EXERCISE.

Parse the verbs, the infinitives, and the participles in the following

sentences:—

1. They are fond of building castles in the air.

2. On he comes, running lightly, with his hands in his pockets.

3. Searching the pile of corpses, the victors found four

Frenchmen still breathing.—_Parkman._

4. The former target was now removed, and a fresh one of the

same size placed in its room.—_Scott._

5. When summoned to surrender, he fired at one of the leading

assailants, but was instantly overpowered.—_Warburton._

6. If terror were the object of its creation, nothing could be

imagined more perfect than the devil-fish.—_Hugo._

7. Madeleine ordered a cannon to be fired, partly to deter the

enemy from an assault, and partly to warn some of the

soldiers, who were hunting at a distance.—_Parkman._

8. I am told that it is the custom to collect the sap and bring

it to the house, where are built brick arches, over which

the sap is evaporated in shallow pans.—_Warner._

9. Lives of great men all remind us

We can make our lives sublime,

And, departing, leave behind us

Footprints on the sands of time.—_Longfellow._

10. It was the schooner Hesperus,

That sailed the wintry sea;

And the skipper had taken his little daughter,

To bear him company.—_Longfellow._

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=LESSON LI.=

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