The great fundamental maxim upon which the right of succession to these kingdoms depends, I take to be this:- That the crown is, by common law and constitutional custom, hereditary; and this in a manner peculiar to itself; but that the right of inheritance may from time to time be changed or limited by act of parliament; under which limitations the crown still continues hereditary. —Warren's Extracts from Blackstone.

The love we bear our country is a root
Which never fails to bring forth golden fruit;
'Tis in the mind an everlasting spring
Of glorious actions which become a king,
Nor less become a subject; 'tis a debt

Which bad men, tho' they pay not, can't forget,
A duty which the good delight to pay,

And ev'ry man can practise ev'ry day. — Churchill.

EXAMPLE 5.

That spot to which I point is Paradise,
Adam's abode; those lofty shades, his bower.
Thy way thou canst not miss, me mine requires.
Thus said, he turned; and Satan, bowing low,
As to superior spirits is wont in Heaven,
Where honour due and reverence none neglects,
Took leave, and toward the coast of earth beneath,
Down from the ecliptic, sped with hoped success;
Throws his steep flight in many an aëry wheel,

Nor stayed till on Niphates'* top he lights.-Milton.

In this and the following examples it is considered unnecessary to add the rules of syntax, as they may be easily supplied by pupils who have studied syntax.

A common noun, neuter gender, third person, singular number, nominative case to the verb ' is.'

A preposition expressing relation between 'point' and 'which.'

A proper noun, neuter gender, third person, singular number, nominative case after 'is,' agreeing with 'spot.'

A common noun, neuter gender, third person, singular number, nominative case, in apposition with 'Paradise.'

A common noun, neuter gender, third person, plural
number, nominative case to 'are' understood, ('bower'
is nominative after ' are ').

A common noun, neuter gender, third person, singular
number, objective case, governed by the verb 'miss.'
A regular transitive verb, infinitive mood, governed by

'canst.'

A personal pronoun, first person, singular number, objective case, governed by the verb 'requires.'†

A personal pronoun, first person, singular number, possessive case, governed by a noun understood.‡

A regular transitive verb, indicative mood, present tense, third person, singular number, agreeing with its nominative, a noun understood.

The past participle of the verb 'say,' used after 'having' understood, and relating to 'he.' (Having thus said, he turned.)

A proper noun, third person, singular number, nomina

tive case to 'took.'

Niphates is a very high mountain, part of Mount Taurus, between Armenia and Mesopotamia, not far from Paradise and the source of Euphrates and Tigris. + The pronoun 'me' represents the angel Uriel,' who is here supposed to be conversing with Satan, and pointing out to him the abode of Adam. The name 'Uriel' is not found in Holy Scripture, but in the Apocrypha, 2 Esdras, iv. 1, 36.

Many grammarians of much experience would, in parsing this clause, make 'mine' nominative case to 'requires.' I prefer, however, to make mine' in the possessive case, governed by a noun understood, which is the nominative to 'requires.' The meaning is, My way requires me,' or, My business requires me to go a different way.' 'My is used when the noun is expressed; 'mine' when the noun is under

stood.

Bowing. The present participle of the verb 'bow,' relating to

Low
Is.

Wont
Honour.

Due.
Leave

Satan.

An adjective used adverbially, relating to "bowing.'

An irregular intransitive verb, indicative mood, present
tense, third person, singular number, agreeing with its
nominative 'it' understood.

A past participle, used after 'is,' and relating to 'it.'
A common noun, neuter gender, third person, singular
number, objective case, governed by the word ' neglects.'
(Reverence,' the same as honour.")

An adjective, relating to honour.

A common noun, neuter gender, third person, singular number, objective case, governed by the verb took.' Toward A preposition expressing relation between 'sped' and

Sped.

coast.'

1. An irregular intransitive verb, indicative mood, past tense, third person, singular number, agreeing with its nominative Satan' or 'he' understood.

A participial adjective, relating to 'success.'

An irregular transitive verb, indicative mood, present tense, third person, singular number, agreeing with its nominative he' understood.

A collective adjective, relating to wheel.' *

A regular intransitive verb, indicative mood, past tense, third person, singular number, agreeing with 'he' understood. (Nor stayed he, &c.)

Young

EXAMPLE 6.

When young life's journey I began,

The glittering prospect charmed my eyes;

I saw along the extended plain

Joy after joy successive rise.

An adjective in the positive degree, relating to 'I.'

Journey A common noun, neuter gender, third person, singular number, objective case, governed by the verb began.' A preposition expressing relation between 'saw' and 'plain.'

A common noun, neuter gender, third person, singular
number, objective case, governed by the verb 'saw.'
An adjective used adverbially, modifying ‘rise.'

An irregular intransitive verb, infinitive mood, governed
by 'saw.'

*The adjective' many' is used before 'a' or 'an,' with a singular noun, to denote plurality; as