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What feelings are more uneasy and distressful, than the workings of sour and angry passions?

No man can be active in disquieting others, who does not, at the same time, disquiet himself.

A life of pleasure and dissipation, is an enemy to health, fortune, and character.

To correct the spirit of discontent, let us consider how little we deserve, and how much we enjoy.

As far as happiness is to be found on earth, we must look for it, not in the world, or the things of the world; but within ourselves, in our temper, and in our heart.

Though bad men attempt to turn virtue into ridicule, they honour it at the bottom of their hearts.

Of what small moment to our real happiness, are many of those injuries which draw forth our resentment.

In the moments of eager contention, every thing is magnified and distorted in its appearance.

Multitudes in the most obscure stations, are not less eager in their petty broils, nor less tormented by their passions, than if princely honours were the prize for which they contend.

The smooth stream, the serene atmosphere, the mild zephyr, are the proper emblems of a gentle temper, and a peaceful life. Among the sons of strife, all is loud and tempestuous.

CHAPTER II.

Exercises in PARSING, as it respects both ETYMOLOGY and SYNTAX.

See Grammar, p. 217.

SECT. I.

Syntactical Parsing Table.

Article. Why is it the definite article?
Why the indefinite?

Why omitted? Why repeated?

Substantive. Why is it in the possessive case?
Why in the objective case?

Why in apposition?

Why is the apostrophic s omitted?

Adjective. What is its substantive?

Pronoun.

Verb.

Why in the singular, why in the plural
number?

Why in the comparative degree, &c.?
Why placed after its substantive?
Why omitted? Why repeated?
What is its antecedent?

Why is it in the singular, why in the
plural number?

Why of the masculine, why of the feminine, why of the neuter gender? Why of the first, of the second, or of the third person?

Why is it the nominative case?

Why the possessive? Why the objee-
tive?

Why omitted? Why repeated?
What is its nominative case?
What case does it govern?

Adverb.

Why is it in the singular? Why in the

plural number?

Why in the first person, &c.?

Why is it in the infinitive mood?

Why in the subjunctive, &c.?

Why in this particular tense?

What relation has it to another verb, in point of time?

Why do participles sometimes govern the objective case?

Why is the verb omitted? Why repeated?

What is its proper situation?

Why is the double negative used?
Why rejected?

Preposition. What case does it govern?

Which is the word governed?

Why this preposition?

Why omitted? Why repeated?

Conjunction. What moods, tenses, or cases, does it connect? And why? What mood

does it require? Why omitted? Why repeated?

Interjection.Why does the nominative case follow it? Why the objective? Why omitted? Why repeated?

SECT. II.

Specimen of Syntactical Parsing.

"Vice degrades us."

Vice is a common substantive, of the neuter gender, the third person, in the singular number, and the nominative case. Degrades is a regular verb active, indicative mood, present tense, third person singular, agreeing with its nominative "vice," accord

CHAPTER II.

Exercises in PARSING, as it respects both ETYMOLOGY and SYNTAX.

See Grammar, p. 217.

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SECT. I.

Syntactical Parsing Table.

Article. Why is it the definite article?
Why the indefinite?

Why omitted? Why repeated?

Substantive. Why is it in the possessive case?
Why in the objective case?

Why in apposition?

Why is the apostrophic s omitted?

Adjective. What is its substantive?

Pronoun.

Verb.

Why in the singular, why in the plural
number?

Why in the comparative degree, &c.?
Why placed after its substantive?
Why omitted? Why repeated?
What is its antecedent?

Why is it in the singular, why in the
plural number?

Why of the masculine, why of the feminine, why of the neuter gender? Why of the first, of the second, or of the third person?

Why is it the nominative case?

Why the possessive? Why the objee-
tive?

Why omitted? Why repeated?
What is its nominative case?
What case does it govern?

Adverb.

Why is it in the singular? Why in the plural number?

Why in the first

person, &c.?

Why is it in the infinitive mood?
Why in the subjunctive, &c.?
Why in this particular tense?

What relation has it to another verb, in
point of time?

Why do participles sometimes govern the objective case?

Why is the verb omitted? Why repeat

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Why is the double negative used?
Why rejected?

Preposition.What case does it govern?
Which is the word governed?

Why this preposition?

Why omitted? Why repeated?

Conjunction. What moods, tenses, or cases, does it connect? And why? What mood

does it require? Why omitted? Why repeated?

Interjection.Why does the nominative case follow it? Why the objective? Why omitted? Why repeated?

SECT. II.

Specimen of Syntactical Parsing.

"Vice degrades us."

Vice is a common substantive, of the neuter gender, the third person, in the singular number, and the nominative case. Degrades is a regular verb active, indicative mood, present tense, third person singular, agreeing with its nominative "vice," accord

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