1. There is a fountain near my friend's house.

2. Little Jack Horner sat in a corner.

3. We separated during the storm.

4. What is man, that thou art mindful of him?

5. Give me a thousand dollars.

6. Facts are stubborn things.

7. The horse will do no harm.

8. If you find any wasp's nests, inform me.

9. Tread softly; make no noise.

10. His assistants obey his commands.

11. The history of that colony is very interesting.

12. My intention is to graduate from a university.

13. And the evening and the morning were the first day. 14. He cultivated three fields of corn.

15. Wild beasts roamed through the forest.

1. The divisibility of matter is wonderful.

2. Three classes recite in the afternoon.

3. He gave a popular lecture on the solar system. 4. There are ten bushels of potatoes in the cellar. 5. He stated that doctrine again and again.

6. He has ruined his constitution by dissipation. 7. Be fearless always; rash, never.

8. Why are you so exceedingly forgetful?

9. Shut the door and come to the hearth.

10. They were suffocated by the impetuosity of the wind.

1. He is an honorary member of our society. 2. The elm tree makes a tolerable shade.

3. He intends to make a specialty of botany. 4. He was beloved by his contemporaries.

5. What a venerable look he has!

6. The inscription was undecipherable.

7. She played an accompaniment on the piano.

5. Blending the end of one word with the beginning of the next.

EXAMPLES.

1. I sol dim a bushe lof wheat.
2. Tell me no tin mournful numbers,
Li fis bu ta nemptyd ream.

3. Thy voice sound slike a prophet sword.
4. I tol dher to sen dme those book sof mine.
5. He wen tout of the chur cha teigh to 'clock..

EXERCISES.

1. Fierce as a whirlwind up the walls he flies. 2. Gently, Lord, O gently lead us.

3. A lord and a lady went up at full sail,

When a bee chanced to light on the opposite scale.

4. Wide o'er the field a waste of ruin laid.

5. The soldiers swiftly formed in battle array.

6. Red and deep a hundred veins burst out at every throe.

7. Oh, had we some bright little isle of our own,

In a blue summer ocean far off and alone.

INFLECTION.

INFLECTION is an upward or downward slide of the

voice.

The rising inflection is an upward slide of the voice, and is marked by the acute accent ('); as,

Does it rain'?

The falling inflection is a downward slide of the voice, and is marked by the grave accent ('); as,

When will he come1?

The circumflex is a union of the two slides on the same syllable. It is marked thus (-), when the voice commences with the falling and ends with the rising inflection; and thus (~), when the order is reversed; as,

Man never is, but always to be, blest.

The monotone is the utterance of successive syllables in one unvaried key, and is marked thus (−);

as,

Roll on thou deep and dark blue ocean, roll.

RULES FOR INFLECTION.

REMARK. The following rules may or may not be committed to memory, at the option of the teacher. Particular attention, however, should be paid to the examples. The pupil should be required to give the inflections indicated correctly and naturally.

FALLING INFLECTION.

RULE I.-Sentences and parts of sentences making complete sense, require the falling inflection.

EXAMPLES.

1. Blow', bugle, blow', set the wild echoes flying';
Blow', bugle; answer echoes, dying', dying', dying'.

2. Still Van bounded on'; the horse was stung with fright; the sand shook with shocks of sound'; he stood in his stirrup, and strained his sight along the shore'; the wind of the advancing tide blew in his uncovered hair`.

3. Harness me down with your iron bands';

Be sure of your curb and rein'.

EXCEPTION 1. The last member but one of a compound sentence sometimes requires the rising inflection; as,

1. As the summons hurried to the South, it was one day at New York'; in one more, at Philadelphia'; the next, it lighted a watchfire at Baltimore'; thence it waked an answer at Annapolis'.

2. They have forgotten their distresses'; every sorrow is hushed', and every pang extinguished'.

EXCEPTION 2. Emphasis sometimes reverses this rule, and requires the rising inflection; as,

1. Presumptuous man! the gods' take care of Cato'.

2. No one is willing to be thought a fool'.

3. I would like to climb to the top of that tree'.

RULE II. Emphatic expressions generally require the falling inflection.

EXAMPLES.

1. Silence', base rebel! no replying!

2. Dead-for want of a crust.

3. Clang', clang! the massive anvils ring`.

4. Poor', hot, tired' little flowers-how thirsty' they look. 5. Mr. Tiffany! Mr. Tiffany! nothing is more positively vulgarian, more unaristocratic', than any allusion to the past'. · 6. Charge', Chester', charge! on', Stanley', on'!

7. Were I an American, as I am an Englishman, while a single foreign troop' remained in my country, I would never lay down my arms-never! never! never!

RULE III. Interrogative sentences and parts of sentences which can not be answered by yes or no, require the falling inflection.

EXAMPLES.

1. How long have I to wait`?

2. No', I think not`; why should' I?

3. Where are the dear friends of my youth`?

4. What can you do, poor things?

5. Sebastian, who occupies the studio at night`?

6. What is a Roman' that is Cæsar's foe'?

EXCEPTION.-Questions which can not be answered by yes or no, when emphatic or repeated, require the rising inflection.

EXAMPLES.

1. Where is he? At home. Where is he'? At home, sir`. 2. When did you see him last'?

3. Whose house is that? My uncle's'.

Whose'?

4. How many came with you? Five'. How many'?

5. Which of the two men is your brother`? The taller. Which'?