2. Exercises.-Correct the errors in the use of capital letters in the following sentences:-Our creator is omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient. he is the source of all Being, Life, Intelligence, and happiness. hear the words of Solomon, the wise king of Israel: "Fear god, and keep his commandments; For this is the whole Duty of Man." o! how i love thy Law, oh god! it is my meditation Day and Night. The english and french nations have too frequently been at war with each other.

know then this truth, (enough for man to know,)
virtue alone is happiness below.

Exercise 786.

Promiscuous Examples of Defective Punctuation.—448 to 498. 1. Point the following sentences, and place the proper Capitals: -From the vast and gloomy Forests of Germany Hengist and his Brother Horsa said to be descended from Woden the Saxon God of War were invited into Britain by Vortigern one of the petty Princes to aid him in repelling the attacks of the Scots and Picts These warlike chieftains performed the Service for which they were paid but observing the Indolence of the Britons and pleased with the fertility of the Soil they invited more of their Countrymen to endeavour to make Settlements in the Island Successive Hordes of Saxons poured in and for a Century waged War with the unhappy Natives they were finally successful in founding seven States known by the name of the Saxon Heptarchy but for this fortunate conclusion of their Wars they were as much if not more indebted to the Dissensions among the British Princes as to their own Prowess Such Britons as were timid submitted to the Laws imposed by their Conquerors while those who were of a more untractable and ferocious Temper retired to the inaccessible Mountains of Wales and there enjoyed and transmitted to their Descendants their Language Manners and independent Spirit At the beginning of the ninth Century a Uniform System of Government was established by Egbert who reduced the Heptarchy either by War or by the Submission of the different States and formed the Kingdom of England.

2. As far as we are able to discern the imperfect traces of Saxon Customs and Establishments by the dim light of Roman and English History we are struck with their Mildness Equity and Wisdom The descent of the Crown was generally hereditary the subordinate Magistrates were elected by the People capital Punishments were rarely inflicted for the first Offence and their lands were bequeathed equally to all their Sons without any regard to primogeniture In the Wittena Gemote or assembly of the Wise Men consisting of the superior Clergy and Noblemen all Business for the Service of the Public was transacted and all Laws were passed for the origin of this Assembly we must have

recourse to remote antiquity as similar Meetings constituted indeed in a rude and imperfect manner were convened among the ancient Germans from the earliest Times.

3. Alfred surnamed the Great derived that Title from the exercise of every Virtue which can adorn a king When he succeeded to the Throne surrounded by numerous Bands of hostile Danes whose sole delight was plunder he had ample scope to display his extraordinary Talents Disguised in the garb of a Minstrel he entered the Danish Camp remarked the supineness and negligence which reigned there assembled his followers in Selwood Forest and routed the Plunderers with great Slaughter He was present at no less than fifty-six Battles many of which when on the point of being Lost were retrieved by his own personal Valour and military Skill After expelling the Danes from his Shores and establishing a Fleet to guard his Coasts he directed his Attention to the internal Regulation of his Kingdom He digested the discordant Laws of the Heptarchy into one regular System and adopted a uniform plan of Government for the Division of the Kingdom into Counties and Hundreds we are likewise indebted to him.

Exercise 78 c.-Point the following:-
God is everywhere.

Oh show me where is He

The high and Holy One
To whom thou bend'st the knee
And pray'st Thy will be done
I hear thy voice of praise
And lo no form is near
Thine eyes I see thee raise

But where doth God appear

Oh teach me who is God and where his glories shine
That I may kneel and pray and call thy Father mine
Gaze on that arch above

The glittering vault admire
Who taught those orbs to move
Who lit their ceaseless fire
Who guides the moon to run
In silence through the skies
Who bids that dawning sun
In strength and beauty rise

There view immensity behold my God is there
The sun the moon the stars his majesty declare
See where the mountains rise

Where thundering torrents foam

Where veil'd in lowering skies

The eagle makes his home

Where savage nature dwells
My God is present too
Through all her wildest dells
His footsteps I pursue

He rear'd those giant cliffs supplies that dashing stream
Provides the daily food which stills the wild bird's scream
Look on that world of waves
Where finny nations glide
Within whose deep dark caves
The ocean-monsters hide
His power is sovereign there
To raise to quell the storm
The depths his bounty share
Where sport the scaly swarm

Tempests and calms obey the same almighty voice
Which rules the earth and skies and bids the world rejoice
Nor eye nor thought can soar
Where rules not he in might
He swells the thunder's roar
He spreads the wings of night
Oh praise the works divine

Bow down the soul in prayer
Nor ask for other sign

That God is everywhere

The viewless Spirit He immortal holy bless'd
Oh worship Him in faith and find eternal rest

PART V.-PROSODY.

