The bat is nocturnal in ---- habits.
11. The dog is faithful to ---- master.
12. The child was unconscious of ---- danger.
13. The fox is noted for ---- cunning.
14. Belgium's capital had gathered then ---- beauty and ---- chivalry.
15. Despair extends ---- raven wing.
16. Life mocks the idle hate of ---- arch-enemy, Death.
17. Spring comes forth ---- work of gladness to contrive.
18. Truth is fearless, yet ---- is meek and modest.
+Direction+.--_Write sentences in which the things named below shall be
personified by means of masculine pronouns_:--
Death, time, winter, war, sun, river, wind.
+Direction+.--Write sentences in which the things named below shall be
personified by means of feminine pronouns:--
Ship, moon, earth, spring, virtue, nature, night, England.
+Caution+.--Avoid changing the gender of the pronoun when referring to the
same antecedent.
+Direction+.--_Correct these errors_:--
1. The polar bear is comparatively rare in menageries, as it suffers so
much from the heat that he is not easily preserved in confinement.
2. The cat, when it comes to the light, contracts and elongates the pupil
of her eye.
3. Summer clothes herself in green, and decks itself with flowers.
4. War leaves his victim on the field, and homes desolated by it mourn over
her cruelty.
Pages:
299
300
301
302
303
304
305
306
307
308
309
310
311
312
313
314
315
316
317
318
319
320
321
322
323