EXERCISE 11.

1. The dog is wagging the dog's tail; the dog is in good humour. 2. The fox now came out of the fox's hole cautiously. 3. The eagle has the eagle's home on the very top of the cliffs. 4. The elephant defended the elephant with the elephant's trunk. 5. Do you see the tiger? The tiger is just entering the forest. 6. The horse knows the horse's master's voice. The horse's master treats the horse kindly. 7. The stag saw the stag's reflection in the clear water, and admired the stag, S. Poor dog, the dog was faithful and kind. 9. The lark has left the lark's nest.

He for names of Personified Individuals.

16. Look at the sun; the sun is just rising.' We do not repeat the sun'; we say rising,' treating the sun as a person.

EXERCISE 12.

he is just

1. Grim-visaged war hath smoothed grim-visaged war's wrinkled front. 2. The furious river struggled hard and tossed the furious river's tawny mane. 3. Confusion now hath made confusion's masterpiece. 4. There Death keeps Death's court. 5. Time rolls Time's ceaseless course. 6. Ben-an heaves high Ben-an's forehead bare.

7. Tired Nature's sweet restorer, balmy Sleep,

Sleep, like the world, Sleep's ready visit pays

Where fortune smiles; the wretched Sleep forsakes.

The feminine pronoun she for names of Persons.

17. The Queen resolved that the Queen would make the Queen popular by the Queen's earliest acts.' Avoiding the repetition of the noun, we say: 'The Queen resolved that she would make herself popular by her earliest acts.'

EXERCISE 13.

1. Mary is glad that Mary is at the top of Mary's class. 2. Lady Macbeth walked in Lady Macbeth's sleep. Lady Macbeth's conscience troubled Lady Macbeth. 3 The sailor's wife shrinks

as the sailor's wife hears the wind blow. 4. The mother wondered within the mother at the strength that seemed to be come upon the mother; for the mother scarcely felt the weight of the mother's boy. 5. Boadicea avenged Boadicea's and Boadicea's country's wrongs by a great slaughter of the Romans. 6. The minstrel's

songs half beguiled the lady of the lady's cares, and soothed the lady into smiles. 7. The maiden paused, as if again the maiden thought to catch the distant strain.

8. A Chieftain's daughter seemed the maid;

The maid's satin snood, the maid's silken plaid,
The maid's golden brooch such birth betrayed.

The demonstrative pronoun she for names of Animals. 18. I hear the owl; the owl is calling to the owl's mate; listen to the owl. More simply thus: 'I hear the owl; she is calling to her mate; listen to her!?'

EXERCISE 14.

1. The hen gathers the hen's chickens under the hen's wings. 2. The boys tried to catch the wild duck when the wild duck was on the wild duck's nest. 3. The black cow bruised the black cow's leg as the black cow came out of the park. 4. The lioness defended the lioness and the lioness's cubs fiercely, and at last the lioness carried them off safely. 5. The tigress would not give up the tigress's prey. 6. The ewe had the ewe's lambs taken from the

ewe. 7. The brown mare is to be sold; the brown mare is strong,
and does the brown mare's work quietly. 8. The roe ran swiftly;
the roe escaped from the roe's pursuers. 9. The nightingale did
not go to the nightingale's nest; the nightingale sang all night.
10. All unawares the bird, when the bird did find

The bird so decked, the bird's nimble wings displayed,
And flew away as lightly as the wind.

She for names of Personified Individuals.

19. The moon is up, but the moon is behind a cloud.' Otherwise: she is behind a cloud.'

EXERCISE 15.

1. Now France displays France's bright domain. 2. Yonder is a little boat, with a light at the little boat's mast-head. 3. Melancholy marked him for Melancholy's own. 4. Knowledge unrolls Knowledge's ample page. 5. The sea yawned around the ship like a hell, and down the ship sucked with the ship the whirling wave. 6. Stern o'er each bosom Reason holds Reason's state. 7. Wisdom crieth without; Wisdom uttereth Wisdom's voice in the streets. 8. Twilight grey had in Twilight's sober livery all things clad. 9. The moon is in the moon's summer glow. 10. The church understands that the church would be behind the age if the church failed to take the church's proper position in this movement.

The neuter pronoun it for names of Lifeless Objects.

20. The boat leaves the boat's track behind the boat.' We say 'The boat leaves its track behind it'; the repetition of the boat' being clumsy and needless.

EXERCISE 16.

1. Take the book and read the book. 2. The mountain is very high; the mountain's summit is always covered with snow. 3. The brook is so rapid that there is danger in crossing the brook. 4. The house will be let, if the house be not sold. 5. The tree is very old; the tree shall not be cut down. 6. Nelson's heart was as humane as Nelson's heart was fearless. 7. If the bridge cannot be defended, the bridge will be destroyed. 8. Hear instruction, and refuse not instruction. 9. The castle would have stood many centuries yet, if the castle had been left alone; but some farmers undermined the castle for the sake of the castle's stones. 10. Shall the axe boast the axe against him that heweth with the axe?

