14. So frown'd the mighty combatants that hell Grew darker at their frown.-Milton.

15. But look, the moon, in russet mantle clad, Walks o'er the dew of yon high eastward hill.-Shakspeare.

16. Who did ever in French authors see

The comprehensive English energy?

The weighty bullion of one sterling line,

Drawn in French wire would thro' whole pages shine

-Lord Roscommon.

17. Cowards die many times before their deaths;
The valiant never taste of death but once.-Shakspeare.

18.

19.

Camilla

Outstript the winds in speed upon the plain,
Flew o'er the fields, nor hurt the bearded grain:
She swept the seas, and, as she skimm'd along,
Her flying feet unbath'd on billows hung.- Dryden.

Down thither, prone in flight,

He speeds; and, thro' the vast ethereal sky,
Sails between worlds and worlds.-Milton.

20. All nature is but art unknown to thee;
All chance, direction which thou canst not see;
All discord, harmony not understood;
All partial evil, universal good.-Pope.

But let concealment, like a worm i' th' bud,
Feed on her damask cheek: she pin'd in thought,
And sat like Patience on a monument,

Smiling at grief.-Shakspeare.

22. The Egyptian rites the Jebusites embrac'd; Where gods were recommended by their taste Such savoury deities must needs be good

23.

As serv'd at once for worship and for food.-Dryden.

Not one word more she said;

But breaking off the end for want of breath,
And sliding soft, as down to sleep she laid,

And ended all her woe in quiet death.

-Spenser's Fairy Queen.

24. The pious mother doomed to death,
Forsaken, wanders o'er the heath,
The bleak winds whistle round her head,
Her helpless orphans cry for bread;
Bereft of shelter, food, and friend,
She views the shades of night descend,
And stretch'd beneath th' inclement skies,
Weeps o'er her tender babes, and dies.-Smollett.

25. O unexpected stroke, worse than of death!
Must I thus leave thee, Paradise? Thus leave
Thee, native soil; these happy walks and shades,
Fit haunt of Gods!-Milton's Paradise Lost.

26. Wretched state! O bosom, black as death!
O limèd soul, that, struggling to be free,
Art more engag'd! help, angels, make essay!
Bow, stubborn knees! and heart, with strings of steel,
Be soft as sinews of the new-born babe.

27.

He sung Darius, great and good,
By too severe a fate,

Fallen, fallen, fallen, fallen,

-Shakspeare's Hamlet

Fallen from his high estate,
And welt'ring in his blood.
Deserted at his utmost need,
By those his former bounty fed,
On the bare earth, expos'd he lies,
And not a friend to close his eyes.

-Dryden's Ode on St. Cecilia's Day.

28. It must be so-Plato, thou reason'st well!
Else whence this pleasing hope, this fond desire,
This longing after immortality?

Or whence this secret dread and inward horror
Of falling into nought? Why shrinks the soul
Back on herself, and startles at destruction?
"Tis the divinity that stirs within us;

"Tis heaven itself, that points out an hereafter,
And intimates eternity to man.

Eternity! thou pleasing, dreadful thought!
Thro' what new scenes and changes must we pass!
The wide, th' unbounded prospect lies before me;
But shadows, clouds, and darkness rest upon it.

Soliloquy of Cato.

29. O woods, O fountains, hillocks, dales, and bow'rs!
With other echo late I taught your shades
and resound far other song.-Milton.

To answer,

30. All things are hush'd as nature's self lay dead, The mountains seem to nod their weary head; The little birds in dreams their songs repeat,

And sleeping flowers beneath the night dew sweat.-Dryden.

31. As when a weary traveller, that strays

By muddy shore of broad seven-mouthed Nile,
Unweeting of the perilous wand'ring ways,
Doth meet a cruel crafty crocodile;

Which, in false grief, hiding his harmful guile,
Doth weep full sore, and sheddeth tender tears:
The foolish man, that pities all this while
His mournful plight, is swallowed unawares,
Forgetful of his own, that minds another's cares.

—Spenser's Fairy Queen.

32. Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet,
With charm of earliest birds; pleasant the sun,
When first on this delightful land he spreads
His orient beams, on herb, tree, fruit, and flower,
Glist'ring with dew: fragrant the fertile earth
After soft showers: and sweet the coming on
Of grateful evening mild, the silent night,
With this her solemn bird, and this fair moon,
And these the gems of heaven, her starry train:
But neither breath of morn, when she ascends
With charm of earliest birds, nor rising sun
On this delightful land, nor herb, fruit, flow'r,
Glist'ring with dew, nor fragrance after show'rs,
Nor grateful evening mild, nor silent night
With this her solemn bird, nor walk by moon,
Or glitt❜ring starlight-without thee is sweet.-Milton

APPENDIX I.

SYNONYMY.

A knowledge of the following list, containing the different words of the same or similar signification, will be useful in all kinds of composition, but more especially in paraphrasing. The words on the same line are considered in most cases strictly synonymous, or very nearly so; but, in some instances, custom has made a marked difference in the application and meaning. (See Precision.)

Abandon, desert, forsake, leave, quit.*
Abase, degrade, dishonour, humble.
Abate, decrease, diminish, lessen.
Abhor, detest, dislike, hate, loathe.
Abdicate, resign, renounce.
Abide, await, remain, stay.
Abilities, cleverness, ingenuity, parts.
Ability, capacity, power, strength.
Abject, beggarly, low, mean.
Abolish, abrogate, disannul, revoke.
Abominable, detestable, execrable.
Absolution, pardon, remission.
Abstemious, sober, temperate.
Abstinence, fast.

Absurd, inconsistent, unreasonable.

Abundance, plenty.

Abuse, affront, insult.

Abyss, gulf.

Accelerate, dispatch, hasten.
Accept, receive, take.
Acceptable, pleasing, agreeable.
Access, admission, entrance.
Accomplish, fulfil, finish, end.
Accumulate, amass, heap up.
Accusation, charge.

Acknowledge, confess, avow.

Acquirement, acquisition, attainment.
Acid, sharp, sour.

| Acquainted, familiar, intimate.
Acquiesce, agree, consent.

Acts, actions, deeds, doings, conduct.
Adage, maxim, proverb,
Add, augment, enlarge, increase.
Adjacent, contiguous.
Adjournment, prorogation.
Adjust, reconcile, settle.

Admiration, wonder, surprise.
Admonish, warn, reprove, advise.
Admonition, advice, counsel.
Ado, bustle, noise.

Adorn, beautify.

Adorning, dress, attire.

Adulation, flattery.

Advantage, benefit, profit, gain.

Adversary, enemy, foe.

Adversity, trouble, distress.

Advertise, inform, notice.
Advice, counsel, instruction.
Advocate, intercessor, pleader.
Affairs, business, circumstances.
Affection, love.

Affiance, trust, dependence.
Affirm, assert, assure, maintain.
Afresh, again, anew.

Agony, pang, pain, anguish.
Agreement bargain, contract.

*Note.-Pupils may be required to learn a certain number of lines daily. At the time of repeating them, the teacher should name the first word in each line, and require the pupil to give its synonymous words. Occasionally, this exercise may be introduced into other lessons also; whenever a difficult word occurs, the pupil may be asked to give another word of similar meaning. Exercises of this kind give them a command of expression, and make paraphrasing not only easy, but a delight.

Assiduous, diligent, expeditious, quick. Blend, mingle, mix.