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THE 
 
 PRONOUNCING BOOK. 
 
BI 
 
A New Series of English Boolts fortlie use of Frencli Scliools, 
 
 THE 
 
 PRONOUNCING BOOK 
 
 A NECESSARY INTRODUCTION TO ALL READERS; 
 
 MONTREAL; 
 
 BEAUCHEMIN & VALOIS, Printers and Booksellers, 
 256 & 258, St. Paul Street. 
 
 1878 
 
fjri : 
 
 Entered according to Act of Parliament, in the year 1878, 
 by A. Nantel, in the Office of the Minister of Agriculture. 
 
INTROD CJCTIOISr 
 
 PRONONCIATJON ANGLAISE. 
 1.— Alpuabet Anglais. 
 
 Letfres A, B, G, D, E, F, G, H, I, 
 Prononcez : e, bi, ci, di, i, eff, dji, aitch, at, 
 
 Lettres J, K, L, M, N, 0, P, Q, R, 
 Prononcez : dje, ke, elle, emme, enne, 6, pi, kiou, arre, 
 
 Lettres S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z. 
 
 Prononcez : esse, ti, lou, vi, deuhle-iou, ex, ouai, zi. 
 
 2.— Sons regulieus des Voyelles. 
 
 Prononcez 
 
 a, long— comme ee dans fee. 
 
 a, bref— comme a dans cap. 
 
 e, long— comme i dans vie. 
 
 e, bref— comme e dans net. 
 
 b [ong— comme a'i, (interjection). 
 
 t, bref— comme 2 dans lit, mais plus bref 
 
 0, long— comme d dans le ndtre, 
 
 0, bref— comme o dans botte, 
 
 "' [°"g~*^o"^'«e iou dans chiourme, 
 
 u, bref— apeuprescommeeMdanswew?;e 
 
 y, long— a le m^me son que i long 
 
 y, bref— a le m^me son que i bref 
 
 Ex. 
 
 (( 
 
 u 
 
 II 
 
 (< 
 
 u 
 
 (( 
 
 (( 
 
 (( 
 n 
 n 
 n 
 
 3— Autres sons des Voyelles, 
 
 : fate (fete) 
 
 fat (fatte) 
 
 mete (mite) 
 
 met (mette) 
 
 fine ^faine) 
 
 fin (finne) 
 
 note (ndte) 
 
 not (notte) 
 
 tube (tioube) 
 
 tub (teubbe) 
 
 by (bai) 
 
 pyx (pix) 
 
 a, long devant r, comme ai dans air 
 
 a, ouvert, comme a dans ame, 
 
 a, a demi-ouvert, comme a dans faste, 
 
 Ex. 
 
 fare (fair) 
 
 far (f^re) 
 
 fast (faste) 
 
!! 
 
 — VI — 
 
 a, trfts ouvert, comme or d&ns fort (fdure) 
 a, ferme, comme To bref anglais dans not 
 e, ouvert, comme a dans fare en anglais 
 e, devant r, comme eu dans beurre{brer) 
 t, devant r, comme IV devant r en anglais 
 I, frangais, ayant le m^me son en anglais 
 0, ferme, comme ou dans mouvoir^ 
 Of ferme plus bref, comme ou dans fou, 
 0, devant r, comme or dans /br^, norrf, 
 0, comme I'u bref anglais dans sun, 
 «, precede de r, comme om dans mouvoir 
 tt, comme om bref dans /om, 
 u, devant r, ayant le m6me son (mais plus 
 long et plus ferm6) que I'm bref anglais 
 
 Ex.: falirfdule) 
 
 what (whotj 
 
 where ^whare) 
 
 her (neurrej 
 
 fir (feurre) 
 
 pique 
 
 move (modve^ 
 
 wolf (woulfi 
 
 for (fortj 
 
 son (sun^ 
 
 rude (roAde) 
 
 full (foule) 
 
 <( 
 
 fur 
 
 4. DOUBLES VOYELLES OU DIPHTUONGUES. 
 
 Deux diphthongues seules ont un son regulier et pro- 
 pre en anglais : ce sont oi ou oy, et ou ou ow. Les au- 
 tres se prononcent generalement comme des voyelles 
 simples. 
 
 Prononcez--oi, oy, — comme o?,'dit rapidement: boy, 
 boil {boi, boil) ou, ow — comme aou dans caoutchouc: 
 out, how (aoutte, haou). 
 
 6. — Sons des Gonsonnes. 
 
 b se prononce comme en frangais. II est muet apres m 
 et devant / dans la m^me syllabe. Ex. : limb, debt, 
 (limme, dette). 
 
 c a deux sons : y le son dur de k devant a, o et u, ainsi 
 qa'k la fin d'un mot : can, cat, cup ; logic, music ; 
 2" le son plus doux de s, devant e, i, y. Ex. : cent, 
 cider, cignet. II est muet dans czar, scene, scent, 
 scissors, etc. 
 
 rf a le m^me son qu'en frauQais. A la fin d'un mot, 
 quand il est precede de Ve muet, il a souvent le son de 
 t, comme dans minced, distressed, (mixt, distresst). 
 
 fse prononce comme en fran^ais, excepte dans of ou il 
 a le son de v: oi (ov). 
 
ill rfAule) 
 at (whotj 
 
 (neurrej 
 (feurre) 
 e 
 
 I (molive^ 
 !f(woulf) 
 'or (forh 
 son (sum 
 e (roiide) 
 
 II (foule) 
 
 T et pro- 
 
 Les au- 
 
 voyelles 
 
 nt : boy, 
 utchouc : 
 
 apres m 
 a6, deb^, 
 
 ; M, ainsi 
 , music ; 
 
 :. : cent, 
 e, scentf 
 
 un mot, 
 le son de 
 
 \st). 
 
 \ of oil il 
 
 — VII — 
 
 (J a deux sons. II a le son dur devant n, o, u. Ex. : gave, 
 gold, gulf. Devanl e, i et y, il a quelque fois le son 
 dur comme dans get, gift, mais plus ordinairement il 
 a le son de^ (dj), comrne dans gem, gin, gyve, (diem, 
 djin, djyve). II est muet devant n dans la m^me syU 
 labe. Ex. : ^nat, «/naw. 
 
 h est presque toujours aspireo. II est muet dans heir, 
 herb, hour, honest et les derives. 
 
 ./ se prononce toujours comme dJ dans le mot francais : 
 adjoint. 
 
 /i a le m^me son qu'en frangais. II est muet devant n 
 dans la m<}me syllabe. Ex. : knave, knee, knoiv, 
 (nave, ni, no). 
 
 /alemdmeson qu'en frangais. Elle est muette dans 
 calf, calm, talk, ivould {caiX , camm, tdkk, woude). 
 
 m se prononce comme en francais. 
 
 n se prononce generalement comme en frangais. Elle a 
 parfois le son nasal de ng, comme dans anchor, angry, 
 uncle, bank, sink, sunk, qui se prononcent comme 
 ang-chor, ang-gry, bangk, singk, sungk. 
 
 p se prononce comme en francais. II est muet devant s 
 et t, Ex. : psalm, psalter, empty, tempt, (salm, Salter, 
 emty, temt). ' 
 
 q est toujours suivi de u, et ces deux lettres prises ensem- 
 ble se prononcent comme kw. Ex.: quit, queen 
 {kwit, kween). Dans quelques mots, elles ont le son 
 de k simple, comme dans liquor, conquer (likor, 
 conKer). 
 
 r a un son fort et vibrant dans rat, run, pray, parish et 
 un son plus doux dans/hr, fare, fir, etc. 
 
 s a trois sons : 1° le son sifflant comme en francais, dans 
 sin, sun, sight, etc. ; 2° le son doux de z, com'me dans 
 rise, rose, news, etc. ; 3° le son de sh ou de zh, comme 
 dans sure, sugar, censure ;— pleasure, treasure, (shure, 
 shugar, censhure, pleazure, treazure). 
 
 t&e prononce comme en francais; mais quand il est 
 suivi de la, ie, to, il prend ordinairement le son de sh 
 comme dans partial, patient, nation, (parshal, pashent, 
 nashon). II est muet dans les terminaisons ten et tie. 
 
— VIII — 
 
 11- 
 
 Kx, : often, listen, castle, thistle, {offen, lissen, cassel, 
 
 V se pronoiice comme en fran^ais. 
 
 w se prononce comme ou. Ex.: wet, win, (ouette, 
 ouine). II est muet devant k et r, comme dans know, 
 write {no, rite), el aussi dans les mots ttvo, answer, 
 sword, {ton, anser, sord). 
 
 X a trois sons : l- le son de ks, comme dans tax, expect: 
 2 le son de gs comme dans exalt, exist ; 3° le son de 
 z au commencement des mots Xavier, Xenophon, etc. 
 
 y se prononce t dans hier. Ex. : yes, yet. 
 
 z se prononce comme en fran^ais. II a le son de zh dans 
 que ques mots, comme dans azure, seizure, (azhure 
 seizhure). ^ ' 
 
 6. DOUBLES CONSONNES. 
 
 4. cA a trois sons : 1«> le son ordinaire de ^sA, comme 
 dans much, rich, church {mutsh, ritsh, churtsh) ; 2" le son 
 de 5^ simple, comme dans bench, filch, machine (bensh, 
 filsh, mashine) ; 3° le son de k, comme dans chasm, echo, 
 anarchy {kasm, eko, anarky). II est muet dans drachm, 
 yacht {dram, yat). * 
 
 bat) ^^ ^ ^^ "^^'"^ ^°" ^"^ ^ ^" ^' ^"^' ^^' ' *^^^' (*^^' 
 
 3. ^A au commencement d'un mot a le son de a dur 
 comme dans ghost, ghastly {gost, oastly). II a le son de 
 ^dans laugh, cough (laff, coff) : de k, dans louqh, (lock); 
 de p dans hiccough, (hiccup). II est muet apr^s ^ et ge- 
 neralement avant t. Ex. : sigh, night, bought, (si, nite, 
 
 4. sh n'a qu'un son, comme dans shall, ship, shore. 
 ^. ph se prononce comme f, dans phrase, etc. (frase). 
 
 11 a le son v dans nephew, Stephen (nevew, Steven), et 
 le son de »dans diphton^, triphtong, (diptong, triptong. II 
 est muet dans pA/?sec (tisic). ^ r c> r & 
 
 6. Ma deux sons : 1" le son dur ou aspire, comme 
 dans thin breath, earth; a- le son doux, comme dans 
 this, with breathe II a le son du t simple dans Thomas, 
 Thames {Tomas, Tames). ' 
 
(en, casself 
 
 I, {ouette, 
 lans know, 
 ), answer^ 
 
 IX, expect; 
 
 le son de 
 
 phon, etc. 
 
 le zh dans 
 , (azhure, 
 
 !, comme 
 2" le son 
 le {benshy 
 ism, echoy 
 ) drachm y 
 
 ack, [bac, 
 
 le 5* dur, 
 e son de 
 h, (lockk 
 s i et ge- 
 (si, nite, 
 
 shore. 
 . (frase). 
 jven), et 
 ptong. II 
 
 comme 
 me dans 
 Thomas, 
 
 — IX — 
 
 Le th 86 prononce en placjant la langue l(5gerement 
 entre les dents, et en souOlant fort pour le th dur, moins 
 fort pour le th dbux. 
 
 7. wh se prononce comme s'il s'ecrivait hw. Ex. : 
 when {hwen) whip (htvip). II a le son simple de h dans 
 whOf whosCy whoUt etc. 
 
 7. QUELQUES TERMINAISONS PARTICULIERES. 
 
 Prononcez ous 
 
 (< 
 
 i< 
 
 tt 
 
 n 
 
 n 
 
 tl 
 
 ^^ 
 
 It 
 
 tt 
 
 tt 
 
 (t 
 
 It 
 
 tt 
 
 tt 
 
 tt 
 
 tt 
 
 tt 
 
 tt 
 
 gcous 
 
 gious 
 
 gion 
 
 cious 
 
 scious 
 
 tious 
 
 cial 
 
 sial 
 
 tial 
 
 cean 
 
 cian 
 
 tian 
 
 cion 
 
 sion 
 
 Hon 
 
 sion 
 
 cient 
 
 stent 
 
 tient 
 
 science 
 
 Hence 
 
 comme us 
 comme djus... 
 comme dj'un 
 
 comme shus. . . 
 comme shal. . . 
 
 pious. 
 { courageous 
 ( religious 
 religion 
 C spacious 
 < conscious 
 ( cautious 
 C special 
 ^ controversial 
 ( partial 
 ocean 
 comme shan . . I musician 
 
 comme shun . . 
 comme zhun 
 comme shent... 
 
 I comme shence. 
 
 8. ACCENT. 
 
 gentian 
 suspicion 
 mansion 
 mention 
 vision 
 ancient 
 transient 
 patient 
 ( conscience 
 i patience. 
 
 c^nol ^^^i* .'^"*'^ ^" ^PP"yant davanlagesur une 
 
 syllabe pour la faire ressortir et la distinguer des autres. 
 
 fantpM'i' '^"r"*'-, .Voici les regies Tes plus impor- 
 tantes de 1 accent anglais : o r i' 
 
X — 
 
 i. Mols de deux s>/llab€s.~ Ces, mots sontou simples 
 ou derives ou composes. 1° Les mots simples preniient 
 
 1 accent sur la promieresyllabe: Ex. : ba'con, cap'tain. 
 
 2 Les mots derives, c'est-a-dire, formes d'un mot sim- 
 ple et d une parlicule prelixe ou sutTixe, prennent I'ac- 
 cenl sur la syllabc racine ou le radical. Ex. : kind'ness, 
 unkmd ; buil ding, rebuild'.— 3" Les mots composes de 
 deux mots simples, prennent I'accent sur la premiere 
 syilat)e, tout en s'accentuant aussi plus ou moins sur la 
 seconde. Ex. : bed'room, dav'light, wind'mili. 
 
 2. mts de trois S!jllabes.—i°Le& mots de trois syliabes 
 derives de mots de deux syliabes gardent generalement 
 le^meme accent que leurs simples. Ex.: hap'piness, 
 
 ^ ----- , ...... «.,.,„viii 1 ctuLciii uu laijii. hjx. : acumen 
 
 curator, decorum. D'autres cependant suivent la ten- 
 dance generate de Tanglais et s'accentuent sur I'ante- 
 penultieme. 
 
 ^. Mots ayantplm de trois syliabes.— La tendance ge- 
 nerale de ces mots est de s'accentuer sur I'antepenul- 
 
 /™^*yif E^-, '■ abil'ity, infirm'ity, ceremo'nious. 
 
 ^i. Mots a accent variable.— CeHsLins mot^ qui sont a 
 
 a tois noms et verbes, ou adjectifs et verbes, prennent 
 
 accent sur la premiere syllabe comme noms ou adjec- 
 
 tits, e! sur la seconde comme verbes. Ex. : ac'cent, to 
 
 accent ; ab'sent, to absent' ; etc. 
 
 5. Mots a accent invariable . 
 
 1° Les mots qui se termhient en ial, ian, lent, ious ou 
 ton precede de c, g, s, ou t, prennent Taccent sur I'avant 
 derniere syllabe. Ex. : coura^geous, dissen'sion, medi- 
 ta tion, provin'cial. 
 
 2" Les mots termines en ic prennent generalement 
 1 accent sur I'avant derniere syllabe. Ex. : harmonic, 
 scientific.— -Exceptc— catholic, politic, heretic, rhetoric, 
 arithmetic, qui ont I'accent sur I'antepenultieme. 
 
 3^ Les mots qui se terminent en tude, efy, ify, ety 
 ity, (jraphy, logy, loquy, mnthy, pathy, metry, tomy, 
 meter, yonal. fluent, fluous, porous et vorous, prennent 
 
 H^^^^m^^: 
 
— XI 
 
 simples 
 preniient 
 cap'tain. 
 not sim- 
 ent I'ac- 
 ind'ness, 
 poses de 
 )remiere 
 is sur la 
 
 syllabes 
 'alement 
 p'piness, 
 ns mots 
 ographe 
 acu'men, 
 
 la ten- 
 ' I'ante- 
 
 nce ge- 
 tepenul- 
 
 li sont a 
 rennent 
 I adjec- 
 cent, to 
 
 tons oil 
 
 I'avant 
 
 , niedi- 
 
 ilement 
 
 '?non'ic, 
 hetoric, 
 
 fy, Gty, 
 I tomy, 
 'ennent 
 
 I'accent sur I'antepenultieme. Ex. : for'titude, rar'efy, 
 ter'rify, legal'ity, geog'raphy, geol'ogy, col'loquy, syra'- 
 pathy, geom'etry, atiat'omy, thermom'eter, diag'onal, 
 super'fluous, ovip'arous, omniv'orous. 
 
 6. Changement rf'accm^.— L'opposition et le contraste 
 des ideas deplaceni quelquefois I'accent. Ex. : bear and 
 forbear ; give and for give ; we neither in' crease^ nor 
 de'crease, 
 
 7. Accent secondaire. — Reaucoup de polysyllaLes ont 
 deux el m^me trois accents, dont le principal est appele 
 primaire, et I'autre ou les aulres secondaires. Ex. : 
 ad"vertize\ pri"vatecr% reg'ula'tion, varetu"dina'rian. 
 
 9. SON DES V0Y7.LLES DANS LES SYLLABES FINALES 
 NON ACCENTUEES. 
 
 1" Les voyelles a. e, o, prennent gencralement un son 
 plus faible, sourd et indistinct qui se rapproche du son 
 de Vu bref ou parfois de Vi bref. Ex. : altar (altur), offer 
 (offur), mirror (mirrur; , legal (legulj, pistol fpistul), 
 Roman (rornun), bishop (bishup), ballad (ballud), furnace 
 (fmmiss ou furnuss), delicate (delicut), village (villige), 
 purpose (pnrpus). 
 
 2" La voyelle i prend generalement le son bref, se 
 rapprochant aussi quelque peu de Vu bref. Ex. : evil, 
 cabin, ][istice {justiss o-i Justuss), reptile (re/)^//), zephyr 
 [zephur) . 
 
 3" La voyelle u garde ie son propre qui lui appartieat, 
 mais plus bref. Ex. : alum, nature, virtue. 
 
 4° Les voyelles a et o conservent leurs sons propres 
 dans les mots sofa, soda, also, solo {a comme a dans far, 
 et dans go). 
 
 5° La lettre e s'elide ou devient muette dans la plupart 
 des mots termines en en, comme dans : even, heaven, 
 often, qui se prononccnt ev'n, heav'n, oft'n. II en est de 
 meme de i dans basin, raisin, cousin, {basn, rsis'n, 
 cons'n), et de o dans les mots ou il est precede de c, ck, 
 s et t, .omme bacon, reckon, reason, midton (bac'n, reck'n, 
 reas'n, mutt'n). 
 
II 
 
 II 
 
 — XII — 
 
 K.5^^^' diphthongues ai, ei, prennent le son de e ou i 
 bref dans les mots captain, mountain, surfeit, (cajenou 
 captm,mounteno\xmountin,surfit.) /^''> K^^P^^n ou 
 
 10. SYLLABISATION. 
 
 On ne peut reduire la syllabisation andaise a des 
 regies fixes et invariables. Cependant les regies suivanles 
 s appliquent assez generalement • ^ suivantes 
 
 'tttu'r^'if' f^^"^^"^-^ ^^r^"""' '■ 
 
 Hii.h "j''-^"'' '"' «« suiveni sans former uue 
 
 diphthongue doivent aire placees dans des sXbes dl- 
 Jincles, comme la-i-ly, a-eri-al »}'"ues ais- 
 
 3» Les terminaisons derivatives et graramaticales 
 radical S«"/''«'7«"'/'re /eparees de V rac^e „J 
 
 ice-house, never-the-less ' ^^^"-^"'j 
 
 fel-on, benlcfit, "ait J,' ttfjj:' "^-^'■' -'<»'' 
 
 ir.. 
 
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1 de e o\i t 
 {capten ou 
 
 
 lise a des 
 i suivantes 
 
 des con- 
 cern me : 
 ng. 
 
 mer uiie 
 labes dis- 
 
 maticales 
 
 acine ou 
 
 teach-er, 
 
 les mots 
 nnd-milly 
 
 voyelles 
 s la pro- 
 ", CO- Ion, 
 
 PART FIRST. 
 
 WORDS OF ONE SYLLABLE. 
 
 
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 TO THE TEACHER. 
 
 i. The words at the head of each lesson are to be 
 carefully and distinctly pronounced by the teacher. The 
 pupi s will repeat them after him, until they become 
 familiar with the pronunciation. 
 
 2. In words of more than one syllable, the teacher 
 shall train the pupil, 1° to give the proper sound to the 
 vowels and consonants ; 2° to place the accent on the 
 right syllable. A special exercise, for this, h to pronounce 
 in syllables, that is, to divide the word into its parts and 
 utter each syllable (3parately and correctly. 
 
 3. Each exercise should be taken in order and tho- 
 roughly mastered, before the pupil is allowed to proceed 
 to the next. The back lessons should be frequentlv 
 reviewed. ^ •• 
 
 4° The sentences which follow the exercises on 
 separate words, will be read, first, by the pupils. Then, 
 the teacher may take up each sentence, and give the 
 words either to be spelled orally by the pupils or to be 
 written as a dictation exercise. 
 
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 PA.1^T FIRST. 
 
 SECTION I. 
 
 REGULAR SOUNDS OF VOWELS. 
 
 FIRST STEP. 
 
 REGULAR SOUNDS OF VOWELS WITH SINGLE CONSONANTS. 
 
 1. A long, as in fate. 
 
 ace, age, ale, ape, ate, 
 babe, made, safe, take, lame, 
 cane, base, vase, nave, gaze. 
 
 Exercises— i'^ a, ace ; a, age ; a, ale ; a, ape ; a, ate— 
 ace, lace, mace ; age, cage, page ; ale, bale, gale ; ape, 
 cape, tape ; ate, date, mate — base, case. 
 
 2° babe, bate ; face, sake ; made, date ; safe, fade • 
 rage, Jane ; make, Kate ; sale, lace ; lame, male ; mane,' 
 nave ; tape, page; base, same ; hate, tame ; nave, vane— 
 base, case; vase, maze. 
 
 3° ale, hale; ate, hate; bale, pale; babe, tape; date 
 tale ; made, mate ; fane, vane ; safe, save ; gape, cape • 
 gate, Kate; mace, maze; base, haze ; case, vase. ' 
 
 4° A babe. A cake. A case. A face. A pale face. A 
 late date. A lame ape. Save a h?be. Make a case. Bake 
 a cake. Take a name. A lame a| j came. Jane made a 
 cake. Kate gave Jane a cage ; Jane gave Kate a case. 
 
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 2. A short, as in fat, 
 
 am, an, as, at, 
 
 cab, mad, rag, cap. 
 
 Irregular: have, bade. 
 
 ax, 
 
 gas. 
 
 Exercises- -i" am, dam, ram ; an, can, pan ; as, has ; 
 nlV-WaSe: *^^' ^^^-^^^^ ^^^ ^^^'Wag; mapi 
 
 2° cab, bad; lac, cat; mad, dam; rag, gat- ham 
 mat; tan, nag : cap, pat ; gas, sap ; vat, tap. ^ ' ' 
 
 3» a, am; a, an; a, as; a, at; a, ax-at, ate; mad, 
 made; rag, rage; man, mane; hat, hate; has, haze 
 fat, fate; can, cane; tap, tape. ' 
 
 4» am, ham; as has; at, hat; bat, pat; cab, cap; 
 
 A lad. A man. An ax. An ape. A bad lad. A lame 
 man. A sad case. Take an ax. Take a nap. Sam has a 
 bag. Dan had a sad fate. Jane has a pale face. A lame 
 man gave Jane an ape. A mad ram ran at Kate. A cat 
 ran at a fat rat. Sam came at a late date. Dan bade Jane 
 laKe a t)ag. 
 
 3. E long, as in mete. 
 
 ^fy he, me, we, 
 
 eke, eve, cede, here, 
 
 he, she, the {th soft). 
 
 ye, 
 
 sere. 
 
 Exercises.^i'^ be, Bede ; he, here ; me, mere mete- 
 mate, mete ; made, Mede. ' ' ^^^ 
 
 2» The eve At eve. We mete. He came. She gave 
 We wake. We have Save me. He came here, ille 
 came here at eve; she gave me a cake; the ape ate the 
 cake. A lame man came at the gate; he had a cane • hp 
 can be safe. We have the same name. ' ^ 
 
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 4. E short, as in met. 
 web, fed, peg, hem, 
 yes, _ let, vex. 
 
 ten, 
 
— 5 — 
 
 ax, 
 
 gas. 
 
 n ; as, has ; 
 wag; map, 
 
 gat ; ham, 
 
 ate; mad, 
 has, haze ; 
 
 ; cab, cap ; 
 yam. 
 
 id . A lame 
 Sam has a 
 !e. A lame 
 ate. A cat 
 a bade Jane 
 
 ye, 
 
 sere. 
 
 re, mete — 
 
 She gave. 
 ere. Jane 
 ipe ate the 
 1 cane ; he 
 
 t'xerdses.—i'' web, bed ; led, den ; beg, get ; hem, 
 met; ten, net: yes, set; wet, ten— age, gem. 
 
 S** be, bed, beg; me, men, met; he, hem, hen; we, 
 web, wed; ye, yes, yet— bed, Bede; met, mele— bad, 
 bed; bag, beg; ham, hem. 
 
 3° beg, peg ; den, ten; led, let; get, jet. 
 
 4° A pen. A bed. A red hen. A wet net. Get a pen. 
 Jane has a gem. She fed the red hen. We met ten men. 
 Let the man get a bed. Has Ned set the net yet? Yes, 
 he has. 
 
 5. /, y long, as in />me, type. 
 
 by, my, nice, hide, fife, 
 like, pile, time, dine, ripe, 
 fire, wise, kite, dive. 
 
 ^by. 
 
 size. 
 
 n, 
 
 ^Exercises.— i'' I, ice, ire; by, bide; my, mile, mine, 
 —ice, dice, hce,— ire, dire, mire,— ride, side ; lime, 
 time ; line, nine ; rise, size. 
 
 2° nice, site ; hide, dime ; fife, five ; pike, kite ; mile, 
 line; time, mite; wine, nine; wipe, pile; sire, ride; 
 bite, tire; dive, vice. 
 
 3° ire, hire; dime, time; bide, bite; fine, vine; life, 
 dive ; wine, vine ; rice, rise ; mice, size— lake, like : 
 cede, side ; mate, mete, mite. 
 
 4° A vine. A kite. A fine vine. A nice kite. Five 
 lice. Nine mice. I like rice. Make the kite rise. lean 
 hie a wire. Ride by my side. I like a ripe lime. He gave 
 me a drne. The mice ate the rice cake. Wise men hate 
 wine. 
 
 6. y, y short, as ia. pin, pyx. 
 
 ;?' in» is, it, rib, 
 
 lid, wig, him, tin, dip 
 
 fit, six. 
 
 Irregular: give, live. 
 
 Exercises.— i<^ in, fin, sin, win : is, his; it, bit, lit, pit, 
 
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— 6 — 
 
 20 rib, bid ; kiJ, dig; if, fix; ^ig, give; dim, mix; 
 
 S bid, bide; bit, bite; dim, dime ; din, dine: hid, 
 iide; pin pine ; win, wine ; sit, site— lad, led, lid ; bat 
 bet, bit ; tan, ten, tin ; pan, pen, pin . ' 
 
 bit*; diA,^'iV. '*' *"'* ' ^'"' P'" ' "^' "P ' ^'P' *'*P ' ^i^' 
 5° I bid. He did. We hid. Is it a sin ? Yes, it is. Give 
 
 ll!""! ^Pu •; J^t P'^ '^ ^" *^^ P^"' I can dig a pit. Did 
 the lad hit the big pig? Yes, he did. Jane had six mice 
 in a cage. Take the babe if it wake. Let the cat live if 
 
 man hid tt hTde? '''^ "* "^ ''' ^^ ^'^ ^^P' ^^^ *^^ 
 
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 7. long, as in note. 
 
 go> no, so, ode, ore, 
 
 rope, coke, hole, Rome, zone, . 
 Pope, nose, vote, rove. 
 
 mn^f ?t'"""*° ^?' ^^'^ ' "°' "«*^ 5 ««' sore-ode,code, 
 mode, rode ; ore, bore, core, fore, wore. 
 
 2" robe, bone ; mode, dome ; joke, cone ; pole, lone • 
 
 home, more ; tone, note ; hope. Pope core rope;rose; 
 
 zone; note, tome; rove, vote. ^ ' 
 
 inlfp vnt^' """"P? ' ^""'i^' P^'^ ' ^^'"^' ^o'ne ; "»ode, mote ; 
 mUe:mote7 ' ' P^le, pile, pole ; mate) mete! 
 
 , 40 I rode. He rose. We hope so. I go home. My nose 
 IS sore It IS a bad joke. I have no more time. He\ada 
 pole ; he bore a hole. The Pope is in Rome. 
 
 8. short, as in not. 
 
 of, on, ox, rob, nod, 
 
 log, Tom, hop, hot. 
 
 Irregular: gone. 
 
 lop^'^op!''''*""*"''''' ^'" ' "'"' *''^' fox-God ; job, sob ; 
 
 2" rob, box; rod. dot: of. fog- Iqo- cm . rv l . 
 
 on, not; hop, pod; pot, top.' "^ ' ""' ^"^' ^""^' "^"^ ' 
 
; dim, mix; 
 
 , dine : hid, 
 led, lid ; bat, 
 
 ip, tip; bid, 
 
 !s, it is. Give 
 g a pit. Did 
 had six mice 
 e cat live, if 
 ip. Did the 
 
 ore, 
 zone, ^ 
 
 — ode, code, 
 
 pole, lone ; 
 rope ; rose, 
 
 lode, mote ; 
 date, mete, 
 
 le. My nose 
 i. He had a 
 
 nod, 
 
 ; job, sob ; 
 
 yjiUf iiivu ; 
 
 — 7 — 
 
 3° go, got, gone; no, not; so, sod— rob, robe; hop, 
 
 dTdote "''*' "^'''' ^""^^ '*°^^' ^""""^ ^^""^^ 
 
 40 rob, hop; nod, not ; pod, pot-sad, sod ; red, rid, 
 rod ; bag, beg, big, bog. » > , , 
 
 1 ^° mu°^ ^^^^ "^^"- ^ ^"^ ^s on the lot. I sat on the 
 log. The pan is hot. The cage is made of wire. The ox 
 wore a yoke. Is the hog gone ? Yes, the dog bit him in 
 the leg. I have not the note. He rode five rods. He did 
 not hop, 1 hope. 
 
 duke. 
 Bute. 
 
 9. t^long, as in tube 
 
 use, tube, nude, huge, 
 pule, fume, tune, cure, 
 
 Bxercises.'-^i. use, fuse, muse— lute, mute — lure, 
 pure. ' 
 
 2. tube, Bute; nude, dupe ; puke, cube ; pule, lure; 
 lurae,muse; June, nude ; mute, tube; huge, June. 
 
 d. lake, Luke; pile, pule; tone, tune ; mate, mete, 
 mite, mote, mute. ' » > > 
 
 4. A fine tune. A mute duke. A huge dome. Use 
 my pen. Cure the mule. I am not his dupe. He came 
 in June. Bute is the name of a man. I like a tune on 
 the lute. 
 
 up, 
 
 10. 6^ short, as in tub. 
 us, rub, mud, 
 
 hum. 
 
 sum, 
 
 hut. 
 
 jug. 
 
 Exercises. --i, up, cup, sup. 
 
 2. tub, bud ; mud, dug ; rug, gut ; gum, mug ; sun, 
 nut; cup, pun; us, sum ; cut, tug-bud, but. * 
 rnt n^u^' ^1^' ^''^' ^""^^ ^og' ^"b, rob; cut, 
 bnV. fin ' P '* ' k"^*' k"".^ '. .?""' gone-cap cup bet 
 W ^.' k"' k'^' u'^' »^id,bud; hat, hit, hot hut 
 bag, beg, big, bog, bug. ' ^ » , 
 
 ^4. us, use ; tub, tube ; cub, cube ; hug, huge : hum, 
 xiuiiie; but, ijute; tun, tune. cj 5 , , 
 
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 {(. The sun is up. Let us get up. The gun is on the 
 rug. Let us sit in the hut. We can not run in the mud. 
 Is the jug in the tub ? No, it is on the log. Let the pup 
 sip the sup in the cup. The man has a wig, but he nas 
 no wit. Tne nun haa a bud, but not a nut. A man gave 
 U3 a ride. 
 
 6. The man got a mug. A hen is on top of a keg. 
 Max fed his pet doe. The babe is safe in bed. Kate gave 
 Ned nine nuts. I like a red rose. Run, if the sun is up. 
 It is hot, I can not run. The fat pig can not run. I dug 
 a pit. I hid a tin can in the pit. The box has a lid. The 
 fox can not get my hen. I have got the tub, not the tube. 
 
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 safes, 
 bats, 
 
 11. Review with s final. 
 
 (hissing sound of s.) 
 
 Long sounds. 
 
 cakes, jokes, pipes, 
 
 Short sounds. 
 
 nets^ lips, lots. 
 
 votes, 
 cups. 
 
 Exercises.— i. lake, lakes; mete, metes; kite, kites ; 
 hope, hopes ; duke, dukes. 
 
 2. cap, caps; rat, rats ; get, gets ; fit, fits ; nut, nuts. 
 
 3. mats, mates; caps, capes; bits, bites ; hops, hopes. 
 
