spoken to--mas. gender, sing. num.
because the noun "man" is for which it stands; RULE 13 (Repeat the
Rule.)--_Thou_ is in the nominative case independent and put by
_apposition_ with _man_, because it signifies the same thing, according
to
RULE 7. _Two or more nouns, or nouns and pronouns, signifying the same
thing, are put, by apposition, in the same case_.
_Man_ is in the nominative case independent, according to Rule 5. _Flee_
agrees with _thou_ understood.
"Lo! _Newton, priest_ of Nature, shines afar,
Scans the wide world, and numbers every star."
_Newton_ is a noun, (parse it in full,) and in the nominative case to
"shines." RULE 3.
_Priest_ is a noun, (parse it in full,) and in the nom. case, it is the
actor and subject of the verb "shines," and put by apposition with
"Newton," because it signifies the same thing, agreeably to Rule 7.
(Repeat the Rule.)
EXERCISES IN PARSING.
_Turn_ from your evil ways, O house of Israel! Ye fields of light,
celestial plains, ye scenes divinely fair! proclaim your Maker's
wondrous power. O king! _live_ for ever. The murmur of thy streams, O
Lora, brings back the memory of the past.
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