to either of the five elements of a declarative sentence.”—­Ib., p. 123.  “I am not sure that he will be present = of his being present.”—­Ib., p. 169.  “We left on Tuesday.”—­Ib., p. 103.  “He left, as he told me, before the arrival of the steamer.”—­Ib., p. 143.  “We told him that he must leave = We told him to leave.”—­Ib., p. 168.  “Because he was unable to persuade the multitude, he left in disgust.”—­Ib., p. 172.  “He left, and took his brother with him.”—­Ib., p. 254.  “This stating, or declaring, or denying any thing, is called the indicative mode, or manner of speaking.”—­Weld’s Gram., 2d Ed., p. 72; Abr.  Ed., 59.  “This took place at our friend Sir Joshua Reynold’s.”—­Weld’s Gram., 2d Ed., p. 150; Imp.  Ed., 154.  “The manner of a young lady’s employing herself usefully in reading will be the subject of another paper.”—­Ib., 150; or 154.  “Very little time is necessary for Johnson’s concluding a treaty with the bookseller.”—­Ib., 150; or 154.  “My father is not now sick, but if he was your services would be welcome.”—­Chandler’s Grammar, 1821, p. 54.  “When we begin to write or speak, we ought previously to fix in our minds a clear conception of the end to be aimed at.”—­Blair’s Rhetoric, p. 193.  “Length of days are in her right hand, and in her left hand riches and honor.”—­Bullions’s Analytical and Practical Grammar, 1849, p. 59.  “The active and passive present express different ideas.”—­Ib., p. 235.  “An Improper Diphthong, or Digraph, is a diphthong in which only one of the vowels are sounded.”—­Fowler’s E. Gram., 8vo, 1850, Sec.115.  “The real origin of the words are to be sought in the Latin.”—­Ib., Sec.120.  “What sort of an alphabet the Gothic languages possess, we know; what sort of alphabet they require, we can determine.”—­Ib., Sec.127.  “The Runic Alphabet whether borrowed or invented by the early Goths, is of greater antiquity than either the oldest Teutonic or the Moeso-Gothic Alphabets.”—­Ib., Sec.129.  “Common to the Masculine and the Neuter Genders.”—­Ib., Sec.222.  “In the Anglo-Saxon his was common to both the Masculine and Neuter Genders.”—­Ib., Sec.222.  “When time, number, or dimension are specified, the adjective follows the substantive.”—­Ib., Sec.459.  “Nor pain, nor grief, nor anxious fear Invade thy bounds.”—­Ib., Sec.563.  “To Brighton the Pavilion lends a lath and plaster grace.”—­Ib., Sec.590.  “From this consideration nouns have been given but one person, the THIRD.”—­D.  C. Allen’s Grammatic Guide, p. 10.

   “For it seems to guard and cherish
    Even the wayward dreamer—­I.”—­Home Journal.

EXAMPLES FOR PARSING.

PRAXIS XIII.—­SYNTACTICAL.

In the following Lessons, are exemplified most of the Exceptions, some of the Notes, and many of the Observations, under the preceding Rules of Syntax; to which Exceptions, Notes, or Observations, the learner may recur, for an explanation of whatsoever is difficult in the parsing, or peculiar in the construction, of these examples or others.