EXAMPLES. Abjure, recall, recant, disavow, countermand, repeal. Fill up the blank in each of the following sen tences with the proper word: 1. There was a strong effort in the last Congress to have the Internal Revenue Law 2. The President has but has not our minister from England, any of his acts. 3. Every man should be willing to when convinced of them. 4. The order to advance was officer. 5. He his errors, by the superior to-day the opinions which he asserted with vehemence yesterday. DIRECTION. - Make up three sentences for each of the foregoing words, using it in each case according to its appropriate meaning. 2. The conductor on a railroad needs to be a man of habits, as much of his work has to be done promptly. 3. The pursuit of wealth through long years of plodding industry had its natural reward. 4. Street-paving is a 5. The Chinese are an occupation. people. DIRECTION. - Make up three sentences for each of the fore going words, using it in each case according to its appropriate meaning. EXAMPLE.-Short, brief. SENTENCES.-Tom Thumb is a short man. How brief is the life of man! DIRECTION. - Make up sentences in this way for each of the following pairs of words. 1. Greatness, magnitude. 9. Kill, murder. 10. Sufficient, enough. EXAMPLE. — The light was put out. Varied. The light was extinguished. DIRECTION.-Copy the following sentences, using some synonymous expressions instead of those printed in italics. 1. The country air invigorated them. 2. In seasons of retirement everything disposes us to be serious. 3. The recollection of the past becomes dreadful to a guilty man. 4. I have more than once found fault with those general reflections which strike at nations in the gross. 5. The coachman was ordered to drive to the railway station with the utmost expedition. DIRECTION. Copy the following sentences, selecting the most suitable word, where two are given in a parenthesis, and omitting the other. 1. While the cities of Italy were thus (advancing, progressing) in their (career, course) of improvement, an event happened, the most (remarkable, extraordinary) perhaps in the history of mankind. 2. This event, instead of (retarding, stopping) the (trading, commercial) progress of the Italians, (made, rendered) it more rapid. 3. The (martial, warlike) spirit of the Europeans, (heightened, increased) and inflamed by religious (zeal, fervor), (induced, prompted) them to attempt the (deliverance, rescue) of the Holy Land from the (government, dominion) of the Infidels. 4. (Great, vast) armies (composed, made up) of all the (nations, countries) in Europe, marched towards Asia upon that wild (enterprise, expedition). 5. The Gendese, the Pisans, and the Venetians (supplied, furnished) the transport-ships which (carried, conveyed) them thither. DIRECTION. COMPOSITIONS. Make up an outline of not less than six topics on each of the following subjects: 1. A canal boat. 2. An evening party. 4. The starry heavens. 5. The country in spring. DIRECTION. -Write not less than fifteen sentences on each of the foregoing subjects, after the outline has been prepared, and has been approved by the teacher. SECTION VII. — Copiousness. TO THE TEACHER. — The object of the following exercises is to cultivate copiousness of expression. By using such exercises properly, two ends are gained; the scholar becomes more observant of the qualities of objects, and he stores his memory with the words needed for expressing those qualities. He increases at once his knowledge, and his power of expressing it. EXAMPLE.We may say of a forest, it is dense, dark, deep, gloomy, entangled, pathless, primeval, uninhabited, lonely, mysterious. DIRECTION. Write, in like manner, not less than ten things which you can think of as applicable to each of the following objects: 1. A tree in the forest. 2. The foliage of the tree. 4. The trunk of the tree. EXAMPLE.-The sky is serene, cloudy, stormy, clear, overcast, misty, hazy, foggy, lowering, bright, resplendent, brilliant, blue, azure, red, boundless, threatening. Write, in like manner, as many things as you can think of (not less than ten) as being applicable to each of the following objects: 1. The clouds. 2. The stars. 3. The ground. 4. The horse. 5. Fire. 6. Snow. 7. Ice. 8. Rain. NOTE. No additional examples under this head are given, because any one can make them to any extent to suit himself. The teacher should pursue the method, selecting examples to suit the degree of advancement of the scholars, until he has established in them a habit of attention to the subject. When once a scholar gets into the way of noticing accurately whatever he sees, and of thinking what word or words are needed to express exactly his notions of the same, both his knowledge and his power of expressing it will grow apace. COMPOSITIONS. Make up an outline of not less than six topics on each of the following subjects: 1. A voyage to the moon. 2. A description of a snow-storm. 3. A description of some mountain. 4. A description of a large public building. 5. A description of some river that you have seen or read about. DIRECTION. -Write a composition of not less than fifteen sentences on each of the foregoing subjects, after the outline has been prepared, and has been approved by the teacher. |