46. It is the object of our teachers to give us as much as our time

allows.

47. Many a brave soldier met their fate in a worthless battle. 48. All of them were frightened the night before but the next morning nobody would admit that they had been.

49. He did not recognize a single flower and consequently they did not appear beautiful to him.

50. John he went to everybody's desk to see what they had in it. 51. If you are going out can I have your place at the window? 52. May you go with me to the office?

53. They inquired whether they might go to the circus.

54. I will be President of the United States and will serve for two terms.

55. He said that he would be greatly pleased to accompany us.

56. He shall be eighteen in June.

57. I fear that I will be ill to-morrow, but I shall recover.

58. We just passed a carriage that had a coat of arms on its door. 59. He told us that the air was composed of two gases.

60. To speak plainly neither you or John is the one I meant.

61. Any of you fellows are allowed to go.

62. Half of the crowd were hissing while the other half were applauding.

63. Nothing but hard work and strong application are necessary for your success.

64. He was told to immediately leave the room.

65. To really know one's friends will keep you quite busy.

66. His decision was universally accepted by all.

67. Divide the apple up right quickly so that we can start off.

68. Between the five of them they decided upon a plan.

69. He jumped in the carriage to prevent you catching him.

70. I only want three of the pencils.

71. Tickets shall be received at the door; please to have them

ready.

72. I was glad to have seen him.

73. Taking her handbag and leaving by the rear door she goes out to her husband who was waiting in the carriage.

74. I told him that a stitch in time saved nine.

75. Can you imagine him playing football?

76. The man's record was damned by these kind of remarks.

77. On the piazza was sitting three or four young people who we could see clearly in the moonlight.

78. I never walk in the park without I stop for a little while to feed the squirrels.

79. He don't seem to like to bring his books home.

80. You speak like he does when you try to hurriedly make a

speech.

81. If you had been running like we had all this distance, they wouldn't have given you so much work to do.

82. There are times in the experiences of each of us when they simply cannot settle down to study.

83. I am one of those people who loves to travel but I cannot tell about what I've seen.

84. He had said before that he was glad to have seen us and had also spoke of his works.

85. The crowd were already settling itself to hear a good speech. 86. He said it should be divided between you and I and that we

will enjoy it very much, he hopes.

87. Our school paper has the largest sale of any paper in the city. 88. The junior and senior year are the hardest in the course. 89. He thinks that what he don't know aint worth knowing. 90. Each of them were to go to the secretary and treasurer and as they lived a long distance apart it would take them a long time.

91. Three new officers were elected last night by our club, a president, secretary and treasurer.

92. Was it John or the draught of wind who threw my papers on the floor.

93. The teacher gave good marks to those whom he thought deserved them.

94. What are you and I talking about.

95. When everybody has done their work we will be dismissed. 96. My home is in a different direction than yours.

97. We should have nothing farther to say on this subject, without we wish to again quarrel.

98. Do try and come over in time for lunch.

99. Neither John or Bill were in their places.

100. Whoever you take me to be will make no difference in my

attitude toward you.

INDEX

Apostrophe, figure, 522; punctua- Breach of Etiquette, story by EGGLES-

Business letters, 458, 466, 467.
Business transactions, 475.

Cæsura, the, 534.

C

Completeness in exposition, 198.
Complex sentence, the, 54; rela-
tionships in, 56; use of, 55.
Composition, defined, 1; desire for,
2; kinds of, 24, 189; necessity for,
2; oral, 1; written, 1.

Caleb West, Master Diver, quoted, Composition thought, the, 125.
320.

CALHOUN'S Liberty and Intelligence,
quoted, 258.

can, use of, 577.
Capitalization, 504.

CARLYLE, quoted, Essay on Burns,
110; Hero as Man of Letters, 110.
Case, 556; before participles, 576;
of pronouns, 566, 567.
Catalectic verse, 534.
Character, exposition of, 225.
Characters in story, 413-414.
CHATHAM'S The Right of Taxation,
quoted, 268.

Chimes,
356.

Compound sentence, the, 46-47;
need for, 46; relationships in, 47-
49.
64;

Compound-complex sentence,
use of, 65.

Conclusion, in narration, 368.
Concrete words, 164.

Conditions, exposition of, 212.
Conjugation, 559; formation of, 559-
560.
Conjunctions, classification of, 48-
49, 57-58; coördinate, 48; de-
fined, 555; errors in, 578; selec-
tion of, 82; subordinate, 57.

The, quoted, 323, 341, Connotation, defined, 155; in de-

Choice of words, 171.

Christmas Banquet, The, quoted, 192.
Chronological order, in exposition,
203; in narration, 365.
Circumstances, exposition of, 212.
Climax, for emphasis, 85; a figure
of speech, 524; in narration, 359;
in story, 410.

scription, 331.

Construction, similar, 83.
Conversation in narration, 374.
Convince, meaning of, 266.
COOPER'S Last of the Mohicans,
quoted, 336, 371.

Coördinate conjunctions, 48.
Cop and the Anthem, The, story by
O. HENRY, 440.

CLODD'S Story of Creation, quoted, Couplet, 537.
381.

Closing, in letters, participial, 451;
complimentary, 452.

Coherence, 13; in argument, 275;
in description, 326; in exposi-
tion, 205; in narration, 353; in
paragraph, 112; in sentence, 79;
in story, 410; in whole composi-
tion, 136.

Colloquialisms, 173.

Colon, the, 512.

Comma, the, 508.

CREASY'S Fifteen Decisive Battles of
the World, quoted, 327, 328, 364.
Criticism, 235; illustrated, 237.

Dactyl, the, 531.

D

DANA's Two Years Before the Mast,
quoted, 244, 325, 385.
Dash, the, 514.

DAUDET, quoted, 104.

David Copperfield, quoted, 345.

Comparison, adjectives and adverbs, Debate, kinds of, 297; form of, 298;

561-563; awkward, 570.

Comparisons, in description, 317; Declarative sentence, the, 69.

in exposition, 241.

Complements, the, 563-564.

questions for, 299.

Deduction in argument, 293.

Definition of words, 166.