Nouns of multitude may be singular or plural in construction, according to the manner in which they are conceived by the mind.

RULE III.

Pronouns, as substitutes for nouns, take the same relation of person, number, gender, and case.

RULE IV.

Pronouns and nouns, connected by and, are to be taken together, as a collective plural, in the agreement of verbs or other words: as, Romulus and Remus were twin brothers. They were grandsons of Numitor.

RULE V.

Every adjective refers to a noun, expressed or understood; as, "many are called; but few are chosen :" that is, many and few persons.

English adjectives never vary in their forms for number, gender, nor case.

RULE VI.

320. The indicative verb agrees with the number and of its subject; as, "Homer warms us.' person "Milton fixes us in astonishment." "They are both sublime, and excel other poets." "I learn." "Thou art the man."

RULE VIL.

The infinitive verb is always consecutive, depending on some pre-supposed condition of things; as, "He prepared himself to go, at 12 o'clock."

RULE VIII.

Imperative verbs are invariable in form, and fu ture in meaning: as, go, stay, depart in peace.

RULE IX.

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Every verb and every participle in ing governs an object expressed or understood; as, go, flee thee away, into the land of Judah." The tutor employs himself in teaching his pupils. They try (their skill) to learn (their lessons.)

PARSING LESSONS.

321. "They who forgive, act nobly."

They, is a pronoun, standing for a supposed portion of mankind, to whom a certain character is attributed; third person plural, subject of the verb act.

Who, an other pronoun for the same persons, subject of the verb forgive, in the third person plural, like they, because standing for the same thing.

Forgive; indicative verb, present tense, meaning, in general, or at any time, agreeing with its subject, who, in the third person, plural; and governing injuries, as its object understood.

Act; indicative verb, present tense, agreeing with its subject they, third person plural; governing part, or an equivalent word understood, as its object.

Nobly, an adverb, expressing the manner of acting.

322 "Peace and jɔy are virtue's crown.”

Peace, a common noun, third person, `singular number, neuter gender, subject of the verb are. And, past participle, signifying added, connecting peace with joy.

Joy, common noun, third person singular, connected with peace, as subject of are.

Are, irregular verb, indicative mood, present tense, agreeing with its two subjects, peace and joy, governing the word themselves, as its object, understood.

Virtue's, a specifying adjective, referring to crown, to point out what one is meant.

Crown, common noun, third person singular, subject of are, as being identical with peace and joy, in the same member of the sentence.

"Wisdom or folly governs us."

Wisdom, noun common, third person, singular, conditional subject of governs.

Or, adverbial contraction, signifying otherwise; and as placed, between wisdom and folly, in this sentence, implies the alternative, that one governs, if the other does not. This is always the character

and use of the word or.

Folly, common noun, third person, singular, placed alternatively, or conditionally, with wisdom, as subject of the verb governs.

Governs, regular verb, indicative mood, present tense, agreeing with either wisdom or folly, according to the alternity; but not with both.

"If Celia would be silent, her beholders would adore her; if Iras would talk, her hearers would admire her; but Celia's tongue runs incessantly, while Iras gives herself silent airs and soft languors; so that it is difficult to persuade one's self that Celia has beauty, and Iras wit; each neglects her own excellence, and is ambitious of the other's character; Iras would be thought to have as much beauty as Celia, and Celia as much wit as Iras."-Addison.

If, verb, in the imperative mood, with the words that fact, understood after it, as the governed object. Give that fact-Celia would be silent-(the consequence would be) her beholders would adore her.

Celia, proper noun, feminine, singular, subject of the verb would.

Would, irregular verb, denoting volition or inherent propensity, put conditionally or suppositively in the past tense, implying the admitted truth that Celia is not silent, and agreeing with its subject Celia, which is third person singular.

Be, an infinitive verb, depending on the words Celia would, and governing the compounded word herself, as its object.

Silent, adjective, referring to Celia.

Her, specifying adjective, referring to beholders. Beholders, noun plural, subject of would. Would, as before.

Adore, infinitive verb, depending on the phrase, "her beholders would," governing her, as its object.

If, as before.

Iras, proper noun, subject of would.

Would, as before.

Talk, infinitive verb, following the phrase, “Iras would."

Her, specifying adjective, referring to hearers, to identify them.

Would, as before.

Admire, infinitive verb, following would.

Her, pronoun, object of the verb admire, third person, singular, feminine, standing for Iras.

But, imperative verb, add, (understand farther.) Celia's, specifying adjective, formed from the noun, denoting the particular tongue which is

meant.

Tongue, common noun, subject of runs.

Runs, irregular verb, indicative mood, present tense, agreeing with its subject tongue, third person singular.

Incessantly, adverb, expressing the manner of running.

While, noun, meaning, whirl, revolution, period, time; and generally parsed as an adverb of time. Iras, proper noun, subject of gives.

Herself, compounded of specifying adjective her, and noun self, meaning, identical person, in the objective case, or position, governed by the preposition to, understood.

Silent, describing adjective, referring to airs. And, conjunctive participle, connecting airs and languors.

Soft, adjective, describing languors.

So, like as, formerly used as an adjective, meaning that or these: now generally signifying, in such manner, and parsed as an adverb. The words "so that," taken together, are a contracted form of expression, which save the repetition of what has gone before, and a part of what follows.

It, an assumed term for the thing, or the general idea which follows the verb.

Is, irregular verb, it, (the idea or the thing,) is, (makes itself) difficult.

To, past participle, signifying acted, finished, done used here as the convenient distinctive sign of the infinitive mood, and generally in parsing, taken together with the following verb, as denoting one idea.

Persuade, infinitive verb, depending on the preceding phrase, it is difficult.

One's, specifying adjective, referring to the noun self.