73. Many Russian villages possess a public bath of the most primitive construction, but in some parts of the country the peasants take their vapor bath in the household oven in which the bread is baked!

74. This aptly illustrates a common Russian proverb, which says that what is health to the Russian is death to the German.

75. Scarfs, shawls, stuffs for dresses, morning gowns, and vests, handkerchiefs, sashes, purses, and tobacco bags are heaped in rich profusion.

76. When a man of fourscore, he continued his weekly visits to the schools.

77. His master having been honorably discharged before the close of the war, Jim was left with the regiment in care of Wiggins, the

wagoner.

78. No other pigeon is so bold and fearless, so full of bulldog tenacity, so full of royal courage, as the homer.

79. The French carried their imitation of Indians so far that they often disguised themselves to resemble their allies, with paint, feathers, and all.

80. It was sometimes impossible to tell in an attacking party which were French and which were Indians.

81. The sea was dotted everywhere with the heads of seals hurrying to land and begin their share of fighting.

82. Old Marley was as dead as a door-nail.

83.

84.

85.

If eyes were made for seeing,

Then beauty is its own excuse for being.

Out on the lawn there arose such a clatter

I sprang from my bed to see what was the matter.
There is a pleasure in the pathless woods,
There is a rapture on the lonely shore.

86. How I wish that when the Angel comes for me, I might reach out and feel your hand!

GENERAL REVIEW

Exercise 1

(1) The family of the Lambs had long been among the most thriving and popular in the neighborhood; the Miss Lambs were the belles of Little Britain, and everybody was pleased when old Lamb had made money enough to shut up shop, and put his name on a brass plate on his door. (2) In an evil hour, however, one of the Miss Lambs had the honor of being a lady in attendance on the Lady Mayoress, at her great annual ball, on which occasion she wore three towering ostrich feathers on her head. (3) The family never got over it; they were immediately smitten with a passion for high life; set up a one-horse carriage, put a bit of gold lace round the errand-boy's hat, and have been the talk and detestation of the whole neighborhood ever since. (4) They could no longer be induced to play at Pope-Joan or blindman's buff; they could endure no dances but quadrilles, which nobody had ever heard of in Little Britain; and they took to reading novels, talking bad French, and playing upon the piano. (5) Their brother, too, who had been articled to an attorney, set up for a dandy and a critic, characters hitherto unknown in these parts; and he confounded the worthy folks exceedingly by talking about Kean, the opera, and the "Edinburgh Review."

- WASHINGTON IRVING, Sketch Book.

1. Consult the dictionary for the meaning of all words in this paragraph that you do not understand.

2. Account for the capitalization and punctuation. Why is the term Edinburgh Review inclosed in quotation marks? KIMBALL'S ENG. GRAM.-17 257

3. What kind of noun is family in sentence (1)? Use it in a sentence so as to reveal its number and its gender. What is its number in sentence (3)? How do you account for it? 4. What two plural forms has the term Miss Lamb? What is the plural of Lady Mayoress? What does the dictionary say about the plural form folks? What is the number of everybody in sentence (1)? What is the plural of attorney? of dandy?

5. Tell the part of speech and use of long, enough, sentence (1); however, one, which, sentence (2); ever, since, sentence (3); no, longer, no, but, sentence (4); too, up, hitherto, sentence (5). Which of these words can be used as other parts of speech? Illustrate in sentences.

6. Are thriving in sentence (1) and towering in sentence (2) participles or adjectives? How do you decide? Is pleased in sentence (1) a complement of was or a part of a passive verb was pleased? How do you decide? How is smitten used in sentence (3)? Find two passive verbs, and prove that they are passive.

7. Supply the ellipsis before and after popular in sentence (1); before put in sentence (1).

8. Tell the use of each of the following verbals: being (2); reading, talking, playing (4); talking (5). Tell how each of these verbals is modified or completed.

9. Select each prepositional phrase and tell what it modifies. 10. Select all the infinitives with to and tell the grammatical use of each.

11. Parse the relative pronouns in sentences (4) and (5). Are the clauses that they introduce restrictive or unrestrictive?

12. Tell the use and case of each of the following nouns: belles (1); talk, detestation (3); characters (5).

13. Tell the principal parts of each of these verbs: put (1); had, wore (2); got, set (3); took (4).

Exercise 2

(1) Ahem! Dry work, this speechifying, especially to an unpracticed orator. (2) I never conceived till now what toil the temperance lecturers undergo for my sake; hereafter they shall have the business to themselves. (3) Do, some kind Christian, pump a stroke or two, just to wet my whistle. (4) Thank you, sir! (5) My dear hearers, when the world shall have been regenerated by my instrumentality, you will collect your useless vats and liquor casks into one great pile and make a bonfire in honor of the town pump. (6) And when I shall have decayed like my predecessors, then, if you revere my memory, let a marble fountain, richly sculptured, take my place upon this spot. (7) Such monuments should be erected everywhere and inscribed with the names of the distinguished champions of my cause.

(8) One o'clock! (9) Nay, then, if the dinner bell begins to speak, I may as well hold my peace. (10) Here comes a pretty young girl of my acquaintance with a large stone pitcher for me to fill. (11) May she draw a husband while drawing her water, as Rachel did of old! (12) Hold out your vessel, my dear! (13) There it is, full to the brim; so now run home, peeping at your sweet image in the pitcher as you go, and forget not, in a glass of my own liquor, to drink "Success to the town pump."

NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE, Twice Told Tales.

1. Consult the dictionary for the meaning of words in these paragraphs that you do not understand.

2. Classify each sentence both as to purpose and structure. 3. What part of speech is ahem? What feeling does it express in sentence (1)?

4. Supply the ellipsis in sentence (1). What part of speech is speechifying? What is its grammatical use?

5. What does the adverb especially in sentence (1) modify? 6. Account for the use of shall and will in these paragraphs. 7. Select all the dependent clauses. Tell the class and use of each, and the introductory word.

8. Select all the terms of address. What is the base word of each?

9. What is the use of now sentence (2)? old (11)? dinner (9)?

10. Parse each predicate verb in sentences (3), (5), (6), (7). 11. Tell the part of speech and use of themselves, sentence (2); stroke, two (3); there, full, peeping, glass, own (13). 12. Tell the use of all infinitive phrases in sentences (3), (6), (9), (10), (13).

Exercise 3

(1) Once upon a time there came to this earth a visitor from a neighboring planet. And he was met at the place of his descent by a great philosopher, who was to show him everything.

(2) First of all they came through a wood, and the stranger looked upon the trees. "Whom have we here?" said he. (3) "These are only vegetables," said the philosopher. "They are alive, but not at all interesting.'

(4) "I don't know about that," said the stranger. "They seem to have very good manners. Do they never speak?" (5) "They lack the gift," said the philosopher.

(6) "Yet I think I hear them sing," said the other.

(7) "That is only the wind among the leaves," said the philosopher. "I will explain to you the theory of winds; it is very interesting."

(8) "Well," said the stranger, "I wish I knew what they are thinking."

(9) "They cannot think," said the philosopher.

(10) "I don't know about that," returned the stranger;