the names of such persons and things as he saw the oftenest, or was most pleased with; all which words grammarians call NOUNS. For some time, therefore, his brother spoke nothing but interjections, or cries, and nouns, or names of things. 66 4. But the infant would soon begin to use other words; as, run, fly, eat, drink, walk, laugh, cry," which all express motion or action, and are by grammarians called VERBS.EI This part of speech, denominated the verb, expresses every kind of action and every mode of existence, and is the third general class of words which an infant would use. By means of the noun, or name of a thing, and of the verb, he would be able to say almost anything; as, 5. But the infant will soon have occasion to express the sense which different nouns convey to his mind; as, hot fire, kind mamma, good papa, sweet sugar; which words "hot, kind, good, sweet," are a new class, or part of speech, called ADJECTIVES, or, by some grammarians, Adnouns, as belonging to or qualifying the noun or thing spoken of. 6. The next effort of the child to express himself to others will be to qualify the verb or action; and to say, man runs fast, mamma comes soon, stroke puss softly; which words fast, soon, and softly, and all such, are the kind of words called by grammarians ADVERBS.EI 7. The child will soon have occasion to describe the position of nouns in regard to each other; as, to papa, from mamma, with nurse, behind the door; which words to, from, with, behind, belong to the sixth class, or kind of words called by gramma. rians PREPOSITIONS. EI 8. To avoid the too frequent repetition of nouns in speaking, the child will soon say, instead of brother hurts Alfred, he hurt me, which word he is used for the noun brother, and me is used for the noun Alfred: the words her and me, as well as I, thou, you, she, they, it, and all such, are words used instead of nouns, and are therefore called PRONOUNS. EI 9. The child will now be able to express himself on all sub EI jects, and the two parts of speech not yet described are refinements, and not common to language in a rude state. It frequently becomes necessary to determine whether we speak of a particular man, or of man in general; and therefore we say, A man called, or THE man called, which first implies some man, or any man, indefinitely, and the last a particular man. The little words a and the are called, in the science of grammar, ARTICLES.EI 10. In a formal speech or discourse, it becomes necessary to Join sentences together, and introduce words which indicate their connection with each other, all which are denominated CONJUNCTIONS. EI The word and is a conjunction of very frequent use; if is another, though and yet are others. The acquirement and judicious use of this part of speech is the last thing attained in the study of language. 11. It may thus be made to appear, to a class of children, that the division of language into parts of speech is perfectly natural; and, by means of such a pleasant narrative, they may be made to feel the force and necessity of the several divisions better than, by any force of abstraction, they could reduce language, as it is viewed in the mass, back again to its elements. Bossut's First French Grammar. CXIX. THE ROTHSCHILDS. 1. Ar the time of the French Revolution, there lived at Frankfort-on-the-Maine, in Germany, a Jewish banker, of limited means, but good reputation, named Moses Rothschild. When the French army invaded Germany, the Prince of Hessë Cassel was obliged to fly from his dominions. As he passed through Frankfort, he requested Moses Rothschild to take charge of a large sum of money and some valuable jewels, which he feared might otherwise fall into the hands of the enemy. 2. The Jew would have declined so great a charge; but the prince was so much at a loss for the means of saving his property, that Moses at length consented. He declined, however, giving a receipt for it, as in such dangerous circumstances he could not be answerable for its being safely restored. 3. The money and jewels, to the value of several hundred thousand pounds, were conveyed to Frankfort; and just as the French entered the town Mr. Rothschild had succeeded in burying the treasure in a corner of his garden. He made no attempt to conceal his own property, which amounted only to six thousand pounds. The French accordingly took this, without sus pecting that he had any larger sum in his possession. 4. Had he, on the con'trary, pretended to have no money, they would have certainly searched, as they did in many other cases, and might have found and taken the whole. When they left the town, Mr. Rothschild dug up the prince's money, and began to make use of a small portion of it. He now thrived in his business, and soon gained much wealth of his own. 5. A few years after, when peace came, the Prince of Hesse Cassel returned to his dominions. He was almost afraid to call on the Frankfort banker, for he readily reflected that, if the French had not got the money and jewels, Moses might pretend they had, and thus keep all to himself. 6. To his great astonishment, Mr. Rothschild informed him that the whole of the property was safe, and now ready to be returned, with five per cent. interest on the money. The banker at the same time related by what means he had saved it, and apologized for breaking upon the money, by representing that, to save it, he had had to sacrifice all his own. 7. The prince was so impressed by the fidelity of Mr. Rothschild under his great trust, that he allowed the money to remain in his hands at a small rate of interest. To mark, also, his gratitude, he recommended the Jew to various Europe'an sovereigns as a money-lender. Moses was consequently employed in several great transactions for raising loans, by which he realized a vast profit. 8. In time he became immensely rich, and put his three sons into the same kind of business in the three chief capitals of Europe London, Paris and Vienna. All of them prospered They became the wealthiest private men whom the world has ever known. He who lived in London left at his death thirtyfive millions of dollars. The other two have been created barons, and are perhaps not less wealthy. Thus a family whose purse has maintained war and brought about peace owes all its greatness to one act of honesty under trust. Anon. 1 RUTHLESS Time, who waits for no* man, Saw, one morning, Beauty pass. Time, who marked her eyes beam brightly, "Maid," he rudely cried, "good-morrow! And I come to gather thine."- 2. Time his scythe extended o'er her, Threatening with his withered hand; Flying cried, "not ready now." *Sound the words no man here as if they were a single word of two sylla bles, with the accent on the first. Time pursued with will unshaken; Calls on Wisdom's power divine; Gently o'er her softened mien. 1. ONE of your speakers, O Athenians! recently remarked: "The counsels of Demos'the-nes are always very discreet; but, after all, what does he offer to the country but words, when actions are what are needed?" Permit me to consider this objection. 2. The actions of a statesman are in wise advice. He deals in none other. I will instance an example. You remember that formerly the illustrious Ti-mo'the-us harangued the people upon the necessity of sending succors to the Euba'ans and saving them from the Theban yoke. "the Thebans are You do not cover 3. "What! my countrymen!" said he; in the adjoining island, and you deliberate! the sea with your galleys? You do not fly hence to the Pira'us? You do not launch every ship?" Such, or nearly such, were |