UNDER RULE II.—­OF INVOCATIONS.

   “O Popular Applause what heart of man
    Is proof against thy sweet seducing charms”

    “More than thy balm O Gilead heals the wound”

UNDER RULE III.—­OF EXCLAMATORY QUESTIONS.

With what transports of joy shall I be received In what honour in what delightful repose shall I pass the remainder of my life What immortal glory shall I have acquired” Hooke’s Roman History.

   “How often have I loiter’d o’er thy green
    Where humble happiness endear’d each scene”

IV.—­THE CURVES.—­Copy the following sentences, and insert rightly the CURVES, or MARKS OF PARENTHESIS, and such other points as are necessary.

UNDER RULE I.—­OF THE PARENTHESIS.

   “And all the question wrangle e’er so long
    Is only this If God has plac’d him wrong”

    “And who what God foretells who speaks in things
    Still louder than in words shall dare deny”

UNDER RULE II.—­OF INCLUDED POINTS.

   “Say was it virtue more though Heav’n ne’er gave
    Lamented Digby sunk thee to the grave”

    “Where is that thrift that avarice of time
    O glorious avarice thought of death inspires”

    “And oh the last last what can words express
    Thought reach the last last silence of a friend”

EXERCISE VI.—­PUNCTUATION.

Copy the following MIXED EXAMPLES, and insert the points which they require.

“As one of them opened his sack he espied his money” “They cried out the more exceedingly Crucify him” “The soldiers’ counsel was to kill the prisoners” “Great injury these vermin mice and rats do in the field” “It is my son’s coat an evil beast hath devoured him” “Peace of all worldly blessings is the most valuable” “By this time the very foundation was removed” “The only words he uttered were I am a Roman citizen” “Some distress either felt or feared gnaws like a worm” “How then must I determine Have I no interest If I have not I am stationed here to no purpose” Harris “In the fire the destruction was so swift sudden vast and miserable as to have no parallel in story” “Dionysius the tyrant of Sicily was far from being happy” “I ask now Verres what thou hast to advance” “Excess began and sloth sustains the trade” “Fame can never reconcile a man to a death bed” “They that sail on the sea tell of the danger” “Be doers of the word and not hearers only” “The storms of wintry time will quickly pass” “Here Hope that smiling angel stands” “Disguise I see thou art a wickedness” “There are no tricks in plain and simple faith” “True love strikes root in reason passion’s foe” “Two gods divide them all Pleasure and Gain” “I am satisfied My son has done his duty” “Remember Almet the vision which thou hast seen”