IV. STRUCTURE OF SENTENCES.

SECTION I. Variety of Construction,

II. Variety of Construction (continued),

III. Simple Sentences,

IV. Abridgment of Complex Sentences,

V. Abridgment of Complex Sentences (continued),

VI. Variety of Structure,

VII. Variety of Structure and Expression,

VIII. Complex Sentences,

IX. Amplification of Sentences,

X. Ideas suggested to form Sentences,

V.-ARRANGEMENT OF SENTENCES.

SECTION I. Variety of Arrangement,

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II. Variety of Arrangement (continued),

III. Variety of Arrangement (continued),

IV. Expression of Ideas,

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VI. Expression of Ideas (continued),

VII. Expression of Ideas (continued),

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IV. Critical Examination of Sentences,

V. Clearness in the Structure of Sentences,

VI. Unity in the Structure of Sentences,

VII. Strength in the Structure of Sentences,

VIII. Harmony in the Structure of Sentences,

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IX. Errors in the use of Figurative Language,

X. Critical Examination of Passages,

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PART III.

ORIGINAL COMPOSITION.

SECTION IV. Miscellaneous Essays (continued),

V. Miscellaneous Essays (continued),

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I. The love of praise should be kept under proper subordination to the principle of duty. In itself, it is a useful motive to action; but when allowed to extend its influence too far, it corrupts the whole character. To be entirely destitute of it, is a defect. To be governed by it, is depravity.

How many clear marks of benevolent intention appear every where around us! What a profusion of beauty and ornament is poured forth on the face of nature! What a magnificent spectacle presented to the view of man! What a supply contrived for his

wants!

On whom does time hang so heavily, as on the slothful and lazy? To whom are the hours so lingering? Who are so often devoured with spleen, and obliged to fly to every expedient, which can help them to get rid of themselves?

III. An ancient heathen king, being asked what things he thought most proper for boys to learn, answered: "Those which they ought to practise, when they come to be men." A wiser than this heathen monarch has taught the same sentiment : "Train up a child in the way he should go, and, when he is old, he will not depart from it."

A celebrated philosopher expressed in his motto, that time was his estate: an estate, which will produce nothing without cultivation; but which will abundantly repay the labours of industry. There lives and works

IV.

A soul in all things, and that soul is God.
The Lord of all, himself through all diffused,
Sustains, and is the life of all that lives.

These are thy glorious works, Parent of good!
Almighty! Thine this universal frame !

V. Our fields are covered with herbs from Holland, and roots from Germany; with Flemish farming, and Swedish turnips; our hills with forests of the firs of Norway. The chestnut and the poplar of the south of Europe adorn our lawns, and below them flourish shrubs and flowers, from every clime, in great profusion. Arabia improves our horses, China our pigs, North America our poultry, and Spain our sheep.

VI. We left home on Monday morning, arrived at Liverpool on Tuesday, went to Manchester, by the railway, on Wednesday, and reached this place on Thursday evening.

Blessed that eve!

The Sabbath's harbinger, when, all complete,
In freshest beauty, from Jehovah's hand,

Creation bloom'd; when Eden's twilight face
Smiled like a sleeping babe.

VII. The first monarch of Great Britain and Ireland, after the Revolution of 1688, was William the Third. The reign of his successor, Queen Anne, was rendered remarkable by the victories of the Duke of Marlborough on the continent of Europe, and the Union between England and Scotland.