nature; and that mixture of Falsehood is like Allay in Coyne of Gold or Silver; which may make the metall worke the better, but it embaseth it."-LORD BACON. (a) Point out any old-fashioned words or spellings to be noticed in the above. (b) Give the sense of the passage in your own words. (c) Point out the adverbial and the noun sentences. (d) Parse the words in italics. (26) Give an example of a complex sentence with a principal and two subordinate sentences, one adjective and one adverbial. (27) "Lords and Commons of England! consider what nation it is, whereof ye are, and whereof ye are the governors ;-a nation not slow and dull, but of a quick, ingenious, and piercing spirit; acute to invent, subtile and sinewy to discourse, not beneath the reach of any point, the highest that human capacity can soar to."-MILTON. (a) Who are meant by the Commons of England? (b) Give the sense of the above passage in your own words. (c) Analyse it as far as the first semicolon. (d) Parse the words in italics. (e) Point out any words of Latin origin that occur in the above passage, and, where you can, give the derivation of the word. (a) The House of Commons, consisting of the representatives of the people of England, sent up to Parliament to assist in making the laws and governing the country. (6) Members of the Houses of Lords and Commons! remember what kind of nation is that to which you belong, and of which you are the rulers ;-a nation not inactive and sluggish, but naturally lively, intelligent, and discerning; prompt at expedients, penetrating and vigorous of speech, and capable of accomplishing everything, however difficult, which is not absolutely beyond the power of man to perform. (c) (An example of analysis not in the tabular form.) A. "Lords and Commons of England! consider." Principal Sentence. (1) Subject, “(Ye) Lords and Commons of England!" (2) Predicate, "consider." B. "What nation it is." Substantive sentence, subordinate to, and forming the object of, A. (1) Subject, "it." (2) Predicate, "is what nation." C. "Whereof ye are." Adjective sentence, subordinate to B, equivalent to "of which ye are,” and describing the “nation.” (1) Subject, "ye." (2) Predicate, "are whereof." D. And whereof ye are the governors." Adjective sentence, subordinate to B, and co-ordinate with C. The connecting word is the co-ordinative conjunction "and." (1) Subject, "ye." (2) Predicate, (d) Consider what nation it is whereof ye are the governors," enlarged by the adjunct" whereof." Reg. trans. verb, pres. tense, imperative mood, 2nd pers. plur., agreeing with its nom. "ye" understood. Relative pronominal adjective, qualifying “na tion." Com. noun, sing., neut., nom. after "is." The regular order is, "it is what nation." Personal pronoun used indefinitely as the nominative to the verb "is." Properly speaking "it" refers to "the nation." Irreg. intrans. verb, pres. tense, indic. mood, 3rd pers. sing., agreeing with its nom. "it." Equivalent to "of which." "Which" is a relative pronoun, in the objective case, gov. by "of," and agreeing with its antecedent "nation." Personal pronoun, 2nd pers. plur., nom. to "are." are slow, dull the highest soar to (e) Irreg. intrans. verb, pres. tense, indic. mood, 2nd Reg. intrans. verb, infinitive mood, gov. by Preposition, governing "that" (which). "To which human capacity can soar." Commons from Lat. communis, common. con, together (sedeo, I sit). natio, a nation (natus, born). guberno, I govern. ingenium, genius, intellect. spiritus, spirit (spiro, I breathe). consider nation governors ingenious spirit point subtilis, fine, subtle. discursus, running about (dis, asunder; curro, I run). punctum, a point (pungo, I prick). humanus, human (homo, a man). capax, able to contain (capio, I take). 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