13. He fired accidentally and shot the man while he was out walking.

14. He informed the man that he had seen his brother and that he had gone to see the exhibition.

15. In the confusion that followed the carriage ran over the boy that had black wheels.

16. Although I have looked everywhere, I cannot find one of my books.

17. He shot the man and broke his leg.

18. The dog ran away with the meat, whose tail had been cut off by a wagon that had been stolen from the cook.

19. While he was going through the country, he met a friend and he was very ill, but he gave him food and he recovered.

20. He is unworthy of the confidence of a fellow-being who disregards the laws of his Maker.

21. When very little snow falls, or when it is blown off the fields, it greatly diminishes the crop of fall-wheat the next season. 22. John told James that if he did not start sooner, he would be late, and that this would not suit him.

23. He hath made him to be sin for us who knew no sin.

24. She asked her if she would keep house for her while she was away.

25. He said that he had seen his brother and that he would fulfil his part of the bargain.

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26. He went to the officer and told him if he did not make that man give him back his purse, he would have him prosecuted, 27. There is a mortgage on the property, which will likely cause some trouble.

28. I thus obtained a character for natural powers of reasoning which I could not refute, and yet which I felt was undeserved.

29. Meanwhile the sponsors of both champions went as was their duty, to see that they were duly armed for the combat.

30. Henrique forced him to his knees and beat him till he was out of breath.

31. It is a kind of basin twenty feet long, enclosed in a wall, which comes from a distance of several miles.

32. He is ruining his health by the same errors that so many have ruined theirs before.

33. The prior had control of a large part of the revenues, which gave him the means of defraying his own expenses.

34. In the spring of 1888, he lost his sight through an injury to the optic nerve, which was caused by exposure, after eighteen years of service devoted to life-saving.

35. His servant being ill, he had consented to allow his brother, a timid youth from the country, to take his place for a short time, and for that short time he was a constant source of annoyance.

36. While he was out hunting he met an Indian, and he attempted to take his life, but he could not.

37. Xenophon is always celebrating the good nature of his hero, which he tells us he brought into the world with him.

38. He bequeathed to his brother Alexander, the sum of $12,000, to his wife $1000, and to his three children $1000 each. 39. The king was shot by his nephew while he was crossing the mountain.

40. The man was driving an old ox when he became angry and kicked him, hitting his jawbone with such force as to break his leg. 41. In general I enjoy settled confirmed health, to which I have for some years paid great attention, chiefly from public views. 42. Her maid said that when she had a fine face she was always looking on it in her glass.

43. This way will direct you to a gentleman's house that hath kill to take off these burdens.

44. All persons wishing to have the Times sent to any of their friends, will please give their names to any member of the committee.

45. Tell her of a piece of good fortune that has befallen one of her acquaintances; and she wishes it may prosper with her, but her mother used one of her nieces badly.

46. I notified the constable and he arrested the man at once.

47. I offer for sale the stock saved from the fire, which consists of tweeds, yarns, and a few gray blankets.

48. Last night I lay on a gondola on the Grand Canal, drinking it all in, and life never seemed so full before.

49. A dream varies our being and changes our condition while it lasts.

50. Mr. Frelinghuysen, the Secretary of State, tendered me the appointment, which I accepted.

LESSON XX.

CLEARNESS. — EMPHATIC WORDS.

Emphatic words should occupy emphatic positions. Subject and Predicate. — In order that a sentence may be easily and clearly understood, it is important that the subject and the predicate should occupy prominent positions.

1. The Subject. When the principal subject is the same as the grammatical there are three places of prominence that it may Occupy:

a. At the beginning of the sentence; as, "The medicine man pitched his magic lodge in the woods."

b. After an adverbial, participial, or other subsidiary clause ; as, "With great difficulty, we managed to glide down the slippery trunk of a pine tree."

c. At the end of the sentence; as, "The most shameless thing in the world is a perfect democracy."

2. The Predicate. — It is no less important that the predicate should be placed in a conspicuous position. Its natural place is after the subject. When, however, it is specially emphatic, it may precede the subject, or even stand first in the sentence. Thus, "Great is Diana of the Ephesians," is much more emphatic than "Diana of the Ephesians is great."

Caution. The grammatical subject and the principal subject of a sentence, though usually the same, are not always so. For example, in the following sentence the principal subject is the part in italics : 66 Happy if they all had continued to know their indissoluble union, and their proper place."

Other Emphatic Words. - Clearness as well as force further requires that all other emphatic words in a sentence should occupy emphatic positions, and that where there are several emphatic words it should be made clear which are the most emphatic.

It may be laid down as a general rule that, when words are placed out of their usual order, they are made more emphatic. See also what is said in " Caution" to Exercise VI.

THE SAME CONSTRUCTION.

The Same Construction. — In the different parts of a sentence that are joined together in the same connection, the same construction should generally be maintained throughout. This rule applies, chiefly, to words, phrases, and clauses that come near together; it must not be adhered to so closely as to make the sentence stiff or monotonous.

Examples. -Say "good and brave," or, "of goodness and bravery," not, "of goodness and brave."

"He was fully resolved to give up commercial life and on devoting himself to the study of languages." This should read, "He was fully resolved to give up commercial life and to devote himself to the study of languages," or " on giving" and "on devoting."

In contrasts, the sentences are both clearer and more forcible if the contrasted members are constructed alike. For example, the sentence, "Scriptural language burst from his lips when he saw victory at Dunbar; they faltered it even in death, though he had almost lost his policy and consciousness," is much better as the author has it: "Scriptural language burst from his lips when he saw victory at Dunbar; it hovered on them in death, when policy, and almost consciousness, was gone."

1. There is little question of his genius.

2. The idea of Nature's abhorrence of a vacuum grew out of the discussion of pumps.

3. Nor is the reason which has led to the establishment of this moral law difficult to be discerned.

4. I should have come up last week, if I had known you were sick.

5. All mankind are passing or have passed through such conceptions of the plan and working of the Universe.

6. His is a mind that, in discerning and reflecting whatever odd or amusing things occur in life around, occupies itself preeminently.

7. There is surely nothing in these explanations that is not borne out by the facts.

8. That our older writers quoted to excess, it would be the blindness of partiality to deny.

9. The spirit of the famous house of Vasa rose to the first heroic height in him.

10. They drew off slowly and sullenly, leaving nothing to the victor except some guns of position.

11. The business will task your skill and fidelity. (Make delity" emphatic.)

12. The nights that had been spent by him, not on his couch, were many.

13. The exhaustion that he had experienced had been great. 14. The lustre of his youth had sometimes been haggard.

15. We should first secure a good definition of Oratory. I think this is not difficult.

16. It must have seemed dreadful to all who were within sight or hearing of Lützen when that battle was over.