 4. I make, he makes; I get, he gets. A cake, five 
 cakes. A nut, six nuts. A dog bites. Gats hate rats. 
 Ned sets the nets. Tom gets lots of nuts. His mates 
 have fine maps. Jane makes the cakes.. She likes fine 
 sites. 
 
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 babes. 
 
 12. Review with s final. 
 
 (sound of s like z.) 
 Long sounds. 
 
 sides, 
 fires, 
 
 hole^ 
 
 James, vines, 
 
 vVebs, 
 
 waves. 
 Short sounds. 
 lads, figs, sums, 
 
 henfl« 
 
 
! gun is on the 
 in in the mud. 
 , Let the pup 
 ig, but he has 
 t. A man gave 
 
 top of a keg. 
 )ed. Kate gave 
 'the sun is up. 
 lot run. I dug 
 has a lid. The 
 >, not the tube. 
 
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 Exenise8.~^\ robe robes; tube, tubes; hide, hides • 
 mile, m.les; pole poles ; name, names ; wine wnes ' 
 tune, tunes: life, lives; wife, wives ' 
 
 2. rib, ribs ; tub, tubs ; bed, beds ; lid, lids • ra^ 
 rags; fog, fogs; ram, rams; gem, gems; fn 'fans' 
 gun, guns; give, gives. ^ ' ' '^"^' 
 
 3. robs, robes; tubs, tubes ; pins, pines ; live, lives^ 
 pans, pens, pms. ' ' t > "^i-, uves^ 
 
 4. A life ; the lives. I live; he lives. I ?ive • she 
 gives Dogs hate cats. Moles make holes. The^aves 
 rise. James has five names. 1 met six lads in raLs The 
 lads^had rats m bags. The fox lives in a den'^CatJsit 
 
 votes. 
 
 cups. 
 s ; kite, kites ; 
 
 its ; nut, nuts. 
 ; hops, hopes. 
 
 A cake, five 
 !!:!ats hate rats. 
 is. His mates 
 
 She likes fine 
 
 vines 
 
 f 
 
 hent^ 
 
 SECOND STEP. 
 
 REGULAR SOUNDS OP VOWELS WITU DOUBLE INITIAL 
 
 CONSONANTS. 
 
 13. bi, Cl, fl, gl, pi. 
 
 Long sounds, 
 blade, close, glebe, flute, 
 
 Short sounds . 
 bled, club, plat, glen. 
 
 ply* 
 
 plum, 
 
 Exercises. ~i. lame, blame, flame ; laze blaze- h.. 
 place; late, plate; lake, Blake flake I'lmr'i-^^' 
 
 Luke fluke; lute 'flute AHeb'Vbe' ' """' ^ 
 
 plug, c og^glen, glene! plan, plane.*^ "'^' "'•^^- 
 S. Uose the gate. My nose bled. A flv is on Ihp ino- 
 The glebe is sere. A cat met a rat • the rat flpd /if * 
 the same place. The clog had a red fla/ T Ha \^^^ 
 on the page. The glede^hides in the gfene! "^" ' ^''* 
 
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 14. bvy cr, di\ fr. 
 
 Long sounds. 
 
 brave, bribe, crime, drone, frame. 
 
 Shoti sounds. 
 
 brig, crop. drab, drum, from. 
 
 Exercises. — 1. race, brace ; rake, brake, drake; rape, 
 crape ; rate, crate; cry, crime ; dry, drive ; ride, bride ; 
 rove, drove. 
 
 2. rag, brag, cra^, drag ; ram, cram ; ran, bran ; rib, 
 crib; rim, brim; rip, drip ; rug, drug; rum, drum-— 
 fog, frog. 
 
 3. A fine brig. The brim of a hat. I drive ; .1 drove. 
 I broke my leg. The man is brave. The hog ate bran. 
 I drove the drone. Drop the babe in the crib. No mati 
 can bribe me. The wine he gave us is a mere drug. 
 We had a fine crop from the plot. 
 
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 grate, 
 
 15. gr, pry tr. 
 
 Long sounds. 
 
 prize, prone, trade. 
 
 Short sounds . 
 
 tribe. 
 
 grit, prig, 
 
 prop, 
 
 trip, trod. 
 
 Exercises. — 1. race, grace, trace; rate, grate; ride,j 
 pride ; try, tribe; rope, trope; rose, prose; rove, grove.. 
 
 2. rap, trap; rim, grim, trim : rod, trod , * >'; ^jrot. 
 
 3. bride, pride; trod, trot; price, prize .,» ;' o> jTaze; 
 crate, grate. 
 
 4. Take a trade. Pride is a sin. Prop the vine. Trim 
 my hat. Make a fire in the grate. God gives us hisj 
 gr^ice. The fox roves in the grove. A rat is in the trap.i 
 \Ve ht,d I fine trip on the lake. I trod on a frog in thej 
 gro' Tl-" aian is yet in the prime of his age. 
 
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 frame. 
 
 from. 
 
 Le, drake ; rape, 
 ve ; ride, bride ; 
 
 ran, bran ; rib, 
 ; rum, drum- 
 drive ; .1 drove, 
 e hog ate bran, 
 crib. No man 
 s a mere drug. 
 
 16. «/, sm, sn. 
 Long sounds. 
 slave, slide, slope, smoke, snipe. 
 
 Short sounds. 
 slab, slim, smut, snap, snug. 
 
 Exercises.— i. late, slate; lice, slice • slv slldp • m-r 
 sn..|e; sake, snake ; sore, snore ' ^' ^ ' ""''^^ 
 
 2. Inp, slap; led, sled ; lin slin- \\\ aiw. « 
 
 The dog made a snap atthe cat a sIvT hMi^M'- 
 grove. I Rot a slice of ham K.,1 4i ^ ^ hid in the 
 
 fa the face' lZI ^ll'^'^ t^l'^.^ir "" " ""P 
 
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 tribe. 
 
 trod. 
 
 ite, grate; ride,: 
 se; rove, grove, 
 ^od ; rot, ijrot. 
 - ; j^racc, ^raze; 
 
 the vine. Trim 
 )d gives us his 
 at is in the trap. 
 )n a frog in the 
 is age. 
 
 stupe. 
 
 stud. 
 
 17. sk, sc, sp, St. 
 Long sounds. 
 sky, scale, spade, stove. 
 
 Short sounds. 
 skim, scum, span, step, 
 
 £:"VS>S,t«.'i'f,X':AS.S;E;; 
 
 3. I bpin; I spun. Take a spkde. Stale the ci«p i 
 
 on they'll «»^"'l"*y.^'?P- The stove slkes siop 
 on me spot. Ihe sun is in the skv Tho o..^ . i -^^ 
 Iho store. I sat on a stone Th s^i'lre islnlml n'f" 
 .s bnt a span. I came in spite of I.Tm 'm^Ti^' :^'^' 
 siaKe. I ale a stale cake. ~"" •■ •" '° ''' 
 
It 
 
 'I" 
 
 III' 
 
 if 
 
 I? 
 
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 is, tvh {hw,) qu (kw), sw, tw. 
 Long sounds. 
 white quake quite swore twice 
 ' Shoi't sounds. 
 
 when quit swim swum twin 
 
 Exercises. — 1. hale, whale ; wile, while ; why, 
 white; wine, whine — wine, swine, twine; wore, 
 swore — ire, quire. 
 
 2. hen, when ; wet, whet ; wig, whig ; hip, whip ; 
 wit, whit — wit, quit; wig, twig ; win, twin. 
 
 3. whit, white ; quit, quite ; twin, twine. 
 
 4. A whale. A whip. I can swim. A Swede came. 
 Twine the nets. Whip the dog, if it whines. I swam 
 twice in the lake. He swore in the name of God. Drive 
 the swine in the sty. When the cat came, the mice fled. 
 A whim made the twins quite mad. A frog can swim. 
 
 shake 
 
 shed 
 
 19. sh, ch {tsh). 
 
 Long sounds. 
 shave shy chime 
 
 Short sounds . 
 shun chad chip 
 
 chose 
 
 chub 
 
 Exercises. — 1. ape, shape ; same, shame ; sore, 
 shore ; — case, chase ; hide, chide ; coke, choke ; hose, 
 chose ; shy, shine. 
 
 2* hop, shop ; hot, shot ; hut, shut ; sad, shad ; sin, 
 shin ; hat, chat ; hip, chip ; hop, chop. 
 
 3. sham, shame; shin, shine; — shad, chad; ship, 
 chip ; shop, chop. 
 
 4. A shy lad. Chase the snake. Chop the log. I 
 shot a snipe. Shut the gate. Shun vice. He broke 
 his shin-bone. Chad is the name of this bad chap. The 
 plot is a mere sham. The smoke chokes me. I like a 
 chime. The ship ran at the shore. A chip is not a ship. 
 He has fine chops in his shop. A chip made a slit in his 
 chin. 
 
— 13 
 
 wine ; wore, 
 
 20. scr, spl, spr, squ, str, skr. 
 Long sounds, 
 scrape splice squire stride shrine 
 Short sounds. 
 scrap split sprat strap shred 
 
 Exercises. — 1. rape, crape, scrape ; rate, prate, 
 sprate ; ire, quire, squire ; ripe, tripe, stripe ; lice, 
 splice ; ride, stride ; rife, strife ; sine, shine, shrine. 
 
 2. rap, trap, strap ; rat, prat, sprat ; lit, split ; red, 
 shred. 
 
 3. The flag has white stripes. He got in a bad scrape. 
 I can split the log. The sun shines on the shrine. Why 
 did he strike mc ? 
 
 
 21. th. 
 
 Long sounds. 
 
 ih so ft .the, these, thy, those. 
 
 Ih hard :lheme, thrice, thrive, throne. 
 
 Short sounds. 
 
 th soft: that, then, this, thus, 
 th hard: thin. 
 
 Exercises. ~i . (he, these; thy, thine ; hose, those— 
 hat, that; tan, than; ten, then; tin, thin. 
 
 2. Take this, not that. The throne of God. 1 like 
 the therne. The squire thrives. I chose those grapes. 
 Take this thin slice of ham. Let us try thrice. I like 
 these pens more than those. That i% no bad plan. 
 
 22. k,w, silent. 
 Long sounds. 
 knave, knife, whole, wry, wrote. 
 
 Short sounds. 
 knit, knob, wrap, wren, \Ynt, . 
 
 
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 Fxercises.^i. knave, nave ; write, rite : whole hole • 
 
 TmT ' r'^^ '^P ' ^"^P' n^P knot, not' ' 
 
 2 Make a knot. Write my name. I write I wrote 
 
 fhe knife ^^^r? ^^ ' ^"^^^V ' ^'^^ ^^ "-^'- Wh 
 ine tnite. I shot a wren in the glen. 
 
 THIRD STEP. 
 
 i: 
 
 REGULAR SOUNDS OF VOWELS WITH DOUBLE FINAL 
 CONSONANTS. 
 
 23. A long, as in fate, 
 range, haste, bathe. 
 
 ch^Te-r^^^ •''"^^' ^''^"^^' ^*^^"^^^ 
 
 chL^chaste. "'"■ P"*^^ '"^^' "^^*^^> *^^*^' haste; 
 
 bafhe^at^att'/^'"'^^•• ''^*»^^' '^^^^^ swathe-bate, 
 
 4. Make haste. Waste not time. Swathe the babe 
 
 tu"KVJ''\ ?^ Pn^^i\'^ ™^^- This is a stra n'ge 
 tale. His style is chaste. Did he bathe in the lake ? We 
 
 stlngefa'c:.*'^^''"°" I write in haste. An apVhaTa' 
 
 mild, 
 light. 
 
 24. / long, as in fine. 
 
 climb, 
 pint, 
 
 find, sign, high, 
 ninth, Christ, tithe. 
 
 ^^.;W5.--1 /, ile ild: mild, wild, child- mile, 
 mild; wile, wild; chide, child. 
 
 2. /, ime, imb {b silent) climb— clime, climb. 
 
 S. y, ine, ind: bind, wind, blind, grind— fine, find- 
 wine, wind ; pint, ninth— pine, pint ; nine, ninth. 
 
 4. /, ice, ist; tie, 27s/— Christ : whilst— whilp ^^,h\\.^ 
 
 mimm 
 
; ; whole, hole ; 
 ot, not. 
 
 write, I wrote 
 e writs. Whet 
 
 UBLE FINAL 
 
 — 15 ~ 
 
 5. /, igh; ite, ight /—nigh, sigh ; high, thigh • rniffhf 
 
 'sight tight; light, flighUmite rnfght rV, r|h' 
 wnght. ° ' ' **&"*> 
 
 ^;/' M'/'^'u'r'f''^ ^'^ soft) :-tithe, blithe, scvthe 
 writhe— blite, bhthe ; write, writhe. ^ ' 
 
 7. God IS nigh. A wild child. A kind man. 
 
 , of ale. Light the fire. Am I not right? The 
 
 I Wide. Write the ninth page. The suS is bright 
 
 child sighs ; his thigh is sore. Grind the scythe 
 
 A pint 
 is 
 The 
 on the 
 
 sign 
 
 ange, strange; 
 
 hate, haste ; 
 
 swathe — bate, 
 
 athe the babe. 
 
 lis is a strange 
 
 the lake ? We 
 
 An ape has a 
 
 high. 
 , tithe. 
 
 , child- mile, 
 
 ;limb. 
 
 1— fine, find; 
 
 3, ninth. 
 
 whilp wliilot 
 
 roll, 
 ford, 
 gross, 
 
 25. long, as in note. 
 
 bold, colt, yolk 
 pork, fort, force, 
 most, both clothe. 
 
 comb, 
 worn. 
 
 ^f^^^^ff— . 0, ole, oil, old, olt: poll, toll roll 
 droll, stroll ; old, cold, gold, sold, scold; boU coU- 
 I pole, poll; tole, told; sole, sold. ' 
 
 2. 0, omb {ome)olk (oke): comb; folks-yoke, yolk 
 
 ford, sword (sordi ; fort, port, sport ,^pork ; porch • force' 
 forge ; worn ; iorne-fore, ford fort ; wore wor^' 
 sworn; bore, borne; fort, forth ' 
 
 4. 0, oss{oce), ost: gross; most, post, host, ghost. 
 
 6. Gold IS bright. My hat is worn. Hold on' ston 
 at the toll-gate. He told me so. A sprite iradiost' Thl 
 
 T)f/ -M u'^!"^ "'^ ^^^ '^0''^ ? The ship is in port 
 
 tTme 7t1s s'o ' 'fu' ' ''''^^' ?^^^ *h'^ note. Vst onhe 
 [time It IS so. The men came forth from the fort. 
 
 2?, A short, as in fat. 
 back, fact, add, badge, 
 rapt, lash, match. 
 
 ^xercises,-^!, ac, ack, act; lack, pack, sack j rack 
 
 1 
 
 ■ I'- 
 
 
 f... 3 
 
 I:. 
 
if I Hi 
 
 ■ Hi 
 
 — 16 — 
 
 crack; track, quack; act, fact, tract— lac, lack; fat, 
 fact; tax tacks; facts, tracts; back, bake; tack, take. 
 
 2. ad, add, adge, adze : add, badge, adze— adds, adze. 
 
 3. ap, apt: apt, rapt. 
 
 4. ash : cash, sash, rash, crash, thrash, mash, smash, 
 lash, splash. 
 
 ^. at, atch: calch, hatch, latch, snatch, scratch— bat, 
 batch ; hat, hatch ; mat, match— cash, catch; mash, 
 match ; hash, hatch, thatch. 
 
 6. A bad act is a sin. The sack is on the track. This 
 slab IS ash. Give me my badge. Crack the whip. Is 
 It not a sad fact? Catch the black hen. Do not lash the 
 ox. Scratch a match. The man has a sack on his back. 
 
 27. A short, as in fat. 
 
 ' shall, shall, lamb, camp, 
 land, sang, bank, plant. 
 
 Fxercises.~i. al, all, alt: shall, shall. 
 
 2. am, amb {am), amp : lamb; lamp, camp, scamp, 
 stamp, tramp— dam, damp; lamb, lamp; lap, lamp; 
 cap, camp. 
 
 3. an, and, ant, ang, ank : and, hand, band, land, 
 sand, stand, strand ; plant ; bang, gang, pang, rang, 
 sprang ; rank, crank, prank, blank, flank, plank, tank, 
 thank, sank, shank, shrank— ran, rang, rank ; plan, 
 plank, plant— had, hand; lad, land; sad, sand; rag, 
 rang; bag, bang; back, bank; sack, sank. 
 
 4. I shall go back. The lamb runs and skips. Light 
 a lamp. Hand the flag back. The flax is damp. Hang 
 up my hat. The man .prang up and ran at the tank. 
 Give him my thanks. I have a bank of sand on my tract 
 of land. A man of high rank is at the camp. 
 
 ebb, 
 left, 
 tjest, 
 
 28. E short, as in met. 
 
 debt, neck, sect, 
 kept, less. 
 
 4rusn, 
 
 fetch , 
 
 text, 
 
 edge, 
 desk, 
 
- lac, lack ; fat, 
 e ; tack, take, 
 izc— adds, adze. 
 
 h, mash, smash, 
 
 h, scratch — bat, 
 catch; mash, 
 
 the track. This 
 . the whip. Is 
 not lash the 
 ick on his back. 
 
 !amp, 
 plant. 
 
 camp, scamp, 
 ip; lap, lamp; 
 
 i, band, land, 
 r, pang, rang, 
 L, plank, tank, 
 ^ rank ; plan, 
 id, sand ; rag, 
 k. 
 
 1 skips. Light 
 s damp. Hang 
 n at the tank, 
 nd on my tract 
 mp. 
 
 edge, 
 desk, 
 
 — 17 — 
 
 Fxercises-i. eh, ebb, eht, {et): ebb ; debt, debts (dets) 
 
 3. ed edge : hedge, pledge, sledge. 
 
 4. ef, eft: left, cleft, theft. 
 
 5- eg, egg: q^^^ eggs, dreggs. 
 
 b. ep, ep{ : kept, slept, wept, swept, crept. 
 . 7. es ess esk, est : less, bless, press, stress-best 
 jest, rest; chess, chest. ^ ' ^^^^' 
 
 8. esh: flesh, fresh, thresh. 
 
 ?n 'r ft/ ^*^^' /^'^'^' ^^e^ch, stretch, wretch 
 
 swepi Petch'^'"' • ""'l'^' ""' •" debts.'she wept and 
 
 iTe d^ck oMh^^r"' ' ?."" '^'' ^^^k- He slept on 
 
 1 e hen hatch fL.i^' l^f him quote the text. Make 
 
 fllcvf ?«K . **^^ ^^^^' "®* peck at them. Pork is the 
 
 flesh of the p,g. Let me stretch my leg. ^^"^ *^ ^^^^ 
 
 bell, 
 help, 
 hemp, 
 benen. 
 
 29. F short, as in met. 
 
 held, self, 
 
 melt, twelve, 
 
 bend, fence, 
 
 'ent, tenth, 
 
 yelk, 
 twelft, 
 tense, 
 length. 
 
 helm. 
 
 'i\rr,\ '" ''J""' «"^". dwell, swell, sell, smell snell 
 -ell^ hen, shell ;_elf, self, shelf, shelves ;'1XS.' 
 
 M bel^lT,' fei'l'!''" '77'"="', fe" ;-hell,' held Telp '; 
 tweifl ' ' • 'P'"' 'P^" ; ''^^''"' dwelt ; Welv-e, 
 
 (lemtr"^^' '"^'••'•^"P' hem, hemp; -tempt 
 ^peek is on the shelf. loe "melts atthe Ore/ The he'm 
 
 
 1 
 
 ■,'■» 1 
 
 i*., 
 
 
— IS- 
 ismadeofelm. Let him try his strength and quench 
 the flames. Twelve lads shell nuts on a bench by the 
 tence. He came at length. 
 
 30. / short, as in fit. 
 
 Dick, 
 miss, 
 rich, 
 
 pict, 
 risk, 
 with, 
 
 ridge, 
 
 lisp, 
 
 ditch. 
 
 cliff, 
 
 mist, 
 
 sixth. 
 
 gift, 
 dish. 
 
 Exercises.--.i w ick, ict : lick, pick, rick, brick, 
 trick, sick, stick, tick, thick, kick, quick, chick : strict-^ 
 trick, strict, wick, quick-lick, like ; pick, like. 
 
 2. id, idge, tdth : ridge, bridge; width -rid, ridge; 
 wide, width. > o > 
 
 A -ft '^pJ& ifUifth: cliff, skiff, stiff; lift, sift, swift, 
 drift— fifth— give, gift ; live, lift. 
 
 4. ip, ipt : dipt— dip, dipt. 
 
 5. IS, iss, isk isp, ist : hiss, kiss, bliss ; risk, brisk, 
 frisk ; crisp ; list, wrist, twist. 
 
 6. ish, ich, itch : fish, wish ; rich, which ; itch, pitch, 
 witch, switch, stitch-pit, pitch ; wit, witch-dish 
 ditch ; wish, witch— rick, rich. 
 
 7. it ith; ix,ixth: pith, smith; sixth— wit, with, 
 pit, pith— wish, with. ' 
 
 8. Miss Fish is sick. The bridge is made with brick. 
 Grace IS a gift of God. The lambs skip and frisk. The 
 mist is dense. Clip the wick. The whale-bone is stiff. 
 The sick babe lisps in its crib. The dog is swift and 
 has a quick scent. I am sixth on the list. The fish is 
 on the dish with its fins and scales. God can give us 
 
 31. /short as in fin. 
 
 mill, silk, tilt, filch, filth, 
 
 limb, imp, inn, wind, mint, 
 
 ring, mink, mince, hinge, pinch, 
 
 t 
 
igth and quench 
 I a bench by the 
 
 ^ gift, 
 5t, dish, . 
 
 h, 
 
 ick, rick, brick, 
 :, chick ; strict — 
 ck, like, 
 dth— rid, ridge; 
 
 lift, sift, swift, 
 
 — IS — 
 
 2. tm, tml, {m)imp : ntnh ; imp, lim„. 
 
 .4. A mill is on the hill. I spju . he snilf ti. u 
 mi k on the silk dpp« Th\l -^ '• . P"** ^^ ^pilt 
 
 ..-i.!i.fcM."l:i;",;M:;a»»i- ■ «"k 
 
 
 ss ; risk, brisk, 
 
 (ich; itch, pitch, 
 it, witch— dish, 
 
 xth— wit, with, 
 
 lade with brick, 
 md frisk. The 
 ale-bone is stiff. 
 og is swift and 
 ist. The fish is 
 Jod can give us 
 
 filth, 
 
 mint, 
 
 pinch, 
 
 dock, 
 
 doll, 
 
 song, 
 
 32. short, as in not. 
 
 odd, dodge, 
 pomp, John, 
 moss, lost, 
 
 off, oft, 
 bond, font, 
 moth, notch. 
 
 4. 01, Oil; om, omp, ompt : doll ; pomp nromnt 
 sork ™^.'='<"='' licks. I am fond of fish. I have Jost a 
 
 m 
 
 ^ ^ 
 
 w 
 
 i: 
 
 II 
 
— 20 — 
 
 
 li Hi 
 
 « 
 
 ■» 
 
 tilC 
 
 the sign of the cross. A moth is a fly. He that lives well, 
 lives long. The frost kills the plants. This cloth has lost 
 s ^loss. 
 
 33. ^ short, as in tub. 
 
 musk, 
 buzz. 
 
 duck, muff, judge, fuss, 
 just, riih, much, Dutch^ 
 
 ErArcii!^*. uc, uck : buck, luck, pluck, truck) 
 ruck— lUck, lock ; duck, dock ; stuck, stock ; duck. 
 
 duke 
 
 2. ud, udge: drudge, grudge— judge, dodge ; drudge, 
 
 odge 
 
 3. uf, u/jT, uft: buff, cuff, puff; tufl— loft, tuft. 
 
 4. us, uss, uzz, usk, ust : fuss, buzz ; dusk, husk, 
 tusk ; dust, must, rust, trust, thrust—fuss, moss ; lust, 
 lost. 
 
 5. ush, uch, utch : gush, hush, rush, brush, crush, 
 thrush — much, such— Dutch, crutch. 
 
 6. The duck quacks. Pluck the duck. The judge 
 sat in the lodge. I can not trust such a man. We came 
 at dusk. I have dust on my muff. I am in luck ; I came 
 just in time. I will make him blush. The clock struck 
 five. The thrush sings when it is late. Did the cloth 
 cost so much ? Tuck up my bed. The duke has fine 
 ducks that swim in the dock. Rest not, rust not. 
 
 34. 6^^ short, as in fun. 
 
 dull, bulb, gulf, bulk, 
 dumb, jump, fund, hunt, 
 sunk, dunce, plunge, bunch. 
 
 pulse, 
 lung. 
 
 Exercises ~^y ul, ull, : cull, gull, hull, lull— dull, 
 doll; lull, loll. 
 
 2° um, umb, (wn) ump : numb, crumb, thumb- 
 bump, hump, lump— pump, trump, stump— hum 
 hump, plum, plump— pump, pomp. ' 
 
 a** un, und, unt.'iing, unk, unce, unge, unch : hung. 
 
 (Hi- 
 
— 21 — 
 
 h, brush, crush, 
 
 hull, lull— dull, 
 
 yc, unch : hung. 
 
 rung, sung, stung, strung, swung; drunk, trunk scunk • 
 dunce; lunch, punch; lunt, blunt-run run^su^^ 
 sunk; sing, sang, sung; sink sank, Jnk-hZ^\,^n^\ 
 
 bhfnt\tht r/unTbT M/p'Sue^^lt" ^/^ ''t. '' 
 a dull Ihino- Th^ K„ir • ^ ^ .^ "^"- ^ ^«x do 1 IS 
 
 bu„?h of^rapesf'Vhrb'ibJ^rae'rin^/lf/^^irVV'ff 
 of wind made Ihe ship sink in the »,, f m,?".!. ? 
 
 numb from cold. The'^bump made a^hlp.**^ *"•"'' " 
 
 bare, 
 
 SECTION II. 
 
 OCCASIONAL SOUNDS OF VOWELS. 
 
 35. A, as in fare. 
 dare, scare, square, 
 E, having the same sound, 
 ere, where, there. 
 
 scarce. 
 
 share ; scare, square ' ^ ' ''""' "'^'"^' ^"^' 
 
 spare mv time Takp pIL p fu ^} ?^ ^^^^- ^ ™"sl 
 hfarea.L'S;e.Sg?a'ry„Vtre"'' """^ ^"'"^ 
 
 garb, 
 
 36. A, as in far. 
 car, ark, arm, art. 
 Irregular: are, we are. 
 
 Exercises^i. bar. f;ir n«n _ ., 
 
 [«ar,-ark. bark, darMart.-m^^k; pS,%^rr'a™; 
 
 'KI 
 
 'IKr 
 
 
— 22 — 
 
 farm, harm, charm,— art, dart, hart, chart, part, smart* 
 start,— car, card ; harp, sharp ; star, start ; bar, barn ; 
 yarn, yard ; gnarl, snarl,— card, cart, chart. 
 
 2. bare, bar ; car, care ; far, fare ; mar, nlare ; spar, 
 spare ; star, stare. 
 
 3. We are far from home. The dog barks and gnarls. 
 The stars shine in the dark sl< I have cut my arm 
 with this sharp knife. The cart is in the farm yard 
 close by the barn. There are hens and pigs here and 
 there. The sparks fly from the fire place. The ice is 
 hard on the lake. My cart is not a car. 
 
 
 37. i4 , as in far. 
 
 barge, 
 balm. 
 
 parse, 
 calf, 
 
 carve, 
 salve, 
 
 harsh, 
 bath. 
 
 arch. 
 Charles. 
 
 Exercises. — 1. large, charge ; parse, sparse; star, 
 starve ; marsh ; arch, larch, march, parch, starch. 
 
 2. Alms (ams, / silent), calm, palm, psalm ; calf, 
 half; calve, halve,— bath, lath, path, wrath. 
 
 3. bat, bath ; pat, path,— half, halve,— lark, larch, 
 large ; park, parch ; marsh, march— bath, bathe; lath, 
 lathe ; halve, have ; salve, save. 
 
 4. Let us march on. There are frogs in the marsh. 
 We went by a hard path. We had a palm fan. Let us 
 sing a psalm. My part is a half. A cold bath will not 
 harm him. Charles came in March on a barge. Starch 
 my scarf. The calf wades in the marsh. This salve is a 
 mere drug. The half of ten is five. 
 
 38. 4, as in fast. 
 
 ass, 
 quaff. 
 
 ask, 
 raft. 
 
 clasp, 
 ant, 
 
 cast, 
 dance. 
 
 spasm, 
 branch. 
 
 Exercises. ~i . ass, lass, class, glass, mass, pass, _ 
 brass, grass,— ask, cask, mask, task, flask, — clasp, i 
 grasp, — cast, last, blast,— chaff, staff^— raft, craft draft 
 
"** 
 
 chart, part, smart* 
 start ; bar, barn ; 
 
 , chart, 
 mar, nlare ; spar, 
 
 f barks and gnarls. 
 have cut my arm 
 in the farm yard 
 and pigs here and 
 3lace. The ice is 
 
 irsh, 
 Llh, 
 
 arch. 
 Charles. 
 
 rse, sparse ; star, 
 parch, starch. 
 Im, psalm ; calf, 
 wrath. 
 
 Ive, — lark, larch, 
 bath, bathe ; lath, 
 
 ^s in the marsh, 
 palm fan. Let us 
 cold bath will not 
 1 a barge. Starch 
 5h. This salve is a 
 
 , spasm, 
 ce, branch. 
 
 ass, mass, pass, 
 i, flask, — clasp, 
 -raft, craft, draft, 
 
 — 23 — 
 
 least; pace, pasle.iiasl; mace 1'^^'' ^'"' ^''\- '"' 
 
 lintu GrasT.helMr''r™"^''l''- ^e must fas. 
 
 branch of^m' 'at If 'SkVlV^'h '^'"""? » 
 
 me. The cat basks in he inn i ^Tl°^ T"" ™"' 
 
 in France. Charles s as, This cks's We l^ 'Y"'" 
 
 Ion the grass by the Dalh hTj.- .1 *•« can dance 
 
 |and cra?t. A/iSt\ft fl^t.Ta 'p^^t [^T ""S^' 
 
 39. A, as in fall. 
 ^\ bald, talk, false, salt 
 
 warm, farm ; warn. 
 
 3, ■■»....., TTUIIIIllJ. 
 
 • war, ware ; ward, card 
 
 1 1 rKf ale? ?hat Ttn^ f^Zrl ^^Zi 
 .is w^rd'and";'™"!' " '"' '"^^ ''^" ' ' ^'""' »" »» 
 
 wad, 
 
 naon, 
 
 40. A, like o short in not. 
 
 wan, wand, was. 
 wnat, watch, yacht, 
 
 wasp J 
 swamp. 
 
 M 
 
 m 
 
 h 
 
 m 
 
 M 
 
 
1 
 
 
 — 24 — 
 
 Exercises. — 1. wad, squad ; wan, swan; wan, wand; 
 what, squat ; wash, quash, squash— wash, watch. 
 
 2. nod, wad; on, wan; bond, wand; hot, what; 
 pomp, ^wanip — wade, wad ; van, wan ; hand, wand; 
 clasp, wasp; and, ant, wand, want— match, watch ; ash, 
 wash. 
 
 3. I Wits ; (ihou) wast. What a shame ! what a man 
 he is! My watch is fast. Let him wash his hands. 
 Grant me what I ask. The white swan swam on the 
 Jake. That is not what I want. If he grasp the wasp. 
 It will sting. The calves wade in the swamp. His face 
 is wan, and he waves a wand in his hand. 
 
 41. ^, as in he?\ 
 
 her, 
 term, 
 
 err, 
 
 fern, 
 
 pert, 
 
 verb, 
 
 verge, 
 
 perch, 
 
 herd, 
 terse, 
 berth. 
 
 jerk, 
 nerve, 
 
 Irregular: were (ive were). 
 
 Exercises.— i. her, hers; verb, herb; jerk, clerk; 
 term, germ, sperm, fern, stern; pert, Perth; serve, 
 swerve; verge, merge; terse, verse. 
 
 2. hare, here, her ; ware, were. 
 
 3. Jane has her will and whim. She errs in this; 
 this scarf is not hers. A fern is an herb. The clerk 
 has a stern face. Take a berth in the ship. Perth is 
 the name of a place. This is a terse verse. He was on 
 the verge of the grave. It serves him right. The term 
 IS past. We were not there. Charles swerves from the 
 right path. 
 
 42. /, like e in her. 
 
 fir, bird, dirk, girl, firm, 
 chirp, dirt, first, birch, mirth. 
 
 Exercises.^i. sir, stir ; gird, third ; dirt, flirt, shirt, 
 skirt; dirk, shirk, quirk; whirl, twirl; first, thirst; 
 birth, ffirth. 
 
n; wan, wand; 
 li, watch. 
 i ; hot, what ; 
 ; hand, wand; 
 :h, watch ; ash, 
 
 ! ! what a man 
 isli his hands. 
 1 swam on tlic 
 rasp the wasp, 
 amp. 
 I. 
 
 His face 
 
 jerk, 
 nerve, 
 
 ; jerk, clerk ; 
 Perth ; serve, 
 
 le errs in this; 
 •b. The clerk 
 hip. Perth is 
 ;. He was on 
 ht. The term 
 erves from the 
 
 firm, 
 mirth. 
 
 irt, flirt, shirt, 
 ; first, thirst ; 
 
 — 25 — 
 
 2. fir, fire ; sir, sire ;— firm, fern 
 itirlh, berth. 
 
 gird, herd 
 
 J. Stir the fire. Be firm, sir. The bird chirps in the 
 shade. A shirt is not a skirt. I am first in mv class • 
 James is third. Is this log birch? No, it is fir. Charles 
 IS the clerk of a large firm. The bird is on the perch 
 I will not mar his mirth on the birth of his third child.' 
 