Exercise 79.-Lesson 79.-Pars. 499 to 507.-p. 187. Orthoëpy.

Questions.-499 to 501. Define Prosody. What does Orthoëpy comprise? Define Accent. In what part of each word is our language inclined to place the Accent? Say how many Accents we have. In words of two syllables, which has the Accent? State the exceptions. In Derivative words what vowels are modified? State where the Accent is placed in words of three syllables;-in words of four syllables. How are words in tion, sion, &c., accented?

502, 503. Explain the Quantity of a syllable. State when a syllable is long, and how it is then marked ;-when a syllable is short, and how marked. In Reading or Speaking, how should syllables be pronounced? How should the words included in a Parenthesis be uttered? Explain Emphasis. What general rule should be observed with regard to Emphasis?

504. Explain the use of Pauses, and name the different kinds. What plan should be observed with regard to Emphatical Pauses ?-Rhetorical Pauses? Name the Pauses in Poetry. What directions are supplied for reading Blank Verse? When does the Casura take place?

505. Explain Intonation,-the rising inflection,-falling inflection,—Elocution. (State the directions for expressing the different passions of the mind. How should the voice be regulated in exordiums,-narrations, persuasions, -antithesis,-climax,-dialogues?) Quote the general Rule to be observed with regard to Intonation.

506, 507. State the general directions for regulating the proper pitch of the voice. What is said of Gesture or Action?

No Exercises.

Exercise 80.-Lesson 80.-Pars. 508 to 516.—p. 189.

Versification.

Questions.-508 to 511. Explain Prose,-Poetry,— Versification. Poetical License.

Define

512 to 514. Name the different forms of Poetry. Explain Rhyme,—Blank Verse. State the advantages of Blank Verse, and name the chief Poets who have written in this measure. Define a Verse. State on what the rhythm or harmony of verse depends. Explain the terms, Foot,-Couplet or Distich,— Hemistich,-Alliteration,-a Stanza.

515, 516. Explain Scanning,-Metre. State how many kinds of feet there are. Explain and illustrate an Iambus,-Trochee,-Spondee,-Pyrrhic,— Dactyl, Amphibrach,-Anapæst.-Tribrach. Show the use of the marks over the vowels. Explain and illustrate the Casura. State the kind of verse when the Cæsura falls on the fourth syllable;--on the fifth;-on the sixth. Quote examples of each.

No Exercises.

Exercise 81 a.—Lesson 81.-Pars. 517 to 522.—p. 191. Different Kinds of Verse.-Iambic Verse.

1. Questions.-517, 518. Name the different kinds of English verse. Explain the Iambic Metre, and say for what subjects it is adapted. Explain the Iambic Trim'eter, and quote the examples.

519, 520. Explain the Iambic Tetram'eter,-say for what subjects it is adapted, and quote the examples. Explain the Iambic Pentam'eter,-say what this Metre is usually called,-for what subjects it is suited,-and quote the examples. How is the Metre sometimes varied? Explain an Alexandrine verse, and quote the example.

521, 522. Explain the Iambic Heptam'èter; quote examples of the various kinds. Explain the Iambic Octom'ěter; quote the examples. How is this kind of verse frequently divided? Quote the forms introduced for the sake of variety.

2. Exercises to be written.-Of the following Examples-

1.

2.

1. Name the Form of Metre; and then,
2. Scan each line according to No. 515:-

Sweet are the joys of Home,

And pure as sweet; for they

Like dews of morn and evening come,
To wake and close the day.
The world hath its delights,
And its delusions too;
But Home to calmer bliss invites,
More tranquil and more true.

'Tis free where'er the heart is;
Nor chain nor dungeon dim,
May check the mind's aspirings,
The spirit's pealing hymn!
The heart gives life its beauty,
Its glory and its power,-
'Tis sunlight to its rippling stream,
And soft dew to its flower.

3. The Bible

4.

5.

Within this awful volume lies
The mystery of mysteries;
And happy they of human race
To whom their God has given grace
To read, to fear, to hope, to pray,
To lift the latch, to force the way;
And better had they ne'er been born
Than read to doubt, or read to scorn.
My mother's voice! how oft doth creep
Its cadence on my lonely hours!
Like healing sent on wings of sleep,

Or dew to the unconscious flowers.
I can forget her melting prayer
While leaping pulses madly fly,
But in the still unbroken air

Her gentle tone comes stealing by,
And years, and sin, and manhood flee,
And leave me at my mother's knee.

There is a spot of earth supremely blest,
A dearer, sweeter spot than all the rest,