Lences were lost Mr Chairman I cannot vote for this resolution Cheers I owe it not only to my country but to the rights of man of which so much is said to preserve the wise and long-established policy of the former and to stand by the principle of non-intervention as a high moral defence and security for the latter The speaker took his seat amid loud applause

SENTINEL Go in Exit Sentinel

ROLLA calls Alonzo Alonzo

Enter Alonzo speaking as he comes in

ALONZO HOW Is my hour elapsed Well I am ready

UNDER 188. The honorable gentleman on the right Mr Doubleday Louisiana has overlooked one important point I wish and why should I deny it that this compliment had been paid to any one rather than myself She had managed this matter so well oh she was the most artful of women that my father's heart was gone before I suspected it was in danger Consider and oh may the consideration sink deep into your heart that one crime inevitably leads the way to others

UNDER § 189. While we earnestly desire the approbation of our fellow-men and this desire the better feelings of our nature cannot fail to awaken we should shrink from gaining it by dishonorable means Such was the creed of the Stoics see Tenneman's Manual Vol II p 230 and their principles were for the most part strictly carried out in lifeThe baron left to himself malice itself could not wish him a worse ad. viser resolved on a desperate course Could he possibly have committed this crime I am sure he could not which as all will acknowledge is at variance with the whole tenor of his life

UNDER 190. This would-be scholar once declared that the Iliad was the noblest poem in the Latin language - Her intellectual beauty is certainly surpassed only by her physical charms - Entering into conversation with his most Christian Majesty I was shocked to hear views advanced which would almost have disgraced a heathen.

UNDER § 191. A man had four sons and he divided his property between among them Be more anxious to acquire knowledge than about showing to show it. He has little more of the scholar besides than the name -Some alas too few for the well-being of society place their bliss in action some in ease- - ELUDE Latin eludo v. t. to escape ENNUI ong-we weariness dullness of spirit-PETER-WORT n. A plant. Sce SAINT PETER'S WORT

LESSON XXVIII.

APOSTROPHE.—HYPHEN.--QUOTATION-POINTS.

Besides the grammatical points, various other marks are employed in written and printed matter; the principal of these arc the Apostrophe ('), the Hyphen (-), and Quotation-points (“”).

Besides the grammatical points, what other marks are employed?

THE APOSTROPHE.

8192. The word apostrophe means a turning from or away. The mark so called has the same form as the comma, and differs from it. only in being placed above the line.

RULE I.- -OMISSION OF LETTERS.

§ 193. The apostrophe is used to denote the omission of a letter or letters; as, 'tis, I'll, o'er, tho'.

The period and the dash are also employed, as we have already seen, for this purpose. The following distinction, however, is to be observed:

1. The period is employed mainly in abbreviations of titles, proper names, technical and tabular terms, and foreign words; as, P. M. G., for Post-master General ;-Jas. K. Polk, for James Knox Polk ;D. V., for Deo volente, God willing ;-bu., for bushel.

2. The dash is used when it is desired to allude to an object without making known what it is; as, "In the year 18-, the usually quiet village of L was thrown into a state of excitement," &c.

3. In most other cases, that is, when the object is merely to abbreviate common English words which do not fall under the above classes, or to contract two words into one, the apostrophe is employed.

RULE II.-POSSESSIVE CASE.

8194. The apostrophe is used to denote the possessive case of nouns; as, India's treasures ;—kings' daughters.

To form the possessive case, singular nouns take 's; as, fancy's flight;-Thomas's unbelief. Plural nouns ending in s take the apostrophe alone; as, the cities' gates: other plural nouns take 's; as, men's sorrows. But if, by reason of a succession of s sounds, or from any other cause, euphony would be violated by the introduction of an s, the apos trophe alone is used in forming the possessive; as, Moses' staff;—for con rience' sake;-Felix' speech.

§ 192. What does the word apostrophe mean? How does the mark so called differ from the coinma?

$198. Repeat Rule I., relating to the omission of letters. mployed for this purpose? In what case is the period used? what, the apostrophe ?

What other points are In what, the dash? In

§ 194. For what other purpose is the apostrophe used, according to Rule II. How do singular nouns form their possessive case? How, plural nouns? When is the apostrophe alone used in forming the possessive?

§ 195. Observe that this rule applies only to nouns The possessive case of the personal pronouns, whether ending in s or not, must have no apostrophe; as, mine, her, hers, ours, yours, theirs.

§196. The apostrophe followed by s is also ased to form the plural of the names of letters, figures, and signs; as, "Dot your 's, cross your t'a make your 6's better, and insert twe +'s."

THE HYPHEN.

§ 137. The word hyphen is derived from two Greek words meaning under one; and the mark so called is used to denote that the parts between which it stands belong to one and the same word.

RULE I.-COMPOUND EPITHETS AND SUBSTANTIVES.

