Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-03-13
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is T0ind is that men have sailed
around it. Another is that when
sailors arc at sea, when they see n
ship coming, the first part of it they
sec is the top of the mast The
third is, that when the earth gets
between tho sun and moon it makes
an eclipse.
4. The continents are Asia, Africa,
South America, North America,
Europe, and Australia.
S. The Eastern part Of North
America is level and the Western
part is mountainous.
6. The highest mountain in North
America is st. Elias.
7. Mahogany grows i'll Brazil, in
South America.
8. The principle divisions of the
West Indies are Cuba, Hayti, Jai-
maca, Porto Rica.
9. The principle productions Of
the West Indies are the yam, plan
tain, and the banana.
10. The five largest cities of the
United States are New York, Phila-
delphia, Brooklyn, Chicago, and
Boston.
II. The center of population is
found near the mouth of the Ohio
River.
12. The richest silver mines arc
found in Colorado.
13. Rivers are essential to the
drainage Of a country and commerce.
ID. The four kinds of sentences
are declarativc: Suffer not your
selves to be betrayed without kiss.
Intcrrogative: Did you sec the man
strike the boy? Imperative: Go
tell Jumcs his father said TO come
home. ENclamatory: Did you see
the boy fall while walking from the
house to the road !
Is. The direct is the thing acted
upon.
1G. A logical subject is subject
with its modiicrs: The beautiful
temple Of Solomon was destroyed.
II. A pronoun is word used for
Or instead of noun.
1S. The objective complement
compliments the predicate and be-
longs to the object.
10. An infnitivc is a form Of the
verb that names the action or being
in a general way, without asserting
it of anything.
20. 1t is changing the first of the
sentence to the middle or latter part.
81. You is the subjc understood;
tell is the predicate; soul is the OBJ
jcct; me and my are modificrs and are
understood to connect the rest of
the sentence; the subject is under
stood; | can be is the predicate;
death is the object; this is modi-
fer.
22. You is understood as the sub
ject; venture is the Predicate; to be
wise is the object.
23. lie is the subject; gave is the
predicate; letter is the object; and
me are moditicrs; letter to read is an
infnitivc.
"a. You is understood; come is the
predicate; here is the object.
25. is the subject; have said is
the predicate; what connects the
two parts Of the sentence; | is the
subject; have said is the predicate.
26. Niece, hcrocss, baroness, benc.
factrcss, maidscrvant.
27. John is good boy; James is
better one; but Robert is the best of
the three.
%. Present red; imperfect read;
perfect participlc read; bid, badc or
bidden; badc or biIdcn; drink,
drank or drunk; chidc, chodc or
chiddcn; skin, skin or skinned; hang,
hanged, hanged; lay, laid, lain, lie,
lay, lain; work, wroughcd or worked,
wroughcd or worked.
20. Government is the art Of hay
ing power or ruling over State or
country.
SO. An agreement is contract
made between two or moro persons.
81. 1t is time we were gone.
32. Every one must Judge their
own feelings.
33. A par Of new gloves was
bought by her,
81. Now remember this is between
you and myself.
35. Lay down and rest.
sc. There is used as a subject in
the first Of the sentence and in the
latter part Of the sentence it is used
as an advcrb.
81. Till it com back is used as
the subject.