4. Cause, or purpose; as, Thankful for good health; He votes

from principle.

5. Possession; as, The voice of the speaker; the beauty of the rose; the blade of the knife.

6. Definition; as, The virtue of temperance; the city of Rome. 7. Object; as, The fear of death; the hope of reward.

Many other relations are implied, such as reference, expressed by about; association, by with; separation, by from; opposition, by against; substitution, by for; etc.

Certain phrases are used with the force of single prepositions. They are called compound prepositions; as, according to, in place of, in regard to, instead of, out of, on account of.

ORDER OF PARSING PREPOSITIONS.

To parse a preposition, —

1. Name the part of speech.

2. Tell with what word it connects its object.

3. State the relation shown.

Example.

He goes on Sunday to the church. LONGFELLOW.

1. On is a preposition, connecting the noun Sunday with the verb goes, and showing the relation of time.

2. To is a preposition, connecting the noun church with the verb goes, and showing the relation of place.

EXERCISE I.

Parse the prepositions in the following sentences: —

1. At midnight, however, I was aroused by the tramp of horses' hoofs in the yard.

2. Great turtles came up out of the water, and crawled along on a sandy place.-M. THOMPSON.

3. The scheme failed for want of support.

4.

The Love that leads the willing spheres
Along the unending track of years

And watches o'er the sparrow's nest,
Shall brood above thy winter rest.—BRYANT.

5.

By fairy hands their knell is rung;

6.

7.

By forms unseen their dirge is sung. -COLLINS.

With my cross-bow

I shot the Albatross. - COLERIDGE.

The little bird sits at his door in the sun. -LowELL.

LESSON LXIV.

CHOICE OF PREPOSITIONS.

1. John went to the store.

2. John is at the store.

Mention the prepositions in these sentences. Which of the two words implies motion? Which means in or near a place?

1. The lady is in the parlor.

2. Will you walk into the parlor ?

What is the office of in? Of into? is used to denote presence in a place? trance from the outside to the inside?

Which of the two prepositions
Which is used to denote en-

1. The table stands between the two windows.

2. The cards were distributed among forty pupils.

Name the prepositions and tell between what words they show relations. Which of these prepositions is used in speaking of two things? Which is used in speaking of more than two?

WRITTEN EXERCISES.

I.

Copy the following sentences, and fill the blanks with words that will express the right relations:

1. Make a list of the words in Italics, with the prepositions which follow them :

1. My card is different from yours.

2. The harness does not correspond to the carriage.

3. She feels the need of rest.

4. The man is in want of food.

5. Charles died of a fever.

6. He was killed by impure air.
7. The soldier died for his country.
8. I am disappointed in the portrait.
9. This house is similar to yours.

10. What is the matter with the child?
II. The man is looking for work.

12. The seamstress had difficulty in fitting the collar.
13. I am not familiar with the subject.

14. How does this room compare with yours in size?

Example. - different from,
correspond to.

2. Use correctly, in sentences of your own, the phrases copied.

II.

Continuous as the stars that shine
And twinkle on the Milky Way,
They stretched in never-ending line
Along the margin of a bay:

Ten thousand saw I at a glance,

Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.

For oft, when on my couch I lie
In vacant or in pensive mood,
They flash upon that inward eye
Which is the bliss of solitude;

And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils.

Read the first stanza.

WILLIAM WORDSWORTH.

Who is meant by I?

Why is wandered used
To what is the loneli-

instead of walked? What is the use of lonely?

ness of the poet compared? What is the office of the second line? To what does that refer? What do the next two lines tell? Where were the daffodils? What is the office of the last line?