5th. Adjectives derived from the proper names of places; as, Grecian, Roman, English, &c. 6th. The first word of an example, and of a quotation in a direct form; as, "Always remember this ancient maxim; "Know thyself." " 7th. The first word of every line of poetry. 8th. The pronoun I, and the interjection O. 9th. Words of particular importance; as, the Reformation, the Restoration, the Revolution. EXERCISES IN ORTHOGRAPHY, PART I. RAPH EXERCISES IN ORTHOGRAPHY.* A sprig of mirtle A bunch of sparragrass. The Portigal melon Red and white rasberries The erroneous spelling is to be rectified by Dr. Johnson's Dictionary. For the propriety of exhibiting erroneous Exercises in Orthography, see the Advertisement to the Eleventh edition of the Englith Exercises. E A pidgeon pié A hanch of veneson A large lobstor A burch tree A flour gardin The wheet harvist A blew sky A lovly day A splenndid pallace A disagreeable journy Vinigar is sowr A box of waifers The pint of a sword An affectionnate parent Obliging behaivour Improveing conversation Importunate begger Knowledge inlarges the mind To acquire it is a great priviledge The school encreases Enquire before you ree solve We must be studeous Exercises in Parsing as it respects Etymology alone. SECTION I. Etymological Parsing Table, WHAT part of speech? 1. An Article. What kind? Why? 2. A Substantive. Common or proper? What Gender? Number? Case? Why? 3. An Adjective. What degree of comparison? To what does it belong? Why an adjective? 4. A Pronoun. What kind? Person? Gender? Number? Case? Why? 5. A Verb. What kind? Mood? Tense? Number? Person? Why? If a participle, Why? Ac tive or passive? 6. An Adv. Why is it an Adverb? 7. A Preposition, Why a preposition? 8. A Conjunction. Why? 9. An Interjection. Why? SECT. II. Specimen of Etymological Parsing. Hope is a common substantive of the third person, in the singular number, and the nominative case. (Decline the substantive.) Animates is a regular verb active, indicative mood, present tense, third person singular. (Repeat the present tense, the imperfect tense, and the perfect participle; and sometimes conjugate the verb entirely.) ↑ Us is a personal pronoun, first person plural, and in the objective case. (Declene the Pronoun.) A peaceful mind is virtue's reward. A is the indefinite article. Peaceful is an adjective. (Repeat the degrees of comparison.) Mind is a common ubanive, of the third person, in the singular number, and the nominative case.— (Dertine the substantive.) Is is an irregular verb neater, indicative mood, present tense, and the third person singular. (Repeat the present tense, the imperfect lense, and the participle; and occasionally conjugate the verb entirely.) Virtue's a common substantive, of the third person in the singular number, and the possessive case. (Decline the substantire.) Reward is a common substantive, of the third person, in the singular number, and the nominative case. The sun A volunte Parchment The pens A disposition Benevolence An oversight A design The governess An ornament The girl's school Depravity The constitution The laws Beauty A consumption Africa The continent An inclination The undertaking Penelope An entertainment A comet America The Cæsars The shadows A vacancy Something SECT. IV. Article, Adjective, and Substantive. A good heart A wise head An affable deportment E2 An obedient son |
