he representative of a _distinct_, idea. A word which denotes a
distinct conception of the mind, must necessarily belong to some other
part of speech. They who wish to speak often, or rather, to make
_noises_, when they have no useful information to communicate, are apt
to use words very freely in this way; such as the following expressions,
_la, la me, my, O my, O dear, dear me, surprising, astonishing_, and the
like.

Interjections not included in the following list, are generally known by
their taking an exclamation point after them.

A LIST OF THE PRINCIPAL INTERJECTIONS.

1. Of _earnestness_ or _grief_; as, O! oh! ah! alas!
2. _Contempt;_ as, Pish! tush!
3. _Wonder;_ as, Heigh! really! strange!
4. _Calling;_ as, Hem! ho! halloo!
5. _Disgust_ or _aversion;_ as, Foh! fy! fudge! away!
6. _Attention_; as, Lo! behold! hark!
7. _Requesting silence_; as, Hush! hist!
8. _Salutation_; as, Welcome! hail! all hail!

NOTE. We frequently meet with what some call an _interjective
phrase_; such as, Ungrateful wretch! impudence of hope! folly in the
extreme! what ingratitude! away with him!

As the interjection is the least important part of speech in the English
language, it will require but little attention. You may, however, make
yourself well acquainted with what has been said respecting it, and then
commit the

SYSTEMATIC ORDER OF PARSING.

_The order of parsing an_ INTERJECTION, is--an interjection, and
why?

"O virtue! how amiable thou art!"

_O_ is an interjection, a word used to express some passion or emotion
of the speaker.

The ten parts of speech have now been unfolded and elucidated, although
some of them have not been fully explained. Before you proceed any
farther, you will please to begin again at the first lecture, and read
over, attentively, the whole, observing to parse every example in the
exercises systematically. You will then be able to parse the following
exercises, which contain all the parts of speech. If you study
faithfully _six_ hours in a day, and pursue the directions given, you
may become, if not a critical, at least, a good, practical grammarian,
in _six weeks_; but if you study only _three_ hours in a day, it will
take you nearly _three months_ to acquire the same knowledge.

EXERCISES IN PARSING.

True cheerfulness makes a man happy in himself, and promotes the
happiness of all around him.

Modesty always appears graceful in youth: it doubles the lustre of eve