Part 18 (2/2)

2. Discuss the subject of ”conventicles.”

3. To what religious sect did Josiah Franklin belong?

4. Why did he come to America?

5. Who was Cotton Mather?

6. Define ”sundry” and ”occasional.”

7. What is ”homespun verse”? Explain the figure.

8. Define ”sectaries” and ”stanza.”

XI. Exercises

1. Rewrite Model III in modern English.

2. Write an account of your own parents of about the same length as Model III.

3. Before deciding finally on the style of this account of your parents, seek in the corresponding sections of several biographies for hints. Good ones may be discovered in Boswell's _Johnson_, Lockhart's _Scott_, Southey's _Nelson_, Trevelyan's _Macaulay_, and Hallam Tennyson's _Tennyson_.

XII. Suggested Reading

O. W. Holmes's _Grandmother's Story of Bunker Hill_ and _Dorothy Q_.

XIII. Memorize

PROCRASTINATION

Be wise to-day; 'tis madness to defer; Next day the fatal precedent will plead.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

At thirty, man suspects himself a fool; Knows it at forty, and reforms his plan; At fifty chides his infamous delay, Pushes his prudent purpose to resolve, In all the magnanimity of thought Resolves, and re-resolves; then dies the same.

EDWARD YOUNG.

CHAPTER XIV

THE EXPOSITION OF MECHANICS

”'Tis not in mortals to command success.

But we'll do more, Semp.r.o.nius; we'll deserve it.”

JOSEPH ADDISON.

I. a.s.signments

1. Explain the plan of your own house.

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