sify systematically, is the work of the practised analyst alone.

35. Relative. He was required to do, simply and solely, what he ought to do.

36. To accomplish what you seem to require, will not prove to be what it is really possible for the class to do. 37. Compact. I felt the little pulse flutter, grow faint, and at last stop altogether.

38. Let him try it, and see for himself.

3. COMPLEX.

39. Simple. The next thought was to begin to build the wings first.

40. To intend to do right is all very well.

41. Compound. To purpose, and to begin to abandon your evil course, is by no means really doing it.

42. I believe the young man really wishes to stop yielding to his evil companions and giving offence to his friends.

43. Loose. This signal warned them to proceed to attack the outworks on the left.

44. The company was infinitely amused to see him endeavor to keep time to the music of the old blind fiddler.

45. To the great relief of Mrs. Sanders, Sam was allowed to depart without any reference on the part of the hostess, to the pettitoes and toasted cheese.-Dickens.

46. Collective. To bear patiently this new grievance, and to conceal carefully its guilty cause, was now his sole endeavor.

47. These misguided youths are only ambitious to excel in mere idle accomplishments, and to outshine their companions in dress and equipage.

48. Distributive. No considerations of personal interest or party policy could persuade him either to appoint base

men to office, or to sanction the unprincipled schemes of those already in power.

49. Adversative. Not to be great, but only to be good, was the absorbing aim of John Howard.

50. With more moderation than justice, he proposed not to destroy slavery, but to leave it to destroy itself.

51. Correlative. Some attend church merely to see and be seen; others, to be entertained by the charms of music or oratory; a few only, to worship the Unseen and Eternal.

52. Independent. It is not impossible to live so as to be respected by even your enemies ;-" to be respected, &c.,” subsequent of "as."

53. It was a pleasant thing, to see Mr. Pickwick in the center of the group.-Dickens.

54. To be plain with you, I do not believe the man ever intended to perform half he promised; "to be plain, &c.,” a general logical adjunct, parenthetical.

55. Ordinary. Turning suddenly back, our guide entered a path before unnoticed by us.

56. Led with delight, they thus beguile the way.Spenser.

57. His other engagements prevented his being present. 58. Amusing an audience, is not instructing them. 59. I have only a vague recollection of meeting him

once.

60. In attempting too much, lay the whole secret of his accomplishing nothing.

61. Every means was used to prevent the vessel's making so much lee-way.

2. COMPOUND.

62. Ordinary. Having chosen his own time and way, I think he should be satisfied.

63. Did the witness really see him opening and ransacking the drawers?

64. The mob having thus assailed and forced the prison doors, made short work of seizing and hanging the unfortunate Porteus.

65. Relative. Your being and doing what you choose, will be right only under certain conditions.

66. There is little prospect of such a man's granting what you are so unreasonably bent on demanding.

8. COMPLEX.

67. Simple. Attempting to assail the works in front, he met with a severe repulse.

68. Expecting to meet his father and mother there, he no longer delayed making the necessary preparation for his departure.

69. Compound. The White Wing having already begun to beat heavily upon the reef, and to open broad seams on her larboard quarter, was now given up for lost.

70. Loose. "Receiving goods known to be stolen is a criminal offence."

71. The disconsolate mother, beholding again the child once torn from her embraces, burst into a flood of tears.

72. Hardly waiting to receive the order to advance, the duke's horse charged with overwhelming force, compelling the whole left wing to fall back in confusion.

73. Collective. Venturing too near the edge of the precipice, and suddenly losing his balance, he was precipitated into the boiling caldron below.

74. Having been admitted into the garden by Mary,

and having received from that lady sundry admonitions concerning the safety of his limbs and neck, Sam mounted into the pear tree.-Dickens.

75. Distributive. Having neither fairly gained his seat nor being in a fit condition to retain it, Mr. Saddletree soon began to give unmistakable promise of being speedily unhorsed.

76. Adversative. Delighted with the invitation, but being at the same time doubtful as to his reception, the poor youth fell into a state of great perplexity.

77. Independent. He is, speaking, of course, somewhat ambiguously, a person of extraordinary capacity.

78. It is the best idea, my losing myself in this place, and wandering about those staircases, that I ever heard of.--Dickens.

79. Simple. Child of the Sun, to thee 'tis given.

Drake.

80. "Son of Hodeirah !" the Death-Angel said,

"It is not yet the hour."-Southey.

81. Complex. Caled, the son of the viceroy of Egypt, entered every day early, and retired late.-Dr. Johnson.

2. INFINITIVE.

82. Simple. Did you call upon them, (the persons to be invited,) and leave my message

?

83. Compound. Some, particularly those to be first seen and consulted, were entirely passed over.

84. Complex. She, the noble victim so soon to be led to the scaffold and the block, stood all unconscious of the fate awaiting her.

3. PARTICIPIAL.

85. Simple. The storm having now somewhat abated, we proceeded on our journey.

86. Everything having been previously prepared, heave in, and make sail as before.-Kedge Anchor.

87. Compound. His theme having been carefully selected and made the subject of close thought, the pupil is prepared to commence writing.

88. Complex. The river having been safely crossed by the division intended to create a diversion on the enemy's left, the main body proceeded at once to force a passage in front.

89. Collective Complex. Our lower masts being short, and our head-yards being square, the sail had a head of nearly fifty feet.-Dana.

4. SENTENTIAL.

90. I shall never forget meeting him,-this man who was at once the nation's wonder and delight.

91. The first one to congratulate me was the general himself,- -a man who, usually stern and distant in manner, was supposed to take little interest in the private affairs of his subordinates.

III.—Miscellaneous Examples.

92. There's no such word as fail.-Bulwer.

93. He has no other idea of it at all.

94. We will shed no tears save those of joy.-Proc

tor ;-"save," a preposition equivalent to "except."

95. He himself is no more than a doctor of physic.

96. So passeth in the passing of a day,

Of mortal life, the leaf, the bud, the flower.

--Spenser.