 43. 0, as in move and wolf. 
 
 do, to, who, lose, move, 
 whose, whom, tomb, wolf. 
 
 Excrcim.--\, to two-who, whom, whose— move 
 |I»rove ; tomb, womb—wolf, wolves. ' 
 
 2. rose, lose ; rove, move. 
 
 3. I do, I did ; I did lose. Do not move. The dork 
 
 wf '? 'Tl. T^T t^ '^^ ^^'^ '' Whose penTs tMs 1 
 
 l\Vho lost It ? I did. Two wolves came. Do not strike • 
 
 |he who strikes with the sword will be struck with the 
 
 Bword. It IS as dull as tombs in this place. We have 
 
 10 time to spare. ^ 
 
 44. 0, as in for. 
 
 or, cord, fork, form, 
 sort, horse, George, torch, 
 
 born, 
 north. 
 
 Exerche,.-~\. or, for, nor ; for, form, storm- fork 
 tork cork; nor, north; corn, scorn; horn, thorn'- sort 
 fhort ; horse, corpse. .i""i",son, 
 
 , 2. ore, or ; fore, for ; ford, lord; pork, cork ; borne 
 
 T k/''- \'''' ' ^r^'.^ ?eorge7forth, north '' 
 3. The wind is north. Cork is a kind of bark. The 
 
 orn IS in the barn. When were you bora ? The life 
 hdThorn^'TI \^^r««^V^ thorn's. We had a fork 
 Suh^ n'rui po7e! ^"' "" ^"^ "' '^ ^^^^^' '^ ''■ ^^'^ 
 
 '*:■ 
 
 tt 
 
 m 
 
 -\j\f. 
 
 m 
 
 m 
 
 1 
 
 >'■•'§■ 
 
 
.t 
 
 — 26 — 
 
 45. 0, like u in iu6. 
 
 II 
 
 i!;f ! 
 
 son, done, 
 wont, once. 
 
 come, love, monk, 
 sponge, month. 
 
 Exercises. — i. son, ton, won ; won, one, once ; done 
 none, shone ; dove, love, glove, shove ; won, wont,' 
 front. 
 
 2. sun, son ; dun, done ; nun, none ; sum, some • 
 dust, dost. . ' 
 
 3. Come, my son. Love and serve God. Go and fetch 
 my sponge. Let none come. The ship sank at once. 
 The monks are wont to fast. I spent twelve months 
 there. Some one knocks. The fast horse won the race 
 Those gloves do not jQt me. 
 
 46. U, like o in move 
 
 rude, rule, sure (shure), brute, 
 prune, truce, truth. 
 
 U, as in fully like o in tvolf. 
 
 f"'^ put, puss, push. 
 
 Ejiercises.—i. rude, crude; Bruce, spruce— bull 
 pull ; push, bush. 
 
 2. nude, rude ; pule, rule ; pure, sure; mute, brute- 
 dull, bull ; poll, pull; rush, push. 
 
 3. God is truth. Do not be rude. Put a full stop at 
 the end of a phrase (frase) The bull will push the cart. 
 Bruce gave a truce. I am sure he tells the truth. Two 
 wolves came from the bush. 
 
 "I 
 
 47. ^, asin fur 
 
 fur, urn, curd, turf, 
 furl, hurt, urge, curse, 
 bur§t, lurch. 
 
 0, having the same sound. 
 
 ^vord, work, 
 
 \Turui, 
 
 worse, 
 
 turk, 
 curve. 
 
 worth. 
 
b. 
 
 monk, 
 
 ne, once ; done, 
 e ; won, wont, 
 
 B ; sum, some ; 
 
 d. Go and fetch 
 
 3 sank at once. 
 
 twelve months 
 
 ie won the race. 
 
 — 27 — 
 
 Exercises.^i. bur, cur, purr, spur, bhir slur- urn 
 
 .riuVrfur'rrj 1;:??^-^^' »"-v uv:;Tfurr; 
 
 p.r worst?S,ttld!^"^' ^P"" ' ^"^^*^' ^^"-h- 
 2. fir, fur for; burn, born;~cur, cure; purr, pure 
 
 wJn/ iP"'-?; .My work is done. Ibu?n; Ct 
 7 hand. The milk is in the churn. Let us bl^ss thZ 
 
 tr The^kur^Kfrod^^^^ *r^^^- The ruJsei: 
 bade by God. A bird in the hand is worth two fn The 
 
 
 brute. 
 
 f' 
 
 push, 
 spruce— bulJ, 
 
 ; mute, brute- 
 it a full stop at 
 I push the cart, 
 tie truth. Two 
 
 turk, 
 curve. 
 
 worth 1 
 
 bay, 
 saint, 
 
 SECTION III. 
 
 DOUBLE VOWELS OR DIPHTHONGS. 
 
 48. Ay, ai. 
 Sound of a in fate. 
 
 aid, ail, aim, 
 
 raise, waist, bait, 
 
 main, 
 faith. 
 
 lai 
 
 ay, najs ; lav, Xmi-, pay, pa/d ; slay slain. ^' '^' ' 
 
 ■aii- ffilTii fr^lH-' '""''•'"^''' "»"' «"«"; rail, 
 ail , tail, Mail, frail-aitn, maim, c aim— lain nlain • 
 
 ' n, braio.gram, (rain, slain, strain ; chain-pa"i oa ni: 
 mt-raise, praise-wait, strait, strkighl ^ ' ^ ' 
 
 it .l;ta=is.'r™sr'^=^''''^^^« '-■•".--; 
 4. Pray to God. Let us praise the Lord. Do not take 
 s name m vain Pay (he man for the paint If U rah^ 
 
 .^'arhri^T.rs'-he°r"a"tr '"/"'• •5»" ' H' 
 |er pail. The old'^chain tfr^^'^L I'l! ™'.l """'« ^"^ 
 \M or. k„:^ui _- .1 , :, ~:". .*"'- *«-- 
 
 MS 
 
 bright as the truths of faith. 
 
 »^ xaja ui lue sun are 
 
 t.:*\ 
 
 ^ 
 !>': 
 
 1 ■ •' r 
 
 ''.•-^i 
 
% 
 
 i 
 
 — 28 — 
 
 49. A)/, ai, (other sounds). 
 
 Sound of a in bare : air, pair, chair. 
 
 Sound of e in met : says, said; he says, he said. 
 
 Sound of a in bad: plaid. 
 
 Exercises.— i. air, fair, pair, stair; hair chair; stair, 
 stairs. 
 
 2. fair, fare; hair, hare ; stair, stare. 
 
 3. The air is fresh. Take a chair. I say, he says ; 
 we said so. I want a pair of gloves. He went up-stairs! 
 J like the Scotchman's plaid. He says it is not fair to 
 pull one's hair. John stares at rae as I go up-stairs. 
 
 50. Au. 
 
 laud, 
 
 Sound of a in hall: 
 haul, cause, sauce, aught. 
 Sound of a in far and fast: 
 aunt, launch, laugh, draught. . 
 Sound of a long : gauge, (gage). 
 
 Exercises.— i. laud, Maud, fiaud — haul, Paul; fault, 
 vault; cause, pauze, gauze— aught, caught, naught! 
 taught, fraught. 
 
 2. aunt, daunt, haunt, gaunt, taunt -launch, staunch. 
 
 3. haul, hall ; caul, call -laugh (laff) ; draught, draft • 
 aunt, ant ; launch, lanch -fraud, fraught. ' 
 
 4. I hate fraud. Haul the tun in the vault. The dog 
 caught the bird. His fault was the cause of his pain. 
 Saint Paul was taught by the Lord. Maud lives with her 
 aunt. He laughs best who laughs last. He drank the 
 whole glass at one draught. 
 
 61. Ati\ 
 
 Sound of a in hall: 
 paw, awe, awl, hawk, f^wn, 
 
 
-mo- 
 
 hair chair; stair, 
 
 Eiercises.^i. caw, daw, jaw, saw ; law, claw • raw 
 draw, straw ;-awl, crawJ, sLwl-Jawn, pawn viwn- 
 |savv,^sawn; draw, drawn; paw, paws ;%a;,^' haw, 
 
 |sha'wl!:i'an! ' '^"'' '''' ' ^^^^' -"-' ^'-^^ clause- 
 
 3. It thaws. Law is for all. Birds have claws • a doff 
 
 has paws. The snake crawls. I shall get a shaw ' I saw 
 
 the claw of a hawk. My fawn is on the lawn We aH 
 
 can use an awl. I start at the dawn of day. The hard 
 
 few rcTrr- ^'''^' "^"' ^" ^•^^ ^-- The ox'ca'n 
 
 
 
 52. Fp. 
 
 Sound of e in mete: 
 feed, beef, seek. 
 
 bee, reea, beef, seek, feel, 
 
 deem, keen, deep, beer, feet 
 
 geese, breeze, leech, teeth, sleeve. 
 Sound of I in /in : been (bin). 
 
 Exercises -L fee, see, knee, free, thee ; tree three- 
 
 [heed, need, reed, seed, weed, bleed soeed Zl7 
 
 Iweek, cheek-eel, peel heel, 'wheel-deem ~m' 
 
 green, keen, queen-keep, sleep. sheep-dTer ST 
 
 Bneer, steer-meet, sheet, street, Weet-cheese- freeze' 
 
 IZXIT''^ """'^'^' '^^''^'^^ thee;Le,'?e"n; 
 
 leei 'hill'.'fee^ 'm'. tV r^^^' ^'^^' '^''^^ chick; 
 1 n! ' A' ' , ' ". ' ^^^*' ^»*; deem, dim ; keen kin 
 ieep, dip ; sleep, slip ; sheep, ^hip. ' ' "' ^'" ' 
 
 3. Trees are green . My nose bleeds; I feel a oain 
 
 ;e se' Tl^'Jr ^" *h4^^-^^-- I feed sheep^ ani 
 ^eese. llie snake creeps. The snot is free of wpp^i^ r^H 
 
 kltr'V 'J^-^'^^^- inWe strrel'^Xv:-been 
 
 UL .h '''•^- ^^,"^ '' ^'^^ f''«'" f«»It«- Home .S 
 liome, there is no place like home ! ' 
 
 fei 
 
 
 i)' 
 
 i-" 
 
 r i 
 
 ' ''■■(1 
 
i n 
 
 *i 
 
 — SO- 
 BS, ^a, as in deal. 
 
 Sound of e in mete: 
 
 sea, bead, leaf, weak, 
 
 beam, dean, reap, fear, 
 
 each, ease, east, breathe. 
 
 deal, 
 beat, 
 leave. 
 
 Exercises. — 1. tea, pea, plea — lead, read— beak, speak 
 —meal, seal, steal, veal, zeal — seam, cream, dream ; 
 team, steam, stream— lean, clean, mean — leap, heap, 
 cheap — ear, hear, dear, near, tear, shear; beard— eat, 
 peat, bleat, heat, cheat, wheat — each, reach, teach, 
 peach, preach — ease, tease, please — east, feast, least, 
 ^east- heat, sheath, breathe; leave, weave — ease, east ; 
 mean, means, beans ; leaf, leaves ; sheaf, sheaves. 
 
 2. sea, see ; beat, beet; dear, deer; heal, heel; nead, 
 need; read, reed ; steal, steel ; breach, breech. 
 
 3. eat, it ; heat, hit ; lead, lid; read, rid ; peak, pick ; 
 heal, hill; meal, mill; leap, lip; cheap, chip; peach, 
 pitch; fear, fir; beard, bird: feast, fist. 
 
 4. Please take a seat. I hear a bee; it is near my ear. 
 Each man has his faults. Teach the child to read. The 
 seal is a large beast. Is that lean meat beef or veal ? 
 Twelve months make a year. It is bad to cheat or steal. 
 May I eat a peach ? Do what is right and fear not. East 
 or west, home is best. 
 
 B4. Ea, as in dead, 
 
 Sound of e in met: 
 
 dead. deaf, dealt, health, 
 
 cleanse, meant, sweat, breast. 
 
 Exercises. — 1. head, lead; read, bread, dread; tread, 
 thread; spread, stead — ..eath, breath, health, wealth, 
 stealth — read, red ; lead, led; bread, bred. 
 
 2. To deal, I dealt; to mean, I meant; to lean, I leant; 
 to read I read ; to lead, some lead ; — clean, to cleanse ; 
 to heal, health ; to steal, stealth — to breathe, breath— -1 
 breath, breadth. 
 
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 c\.h ^^^vT'^}} ^''^"'^l^f* "^g^*- The old man i, 
 dead. I hke stale bread. When I have read the book, I 
 shall go and play. I can warm my hands with my breath. 
 I have a pam in my head and my breast. Do not tread 
 on a worm. Please lend me a black thread. Spread the 
 
 nnl ^H^- ut^^^ '"'l*^ ^" «^^- O^d J«hn is as deaf as 
 a post. Health is worth more than wealth. Wealth will 
 not save a man from death. 
 
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 55. Ea (other sounds). 
 
 Sound of e in her : • 
 earl, earn, heard, earth, search. 
 
 Sound of a in fare : 
 bear, pear, tear, wear, swear. 
 Sound of a long : great, break, steak. 
 Sound of a in arm ; heart, hearth. 
 
 leafSnt"*' '''^' ^'"'^ ' '''"' *'"'" ' ''''^^ ^'^''^ > 
 
 2. bare, bear; pear, pare; tare, tear; wear, ware • 
 I^S^miff ' "^' ^''^'' '''^'' steak-hart; helV; 
 
 3. To hear, I heard; a tear, I tear. 
 
 4. I heard the earl speak. Do not swear. Pears are 
 scarce this year. Learn those words by heart Tam in 
 great haste. I saw a bear in the bush.^'o search mTans 
 
 he same as seek. Serve God on earth I have heard 
 that men dive and search for pearls in th^ deep sea He 
 swears he will tear her heart^nd break it. We sat bv 
 the old hearth, and all hearts were full of dee We ha J 
 not heard of the death of the deaf boy ^ 
 
 F 
 
 
 * ' 
 
 ■ i« 
 
 6'''ey, 
 i'eign, 
 
 fhpv 
 J > 
 
 feint, 
 
 56. Fy, eu 
 Sound of a in fate. 
 
 eight. 
 
 veil, 
 eighth. 
 
 rein, 
 
 If 
 
 
-9^- 
 
 I. 
 
 Sound of e in mete. 
 
 ^^La '^^''t . '^''^' weird. 
 Held, Leigh, Leith. 
 
 Sound of a in Aarf , heir, their, 
 bound of I in 6ite : height. 
 
 fxercises-^i. prey, whey-neigh, weigh-rein v^in 
 -feign de.gn, reign^eight, weigL freX. ''^"' "'•" 
 
 2. veil, vale; rem, rain- fpi • ,♦ r • u 
 
 -eigh, way; eight, a.e 'neid V ' iei Te'af- seLV 
 cease ; heir, ere ; height, hight. ' ' *'"' 
 
 nmne Jf Lei.h? WhT,t „.I'li±UT' ^ .™''° ^y Ihe 
 
 f 
 
 lieu, 
 blew, 
 
 crew. 
 
 ewe, 
 newt. 
 
 :| •. 
 
 57. Fu, ew. 
 Sound of M in tube: 
 feud, deuce, few, 
 hewn, news, mewl, 
 
 Sound of in move • 
 chew, rheum, shrewd. 
 
 Sound of long: sew (50;. 
 
 hewn-ewe, yerv'/Tw; S"^"' = '"<'"' ■"^™' ^ "-■ 
 
 i- teirhrr.cSstT-X'™"T; 
 
 s1t.h"e"^""- The deuce is in U. FewTnoTwho 
 
 
-33- 
 
 eird. 
 
 3ir. 
 
 gh—rein, vein 
 
 ; neigh, nay; 
 , seal ; seize, 
 
 3k make grey. 
 a man by the 
 spire ? I can 
 1 birds. I ate 
 i not Charles 
 
 ewe, 
 newt. 
 
 rewd. 
 
 . yew, view, 
 mewl ; hew, 
 
 ', crews, 
 maid stews 
 . The tree 
 n the storm, 
 ws. It grew 
 ne sew ? I 
 leir ewes. 1 
 ^ knew who 
 
 die, 
 
 68. /(?, ye, 
 
 Sound of i in fine : 
 ^y<^' rye, died, 
 
 lies. 
 
 Exercises. — 1. die iip r^\c. *• 
 
 -;-_ fly, flies ;er;:J;^,T4^^ki;'iijir.iS!i';:; 
 
 flii, JheTd'y.*"'' ''^''-'''•J' ''«"i^^; » fly, flies; he 
 
 dyed black. He tried in vnm f^ • ^"^ ^''^^h was 
 
 die. 1 have two eyes nM ' '"P'' ^^^ "^^'^ '""st 
 pains me. Do notTeVhe"kno^s;^^^^^^^^^ ^, ^o.. .,. 
 
 lief, 
 piece, 
 
 6^. /(? (other sounds). 
 
 Sound of e in mete I 
 mien, bier, field, 
 siege iieve, fierce, 
 
 trieze, shriek. 
 Sound of e short : friend. 
 
 fiend, 
 priest, 
 
 -iS;'wieTd!Vidd'' bt'^.t'l^ ""ef-liege-niece 
 grief, grieve ; thief, ihieve? '^"^'^' '"^'•i P"™'=' "«'•»- 
 
 4 .e^/p^e^eVp^j^i'^"^^ ■"-'--; pier, peer; 
 
 beast. Gall for the priest of rS I • '?.'^ ^' ^ ^'^^''ce 
 tiers of guns. My nfece Hves wifh J^'' '^''^ ^''' ^^''^^ 
 IS mean To yiefd means to give u'; ' tI f" fi"^'^" 
 green. Do not grieve, my friend r?*« '^ ^'^^^' ^^^ 
 piece of bread. ^ My 1 eld did nni ^^ T P'"'" '^^*»^ *his 
 year- I hoar s «F • i <-• "°* Y'eld much whonf i..* 
 J-ar. 1 hear a shnek. His cries pierce my earsT""^^ 
 
 3 
 
 
 ^. 
 
 .:i 
 
 "i^ 
 
 ij-a. 
 
 ■ :n if 
 
 
 .' i\' 
 
 
 t' Itm^l 
 
 'Mm 
 m if 
 
 3 
 
-^u — 
 
 ! I*; 
 
 ir 
 
 60. Ooy as in moon. 
 
 Sound of in move : 
 
 coo, food, hoof, cool, doom, 
 
 moon, hoop, poor, ooze, loose, 
 hoot, roost, tooth, soothe, groove. 
 
 Exercises.— i. coo, too — mood, rood, brood — roof, 
 proof — fool, pool, tool, stool, school — loom, bloom, 
 gloom, broom, groom — noon, soon, spoon — loop, droop, 
 stoop — moor — goose, moose, choose — hoot, root, shoot, 
 booth, smooth — rood, root; toot, tooth ; ooze, choose — 
 rood, rude. 
 
 2. The air is cool. We dine at noon. The horse has 
 hoofs. The moon and stars shine in the pure sky. The 
 goose swims on the smooth lake. The poor man broke 
 his leg. He came too late. My boots are too tight. 
 Hens roost when the sun sets. The school breaks up at 
 the end of June. New brooms sweep clean. 
 
 61 . Oo, as in good. 
 
 Sound of ou as in pull: 
 
 good, book, wool, room, foot. 
 
 Other sounds of oo : 
 Sound of long in mo?'e: door, floor. 
 Sound of u short in mud : blood, flood. 
 
 Exercises. — 1. good, hood, wood, stood — cook, hook, 
 shook, look, rook, brook, crook, took — foot, soot. 
 
 2. hood, hoot ; foot, food ; pull, pool ; full, fool; put, 
 
 boot. 
 
 3. I take ; I took. Look here ! Look at me. This 
 book is full of tales. God is great and good. There was 
 a flood last year. Luke took his hook and line, and went 
 to the brook. I can see the moon from my room near 
 the roof. Cloth is made of wool. Sweep the floor; the 
 broom is near the door. A wolf came from the woods 
 and took a sheep ; see the blood with the wool and the 
 
 
 
-- 35 — 
 
 tti ark of his foot. Take JHp sn^j p„^ .u 
 
 groom hup, his foo., "as he'^.o'd'un iT..^ '"""■ ™ 
 
 foe, 
 
 coal, 
 
 oalli, 
 
 62. Oa,oe. 
 Sound of in note : 
 oak, oar, road, 
 
 soap, 
 
 loaf, 
 boat, 
 boast. 
 
 foam, loan, 
 coax, coarse, coach, 
 Sound of a in all: broad 
 
 Sound of ?. in n?.^; does (duz); he does. 
 Exercises. — 1. doe top ^^ir,n. ^i i 
 
 -oar, boar, roar, soaV-f^ar oad-^rf^ "f ' ,^'»»'' 
 roam— loan, moan— coal "ml fln.. ,1 ' .^'""''--'oam, 
 -coax, hoax-coarse hoi?s.. - ' ""'•'"'-''^l''. 'oath 
 board ;'loaf, loads' rcoai; '^::r To ih"?::',,'."/^'-""-' 
 ^:r^^\^r """ ■ ^°"' '-'^^ -" r:de; roam, 
 
 4. l<elch a hoe. I so : he q-ops hnr«o n i 
 yes, he does. The foe i on tlie coasT T^p'^ ^'' ''""' ' 
 The frogs croak. The sea fo-nm t TH^^°""^^"- 
 thp rmrf ThoT ^"^ ^^'^ ^oams. I rode five miles on 
 
 Put som; more raimr ? """''" ^"''^ '"^^'h 
 .oasUhe bread! "rt boai'l roV.K o'a'd se'a"'-?!;'' 
 
 63. Oi, oy,'as in ozV.- 
 
 oil, void, coin, 
 
 noise, hoist, quoit, 
 
 Boyd, Boyle, Boyne. 
 
 Exercises.— i . 
 
 bov, 
 voice, 
 
 oint, 
 
 «oil, toil, broil" Sil^±^'l^''^"*''''^"^^'^«^''f«i'» 
 .h.L. :_:/^"' spoil— join. Join— oint, point— voice! 
 
 choice — ^noise, 
 toil, toils ; Joi'n/loi 
 
 
 )iS* 
 
 ns 
 
 juisi, moisi— boy, bovs 
 
 ; join, joint; spoil, spoilt 
 
^- % - 
 
 2. boy, by; foil, file; toil, tile ; — noise, nice. 
 
 3. Boys are fond of toys. Do not make so much noise. 
 The poor ant toils in the sun. My voice is hoarse. A 
 new coin is bright. The soil is moist. A pin has a sharp 
 point. Toil means hard work. Let us join hands. Let 
 him make his choice. The oil boils on the lire. The 
 space is void. This boy is their sole joy, but they have 
 spoilt him. 
 
 
 64. Ou, as in out: 
 
 thou, 
 
 doubt, 
 
 house, 
 
 bough, 
 mouth, 
 ounce, 
 
 loud, 
 
 noun, 
 
 lounge, 
 
 foul, 
 
 sound, 
 
 couch. 
 
 sour, 
 count. 
 
 Exercises. — i. bough, plough, slough — loud, cloud, 
 proud, shroud — our, hour, Hour, sour, scour — mouse, 
 rouse, grouse — out, gout, pout, shout, trout, scout, spout, 
 stout — mouth, south — pound, round, ground — mound, 
 mount, fount — ounce, pounce, flounce— our, ours— to 
 bind, bound; to find, found; to wind, wound. 
 
 2. Lord, thou art grent and wise. Out of sight, out 
 of mind. The earth is round. A cloud hid the sun. 
 Come to my house. His hands were bound. Jane broke 
 tb^ spout. Our flour is sour. Why is a man or a boy 
 proud ? This piece of meat weighs five pounds and one 
 ounce. I saw the cat pounce on a mouse. I heard the 
 sound of a flute. I have just wound up my watch. A 
 mound is a small hill, not so high as a mount. Proud 
 blood runs in his veins, I have found a mouse. 
 
 65. Om (other sounds); oe in shoe. 
 Sound of in move : 
 
 you. 
 
 vour. 
 
 youth. 
 
 soup, 
 route. 
 
 through, wound, I'ougc, 
 
 Sound of ?< in full : 
 could, would, should. 
 
 tour, 
 shoe. 
 
 •«-!Pf#*g*^5*«*^ 
 
— 37 — 
 
 ^^ &<.mi.,.-l. you, your, jours-soup, croup, group, 
 
 rouic'Z';: '™°P' "'""''' ^^»"''; ""•-Kh. '".row; 
 
 3. Whose book have vou ? Is it voup hnnk ? v •» 
 js yours. What ails you? lam I o/the crol Yon,!' 
 isthepnmeorh-fe. \Ve should love God vvfi\lTon; 
 •ear ts. I liave ust made a four in France Tho/^ 
 l>oy threw the ball throu-h the hoiJ tL Z"^'' 
 
 made by a sharn knivn Vn. i , ^"^ ^^°""<^ w«s 
 
 I 
 
 w "J 
 W'KW 
 
 \ 
 
 {•■■' 
 
 
 mould, 
 court. 
 
 6?. Ou (other sounds). 
 Sound of in note : 
 soul, four, though, 
 
 mourn, source, course, 
 
 Sound of u in tub • 
 
 young, touch, rough (rufi'). 
 
 Sound of a in ail: cough, ought (cawf, awt). 
 
 boS^rl'-";;!- ^«"^' PO"*-; though, dough-ought 
 bought, fought, nought, thought/wrough?;-rou7h; 
 
 ,lJ;u^^'' '^^^' four, fore; pour, pore; fourth forth- 
 slough, doe; ought, aught; nought,^aught. ' ' 
 
 ^. VVe must save our soul. The road is rouc^h Thk 
 do h IS tough. Do not touch what is no yours ' Fo^ r 
 and tour are eo-ht Thn.,rr», u ' "'^ ""^ yours, j^our 
 Wp h^.L K uV inough he ran, he came too late 
 We have bought a new house. Do not pour milk on thp 
 floor. You need not knead the dough^ T ^.'e had a 
 
 icoZ7Lt *'b "l/^"i;"^"''^- ^^" ^he'o-th'man' 
 yonr U^^Ip • ,/' ?J^ When young, that you may be 
 
 fia>^aughrto s'ay, ^"" "'"^^^ '' '^''^ '' "°"^^' 'f^Y^u 
 
 Mi 
 
 '.',» 
 
 
 
 
 
 if 
 
 
 
 ■f! 
 
 ( '■ "1*1 
 
— 38 — 
 
 67. Oiv^ as ill h 
 
 otr 
 
 liow, 
 
 Sound of on in out .- 
 owl, crond, down, browse. 
 
 -owrhowilow/'"''' 'T' "°^"' ^«^^> ««^v, vow, prow 
 cro^;;, drow;ff;^;v|;:'"'-^^ '«^vn. clown, b.ln: 
 2. bow, bouKb ; fowl, foul. 
 
 gown i^ brown"; T^lle^re" a T Vw' n^ol''^T ,"^'^ 
 
 a crowd in lown ' Tbo nn r ''!'?'V 1*'^ ^°^ ? ^hat 
 do not bow vZ be.? iFwUI?'' ''"^^"".^ P'^^T- '^ y«» 
 Cows chew the cud ^ " *"" '""^'''' ^^ *h'« ^^ugb. 
 
 to tbeltu'nnearl^JlVrow^f ^ ^^'^^ ^''^ "-"^h 
 
 - .?;« bou;J-^^;;^^r\rl^^^^ 
 
 r 
 
 'w- 
 
 $ 
 
 \o\\, 
 
 68. 0/^, as in low. 
 Sound of in no: 
 owe, own, bowl. 
 
 , growth. 
 
 throv;_sow: so"™'; 4Z' ZZ, ''■ l""''' J"°''' ^'"'^ 
 thrown. ° ' S'own, show, shown ; throw, 
 
 Jan"""' "■' '°™' '°; ''"°™' "»; ^ow, so; mown, 
 
 to !ow^ a":;'" ''°" ' •" ■""-' » "">« = <o row, a row ; 
 
 I htJa bott'slZ-Jt^rr^"" The cows low. 
 roT.a.=''H ^ ?f ;"".T^e r rSlTe 
 like the .,eiror.rnet!rnt:;"V[S'J 
 
— 30 — 
 
 so crows „.o j„..,„; To;:'^v„,;^;;';;;;,':,-i< crow., 
 
 69. l/e, in. 
 
 Sound of M in (ube : 
 
 due, blue, j„ioc, sui.. 
 
 Sound of o in tnove: 
 *'*"c, bruise, fi-uit. 
 
 '7«.^fren;|-^^;,S^ .now; 
 
 '■'•"il '•>* full of iulce I ,n'f V?''" '''"" **"'■'• '"his 
 
 /ace and made it aiiifp hinn '. . . * ^^'"*' '''e^^' ">v 
 
 ^vood with .he Su h as thr/'' '"'^'' -'l^'" '^'^'^ ^''^ «f 
 n t^. J^ucn as the tree js, such is the fruit. 
 
 guard, 
 plague. 
 
 70. I7a, ue, ui, uy, 
 
 {u silent), 
 guess, buy, g^ide. 
 
 'eague, rogue. 
 
 tongue. 
 
 huild, 
 
 ?uS!'gS~'- ''"^'''5'' S"iW, gild; guilt, gi„_ 
 
 i"" the guest of m; friend h' ,1 °? J"" *""'"• ' 
 
 can you trust sucl/a roeue ' ft ^""'' '?"'"'• "«^ 
 
 can you trust sucli'a'VMue -> "r'L ^""'' '"u""'"'- ""^ 
 S".'^e,. The league ofS .o^llt IITI ^^^.Z' ^i^ 
 ong luaeguiit, ~ " ^"'o''" "^ «"! 
 
 rilf -n ^^'*gue ot such 
 "u -,yni not long hide guilt, 
 
 hu 
 
 
 
 ■ l« 
 
 
 't'l'l'i 
 
 iffl 
 
 t^4d 
 
 1 
 
 i 
 
: I 
 
 f 
 
 •I 
 
 — 40 — 
 SECTION IV. 
 
 EXERCISES ON CONSONANTS. 
 
 71. Distinauisli : 
 
 b from p : bat, pal — cab, cap. 
 
 d fi'ORi t : dip, tip — mad, mat. 
 
 /' from V : fat, vat — leaf, leave. 
 
 g from k, c: get, keg ; gat, cat— dog, dock. 
 
 Exercises. — 1. bin, pin ; rib, rip; bear, pear; bump, 
 pump ; bride, pride ; bleed, plead ; blot, plot ; beg, peg ; 
 bath, path. 
 
 2. din, tin ; bad, bat ; den, ten ; fade, fate ; ride, rile ; 
 feed, feet; grade, gnite ; need, neat; cord, court ; down, 
 town. 
 
 3. life, live ; fine, vine ; fife, five ; half, halve, have ; 
 
 of, oir. 
 
 4. gap, cap; bag, back ; log, lock ; beck, peck ; goat, 
 coat; case, gaze; gum, come ; bag, pack; beg, peck; 
 rock, rogue. 
 
 5. Take the bag from his back. Our vine is fine. Leave 
 this leaf to me. The lock is on the log. The dog is on 
 the dock. Thev have but half their share. 
 
 7?. c, g, hard and soft. 
 
 c hard: can, cod, cut, clip, cry, act, back. 
 
 c soft : cell, cease, cede, ceil, cite; lace, ice. 
 g hard : get, gun, give, gird ; dig, leg, dog. 
 
 g soft : gem, gin, George ; age, huge, bridge. 
 
 Exercises. — \. cab, cat, cup, club, clog, crib, crime, 
 fact, lack, deck, lick, dock, luck — cell, sell ; cent, sent; 
 lac, lace ; lick, lice ; rick, rice ; rack, race. 
 
 2. gave, gat, gun, gift, geese, girl; gain, grain, grim, 
 grot, glad ; bag, peg, wig, log, rug— rag, rage ; wag, 
 wage ; hug, huge ; bad, badge ; rid, ridge ; edge, lodge, 
 judge, grudge— gem, germ, large, tinge, range, plunge. 
 
 *»mmmmf<^-- 
 
— 41 — 
 
 3. George has got a gun. T gave him a page to learn. 
 The dog drove the geese. Bees make cells. He cut a 
 huge log. Get the gem, if you can. 
 
 73. n like ng. 
 
 ink, link; mink, pink, rink, sink, wink, zinc- 
 bank, rank, sank. —sunk. 
 
 Fx€rcises.—[. in, ing, ink (ing-k); pin, pink; 
 sin, smg. sink: win, wing, wink; link, clink; rink, 
 brink, drink. 
 
 2. an, ang, ang-k ank : ran, rang, rank. 
 
 3. un, ung, ung-k, unk : sun, sunk. 
 
 4. The bell rings in the rink. Thev sang when the 
 ship sank. The bell rang to make them fall in a rank. 
 
 74. g, h, IV silent. 
 
 g silent: gnaw, gnat; deign, sign. 
 
 h silent: knave, knee, knock. 
 
 w silent : wrack, wreath, write, wrong. 
 
 £a^ermes.--l. gnash, gnarl; feign, fane ; reign, rain. 
 
 2. knave, nave; knew, new; knight, night; knot, 
 not; know, no; knee, kneel; knife, knit; knob, knoll. 
 
 3. wrest, rest ; wring, ring ; wrap, rap ; wright, right; 
 wrath, wreck, wren, wretch, wrest, writ, wrought. 
 
