LESSONS IN ENGLISH. 



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10. 'lion Hctcm Oiujd fi-iinm rotr n.id> unfcrm 'Uattrlanlf binub*rf<^n. 

 o ifl m Ticb in >r .'>.ui .icfommm '< l'J5 Ihuart flftrjtt fl$ 

 von inn tuli'ni Inn.Uv 1:>. ,ul< imu :n J&auff 



oorl'cifi'innu-n. inir ii-crte biiicinti'inmcn, cljnc tap ie mid; littfn, fol($t ju 

 t^un. 



EXERCISE 50 (Vol. I., page 259). 



1. Will tli.- aged soldier go to-day iu the (orut ? 2. Ho will go, but 

 he ca&uot to-duy, because ho ban much to do. 3. The man-servant is 

 '.. tii.. market to fetch meat. 4. To remiiin healthy, one must 

 rly aud temperately. 5. The woodcutter has gone iuto the 

 forest to cut wood. 6. The butcher goes from one Tillage to the other 

 to buy ox.-n. 7. Ho goes from one village to the other, but can find 

 no oxen. 8. What does he want with the oxen ? 9. He means to kill 

 them ; we must indeed have meat. 10. The peasant has two horses, 

 which ill.- l.ivwer wishes to buy. 11. I go to the city to buy a hat or 

 a cap. 12. He has books to read, and an exercise to write. 13. Where 

 does your brother's friend wish to go ? 14. He wishes to go nowhere, 

 he wishes to remain with his uncle. 15. Will you go upon the high 

 mountain ? 16. I shall go there, but not to-day. 17. Can you go to- 

 morrow into the country ? 18. I can go there, but I will not. 19. 

 When does your father want his horses back again ? 20. He must hare 

 them to-morrow morning, because he wishes to drive to-morrow even- 

 ing to Frankfort. 21. Why will he not ride thero ? 22. Because he 

 has no good saddle-horse, and the weather is very cold. 



EXERCISE 51 (Vol. I., page 259). 



1. (5S ifl Ijeutf ju fait fur iftn, urn nacf> granffurt fyinuberjugcljen. 2. 

 iDort liuft t aft ubcr ten 33crg. 3. $>a fdb.rt 3&,r Sruttr. 4. Dec 

 3ucferbdcfcr ifl in tic '-Bacfftube gcgangen, unt i'rcr ju bacfcn. 5. $)et 

 aJlefcget gebt auf ten JBJarft, urn cfyafe yt faufen. 6. 3b,t ,Rutfd;er 6>t 

 mid; fdjnell b, ierb.tr gefaf)ren. 7. eben 8ie jenen 2ft ann auf fcem SPferte, 

 nxlcbrt mir geflern jabcn? 8. ie Soltaten reiten auf fcty&nen ^ferten. 

 i. iVan fa.jt, in fciefen .ffutfdjen fa^rt man bequem. 10. SBir fmfc in 

 Sbrem SBagtn gefabren, urn uufcrc i'ifitcn abjuftattcn. 11. Ubertritt 

 nicfjt ta efefc. 12. Da neue Dampfbcot fab.rt I;eutc jum crflen 3Me 

 ten Sluji tyinmiter. 



EXERCISE 52 (Vol. I., page 260). 



1. This hunter has a fine dog, mine is finer, and yours is the finest of 

 all. 2. The earth is smaller than the sun, and the stars are more distant 

 than the moon. 3. Virgil is a more agreeable writer than Ovid. 4. 

 The city of Canton is larger than Paris. 5. Alexander tho Great had 

 less prudence than courage. G. We find much more copper than 

 silver, aud more iron than tin. 7. This girl prattles more than she 

 works. 8. The air in the towns is more impure than the country air. 

 9. France is not so fertile as Germany. 10. This youth has not as 

 much understanding as his brother, but neither has he as much vanity. 

 11. The rose is one of the finest flowers in the world. 12. Those aro 

 commonly the least proud, whose minds are the most educated. 13. 

 The manners of those with whom we have intercourse are commonly 

 influential upon us. 14. The benefits that we are worthy of are more 

 agreeable to us than those we are unworthy of. 15. He is the richest 

 man whose children are virtuous. 16. The Lord has no pleasure in those 

 people who have no love to their brothers. 17. The apple-tree has a 

 thick trunk, the beech has a thicker trunk, and the oak has the 

 thickest trunk. 18. The more he has, the more he wants. 19. 

 Florence is finer than Parma. 



LESSONS IN ENGLISH. XXVI. 



GREEK STEMS (concluded). 

 IN tins lesson is given another list of Greek stems, showing the 

 influence of the Greek language on our own tongue. ' 



GREEK STEMS. 



Greek Words. Pronunciation. Meaning. 



Sterna. 



M ;, ir..,-j,. 



Ilupa 



AAXnAuv 



0X170? 



