6 Montaigne (1533-92), a great French writer of essays.

other poems, and also of numerous works in prose.

7 Shakspeare (1564-1616), the 16 Henry Fielding (1707-54), a

great English dramatic poet. 8 Cervantes (1547-1616), the great Spanish writer, author of the romance of Don Quixote, and of many plays. He died

great English novelist. 17 Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1690-1762), a famous writer of Letters, a friend, and then an enemy of Pope's.

in the same year as Shak- 18 Dr Samuel Johnson (1709–84),

speare.

9 Luther (1483-1546), the great

German Reformer.

the author of a Dictionary, the Lives of the Poets, and many other very able works.

10 More (1480-1535), Sir Thomas, 19 Lord Chesterfield (1694-1773),

once Lord High Chancellor
of England, and the author
of a book on politics called
Utopia. He was executed
by Henry VIII.
11 Bacon (1561-1626), Francis,
Lord Verulam, the reformer
of English philosophy, author
of the Novum Organon (=
New Instrument for inquir-
ing into truth), and of a
book of Essays.

12 Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519),
a great Italian painter.
13 Raphael (1483-1520), the great-
est Italian painter, and the
greatest painter of any nation
that ever lived.

14 Michael Angelo (1474-1563), a
great Italian painter, sculp-
tor, architect, and poet.

15 John Milton (1608-74), the author of Paradise Lost, Paradise Regained, and many

the author of Letters to a Young Man on manners, society, politics, and other things. 20 Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832),

the author of the Lady of the Lake, and many other poems; of Waverley and many other novels. He is the greatest Scottish writer that ever lived.

21 Basil Hall (1788-1844), an English captain in the navy, and author of some excellent books of travels.

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22 Dr Thomas Arnold (1795-1842),
the great head-master of
Rugby School, author of a
History of Rome, etc.
Sydney Smith (1771-1845),
Canon of St Paul's, one of the
greatest and wittiest writers
of his day. He wrote re-
views, essays, and lectures.

EXERCISES.-1. Write a SUMMARY of paragraphs 9-13 inclusive. 2. Rewrite these paragraphs from your own summary.

3. Explain the following sentences and phrases, and give synonyms for the single words: (1) It is tantamount to repose. (2) Worry and discontent debilitate a man's nature. (3) Equanimity. (4) Mutilation of documents. (5) Susceptible of

enjoyment. (6) Elasticity. (7) He did not bate heart or hope. (8) The incident had given him the bitterest remorse. (9) Dispelling reserve. (10) Emancipation. (11) Toleration. (12) Vivacity. (13) See life through the eyes of a cynic.

4. Parse all the words in the following sentence: 'He was never five minutes in a room ere the little pets of the family had found out his kindness.'

5. Analyse the following sentence:

Near yonder thorn that lifts its head on high,
Where once the sign-post caught the passing eye,
Low lies that house where nut-brown draughts inspired,
Where gray-beard mirth and smiling toil retired,
Where village statesmen talked with looks profound,
And news much older than their ale went round.

6. Write down all the words you know connected with the following English words: Ever; side; work; life; full1; good; old2; hear; say.

7. Write down all the derivatives you know from the following Latin words: Serv-o, I keep (stem servat)-compound with ob, con, pret, etc.; cad-o, I fall (stem cas)-compound with ac (ad), in, etc.

8. Write down all the words you know which have the same sound, but a different spelling: Wood; weak; and way. Write them in columns, with the meanings opposite them.

9. Write sentences containing the following phrases: Averse from; call for; call at; call in; concur in; concur with.

GOOD TEMPER.

Talisman, a charm to keep love.
Conflicting, fighting with each

other. From Lat. confligo, I

dash together; conflictum,
what is dashed against
another thing.

1. There's not a cheaper thing on earth,
Nor yet one half so dear;

'Tis worth more than distinguished birth,
Or thousands gained a year.

It lends the day a new delight;

'Tis virtue's firmest shield;

And adds more beauty to the night
Than all the stars may yield.

2. It maketh poverty content;
To sorrow whispers peace;
It is a gift from heaven sent
For mortals to increase.

It meets you with a smile at morn;
It lulls you to repose;

A flower for peer and peasant born,
An everlasting rose.

3. A charm to banish grief away,

To free the brow from care;

Turns tears to smiles, makes dulness gay—
Spreads gladness everywhere.

And yet 'tis cheap as summer's dew

That gems the lily's breast;

A talisman for love as true

As ever man possessed.

4. As smiles the rainbow through the cloud
When threat'ning storm begins—
As music 'mid the tempest loud,
That still its sweet way wins-

As springs an arch across the tide,
When waves conflicting foam,
So comes this seraph to our side,
This angel to our home.

5. What may this wondering spirit be,
With power unheard before—
This charm, this bright divinity?
Good nature-nothing more!

Good temper-'tis the choicest gift
That woman homeward brings,
And can the poorest peasant lift
To bliss unknown to kings.

CAUTIONS AND DIRECTIONS FOR READING.

VERSE 1.-Line 3: No accent on than.-Line 7: More is the emphatic word. Avoid the accent on to. Make to-the-night one word.

VERSE 2.-Line 3: Avoid carefully the verse-accent upon is. Make it-is-a-gift one word.-Line 4: No accent upon to.Line 5: Avoid the accent upon with.-Line 6: No accent upon to. Make to-repose one word.

VERSE 3.-Line 7: Say tálisman.

VERSE 5.-Line 1: Avoid the verse-accent on may. The emphatic word is what.-Line 5: Avoid the verse-accent upon 'tis.

Make 'tis-the-choicest-gift one word.-Line 7: No accent upon can. The emphatic word is poorest.

EXERCISES.-1. Paraphrase the two verses in section 4.
2. Parse all the words in the last verse of section 4.
3. Analyse this verse.