certain circumstances, were not the
most _odious_ of all wrongs and the most vexatious of all
injustice."

(1) Name each clause by giving the grammatical subject,
the verb, and the complement (if any). State the kind of
clause. Give the reasons for your statements.

(2) Parse the italicized words.

_b_ (1) Comment upon the unity of the following sentence and give
the reasons for your opinion.

"_At this moment the clang of the portal was heard, a sound at which
the stranger started, stepped hastily to the window, and looked
with an air of alarm at Ravenswood, when he saw that the gate of
the court was shut, and his domestics excluded._"

(2) In each of the sentences printed below tell whether the use of
the italicized expression is right or wrong, and give the reason
for your decision.

_p_ The congregation _was_ free to go their way.

_q_ He said that he himself and I _should_ go to-morrow, but
that you _would_ not go till next week.

_r_ Seated on an upright tombstone, close to him, was a strange
unearthly figure, _whom_, Gabriel felt at once, was no being of
this world.

_s_ _After eating a hearty dinner our carriages_ were brought
to the door.

_II Take one part only, either a or b._

_a_ "Magnanimity in politics is not seldom the truest wisdom; and a
great empire and little minds go ill together. If we are conscious
of our station, and glow with zeal to fill our places as becomes our
situation and ourselves, we ought to auspicate all our public
proceedings on America with the old warning of the church, _Sursum
corda_! We ought to elevate our minds to the greatness of that trust
to which the order of Providence has called us."

Write one paragraph or two or more connected paragraphs on
the passage given above. Let your answer show (1) the
division of Burke's speech in which this passage occurs, (2)
the relation of the idea here expressed to his plan for the
government of America, (3) the manner in which his motions
carry out this plan.

_b_ "It appears that Addison, on his death bed, called himself to
strict account, and was not at ease until he had asked pardon for an
injury which it was not even suspected that he