2. The Emperor Nero was a cruel tyrant.
3. Peter's wife's mother lay sick of a fever.

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4. An ostrich outruns an Arab's horse.
5. His pretty little nephew Arthur had the best claim to the throne.
6. Milton, the great English poet, became blind.
7. Caesar gave his daughter Julia in marriage to Pompey.
8. London, the capital of England, is the largest and richest city in the
world.
9. Joseph, Jacob's favorite son, was sold by his brethren to the
Ishmaelites.
10. Alexander the Great [Footnote: _Alexander the Great_ may be taken as
one name, or _Great_ may be called an explanatory modifier of
_Alexander_.] was educated under the celebrated philosopher Aristotle.
11. Friends tie their purses with a spider's thread.
12. Caesar married Cornelia, the daughter of Cinna.
13. His fate, alas! was deplorable.
14. Love rules his kingdom without a sword.




LESSON 54.

SENTENCE-BUILDING.