"Weep on the rocks of roaring winds, O _maid_ of Inistore."
_Maid_ is a noun, the name of a person--- com. the name of a sort--fem.
gender, it denotes a female--second pers. spoken to--sing. num. it
implies but one--and in the nominative case independent, because it is
addressed, and has no verb to agree with it, according to
RULE 5. _When an address is made, the noun or pronoun addressed, is put
in the nominative case independent_.
"The _general_ being ransomed, the barbarians permitted him to
depart."
_General_ is a noun, the name, &c. (parse it in full:)--and in the
nominative case absolute, because it is placed before the participle
"being ransomed," and it has no verb to agree with it, agreeably to
RULE 6. _A noun or pronoun placed before a participle, and being
independent of the rest of the sentence, is in the nominative case
absolute_.
_"Thou man_ of God, flee to the land of Judah."
_Thou_ is a pronoun, a word used instead of a noun--personal, it
personates "man"--second pers. spoken to--mas. gender, sing. num.
because the noun "man" is for which it stands; RULE 13 (Repeat the
Rule.)--_Thou_ is in the nominative case independent and put by
_apposition_ with _man_, because it signifies the same thing, according
to
RULE 7. _Two or more nouns, or nouns and pronouns, signifying the same
thing, are put, by apposition, in the same case_.
_Man_ is in the nominative case independent, according to Rule 5. _Flee_
agrees with _thou_ understood.
"Lo! _Newton, priest_ of Nature, shines afar,
Scans the wide world, and numbers every star."
_Newton_ is a noun, (parse it in full,) and in the nominative case to
"shines." RULE 3.
_Priest_ is a noun, (parse it in full,) and in the nom. case, it is the
actor and subject of the verb "shines," and put by apposition with
"Newton," because it signifies the same thing, agreeably to Rule 7.
(Repeat the Rule.)