OvTr0ai 



Opwr 



Hair 



Ila00T 



A (negative) 



AfTI 

 XplOTOf 



por'-a 



al-lee'-lone 



ol'-i-gos 



op-tes'-thol 



or'-nis 



pais or pioe 



path'-os 



a 



an'-ti 



chrls'-tos 



pen'-te 



pet'-ros 



pho'-ne 



phthon'-gos 



dis 



beside,!, e., by th 



o/onc another 



few 



to see 



a bird 



a boy 



feeling 



not 



in opposition to 



anointed 



five 



a ton 



sound 



a sound 



ttric* 



parallel. 



parallel. 



oligarchy. 



optics. 



ornithology. 



pedagogue. 



apathy, antipathy 



(ipetalous. 



antichrist. 



Chrvtian. 



pentagon. 



petrifaction. 



euphony. 



jMhong diphthong. 

 Ji didymua. 



para 



afcl 



oli'j; 



opt 



ornith 



p.d 



path 



a 



nnti 



Chritt 



pent 



petri 



.; , 



i ' '* 



ucov 



CJUKEK STEM* \C*ti*lu<l). 



Creek Horde. PrvMMfatoi 

 lloAtM" pol'-e-mo %eor 



pol'-is < ' , 



MDTHP : t -r a mot* 



<fci>ci ]'! l'-"ii 



Awo<rTAAi ap-os-tef-lein towaAovt 



ihv pure frt 



lapf sarks /eeh 



Xxovciv skop-ein toM wop 



TfAor tel'-os the end UJe htMeogt. 



BtrCpll'-CtD t> ttftf"1t ' r j 



tek'-ne art > " 



thap'-teln to bury Isfl 



th ..., God t*e, U atMst^nOmfaa* 



top'-os o place topo topography. 



/UI.IK zo'-on an animal too, to (oology. 



Parallel speaks of things that arc, or run, ly the tide one of 

 another. Two lines are called parallel when they are drawn 

 equally distant from each i ther in all their extent. 

 " Yet shall this graceful line forget to please, 

 If bordered close by sidelong parallel!, 

 Nor duly mixt with those opposing curve* 

 That give the charm of contrast." If aeon. 



In the relation of such lines, the idea of equality is obviously 

 involved ; whence, to parallel is to equal. 

 "Tell me, gentle boy, 

 Is she not parallelize f Is not her breath 

 Sweet as Arabian winds when fruits are ripe ?" 



iuauntont and Fletcher. 



But parallel lines are opposite to each other; hence para, 

 from signifying side by side, came to signify opposite, contrary to. 

 Thus a paradox is something opposed to common opinion ; and 

 a paralogism is an unsound argument. 



" In their love of God men never can be too affectionate ; it is as 

 true, though it may seem a paradox, that in their hatred of sin, men 

 may sometimes be too passionate." Sprat. 



" If a syllogism agree with the rules given for the construction of it, 

 it is called a true argument ; if it disagree with these rules, it is a 

 paralogism or false argument." Wattt. 



The idea of equality may lead to the idea of general excellence 

 or even of superiority ; accordingly, the word paragon, which 

 we derive through the Italian, signifies something supremely 

 excellent, a model. 



" An angel I or if not, 

 An earthly paragon." Skaleepeare. 



Division, too, is implied in equality, and so paragraph in a book 

 signifies a division. A paragraph is a portion of writing con- 

 sisting of one or more, generally several, sentences. 



" I call that by bookes and chapters which the Greeke book diridetb 

 by chapters and paragraphee." jischam. 



These illustrations of the applications of the Greek preposition 

 para may serve to assist the student in forming a correct 

 acquaintance with the nature and power of language. Let him 

 endeavour for himself to ascertain the acceptation of other 

 forms of para, as paradigm, paraphrase, etc., and let him not 

 confound with such forms the words paradise and parade. Of 

 these the former is of Persian origin, and signifies an enclosure, 

 a park, a garden ; and the latter is of Latin origin (from para- 

 turn, signifying prepared), and comes to ns through the French, 

 denoting preparedness ; hence, proof of preparedness ; and hence 

 again, siiow and display, such as soldiers on parade present. 



The word metropolis, literally mother-city, originally had 

 reference to the Greek system of colonisation, and was equi- 

 valent to our term mother-country that ia, the country to 

 which each colony belonged. Properly, then, metropolis is the 

 mother-country (in German, father-land), and the counterpart 

 was colony. Here, metropolis retains its etymological signifi- 

 cation, for Athens, for instance, was the mother of the colonies 

 she planted. But now the metropolis of England, namely, Lon- 

 don, stands in no strictly maternal relation to the provinces or 

 even to the colonies of the empire ; and its chum to bear the 

 name metropolis rises almost exclusively from the fact that 

 it is the centre of the empire, and the seat of its central 

 government. So marked an instance of the departure of a 

 word from its primitive meaning may teach you how cautious 

 you should be in tho etymological study of words, and how 

 necessary it is in such studies to call in the aid of history and 

 general knowledge. 



