In parsing this prayer, you must notice that the verb let is understood at the beginning of the second, third, and fourth petitions; thus, Let thy

kingdom come. Let thy name be hallowed, &c. Our---is a pers. pron. first pers. plural num. poss. Rule X.

Let thy will, &c.
case, gov. by father.

Father-com. noun, mas. gend. second pers. sing. nom. case independent. Remark 2d, Rule X.

who---rel. pron. has father for its antecedent. Rule V, 2d part; who is nom. case to art. Rule VI, 1st part.

art---irreg. neut. verb, ind. mode, pres. tense, second pers. sing. to agree with who. Rule V, 2d part.

in---a prep. connects art and Heaven, and shows relation.

Heaven---a com. noun, no gender, third pers. sing. num. obj. case, gov. by in. Rule XVII.

Let---irregular active transitive verb, imperative mode, present tense. thy---personal pronoun, second person, singular number, possessive case, governed by kingdom. Rule X. kingdom---common noun, no gender, third person, singular number, objective case, governed by let. Rule XI.

come---irregular active intransitive verb, infinitive mode, present tense, governed by let, without the sign to. 1st Remark, Rule XII.

Let---as before.

thy---as before, governed by will. Rule X.

will---common noun, no gender, third person singular, objective case, governed by let. Rule XI.

be done---irregular passive verb, infinitive mode, present tense, governed by let, without the sign to. Rule XII, 1st Remark.

on---a preposition, connects be done and earth, show's relation. earth---common noun, no gender, third person, singular number, objective case, governed by on. Rule XVII.

as---is a conjunction, connecting the members of a comparative sentence. it---a pronnun, personating will, no gender, third person, singular number, nominative case to is done.

is done---irregular passive verb, indicative mode, present tense, third person singular, to agree with it. Rule I.

in---a preposition, connects is done and heaven, shows relation. Heaven---common noun, no gender, third person, singular number, objective case, governed by in. Rule XVII.

Give--an irregular active transitive verb, imperative mode, present tense. us---a personal pronoun, first person, plural number, objective case, governed by to understood, that is, Give to us, &c. Rule XVII. this- -a dem. adjective pronoun, points out day. Rule VIII, 2d part. day---a noun common, no gender, third person, singular number, objec tive case, governed by during understood. Rule XVII.

our---personal pronoun, first person, plural number, possessive case, governed by bread. Rule X.

daily--an adjective, qualifies bread. Rule VIII.

bread---a common noun, no gender, third person, singular number, objective case, governed by give. Rule XI.

and---a copulative conjunction, connects two members of a compound

sentence.

forgive---an irregular active transitive verb, imperative mode, present

tense.

us---a personal pronoun, &c. objective case, governed by to understood, Rule XXII.

our---as before, governed by trespasses. Rule X.

trespasses---a common noun, no gender, third person, singular number, objective case, governed by forgive. Rule XI.

as---parse it as you did before.

we---a personal pronoun, first person, plural number, nominative case to the verb forgive.

Rule I.

forgive---an irregular active transitive verb, indicative mode, present tense, first person plural, to agree with we. those---a pronoun demonstrative, stands for the noun persons, third person, plural number, objective case, governed by forgive. Rule XI. who---a relative pronoun, has those for its antecedent, masculine and feminine gender, third person, plural number. Rule V, 2d part. that who is in the nominative case to the verb trespass. Rule VI, 1st

or

part. trespass--a regular active intransitive verb, indicative mode, present tense, third person plural, to agree with who. Rule I. against---a preposition, connects trespass and us, shows relation. us---a personal pronoun, first person, plural number, objective case, gove erned by against. Rule XVII.