 4. 1 wrote the note. Sign your name. It is wrong to 
 do so. A rat gnaws wood with its sharp Jeeth. Wrap 
 this round your knee. The poor wretch wrings his 
 hands. I knew the sad news. You need not knead the 
 dough It IS but right to write to him. We will not 
 rest till we wrest the thing from their hands. 
 
 75. b, /, n, p, and s silent. 
 
 b silent : Iamb, limb, comb, dumb. 
 
 / silent : alms, calf, talk, would. 
 
 n,p, s silent : hymn, kiln ;— psalm— aisle, isle. 
 
 'It '.i' 
 
 m 
 
 'a; 
 
 f ': «• 
 
 ''-:M 
 ■ ■». 
 
 '^^m\ 
 
 n i 
 
 if 
 
 ! • I": 
 
 w 
 

 . 1, 
 
 — 42 — 
 
 d. limn— tempt ; pshaw. 
 
 V,. Can you climb a tree ? I have hurt mv thumb T m 
 us s.ng a hymn and a psalm. You shouSl ve Tirns to 
 
 « / 
 
 I '. 
 
 fl^^H 
 
 ■ ^ 
 
 ^iJ^H 
 
 ll 
 
 
 ■ ^ 
 
 
 ^1 « 
 
 76. A. 
 
 A silenl : heir herb hour, ghost, rhvme. 
 A full . hare, her, house, host, whine, etc. 
 
 he;^"":r-i;;at--ti '"''^i "'■ '""'',' ^'«' '■»'»; --•. 
 
 lu I.' if' ,' ^^'' "^^^' tjaves, heaves; ire hire • 
 *^ W^d; am ham; and, hand; as, has ash 'hash •' 
 at hat; edge, hedge; elm, helm; ell, hell 11 h HI ' 
 
 ai^tlr^'^af Lr' ^-- ^ -^/hark; :unt,''haun ,' 
 air nair, all, hall ; oar, hoar; owl, howl. 
 
 2. wile, while; wine, whine; wen, when ; wet whet • 
 
 ^af , whfy'. "'^^^' '''''''' ' ^-^' -h-^ ; wai::f;h"ai:s ; 
 
 3 I ate with the heir. I do not hate him. The ear is 
 made to hear. I hold the old man. I am fond of ham 
 
 ll 'T ^tZ '^ "^^ f ""^- I ^^'i «'«eP for an hour Sn 
 
 the edge of the wood there is a fine hedge. He thr"ew a 
 
 lone at my hat. They were all in the ha 1. Th s s his 
 
 t'. ' rV.^'^^";? ^'^ '' • The old Whig wore a wi^ 
 To whet the knife wet the stone first. 'There are n^o 
 
 Iv 
 
 -«.^«ssr- 
 
— 43 ^ 
 
 77. gh, ph. 
 
 gli?>\h\\[: 
 
 ^^"^h, mighf, taught, weight, (hou^h 
 
 gh,ph\\Uf: 
 
 iaugh, cough, phrase, sphere. 
 
 ghWUk: 
 
 hough, lough, shough. 
 
 •;auglU; bought; ^ot^iijtl^^^^^^^^^^ 
 
 f'ongh, doe pi(>hf ^f^ . . ,"o"f> sought^ thought • 
 
 I'raise a fair day at n VM T 5 ' ""'' ""r^ "''^ ''Sl"- 
 Is this phrase JigL''" nils, T'P-''!:''''^''" laugh. 
 This miat is (ough ' Mv cnk? / ""g"" «° ""-""Kh. 
 weigh! of (he frethl?^ A . ' ^■''"^^- ^hat is (he 
 is a kind of doi with l,nt P'"^' 'k' ? '"'"• ^ shough 
 has a had rough". Go'd'^pTed'^'lllf'H,^,-'-,- ''"''"' '''"p'^ 
 
 78. c/<. 
 
 ^/' hke * .. ache, chord, Chris,, 'scheme, school. 
 
 Distinguish : 
 
 -^io™;^^;iS;-/-K^^-h. 
 
 maich-juice, choico-,iarch, marsh icbai'tSa'n;:'""" 
 
 f''*l^>l 
 
 if 
 
 'i ' I"' I'] 
 
 
 :?,M 
 
1 :H 
 
 ■1 i 
 
 i 
 
 — 44 — 
 
 3. The chap is at the school. He had to give iip the 
 scheme. A chaise is drawn by one horse. There are 
 nine parts of speecli. A crown cannot cure the head 
 ache. Let us liave a game at chess. I did it in a jest. 
 Such a bad ioke mav choke her. John Jones and Charles 
 Cliase are great friends. 
 
 79. s. 
 
 s, hissing sound : sad, sou), looks, gas, sense. 
 s like:;.* as, his, these, birds, goes, leaves. 
 
 Dkiinguish : 
 
 s, hissing, and c soft from z: dose, doze ; rice, rise ; 
 price, prize. 
 gs, cts, sks from x: bogs, box ; tacks, tax ; acts, asks, ax. 
 
 Exercises. — 1. safe, sake, sail, sand, scant, scold, else, 
 sense, false — acts, leaps, speaks, months, stakes, pipes, 
 strifes, votes — gas, yes, lis, this, thus; base, case. 
 
 2. ribs, buds, heads, rags, stags, James, Charles, 
 doves, leaves, cares, plagues, boys, news — as, was, is, 
 his, hers, ours, these, those, whose, docs, goes. 
 
 3. ass, as; hiss, his; mass, mace, maze; dose, doze; 
 brass, brace, braze; race, raise; hence, hens; pence, 
 pens ; cease, seize ; fuss, fuzz ; glass, glaze ; grass, 
 graze; gas, gaze; base, vase ; ross, rose; loose, lose. 
 
 4. wags, wax; figs, lix ; fogs, fox; hogs, ox; flags. 
 Max — tasks, tax; sects, sex; risks, ricks. 
 
 5. I bought ten pens for two pence. I have bugs in this 
 box. I sold an ox and two hogs. Did the rice rise in 
 price ? The prize ox Avill graze on the nice grass. 
 
 80. th hard. 
 
 theme, thief, thrice thrive, throne, throw, throat ; thank, 
 
 thatch, thick, thin, thing, think, throng, faith, bath, 
 
 lath, path; teeth, death, breath, earth, health, 
 
 wealth; pith, with, smith ; both loth, oath, 
 
 tooth, youth, truth, month, moqlh, 
 
— 45 — 
 
 81. //) soft. 
 
 I!l?"',i!'""' k"""' """"' """>. tliev, their 
 his, thus, thence, there, thou, IhouRh 
 
 ha he, hrealhe, tithe, clothe, oothe smooth 
 haths, laths, paths, oaths, truths, youths ' 
 
 .J..mi..-,. , he. thee, these; their, theirs; thy, 
 
 "1'V,il™ll'' •r'^-ii' yowl's;' C^t^i.C'' 
 
 ^rTef Keen f hi h ^'^^T.u'*^'• ' ^'''^^ to soothe their 
 nner Keep thy shop and thy shop will keeo thee Th<l 
 
 88. «/ final. 
 
 (e is silent ; d has its natural sound.) 
 
 ^j«)^saved, named, praised; spared; armed, carved; 
 
 .tirrcd."""""^' '"''"'' ^"''"^' P^'"''^' •'^gS'^d; erred. 
 
 h'b^ 
 
I *> 
 
 I 
 
 
 1 I 
 
 
 1. 
 
 — 46 — 
 
 (?) dined, dried, sighed ; lived, killed. 
 (o) closed, clothed, moaned, snowed ; robbed, wronged. 
 (u) used , cured, stewed ; plunged, rubbed, loved ; 
 pulled. 
 {ai, ou) boiled, coined— ploughed, crowned, drowned. 
 
 N. B. — The above words, though written in two syllables, have 
 but one in pronunciation. 
 
 Exercises. — I lived; I have lived. lam praised. It 
 snowed all day. The ship sailed on the sea. I have 
 sprained my foot. The wind growled and roared ; I 
 loved to hear its noise. The stream flowed on a bed of 
 white stones. The leaves in the woods have turned 
 brown. The cold winds numbed his limbs. 
 
 83. cd final. 
 {e is silent ; d has the sound of t.) 
 
 (a) baked, chased ; taxed, dashed ; marched; passed, 
 laughed, walked. 
 [e) reaped, preached ; dressed, vexed ; searched. 
 {i) liked, wiped ; mixed, wished, 
 (o) hoped, smoked ; locked, dropped, stopped ; corked. 
 (m) jumped, rushed, worked ; looked, pushed. 
 
 N. B. — The above words, though written in two syllables, have 
 but one in pronunciation. 
 
 Exercises. — The dogs barked. I walked fast. Few 
 men passed that way. The thief was stopped at last. 
 He was not yet dressed when I called. His cheek looked 
 pale. He wiped his hands and worked on. I wished to 
 see him, but the door was locked. My lips are parched 
 with thirst. The mist was so dense on the hills that I 
 missed my way. No one guessed who our guest was. 
 
 
 i . 
 
 'Hi, 
 
 J '^. 
 
 *^1^- 
 
PART SECOND. 
 
 WORDS OF TWO SYLLABLES. 
 
 
 
 f 
 
 
 f:| 
 
 
 ^'.ll'.' ^ 
 
 l;7»? <^ 
 
 !!-?.^i ' ' 
 
 1', • i- 
 
 LsJi-' 
 
 >,'■■ ,i' 
 
 •:,t I- 
 
 
 ' ^ i' .a i1 
 
 
 t . f 
 
 i:'i 
 
 
 1 J; 
 
 •:\. :. 
 
 
 1. / 
 
 
 
 w. 
 
 ■tf- 
 
 '4' " 
 ,1 » 
 
 1 
 
 ill 
 I 
 
1 • 
 
 
 1 \ 
 
 
 1 • 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 i^ i. 
 
 ^*!s?^«f 
 
TABLE OF THE VOWEL SOUNDS. 
 
 
 
 6. 
 
 I. 
 
 2. 
 
 «, as in 
 a, as in 
 «, as in 
 «, as in 
 «, as in 
 «, as in 
 
 1. 
 
 1. 
 
 2. 
 3'. 
 4. 
 
 1. 
 2. 
 3. 
 4. 
 
 Sounds of a. 
 
 : fate, day, aim, break, they, veiL 
 
 : fat, man, carry, plaid. 
 
 : fare, air, bear"; ere, heir. 
 
 : far, path, balm, aunt, hearth. 
 
 : fast, ask staff, grass, dance, branch. 
 
 : tall, haul, a^vl, talk, ^varm. 
 
 Sounds of <?. 
 
 e, as in : mete, feet, key, near, field, seize. 
 e, as in : met, sell, merry, dead, said, friend. 
 e, as in : her, term, earth , Iir, bird, mirth. 
 
 Sounds of i. 
 
 : fine, kind, fly, die, eye. 
 : fin, bill, since, been, busy. 
 
 Sounds of 0. 
 
 : note, old, boat, foe, own, four. 
 : not, fond, borrow ; wan, wasp, what. 
 : move, do, moon, canoe; rule, tme 
 : nor, form, stork, order. 
 
 Sounds of u. 
 
 : tube, glue, feud, beauty, new, you. 
 : tub, son, love, does, color, young 
 : pull, push, put; wolf, good, book. 
 : tur, burn, worm, worth, journey. 
 
 Sounds of oi and ou. 
 
 ?', as in 
 I, as in 
 
 0, as in 
 0, as in 
 0, as in 
 0, as in 
 
 II, as in 
 u, as in 
 u, as in 
 u, as in 
 
 01, 
 QU 
 
 as in : oil, boy, coir 
 
 in, moist. 
 
 , as in ; out, foul ; cow, fowl 
 
 i% 
 
 m t' 
 
 i 
 
 ■; 
 
 .'■ ''- 
 
 ■t' 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 1' 
 
 
 ■ : 
 
 i, 
 
 < 
 
 
 T 
 
 ■■Wi 
 
 i 
 
 1 V 
 
 
 i 
 
;f 
 
 t 
 I 
 
 H i 
 
 i » ' 
 
 ) 
 
 V i 
 
 I! 
 
 li' 
 
 1 I. 
 
 .5 
 
 IMPORTANT iNOTICE TO TEACIIEKS AND PFPILS 
 
 . In the lis(8 of words f%ccd at the head of (he follow 
 ing lessons, the numbcVT refer to the different sou' is 
 ot vowels as indicated in the above table. Ex fa 1 
 means the hrst sound of a in the accented syllable " a s n •* 
 
 souiT of :' •'' r'^'^'^'T^'^ ^- »^<^«"' 'he 1 ird 
 sound of HI the accented syllable, as in- do'ino. 
 remo ve, disapprove, <fec. 'iojng, 
 
 I , 
 
(he 
 
 fol low- 
 
 •ent 
 
 sounds 
 
 Ex. 
 
 •• (.•') 1. 
 
 able 
 
 , as in : 
 
 > the third 
 
 n : 
 
 do'ing, 
 
 PAKT SECOTsri), 
 
 WORDS OF TWO SYLLABLES. 
 
 SECTION I. 
 
 THE ACCENT ON THE FIRST SYLLABLE. 
 
 Itegular sound of the votvel in the accented syllable. 
 
 84. es (grammatical termination). 
 
 races, pages, roses, prizes 
 
 masses, toxes, dishes, riches! 
 
 Exercises.—i. Pronounce in syllables: rac-es nac p, 
 roses, pr,z-es, mass-es, hox-es, dish-es, rich es ' ^^ ' 
 2. race, races; page, pages; rose, roses; prize nri/e. • 
 mass, masses; box, boxes; dish, dishes ; ^^crrichesl 
 cage cages; price, prices; dres's, dresses tax taxeT" 
 fox foxes; praise, praises ; ash, kshes; pur e nurses 
 inch, inches ; sense senses ; loss losses ounce oCces ' 
 marsq, marshes; house, houses; voice, vo^'e^riish; 
 
 3. Riches bring care. We have five sen^P<; Pn. 
 l.ve in marshes. Some fishes have ^Tngs Whatl'f! 
 doyoupav? The house was burnt to ashes He et ,hp 
 glasses fall and broke them all to pieces RjpdV? -m 
 their nests in the bushes or in the bSes octrees "'^ 
 
 85. er, es/ (grammatical (erminati 
 
 wiser 
 wisest 
 
 older 
 oldest 
 
 hotter 
 hottest 
 
 ons.) 
 
 drier 
 driest. 
 
 gayer 
 
 gayest 
 
 Exercises. — i. Pmnnunf^P I'^n ^.,iir,hh, • ., 
 
 holt-er, gay-er, dri-er-wUTesf:"-"-. "'^^^'■' °"^-''''' 
 est, an-est, • 
 
 old-est, hott-est, gay- 
 
 *)■;. 
 
 .J 
 
 i 
 
 f 
 
 
 MX 
 
 J 
 
h '• 
 
 52 — 
 
 2. wise, wiser, wisest ; old, older, oldest ; hot, hotter, 
 hottest ; gay, gayer, gayest ; dry, drier, driest— fine, 
 liner, (iricsl ; big, bigger, biggest ; low, lower, lowest; 
 long, longer, longest; great, greater, greatest; clean, 
 cleaner, cleanest; tall, taller, tallest; short, shorter, 
 shortest; sweet, sweeter, sweetest; soft, softer, softest; 
 thick, thicker, thickest; thin, thinner, thinnest; sly, 
 slier, sliest ; high, higher, highest ; few, fewer, fewes^t, 
 dull, duller, dullest; gray, grayer, grayest— good, bet- 
 ter ; late, laler, latter. 
 
 3. I am young ; you are \ounger ; John is the young- 
 est. This tree is high ; the house is higher; the church 
 is the highest. A cat is larger than a rat. This is the 
 shortest way to the church. Oak is the hardest wood. 
 The oldest and the youngest are at work with the strong- 
 est. 
 
 
 88. es, est, eth (grammatical terminations). 
 
 dances 
 speakest 
 
 praises 
 knowest 
 
 freezes 
 triest 
 
 hisses 
 liveth 
 
 catches 
 cometh 
 
 Exercises—i. danc-es, prais-es, freez-es, his-es, catch- 
 es ; speak-est, know-est, tri-est ; liv-eth, com-eth. 
 
 2. to praise, he praises, he praiseth ; to freeze, it 
 freezes ; to catch, he catches ; to speak, thou speakest ; 
 to try, thou triest; to live, he liveth— to choose, he 
 
 chooses; to clothe, he clothes, thou clothest; to bathe, 
 he bathes; to search, he searches; to cry, thou criest; 
 to go, thou goest ; to take, he took, thou tookcst ; to 
 speak, 1 spoke, thou spokest. 
 
 3. It freezes. The snake hisses. Cat in gloves catches 
 no mice. Lord, thou knowest all ! thou mayest read 
 in the lowest depth of my heart. Who is he that liveth 
 and shall not see death? 
 
 i. 
 
 } 
 
 %\ 
 
hot, hotter, 
 ii'iest — fine, 
 cr, lowest ; 
 lest ; clean, 
 I't, shorter, 
 ter, softest; 
 nnest ; sly, 
 ver, fewest, 
 -good, bet- 
 
 the yount;- 
 
 the church 
 
 This is the 
 
 dest wood. 
 
 the strong- 
 
 ons). 
 
 catches 
 Cometh 
 
 s-es, catch- 
 i-eth. 
 freeze, it 
 spcakesf ; 
 choose, he 
 ; to bathe, 
 boil criest; 
 tookest ; to 
 
 ves catches 
 
 (layest read 
 
 that livclh 
 
 boasted 
 spotted 
 cursed 
 
 — 53 — 
 
 87. ed/ (grammatical termination). 
 
 tasted heated guided 
 
 added wedded fitted 
 ragged blessed learned 
 
 /^xercisesyi tast-ed ; heat-ed, guid-ed. boast-ed ; 
 add-ed; wedded, ht-ted, spot-ted; nak-ed, bless-ed. 
 
 2. to taste, tasted, he tasted ; to heat, healed ; to guide 
 he gmded ; to boast they boasted; to add, added; to 
 III, lilted ; to nod, he nodded ; to mend, mended to 
 act acted, we acted ; to print, printed ; to quit, quitted ; 
 to fade, faded; to quote, quoted. ^ ' 
 
 3. age, aged; rag, ragged ; leg,'legged ; dog, dogged ; 
 wing, winged ; crutch, crutched ; hook, hooked ; crook 
 crooked; fool, f^Doted ; root, rooted ; wretch, wretched. 
 
 4. We parted. At last they landed. The town is 
 ighfed with gas. Ragged boys ran in the street. This 
 
 book IS well printed. They stood rooted to the spot. The 
 deer has a spotted skin. He folded his arms riund his 
 l)oy. A straight tree may have crooked roots. At last 
 we reached a wretched inn. Blessed he who cometh in 
 Ibc name of the Lord ! He clothes the naked. 
 
 88. my (grammatical termination). 
 
 finding 
 making 
 
 selling 
 having 
 sitting 
 
 lifting 
 being 
 sobbing 
 
 crying 
 
 freezing 
 
 cutting. 
 
 begging 
 
 ^^;erm^s-l. finding, sell-ing, iift-ing, snow-ing • 
 mak-.ng, hav-ing, be-ing, freez-ing, sit-ting, get-tincr' 
 sob-bing, cut-ling. °' ° °' 
 
 2 to rain, raining: to hunt, hunting ; to teach, leach- 
 ing, to boil boiling; to burn, burning-to have, hav- 
 ing; to be, being; to make, making; to do, doino-. to 
 see, seeing, logo, going; to try, t?^ing ; li ride,' 'rid^ 
 
 In" nl ?lv?n^'' 1*'*!"^ ' *^ ^'''' ^'*^'"^'' '« ^^«P' stopping ; 
 olyjlving; to shine, shining; to trim, trimmin-- tJ 
 eel, feeling; to fill, filling; 1o be^, belr^ln^ InUl'' 
 
 Hoping ; to hop, hopping ;lo love, lovinj^ " ' '" ' 
 
 d. Mind what you are doing. It was growing dark. 
 
 I 
 
 ft 
 
 ■!►• 
 
 M' 
 
 !■■( 
 
f r: 
 
 — S4 — 
 
 The birds are chirping. What book are you reading *> 
 I am goincr straight home. She stood weeping and crv- 
 ing. Birds make a noise with their wings while flvine 
 We stood looking at the men digging, turning and grind- 
 ing the clay for the making of bricks. 
 
 I 
 
 
 1 
 
 I . 
 
 89. y final. 
 
 (a) 1. lady, Mary very, wary, navy, lazv, crazy, 
 dairy dainty-2. candy, carry, marry, pantry— 3. fairy 
 —4. tardy, iaundry-5. nasty— 6. palsy, paltry, saucy. 
 . (^)l. query, weary-2. eddy, envy, very, ent'rv, ferry, 
 jelly, merry, belfry, vestry, plenty, cherry," heavy 
 ready, steady, any, many, bury— 3. mercy, clergy. 
 
 Fxercises-i. la-dy, Ma-ry, dai-ry ; can-dy, car-ry ; 
 tar-dv ; pal-sy— navy, daisy, marry, query~ver-y, mer- 
 ry, heav-y, read-y, an-y, man-y. ^ 
 
 S. babe, baby; shade, shady; haste, hasty; eight, 
 eighty; sate, safety ; hap, happy; hand, handy; hair 
 hairy; arm army; part, party; hard, hardy ";-ease 
 
 S' ^u^i^^uJi ^''^*' *'''^*y ' ^'^^'' dreary; flesh 
 fieshy, health, healthy; wealth, wealthy; thirst thirs- 
 ty ; naught, naughty. ^ ' 
 
 3. Mary, marry ; vary, very; fairy, ferry-bury, berry. 
 
 4. lady, ladies; query, queries; fairy, fairies-I car- 
 ry, he carries, he carried. 
 
 fi'iv ' ^Th* ^"^^ ^""^ ^^i'^.^' ''^PPy • ^'^^ a»'"i'es made a 
 leaty. The lady carried a baby. Lead is soft and 
 
 heavy. Any one would do that. T am pretty well, I 
 hank you. A great many men came to the city. He was 
 
 buried on the twenty-firs! of June. Lord, have mercy 
 
 on us ! 'J 
 
 90. y (continued). 
 
 sill?,* buslTbily/' ''''-'- '''' ^''^'^ p''^' ^'-y' g'ddy' 
 
 fnif ^ ^u n""'^'- "i^'^' P^"Y» glory, story~2. body, copy, 
 folly, holly, jolly, sorry, proxy, quarry-3. rubyJ-I 
 
 
 '?«:jjM^ 
 
u reading ? 
 ig and cry- 
 k'hile flying. 
 J and grind- 
 
 azy, crazy, 
 y— 3. fairy 
 try, saucy, 
 fitry, ferry, 
 ry, heavy, 
 ilergy. 
 
 ly, car-ry ; 
 ver-y, mer- 
 
 stv; eight, 
 ndy ; hair, 
 iy ;--ease, 
 ary; flesh, 
 irst, thirs- 
 
 iry, berry, 
 ies — I car- 
 ies made a 
 1 soft and 
 illy well, I 
 f. He was 
 ave mercy 
 
 zy» giddy, 
 
 3dy, copy, 
 rubv — A. 
 
 — Sf> — 
 
 »nn.' ^"'i^'y ^yy Oily; noise, noisy; cloud cloudv 
 to copy, he copies ; to hurry, he hurried. ' ^~" 
 . 3. tiny, tinny ; holy, holly; county, country 
 
 "urr>. He hurried home, as he was vvnrrv a. ° 
 ^;oHig to the country? Tiny and tunv^I" nnV ^''" 
 ">e same thing. I hive been've?y busy.^ ' '"''" 
 
 91. /y. 
 
 jJaH. daily -2. badly-3. scarcely_4. sharply-5. 
 
 (e) 1. sweetly, nearly— 2. freshlv frlpnfllv q i 
 (0 1. drylyi.2 sickly. ^' ^''^"^'y-3. early. 
 
 (o) 1. only, lowly-2. godly-S. truly. 
 {u) 1. duly-2. justly, lovely, monthly. 
 
 Exercises --i. dd-ly, bad-ly, scarce-ly, sharp-ly etc 
 2. day daily; dry. dryly; due, duly ; trueMl'lv 
 ate, la ely ; dear, dearly ; 'chief, chiefly ; ike' kel^^ 
 ow. slowly; cost, costly; safe,^afely ; great .S 
 fee freely; smooth, smcfothly ; real ?eal ly '^ week ' 
 
 mos I'-'l '"'.'• ^"'^^' «'y» «lyly; glad, gladfy; most 
 mostly , hve, lively ;new, newly ; quick, q^uicklV; brief; 
 
 I J; ^li- r ^y^'J^^ °"' ^«''y '^'•ead. He who writes 
 badiv thinks badly. Though he has been heVe ktdy I 
 scarcely know him. He is not likely to come Do vm 
 
 thX[L-."f.;;?:^^^^^^^^ ThT;no'; \2 
 
 quickfy than good ont'^' "^" """ '''' ^^'''' "^^'^ 
 
 <f 
 
 '*V 
 
-iSiKS 
 
 ( 
 
 i 
 
 . p. 
 
 1 
 
 :t 
 
 1 
 
 i 
 
 i 
 
 V 
 
 '1: 
 
 1 
 
 
 ( 
 
 &;?r 
 
 M I : 
 
 •"Si' 
 
 f . 
 
 f r,. 
 
 i 
 
 'i 
 
 ii #1 
 
 I • .J 
 
 — 86 — 
 02. a, final— (a as in far ; o long. 
 
 go!1uarfor;iir' '"^'^-'- ^^'^' ^-^^' ^— ^- car: 
 
 jo^ 1: rhln^il: .'l.r ^'^*^' ^^^^' "^=^^-^- -^- 
 
 ^^(o) 1. soda, sofa, solo.-i. comma, dogma, molto, grot- 
 {u)i. 2. unto. 
 
 f^'Zln'r^' ^■''' ''■'^'' ^'*^' C''^"-*^' bravo, &c. 
 
 2. hero, heroes; negro, negroes; grolto, grottoes. 
 
 3 Gome into the house. Let us sit on the sofa. 
 The zebra is marked with dark stripes. The sound must 
 seem an echo to the sense. Negroes have b?ack cTlv 
 
 thTcar^oloT^A^h^'^'-'P^- ^''"^ ^^^'P -as sunkanl 
 iiie cargo lost A lasso is a rope or cord, with a noosp 
 
 med for calching wi!,! horses. The serran? broke J 
 chma cup. uiokc a 
 
 93. ay, ei/—(a long.) 
 
 («)2. abbey, alley galley, valley, lackey-4. barley 
 parley, parsley— 6. always. ^ ^- "ariey, 
 
 {e) 2. medley— 3. Jersey. 
 W i. friday— 2. chimney. 
 
 4.^NVrwaT°^'^'""^' '^'"^''^' ^'''^'^' "'''''^' '''^^'^'~ 
 {u)i, tuesday-2. Sunday, monday, covey, honey 
 money, monkey-3. pulley~4. turkey, journey. ^' 
 
 Fxercises.~i . ab-bey, al-ley, fri-day, tues-day donk- 
 ey, hon-ey, mon-ey, turk-ey, &c. ^' 
 
 2. Sunday means the day of the sun ; monday the 
 day of the moon. When will ^ou set out onVouHo J^ 
 I think shall start on friday next. The s lorteit way^is 
 always the safest. Our house is in the valley Uml 
 monkeys have long tails; some have no tail,^as ap^s 
 
 k in fT ^'TJ ^'Ym^^? ^''^' '' ^''"^ thorns.' Norway 
 s in the north and Turkey in the south. He does not 
 think of any thing but money and growing rich. 
 
 
 i> 
 
ong. 
 
 lasso. — 4. car- 
 
 . — 2. echo. 
 
 a, moJto, grot- 
 
 bravo, &c. 
 , grottoes, 
 lie sofa, 
 e sound must 
 ; black curly 
 vas sunk and 
 kvith a noose, 
 ant broke a 
 
 — 4. barley, 
 
 ey, volley — 
 
 vey, honey, 
 rney. 
 
 5-day, donk- 
 
 nonday, the 
 ur journey? 
 Ttest way is 
 ley. Some 
 il, as apes. 
 s. Norway 
 He does not 
 ich. 
 
 — 57 — 
 
 94. ow, ue, eiv (o and u long). 
 
 («) 1. rainbow — 2 .nrmw k^ 
 
 .narrow narrow, saTio; TaTlow^shTdow'lhll '""'•'"' 
 roNv ; value, s.alue, Matlhew-^. ar.uT' ''"'"'"^' '?«■- 
 
 4 -trn^pt^:^;!:^ t°- "elU.; ,e„ow, „ea- 
 „,iView. ""*""' •''"""• P"'°-. willow, window, issue 
 
 \o^. '• '"'"'"'' f"""-' ''«"o«, morrow, sorrow, swaN 
 {«) 2. furrow,— 4. curfew. 
 
 ^E^rases-U shad-ow, wid-ow, .nead-ow, val-ue, 
 
 2. Man is but a shadow Thp K»ii k n 
 row chirps. The stream is .hallow Owri' '^'?' T'' 
 low trees. What a foolish foj„ t • . ^ '""^ '» "ol- 
 rows of a poor old man Th! •'J ^^ '^ •' P"y 'he sor- 
 elbow. The ligt sTreamed throtTtr'' '-"T^ <"■ ^e^ 
 corn ,s ,ellow.^ Did ,o„ fol/otitte T^^o^X:- ^T 
 
 95. ble, cle, gle, pk, tie, Ac. 
 
 a >^t,'i,amt tul:: STe ^^alirf "f '^' ■^"="'^' -"'e, 
 de sa™„le_4. marb1S.?as ■-ttrS:"""' "•*■ 
 
 tiS"'S;;',,;,ife '-"■. ■'■*, „-„., „..„,; 
 
 Stable : nmnln c ' ' , '. '. '^'^^ ' &"^d, girdle— able, tahlp 
 - -,-'• , ^a.«pxc , a„.,e, spangle ; ritle, trifle.""" 
 
 ■^ 
 
 4'^:: 
 
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— 88 — 
 
 3. apple, apples ; trifle, trifles ; to nimble, he nimbles; 
 pickle, pickled; settle, setfled; puzzle, he puzzles, he 
 was puzzled ; trouble, troubled. 
 
 4. Hear much, speak little. The beetle hums. The 
 goose cockles. Eagles catch no flies. I am now setUed. 
 A horse knows his own stable. I will trouble you for a 
 little salt. Is your ankle sprained? The horse was sad- 
 dled. He that sows thistles will not reap wheat. The 
 baby is in the cradle. 
 
 98. el. 
 
 (a) i. Abel, angel, hazel, label— 2. camel, panel, 
 barrel, cancel, mantel, tassel, gravel, travel, chapel, 
 flannel — 4. parcel — 6. laurel. 
 
 {e) 1. sequel, weasel— 2. level, rebel— 3. kernel, 
 squirrel. 
 
 (i) 1. libel, Michael~-2. tinsel, chisel, snivel, swivel. 
 
 (o) 1. rowel — 2. model, novel, gospel, quarrel— 3. 
 cruel— 4. morsel. 
 
 (u) l.duel, fuel, jewel--2. tunnel, shovel— 3. bushel. 
 
 (ou) towel, vowel, counsel, scoundrel, bowels. 
 
 Exercises.— i. an-gel, la-bel ; cam-el, pan-el, bar- 
 rel, trav-el, chap-el ; li-bel, chis-el, mod-cl, nov-el,— 
 ha-zel, gra-vel, — lev-el, reb-el. 
 
 2. Abel, able ; apple, chapel ; mantel, mantle. 
 
 3. The angel said: Hail, Mary, full of grace. The 
 priest reads the gospel at Mass. The king was a cruel 
 man. Put a label on this botfle. Wipe your face with 
 Ihis towel. The empty vessel makes the greatest sound. 
 Did you bring the parcel ? Wood and coal are used as 
 fuel m our country. The squirrel leaps from tree to 
 tree. They soon came to a quarrel. You must not take 
 model from him ; he is a mere scoundrel. The man in 
 the hovel had a novel in his hand. 
 
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— 39 — 
 
 'race. The 
 
 9 
 
 7- en, in, on (wilh e, i, o, silent). 
 
 haSeil; S.'"'"' ■'"'"'' ™-"' --n-2. barren, 
 pardof.''''"' P''"<'"-«- f-'«"-6- fallen, warden; 
 
 crimson, e-hildre";:- """'' '''^°"' "^'«"' '"'««"> Pri^on, 
 minion.- °P'"' '"■"="• ^""-' -™"--2. often, cot.on. 
 
 «oln--4!"nrI.r' '"""' ™"^'"' ''"»°"' """""-S. 
 
 Exencises. — 1. ra-ven p-vnn i^nn lu 
 -sev-en, heaven, given "="''"=='-'h™.o-pen, slo-len, 
 
 sweil,':ro'lien"to;rUetH;j'T'-'° ^?"' f^"^" ^ "> 
 spoken ; ,o uCmt; ilZTZ^l'^T'^i^ '^'A 
 
 child, 'SL^' --"^ '« S: tX;,i?.:'';^^i'': 
 
 oven. ' ' ""'"• '=°"S"n-even, heaven ; open, 
 
 |f?-'iitVor^efjfrwiliTke'''^^^^^^^ 
 
 a s'uZn.^ '^hr.^:i:r:'- ^- -- el^eo-n^ 
 
 i. litre are tour seasons in a vear 
 
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 98. em, en, e^c— (with c sounded) 
 LI I' P!J!;":J^"^"' P'^t^'^-^. marten- 
 
 W 2. emblem. 
 rO 1. item, sir< 
 sHchen, chickoij, index. 
 
 5- aspen. 
 
