fluous. That life was a noble Christian epic, inspired 5 with one great purpose from its commencement to its (lose the stream flowing ever from one fountain with expanding fullness, but retaining all its original purity. In person, Orange was above the middle height, perfectly well made and sinewy, but rather spare than 10 stout. His eyes, hair, beard, and complexion were brown. His head was small, symmetrically shaped, combining the alertness and compactness characteristic of the soldier with the capacious brow furrowed prematurely with the horizontal lines of thought denoting the 15 statesman and the sage. His physical appearance was, therefore, in harmony with his organization, which was of antique model. Of his moral qualities, the most prominent was his piety. He was, more than anything else, a religious man. From his trust in God he ever 20 derived support and consolation in the darkest hours. Implicitly relying upon Almighty Wisdom and Goodness, he looked danger in the face with a constant smile, and endured incessant labors and trials with a serenity which seemed more than human. While, however, his 25 soul was full of piety, it was tolerant of error. Sincerely and deliberately himself a convert to the Reformed Church, he was ready to extend freedom of worship to Catholics on one hand and to Anabaptists on the other; ANALYSIS.-6. Point out the figure in the line. 9. above the middle height. What kind of phrase? 14. furrowed. What figure? 15. denoting, etc. What does the phrase modify? 17. in harmony, etc. What kind of phrase? 19. What are the modifiers of prominent? 20. Parse else. 20 21. Rewrite the sentence. 22 Point out the figure in the line. 25 Dispose of more than. 26, 27. Sincerely and deliberately. What do these words modify? for no man ever felt more keenly than he that the re- 30 former who becomes in his turn a bigot is doubly odious. His firmness was allied to his piety. His constancy in bearing the whole weight of a struggle as unequal as men have ever undertaken was the theme of admiration even to his enemies. The rock in the ocean, “tran- 35 quil amid raging billows," was the favorite emblem by which his friends expressed their sense of his firmness. From the time when, as a hostage in France, he first discovered the plan of Philip to plant the Inquisition in the Netherlands, up to the last moment of his life, 40 he never faltered in his determination to resist that iniquitous scheme. This resistance was the labor of his life. To exclude the Inquisition, to maintain the ancient liberties of his country, was the task which he appointed to himself when a youth of three-and-twenty. 45 Never speaking a word concerning a heavenly mission, never deluding himself or others with the usual phraseology of enthusiasts, he accomplished the task through danger, amid toils, and with sacrifices such as few men have ever been able to make on their country's altar; 50 for the disinterested benevolence of the man was as prominent as his fortitude. A prince of high rank and with royal revenues, he stripped himself of station, wealth, almost, at times, of the common necessaries of life, and became, in his coun- 55 try's cause, nearly a beggar as well as an outlaw. Nor ANALYSIS.-30. What is the object of felt! 35. What is the force of even? 38. Dispose of when. 39. Give a synonym for plant. What was the Inquisition! 46-52. Analyze this paragraph. 53. What are the modifiers of he? 56. What does nearly modify? What is the force of Nor? was he forced into his career by an accidental impulse from which there was no recovery. Retreat was ever open to him. Not only pardon, but advancement, was urged upon him again and again. Officially and pri- 60 vately, directly and circuitously, his confiscated estates, together with indefinite and boundless favors in addition, were offered to him on every great occasion. On the arrival of Don John, at the Breda negotiations, at the Cologne conferences, we have seen how calmly these 65 offers were waived aside, as if their rejection was so simple that it hardly required many words for its signification; yet he had mortgaged his estates so deeply that his heirs hesitated at accepting their inheritance, for fear it should involve them in debt. Ten years after 7. his death the account between his executors and his brother John amounted to one million four hundred thousand florins due to the count, secured by various pledges of real and personal property; and it was finally settled upon this basis. He was, besides, largely in- 75 debted to every one of his powerful relatives; so that the payment of the encumbrances upon his estate very nearly justified the fears of his children. While on the one hand, therefore, he poured out these enormous sums like water, and firmly refused a hearing to the tempting 80 offers of the royal government, upon the other hand he ANALYSIS.-60. Dispose of again and again. 66. Name the modifiers of were waived. Parse as if. 70. should involve. Is should correctly used here? 72. Parse amounted to. line. 73 How much is a florin? 75 indebted. Parse. 76 so that. Parse. 79. Dispose of poured out. Name the complex adjective in the 80. like water. What figure! proved the disinterested nature of his services by declining, year after year, the sovereignty over the provinces, and by only accepting in the last days of his life, when refusal had become almost impossible, the limited 85 onstitutional supremacy over that portion of them which now makes the realm of his descendants. He lived and died, not for himself, but for his country. this poor people!" were his dying words. "God pity His intellectual faculties were various, and of the high- 90 est order. He had the exact, practical, and combining qualities which make the great commander; and his friends claimed that in military genius he was second to no captain in Europe. This was, no doubt, an exaggeration of partial attachment; but it is certain that 95 the emperor Charles had an exalted opinion of his capacity for the field. His fortification of Philippeville and Charlemont in the face of the enemy; his passage of the Meuse in Alva's sight; his unfortunate but wellordered campaign against that general; his sublime 100 plan of relief, projected and successfully directed at last from his sick bed, for the besieged city of Leyden,—will always remain monuments of his practical military skill. The supremacy of his political genius was entirely beyond question. He was the first statesman of the 105 age. The quickness of his perception was only equaled ANALYSIS.-83. Dispose of year after year. 84. Criticise the position of only. 88, 89. What is the subject of the clause? Give the mode of pity. 90, 91. of the highest order. What kind of phrase? 95, 96. it is certain, etc. What is in apposition with it? 97. Give a synonym for capacity as here used. 97-103. Analyze the sentence. 104. What does entirely modify? 105. beyond question. What kind of phrase? 106. Criticise the position of only. by the caution which enabled him to mature the results of his observations. His knowledge of human nature was profound. He governed the passions and sentiments of a great nation as if they had been but the 110 keys and chords of one vast instrument; and his hand rarely failed to evoke harmony even out of the wildest storms. The turbulent city of Ghent, which could obey no other master, which even the haughty emperor could only crush without controlling, was ever responsive to 115 the master-hand of Orange. His presence scared away Imbize and his bat-like crew, confounded the schemes of John Casimir, frustrated the wiles of Prince Chimay; and, while he lived, Ghent was what it ought always to have remained the bulwark, as it had been the cradle, 120 of popular liberty. After his death it became its tomb. Ghent, saved thrice by the policy, the eloquence, the self-sacrifices of Orange, fell, within three months of his murder, into the hands of Parma. The loss of this most important city, followed in the next year by the 125 downfall of Antwerp, sealed the fate of the Southern Netherlands. Had the prince lived, how different might have been the country's fate! If seven provinces could dilate in so brief a space into the powerful commonwealth which the republic soon became, what might not 130 have been achieved by the united seventeen ?—a confederacy which would have united the adamantine vigor of ANALYSIS.-110. Parse but. 112-114. Explain the force of even in each line. 116. What figure in the line? 120. What is the attribute in this clause? 121. Give the antecedents of it and its. 122-124. Analyze the clause. 127, 128. Point out the principal and the subordinate clause 131. In what case is confederacy? 132. adamantine vigor. What figure? |