“Moreover, as the name of the speaker or that of the person spoken to is seldom expressed, (the pronoun I being used for the former, and THOU or YOU for the latter,) a noun is very rarely in the first person; not often in the second; and hardly ever in either, unless it is a proper noun, or a common noun denoting an object personified.”—­Id.

“In using the parsing exercises, it will save much time, (and this saving is all-important,) if the pupil be taught to say all things belonging to the noun, in the fewest words possible; and to say them always in the same order, after the example above.”—­Id.

“In any phrase or sentence, the adjectives qualifying a noun may generally be found by prefixing the phrase, ‘What kind of,’ to the noun, in the form of a question; as, ‘What kind of horse?’ ‘What kind of stone?’ ’What kind of way?’ The word containing the answer to the question, is an adjective.”—­Id.

“In the following exercise, let the pupil first point out the nouns, and then the adjectives; and tell how he knows them to be such.”—­Id.

“In the following sentences, point out the improper ellipses; show why they are improper; and correct them.”—­Id.

“SINGULAR.  PLURAL. 1.  I am smitten, 1.  We are smitten, 2.  Thou art smitten, 2.  You are smitten, 3.  He is smitten; 3.  They are smitten.”—­Wright cor.

CHAPTER II.—­UTTERANCE.

The second chapter of Prosody, treating of articulation, pronunciation, elocution and the minor topics that come under Utterance, contains no exercises demanding correction in this Key.

CHAPTER III.—­FIGURES.

In the third chapter of Prosody, the several Figures of speech are explained; and, as the illustrations embrace no errors for correction, nothing here corresponds to the chapter, but the title.

CHAPTER IV.—­VERSIFICATION.

FALSE PROSODY, OR ERRORS OF METRE, CORRECTED.

LESSON I.—­RHYTHM RESTORED.

   “Where thy true treasure?  Gold says, ‘Not in me.’”
        —­Young.

   “Canst thou grow sad, thou say’st, as earth grows bright.”
        —­Dana.

   “It must be so;—­Plato, thou reason’st well”
        —­CATO:  Enfield, p. 321.

   “Slow rises worth by poverty depressed.”
        —­Wells’s Gram., Late Ed., p. 211.

   “Rapt into future times, the bard begun.” 
        —­POPE.—­Ib., p. 165.

   “Is there not rain enough in the sweet heavens
    To wash it white as snow? Whereto serves mercy
    But to confront the visage of offence?”
        —­Shak., Hamlet.