 J!}J: ^*,^."V siren, hyphen--2. system, linen r"-*-^- 
 
— 60 — 
 
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 (o) 1. poem, amen, rowen, — 2. solemn, problem, 
 convex. 
 
 (n) 1. ycwen— 2. nutmeg, sudden, sullen, — 3, wool- 
 en. 
 
 Exerckes. — 1. pat-en, plat-en, mart-en, asp-en, em- 
 blem, lin-en, o-men, si-ren. 
 
 2. row, rowen ; yew, yeweu ; wool, woolen— women 
 {ivimen). 
 
 3. Eden, {Edn or Eden), sudden {sudd'n or sudden). 
 3. The hyphen is used to join words or parts of words. 
 
 Have you read the new poem ? Some women are wash- 
 ing linen in the kitchen. The marten has a fine fur 
 which is used in making hats and muffs. A sudden fear 
 troubled him. There is an index at the end of the book. 
 The golden plate which the priest uses at Mass is called 
 the paten. 
 
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 99. ed, et. 
 
 (a)l. naked, hatred, sacred— 2. camlet, claret, ham- 
 let, magnet, planet, tablet, bracket, chaplet, hatchet— 
 4. carpet, market, scarlet, gauntlet— 5. basket, casket. 
 
 {e) 4. secret— -2. tenet, emmet, helmet, velvet, freshet. 
 
 (?) 1. diet, quiet— 2. wicked, kindred; billet, gimlet, 
 linnet, millet, cricket, trinket. 
 
 (o) 1. poet— 2. comet, bonnet, goblet, locket, pocket, 
 socket, prophet — 3. cruet. 
 
 (w)2. hundred; budget, buffet, dulcet, musket, russet, 
 trumpet, covet— 3. bullet, pullet {oi) toilet. 
 
 Exercises.— i. na-ked, sa-cred ; clar-et, mag-net, 
 plan-et, se-cret, ten-et; di-et, wick-ed; po-et, com-et, 
 gob-let. 
 
 2. to hate, hatred ; to close, closet ; lock, locket ; 
 blank, blanket ; table, tablet ; ring, ringlet— wicked, 
 wicket. 
 
 3. Keep quiet. Pope is a great poet. Tlie poor girl 
 walked with naked feet. There are many ways of telling 
 a secret. Planets move round the sun," ]\\ ihis small 
 
3n — women 
 
 iiiis small 
 
 — 61 — 
 
 l)or's house. ^ """ '''^^* "«' "^^^et thy neigh- 
 
 100. m, ec^ ^5/, e^/. 
 
 -4. /oHress ' "'"''"■ ™"''^^'' conquest, contexi 
 
 («; 2. subject (ou) prowess. 
 
 Exercises. — 1, hpip-nco i 
 
 ear-nest, ti-L^res con au J ""'''' ^T"?^^*' ^Hect, 
 inod-est. ^ ' conquest, pro-gress, for-esf, hon-est, 
 
 count,^7u;test":^tortTr;ss'"?^^^^ 
 
 mistress; duke, duchess ' '^fe'er, tigress ; master, 
 
 hoLtn \ut::,l "ilrail c'^.r"^ ^^ P^^^r^- P"* ^^e 
 
 to all this. What was he suh7o r/v*" bearwitness 
 
 cypress is an ever-g7een tre. C li *^'^«)?^«?h ? The 
 
 friend makes hut slow pro'r^s/ W^ 'f/ '' ''^^' 0"'' 
 
 deep in the forest the \lr.Ur! ^^^'^"^ *^'^ ^n^^s lies 
 
 V lorest, ttie wolves come out to look for food. 
 
 101. «/, o/- (like w/). 
 
 anSs--c^rl?i;rshT'' ^'P^'-- ^^^^^^ -"^al. 
 ..l!t:nta?he&!,!^thT'^'-^^^ "^^^'' ^^^'^ ^- 
 
 (0 l.dial, vial, final, rival, hri^al 
 -.a.smai, Signal, symbol, crystal ipfstoi, 
 
 spiral: idol-^ 
 
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 (o) 1. oral, local, total, postal — 2. coral, moral, con- 
 sul — 3. rural, frugal, plural — 4. mortal, normal, 
 (w) 1. mural, neutral — 4. journal — (o<) loyal, royal. 
 
 Exercises.'— i. fa-tal, na-val, pa-pal. na-tal, re-gal, 
 ve-nal; med-al, met-al, hcr-ald ; ti-nal, vi-tal, spiral ; 
 o-ral, to-tal, post-al ; mor-al, hru-tal ; mur-al, neu-tral. 
 
 2. fate, fatal ; post, postal ; brute, brutal. 
 
 3. idol, idle; medal, meddle ; bridal, bridle ; cym- 
 bal, symbol. 
 
 4. Lead is a soft metal. Tbc wound proved fatal. I 
 met a bridal party. The plural of glass is glasses. They 
 were rivals. I like rural sports. The School for scandal 
 is the title of a play. They lead 'a moral life. Those 
 countries kept neutral during war. The lark, the herald 
 of the morn, has sung his carol in the sky. 
 
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 102. am, am, um {a and o like u short.) 
 
 (a) 2. Adam, madam, balsam ; atom, fathom, random, 
 ransom, phantom, handsome; alum, album — 6. autumn. 
 
 (e) 2. venom, seldom, welcome ; vellum, spectrum. 
 
 (i) 2. wigwam ; wisdom, symptom. 
 
 (o) 2. forum, quorum, oakum — 2. bottom, blossom ; 
 column, rostrum. 
 
 (w) 2. buxom, custom— 3. bosom, {oi) noisome. 
 
 Hxercises. — 1. A-dam, mad-am, at-om, fath-om, ven- 
 om, al-um, au-tumn; fo-rum, quo-rum, bux-om, col- 
 umn. 
 
 2. Adam was the first man. The apple-trees blossom 
 
 in spring. Madam, you 
 country has its customs, 
 
 are quite welcome. Each 
 The leaves of trees fall in 
 autumn. Wisdom is worth more than gold. He lives 
 happy in his wigwam. They fought at random. He 
 who does what he will, seldom does what he ought. 
 Anger may glance in the breast of the wise, hut it will 
 rest only in the bosom of fools. 
 
^63 — 
 
 103. an, on (a and o like u sliorfj. 
 (a) 1. pagan, satan, apron, matron— 2. wagon canon 
 e'So;'''"' ^'"'"' "'"""^' saffron-rcarbor: 
 
 aoi'^w;at7V'- '''"'"' '""'""' '^^^"' ^«'^»«"' ten- 
 nun weapon— J. sermon. # 
 
 /I V «°"' ii-on— 2. citron, ribbon. 
 phS, mormon"""'- ''""^"'^^"^^''^"-^- -•^^-^' «- 
 rnal4. lSn~'' """^' """"^"' L^"^^"--^. wc 
 
 ^^wt/w5.--.1. pa-gan, sa-tan, a-pron : wag-on can- 
 ^^uate"' '""^"' '^'"•^"' -^'■-' ten-on,^Ilo:mrn, 
 
 2. satan satin ; canon, cannon, iron (iurn). 
 is 1 n-fm! if Jl'T'- *''on i« a very hard metal. Satan 
 
 on l^ ^^ **'' ^'™r • E^e ^'^s the tlrst woman. Did 
 jou hear the cannon? Pity the poor orphan. The na - 
 ^on gave the sermon. He left London on." iace (".n 
 
 tr^cC^^"^" • ^'»^ ^^^"- -"^^ its Pe^arThroJ;,^;; 
 
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 104. and, end, ond^ant, ent, &c. (like iind, tint, Ac.) 
 -dhlJ: .T^'^";, vagrant, fragrant; agent, raimenf-2. 
 
 ^a land'-lr'; '^''"*' P"*^"*' t^-^'^'^t-^' P-'W-ent-I 
 garland , ardent, garment, sergeant ; almond 
 
 (^)l. decent, recent, regent, frequen -2. errand 
 remnant; peasant, pleasant,'pheasant ; clemen , n e.^nt 
 segment, second -3. servant, merchant, serpent!^ ' 
 
 (0 1. island, Ireland; giant, tyrant, pliant- stipend 
 
 -4!\^ge„"t!:'„f'"'~'- ''"''''"'• ™"'™'' •="-■" 
 (oi, ou) ointment,''buovanl (bwoyant) thousand, 
 
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 Exercises.^i. va-cnnt, a-gent, do-ccnt, clcm-cnl, is- 
 land, rib-and, &c 
 
 2. to pay, pav!' 't -ise, basement; to state, state- 
 ment ; to treat, treatment; to lodge, lodgment ; to judge, 
 judgment ; to move, movement. 
 
 3. My parents are dead. We had a pleasant walk. 
 Ireland is an island. We were buoyant with hope. 
 Raiment and garment mean the lun.' \\v the Bible. Can 
 you run an errand for me? He is a man of judgment. 
 How far distant is the town ? He was long a sergeant in 
 the army. 
 
 105. ance^ ence, ange, enge. 
 
 {a) 1. fragrance, cadence— 2. balance, absence— 6. 
 audience. 
 
 (e) 1. grievance — 2. pena- ce, entrance, essence, pres- 
 ence, sentence, vengeance. 
 
 [i) 1. science, license, silence — 2. instance, distance, 
 incense. 
 
 {6)2. orange, Florence, lozenge, nonsense— 3. pru- 
 dence. 
 
 (w) 1. durance, nuisance. 
 
 Exercises. — 1. ca-dence, fra-grance, grie-vance, li- 
 cense, du-rance, bal-ance, pcn-ance, pres-ence, or-ange. 
 
 2. to grieve, grievance ; guide, guidauce ; to enter, 
 entrance— absence, absent ; presence, present ; fragran- 
 ce, fragrant ; prudence, prudent. 
 
 3. Speak well of one in his absence. What is your 
 grievance? This is all nonsense. He lost his balance 
 and fell down. He has great presence of mind. Shall 
 I buy an orange or a lemon ? I challenge any man to 
 do this. What is the distance from here to the town ? 
 Sentence of death was passed on both of them. Vengeance, 
 though it comes with leaden feet, strikes with iron hands, 
 r^o entrance ! A good riddance. 
 
— 65 — 
 108. er (like ur), 
 
 ;■'« ler, tauler, cl^;pter Alatr fl,lle "'"f '''■ ""'""^'• 
 
 "Lislcr, plasler_C aViop .il ""'• '='«"''<=r-S. after, 
 'l".'>-le;, "saucer, daughter' ' ""'"'' '^^''""•' ■ '"«■•' 
 
 eve?, onll;: V;;' ni:r/e'v:r l/,'. '"""^' . '''"'"•-2- 
 lernper, (, nder ves ^^r li„ ', *'' "■■' ""ember, pepper, 
 
 fea.Lr: lea&, wl.'afherl^hdfer.'"''"^' ''"''""' ''''''^^"' 
 ea5:.^:!i:::-i; „rvr;',/--ger, cha^-ber; ,e-ver, 
 l^'i' P'PI-"- 'f-e,: i:'!:;- -'"--weather, .hether, 
 
 »'ra„,!::;tvir,t-flr,:»^^J:?\^aV,eT';:ar''=?/^'-««- 
 partner; Jaw, Jawver • n.v . '/^^'' '^^^^'' 5 Part, 
 
 l..mer; bear,'bea;er;'rerd!VS:^ ' '"""^ ""'' 
 
 lie answer vour lelL» H J '-r '" "'« g'^deii. Did 
 
 ;e^ bring a^^Iss or^ler '"nr f "^ f ^. ^ai- 
 'empers ,he wind He ha5\JeV ■uifc^";"'' ''"'' 
 
 107. er (continued). 
 
 I"«er! differTd!:!;:'-; ^'T/def^fl'.^l.r' t^- ^"'"T-^' --> 
 fi.ster, limber, wintc- nriLr '•'"■' .R'"'"' ^''™r, 
 
 l"N.cr,,vi,her,,hl,t;,'wTi;,er ^"'"" '^"'''' ''"^""•. 
 
 sNaderr2!'"^,r;;,t''^'';;7.S7er, bolster, hoister, 
 
 ".onster prosper,' Se;.''Sd"-Vru f ' '°'""''' 
 ~i- order, border, corner, ormer. ' """P*"" 
 
 Exercises. 
 
 gro-cer—riv-er, prirn-er 
 
 ' ' *:^-^^^^ mi-por, bri- 
 
 er ; o-ver, so-ber. 
 
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 '^oul -der Si^'^^' ^^^^-^^' '^'-"^^r, so liJr (.o^;;j |- , . 
 

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 2. bind, binder; mill, miller; buy, buyer; own, 
 owner ; bottle, butler ; move, mover ; brew, brewer ; 
 dine, dinner ; do, doer ; fish, fisher ; mow, mower ; 
 row, rower; dye, dyer ; write, writer; hop, hopper. 
 
 3. Silver is white and shining. Copper is red. Talk- 
 ers are not good doers. The grocer does not sell clover. 
 He shook his head and shrugged his shoulders. There 
 was a quiver in her voice. He had to shed bitter tears 
 on his faults. The brave soldier was wounded in the 
 shoulder. 
 
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 108. cr (continued). 
 
 (m) 1. neuter, pewter— 2. under, upper, utter, butter, 
 hunger, mutter, number, suller, summer, supper, tum- 
 bler, blunder, flutter, plunder, shudder ; cover, hover, 
 wonder, other, mother, brother— 3. butcher— 4. murder. 
 
 (of) loiter, boiler, oyster, cloister. 
 
 {oil) counter, founder ; bower, cower, dower, power, 
 tower, powder, shower, chowder, fiower, trowsers. 
 
 Exercises. — 1. neu-ter, peu-ter ; butch-er ; moth-er, 
 broth-er, etc. 
 
 2. low, to lower; boil, boiler ; fowl, fowler; join, 
 joiner; run, runner; drum, drummer — wander, wonder. 
 
 3. Hunger is the best sauce. Thou shall do no murder. 
 There was a smell of flowers in the air. I wonder why 
 he did not come. We had a heavy shower. There is 
 no butter in the firkin. What a number of fine trees ! 
 Brush your trowsers. Will the butcher buy the ox? 
 Father and mother, brother and sister must love each 
 other. 
 
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 109. «>', or, ur; bre, ere, etc — (like i<r). 
 
 (a) i . acre, sabre, favor, labor, major, manor, razor, 
 vapor ; mayor, tailor, traitor, neighbor — 2. grammar ; 
 valor, candor — 4. martyr ; arbor, ardor, armor, parlor 
 — 5. pastor — G. altar, author. 
 
— C7 — 
 
 iJvlLrt'-;: '""""■' ""'"• """"^ ■■ """^ ^"'"^ 
 
 li/'? 'vi™i"i' "'"■'' ■"''™ ' '"'■""■' ["ior-a. vicar, i.il- 
 I'lr , vigor liquor, inirror, scissors. ' 
 
 [") i. poliir ; odor, dolor, donor— 2. collar dollar 
 |.0|ilar, scholar ; doctor, l,orror-3. rumo,-;.' .norlar,' 
 
 .„tl*' '""'"■• s>'Sar ; humor, lulor, slunor-2. viilcar 
 sulphur, color— 4. burglar, murmur. ^ ' 
 
 dofZ7Mc~'- f"-™--' <=«-'"'^ ; -lo-'or; val-or, vig-or, 
 
 .leLrt :ui,',?uiro'"r: '" '""' '"''" ' '» ''''' ''"'' -l"". 
 
 4' mTn/"™'"'' '"''»'■'. !»''»">• ; honor, honour etc. 
 
 nrl»r,Tarbo;.. ""'"""■' ^"""'-""r; dolor, dollar ;_ 
 
 at scho!,?"''!.^" '''"'!'"' ""'' "'°"""'- ' '"^'-n g'-'""n"T 
 piastis at the altar. The minor lonifs to be of aire 
 names'""^ »:r ""' r^"'' ^omc ju'dge of authors' 
 lour'eighbo""''" ■'"' """ "■""" y- -" '-'P i' 
 
 110. ard, erd, ord, em elc-(like wd, uni etc). 
 
 sci^iarV, TaX^ X'r,''.n"dtb'"""^"'''-''' 'l""""' 
 lantern-6. awkward ,staCl' ' ""'"'"' "'™"'' 
 
 effort^' '^''™'"''' ' J""'""'''' '""I""''' ; s'-ephcrd ; western ; 
 
 yaS f dS: "''"'"^' «'"'"'^' "'Sg"^''. Ri'^hard, vine- 
 
 miin '^contT'"''--- ""^'''^' "'""arch ; halberd ; 
 ward'',™orthern ' '""""""'='= = ^'''"^'i-'^- orchard, for^ 
 
 erifcLfS.Tuiwrk.""'''' '"^'="'^''' S--". -,"'^ 
 i-^.^cm.-l, a-corn, cav-ern, hazard, li^,ard, 
 
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 Rich-arJ, mod-'ern, ^ov-ern ; com-fort ; shep-herd, 
 leo-pard, etc. 
 
 2. east, eastern ; south, southern ; wise, wizard ; cow, 
 coward ; dote, dotard ; drunk, drunkard ; to brag, 
 braggart. 
 
 3. The fruit of the oak is called an acorn. A drunkard 
 cannot prosper. The standard is on the rampart. Tell 
 the steward to fetch some mustard. There is plenty of 
 fruit in the orchard. Your cousin Richard is very awk- 
 ward. A linr is daring towards God, and a coward 
 towards men. The flock, and not the fleece, ought to 
 be the object of the shepherd's care. 
 
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 111. ad, od — at, ot, ut — ass, us, ask etc. — 
 {a and o like u short). 
 
 (a) 2. salad, jalap, atlas, canvas; barrack, damask, 
 ballast, sabbath — havoc, gallop, abbot, ballot, cannot, 
 carrot ; cassock, padlock, shamrock ; gamut — 6. walnut. 
 
 (e)l. Jesus, genus, rebus — 2. trespass, breakfast, 
 steadfast — method, despot, zealot — census — 3. stirrup, 
 circus. 
 
 («') 1. bias, lilac — liot, pilot — 2. distaff, kidnap, Christ- 
 mas, gymnast, syntax — synod, bishop, bigot — syrup. 
 
 (o)l. bonus, focus, chorus — 2. Thomas, combat, 
 stomach — locust— 4. porpoise (purpus). 
 
 (m)1. Europe; tumult — 2. cutlass, compass — 4. pur- 
 pose. 
 
 Exercises. — 1 . sal-ad, jal-ap, dam-ask ; hav-oc, Je- 
 sus, bi-as, etc. 
 
 2. Jesus died on the cross. The abbot was made a 
 bishop. The sexton has a cassock. The Jews keep the 
 sabbath. I feel a pain in my stomach. I wish you a 
 merry Christmas. With the rose of Englc nd are blended 
 the thistle of Scotland and the shamrock of Ireland. I 
 hope I do not trespass on your time. He went last year 
 to Europe. Our lives are spent either in doing nothing 
 ^{ all or in doing nothing to the purpose. 
 
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 112. ic, id, it. 
 
 (<^)1. cambric; David— 2. panic, fabric; acid, arid, 
 rapid valid, candid, habit, rabbit, transit— 4. garlic— 
 0. audit, plaudit. ° 
 
 ((?) 2. splendid ; debit, merit, credit— 3. hermit. 
 
 (0 2. critic; timid; limit, visit, spirit. 
 
 (o) 2. colic, comic, logic, topic, frolic ; solid, horrid ; 
 orbit P'"''^'*"^- I^''"'^-^- morbid, sordid, torpid; 
 
 {u)\. cubic, music; stupid; unit— 2. public ; culprit, 
 summit— 3. pulpit. ^ v ^ 
 
 Exercises ^i. cam-bric, Da-vid, pan-ic, fab-ric, ac- 
 id, rap-id, deb-it, merit ; lim-it, vis-it ; col-ic, com-ic, 
 sol-id, u-nit, etc. 
 
 2. Time flies with rapid wing. David killed the giant 
 With a stone from a slinn. Do not speak of your own 
 merit. The rabbit is timid. All the pary fled in a 
 panic. VVe could give no credit to what he said. The 
 news put him in high spirits. Come and visit me in the 
 country. We must serve God in spirit and in truth. 
 
 
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 113. il, im. in, ip, is. 
 
 (a)l. april ; baius, gratis -2. cavil, anvil ; maxim; 
 cabin, napkin, tannin— 6. margin ; parsnip. 
 
 [e) 1. ,eviI--2. devil, peril, pencil, stencil ; welkin— 
 •{. vermin, flrkin, virgin. 
 
 (01. crisis— 2. civil, vigil, pilgrim, victim. 
 
 [u) 2. fossil, nostril ; robin, bobbin, cotnn, tocsin • 
 gossip— 3, ruin. ' 
 
 {u)i. pupil, tulip— 2. buskin — 4. urchin, turnip, 
 worship. ' ^* 
 
 (ou) council. 
 
 Fxercises.^l . a-pril ; ba-sis, cav-il, cabin, mar-gin ; 
 e-vil, dev-il, per-il cri-sis ; civ-il, pu-pil, tur-nip etc. 
 
 ^. i^ly evn and do good. Do not tempt the devil by 
 ^■a.ting your time. His maxim was : Uo one thing at a 
 
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 time. I cannot find my napkin. Put the iron on the 
 anvil while it is hot. the old castle is now in ruins. 
 She is making lace with threads and bobbins. Lend me 
 your knife to cut my pencil. Peril he never sought but 
 never shrank to meet. Not a flower, not a flower sweet 
 on my black colfin let there be strewed. 
 
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 114. icty iff, ing, ist. 
 
 {n) \. caitifi*, plainlifr— 2. tarifl*, landing, standing— 
 \\. daring— 4. artist, farthing, starling, startling— 5. mas- 
 tiff, dancing, fasting — 6. awning, drawing. 
 
 (e) 1. meeting, ceiling -2. sherifl', herring, wedding, 
 blessing, dwelling, chemist, dentist— 3. verdict, sterling, 
 earnings, learning. 
 
 (<■) J. tidings, binding— 2. printing, shilling, hnguist. 
 
 {o)\. mourning— 2. pontiff, plodding, shocking, pro- 
 vince — 3. tourist — 4. morning. 
 
 (u) 1. during, jurist— 2. cunning, coming, loving, 
 nothing, touching— 3. pudding. 
 
 Exercises. — 1. tar-iff, land-ing. dar-ing, danc-ing, 
 chem-ist, shcr-iff, ti-dings, mourn-ing, noth-ing, touch- 
 ing, etc. 
 
 2. greet, greeting ; dare, daring; light, lightning; 
 train, training; draw, drawing ; earn, earnings ; art, 
 artist ; tour, tourist. 
 
 3. Good morning, sir. The fox is cunning. Twelve 
 pence make a shilling. Have you been at the meeting ? 
 The tourist has spent all his earnings. The sheriff is a 
 man of great learning. The jury brought in a verdict of 
 not guilty. The news is startling. The printing costs 
 live shillino-o. 
 
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 {a) 2. banish, lavish, parish, radish, vanish, brackish 
 -4. guraish, varnish, 
 
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 (fi) 1. peevish— 2. perish, relish selfish, blemish, che- 
 rish— 3. skirmish. 
 
 {i)\. Irish— 2. finish, English, (inglish) British. 
 
 (o) 1. Polish— 2. polish, ostrich— 3. foolish. 
 
 (u) 2. publish, punish, rubbish, nounsh, flourish— 3. 
 wolhsh— 4. furnish, churlish. 
 
 Exercises.— \. ban-ish, lav-ish, fam-ish ; pee-vish • 
 per-jsh, rel-ish, Eng-lish, pun-ish— anguish, vanquish! 
 tarnish, etc. o ^ i > 
 
 2. Dane, Danish ; Swede, Sweedish ; Pole, Polish • 
 I'oy, boyish ; child, childish ; knave, knavish ; slave] 
 slavish ; book, bookish ; clown, clownish— red, reddish • 
 white, whitish ; black, blackish ; salt, saltish : green! 
 greenish ; style, stylish. 
 
 3. Can you speak English ? This ib the parish church. 
 I his woman is peevish. He is the most selfish mf^n. 
 Now don't be so childish. How foolish you are ! There 
 IS no blemish on my fame. This young man is very 
 lavish of his riches. If you don't keep still, I will pun- 
 ish you. Life h^s lost its relish. Can \ou furnish this 
 room ? 
 
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 lie. ice, ise, He, ime, etc— (/ short). 
 
 (a) 1. native, plaintive— 2. Alice, malice, lattice, chal- 
 ice, practice ; agile ; famine, rapine, sanguine ; fran- 
 cliise; granite; active, captive, passive— 4. jaundice. 
 
 (e) 1. treatise- -2. reptile, engine, respite, pensive, 
 lettuce {lettis)—3. service, fertile, servile. 
 
 (0 2. missile, missive, minute {imnit). 
 
 (o) 1. notice, poultice, motive, sportive— 2. bodice 
 ofhce, promise, solstice ; docile, hostile; doctrine, olive' 
 
 [u) 1. futile— 2 justice, subtile— 4. surplice. 
 
 Exercises. — 1. na-tive, Al-ice, chol-ice, no-tice, etc. 
 
 2. to act, active ; to treat, treatise ; sport, sportive : 
 just, justice, etc. ' 
 
 3. The horse is docile. The Holv Land was vorv fcr- 
 iiie. Can I be of any service to you? He proved the 
 
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 justice of his claims. They were by far too sanguine in 
 their hopes. *!any persons do not' put their good pre- 
 cepts in practice. The dove came back to the ark with 
 an olive leaf. Office will show the man. What was 
 your motive for doing this? 
 
 117. 
 
 ace, age, ate etc — {a like e or i short). 
 
 (a) 2. palace, adage, damage, manage, ravage, savage, 
 baggage, carriage, passage, language ; palate— 4. cart- 
 ridge, partridge — 6. sausage. 
 
 (e) 1. steerage--2. preface, terrace, message, presage; 
 senate, prelate ; vestige. 
 
 (i) 1. pirate, climate, private— 2. image, visage, villa- 
 ge ; frigate . 
 
 (o) 1. postage— 2. Horace ; homage, bondage, cottage, 
 hostage; college, knowledge; porridge— 4. corsage, 
 mortgage. 
 
 (m) i . usage, plumage, curate— 2. umbrage, luggage, 
 rummage, courage— 4. furnace, surface, purchase- 
 
 {oi, ou) voyage, outrage. 
 
 Exercises.— \ . pal-ace, ad age, dam-age ; pi-rate, cli- 
 mate etc. 
 
 2. to pass, passage ; to carry, carriage ; to marry, 
 marriage ; purse, to purchase ; cart, cartage ; store, 
 storage ; wharf, wharfage. 
 
 3. God made man in his own image. Language is the 
 dress of thought. Knowledge is power. The climate of 
 this country is healthy. Have you read the preface of 
 this book ? Buy me a few postage stamps. The carria- 
 ge drove off to the cottage. I have paid o«* «he mortgage. 
 The battle was fought on both sides with great courage. 
 
 118. ate,— He, ite,—een, ier etc— (a, i, e long). 
 
 {a} 1. vacate, reindeer— 2. landscape, stagnate, satire 
 —4. archives. 
 
— 73 — 
 
 00 2. surname, umpire. ' P^'^^'^'^' 
 
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 ".Su-re/tipTu^trbu,^"""' "^'"'•^' "-'"-. P-'-c, 
 
 vofSt;-'- ""'"'=' ^''^-'"-' "-'-e. trib-une, 
 
 inin'f 'e/f' '■»''"'•«.; to fix, fixture; 
 joint, jointure ; moist, moisture. 
 
 •i- Habit is second nature. The 
 creature. The vulture flew over us 
 "Olhmp: have. He has a t,no!ure „ f cl^ Z" - „, ' 
 
 '"an of high stature and ^^e atures Yo,?;„„!J k™' •'' 
 
 -Iptures wer^ ^^X ^t i!^,ltT,r::{",r„, ^""^ 
 
 to mix, mixture ; 
 
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 SPECIAL TERMINATIONS 
 
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 ISO. 1° ain, eign, ief, eeV,— (like en or in, if, it) : captain 
 
 {capten or captin). 
 
 'a) 2. captain, chaplain — 4. bargain. 
 e) 1. chief In in — 3. certain. 
 
 (0 
 
 :hicf. 
 
 t) iJ. villain, misciiic] 
 fo) 2. foreign— 4. forfeit, 
 (w) 4. curtain, surfeit. 
 (o!/J. fountain, mountain. 
 
 2" o?/s, like d/s; famous (famus). 
 
 (a) \. famous, heinous. 
 
 (ej 1. grievous— 2. jealous, zealous— 3. nervous. 
 
 (/) 1. pious — 2. fibrous, nitrous. 
 
 (n) i. porous — 2. pompous, monstrous. 
 
 (?/) 2. bulbous, wondrous. 
 
 (oi) joyous. 
 
 Exercises. -i. for-eign, fa-mous, hei-nous, grie-vous, 
 zeal-ous, etc. ' 
 
 2. fount, fountain ; mount, mountain ;— fame, famous • 
 grief, grievous; zeal, zealous; fibre, fibrous; nitre' 
 nitrous; pomp, pompous ; bulb, bulbous; joy, joyous. 
 
 3. Pope was a famous English writer. Are all boys 
 fond of mischief ? He was a most pious and zealous 
 priest. Please draw the curtains. The bargain was 
 struck. Was he not once in the navy ? He has a strong 
 foreign accent These are grievous news. Great Britain 
 and Ireland form the British Islands. The mountain 
 brought forth a mouse. 
 
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 ISl. 1" can, con, ion, etc— (like un). 
 
 (a) 1. pageant— 2. fashion — 4. sergeant, 
 (e) 2. legion, region, 
 (i) 2. pigeon, 
 (o) 4. gorgeous. 
 
 (u) 2. dungeon, luncheon, puncheon— .3. cushion^i. 
 surgeon, 
 
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 V) : captain 
 
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 grie-vous, 
 
 e, famous ; 
 as ; nitre, 
 y, joyous, 
 e all boys 
 id zealous 
 rgain was 
 as a strong 
 eat Britain 
 mountain 
 
 shion. 
 
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 ^ lan, ion, etc.^(like ywi etc.) 
 
 l,ullil„: ""'""' J""'°'-2- ™man, scullion, o„io„-3. 
 
 you. Christian name°? He "1 1^ " ""'°"'"- '^^'hat is 
 a™y and a valian sold er Th / ^.»<''•g'-'''nl "' Ihe 
 ." a dreary dungeon. t^J^s^^rSn,,^:? tZ. 
 
 122. 1° .«/«'(? lilic s/i«r. 
 
 (0 I n^' '""""' P^"^^"-- 
 
 (o)2. tonsure. 
 
 2° 5wre, :rwr^ like zhur. 
 (a) 1. azure, rasure. 
 
 (0) 1: ilS."""'^--- "^^^"-' P'^--'e, treasure. 
 
 3^ si, zi, like zh, in 5«Vr, .-/cr, ./o»i. 
 
 (a) i. brazier, glazier, grazier. 
 (0 2. visier, vision. 
 (o) osier, hozier. 
 (w) fusion 
 
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 3. Sweet is pleasure after pain. 1 do not dread the 
 most rigid censure. I like the azure of a pure sky. The 
 priest wears a tonsure. May I ask you for a few moments 
 of your leisure ? I feel the pressure of sorrow and want. 
 Tell the glazier to come. The act of seeing is called the 
 vision from a latin word. He that has found a true friend, 
 has found a treasure. Measure your desires by your 
 fortune, not your fortune by your desires. 
 
 1S3. cial, cean ; sion, cient, cious—{\\ke,s/ial, shun, shunt). 
 
 (a) 1. ancient, gracious, spacious— 2. mansion, passion, 
 transient, anxious. 
 
 (c) 1. species, special— 2. pension, session, special, 
 precious — 3. version. 
 (0 2. mission, vicious. 
 
 (o) 1. ocean, social — 2. conscience, conscious— 3. Rus- 
 sian, Prussian. 
 (w) 2. luscious. . 
 
 Exercises.^i. ancient, gra-cious; passion, tran-sienl, 
 spe-cial, etc. 
 
 2. grace, gracious ; space, spacious ; price, precious ; 
 vice, VICIOUS ; Russia, Russian. 
 
 3. God save our gracious Queen ! Time is the' most 
 precious of all things. Man is a conscious being. Do 
 what you are asked for conscience sake. Have you been ' 
 at the mission? Ceylon is an island of the Indian ocean. 
 This IS a very luscious fruit. Is the captain a Prussian 
 or a Russian? I think he is a Prussian, for he speaks 
 German. This ancient mansion is worth a special notice. 
 A troubled conscience is like the ocean ruffled by a 
 storm. •' 
 
 124. tian, Hon, tious, (like shun, shus). 
 
 (a) 1. nation, ration, station, patience, patient— 2. 
 tion, faction, fraction, traction, captious, factious- 
 martial, partial— ^, auction, caution, cautious, 
 
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 -4, 
 
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 llic mot on of (he earth Thl ^ * ''^'^ "o*'on of 
 iVaCion means a par 'of a S^.''"'Th; "" > ''"P"""^' ^ 
 liy a faction, and his sentenT?' ^* ■'"''S'' ^'^ ™led 
 riot words, show the re" alue ^f'""*' ?"""'• Aetions 
 "o.,.a.i.,n, b, na.ure,l^'u s?.'o"uld"LlT;;ir,',L^"" "" 
 
 125. dom, hood, ship, ness. 
 
 dom: wisdom, kingdom. 
 
 hood: manhood, falsehood 
 
 y: hardship, iordship, ' 
 
 ^^^^.- darkness, deafness 
 
 freedom, 
 priesthood, 
 clerkship, 
 meakness. 
 
