Form the possessive case, singular and plural, of the following nouns:—

hat, horse, mother, lady,

knife, child, servant, grocer,

friend, fox, father-in-law, country,

deer, artist, prince, mouse.

_Note._—Possession is sometimes expressed by the objective case

with the preposition _of_; as, The eyes of children are bright,

for children’s eyes are bright.

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=LESSON XIX.=