“Thus spoke the youth.  When Cato thus exprest
    The sacred counsels of his most inmost breast.”
        —­Eng.  Poets:  ib., B. ii, l. 435.

    “These were the strict manners of the man,
    And this the stubborn course in which they ran;
    The golden mean unchanging to pursue,
    Constant to keep the proposed end in view.”
        —­Eng.  Poets:  ib., B. ii, l. 580.

    “What greater grief can a Roman seize,
    Than to be forc’d to live on terms like these!”
        —­Eng.  Poets:  ib., B. ii, l. 782.

    “He views the naked town with joyful eyes,
    While from his rage an arm’d people flies.”
        —­Eng.  Poets:  ib., B. ii, l. 880.

    “For planks and beams he ravages the wood,
    And the tough bottom extends across the flood.”
        —­Eng.  Poets:  ib., B. ii, l. 1040.

    “A narrow pass the horned mole divides,
    Narrow as that where Euripus’ strong tides
    Beat on Euboean Chalcis’ rocky sides.”
        —­Eng.  Poets:  ib., B. ii, l. 1095.

    “No force, no fears their hands unarm’d bear,
    But looks of peace and gentleness they wear.”
        —­Eng.  Poets:  ib., B. iii, l. 112.

    “The ready warriors all aboard them ride,
    And wait the return of the retiring tide.”
        —­Eng.  Poets:  ib., B. iv, l. 716.

    “He saw those troops that long had faithful stood,
    Friends to his cause, and enemies to good,
    Grown weary of their chief, and satiated with blood.”
        —­Eng.  Poets:  ib., B. v, l. 337.

CHAPTER V.—­QUESTIONS.

ORDER OF REHEARSAL, AND METHOD OF EXAMINATION.

PART FOURTH, PROSODY.

[Fist][The following questions call the attention of the student to the main doctrines in the foregoing code of Prosody, and embrace or demand those facts which it is most important for him to fix in his memory; they may, therefore, serve not only to aid the teacher in the process of examining his classes, but also to direct the learner in his manner of preparation for recital.]

LESSON I.—­OF PUNCTUATION.

1.  Of what does Prosody treat? 2.  What is Punctuation? 3.  What are the principal points, or marks? 4.  What pauses are denoted by the first four points? 5.  What pauses are required by the other four? 6.  What is the general use of the Comma? 7.  How many rules for the Comma are there, and what are their heads? 8.  What says Rule 1st of Simple Sentences? 9.  What says Rule 2d of Simple Members? 10.  What says Rule 3d of More than Two Words? 11.  What says Rule 4th of Only Two Words? 12.  What says Rule 5th of Words in Pairs? 13.