 ..off:™'''-*- ^'^-'J'""' -"'"-hood, hard-ship/dark- 
 
 M^r'ngdite^J, 'ir/a^^^.^r = 'hra,, thraldom ; 
 ir-anhood^ bov hnvhnn / " .' ^':'ke' dukedom -man 
 ,^hip; ^^-^Ae^^^ hard-' 
 
 ^<nd, kindness; dull dul ness fn if "T'^T' "^^^^ness ; 
 j/ishness; bright, S^^^^^^^^ ^^^f. freshness : rash 
 faintness. "'ionmess , cool, coolness; faint, 
 
 slione with great brieht?li T °^ "^^ ''?«.?■ The sun 
 
 of "'y childlwod llhlnk vn„ V °'"° '" Z'f ' '"« ''""^s 
 
 ;i-^- . 0,.r people is td o/?reed"nr" Thl"f ^T '""''; 
 
 lie air and the greenness JUT c\, j "^ freshness of 
 
 jov. openness of grass filled mj hfart with 
 
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 126. ful, some, less. 
 
 f?ratcful, dreadful, 
 {jfladsoinc, irksome, 
 blameless, fearless. 
 
 handful. 
 
 wholesome. 
 
 reckless. 
 
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 Exercises.— i. grate-ful, glad-some, blame-less etc. 
 
 2. grace, graceful ; pain, painful ; cheer, cheerful 
 hope, hopeful ; use, useful ; skill, skilful ; art, artful 
 care, careful ; law, lawful'; jov, joyful ; fruit, fruitful 
 mourn, mournful — toil, toilsome; lone, lonesome 
 dark, darksome— name, nameless ; taste, tasteless; sleep 
 sleepless; speech, speechless ; rest, restless; life, lifeless 
 home, homeless ; end, endless ; help, helpless ; breath 
 breathless; guilt, guiltless; thought, toughlless; ground 
 groundless. 
 
 3. "'he Lord, how fearful is His name ! I had a sleep- 
 less night. Be faithful to your word. Take a handful 
 of these nuts, if you like them. The homeless girl was 
 roaming through the streets, sad and heartless. Be care- 
 ful not to trust him ; he is an artful rogue. The children 
 cried by the darksome night. We were speechless with 
 wonder. Here are the youthful and the old, the fearful 
 and the bold. 
 
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 127. ling, oc/t, fold, teen, like, ward, etc. 
 
 •• darling, duckling, gosling, foundling, nestling. 
 
 .• paddock, hillock, bullock. 
 
 .* threefold, fourfold. 
 
 .• thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, eighteen. 
 
 .• Godlike, childlike, warlike. 
 
 likewise, nowise, crosswise, lengthwise. 
 
 almost, utmost, hindmost, foremost. 
 
 outward, forward, wayward, windward. 
 
 Exercises.— {. duck, duckling ; goose, gosling ; hill, 
 hillock; bull, bullock; park, paddock ; three, thirteen ; 
 five, fifteen ; forth, forward— back, backward ; in, in- 
 ward : east, eastward ; north, northward ; west, west- 
 ward ; home, homeward. 
 
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 "'y?y^s d look fromiT''^ '"'''' ^"''■",- l^if'upnow 
 «ard and soull ward, cas.«!. ,o»i«ard."'' "°'*" 
 
 128 iJompound words. 
 
 -^e! lard'-^'-''^"'' ^'"-"g"'. "-arcLonse, ward- 
 
 uJol'llt""' ^"^--'"g' Pen-i'nif.., broas,-pi„, key s,„„e 
 
 .nifl! "'•"'-«••-"•. eye-brow, ej. .igbl, ink.s,a„d, „i„d' 
 
 wa'lC:""'"'-"--^-'- "-oon-iigb, ,o,l,.acl,o 
 («) book-case, loke-warm. 
 (oe<) plough-man. 
 
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 walehman, foreman, pi JSa"' \Pf"'^']' coachman, 
 I'Sht. gaslight, moonlighiY We Tn f ' ■' ''f' '^''"' »''■"- 
 nolhmg, somefhinK-ache • .pLi i. ''?' ""'^'de-thing : 
 'lownrighl, upri.'ht-XhV. ';e».<lache, tootbache-righi • 
 
 -case : bo'okc^as?, siairS^ _ "If,'!' '\T^'h evesighi 
 M<^ksm„h-yard : farm'~ tva^ ''^"'''''. 'insmilh, 
 2. Go outs de- Ishalllfo. • -i^ "• 
 
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 We saw a lighfhoufet'l se 'coast *''h 'h- armchair? 
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 Regular sound of the vowel in the accented syllable. 
 129. Prefix a. 
 
 (a) 1 . abase, abate, amaze, awake, away, astray, avail, 
 afraid — 2. alas, abash, adapt — 3. aware — 4. afar, alarm, 
 apart — 5. abaft, avast — 6. award, abroad. 
 
 {e) 4. apiece, asleep, achieve — 2. abet, amend, afresh, 
 again, against, abreast^J. aver, avert. 
 
 {{) 1. abide, alike, alive, arise, aside — 2. amid, amiss, 
 abvss, adrift, amidst. 
 
 (o) 4. ago, abode, adore, atone — 2. anon, adopt, aloft, 
 across— 3. aloof— 4. adorn. 
 
 (m) 1. acute, amuse, anew - 2. adult, above, among, 
 amongst — 3. ado. 
 
 (oz, om) avoid — about, amount, arouse, around. 
 
 Exercises. — 1. Pronounce in syllables : a-bate, a-maze, 
 a-wake, a-way, a-stray etc. 
 
 2. way, away ; far, afar ; like, alike ; rise, arise ; 
 loud, aloud ; lone, alone ; shore, ashore. 
 
 3, I am afraid. Lay this aside. Much ado about no- 
 thing I It was a long time ago. The ship ran ashore. 
 The boat was adrift. The boys come along the streets. 
 Two men rode abreast. Thou shalt not bear false witness 
 against thy neighbor. Try, try again. 
 
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 130. Prefixes ab^ ad—(ac, af, ag, al, an, ap, ar, etc). 
 
 (a) 1. array, assay, assail, abstain, acclaim, arraign, 
 acquaint — 2. attack, attach, attract, advance — 3. affair — 
 appall, applaud, applause, assault. 
 
 (e) 1. adhere, appeal, appear, appease, aggrieve — 2. 
 accept, affect, append, arrest, assess, assent, attend, attest, 
 address, attempt— 3. affirm, assert, asperse. 
 

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 tray, avail, 
 ar, alarm, 
 
 id, afresh, 
 
 lid, amiss, 
 
 lopt, aloft, 
 
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 ise, arise ; 
 
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 {l)i. apply, admire, advice arrim . • 
 
 ascrihe-2. admit, acriuit isskf \ \' '''^'^^' acquire, 
 (n\ 4 o«' 1 ' '"^M^'i) assist, abrid"-e 
 
 assl^;i:^'i-;,,'-'--. a^ljure. "■'"de. al,„.e. 
 -^..approve-/,. al.s„rd 'adioTr • "'*J"^'--"'j"dge, alVronl 
 
 ("',««) alloy, annoy/ anio,,?' -.Il 
 nounce. '' "PP^int— allow, account, an- 
 
 claim, etc. '"'f' "'■''''5'' ''^-^'lil, abs-(ai„, ac- 
 
 4»n^^;^^;:::^^pr;'o,,.,ab,,.; 
 JioitV"Xr;r.i.inT^r r,r r "< >°" »^-« 
 
 ^'te. They appear as iflhey |„d Lo ''', "'""''' ""> 
 There IS much (o admire hm m„ , ™" '"'«'''• <lays. 
 book. Puuhal 10 my .uco' , "1 J" ,f i^^"^'' "' ""at 
 cannot avoid Ihis. Thl town ^s allpirs stand, you 
 
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 bespeak ; stir, bestir; hold M.„|'| "'''"''''<='*; *l''=ak, 
 ("^l. beget; half, behalf ' ''' ' """"'> bemoan, 
 
 to ,th':,,trb"e?' L'--;;;j,^^!o '-.in, . began, begun : 
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 132. Prefix con~{col,. com, cor, co). 
 
 (rt) i. convey, contain, complain, constrain— 2 com 
 rnand compact, eontract-3. cLpare. '^'"' 
 
 (e) 1 cohere, compete, concede, convene comolete 
 conceal, conceit, compeer, conceive^, compel co^o 4' 
 condemn, confess, connect, consent, coSc^i' 
 correct, commence, compress, condense-3 confer' 
 concern, converge, converse, confirm """*"'' 
 
 (1)1. comply, combine, compile, confide confinp 
 
 cTvC/coXr' ^^"'•^^^-^- ^--^^ cons?st,r;"t; 
 
 co^ltT'c^nfo'rnr^"^' ^^"'^'^' ^^"-'^' ^-oke, 
 (^^) d . commute, compute, confute, consume, conclude 
 
 -2. conduct, consult, corrupt, convulse-4. concur 
 {oi, ou) convoy— compound, confound. 
 
 Exercises -i. con-vey, con-tain, com-plain, etc 
 
 2 complain, complamt ; constrain, constraint-con- 
 tend, content; compete, complete "dini— con- 
 
 3 Sloth consumes faster than labor wears. Bv others' 
 faults .vise men correct their own. What do yoV om 
 plain of? what is your complaint ? Put vour nassZ 
 under the control of reason.* Silence oTverconsen T 
 will comply with what you ask of me. ^ This is no con 
 cern o mine. Ere fancy you consult, consult vour puis"" 
 He fell under the contempt of his party. ^ 
 
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 e, complete, 
 ^pel, eojlect, 
 nd, content, 
 -3. confer, 
 
 ie, confine, 
 sist, convict, 
 
 e, convoke, 
 
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 ''efec , deferu? Jo ^ , ' decease, decpi'vo j 
 
 despond "»'«' "^P-- devce, depio., de«.o„e-. 
 ^ out, denounce. ' ^^''P^'^ ^estroy-devour, de- 
 
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 — 84 — 
 
 Exercises. -T-\ . di-late, dis-grace, dismay, etc. 
 
 2. arm, disarm ; charge, discharge ; please, displease ; 
 close, disclose ; use, disuse ; lodge, dislodge ; trust, 
 distrust ; own, disown ; like, dislike ; join, disjoin ; 
 mount, dismount ; claim, disclaim. 
 
 3. P'aith in God disarms death of its terrors. The 
 sun dispels the darkness of the earth. We shall not dis- 
 pute about the matter. It is useless to discuss this (jues- 
 tion any longer. I dissent from you in this. The limbs 
 lose their strength by disuse. The prince used to walk 
 about the town in disguise. He disclaims all right to 
 the crown. Justice discards friendship and kindred. 
 He died in the discharge of his duty. 
 
 I 135. Prefix ex — es, e. 
 
 (a) 1. elate, erase, evade, escape, estate, exhale, ex- 
 claim, explain- 2. elapse, exact, expand, extract — 6. ex- 
 alt, exhaust. 
 
 (e) 1. extreme, exceed, esteem — 2. excel, expel, elect, 
 erect, event, effect, excess, exempt, except, expect, ex- 
 tent, express, expense — 3. exert, expert, emerge. 
 
 (i) i. excise, excite, expire — 2. exist, extinct, evince. 
 
 (o) 1- export, expose, explode, explore — 4. escort, ex- 
 hort, extort. 
 
 (u) 1. exude, excuse, exclude- \ exult, expunge. 
 
 {ou) espouse, expound. 
 
 Exercises. — 1. e-late, es-cape, ex-claim, etc. 
 
 2. except, expect — exact, exalt, exult — change, ex- 
 change. 
 
 3. What can escape the eye of God? We expect him 
 to day by the express train. Pray, excuse me. Coming 
 events cast a shadow before them. My father lived to 
 the extent of his income. I will exert all my power in 
 your behalf. He stood erect in the presence of the 
 judges. My heart expands with joy. We lose a great 
 deal by the exchange. J advise you to erase this sen- 
 tence. Can you explain this to me ? I will purchase a 
 
 
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 displease ; 
 ^e ; trust, 
 , disjoin ; 
 
 )rs. The 
 .11 not dis- 
 this (jues- 
 riic limbs 
 1 to walk 
 right to 
 kindred. 
 
 hale, ex- 
 ct — 6. ex- 
 pel, elect, 
 pect, ex- 
 
 t, evince, 
 scort, ex- 
 
 mge. 
 
 inge, ex- 
 pect him 
 Coming 
 ' lived to 
 power in 
 e of the 
 3 a great 
 this sen- 
 jrchase a 
 
 — 85 — 
 
 136. Prefix en, em. 
 
 '-'t^: -^'^S'^ T''''V T"^^' -^'-«' en- 
 chant. ' tnliance,-3. embark, enlarge-5. en- 
 
 (e) 4. endear, entreat. 
 
 (0 i. entice, entire, entwinp 9 ^„i- , . , 
 
 («) 1. endure, ensiiB. 
 
 {01, ou) employ, enjoy, enjoin, embroil-endo,.. 
 
 Exercises. — 1. em-hpTPo «» 
 Ac. '"'''"' en-grave, en-slave, en-taiJ, 
 
 2. force, enforce; rich, enrich • l-...frn i 
 ensure; twine, entwine S 'em In rl'"'^^' ' ^."^^' 
 i>alm, embalm; camp, ^ncamo Trnn ' f ^' "[W ' 
 err^ank ; close, enclos'e sTh.^en "r ne"'"^ ' '"^'' 
 
 d. I entreat you to assist nJ n " • * 
 entire. Our trade will enrich" m ron"'l7' ''" "^^'^'' 
 my name on this cane ? He en ov '. ,^^"'^J«" ^"fe^^-ave 
 jndge will enforce the law. m"* Pt \'^^ ^^"^^^ne. The 
 
 few-kind words v!il gSlv el n7t^^^ "! *'"^ " ^ 
 Rift. I am sorry to enc?oa?h^nn !-*^' ''^'"^ «f the 
 
 will enchant yo^ I ercios, . U'^'f ™'- ^'^^ "^"^^^ 
 What will eLue LZ III u/fs f '' ^'"' ^'^^**^^^- 
 
 137. Prefix 
 
 «/i, im. 
 
 
 
 ►1 ■ 
 
 J 
 
 •*^ 
 
I I 
 
 — 86 — 
 
 (0 i. imply, imbibe, incite, indict, incline, inquire, 
 inspire, inscribe — 2. insist, infringe. 
 
 (o)i. import, impose, implore, invoke— 2. involve 
 
 3. improve, intrude— 4. inform, indorse. 
 
 {it) i. inure, immure, impute, induce, include— 2. in- 
 duct, insult, indulge, instruct— 4. incur. 
 
 Exercises. —i. in-hale, im-pair, in-snare, &c. 
 
 2. lay, inlay; trust, intrust; pure, impure. 
 
 3. Study, that you may improve. The heat was in- 
 tense. A friend in need is a friend indeed. The traders 
 export and import goods. Can you inform me what has 
 become of him? I shall inquire about it, and let you 
 know. Nothing will induce me to do such a thing. We 
 sat on the sea shore to inhale the fresh breeze. ' What 
 do you intend to do ? 
 
 138. Prefix re. 
 
 (a) i. relate, relay, remain, retail, retain, refrain, res- 
 train— 2. relax, recant, relapse, retract— 3. repair— 
 4. regard, remark— 5. remand— 6. reward. 
 
 (e) 1. revere, replete, redeem, repeal, repeat, reveal, 
 receive, retreat, release, relief, relieve, reprieve retrieve 
 —2. repel, recess, regret, reject, repent, resent, redress, 
 reflect, repress, respect, request, revenge— 3. refer, re- 
 serve, reverse. 
 
 (i) 1. rely, reply, recite, refine, repine, reside, retire, 
 revile, revise, revive, resign, require, recline, respire— 
 2. remit, remiss, resist, restrict, rescind. 
 
 Exercises.— i. re-late, re-lay, re-main, etc. 
 
 2. gain, regain ; pay, repay ; pass, repass ; call, re- 
 call ; claim, reclaim ; fresh, refresh , mind, remind ; 
 print, reprint— relieve, relief; receive, receipt ; repass,' 
 repast ; restrain, restraint. 
 
 3. Virtue is its own reward. I will remind you of 
 your promise. You can rely on what he says. What 
 can you reply ? A wise maii keeps his anger under re- 
 straint, I regret to say i c?innot accept your offer. What 
 
 » »>■' 
 
— 87 — 
 regards, yours very t™li """»'-' ' ' '""' «'"' "^'-"1 
 
 139. Prefix ce (conliimed). 
 
 '•ernove, reproof recruit Tni;^ "''''^' revolve-;j. 
 
 '^) i. rebuke red •^'^-f' ^ '''°'*' '''^"«''««- 
 
 -2. -fund re\:if ;n"'' :S '•"""^' ^^^''- 
 
 (o^ o^/) recoil, re oici---reno vvn . 1 /'"^''T' ''''"'•"• 
 sound, renounce, redoubt. ' ''""*' '''^^""^'' ••^'- 
 
 Exercises. — 1. re-mnfp n« ^^ » 
 
 eani. °rc™,tT;ol';',irsl"' 'il"" ^"••'" -^"-- T'- 
 whole world. This \,n.ll "" l''?'"''''" ""<"! H"; 
 
 What (hen did he rAol™ n''^ T ^1' !''' ™»°'"-^"- 
 clap, of Ihunder iehiX le 11°L ^,1 ^'"'"^ ™"«"" 
 from this plaoe Uk »U iJ i " ■ • ■, ^^^ "'"'*' remoM; 
 
 llie men ofhUparfy Win civ '"''''' ''V= ■■""»"-' 
 F'l' ly- vviial cm you repraach him with ? 
 
 140. Preflx-es ..-«,*, ,,«e, suf, sup, sur, sue. 
 pal? '■ '"'"''' '"^'«'"-2- -btract, supplant-5. su,- 
 
 .ieetli;c:":lVeTs:'srecr's';; ""T"''-^- -'-'- ™l- 
 -3. superb, s»'bre,'l' "^ ' '"'P""'*' '"'P'^"^'^. ^I'l'Pre s 
 
 snccint. ' ' ^""^f-t'De— 2. submit, subsist, 
 
 (o) 1. support, suppose. 
 
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— 88 — 
 
 £xerciscs.---i . siir-vey,se-cedc, se-vere, etc. 
 
 J. succeed, success ; suspend, suspense. 
 
 d. MJccess m the Nvorld <lepends on prudence. You 
 "jusl sulwn.t to this. I will le'ud ^ou a book of sek'ct 
 incjces Iron, the en.lish poets. My labor will sustain me 
 >Miat von stjfrgest cannot be done. The eye will not 
 support the light of the sun. I an. n.onarch ol all 
 survey. 1 an. afraid he will not succeed. If the fever 
 'loes not subs.de, his disease n.ay prove fatal. I advisi 
 you to secure a berth on the boat at once 
 
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 141. Prelixes /or, fore, mis. 
 
 n.ilh'.!; ^T'ti ^^''"'r'^' '"''''^''*' '"^^''^y'-S. forbade, 
 uiish.iI)--3. forbear, lorswear- 5. n.ischance— 6. fore- 
 warn. "*^ 
 
 inissl,!d ^'''^'''''' ""'^deed, n.islead-2. forget, foretell, 
 
 (0 i. n.isguide-.2. forbid, forgive, misprint, 
 lorn ^^''^^o'^' ^^'^'^^«d^% l'o'"t-'lvuovv, misquote—/!., for- 
 
 M 1. misuse--2. forerun, misjudge, mistrust. 
 
 Fxerds€s.~i. for-sakc, fore-lay, mis-take, etc. 
 J. name, misname ; place, misplace ; state, misstate • 
 reshoT^'"' «Pend, misspend-least, forecast; show! 
 
 3. 1 fo.;bid 1 forbade. I forget, he forgot. I mislay 
 she mislauL To mislead ; I was misled, 'to for^W' 
 forsworn. To foi^ive, 1 forgave. To foresee, I forelaw ' 
 foreseen. I mistake, I mistook. ' 
 
 4. Old men forget. People forgive as long as they 
 love. Ihere are many mistakes in your task. You mis- 
 q.iote the text. You misuse this word . You misiX 
 me. ^^ ho could h.ve foretold all this ? I have m laid 
 your letter. I had foreseen the result. To forewan' s fo 
 forearm. ' * '" 
 
— 89 — 
 
 142. Prefixes ;>«,/,,,, /„,_^„^^ 
 ,.r i,,;. J::-;,':';';.«;,_^P.-vade, p^fane, p„.u,„e, ,,,„,,,,,_ 
 
 i"r'; K? i:sj' "-tr^- "-p^'- p-fess. 
 
 l"*x'-3. ,,,efer! pen^,:,, I,',';:;::';:', '"''='""'="' '"^'•P'"''. 
 
 i"4U-. 7rr-inS;,r-°^«- P-P0..e-.. pro. 
 P'fsiulS:7<;S^'„P'-»-"--'. produce, profuse, pursue, 
 M profound, propound, pronounce. 
 
 »"«de, pre-vail, elc!^ '- P'"-'''"*«' P^o-fane, per- 
 
 'wend':'a™:i,^!rs"„;;'"' cr: 't '■ ■ p-^^- » p-"-' 
 
 me. Wha. could PvemyoJlf'" '"■l"^ """''"'^^^ f-"" 
 «'l that I dunk yoi are "vron" ."'*''•■ -^'""'^ "'<' '" 
 
 iie danger. He nrelen('s In ln„ n ^'."' "»' '» ■''"■■•ont 
 K,'y pronounce' „.e »^njr„Si?."sr:or^r,tr 
 
 (^) i. obscene, ouUean— c, r '^^- 
 oppress, lransgrek-3'.':iP-?;, Ser "'"""' ""j^'' 
 
 -f upor"4!^ir::„"s'' '™"p°-' ""'^-w. withhold 
 
 Wl.oh.use,obscure-2. obstruct, outrun-^, oeeur. 
 
 "■'^^-^^^^:"i^^wrt:'ir^i-:^-; 
 
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 5f.' 
 
 1 •] f 
 
 Jj 
 
 If 
 
 III 
 
 I, l\ 
 
 
 
 
If 
 
 
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 ^ 90 — 
 
 oiitslaihl, witlistnnd; hid, oiithiil ; hold, uphold, with- 
 hold ; out, without. 
 
 3. To outj;ro\v ; outprowri. T withdraw ; 1 withdrew. 
 I withhold; I withheld. To withi^tand ; I withstood. 
 
 4. Stay within ; I shall ^^o without. You are not niv 
 mend if you withhold from me the truth. I assure you 
 that I did not mean to frjve vru any ollence. Children, 
 ohey your parents. No cloud ohscures the summer sky. 
 He never went without money. Did you ohtain what \ou 
 wished ? Can you translate this sentence ? Did you 
 observe what he did? Darkness was upon the face of 
 the deep. 
 
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 144. Prefix un. 
 
 (a) 1. unsafe, unpaid, unveil— 5. unmask— G. un- 
 tau^dit. 
 
 (e) 1. unseen— 2. unfed, unless, unwell— 3. unheard. 
 (0 1. unlike, untie— 2. until, untwist. 
 (o) 1. unknown, unload— 2. unlock— 3. undo, un- 
 truth, uncouth. 
 
 ('';) ^- ."nj"3l, undone — i. unhurt— (/)?<) unsound. 
 Ewercises.-^i. un-safe, un-paid, un-seen, un-like, 
 etc. 
 
 2. true, untrue ; chaste, unchaste ; due, undue; kind, 
 unkind; clean, unclean; fit, unlit -armed, unarmed- 
 called, uncalled ; changed, unchanged ; asked, unasked • 
 tried, untried; said, unsaid; told, untold; worn, un- 
 worn—to bend, unbend ; to fold, unfold"' to dress, un- 
 dress ; to furl, unfurl ; to hang, unhang^ to wrap, un- 
 wrap. '^ 
 
 3. Never tell an untruth. The letter was unpaid. Mv 
 likeness is much unlike me. Undress and go to bed". 
 1 left nothing unsaid. The author of the poem remains 
 unknown. It would be unjust to condemn me unheard. 
 Unfurl the sail. Unload your gun before you lay it aside. 
 Polish your manners and be not uncouth. The unknown 
 IS belter than the ill-known. 
 
— 91 — 
 146. 
 
 -2. cabal, can r r , m '""'""''"• ^='»"M..iKn 
 
 ''7-M^M.a;;;;a:;;;:; — j,''^ 
 
 ('-) \. scTeiio sin, , (1' III, I, .ilhwart. 
 
 ln.s.c.c, cree ';„ ie. ^i,. '''l'''i"'"' • '"■■'»l'i"^"'--', l<'»s.'o, 
 
 ''•'iS"e, mri;,LXiiu^' ';;m"-'' '•"""•v. '"■•"^I'"'" 
 -3. superb, dUsert ^^ ' '•"'"' «"''-'"'■•• K''»l<!s<|u.., 
 
 •'.^-l>al, canal, pa-p^ un',,'''!:"'''"^"' P''>'-<-^'J«. ^^''"s-ade, 
 , 2. lease, les^e, ^^v^tn^;'-'T' '"''"T'^ ''''■ 
 
 3. The slor.n was severe * 7 ?''''' "'^'"'^^'ves. 
 A sincere n-iend is a ^uj-e ^ ^^"^r"' will, paigue. 
 ^ade in the foresf m, ' "*^^^"'/- ' "ere is a line cas- 
 I^resent your bill ,* the nt iw"'^"'^/'. '"^'^^^^ ^"'"' '"«""'«. 
 •"oney. Make !>Le ^t b 1."'^,^^^^^ }-'' 
 
 "ic more we lost ourselves tL n r^'"' '^' '^''^''^'^^^' 
 
 uscives. ihe machine is in motion. 
 
 146. 
 
 i. usurp. ' ""' ^^'ute— 2. robust, enou-li— 
 
 W purloin. 
 
 uiau, 1 allots were walkino- 
 
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 h 
 
 r 
 
 I 
 
 s 
 
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 I] 
 
 'fi 
 
 
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I 
 
 
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 f V'^ 
 
 If 
 
 I t 
 
 
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 , t;.'. 
 
 — 1J2 — 
 
 through the town all night. It is now two o'clock. Let 
 them spread manure over their fields. The soldiers fired 
 a salute in his honor. They were lucky enough to 
 escape unhurt. The halloon is buoyant. Children 
 should always he polite to each other. 
 
 SECTION III. 
 
 ACCENT VARIABLE. 
 
 147. 
 
 The following words, when used as nouns or adjec- 
 tives, take the accent on the first syllable. 
 
 When they are used as verbs, the accent is placed on 
 the last syllable. 
 
 cement, to cement, 
 collect, to collect, 
 comment, to comment, 
 compound, to compound, 
 concert, to concert. 
 
 absent, to absent ; 
 abstract, to abstract ; 
 accent, to accent ; 
 alTix, to alTix ; 
 
 augment, to augment ; 
 
 Fxercist'.—l was long absent. I shall absent myself 
 in a few days.— Note the place of the accent, and accent 
 the right syl-la-ble.— The english language compounds 
 words with great ease. Ivkstmd, bedroom, icind-mill are 
 compound words. Did you abstract from my desk the 
 abstract which I made of the lecture ? Buy some cement 
 and cement the glass.— I was present at the concert. 
 \Vho has taken upon himself to concert those measures ? 
 
 148. 
 
 The following ANords, when used as nouns or adiec- 
 tive?, take the accent on the first syllable. 
 
 When they are used as verbs, tfic accent is placed on 
 the last svliable. ' 
 
clock. Let 
 
 Idiers fired 
 
 enough to 
 
 Children 
 
 — 93 — 
 
 i or adjec- 
 placed on 
 
 ment, 
 
 llect, 
 
 mment, 
 
 rnpoiind, 
 
 iccrt. 
 
 ml myself 
 ind accent 
 impounds 
 d-mill are 
 desk the 
 le cement 
 ; concert, 
 leasures ? 
 
 or adjec- 
 )laced on 
 
 conduct, to conduct: 
 
 confine, to confine ; 
 
 conflict, to conflict 
 
 consort, to consort • 
 
 contest, to contest •' 
 
 contract, 
 
 contrast, 
 
 converse, 
 
 convert, 
 
 convict, 
 
 to contract, 
 to contrast, 
 to converse, 
 to convert, 
 to convict. 
 
 -Co. iractgood habifsa onn ' w""' '""?'''" '" ''^'°o\. 
 of our ™nlract._Their aero,;,,) %";r' ^'''"'' "'«"=™' 
 "ilh each o(her._He ntenrf °',"" l""'"'^' '=»'''"<=' 
 
 "e^'on!SrJ];-ia ~ -- 
 
 149 
 
 ".e iarsjiiar "'^" "^ ™^''^' "- -t. i. p,aeed o„ 
 
 convoy, to convoy • 
 desert, to desert ; ' 
 discount, to discount • 
 entrance, to entrance • 
 escort, to escort • ' 
 
 essay, to essay, 
 
 c-vile, to exile, 
 
 export, to export, 
 
 e^^tract, to extract, 
 
 ferment, to ferment. 
 
 >of Ctfnrht'ir'?,''^ ""f "^^^"^'^ «»^ ^en< to c„„- 
 <l.is wild defer"" The eS'' f" "f'/° <'--' •"«.■. 
 oscor. the princess Tin's hP-r"''' '''""S •'"""Si' •» 
 part of the oxnorl. nf Th ^^ '^"''" "'^POf's a Sreat 
 
 'hi* bill unle^s'^.vnh a I r™ di v '■^•. \ 1"" ™' ^^'^''^^ 
 o.^lrac(, from that book l,^,Mh"l!'- ' ''""■ """^'^ ^nme 
 '"O'-e. Subdue and eool (1,. t"" "-'"'"i^' ">'' P'^^'^ge 
 »«w beer fern.enfe ', ib" e! k "' "^ '^'''"'- ^he 
 
 '••I J* 
 
— 94 — 
 
 I • .. .• 
 
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 150. 
 
 lives' h^keri"^' ''T'?'' ,^'^'" "^^^ ^' nouns or adjec- 
 w. *'"''? '^^^ ''accent 111 Ihe first syllable. '' 
 
 tlu^""s "S,:." ""^ ^^ -^^^' ''^- -cent is placed on 
 
 frequent, to frequent • 
 
 Vnpoi't, to import;' 
 
 incense, to incense ; 
 
 increase, to increase'; 
 
 Jnlay, to inlav ; 
 
 insult, to insult, 
 object, to object, 
 perfume, to perfume, 
 permit, to permit, 
 pi-etix, to prefix. 
 
 ^ofTequenT' ^M 1"^" ^I'^T"' ^'^''^- '"^" ■"<= -horn 
 
 ■.i 
 
 151. 
 
 tive^fn^l'i'r'"'^ ""^'^'^ ^*^^" "«ed as nouns or adjec- 
 
 premise, to premise ; 
 
 prelude, to prelude • 
 
 presage, to presage ; 
 
 p-esent, to present • 
 
 produce, to produce'; 
 
 progress, to progress, 
 project, to project, 
 protest, to protest, 
 rebel, to rebel, 
 record, to record. 
 
 .T'o a fine div r ,^ '"""^ ""'""'" morning fL- 
 
 duce a beue.. Ln,p,e oVl^i^X'cf o7,lrc„umrV.'"nC 
 
p i^ 
 
 ins or adjec- 
 is placed on 
 
 II me whom 
 I are. Our 
 sugar, silks, 
 
 f triumph, 
 ning pres- 
 ou in per- 
 d not pro- 
 [•y. If that 
 
 — 9S — 
 
 P;otes, again yo'ur S,™ ^'':!;,T' "« [^'^ of reZi 
 "'"<' y°" « copy of il.e record '"''' ^'"'^ P^'^st a, 
 
 'he ias, sy,l2,::^ '"'^'' '" ^«'-^^' "'« »cce.„ is p,aeed on 
 •■efuse, lo refuse • , 
 
 -'"bjecl, (o subject • Z""^'"'-' 'o transfer, 
 ^"'•name, ,o surname • nT"""''' '» "•'"^I'o'-t, 
 ^""■ey, (0 survey ' ^"'''' '"""dress, 
 
 "'I'e'-ed to 'h\m \V ^"^"^ ""^"^^ '<> eat the rof„.„ 
 ■ ■■nn/lc tt" ' "uy at relnil l^r j "<• 'oiuse you 
 
 ooods. His remarks on il,-. i ^^>^ ^o not retail n,,^ 
 f-'reat amount of trouble Tl''Jt'?"'y ''"''J'^ef him lo ' 
 I'f; ^•"•vey and ,o sur ev thi Jl''f 1° P'" ""ay ,| " for 
 
 "-ed to transport-:,-, ihU^pj^^^.s^::. ^™^ ""' 
 
 153 
 
 In the followino- words f ho V . 
 'he accent on the firTt yl^M^ ^It ''^''^^ ^^'^^^^ pair has 
 •■»^cent on the second sjljab^e! ' '^' ^^'^"^ ^^^^d'has ?he " 
 
 J^ompact, agreemenL 
 Conjure, //,e «e/ ^/^ 
 
 oon/urer. ' 
 
 J^esert, a wilderness, 
 
 ••august, great, majestic 
 compact, /?.^,, 4/^- 
 
 """"''i^'^^ to entreat earnestly. 
 
 desert, ^/ze/^V. 
 
 gallant, ../..,,^,_,, ^^. ^_ 
 
 J^MH,te, a ^0.^/0. o^M.. ^Hb '"'''''Ir '^ ladies. 
 -"Pine, a verbal 1^,' ""Z"' Tf^' ^^^-^/^^^^^V..^. 
 
