Gender of Nouns, continued (§ 182). EXERCISE 19. 1. Do not laugh at [the] unhappy people. 2. The standard of the Romans was an eagle. 3. Do you know [the] little Mary S.? She is a very lazy3 child.1 4. We saw an eagle that [has] killed a hare. 5. The Russians have in their coat of arms an eagle with [= which has] two heads. 6. All the good people of the village were looking at us with astonishment. 7. All the honest people were indignant at such a proceeding. 8. The first love [pl.] is the deepest. adopted for his coat of arms an eagle holding a thunderbolt. 10. [The] people (who are) cheerful in society are generally melancholy at home. 11. Taught by [the] experience, [the] old people are little confiding. 12. Callimachus [has] composed nice hymns in [the] honour 13. Paracelsus worked at the philosopher's of the gods. stone. 14. work of the I have just 66 9. Napoleon 15. The Athalie" is a work of genius. creation was finished in [en] six days. 16. bought the complete works of V. Hugo. 17. This sentence [période] is obscure and clumsy. 18. Demosthenes and Cicero carried [the] eloquence to its highest pitch. * See First Exercise Book, p. 105. 1. The delights of the heart are more affecting than those of the mind. 2. That barley begins to [a] spring up. 3. Suddenly the sound of an organ struck [= came strike] our ear. 4. I prefer hulled barley to pearl barley. 5. St. Ambrosius composed the first Christian hymns. 6. Have you read Pindar's beautiful hymns? 7. What excellent people [add: que] these Highlanders of Scotland (are)! 8. Your little niece is an interesting2 child1 9. Mirabeau was a very eloquent orator [= a thunderbolt of eloquence]. 10. The mother's love protects the children. II. The first organs were [= have been] constructed in Italy. 12. In our church there is an ivory organ. 13. All [the] old people fear [the] death. 14. All [the] rich people are not happy. 15. We wish to buy a couple of pigeons. 16. He brought to us a couple of hares. 17. They found on him a few [couple de] ducats. 18. I possess only the first and the second work of Meyerbeer. 19. The-things-that-are-wanting [ce * enseigne, f. insigni, n. vif viv-us, -a, -um ↑ See First Exercise Book, p. 166 (rz). qui manque] in the [aux] Protestant cities are [the] great works of [the] architecture. 20. The power of Sweden was then drawing near its climax. rounded2 period.1 21. That is a well 20. power ce sont puissance, f. draw-toucha alors dernier période? climax dernière période? 21. well-rounded bien arrondi Some Nouns change their Gender when their meaning changes (SS 183, 184). EXERCISE 21. 1. That young lady has taken the veil. 2. The wind has torn the sail of our ship. 3. Is not your mother's sister the proprietor of that house? 4. Yesterday we read three pages of the book you lent us; they are admirable. 5. A page of the queen brought us the news that the battle was lost. 6. That lady is a celebrated2 artist. 7. We shall buy one pound of tea. 8. Did you see the Tower of London? 9. Did you send to the post the letter which I gave [pret. indf.] to your servant? 10. Why have they left the place [= post] which their country had confided to them? 11. They wanted to buy one ell of that red cloth. I 12. Have we not a beau 13. Our doctor has now tiful alder-tree in our garden? a very clever3 assistant. 14. That lady is my friend's [f.] rival. 15. Joan of Arc was a powerful2 help2 raised up by God in the midst of the greatest misfortunes. 16. In spite of the thick2 veil1 of the autumn mists, we soon distinguished the white sail of a boat, manned by an ensign, four sailors, and a midshipman. 17. Between the cup and the lip there is still room for an accident. 18. The carriage was sunk in the mud. 19. All comparison offends [the] man because he believes himself unique in his species. 20. The pendulum has stopped. 1. We are told that Romulus and Remus were saved by a she-wolf. 2. The peasant-women in [= of ] our province wear red bonnets. 3. The Duchess of N. is the sister of a Russian princess. 4. They bought two turkey-cocks, three turkey-hens, and four ducks [f.]. 5. That negress has been a slave for fifteen years. 6. The mistress of that castle is a heroine. 7. They adored the goddess "Reason." 8. Is she not a treacherous woman? 9. Miss N. was formerly a celebrated singer. 10. Miss C. is an excellent musician. II. My friend's |