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8. Peace being declared between France and England in 1748, the governor had now an opportunity to sit at his ease in his grandfather's chair.

9. There was, moreover, another reason for his failure.

10. His father having died, John's mother was left free to carry out her original designs concerning him.

II. A state of ease is, generally speaking, more attainable than a state of pleasure.

12. Shame being lost, all virtue is lost.

13. He staggered on, aimless and hopeless, the great stars twinkling calmly above him.

14. To return to what we were speaking of, tell me about your plans for this summer.

GENERAL EXERCISE

257. By means of analysis, indicate the grammatical relations of words in the following sentences:

1. As the tree falls, so let it lie.

2. I should be glad to lend you that money if I had as much in my pocket.

3. A jackal, while prowling about the outskirts of a town, slipped into an indigo tank; and not being able to get out he laid himself down, so that he might be taken for dead.

4. The owner of the tank, when he beheld what seemed to be a dead jackal, carried his body into the jungle and there flung it down.

5. The wild gray rabbit is not so large as the tame rabbit kept in a cage.

6. The plan you acted on has answered well.

7. Twice is he armed that hath his quarrel just.

8. A river is joined at places by tributaries that swell its

waters.

9. A gentleman of wealth and position, living in London, some sixty years ago, had a country seat in Kent, some forty miles from the metropolis.

10. Tell me where is fancy bred

Or in the heart or in the head?

How begot, how nourished?

Reply, reply.

II. In a country where maple sugar is made, the bees get their first taste of sweet from the sap as it flows from the spiles, or as it dries and is condensed on the sides of the buckets.

12. One no sooner sets out with his pack upon his back to tramp through the land, than all objects and persons by the way have a new and curious interest to him.

13. Did he win the ninth, Lancelot designed to present the queen with the completed circlet.

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and lightly was her slender nose Tip-tilted like the petal of a flower.

___The very same persons who are the most forward to laugh at all systematic reasoning as idle and impertinent, you will the next moment hear gravely descanting on the immense importance of instilling sound principles of morality into the mind.

CHAPTER II

ORAL COMPOSITION

258. Correct Usage. In our choice of words, one of our first aims should be to comply with accepted usage among cultured people of the present time. The value of words is continually changing to serve the needs of modified conditions of life. Many words that Shakspere and Milton and even Addison used are not used to-day. Many others have varied their meanings or relations with other words to such a degree that these writers are no longer safe models for the study of diction. Many words, however, the meanings and idioms of which have not altered for generations, are continually misused in ordinary conversation. This latter class of words should claim our careful attention.

EXERCISE A

259. In the sentences given below, the italicized. words are used correctly. Study them carefully, and, consulting a dictionary whenever necessary, formulate concise statements regarding the correct use of each word:

1. We shall not go if it rains (simple future tense).

2. They will be here, I hope, before the summer is over (simple future tense).

3. I will not do it under any consideration (determination).

4. You (he, she, or they) shall do exactly what the judge commands.

5. I should accept the offer if it came to me.

6. They would not be home in time if we should wait for them.

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I would accept it in spite of ten times the opposition. 8. You should act differently if I were your mother.

9. Those who have finished their exercises may go home (permission).

10. If pupils are attentive, they can learn much more readily (ability).

11. He refused to accept the gift unless he might share it with his companion.

12. I could not induce him to come without allowing him to bring his companion.

13. He penetrated farther into the heart of Africa than any other explorer (distance).

14. The court will proceed no further with this case until the original papers are produced by the plaintiff.

15. The rose smells sweet. The girl sang sweetly.

EXERCISE B

260. Insert in the blanks in the sentences below the appropriate word, and in a well-formed sentence give the reason for choice: your

I. I........like to go with you if I........be of any assistance (would, should) (could, would, might).

2. I........go, and nobody........prevent me (will, shall) (will, shall).

3. We...... .be there, I trust, in time (will, shall).

4. The people in the lowlands........be drowned if the dam breaks (will, shall).

5. The President is determined that the railroads...... .be brought under control (shall, will).

6.

..you go if you were in my place (would, should)?

7.

8.

.a growing child eat sweetmeats (would, should)? the world be better if women..

(would, could, should, might)?

.vote

9. If you.... ..practice, you........become a better musician (would, should).

IO.

(can, may)?

.our school win the championship in baseball

11. The pupils with an average mark of 80 and over... be excused from the final examination (may, can, will, shall). .I borrow a pencil (may, can)?

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muscles (will, shall) (without, unless).

15. You cannot prosper...... .you are honest (unless, without).

16. How........the moonlight sleeps upon this bank (sweet, sweetly)!

17. Go to yonder point, but no........(farther, further). 18. When I have time, I........... .hear you........in this matter (will, shall) (farther, further).

19. You are looking........this morning (bad, badly).

261. Oral Description. A large part of our everyday conversation is interspersed with descriptions of various kinds and of varying lengths. We see an autumn landscape, in which a great variety of gorgeous colors are so exquisitely blended that we are thrilled; we observe a display in a shop window, which attracts because of its beauty, its novelty, or, it may be, its incongruity; we are attracted by the odd appearance or the eccentricities of some person; we meet an acquaintance of former years who is greatly changed, and when we get home we attempt to reproduce by means of descriptive words the things that have impressed us.