 ' ^npine, indolent. 
 
— 06 — 
 
 dief''''sfn;7^- ^"^'"/"g"f that our auKust monarch 
 aied. fetone, iron and wood are compact bodies. The 
 laws of nations depend on compacts, treaties, leagues 
 <^c. I conjure you, do not attempt to conjure by such 
 means. He ,s the noblest man who is the sonof hil ow„ 
 
 Thp ''ll ".' Tr^^''^^ ^'' ^ '«"^' *'"^*^ •" ^vild deseT 
 Ihej^^illant soldier was very gallant in his manners last 
 night A minute is a very minute portion of time, vet a 
 minute a day is seven hours a year. ^ 
 
 .c -A 
 
 W I 
 
 
 154. 
 
 The ordinary place of the accent is sometimes changed 
 tlughL '"'I '" ''"''^ ''' *' ^''^'''' «PPOsition%f 
 (Note the mark of the accent.) 
 
 Fxercise.—Beav and for'bear was his motto. It is more 
 easy to give than to for'give. He must in'crease, but I mus! 
 do crease. We neither de'crease nor in'crease. Think of 
 what IS done, and what is left un'done. He that des'cends 
 IS also the same that as'cends. I did not say a new ad'di- 
 .on bu a new ed ition. I said that she wi'll sus'pect the 
 truth of the story, not that she will expect it. I do no^ 
 mean the de cease, but the dis'ease of my friend 
 
 
 f ^f 
 
 
 IH^ 
 
 
 SECTION IV. 
 
 EXERCISES ON CONSONANTS. 
 
 155. b, c, g, h, (jh silent. 
 
 h silent: cox comb, benumb, redoubt. 
 c silent : sceptre, victuals (vittals) indict (indite), 
 g silent : ensign, foreign, campaign. 
 /< silent : humor, honest, isthmus, asthma. 
 (Jh silent; alight, neighbor, daudiler, altbn.url. 
 
st monarch 
 )dies. The 
 Js, leagues, 
 J re by such 
 of his own 
 ild deserts, 
 lanners last 
 time, yet a 
 
 es changed 
 3osition of 
 
 — 97 -« 
 l-si'ign, condig,,, consiZ' !i "^' "bscene.-S. assi>n 
 
 o. An honest min i- ki 
 was arraigned after L .^ 'P'"'' '''"• himself, j). 
 Nearer A piougi^aJt h s^lSh-^'^'''^''^ l-eeome 
 on his knees. Where ars ih! ^ '"»''«'■ "lan a kinL' 
 ran .0 his help. HTha'd'tw; ^oTa'^/ ,"^»-Shwt 
 ine plumber was rhmK;..:.i ^"" "ve daughters 
 
 ""mbed his limbs. lUsfheth.rf ™^" ">« ™'<i bt 
 "•e I'Shlning Ihal smiles. "'""''''' '^at frights, but 
 
 H< 
 
 I'd >A 
 
 
 It is more 
 but I must 
 
 Think of 
 t des'cends 
 new ad'di- 
 Js'pect the 
 I do not 
 nd. 
 
 lite), 
 
 :h. 
 
 - stn -^^ Cn ' ^f ^"'^^^^ 
 P silen empty 'evp"T' '""^^^«- 
 r silent in^^^^^^lZ^^J^''^ • 
 ^ «.' ent : often, nest rdS/^f ''^'^* ^" ^■^^«^«^- 
 '^ silent : answer, wrestle wnpflh^^^'''^"^^' 
 
 wresue, wretched, wrinkle. 
 
 f: /«'con, palmer, bete ^^r ""known.^ 
 
 &. fasten, Li^;r^; --- ^^^^ ^; 
 
 4.^"^ i5r ^/: ^ri tr 7 -'--t blossoms i J 
 
 -Ptre for a pa'lr^er'^Valfc ^t" ^' " -" 
 
 !"s dough. All that glistens .Mf ,/^'^ ^^ker kneaded 
 
 '« "ot the same as a chesfn . ' ^ ^ horse chestnut 
 
 - .-V Huod Jife keeps off ' ' '^ ^'"^ 
 
 #1 
 
 wrinkles. Befo 
 
 as not 
 re yoq 
 
w 
 
 ■k 
 
 ' "if 
 
 h 4 
 
 j]; 
 111 
 
 « 
 
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 — 98 — 
 
 attempt, see what you can perform. Better a small lish 
 than an empty dish. 
 
 167. ^ hard, g soft. 
 
 1. g hard : gelding, gibber, auger, target, pugging. 
 
 2. g soft : giant, gypsum, ginger, magic, judgment. 
 
 Exercises. — 1. gibbous, gibcat, giddy, gimlet, girdle, 
 gizza-d— eager, meager, tiger, auger, angle, linger, lin- 
 ger, monger, hunger; anguish, languish, sanguine, lan- 
 guage, long, longer, longest : strong, stronger ; young, 
 younger— dig, digging ; big, bigger ; dog, dogged ; rag, 
 ragged; drug, druggist; rigging, waggish, sluggish; 
 ^og» foggy- . 
 
 2. gendeV, genius, gentry, gibbet— angel, danger, 
 stranger, manger, ginger, margin, virgin, digit, logic, 
 wager, wages, tragic, frigid ; burgess, surgeon, gorgeous, 
 tangent, lodgment, &c. 
 
 3. A wise man changes his mind; a fool never will. 
 The child Jesus was laid in a manger. Before you give 
 way to anger, try to lind a reason for not being angry. 
 The surgeon sewed up the wound. The youngest child 
 was seven years old. We have ten fingers and ten toes. 
 The white bear is a large shaggy beast. The weather 
 vyas dull and foggy. Sotne birds are not bigger than a 
 big bee. What would you suggest? 
 
 158. n, ng. 
 
 1. ng natural sound : singer (sing-er). 
 
 sing, singing; ring, ringer; long, longing, 
 
 i2. n like ng before g : finger (fing-ger) 
 
 anger, languor, single, congress, languish. 
 
 3. n like ng before k or c : ankle (ang-kle) 
 anchor, uncle, blanket, function, vanquish. 
 
 Exercises. — 1. finger, linger, monger, hunger ; jungle, 
 mangle, tangle ; angry, hungry ; anguish, language— 2, 
 
 
 m* 
 
I small lish 
 
 pugging. 
 judgriienl. 
 
 let, girdle, 
 linger, lir>- 
 gnine, lari- 
 r ; young, 
 ?ged; rag, 
 sluggish ; 
 
 I, danger, 
 igit, logic, 
 , gorgeous, 
 
 lever will, 
 e you give 
 ing angry, 
 igest child 
 d ten toes, 
 e weather 
 jfer than a 
 
 ■\ 
 
 J 
 
 jish. 
 
 le) 
 
 uish. 
 
 r ; jungle, 
 ^uage — 2, 
 
 — 99 — 
 
 :^' sS, !i-s^L\ Si', r.S' e^zv 
 
 4. He that is slow to an'^or i'^ hptj^n <K^r, n • i 
 
 A» angry man opens his""::. .'h tn'iYh .^^hi '" T'''''{fe 
 was anxious about the fiihii-P Ho , a ■ . • ^ *^^ 
 
 ;- funcions. ,,. wi.Her woWes^^row te'r'^nlr: and 
 herce. My uncle was an^rv H?^ ^xZ\l\ '^""py/"^ 
 n^K . .,, I • • . ""n^j- iiio anKJe was hrnlfpn 
 
 Ihe park IS ringing with the birds that are sin^inJ Th; 
 singer put a finger on his lips. siloing. Ihe 
 
 159. s, 
 
 J, hissiiig sound : basis, mason, decease, diffuse. 
 «, iiKe z .• Jadies, music, oppose, misuse. 
 
 «, 
 
 like zh 
 like .<?A 
 
 rasure, closure, pleasure, 
 sugar, issue, assure. 
 
 jF^.rm...-l basis, crisis, thesis ; bases, gases cru- 
 sade, sausage, nuisance ; promise, purchase, nurnose. 
 decrease, mcrease, release, obese, precise, jocose n'^oro-' 
 se, profuse-2. races, changes ; rosy, resi^ risen miser 
 nasal v,sit, closet, prison, dismal, 'crimson-usur^de 
 .ert deserve, desire; preside, presume, preserve resent 
 reside, resort, result, resume, resolve, Resound arise 
 amuse, accuse, depose, excise, expose infuse oonose' 
 peruse, surmise, dispose, appease-3. leisure 'meL^ure 
 |reas^ure-4. assure, censure, fissure, insure/ pressure,' 
 
 5. Sell not virtue to purchase wealth. Let us deserve 
 success If we cannot achieve it. Promise little and do 
 much. This IS now the question at issue. The basis of 
 public credit IS good faith., f will do my best! I a ure 
 you. Be always at leisure to do good. Health saTreU 
 treasure. Censure is a tax Iha? w. must pay 'to' th. 
 
 ^ ■ / 
 
 ■ I ■ 
 
 
 t' 
 
 
 
 .1 
 
 
 <i\ 
 
 ;• 11 i 
 
 ,i 
 
 ■' 
 
 t 
 
 M 
 
 :4 
 
— 10() — 
 
 II ■ 
 
 I ,1 
 
 leo. 
 
 t/ • %JU • 
 
 l\ u 
 
 c, soft : city, census, cigar, decide. 
 6', like z : discern, sudicc. 
 X, liiie ks : excel, exceed, axpound, exile. 
 X, like zs : exist, exalt, exhort. 
 
 Exercises. — 1. cider, civil, civic, cinder, circle, circus, 
 citron, certain, circuit, cistern, cipher, cypress — apace, 
 accede, ascend, adduce, deface, deduce, efface, entice, 
 incite, induce, recede, recess, recite, reduce, secede, se- 
 duce, conceal, concede, concern, precede, precise, pro- 
 duce, sincere, rejoice, succint — 2. except, excise, excite, 
 exclude, excuse, excess — 3. exempt, exert, exult. 
 
 4. I am certain he will come. Who shall decide be- 
 tween us ? We can discern good and evil, virtue and 
 vice. The cistern is empty. Study exerts the mind. 
 Heat expands metals. His foul attacks exhaust my pa- 
 tience. Thou art an exile and must not stay. I accept 
 all your presents, except this. Our hearts exult with joy. 
 To recount your works, o Lord, what words or tongue 
 of seraph can suffice ? 
 
 \% ' 
 
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 ;: :n '*?l': 
 
 161. ch, gh, ph. 
 
 ch, like k : chorus, echo, epoch. 
 
 ghy like / .* laughter, roughness, enough. 
 
 ph^ like f : physic, zephyr, seraph. 
 
 ph, like V : Stephen, nephew. 
 
 pk, like p : diphthong, naphta. 
 
 Exercises. — 1. chaos, anchor, chemist, paschal, choler, 
 chronic, schedule, schooner, school, scholar ; Christ, 
 Christian, Christmas — 2. laugh, laughter; rough, rough- 
 ness ; tough, toughen ; draught, draughtsman — 3. phal- 
 anx, phantom, pheasant : siphon, orphan, camphor, 
 sulphur ; trophy, dolphin, hyphen, pamphlet ; prophet, 
 blaspheme, triumph. 
 
 4. One trade is enough for one man. The prelate 
 blessed the paschal candle. The ship is at anchor. My 
 
— m — 
 
 as food Slran'e nhanfmn. ^^ *'^^ Pheasant is valued 
 arose. AShonL^isthp .^^''^^'^'ng as the mists 
 sound. "'P''"'^"fe^ '^ the union of two vowels in one 
 
 162. ik. 
 
 V'%^'- t*?""^^'-' anthem, zenith. 
 f^ soft : either, father, whether. 
 
 tH^f^ou^l::1^;ltf ^^X^^ th^Ue, thicket, 
 
 KoLV^'TheTiPd'f *'''•' !'^""^^'' Whither are vou 
 fts w^n^s ^*'' hj^i^.^'^^Ps '» Its nest with its head benelth 
 Its wings. The fairest rose w 11 wither it !«=* t I 1 1 
 
 now read the works of another Tuthor Th 'h^''" 
 was eiven Mo-ain ip <*""i"er autnor. The an hem 
 
 were three hundred thousands sohlirrsTn the field ^"' 
 
 163. ed final. 
 
 ed like d : opened, answered, hallowed. 
 edhke t : noticed, banished, trafficked. 
 Exercises. — 1. I favorpd • ho fh„^„* j 
 
 fid--'; 
 
 is 
 
 
 'I 
 
 k 
 
 pi* 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 I 
 
 ■■(■ 
 
 'I; 
 
 II 
 
 ;i 
 
 trfu 
 
 i'j 
 
'i I ■' 
 
 '•■ 
 
 't. 
 
 — 102 — 
 
 S. I silenced ; he triumphed ; they lavished ; she was 
 cherished ; we promised ; they purchased ; they tres- 
 passed ; they were sentenced — notice, noticed ; silence, 
 silenced ; license, licensed ; promise, promised. 
 
 3. Our Father which art in heaven, hallowed he thy 
 name ! I hastened homeward. They answered nothing. 
 A good thing lost is valued most. (")ur work will soon 
 be linished. He loitered away his time in the most idle 
 manner. Never keep borrowed money an hour beyond 
 the time promised. The horse is harnessed and the 
 carriage ready. If you are not a good boy, you will be 
 punished. He had wandered two days in the desert. A 
 good mother is dearly cherished by all her children. 
 
; she was 
 they tres- 
 
 ; silence, 
 J. 
 
 ed be thy 
 i nothing'. 
 
 will soon 
 
 most idle 
 111' beyond 
 d and the 
 )u will be 
 desert. A 
 Idren. 
 
 PART THE THIRD. 
 
 WORDS OF THREE SYLLABLES. 
 
f r 
 
 
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PA.RT THE THIRD 
 
 WORDS OF THREE SYLLABLES. 
 
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 SECTION I. 
 
 THE ACCENT ON THE FIRST SYLLABLP 
 
 negular sound of the vo.,el in the accented syllable. 
 
 164. Grammatical terminations. 
 
 7r • TrT'' ^^'^^'.^'^ sentences. 
 
 est '. n^rT'': 'I'PP*"''' 'handsomer. 
 
 eth • flnri'S ^'PP'^^*' handsomest. 
 et/i . twentieth, thirtieth, fiftieth. 
 
 Ilur-ti-elh, e(c. I'™ mis es, liap-pi-er, lwp-pi-es(, 
 
 Nvilness, witnesses • commnn ! ' '""J. "'e sixlielli ; 
 early, earlier, the Parlies" ' "=''"""°"«^ -commonest j 
 
 n.ade drcadfurrr.';;g?:'it lL";:u'??r^'' 
 
 *l 
 
 'I'on is hea- 
 Famine had 
 
 165. Grammatical terminations. 
 
 ed : talented, visited, forwarded. 
 e.5 • he silences, he perishes. 
 
 eth : h. .nirr ^t*: ;^?." ^n^^erest. 
 
 est : thou 
 
 tno ' fpL^?-^'"*^' ^'" helieveth. 
 ^ng . traveling, carrying, following. 
 
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 — 106 — 
 
 Exercises.— i. tal-ent-ed, si-len-ces, rea-son-est, en- 
 ter-eth; tra-vel-ing. . 
 
 2. to edit, edited, he edited ; merit, merited ; to per- . 
 ish, he perishes, thou perishest ; to labor, laboring ; to 
 offer, offering ; to prolit, he profited ; patent, patented ; 
 to quarrel, thou quarrellest ; to listen, listening ; comfort, 
 comforted ; to flatter, flattering ; to glitter, glittering ; 
 to travel, he traveleth ; to promise, he promises. 
 
 3. Plato, thou reasonest well. We were never tired of 
 listening. The vintage promises well. Health and plenty 
 cheer the laboring swain. Parcels are forwarded free of 
 cost. He is a very talented man. We increase our 
 wealth by lessening our desires. She was weeping for 
 her child and would not be comforted. 
 
 166. y final short 
 
 (a)l. papacy, bravery— 2. agony, amity, amnesty, 
 ancestry, balcony, battery, calumny, cavalry, cavity, ca- 
 nopy, charity, family, faculty, fallacy, factory, gallery, 
 galaxy, granary, majesty, salary, tapestry, tragedy-4. 
 harmony, larceny, pharmacy— 5. chancery— 6. talsity, 
 
 autopsy. 
 
 (e)i. scenery, plenary— 2. every, enemy, energy, 
 embassy, century, deputy, destiny, felony, heresy, legacy, 
 memory, melody, remedy, tendency, clemency— 3. mer- 
 cury, perjury. 
 
 Exercises.'-i. pa-pa-cy, bra-ver-y, ag-o-ny, am-i-ty, 
 am-nes-ty, an-ces-try, sce-ner-y, ple-na-ry, ev-er-y, en- 
 
 e-my, en-er-gy, etc. i , u i 
 
 2 agent, agency ; vacant, vacancy ; baker, bakery ; 
 draper, drapery; decent, decency; regent, regency; 
 frequent, frequency ; fervent, fervency ;— chaste, chasti- 
 ty • s:arce, scarcity ; false, falsity ; chemist, chemistry; 
 pedant, pedantry ; 'peasant, peasantry ; prelate, prelacy ; 
 penal, penalty ; certain, certainty ; seven, seventy. 
 
 3. Every man is mortal. A hundred years make a 
 century. Charity begins at home. The remedy is worse 
 
— 467 — 
 
 than the djseasp tk^ ^ • 
 
 kind is flattery " Ch?^„^•r "^1^7^^"* ?-«"^ -an- 
 q»it certainty for hone tL ^""^^^^ science. Never 
 to.do his duty. Peace' to hi '^""^'^ '^P^^'^ every man 
 ^'Jy gafherel round the fire-s^^ ' ^^' ^^ol^C 
 
 187. ^ final (continued). 
 
 ini^U: iSVy^^gnlrdV^i^^ 1'*^^^^^' P-»-y-2 
 "y. 'turgy, mi Ji;try!lL'.^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ fertyjlitf: 
 
 (0) 1. rosary, notary, votar^-!! .^I' ^^^'^Y' ^'^^tory. 
 trary, novelty, policv DovTtJ7\^''^''''y^ comedy, con- 
 
 (" i . unity, usL Inn J; ^'""^'^^^ 9"^''ty» quantity 
 custody, luxury summary c?.; ^«»tiny-2.' cLrencT' 
 sery, courtesy.^ "mmary, company - 4. urgency, S 
 
 {01, ou) loyalty, boundary. 
 
 ry etc. ^-^ -o-ry, d-a-ry, pi.e.,y, ij.t,,. 
 
 injure 'f^'i^'fpLi '"ptil' '"'?"^^ ' P'™'«. Pi-cy • 
 courtesy ■! ^^v.^T^^l.t^y^J'^Ti. ^"'^''i ^ eo"ri; 
 modesty; constant, constancy rnh' °"tf^ ^ '"»''es 
 
 -"y; d«PetnV.L''gb'n" P?';?- /-j; "o'h.ng bu, i„fa. 
 self, and always wlh modeslv^' if'' '*'''^'"" °f your- 
 ^'ear, and th^ body hetSl '"i"^'^y '"'"P^ "'e mind 
 company. The thief was takj: ;^,°" '«"s' "void bad 
 '-'«'->eHyna.e. Care^^ ^^ --S" .S^ 
 
 168. y final long. 
 falS^^- "'"P''''J' P^'ify- ^a'i^fy, gratify, sanctify -6. 
 
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 ^ 108 — 
 
 (e) 1. deify— 2. edify, verify, petrify, rectify, specify, 
 terrify, testify— 3. certify. 
 
 0) 2. vivify, liquefy, signify, simplify, typify. 
 
 (o) 1. codify, notify, glorify— 2. occupy, modify, qua- 
 lify— 3. crucity— 4. fortify, mortify. 
 
 (m)1. purify, putrefy, stupefy— 2. justify, nullify, 
 multiply. 
 
 Exercises.—i. am-pli-fy, pac-i-fy, ver-i-fy etc. 
 
 2. just, justify ; pure, purify ; rare, rarely ;talse, 
 falsify ; code, codify ; glory, glorify ; cross, crucify. 
 
 3. I certify, he certified ;— to verify, he verifies ; to 
 
 multiply, he multiplied. -^ .. t ^ 
 
 4 And Mary said : My soul doth magnify the Lord. 
 What does all this signify? He still occupies the same 
 house. Traveling serves to rectify many errors. When 
 the chief priests saw him, they cried out, saying : Crucity 
 him ! crucify him ! Wealth cannot satisfy a man who 
 cannot satisfV himself with what he has. His father was 
 highly satisfied with his success. Old men deify pruden- 
 ce? Tyrants are never at a loss to justify what they do. 
 
 169. al, el. 
 
 (a)^. animal, actual, annual, admiral, capital, ma- 
 nual, natural, gradual, classical, practical, parallel— 
 4. arsenal, cardinal, carnival— 5. pastoral. 
 
 (e) 1. genial, menial— 2. decimal, federal, general, 
 medical, several, pedestal, sentinel, temporal, clerical— 
 
 3. vertical. .... i • 
 
 (?) 2. interval, infidel, liberal, literal, mineral, prin- 
 
 cipal, citadel. ,. , . j. i 
 
 (o)2 conical, hospital, prodigal— 4. ordinal, cor- 
 
 {u)i. usual, mutual, funeral, numeral— 2. punctual. 
 Exercises.— i. an-i-mal, ac-tu-al, an-nu-al, ge-ne-ral, 
 
 de-ci-mal, <&c. , i x • j » • ■ 
 
 2. nature, natural ; person, personal; doctrine, doctri- ■ 
 
 nal J mine, mineral; crime, ^.ntusiiu! , j^iuj, vj ; = 
 
 1 
 
 ,*»• 
 
h specify, 
 
 V. 
 
 3dify, qua- 
 f, nullify, 
 
 y etc. 
 
 fy ; false, 
 rucify. 
 erifies ; to 
 
 the Lord, 
 i the same 
 )rs. When 
 g : Crucify 
 
 man who 
 , father was 
 [fy pruden- 
 
 thev do. 
 
 ;apital, ma- 
 parallel — 
 
 J, general, 
 I, clerical— 
 
 leral, prin- 
 
 dinal, cor- 
 
 I. punctual. 
 I, ge-ne-ral, 
 
 ;rine, doctri- 
 
 irtr Knrinl • 
 "i> ■ 
 
 — 109 — 
 fe'S"'' "'"'"• °P"^^'; <=•«--, classical; „„- 
 
 ciladel was talfen bv snnnrit """.T' *"** ''""=''• The 
 
 170. ble, cle, pie. 
 
 tic e_6. audible, laudabla P^'^^l^'^-S- "''ticle, par- 
 seilie.i:Se,?;eta':.r'- ''"'''' '^^''>'e. -edible, 
 
 pr^bUi/Itcrudbie""'^' "''^'^^'^' "-"'"•'. ?»-"!«, 
 ™ililpl-efr„slabir'"'"''' ^-"-'MubercIe-2. culpable, 
 ^^^™s._ea-pa-ble, af-fa-ble, par-a-ble, mau-a-cle, 
 
 .al;,t™raC''ct,;g';'"™hl„'''Tb;e'.'=^ '" '"'' ''^^'''^■' 
 to (each, teachahip ?,i. Mangeable ; peace, peaceable ; 
 
 laughable' forct for e IH . ^ L^^^i^f '^ = !» '""f ^ 
 to sua, suitable • to mnvl mV, m • *""^' tunable ; 
 
 3. We are stud;i„7;%rofthr;r:"7n' P^^^P^^' 
 buy a pair of sDecLL Hn? u ^ syllab'es. I must 
 
 Thiy a're peacLb 'e' soH IZZ'Je ^ T^ ^'^ ^^*^^^? ^«^* ^ 
 cured the Chiefs hands w'hTa„acIel rTfl^^^^ '", 
 how horrible ! Sensible mpn7h^!i- ^^^^ ^^^^^n • 
 
 much in a few words Every hin. nThi^-KV ^^^^"J? 
 IS mutable, ^ "^ *" *"*s visible worM 
 
 m 
 
ft ' 
 
 i* 
 
 l| 
 
 I 
 if 
 
 f T 
 
 h A 
 
 — 110 — 
 
 171. ant, ent. ^ 
 
 (a) 1. radianl — 2. adjutant, arrogant, accident, aflluent, 
 aliment, sacrament — 4. parliament. 
 
 (e) 1. lenient, vehement — 2. elegant, elephant, emi- 
 grant, element, eminent, evident, eloquent, reprimand, 
 detriment, negligent, penitent, president, prevalent, re- 
 verend, resident, regiment, testament -3. permanent, 
 firmament. 
 
 {i) 2. ignorant, diligent, dividend, indolent, innocent, 
 insolent, impotent, impudent, incident, imminent, imple- 
 ment, ligament. 
 
 (o) 2. competent, compliment, consonant, continent, 
 document, monument, prominont, protestant — 4. orna- 
 ment, cormorant, corpulent. 
 
 (w) 2. supplement, covenant, nourishment. 
 
 Exercises. — 1. ra-di-ant, ad-ju-tant, ar-ro-gant, le-ni- 
 ent, el-e-gant, &c. 
 
 2. to differ, different ; to confide, confident ; to con- 
 verse, conversant ; to banish, banishment ; to punish, 
 punishment ; battle, battlement ; to govern, govern- 
 ment ; to chastise, chastisement; merry, merriment; to 
 settle, settlement. 
 
 3. Look to use before ornament. It is less painful to 
 learn in youth than to be ignorant in age. Give my 
 compliments to your father. Be mindful of things past 
 and provident or things to come . Edmund Burke was a 
 most eloquent writer, A consonant is a letter that can- 
 not be sounded without the help of a vowel. 
 
 '^ i^A 
 
 I ««* 
 
 172. ance, ence. 
 
 (a) 1. variance — 2. arrogance, abstinence. 
 
 (e) i. eloquence, eminence, evidence, excellence, ne- 
 gligence, penitence, reference, preference, residence, 
 temperance, recompense — 3. circumstance. 
 
 (i) 1. violence— 2. ignorance, influence, innocence, 
 insolence, diligence, dissonance, 
 
 er 
 
 ■**« 
 
 I ;.sf 
 
n ;• 
 
 afiluent, 
 
 nt, emi- 
 rirnand, 
 ient, re- 
 maaent, 
 
 nnocent, 
 {, imple- 
 
 ontinent, 
 4. orna- 
 
 it, le-ni- 
 
 to con- 
 I punish, 
 
 ii^overn- 
 ment; to 
 
 gainful to 
 Give my 
 lings past 
 rke was a 
 that can- 
 
 ence, ne- 
 residence, 
 
 nnocence, 
 
 — Hi — 
 
 (o) 2. opulence, confidence, conference, consequence 
 
 4. ordinance, 
 (ow) countenance. 
 
 Exercises.— i. va-ri-ance, ar-ro-gance, el-o-quence, 
 em-i-nence, vi-o-lence, &c. 
 
 2. to vary, variance ; to refer, reference ; to confer, 
 conference ; to suffer, sufferance ; to prefer, preference • 
 to excel, excellent, excellence; to provide, provident^ 
 providence ; to revere, reverend, reverence ; eloquent' 
 eloquence ; to maintain, maintenance ; diligent, dili- 
 gence ; evident, evidence. 
 
 3. Temperance is the best doctor. Indolence is the 
 rust of the mind. Of what consequence is that to you ? 
 A smile beamed over his countenance. Diligence is the 
 mistress of success. Vanity, pride and arrogance are 
 the attendants of ignorance. No hope nor fear should 
 influence you to do evil. Sincere friendship is the excel- 
 lence of human nature. Eminence is the title of honor 
 belonging to cardinals. 
 
 173 
 
 ar, er, or. 
 
 {a) 1. laborer— 2. ancestor, calendar, mariner, batche- 
 lor, barrister, character, passenger— 4. carpenter, har- 
 binger — 5. chancellor. 
 
 (e) 1. meteor— 2. editor, emperor, metaphor, messen- 
 ger, regular, secular, senator. 
 
 (0 2. minister, vinegar, similar, titular, visitor, sin- 
 gular. 
 
 (o) 2. ocdlar, orator, coroner, popular, monitor, pro- 
 vender. ^ 
 
 (u) 1. cucumber, usurer— 2. muscular, governor. 
 
 Exercises.— {. la-bo-rer, an-ces-tor, ed-i-tor, vi-sit-or. 
 
 2. office, officer; treasure, treasurer; custom, custo- 
 mer ; flatter, flatterer; tu suff'er, suff'erer ; travel, travel- 
 er ; prison, prisoner; widow, widower; to borrow 
 borrower; garden, gardener; village, villager • to Go- 
 vern, governor; marine, mariner; loiter, loilerer. ° 
 
 
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 3. My brother is a barrister. The swallow is the 
 harbin'^er of spring. Be neither a borrower nor a 
 lender. The captain was made a prisoner. I am no 
 orator, but a plain blunt man. He was a person of 
 prreat character. The lord-chancellor is the speaker of 
 the house of lords. The prime-minister did not appear 
 in the house to day. He was an officer in the army. The 
 principal function of the coroner is to hold inquest on 
 the bodies of persons who are iiilled or kill themselves. 
 
 174. ism, tst. 
 
 {a) 1. paganism, fatalist — 2. aphorism, anglicism, gal- 
 licism, catechism, paroxysm; casuist, satirist, dramatist, 
 calvinist, methodist — 4. barbarism. 
 
 (e) \. egotism — 2. heroism, exorcism, despotism, me- 
 chanism. 
 
 (e) 2. criticism, witticism, mysticism, syllogism, spi- 
 ritism. 
 
 (o) 2. solecism, oculist, novelist — 3- rheumatism — 
 A. organist. 
 
 (m) 1. eucharist — 2. journalist. 
 
 Exercises. — 1. pa-ga-nism, fa-tal-ist ; aph-o-rism, 
 sol-e-cism, &c. 
 
 2. pagan, paganism; fatal, fatalism, fatalist; drama, 
 dramatist ; Calvin, Calvinism, calvinist ; hero, heroism ; 
 magnet, magnetism ; critic, criticism ; spirit, spiritism ; 
 organ, organism ; wit, witty, witticism ; botany, bota- 
 nist ; vulgar, vulgarism. 
 
 3. An aphorism is a precept or principle given in a few 
 words. Calvinism is a protestant sect named after Cal- 
 vin. The Blessed Eucharist is also called the sacrament 
 of the altar. Several exorcisms are made when baptism 
 is conferred. 
 
 ♦ If. 
 
 «V.V 
 
" tv 
 
 w is the 
 r nor a 
 I am no 
 )erson of 
 )eaker of 
 )t appear 
 my. The 
 iquest on 
 imselves. 
 
 — H3 — 
 
 cism, gal- 
 Iramatist, 
 
 tism, me- 
 
 jism, spi- 
 
 matism — 
 
 3h-o-rism , 
 
 t ; drama, 
 
 heroism ; 
 
 spiritism ; 
 
 iny, bota- 
 
 ;n in a few 
 after Cal- 
 sacrament 
 n baptism 
 
 176. 
 
 I 
 
 ous. 
 
 (a)i. various dangerous— 2. fabulous— 4. arduous 
 barbarous, marvellous. <*iuuous, 
 
 {ej i. devious, serious, tedious, previous— 2. envious 
 
 t'eaterous^'"'''"'' P''"''"'' ''^^"'^"^' q"^^"'^"^' 
 
 frivolnn /'"".h-^V^- *''^'°"'' P'^"^"'' ^"^P»«"^' infamous, 
 trivolous, chivalrous. ' 
 
 (o) 1. odious, odorous, copious— 2. obvious, ominous 
 ponderous, populous. ' uminous, 
 
 (u)i. curious, dubious, numerous, spurious, studious 
 J. sumptuous. 
 
 e-rf^T&r'"*' ''^'''"°"'' ^^"■»^'"-«»^' fab-u-lous, gen- 
 
 2. danger, dangerous; scandal, scandalous; venom 
 venomous; rigor rigorous ; vigor, vigorous villain' 
 v.lainous; mischief, mischievo'us ; covet, covetous 
 
 .ppIT; *^"^"^'"r' • 'V'"' '"^"«"« ' f^ble, fabulous 
 scruple scrupulous; glory, glorious; duty, duteous 
 
 bSy^ralou^s.^"^^' '''''''''''' bounty, bounteous;' 
 
 3. London is a very populous city. A maff-nie is a 
 mischievous bird. A flatterer is a most dangerous enemy 
 Ihe persons present were not very numerous. Credu- 
 lous men are the prey of crafty ones. Few are so gene- 
 rous as to praise without making some draw back. 
 
 176. age, ege, ate— -{a like e short). 
 
 (a) 2. average, accurate, adequate, advocate, aggregate 
 aspirate, sacrilege. »aggiegdie, 
 
 (e) 2 beverage, delegate, delicate, desolate, desperate 
 estimate, separate, temperate. ^^peiaie, 
 
 (0 2. intimate, intricate, situate, privilege. 
 ,^[l*-_^^'/.^^^-2. obdurate, obstinate, moderate, rho- 
 colaic proiiigaie, proximate-4. fortunate. 
 
 [u) 1. duplicate— 2. ultimate, cozenage. 
 
 ■: >t 
 
 % 
 
 l^' ; 
 
 '$* 1. 
 
 'i 
 
I , 
 I 
 
 II 
 
 n 
 
 4 
 
 ■i\ 
 
 
 — H4 — 
 
 Exercised. — 1. av-er-age, bev-er-age, ac-cu-rate, del-i- 
 cate, mod-er-ate, &c. 
 
 2. parent, parentage; person, personage; pilgrim, pil- 
 grimage ; carbon, carbonate; fluor, fluorate ; passion, 
 passionate ; pasture, pasturage. 
 
