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UNDER RULE III.&mdash;OF EXCLAMATORY QUESTIONS.
With what transports of joy shall I be received In what honour in what delightful repose shall I pass the remainder of my life What immortal glory shall I have acquired" Hooke's Roman History.  "How often have I loiter'd o'er thy green Where humble happiness endear'd each scene"

IV.&mdash;THE CURVES.
Copy the following sentences, and insert rightly the, or , and such other points as are necessary.

UNDER RULE I.&mdash;OF THE PARENTHESIS.
"And all the question wrangle e'er so long   Is only this If God has plac'd him wrong"

"And who what God foretells who speaks in things   Still louder than in words shall dare deny"

UNDER RULE II.&mdash;OF INCLUDED POINTS.
"Say was it virtue more though Heav'n ne'er gave   Lamented Digby sunk thee to the grave"

"Where is that thrift that avarice of time   O glorious avarice thought of death inspires"

"And oh the last last what can words express   Thought reach the last last silence of a friend"

EXERCISE VI.&mdash;PUNCTUATION.
Copy the following and insert the points which they require.

"As one of them opened his sack he espied his money" "They cried out the more exceedingly Crucify him" "The soldiers' counsel was to kill the prisoners" "Great injury these vermin mice and rats do in the field" "It is my son's coat an evil beast hath devoured him" "Peace of all worldly blessings is the most valuable" "By this time the very foundation was removed" "The only words he uttered were I am a Roman citizen" "Some distress either felt or feared gnaws like a worm" "How then must I determine Have I no interest If I have not I am stationed here to no purpose" Harris "In the fire the destruction was so swift sudden vast and miserable as to have no parallel in story" "Dionysius the tyrant of Sicily was far from being happy" "I ask now Verres what thou hast to advance" "Excess began and sloth sustains the trade" "Fame can never reconcile a man to a death bed" "They that sail on the sea tell of the danger" "Be doers of the word and not hearers only" "The storms of wintry time will quickly pass" "Here Hope that smiling angel stands" "Disguise I see thou art a wickedness" "There are no tricks in plain and simple faith" "True love strikes root in reason passion's foe" "Two gods divide them all Pleasure and Gain" "I am satisfied My son has done his duty" "Remember Almet the vision which thou hast seen" "I beheld an enclosure beautiful as the gardens of paradise" "The knowledge which I have received I will communicate" "But I am not yet happy and therefore I despair" "Wretched mortals said I to what purpose are you busy" "Bad as the world is respect is always paid to virtue" "In a word he views men as the clear sunshine of charity" "This being the case I am astonished and amazed" "These men approached him and saluted him king" "Excellent and obliging sages these undoubtedly" "Yet at the same time the man himself undergoes a change" "One constant effect of idleness is to nourish the passions" "You heroes regard nothing but glory" "Take care lest while you strive to reach the top you fall" "Proud and presumptuous they can brook no opposition" "Nay some awe of religion may still subsist" "Then said he Lo I come to do thy will O God" Bible "As for me behold I am in your hand" Ib. "Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him saith the Lord" Jer xxiii 24 "Now I Paul myself beseech you" "Now for a recompense in the same I speak as unto my children be ye also enlarged" 2 Cor vi 13 "He who lives always in public cannot live to his own soul whereas he who retires remains calm" "Therefore behold I even I will utterly forget you" "This text speaks only of those to whom it speaks" "Yea he warmeth himself and saith Aha I am warm" "King Agrippa believest thou the prophets"

EXERCISE VII.&mdash;PUNCTUATION.
Copy the following, and insert the points which they require. To whom can riches give repute or trust Content or pleasure but the good and just Pope

To him no high no low no great no small He fills he bounds connects and equals all Id

Reasons whole pleasure all the joys of sense Lie in three words health peace and competence Id

Not so for once indulged they sweep the main Deaf to the call or hearing hear in vain Anon

Say will the falcon stooping from above Smit with her varying plumage spare the dove Pope