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LESSON XVII.

A GENERAL ILLUSTRATION OF SEVERAL OF THE PRECEDING LESSONS.

"I had the book when I was young. 99 " ] have been a child, and have had many toys. In what mode, tense, number, and person is had, was, have been, and have had, in these sentences?

"I loved her, and was loved by her."Which of these verbs is active, and which passive?-What is their mode, tense, number, and person?

"Come ye, and learn the fear of the Lord." -Here are two verbs; of what kind is each of them, and in what mode ?

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quired much fame."Wany, and have ac

kind of verbs have we in this sentence; and what is their mode, tense, number, and person?

"I shall be obliged to you for the favour." -What kind of verb have we in this sentence; and in what mode, tense, &c. do you find it?

"If he come, he will see me."-In wliat mode, tense, &c. is each of these verbs?

"You should have kept him."—What kind of verb is kept; and what is its mode, tense, &c.?-You may point out the verb in each of the following sentences-class it—and then give its mode, tense, number, and person: "1

can sleep; You should write; He may have come! They should have called; I might have been embarrassed; If I had been enslaved; To have done it; We were warned."

A general Illustration of several of the preceding Reviews. "The man walks; the horse runs; the bird flies." What kind of verbs have we in these sentences?

"Let me roll it; it rolls. The king rules wisely; their master rules them. He shall separate them; we must separate."-Here are six verbs; of what kind is each?

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"You ought to pay me, quoth the farmer."-What kind of verbs have we in this sentence?

"He may have come. They should have been called."-Which are the auxiliary verbs in these senten

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"He might have been had. You did do it."-Which are the principal verbs in these sentences?

"It were injustice to deny the execution of the laws to any individual."-In what mode is were?

"Many acts, which had been blamable in a peaceable government, were employed to detect conspiracies.". In what mode is had been?

"She possesses a contented mind. She lives contented with her humble lot."-In which of these sentences is contented an adjective?

"I wish you to come, whether I be there, or not." -In what mode is be?

"If I can learn him anything, he may remain.”In what mode is learn?

"My brother has been here yesterday. Julius Cesar has been a succesful conqueror."-What improprieties in these sentences?

"If he comes to-morrow, you will see him. We fear him not, though he have ten thousand men."-What improprieties in these sentences?

"She died, loved and lamented by all. He loved and lamented her."-In which of these sentences are loved and lamented participles?

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