Lead---an irregular active transitive verb, imperative mode, present tense. us---parsed as before, objective case, governed by lead. Rule XI. not---an adverb of negation, qualifies lead. Rule XI.

into---a preposition, connects us and temptation, and shows relation. temptation--a common noun, no gender, third person, singular number, objective case, governed by into. Rule XVII.

but---a disjunctive conjunction, connects two members of a compound sentence, and marks an opposition of meaning.

deliver--a regular active transitive verb, imperative mode, present tense. us---parsed as before, governed by deliver. Rule XI

from---a preposition, connects us and evil.

evil---a common noun, no gender, third person, singular number, objec-` tive case, governed by from. Rule XVII.

bra copulative conjunction, connects two members of a sentence and

marks a cause.

thine---is a compound personal pronoun, equal to thy kingdom; thy is

second person singular, possessive case, governed by kingdom, Rule X; kingdom is nominative case after is, Note 4, Rule XI. isan irregular neuter verb, indicative mode, present tense, third person singular, to agree with kingdom. Rule I.

the-definite article, points out kingdom. Rule IX, 2d part.

kingdom---a common noun, no gender, third person, singular number, nominative case to is.

the---definite article, points out power. Rule IX, 2d part.

power-r---common noun, no gender, third person, singular number, nominative case to is, understood, or not expressed.

and---a copulative conjunction, connects two members of the sentence. the---definite article, points out glory. Rule 1X.

glory---common noun, no gender, third person, singular number, nominative case to is, not expressed.

forever and ever---an adverb of time unlimited, qualifies is. Rule XV, Amen---an adverb of affirmation, implying a desire for the accomplishment of the foregoing petitions.

The

This is the usual mode of construing the word amen. My views of the subject are different. To me it appears that amen contains an imperative sentence, and, in meaning, is equivalent to, Let it be so, or, So let it be, and that in analyzing we should construe it in this sense. subject is before you, and you are privileged to make your election. Thus my young friends, do my labors on this work come to a close. For the author's treatise on prosody and punctuation, are beyond my ability to improve and are sufficiently plain for your perusal and improvement. They are subjects well worthy your attention, indeed, if you intend to become good readers, speakers, and writers, they are indispensable; for how can you speak or read well, unless you understand accent, emphasis, pause, tone, and cadence? Or how can you write with accuracy, without understanding the use of those marks used to designate the period and its members? That part of prosody which treats of the laws of versification, will be particularly necessary to you, if you wish to read verse with propriety; or if you design to study the science of vocal music; for music is based upon the principles contained in this part of the grammar of our language. That portion of the author's work which refers to rhetoric, is omitted. Rhetoric is a science which should be studied, after you have attained a knowledge of grammar, and in a more copious treatise than could be contained in an appendix to this work. Blair's Rhetorick is abridged for the use of schools, and is a work well worthy your attention.

I will close my remarks by earnestly entreating you to peruse, with careful attention, the author's valedictory address to young students, found at the end of the work. It is a production which no person can read with attention, without being profited by its instruction; and though the heart that dictated, the head that indited, and the hand that wrote it, are now no more, yet, he being dead, yet speaketh to the youth of his native land.

Your affectionate friend,

THE REVISER.

PART 5TH.

PROSODY.

PROSODY Consists of two parts: the former teaches the true PRONUNCIATION of words, comprising ACCENT, QUANTITY, EMPHASIS, PAUSE, and TONE; and the latter,

the laws of VERSÍFICATION.

CHAPTER I.

OF PRONUNCIATION.

SECTION 1. Of Accent.

ACCENT is the laying of a peculiar stress of the Voice, on a certain letter or syllable in a word, that it may be better heard than the rest, or distinguished from them: as, in the word presume, the stress of the voice must be on the letter u, and second syllable, sume, which take the accent.

As words may be formed of a different number of syllables, from one to eight or nine, it was necessary to have some peculiar mark to distinguish words from mere syllables; otherwise speech would be only a continued succession of syllables, without conve eying ideas; for, as "ords are the marks of ideas, any confusion in the marks, must cause the same in the ideas for which they stand. It was therefore necessary, that the mind should at once perceive, what number of syllables belongs to each word, in utterance.' This might be done by a perceptible pause at the end of each word in speaking, as we formn a certain distance between them in writing and printing. But this would make discourse extremely tedious; and though it might render words distinct, would make the meaning of sentences confused. Syllables might also be sufficiently distinguished by a certain elevation or depression of voice upon one syllable of each word, which was the practice of some nations. But the English tongue has,