It for names of Inferior Persons and Animals. 21. 'Where is the child? Have you seen the child?' Or- Have you seen it?'

'The boy chased a mouse, and killed the mouse' -or 'killed it.'

EXERCISE 17.

1. Jane took the baby and carried the baby out. 2. The child cried for the child's toys. 3. The infant cannot care for the infant; the infant is quite helpless. 4. The kitten amused the kitten with a ball. 5. The dog is lame; the dog has got the dog's leg hurt. 6. The albatross is a beautiful bird. During a storm the albatross seems to enjoy the albatross very much. 7. The limpet's tongue is nearly twice as long as the limpet's body. 8. The spider hung by a rope so fine that the king did not think the spider would get back to the spider's cobweb. 9. We watched the fox, and killed the fox as the fox was carrying off the fox's

prey.

10. Above in the wind was the swallow,

Chasing the swallow at the swallow's own wild will.

The plural pronoun they for names of Persons.

22. The soldiers distinguished the soldiers by the soldiers' bravery, as the soldiers always do.' Instead of mentioning the soldiers' so often, we say 'The

soldiers distinguished themselves by their bravery, as they always do.'

The duke and the duchess arrived sooner than the-duke-and-the-duchess were expected.' For theduke-and-the-duchess' say 'they': 'sooner than they were expected.'

'The messengers found the messengers in great danger''The messengers found themselves in great danger.'

EXERCISE 18.

1. The sailors had to take to the sailors' boats in order to save the sailors. 2. One great excellency in this tribe is this tribe's skill at prognostics, wherein this tribe seldom fail. 3. These little great men fancy these little great men walking forward to immortality, and desire the crowd behind these little great men to look on. The crowd takes these little great men at these little great men's word. 4. The shepherds wrapped the shepherds in the shepherds' mantles. 5. Away he goes, and acquaints his wife with every circumstance of his and his wife's good fortune. On returning to the place where he had been digging, he and his wife found, not the expected treasure, but the mill, his and his wife's only support, undermined and fallen. 6. The children are as heaven made the children,--handsome enough, if the children be good enough. 7. My daughters still showed that my daughters were secretly attached to all my daughters' former finery, 8. The ministers submitted to extortion because the ministers could not help the ministers. 9. Your brother and his friend will be here presently; but your brother and his friend mut not know that I am so near your brother and his friend.

The demonstrative pronoun they for names of Animals.

23. The king's men may lead the king's horses to the water, but the king himself can't make the king's horses drink.' That is can't make them

drink.'

EXERCISE 19.

1. Thither the terrified elephants betook the terrified elephants, followed by the yells and racket of the terrified elephants' pursuers. 2. The wild asses quench the wild asses' thirst (or, the thirst of the wild asses) at the spring. 3. For her the flocks refuse the flocks' verdant food. 4. When the farmer catches foxes, he kills those foxes. 5. Dogs love dogs' masters. 6. Birds build skilfully nests for birds and birds' family. 7. Woodpeckers feed

on insects in the rotten parts of trees. Woodpeckers have a sharp beak, by which woodpeckers pierce the wood. 8. Whales throw

up whales' tails when whales descend.

9. Let the sheep alone, and the sheep 'll come home,
And bring the sheep's tails behind the sheep.

They for names of Lifeless Objects.

24. These houses are older than these houses seem; nobody lives in these houses now.' In order not to repeat the noun, we should say: These houses are older than they seem; nobody lives in them now.'

EXERCISE 20.

1. If you have put the wild waters in this roar, allay the wild waters. 2. The trees are too close; the trees must be thinned. 3. The rivers bear the rivers' tribute to the sea. 4. I have lost my keys, and I cannot find my keys. 5. He has read the books without understanding the books; the books are difficult. 6. Firearms are dangerous, if firearms are handled by one that is not familiar with firearms. 7. I have bought a carriage and horses; I will show you the carriage and the horses presently. 8. Bring paper, ink, and a pen, and place the paper, the ink, and the pen on the table. 9. All the silver, and gold, and vessels of brass and iron, are consecrated; all the silver, and gold, and vessels of brass and iron shall come into the sacred treasury.

Substitution of this, these.

25. Though a soldier, and the bravest of soldiers he is not a soldier alone.' Or we may write-' he is not this alone.'

'Torments are dreadful, and torments no man can endure.' If we do not want to repeat 'torments,' we may substitute 'these':-Torments are dreadful, and these no man can endure.'

EXERCISE 21.

1. It is affection alone that can rouse her into passion; but under the influence of affection, she forgets all weakness and fear. 2. His knowledge has been gathered chiefly from his own experience, and his own experience is bounded by his native mountains. 3. Arabia and all the princes of Kedar, they occupied with thee in lambs and rams and goats; in lambs and rams and goats were they thy merchants. 4. He loved men, and did not affect to