allies were firmly rejected the dykes were opened the whole country was turned into a great lake. 9. Charles was insatiably greedy of French gold he had by no means relinquished the hope of establishing absolute monarchy by force of arms. 10. Honour all men love the brotherhood fear God honour the king. EXERCISE 192. (Comma; with Colon and Semicolon.) § 366 and preceding §§. Punctuate :— 1. A few eminent men who belonged to an earlier and better age were exempt from the general contagion. 2. Cowley distinguished as a loyalist and as a man of letters raised his voice courageously against the prevailing immorality. 3. The playhouses shut by the meddling fanatic in the day of his power were again crowded. 4. Scenery dresses and decorations dazzled the eyes of the multitude. 5. To this day Palamon and Arcite Cymon and Iphigenia Theodore and Honoria are the delight both of critics and schoolboys. 6. The wits as a class had been impelled by their hatred of Puritanism to take the side of the Court. 7. Dryden in particular had done good service to the government. 8. Cavalier and Roundhead Churchman and Puritan were for once allied. 9. Divines jurists statesmen nobles princes swelled the triumph. 10. The Treasurer was in truth exposed to the vengeance of Parliament. Punctuate: EXERCISE 193. (Same continued.) 1. The most probable supposition seems on the whole to be 2. If this were so the assassin must have afterwards bitterly execrated his own wickedness and folly. 3. Accordingly in January 1679 the Parliament which had been in existence ever since the beginning of the year 1661 was dissolved and writs were issued for a new election. 4. The tale of Oates though it had sufficed to .convulse the whole realm would not unless confirmed by other evidence suffice to destroy the humblest of those whom he had accused. 5. For by the old law of England two witnesses are necessary to establish a charge of treason. 6. Oates that he might not be eclipsed by his imitators soon added a large supplement to his original narrative. 7. The chief judges of the land were corrupt, cruel and timid. 8. The scheme which he proposed showed considerable ingenuity. 9. Among the statesmen of those times Halifax was in genius the first his intellect was fertile subtle and capacious. 10. Instead of quarrelling with the nickname he assumed it as a title of honour. EXERCISE 194. (Note of Interrogation, Quotation Marks, &c.) §§ 367-371. Punctuate :- 1. Pray have patience said the bee or you'll spend your substance and for aught I see you may stand in need of it all. 2. Rogue rogue replied the spider yet methinks you should have more respect to a per son whom all the world allows to be so much your better. 3. What mean said I those great flights of birds that are perpetually hovering about the bridge and settling upon it from time to time 4. These said the genius are envy avarice superstition despair love with the like cares and passions that infest human life. 5. I here fetched a deep sigh alas said I man was made in vain here is he given away to misery and mortality tortured in life and swallowed up in death. 6. Then suddenly would come a dream of a far different character a tumultuous dream commencing with a music such as now I often heard in sleep music of preparation and of awakening suspense. 7. In conclusion for the manuscript here is a little tedious both father and son fairly sat down to the mess and never left off till they had despatched all that remained of the litter. 8. 9. 10. I would not enter on my list of friends Though graced with polish'd manners and fine sense Who heedlessly sets foot upon a worm. Unfading Hope when life's last embers burn Or whence this secret dread and inward horror THE END. LONDON PRINTED BY WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS, STAMFORD STREET, AND CHARING CROSS. |