The following sentence exhibits all the parts of speech arranged in order, forming complete sense.

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The gift of speech is a faculty peculiar to man, hence, he is 6 9 3 4 7 bound to use it wisely, but, alas! he daily perverts it.

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NOTE. It must be remembered that the same word is not always the same part of speech. From the relation which they sustain, and the situation which they occupy in the sentence into which they are introduced, the same word is often made to exchange offices and naines, and perform a variety of parts, all tending, however, to promote the agreement, and perfect the members which ultimately form the sentence. All this will be made perfectly clear and familiar as the subject advances towards the rules of syntax.

The parts of speech, as they occur in order, may be rendered more dig. tinct by referring each, in a concise manner, to the office which it performs. Thus :

1. Noun, a name, and an agent or an object.

2. Article, a limiter, that refers the noun.

3. Verb, the act of the agent to which it refers in agreement.

4. Pronoun, in the place of the noun, to which it refers.

5. Adjective, an appendage to the noun, expressing quality.

6. Participle, has the properties of a verb and an adjective, and is known by its termination.

7. Adverb, an appendage to the verb, expressing manner. 8. Conjunction, a connective participle joining words, &c. 9. Preposition, a connective particle, expressing relation. 10. Interjection, a particle indicative of joy, grief, &c.

Questions on 17th Chapter.

4. What are the examples?
5. How do you know these are son?

PART II.-CHAPTER XVIII.

(Lesson 1.) SPELLING.

Easy words of two syllables; accent on the second; vowels short.

Application of Emphasis and the Inflections of the voice, agreeable to the

foregoing Rules.

Shun Danger.

1. The little winged insect', allured by the brightness of the evening candle', dances round the blaze, until its silken wing is singed, and it drops and dies in the flame.

2. So the heedless boy plays', with thoughtless mirth', upon the very verge of evil; then dips his finger deep', and steeps his senses', until', at last', he drops into infamy' and ruin.

3. The summer insect which flies about the evening lamp', is a thing so frail', so tender', that the slightest touch crushes it to powder. Hence', it is the last of the winged tribe that should dare the candle's blaze.

4. The dazzling rays of light', which', as a flood poured on the evening gloom', seems', like a friend', to court the insect near', betray the guest', and seal its fate.

5. O thoughtless boy! beware! Let not the dazzle of gay things deceive you. Vice', in its most appalling shape', and gangrene state', 'lies covered with a gilded dress', and fair, inviting form\.

6. The fairest leaves the rose adorn',

And yet', beneath them', lurks the thorny.

Though green and flowery grows the brake',
Yet', near it lies the deadly snake、.

(Lesson 3.) ARITHMETIC.

Division.

It some times happens that the divisor has one or more cyphers on the right; these may be cut off, provided as many figures at the right of the dividend be cut off also. These, in the end, must be added to the remainder. Thus:

21. Divide 146340 by 5400.

5400)1463 | 40(27 quotient.

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540-Remainder

54x27-4-510-146340. Prepk

23. Divide 24606039 by 43000.

24. 116000000 by 17400.

Exercises in Division.

25. B. had 3264 miles to travel, and that too in 136 days; how far must he go each day? Ans. 24 miles.

26. A. paid 1040 shillings for 52 weeks' board; what did he pay for each week? Ans. 20 shillings.

27. Eight boys went to gather nuts, and brought home 6488; how many had each? Ans. 811 nuts.

28. Mr. D. pays 976 dollars a year for the use of a farm of 244 acres ; what is that an acre? Ans. 4 dollars.

29. A. put his money out for one year, or 365 days, and got for it 2555 dollars; what was that a day. Ans. 7 dollars. 30. B. as 16 bags of coffee, each 120 pounds; and 8 barrels, each 343; he wishes to put them in kegs each 22 pounds; how many kegs must he have? Ans. 212 kegs. 31. G. left at his death, 46,646 dollars, and ordered his widow to take 8000 for herself, and divide the remainder equally among her six children; how much will each have?

(Lesson 4.) GRAMMAR.

Ans. 6441 dollars.

Of Nouns and their properties.

Nouns or names have four distinct properties, which distinguish them from every other part of speech. These are,

1st, Person; 2d, Number; 3d, Gender; 4th, Case. PERSONS. Nouns have two persons, second and third. When you speak to a person or thing, it is in the second person; but when you speak of or about a person or thing, the noun is in the third person: As, Mary, your copy is ready. Here, Mary is spoken to, and is in the second person; and copy, is spoken of, and is in the third person.

Names or Nouns are also of two kinds, proper and common. A proper name is that given to one person or thing; as, Mary, Thomas, Washington, America, Ohio, Boston, London, Thames. A common name is that given to many things of the same sort; as, book, pen, knife, tree, man, animal, fear, hope, love, joy, pain, pleasure, &c.

OBS. 1. You now know the noun, for it means name.

2. You know it has two persons, 2d, and 3d; that the 2d is spoken to, and the 3d is spoken of

3. You know that it is of two kinds; proper and common; that the proper noun belongs to persons, and the common, to things of which there are several kinds.