwelled, gilded, girded, hanged, knitted, laded, meaned, shined, slitted, splitted, stringed, strived, weeped/ wonted, wringed.