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SUBJE CT.

[Par. 7.

The Conjunctions "and," "but," "for," "then,"
" so," " therefore," &c. need not be repeated.
EXERCISE I. (SPECIMEN).
Find out the Subjects of the italicized Verbs in
the following Exercise:1 -
Once upon a time there * lived 2 a mighty king whose * name
was Xerxes, and he reigned over Persia. Does every
boy know where Persia is? If you do not know, look
it out in the Map. Though he was king of the Persians,
and reigned over almost all the nations of the East, yet
he was not satisfied with this; nothing but the whole
world could satisfy him. So, learning that a little
nation lived not far from him, on the other side of
the 2Egean sea, and had not yet submitted to him, the
king determined to conquer it. This nation, whicl
consisted of several independent cities -Athens, Sparta,
Thebes, and many others - was called altogether, by the
name of " Greeks." All the Greeks together, when they
mustered all their fighting men, did not amount to a
hundred thousand, while Xerxes was obeyed by more*
than a million of soldiers. Besides, the Greeks were
often divided against themselves, one city fighting against
another, so that they seemed to have no chance against
the Great King —for this was the name by which tho
King of Persia was known.
Xerxes did not believe for a moment that the Greeks, few
and divided as * they were, would resist him. So before
1 In this Exercise, and in those that follow, the Pupil may be
asked to point out Nouns, Verbs, Adverbs, &c. But in that case,
words marked thus * should be omitted.
2 The term " Subject" includes not merely the Noun that answers to the question " Who? " or " What? " before the Verb, but
also all Adjectives or Adjective Phrases put to the Noun; e.g. " a
mighty king' is the Slubject of "livedl;" " King" may be called
the "Noun part of the Subject," or the "Noun Subject."