§ 198. The hyphen must be placed between words that unite to form a single epithet, and also between the parts of a compound substantive when each receives the stress of the voice; as, laughter-loving, good-natured, twenty-one, neverto-be-forgotten, glass-house, self-conceit, one's-self.

§ 199. Compound words, however, whose parts have so completely coalesced that they have but one accent, are written without the hy phen; as, watchman, lapdog, broadsword, himself.

RULE II. -DISTINCTION OF WORDS.

§ 200. The hyphen is used to distinguish words of similar spelling, but different pronunciation and meaning; also, to form one compound term of words which, if not thus united, would have a different signification.

Thus re-creation means the act of creating again; and, when the word so written, the first e is long, as in me. If we omit the hyphen, we

195. What is said of the possessive case of pronouns ?

196, How is the plural of the names of letters, figures, and signs, formed?

197. What is the meaning of the word hyphen? What does the mark so called lenote ?

$198. Repeat Rule I., relating to compound epithets and substantives.

§199. What compounds are written without the hyphen?

200. For what other purposes is the hyphen used, according to Rule II.? Illustrate

have recreation,-quite a different word, equivalent to relaxation, amusement; and we must give the first vowel the sound of e in met.

The words monk's-hood and dog's-ear will serve as examples of the gecond case mentioned in the rule. Leave out the hyphen, and we no longer have the familiar plant known as monk's-hood, but a monk's hood, that is the head-covering of a monk. Dog's-ear means the corner of a leaf turned or twisted over; but remove the connecting mark, and we have the ear of a dog.

201. The hyphen may also be used instead of the diæresis, to denote that two adjacent vowels do not unite to form a diphthong, when these vowels respectively terminate a prefix and commence the radical with which it is joined; as, pre-existent, co-operate.

RULE III.-BETWEEN SYLLABLES.

202. When, from want of space, a portion of a word has to be carried to a new line, the division must be made after a complete syllable, and the hyphen is used at the end of the line, to connect the separated parts; as, 'Vir

tue cannot be bought."

§ 203. With regard to SYLLABICATION, or the division of words into syllables, it is proper to remark that two systems prevail. The English method divides on the vowels, that is, without reference to pronunciation, throws consonants as much as possible into the beginning of syllables; as, me-lon, wi-dow, di-li-gent, a-stro-no-my. This method, as Webster justly remarks, contradicts the very definition of a syllable. A syllable in pronunciation", says this author, "is an indivisible thing; and, strange as it may appear, what is indivisible in utterance is divided in writing; when the very purpose of dividing words into syllables in writing, is to lead the learner to a just pronunciation." Some English writers, however, and among them Lowth, advocate the method generally adopted in this country, of making such divisions as most nearly exhibit the true pronunciation. According to this system, the examples

the first case with the word recreation. Illustrate the second with the words monksFood and dog's-ear.

201. For what purpose is the hyphen, like the diæresis, sometimes used? In what case?

§ 202. Repeat Rule III., relating to the use of the hyphen at the end of a line. § 203. What is syllabication? How many systems prevail? Describe the EngAsh system. What does Webster say of it? Describe the system pursued in this sountry.

given above would be divided thus: mel-on, wid-ow, dil-i-gent, as-tron-cmy. A few rules covering most cases may be of service.

RULE I.—Join consonants to the vowels whose sounds they modify; as, ep-i-dem-ic, an-i-mos-i-ty.

RULE II.-Let prefixes and suffixes form distinct syllables when this can be done without the pronunciation's being misrepresented: as, reprint, out-run; re-ject-ed, not re-jec-ted; form-er, not for-mer, when the meaning is one that forms.

RULE III.—In the case of compounds, syllabic divisions should fafi between the simple words that compose them; as, horse-man, more-over, gentle-woman.

RULE IV. The terminations cial, tial, sion, tion, cious, tious, and others that are pronounced as one syllable, must not be divided.

§ 204. After the numerous instances in which it has just been so employed, it is hardly necessary to add that the hyphen is used by lexicographers and others, not only at the end of a line, but wherever they desire to show the syllables of which a word is composed.

QUOTATION-POINTS.

205. QUOTATION-POINTS, called in French and sometimes. in English, from the name of the person who first used them, GUILLEMETS, consist of two inverted commas and two apostrophes [""]. They are used to enclose words quoted from an author or speaker, or represented in narratives as employed in dialogue; as, "By doing nothing," says an old writer, "men learn to do evil."-"Quick! quick! or I perish," shrieked the exhausted hunter. "One moment longer! The rope has come!” shouted a hundred voices from the top of the crag.

When the substance merely is given, and not the exact words, quctation-points are unnecessary; as, Diogenes used to say that other dogs

Iz dividing into syllables, with what must consonants be joined? What is said about prefixes and suffixes' forming distinct syllables? How are compounds divided? What terminations must not be divided?

§ 204. What use is made of the hyphen by lexicographers?

§ 205. What are quotation-points called in French? Why are they so called? Of what do they consist? What are they used to enclose? When the substance merely