done, and shall do, to the
don in the worthnes of God, and ure | honor of God, and our allegiance,
treowthe, for the freme of the | for the good of the land, etc.
loande, etc. |

Anglo-Saxon Element in Modern English.

That the young student may be made aware of the extent of the employment of
Anglo-Saxon in our present language, and that he may have some clue to
direct him to a knowledge of the Saxon words, the following extracts,
embracing a great proportion of these words, are submitted to his
attention. The words not Teutonic are marked in _Italics_.

MILTON.

Of man's first _disobedience_, and the _fruit_
Of that forbidden tree, whose _mortal taste_
Brought death into the world, and all our woe,
With loss of _Eden_, till one greater man
_Restore_ us and _regain_ the blissful seat--
Sing, heavenly _Muse_.

With thee _conversing_, I forget all time,
All _seasons_, and their _change_; all _please_ alike.
Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet,
With _charm_ of earliest birds; _pleasant_ the sun
When first on this _delightful_ land he spreads
His _orient_ beams on _herb_, tree, _fruit_, and _flower_,
Glistering with dew; _fragrant_ the _fertile_ earth,
After soft showers; and sweet the coming on
Of _grateful_ evening mild; then _silent_ night
With this her _solemn_ bird, and this fair moon,
And these the _gems_ of heaven, her starry _train_.

SHAKESPEARE.

To be, or not to be, that is the _question_;
Whether 't is _nobler_ in the mind to _suffer_
The stings and arrows of _outrageous fortune_,
Or to take _arms_ against a sea of _troubles_,
And, by _opposing_, end them? To die, to sleep;
No more;--and by a sleep to say we end
The heart_ache_ and the thousand _natural_ shocks
That flesh is _heir_ to! 't were a _consummation_
_Devoutly_ to be wished. To die; to sleep;
To sleep?--_perchance_ to dream!

All the world's a _stage_,
And all the men and women _merely_ players.
They have their _exits_ and their _entrances_,
And one man in his time plays many _parts_;
His _acts_ being seven _ages_. At first the _infant_,
Mewling and puking in his _nurse's arms_.
And then the whining _school_-boy, with his _satchel_
And shining morning _face_, creeping like snail
Unwillingly to _school_. And then the lover,
Sighing like _furnace_, with a woeful _ballad_
Made to his _mistress'_ eyebrow. Then a