If I must speak the schoolmaster's language, I will confess that character comes of this infinitive mood, [Greek: charassen], which signifies to engrave, or make a deep impression.

"were is a neuter verb, of the indicative mood, imperfect tense.

"There is, indeed, one form of orthography which is a kin to the subjunctive mood of the Latin tongue.

[Footnote 2: 'let,' imperative mood.]

When he commands, ancient hatreds perish, and angry moods, be they old or new, give place to his fires; and lastly, his sway has such far-reaching influence that even stepmothers become gracious to their stepchildren, a thing which it is a marvel to behold.

The Indicative mood is that form of the verb, which simply indicates or declares a thing: as, I write; you know: or asks a question; as, "Do you know?""Know ye not?" The Potential mood is that form of the verb which expresses the power, liberty, possibility, or necessity, of the being, action, or passion: as, "I can walk; he may ride; we must go.

The grave and thoughtful mood of last night had gone with her slumbers.

" The swift horse galloped out of sight; in melancholy mood, The knight, unhorsed and helmetless, his lonely path pursued.

The next morning, Saturday, Old Heck came to the breakfast table again in a pensive mood.

Yet as the English lady went from group to group in company with Miss Lydia and T.H. Hexter's wife, her quick eyes wandered across the room to where a bright head rose a little taller than its fellows, and occasional bursts of laughter told that Johnnie was in a merry mood.

Aunt Jane was not in an especially amiable mood.

" The mob was by this time in an ugly mood and the nearer Joe and Arthur edged toward the printing office the more numerous their enemies became.

That evening in her room, Lady Mary, in a very cheerful mood, sat by a little bright unnecessary fire, with her writing-book before her, waiting till she should be sleepy.

The only mark it had left upon her was that air of womanly knowledge that clothed her like a garment even in her lightest moods.

The Moor is filled with desperate rage, for he sees the hour is fled When day by day the dazzling ray of sunlight gilds that head, And he stops to brood in desperate mood, for her alone he yearns Can aught soothe the fire of fierce desire with which his bosom burns.

The elder brother of my friend Augustus assisted me in this perplexity; pushing us all forward, as if in a playful mood, he drove us indiscriminately before him, saying, "I will make one among you to-day."

Louise gracefully assisted her cousin to draw Aunt Jane into a more genial mood, and between them they presently succeeded.

Why the bitter mood?" "I discover I am like the rest of youlike all Rome.

And perhaps this is one of the commonest subjective assurances of faith, namely, that our faith grows and declines with what we know intuitively to be our better moods; that when lax we are sceptical, and believing when conscientious.

" This list, moreover, does not accurately name a single one of the essential ingredients of true love, dwelling only on associated phenomena, whereas Shakspere's lines call attention to three states of mind which form part of the quintessence of romantic lovegallant "service," "adoration," and "purity"while "patience and impatience" may perhaps be accepted as an equivalent of what I call the mixed moods of hope and despair.

An exalted mood was on her nowa mood that they all knew well.

If a gloomy mood prevails in youas might come from a bad turn of the marketyou fancy that the evil daughter of Herodias still lives around the corner, and that she has set out her victims to the general view.

When Ossian from Knockfarrel went, a band Of merry maidens, trooping hand in hand, Came forth, with laughing eyes and flowing hair, To share the freedom of the morning air; Adown the steep they went, and through the wood Where Garry splintered logs in sullen mood Pining to join the chase!

Galahad was in his usual gay mood.

We had not made much progress when we startled, from what was doubtless a contemplative mood, a very fine jay.