The pen, the ink, and the paper, are upon the table; they are all ready for you. The bread, butter, tea, and sugar, are prepared for breakfast. The rain and wind prevent our going out to-day. Virtue and vice are as different in their consequences as in their nature. The sun and the moon act together upon the water, at new moon, and thus they raise the tide high. Life and breath, feeling and perception, are departed from him; they have left nothing but a motionless body behind. The peach, the nectarine, and the plum, which you gave me, were ripe and delicious, they refreshed me greatly.

1. The prince, together with his principal officers, was stationed in the front of the battle. The father, together with his children, was introduced to the king.

The architect, with his models and plans, is just arrived. Godliness, with contentment, is great gain. The ship, together with all her stores, the crew and the passengers, was totally lost. The king, with the lords and commons, constitute the legislature of the British empire, and are the enactors and guardians of the laws.

The prince, with all his people, was swept away by the refluent wave.

2. I, he, and thou, are the first in the church. Thou and he are able to do that work together. Thou and he are worthy rivals in a worthy cause.

You and your excellent spouse are always ready for every good work.

You, I, and he, are summoned to set off for Paris next week.

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Neither the pen, nor the ink, nor the paper, is within my reach. Neither you, nor I, nor he, is the person blamed. Bread, or wine, or fruit, was given to each of them. He or she has been guilty of that crime. Either the king himself, or his minister, or the general of the army, was answerable for that disgrace. Some men are so forcibly impelled by ambition, passion, or selfishness, that neither honour nor honesty appears in their conduct. The cook, or the house-maid, or the nurse-maid, has taken the things we miss.

1. Nor reason, nor virtue, nor religion, has any due influence over a man blinded by error, or hurried, &c.

Neither he nor they are admitted to the society and friendship of the wise and good. Neither I nor you are expected to visit her so soon. Neither poetry, nor painting, nor music, has any charms, &c.

2. So unfortunate was he, that neither house nor lands were left him. Though the storm approached so near, yet neither she nor her friends were injured, &c. Notwithstanding all his assertions, neither I nor they are chargeable with the debt. The ship struck upon the rock soon after midnight, and neither the captain, nor the passengers, nor any of the crew, were saved. Neither I, nor you, nor the friends of our house are in fault.

RULE 4. p. 138.

Upon that most important occasion, the assembly of the states was numerous. Israel doth not know, my

people do not consider. The parliament was dissolved after having passed, &c. The numerous assembly of the wicked have inclosed me. A numerous host of enemies beset the city and threaten to take it, &c. That numerous company were scattered as chaff, &c.

The numerous host of Sennacherib was destroyed in one night, &c. The goodly fellowship of the prophets praise Thee, O God! The fleet of the enemy was composed of seventeen sail of the line and ten frigates, and yet was defeated by a far inferior force. The Spanish Armada, which was named the Invincible, was harassed by the light vessels of the English, and was destroyed by tempests. The people of that country were found by Columbus, &c. The society of the good and virtuous is blessed. The glorious company of the apostles praise God; all creation sheweth forth his most worthy praise, and speaketh of his glory. The assembly of the wicked cometh to nought, and loseth its power, &c.

The present generation possesses far greater advantages than the preceding generation of men; it is more enlightened, and it ought to be more wise and virtuous.

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Happy is the man who hath acquired wisdom, and the man who hath attained unto prudence; for wisdom procureth what silver cannot purchase, and her revenues are better than gold. More precious is she than pearls; the most admirable things besides are not comparable to her. In her right hand is length of days, in her left hand are riches and honour. Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.

He who is taught to live upon a little, owes more te

his father's wisdom, than he who inherits a large fortune, owes to his father's care.

The lady whom you saw yesterday, at my house, is the same whom you heard so highly praised for her prudence, her affability, and her virtue.

No man is wise or safe, but he who is honest.

That pen is good for nothing, throw it away.

Too many regulate their lives by opinion and fashion, which are ever changing, and which are, therefore, ever full of, &c.

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He who envieth, maketh the virtue of others his vice, and the happiness of others his torment. who rejoiceth in the prosperity of others, maketh their prosperity his own.

The human mind, which is ever active and lively, requires that worthy, rational, sublime objects should be presented to its notice, in order not to fix its attention upon those which are low and degrading.

Oh how has Nature's hand, which works unseen through the revolving seasons, changed the scene, stript of its fruits and flowers and verdure gay. Not one autumnal beauty left; the earth, wrapt in her dusky mantle, sees, resigned, stern Winter's dreary reign

commence.

I, who speak unto thee, am he. Thou, who art never sad nor desponding, tell me the cause which renders thee so cheerful. Thou and he, being accountable for your conduct, should diligently attend to the performance of your duty.

1. Thou and I are expected to remain firm at our post, &c.

That is the motive which impels me so to act.
That is the cause which renders him so sad, &c.

Thou art he who persecutest me, &c.

It is she who occasions all the trouble which I now feel.

I am the Lord, who executeth justice and judgment upon earth.

He who can never be silent, often utters folly, and exposes himself unto ridicule.

Regard not so much the person who speaks, as the value of that which is spoken.

3. They who love the Lord, hate evil. That which thou hast done is, &c.

That which is wrong, take all care to avoid, &c. 4. The men who maintain an amiable deportment will be loved by all.

I saw the general at the head of his troops, &c.
I met that lady as she, &c.

5. The men who acted so unjustly; the women who behaved so indiscreetly; the children who quarrelled and disputed so loudly; the magistrates who violated the law themselves; were, all, in their several degrees, blameable.

The things which belong to our peace; the motives which influence our conduct; the various circumstances which happen to us; the propensities which prevail in our minds; the passions which rule our hearts; are too often overlooked, &c.

Julius Cesar was one of the most ambitious men that ever lived.

Napoleon Bonaparte was one of the most extraor dinary characters that ever gave lustre and interest to the page of history.

Alfred was one of the wisest and best monarchs that ever graced a throne.