Part 43 (1/2)

There's twenty of us going.

Circ.u.mstances alters cases.

Tell them to set still.

He laid down by the fire.

She has lain her book aside.

It takes him everlastingly.

That was an elegant old rock.

LESSON 100.

a.n.a.lYSIS AND PARSING.

1. Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy G.o.d in vain.

2. Strike! till the last armed foe expires!

3. You wrong me, Brutus.

4. Shall we gather strength by irresolution and inaction?

5. Why stand we here idle?

6. Give me liberty, or give me death!

7. Thy mercy, O Lord, is in the heavens, and thy faithfulness reacheth unto the clouds.

8. The clouds poured out water, the skies sent out a sound, the voice of thy thunder was in the heaven.

9. The heavens declare his righteousness, and all the people see his glory.

10. The verdant lawn, the shady grove, the variegated landscape, the boundless ocean, and the starry firmament are beautiful and magnificent objects.

11. When you grind your corn, give not the flour to the devil and the bran to G.o.d.

12. That which the fool does in the end, the wise man does at the beginning.

13. Xerxes commanded the largest army that was ever brought into the field.

14. Without oxygen, fires would cease to burn, and all animals would immediately die.

15. Liquids, when acted upon by gravity, press downward, upward, and sideways.

16. Matter exists in three states--the solid state, the liquid state, and the gaseous state.

17. The blending of the seven prismatic colors produces white light.

18. Soap-bubbles, when they are exposed to light, exhibit colored rings.

19. He who yields to temptation debases himself with a debas.e.m.e.nt from which he can never arise.

20. Young eyes that last year smiled in ours Now point the rifle's barrel; And hands then stained with fruits and flowers Bear redder stains of quarrel.

CAPITAL LETTERS AND PUNCTUATION.

+Capital Letters+.--The first word of (1) a sentence, (2) a line of poetry, (3) a direct quotation making complete sense or a direct question introduced into a sentence, and (4) phrases or clauses separately numbered or paragraphed should begin with a capital letter. Begin with a capital letter (5) proper names and words derived from them, (6) names of things personified, and (7) most abbreviations. Write in capital letters (8) the words _I_ and _O_, and (9) numbers in the Roman notation. [Footnote: Small letters are preferred where numerous references to chapters, etc., are made.]

+Examples+.--1. The judicious are always a minority.

2. Honor and shame from no condition rise; Act well your part, there all the honor lies.

3. The question is, ”Can law make people honest?”