Viresque, et addis cornua pauperi, Post te nec iratos tremiscit Regum apices, neque militum arma.-HOR. The Anger of Achilles. Iracunda diem profert Ilio Matronisque Phrygum classis' Achillei, Post certas hiemes urit Achaicus Morning. Patefacit rutilo ab ortu Purpureas Aurora fores, et plena rosarum Archery. Hyrtacidæ juvenis volucres diverberat auras The Fate of Paris. Nequidquam Veneris præsidio ferox Pectis cæsariem, grataque feminis Imbelli cithara carmina dividis, 1 Iracunda classis, i.e. the anger of the fleet. 2 Dividis, distribute, dispense. Nequidquam thalamo graves Hastas et calami spicula Gnosii Vitas.-HOR. Morning. Pallida surgit, Et croceum linquit Tithoni' Aurora cubile.-VIRG. Priam's Tomb. Priami Paridisque busto Insultat armentum, et catulos feræ Celant inultæ.-HOR. Sin and Virtue. Oderunt peccata boni, virtutis amore, HOR. The auxiliary Verb 'Sum' and its Tenses can be joined to any Adjective or Noun with no proper sense of its own, but only with the effect of making such Adjective or Noun stand as a Predicate; as, "The way is steep,'Ardua est via.' The Verb in this construction is often omitted, when it does not occur at the introduction of a new subject. 1 Tithonus, son of Laomedon, king of Troy, and beloved by Aurora. The Sun's Course. Ardua prima via est, medio est altissima cœlo, Ultima prona via est, et eget moderamine certo. OVID. Proserpine. Perpetuum ver est, illo Proserpina luco Ludit, et aut violas aut candida lilia carpit.-OVID. A Landscape. Hic ver purpureum, varios hic flumina circum Fundit humus flores, hic candida populus antro Imminet, et lentæ texunt umbracula vites.-VIRG. 1 A Lover's Comparisons. Triste lupus stabulis, maturis frugibus imbres', Arboribus venti', nobis Amaryllidis iræ 1. Dulce satis humor, lascivis arbutus hædis, 1 A sing. neuter adjective is sometimes put in apposition to the subject or subjects, not agreeing with them but with the substantive 'thing' understood. Thus in English, Wolves are a sad thing, &c. In Latin, Triste lupus, imbres, venti, iræ, &c. Phyllis amat corulos, Nec myrtus vincit corulos, nec laurea Phobi. Fraxinus in silvis pulcherrima, pinus in hortis, Populus in fluviis, abies in montibus altis.-VIRG. A Fountain. Perspicuus liquor est, stagni tamen ultima vivo A Poet's Boast. Ab Jove principium Muse, Jovis omnia plena, The Verb Sum' and its tenses in its original sense denotes 'existence,' and is therefore called the Verb Substantive, or Verb of Existence;' and when thus used stands by itself as the Predicate, as, 'There is a valley.' A shady Valley. Est vallis piceis et acuta densa cupressu, Est procul in pelago saxum. OVID. An Arbour. Est specus in medio, virgis et vimine densus.— A Fountain. Est fons illimis, nitidis argenteus undis. The way to Tartarus. Est via declivis, funesta nubila taxo, OVID. Ducit ad infernas per muta silentia sedes.—OVID. Niobe changed to a Stone. In vultu color est sine sanguine, lumina mœstis Stant genis, nihil est in imagine vivi.-OVID. Est locus extremis Scythiæ glacialis in oris.—Ovid. Sunt verba et voces, hujus lenimina curæ.—HOR. A verb is said to be in a Tense, when its form denotes the Time of the action spoken of. All the tenses hitherto used have denoted Present time. The Perfect Tense denotes that the action is Past. The Perfect Tense is sometimes used as a Present, when it denotes a past action the result of |