EXERCISE I.

Explain the possessives in the following examples: father's house are many mansions.

I. In my

2. Hope vanished from Fitz-James's eye. - SCOTT.

3. This happened after General Washington's departure from Cambridge.

4. Many a young man ransacked the garret, and brought forth his great-grandfather's sword, corroded with rust and stained with the blood of King Philip's War. — HAWTHORNE.

5. The rest of the house was in the French taste of Charles the Second's time. — IRVING.

6. The grocers', butchers', and fruiterers' shops were thronged with customers. — IRVING.

7. Hither they came, from the cornfields, from the clearing in the forest, from the blacksmith's forge, from the carpenter's workshop, and from the shoemaker's seat.

HAWTHORNE.

8. Let all the ends thou aim'st at be thy country's,

Thy God's, and truth's. - SHAKESPEARE.

9. What good woman does not laugh at her husband's or father's jokes and stories time after time?—THACKERAY.

10. These are Clan-Alpine's warriors true. - SCOTT.

EXERCISE II.

1. Write five sentences containing connected nouns denoting joint possession.

2. Write five sentences containing connected nouns denoting separate possession.

Possession is sometimes indicated by the objective case with the preposition of; as, The voice of the speaker, for the speaker's voice. This form is generally used in speaking of things without life; as, The lid of the box; the bank of the river.

This form is preferred also in speaking of persons, when the possessive form would be ambiguous or awkward; as, The wife of one of my brothers.

When a thing is personified, the possessive sign is generally used, particularly by the poets; as,—

And read their history in a nation's eyes.
In reason's ear they all rejoice. - ADDISON.

Certain words and phrases denoting a period of time take the possessive case also; as, A day's journey; a week's vacation; six months' interest.

EXERCISE I.

Explain fully the case of each noun in the following sentences, and point out the examples in which possession is indicated by the objective case with the preposition of:

I. I flew to the pleasant fields traversed so oft

In life's morning march, when my bosom was young.

- CAMPBELL.

2. He has not learned the lesson of life who does not every day surmount a fear.

- EMERSON.

3. The trade of America had increased far beyond the speculations of the most sanguine imaginations. — BURKE.

4. The poetry of earth is never dead. -Keats.

5. Either measure would have cost no more than a day's debate. - Burke.

6. They came without a moment's delay.

7. She has had two years' experience.

8. He likes neither winter's snow nor summer's heat.

9. The city was taken after a ten years' siege. 10. The chieftain's pride was humbled.

EXERCISE II.

Select from standard writers

1. Ten sentences in which possession is indicated by the objective case with the preposition of.

2. Ten other sentences in which possession is indicated by the use of the possessive sign.

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LESSON XXI.

PARSING NOUNS.

To parse a word, tell

I. Its classification-name the part of speech.

2. Its form-give the inflection, if any.

3. Its construction - show its grammatical relation to other words in the sentence.

Parse each noun in the following exercises.

Tell

I. The kind of noun.

2. Its number.

3. Its gender.

4. Its case.

5. Its construction.

Example. His eyes sparkled with joy when he heard Jason's reply.

1. Eyes is a common noun, plural number, neuter gender, nominative case, subject of the verb sparkled.*

2. Joy is an abstract noun, singular number, neuter gender, objective case, object of the preposition with.

3. Jason's is a proper noun, singular number, masculine gender, possessive case, depending upon the noun reply.

4. Reply is a common noun, singular number, neuter gender, objective case, object of the verb heard.

EXERCISE I.

1. The lights of the church shone through the door. 2. Nell and her grandfather rose from the ground, and took the track through the wood. - DICKENS.

3. The rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep.-GRAY.

4. I bring fresh showers for the thirsting flowers. - SHELLEY.

5. Strong reasons make strong actions. — Shakespeare.

6. I stood in Venice, on the Bridge of Sighs. - BYRON.
7. I now bade a reluctant farewell to the old hall. - IRVING.

8. A great deal of talent is lost in the world for the want of a little courage. - SIDNEY SMITH.

* A briefer method of parsing may be followed as soon as the pupil is familiar with the different steps; thus, Eyes is a noun, common, plural, neuter, nominative, subject of the verb sparkled.

EXERCISE II.

1. The eyes of the sleepers waxed deadly and chill. - BYRON. 2. Is Saul also among the prophets? - BIble,

3. The doe lifted her head a little with a quick motion, and turned her ear to the south. — C. D. WARNER.

4. They had now reached the road which turns off to Sleepy Hollow;` but Gunpowder, who seemed possessed with a demon, instead of keeping up it, made an opposite turn, and plunged headlong down hill to the left. — IRVING.

5. 'Tis the middle of night by the castle clock,
And the owls have awakened the crowing cock.

6. A soft answer turneth away wrath. BIBLE. 7. Some have even learned to do without happiness, and instead thereof have found blessedness CARLYLE,

8. The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea. GRAY.

9. Reading maketh a full man, conversation a ready

man, and writing an exact man. - BACON.

10. Charity beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. — BIBLE.

What is a non? state the difference

LESSON XXII.

REVIEW OF NOUNS.

Mention the two leading classes of nouns and between these classes. What is a collective