 3. Ignorant men are the most obstinate. His health is 
 delicate. We had an elegant house situate in a fine 
 country. He is my intimate friend. All around was 
 one desolate waste. A case of this intricate nature can 
 by no means be so soon judged. Our maple-tree has a 
 rich foliage. He was disguised in a false personage. 
 
 177. ate (a long). 
 
 (a) i. alieriate — 12. abdicate, agitate, animate, aggra- 
 vate, abrogate, calculate, candidate, fascinate, graduate, 
 magistrate, masticate. 
 
 (e) 1. deviate, mediate — 2. celebrate, decorate, dedi- 
 cate, delegate, devastate, educate, elevate, emigrate, 
 enervate, generate, meditate, penetrate, regulate, reno- 
 vate, reprobate, separate, venerate, ventilate — 3. perpe- 
 trate, terminate, circulate. 
 
 (/) 1. violate — 2. imitate, immolate, implicate, indi- 
 cate, irritate, invocate, liberate, stimulate. 
 
 (o) 2. conjugate, consecrate, operate, tolerate 3. no- 
 minate. 
 
 (?<)!. fumigate, mutilate — 2. cultivate, suffocate, sur- 
 rogate. 
 
 Exercises. — 1. al-ien-ate, ag-i-tate, grad-u-ate, im-i- 
 tate, &c. 
 
 2. to advocate, advocate ; to aspirate, aspirate; to dele- 
 gate, delegate ; to desolate, desolate ; to intimate, inti- 
 mate; to separate, separate ; to moderate, moderate ; to 
 graduate, graduate ; to situate, situate. 
 
 3. Calculate well before you resolve. The soul ani- 
 mates the body. I could not advocate such a cause. He 
 was a learned and able advocate. The tields are deso- 
 late. A dreadful flood desolates the fields. Moderate 
 
 , « >::•' ' 
 
— H8 — 
 
 ite, del-i- 
 
 grirn, pil- 
 passion, 
 
 health is 
 in a fine 
 )und was 
 iture can 
 ree has a 
 nage. 
 
 3, aggra- 
 graduate, 
 
 te, dedi- 
 smigrate, 
 te, reno- 
 ). perpe- 
 
 ite, indi- 
 
 3 3. no- 
 
 cate, sur- 
 
 ite, ini-i- 
 
 ; to dele- 
 ate, inti- 
 erate ; to 
 
 soul ani- 
 ause. He 
 are deso- 
 Moderate 
 
 your desires ; your wants will be few. If vour desires 
 are moderate, your wants will be few. Uen the Tis 
 aspirate in english, you must aspirate it strongly 
 
 178. ice, He, ine, ?Ve—(? short). 
 
 iiye\nrl7iWo'7^' r^*'"' "^^^i.^'"^^' masculine, adjec 
 
 M i Ia'p t' "^ 'i'^''^', armistice-O. talkative, 
 fpi/n- ^^'- ^^"cfice, dentifrice, precipice, prejudice 
 
 sh^ no^;i^'""'"'.'/"''^^^'"^' ^^^"''it«' aer.ni?e,TequT' 
 quisite'^ ' ^^'^^'^^-3- mercantile, versatile, per- 
 
 crii2,?nfldte"''''^"'"^"'' '^^''*'"^^ discipline, hypo- 
 
 (o) 2. domicile, opposite, positive. 
 2. subslintive!''' ^"'"''' ''"^"'™' ''"='"''"™' nulriUve- 
 
 jecfweTt!'"*' ^''"™''"'"'' "■''-"'"'• •""■'-'i"'e, ai- 
 
 cowarfcowa^d?:"' '' ''""'' ''""'"'' = ''^«"''' '>««-"= ^ 
 3. Usury is tlie daugliter of avarice. There is no 
 medicine against death. The school is onposlte our 
 house. A libertine's life is the reverse of a iKf berlv 
 rhere are three genders in english : the masculine the 
 feminine and the neuter. Take care not to go to the 
 br nk of vice, lest you go down the precipice. ^ He i a 
 rela ive of mine. Positive men are most often in er or 
 
 ^xprl^qrali!;." ""'■'' '•"""='• '» " "-" -• -"^'-'iveTo 
 
 179. ice, ide, He, ize^{i long), 
 (a) 2. sacrifice, parricide, camomile, pantomine, valen- 
 ':::^^':!^:!hr^Sl^.^^^^^^ ^^^-n^-^ tantaUze, 
 W 1. equalize, realize-2. regicide, reconcile, exer- 
 
 .'K 
 
 
116 — 
 
 1 .f^ 
 
 J' 
 
 cise, enterprise, recognize, temporize— 5. serpentine, 
 merchandize, circumcise. 
 
 (i) i. idolize, tyrannize — 2. criticise, stigmatize, sym- 
 pathise, symbolize. 
 
 (o) 2. homiri'le, crocodile, compromise, colonize, pro- 
 selyte — 3. scrutinize. 
 
 (m)1. suicide, neutralize — 2. pulverize. 
 
 Exercises. — 1. sac-ri-fice, par-ri-cide; re-a-lize, rec-og- 
 nize, &c. 
 
 2. real, to realize ; legal, to legalize ; civil, to 
 civilize; moral, to moralize; scandal, to scandalize; 
 solemn, to solemnize ; author, to authorize ; dogma, to 
 dogmatize ; canon, to canonize ; harmony, to harmonize 
 
 3. Rule the appetite and temper the tongue. Memory 
 is strengthened by exercise. Have you read Milton's Pa- 
 radise Lost ? Let reason go before enterprise. Habit 
 will reconcile a man with a great many things. We 
 ought to sympathize with our friends in distress. God 
 lets the wicked live to exercise the good. No tree takes 
 so deep a root as prejudice. 
 
 180. a final as in far: o final long — ay, ee, we, (long 
 
 sounds of a, e, u). 
 
 (a) 1. area — 2. Africa; Saturday; pharisee ; calico, 
 cameo, avenue. 
 
 {e) 2. yesterday; pedigree; residue, retinue, revenue 
 — 3. vertigo. 
 
 (?) 2. filagree, Pyrenees ; indigo, Cicero. 
 
 (o) 1. folio, portico — 2. holiday; opera, cholera, gon- 
 dola — 4. orchestra. 
 
 (m) 1. cupola ; jubilee ; studio — 2. buffalo. 
 
 Exercises. — 1. a-re-a, A-fri-ca, sa-tur-day, phar-i-see, 
 cal-i-co, cam-e-o, av-e-nue, fil-a-gree, reti-nue, res-i-due. 
 
 2. Cicero was a great orator. Our friends came the 
 day before yesterday. A gondola is a small boat. The 
 lion found in Africa is a very savage beast. The Pyre- 
 nees separate France from Spain. Attila called himself 
 
 :*♦!* 
 
serpentine, 
 atize, sym- 
 onize, pro- 
 
 ize, rec-og- 
 
 civil, to 
 icandalize ; 
 dogma, to 
 larmonizp 
 . Memory 
 ilton's Pa- 
 se. Habit 
 ings. We 
 pess. God 
 tree takes 
 
 we, (long 
 
 e ; calico^ 
 !, revenue 
 
 lera, gon- 
 
 - H7 — 
 
 twe^ ;lel r'^irn'r r^^ ^^^--^h occurs e^; 
 wind ^in [rufuents THp hwr'r '"''".^.^^ '^'^^'^^^ ^^^ 
 The cupo a of S Peter's in ni' '^^t'"5^. o^' wild ox. 
 world. ^ ""^^^ ' '" '^°^"« '« the highest in the 
 
 181 ade, ere, ete, ore, use, ure, ute, <fec.-(Iong sounds.) 
 
 t"de, magni?ude!^ ' ^'' ^^'''"*"' latitude, grati-' 
 
 persecute. ' '^''*'*"''' ''^^^•t^^e. vestibule-S. 
 
 ^^i^\^^;^i^''^ ^-'"^^-2. ridicule, dis. 
 
 (^) 2. mu.titude, substitute, subterfuge-4. furniture 
 
 rnind.^l^te^ -f JA '^.i^-^-l^ornament of the 
 
 The safe^ a Se Lai^nst 1 ^ ''"'^'^^ "^ *^^ ^ord. 
 
 outspread the mightf eagle fC T'''' k '"^^ 
 
 Hermits live in solifrX r the atmosphere. 
 
 resolute in a good t„se T^^^^ .'?"'^'^' ^" ^^i"? 
 thanked us wifh much rr;fif.T]'' T^ ^? "^'«'^^«- »! 
 scaffold that consUtutes^ he io' ^' V^^ ^"''^^ "^^ the 
 and unloads vesse '*'^"''- ^ stevedore loads 
 
 ■I I 
 
 3har-i-see, 
 res-i-due. 
 came the 
 oat. The 
 rhe Pyre- 
 lA. himself 
 
 182. ac, am, an, at, Ac. 
 
 ,,i^^^;^.^^aham, maniac, patriarch— 2 
 K!!K?l*^''^"^^"'^^^ot>at, cataract ^' 
 
 barh 
 
 onn 
 
 
 aMerman, au.og^'l, .'''"'■'''"'"• «""'''''" 
 
 anagram, ca- 
 
 , paragraph--4. artisan, 
 
 -6. almanac. 
 
If • 
 
 f *• 
 
 5,i^ 
 
 , J .,. 
 
 
 — 118 — 
 
 {e) {. pieonasm—a. emerald, epigram, epitaph, peli- 
 can, veteran, democrat, telegram, telegraph, gentleman 
 — d. clergyjnan. 
 
 (0 1. ismglass, diagram, diaphragm— 2. myriad, S wit- 
 Co) 1. zodiac — 2. monogram. 
 
 Exercises. — 1. A-bra-ham, ma-ni-ac, an-a-gram, car- 
 a^van, ple-o-nasm, em-e-rald, al-ma-nac, tel-e-gram, 
 di-a-gram, etc. 
 
 2. Abraham was one of the patriarchs. A clump of 
 dark pmes grew near the cataract. A mountebank is a 
 charlatan. There is a pleonasm in this sentence. I 
 received a telegram from the gentleman. Have you 
 bought the new almanac? An acrobat is a man who 
 practices rope-dancing. A myriad means a very great 
 number. Oases serve as stopping-places for caravans. 
 Johnson wrote a latin epigram for the tomb of Goldsmith. 
 
 183. ety em, en, etc. 
 
 {a) 1. bayonet— 2. amulet, alphabet, cabinet, manifest, 
 parapet, stratagem— 4. architect. 
 
 (e) 1. requiem— 2. denizen, specimen, premises, epi- 
 thet, retrospect— 3. circumspect. 
 
 {i) \. diadem, violet, dialect— 2. citizen, rivulet, bi- 
 goted, interest, minuend. 
 
 (o) 2. coronet, omelet, oxvgen, Socrates, Sophocles. 
 
 (m)i. universe — 2. coverfet. 
 
 ^ Exercises.-— \. bay-o-net, am-u-let, ul-pha-bet, cab- 
 in-et, ar-chi-tect, di-a-dem, vi-o-let, co-ro-uet, om-e- 
 let, etc. 
 
 2. cabin, cabinet ; cover, coverlet ; flower, flloweret ; 
 patron, patroness ; govern, governess. 
 
 3. Everv man is the architect of his own fortune. 
 The enghsh alphabet consists of twenty six letters. The 
 stratagem had a full success. I wandered among the 
 mazes of the rivulet. The captain thought it beneath 
 w;is, i\^ !i.«tiiivoi any luCir. iiiu ureeR language nas 
 
— 119 ^ 
 
 Severn! dialech Tho 
 
 i*'-^ of m:„tchr\'ZwereT'' '""^•"" "" «- «>"- 
 This greal citizen at(p„.iJ ' """""s a t iiv flower 
 
 'nleresls. H;LVn «a is"?:,'; '," P"''"" 'h«n priZe 
 --mspec. i„^ .he^chof: o'f' yt'l,';:™':'-- '" '"^ 
 
 184. ,e, ,i/,, ,v^ ,„^ ^(^ 
 
 Hnlt^^anXtLn^'i^arr'''' -"--rip,, ,«„,. 
 ,l^;l. evening, feverish o .. 
 
 ■•he'oric splenelids vei-^ris """' ^"''''"' herelic, 
 ™ ric,ci7;:t'.'-^- '"''""'• Py™""d. synonym, ehi- 
 
 e^' ri;;;ote^tS- ""''"• '""^''''', codicil. 
 
 Wl. iurialic— 2. soverpicin •* u i. . 
 terfejf. sovereign~J. bulletin-(o«,) coun- 
 
 vefCt7^:i:;'tS;ir'5i.of''»''-^^'""'. 
 
 nat-ic, etc. ' " ' "'' chol-e-ric, pol-i-(ic, 
 
 er. Exercise benefils health Tlnplj' "f ?"'' '''<'«''"'- 
 famous among the anclen s Tl,i '"" labyrinth was 
 
 pyramids of Egypt were buili^, .Pi'/'P","^ '«"• «'''i«=h the 
 -s the name of ,a lS„|X''|, '' ' :""''''°;™- ^^dlam 
 history we must trace events to tZ! '.".London. I„ 
 your pocket handkerchief a "' ■"'''ein. Pick up 
 !'""?e. All money or coin ttT'^'H '' " "»«'ne3 
 IS said to be counterfeit. '""^ ""y government 
 
 ania1oi;S:'gS' ^^"4-^- »"?"<"' ^--ol, 
 maximum. ' ' -^sa^Ouu, paradox, catalogue, 
 
 e- 
 lu- 
 
 : «i 
 
 .1 
 
 ■ 11 
 
— 120 — 
 
 {e) 1. period, medium, premium--2. vt nison, skele- 
 ton epilogue, demagogue, pedagogue— 3. terminus. 
 
 {i) 1. diamond, dialogue -2. idiom, idiot, cinnamon, 
 gridiron, simpleton, synagogue, impetus, stimulus. 
 
 (o) 1. odium, opium— 2. polygon, polyglot, monologue, 
 polypus-4, orthodox. ^ ^ ' 
 
 Exercises.— \ . a-pri-cot, pa-tri-ot, ra-di-us ; al-i-quot, 
 al-co-hol, pe-riod, me-di-um, ven-i-son, ep-i-logue, dem- 
 a-gogue, o-di-um, etc. 
 
 2. A radius is a line from the centre to the outside of 
 the circle. There is a strong garrison in the fort. The 
 human skeleton consists of two hundred and fifty-two 
 bones. Jews meet in synagogues. A gridiron is used 
 for broiling flesh and fish over coals, i advise you to 
 buy a book of english and french dialogues. An axiom 
 is a self-evident truth. The decalogue was given to 
 Moses on Mount Sina. 
 
 9 
 
 
 *i - « 
 
 .1 
 
 ;. . 
 I'll* 
 
 186. ly. 
 
 (a) 1. gratefully, faithlessly— 2. candidly— 3. sparingly 
 — 6. quarterly. 
 
 {e) 1. recently, eagerly, peaceably -2. verily, plea- 
 santly — 3. certainly. 
 
 («■) 1. piously — 2. vitally, bitterly, instantly. 
 
 (o) 1. soberly, totally — 2. properly, solemnly— 4. for- 
 merly. 
 
 {u)i. youthfully — 2. suddenly, thoroughly — 4. ur- 
 gently. 
 
 Exercises. — 1. grate-ful-ly, re-cent-ly, ea-ger-ly, ver- 
 i-ly, &c. 
 
 2. grateful, gratefully; faithless, faithlessly ; careful, 
 carefully ; present, presently ; zealous, zealously ; 
 happy, happily ; hearty, heartily ; lucky, luckily; steady, 
 steadily — quarter, quarterly ; brother, brotherly ; mo- 
 ther, motherly; sister, sisterly; heaven, heavenly; 
 order, orderlv , 
 
 3. haste, hasty, hastily; ease, easy, easily ; will, wil- 
 
n, skele- 
 
 inus. 
 
 nnamon, 
 
 lus. 
 
 )nologue, 
 
 al-i-quot, 
 ue, dem- 
 
 lulside of 
 »rt. The 
 
 fifty-two 
 •n is used 
 e you to 
 in axiom 
 
 given to 
 
 sparingly 
 ly, plea- 
 
 — 4. for- 
 — 4. ur- 
 
 >ly, ver- 
 
 careful, 
 ;alously ; 
 ; steady, 
 'ly ; mo- 
 eavenly ; 
 
 A^ill, wil- 
 
 — \2l — 
 
 4. Habit IS not easily shaken off" Th. i 
 "lerrily. The weather was dreadfnllv../'''^ ''^^^ 
 speak english fluently '> rLTr \-^ ^°^^* ^^^^ he 
 sees the face of you7 healnlv^^^ ^"^^' ^^^^s 
 
 can honestly, uselT^at^^/e Sitlly. '^^ ^''' ^- 
 
 187. ness, hood, dom, ship, etc. 
 ness: nakedness, gentleness, business 
 hood: neighborhood, widowhood Sdihood 
 dom, ric: Christendom, bishopric ''''^'*'""^- 
 , snip : partnership, consulship; ' 
 
 ten^^r,^^:-'- "'-^-^^^-"^^^^ neigh-bor-hood, ch.is- 
 
 ness^fefe;r"Vdert;d''^^ P^'*- 
 
 ness grace Sfi, I .n^P?"^^'"''.'' ^'^^^d. wicked- 
 ness ;Arothlr" bttkeSd"'"^^^^ ^^i^r^^k:^'"^- 
 
 \iye, lively livelihnL .' ^' ''^^'Y' likelihood 
 
 heathenZ\ bishoo l^r'' ^'' "^^^t^^^om ; heathen 
 pastor, pasto^shV P^opk P'''^ "'"'*''' "^^^t^rship 
 horse ^o^semtl^horTem'a'nshl"'"^"' workmanship^ . 
 
 clock "ttfufpieTo^^T^" 't "^•"•-- This 
 to happiness Mnd no h.r'*''"'»"'^'P- "^''^''^ ^cads 
 couIdZrdly get an honest livprh' ^f T'' «^"- He 
 The fire roLed a"l the hp Ik'^?^"^-. "^^^^^ ^^^cness. 
 title of honor len to f hn S '^'''^'^l• "^^'^^^s is the 
 dom. ^ "^'^ *° **'" P«P^' the head of christen- 
 
 188. 
 
 ful, some, less like, etc. 
 
 fl"^ Tn^^'n "'' "^"''^'^"'' basketful. 
 
 some: trOUblpsrimo «r,.„„: , ., 
 
 '"* "^aribuine, medalesome 
 
 (m 
 
 powerless, comfortle 
 
 ss, profitless, 
 
 . 
 
 1' 
 
 i 
 
 ^ 
 
— 122 — 
 
 'IIBI' 
 
 
 f. > 
 
 ■yp 
 
 (i 
 
 
 like: humanlike, ladylike, christianlike. 
 fold, teen: manifold, sevenfold, seventeen. 
 ward, wise: heavenward, afterwards, otherwise. 
 more, most : furthermore, innermost. 
 
 Exercises. — 1. won-der-ful, trou-ble-some, pow-er- 
 less, etc. 
 
 2. wonder, wonderful ; mercy, merciful ; duty, du- 
 tiful ; beauty, beautiful; pity, pitiful; fancy, fanciful; 
 power, powerful — father, fatherless; penny, penniless; 
 motion, motionless; burden, burdensome; frolic, frolic- 
 some; quarrel, quarrelsome— woman, womanlike; 
 giant, giantlike ; thither, thitherward. 
 
 3. England is a powerful country. What will become 
 of us afterwards ? She had ladylike manners. The 
 stag is a beautiful creature. Lord, how manifold are 
 thy works ! There are numberless species of insects 
 that fly or creep around us. 
 
 
 SECTION II. 
 
 THE ACCENT ON THE SECOND SYLLABLE. 
 
 Regular sound of the vowel in the accented syllable. 
 
 f. , r 
 
 || • "^ 
 
 i- • 
 
 
 » >r. 
 
 
 189. Grammatical terminations. 
 
 es : excuses, finances, dispatches. 
 ed: acquainted, completed, appointed. 
 est, eth : thou redeemest, he believeth. 
 ing : amazing, according, belonging. 
 
 Exercises. — 1. ex-cu-ses, ac-quaint-ed, red-eem-est, 
 bel-iev-eth, &c. 
 
 2. address, addresses ; expense, expenses ; to dispose, 
 he disposes; to rejoice, he rejoices ; to divide, divided, 
 he divided ; afflict, afflicted ; increase, increases ; sur- 
 rise, surprises ; afflict, afflicted ; to begin, beginning ; 
 
 P 
 
 the 
 
 remaind( 
 rauder. 
 ie) 1. 1 
 
— 123 — 
 
 aSd; SfiolTvict'r' '"'^■'"^■' '« '"'»". he 
 
 Man pr;:ettfLd'=l;r "^ "TZ '"^ -'"• 
 divided we fall. Tastes are nnf i P^i^.^"^ ^^ stand, 
 "lust live according ?o one's inTom^ ^'J''P^''<i- One 
 to the afflicted. ^ ' '"^^"'^- Hope is a solace 
 
 ses ; siir- 
 
 ^^0. ai,ei,&c. 
 
 'ismll! e^Lr'' ''™''"' '•^'""'' ^--al, discipIe-2. bap- 
 
 sai:"^ *• '""""''-'■ -'»-'. apos.le-3. removal, pe™. 
 M tribunal, renewal. 
 
 Exercises. — 1 . a rp h a n n- « i 
 
 2. parent, parental sTarri?;''^-' fO'-^'-'ral, *c. 
 nial; (0 acquit, acauiltnl.„' arrival; to deny, de- 
 approval ; ?o refuse refi^ah 1^"' "»'^''' = '» apProve, 
 
 3. A cathedral s the "oe.!, ° fP^SI'^ espousal ' 
 
 ample teaches more than'^pr • pf "t:/ " ^'^'"'P• Ex- 
 sweetest of earthly blessK i' „ f''^™^ 'o^-" >s 'he 
 
 he proposal. It Zs 3 very dav'lf'h- '"'^ ■^''^^P'^'* 
 the approva of evil w„ kl ^ "l "' his arrival. Bv 
 
 <leaf aTd hearfno d^ra TZtvVj "' "; °«^'h i^ 
 apostles to preach the Gospel " '"" ^°'>^ '^elve 
 
 191. er, or. 
 
 (^) 1. redeempi' H'^m^a. - ? 
 
 .-1, a.meanur-2. december, novemher, 
 
 1 
 
 ?! 
 
 I 
 
 
 I 
 
 I, 
 
 ■J 
 
 V ■ 
 
 'i; 
 
 
 ^ 
 
T* 
 
 > 
 
 
 IT !^.. 
 
 — 124 -- 
 
 September, director, collector, confessor, professor — 
 3. deserter, preserver. 
 
 (i) i. adviser, subscriber. 
 
 (o) 1. October, conti oiler, restorer— 2. impostor — 
 
 3. intruder — 4. recorder. 
 
 (m) 1. perfumer, adjutor — 2. demurrer, instructor — 
 
 4. precursor. 
 
 Exercises. — 1 . e-qua-tor, red-eem-er, ad-vis-er, per- 
 fumer, &c. 
 
 2. to create, creator ; to translate, translator ; to com- 
 plain, complainer; to possess, possessor; to oppress, 
 oppressor ; to believe, believer; to deceive, deceiver ; to 
 command, commander; to survive, survivor ; to consu- 
 me, consumer ; to mvent, inventor ; to review, reviewer ; 
 to oflend, offender; to import, importer; to inform, in- 
 former; to reform, reformer ; to admire, admirer; to 
 adore, adorer. 
 
 3. Jesus-Christ is our Redeemer. A guilty conscience 
 needs no accuser. He was the only survivor. The 
 receiver is as bad as the thief. Memory is the purveyor 
 of reason. He had many friends and admirers in tiiis 
 city. He was appointed a professor. 
 
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 ^<: 
 
 
 
 
 !.f • 
 
 
 
 193. ic. 
 
 {a) 1. mosaic— 2. aquatic, fanatic, emphatic, lympha- 
 tic, metallic, mechanic, gigantic, Atlantic, romantic, 
 elastic, gymnastic, scholastic — 4. antartic, cathartic, le- 
 thargic. 
 
 {e) 2. Jimetic, angelic, arsenic, ascetic, eccentric, 
 domestic, polemic, pathetic, authentic. 
 
 (?) 2. pacific, empiric, specific, terrific, intrinsic, 
 statistics. 
 
 (o) 1. heroic — 2. exotic, caloric, carbonic, camphoric. 
 
 {u) 2. republic. 
 
 Exercises.— i. mo-sa-ic, a-tjuat-ic, fan-a-tic, e-met-ic, 
 
 l:#l 
 
 '.(5. 
 
afessor — 
 
 ipostor — 
 itructor — 
 
 3-erj per- 
 
 ; to com- 
 oppress, 
 ;eiver ; to 
 to consu- 
 eviewer ; 
 form, in- 
 nirer; to 
 
 onscience 
 Dr. The 
 purveyor 
 [•s in this 
 
 , lympha- 
 romantic, 
 bartic, le- 
 
 eccentric, 
 
 intrinsic, 
 
 imphoric. 
 
 e-met-ic, 
 
 the ne?; The^Pa^fenl"^" ^^1 ol/Zinent from 
 the E^ohe.lll:tireZ^^^ of 
 
 country. A terrific storm ?n.^ heautiful and romantic 
 
 their intrintic 4 ie . t^if he^^^ '^-^'^^ ^'''' 
 
 certainly Jose some'oHhei fuVfre /nr'^'^'tv*^^^ 
 tough and elastic. ^^^^^'^ ^"hber is 
 
 194. ice, He, ine, He, <fec. {i short). 
 {a) i. evasive-2. examine, imagine attrarfivp 
 
 ,(«)!. abusive, allusive, delusive illum^r!; in • 
 conduc.ve_2 . compulsive, des.Sve ' proSive';""'' 
 
 eiJvT&r'~* •'"""'"'' '^-*-'"'»'=> ^-P-Pren-Iice, de- 
 
 inciusiv;; s"^rii.:'ir™ii;tt;u;^:tr^ 
 
 3. Temperance is conducive to health OnPvi.. • 
 
 195. ant, ent, ance, ence, 
 
 •f^^nnf •'T?*' ^''^"^"*' acquaintance, conveyance 
 -~c{. apparent, transparent. ^""vcjance 
 
 2. ^dLc;nd»'rt1^„i':!:!-:«"'' -"gerent, precedence- 
 
 :i 
 
 
 -7 "iti. iivtaiicc. 
 
 : i 
 

 
 ! 
 
 i' . *'• 
 
 1 
 
 
 k 
 
 ■ ■ ' ,', ^' 
 
 1 
 
 /<?■ 
 
 [ 
 
 
 
 
 Hi *« 
 
 |l ■ 
 
 iii 
 
 
 - 426 - 
 
 (^) 1. aspirant, alliance, defiance, reliance, compli- 
 ance, conii'ivance— 2. indignant, malignant, admittance, 
 existence, subsistence. 
 
 (o) 1. opponent, condolence — 2. insolvent, respondent 
 — 4. important, absorbent, performance. 
 
 (u) pursuant, endurance— 2. abundant, reluctant, occur- 
 rence— 4. reduce . 
 
 Exercises.- .. ad-ja-cent, as-sail-ant, ad-he-rent, as-pi- 
 rant, &c. 
 
 2. to acquaint, acquaintance; to forbear, forbearance ; 
 to assist, assistance; to insure, insurance; to endure, 
 endurance ; to appear, appearance ; to allow, allowance ; 
 to annoy, annoyance ; to contrive, contrivance ; to defend, 
 defendant ; to assail, assailant ; to adhere, adherent ; 
 triumph, triumphant. 
 
 3. God is abundant in goodness and truth. The Pope 
 is Christ's vicegerent on earth. No admittance except 
 on business. From prudence cometh peace ; from peace, 
 abundance. Of what assistance can I be to you ? The 
 judge fined the defendant. Promises make friends; 
 but it is performance that keeps them. 
 
 Nl 
 
 it' 
 
 liil 
 
 
 f ». 
 
 
 \ *'V . 
 
 til* '■ 
 
 196. ment. 
 
 (a) 1. abatement, amazement — 2. attachment — 4. apart- 
 ment, department— 5. commandment, advancement. 
 
 (e) 1. agreement, achievement — 2. amendment, con- 
 tentment, resentment, retrenchment — 3. interment, 
 
 {i) 1. refinement, consignment, indictment — 2. abridg- 
 ment. 
 
 (o) 1. atonement, encroachment — 3. improvement— 
 4. endorsemeet. 
 
 (m)1. amusement, inducement--2. adjournment. 
 
 Exercises. — i. a-bate-ment, a-gree-ment, re-fine- 
 ment, &c. 
 
 2. to engage, engagement; to excite, excitement; to 
 encamp, encampment; to employ, employment; to 
 appoint, appointment ; to endow, endowment ; to enact. 
 
 \ttj 1. 
 
— 127 — 
 
 -acumen,; ,o allure, allure^en.; ,„ enlarge, enlarge- 
 
 anLi"Strr^ eXioTr„rx sj'-j''-' 
 
 form our engaffempnfs "P'"yment. We should per- 
 ornament. J^tiomenl is ihe most resplendent 
 
 • -l 
 
 ''■^, 
 
 .^ 
 
 ■'i 
 
 i^ement — 
 
 197. a final (as in /ar). 
 ee, 0, ue, y-(long sounds of the vowels) 
 
 commiKee, banditlo, continue """'g'^'y-^- enigma, 
 (0) 1. aroma, pagoda, diploma, Jehovah-4. attorney. 
 Exercises. — i. ti-a-n nc ^ 
 
 i-ae-a, a-re „a. 1,^:%^::^ ^:^:x '-'*■'"' 
 
 poinled a member of the commillw r 't P *^' "P" 
 the Father Almighty. If you .o m?, T }a ^'''^^^ '" '^"^ 
 jour umbrella. Mt us siMie pi'al^a ' Ain'" '^""^ 
 .nerlong, the bees continue to buzz'^by'The broof" '""■ 
 
 198. Various terminations. 
 
 W i. pomatum, illnafnrp o „ 
 |oge.er, momei.lt?:-ai;^e„t:rst^SsTte 
 
 S|:&,i:r^s:ss^=:., 
 
 v«; 1. pchucid, grand mother. ' ^ 
 
 •t muua. 
 
 
 :"« 
 
h : ••■«■■.■ 
 
 -- 128 — 
 
 Exercises. — 1. pom-a-tum, ill-nature, muse-um, el- 
 ev-en, <fec. 
 
 2. ever, whatever, wherever, howerer ; over, more- 
 over ; hand, beforehand ; forward, henceforward ; other, 
 another. 
 
 3. Birds of a feather flock together. The horizon is a 
 circio of which the eye in the centre. Wherever there 
 is flattery, there is sure to be a fool. Love one another. 
 The expense was enormous. He has been appointed 
 schoolmaster to the village. The grand-father and 
 grand-mother are still alive. I visited the insane asylum 
 and the museum. There was that night a tremendous 
 wind. The youngest boy was eleven years old. 
 
 "• 'V. 
 
 I 
 
 il 
 
 
 , 199. ly, ful, less, ness. 
 
 ly : humanely, sincerely, directly, conjointly. 
 /m/, less: delightful, successful, defenceless. 
 ness : forgiveness, acuteness, unfairness. 
 
 Exercises. — \. hu-mane-ly, sin-cere-ly, di-rect-ly, del 
 ight-ful, suc-cessful, for-give-ness, etc. 
 
 2. unsafe, unsafely; exact, exactly; extreme, extre- 
 mely; correct, correctly; unwise, unwisely; minute, 
 minutely; secure, securely ; complete, completely ; 
 express, expressly ; entire, entirely ; distinct, distinctly ; 
 unfair, unfairly — forget, forgetful ; event, eventful ; 
 remorse, remorseful; disgrace, disgraceful; reproach, 
 reproachful ; respect, respectful —corrupt, corruptness. 
 
 3. Grammar is the art of speaking and writing a lan- 
 guage correctly. None are completely happy. Forgi- 
 veness is the noblest revenge. We had a delightful 
 walk. Sorrows concealed are the most acutely felt. 
 The past year was most eventful. As he had been for- 
 getful of his duty, he, now, stood speechless and defen- 
 celess. 1 am, sir, sincerely yours. 
 
um, el- 
 
 ', more- 
 ; other, 
 
 zon is a 
 er there 
 another, 
 ppointed 
 ler and 
 5 asylum 
 [iiendous 
 
 t-ly, del 
 
 e, extre- 
 minute, 
 ipletely ; 
 istinctly ; 
 eventful ; 
 •ep roach, 
 ruptness. 
 ng a lan- 
 Forgi- 
 lelightful 
 itely felt, 
 been for- 
 id defen- 
 
 200. V> ml, tan, iar, ion, &e.-like ml, mn mr Ac 
 2° gion, geous, gious, like Jun, Jus. ^ ' ^ ' *"' 
 
 coLt'nion'""''^ '^"'^^'^"' courageous-2. battalion, 
 
 re/i'iion.'"'''"' '""^'^^'^' ^P'"'^"^ P-'^-"^ postilion, 
 {u)i. peculiar, alluvion, communion-2. combustion 
 
 . 2. to behave, behavior ; coura-e counapm^ • 
 
 S. The dog has been called the companion of mln' 
 Shun the conlag on of bad comDanv Hi7i T • "' 
 convenient. We often use the wnrJV„ behavior was 
 of Eucharist. When sorrows come .hr™""'''" '"^'""^ 
 spies, but in bat a ions Each of ^hLe^lIn T' T^'" 
 peculiar merit. I remain, ^? \our m ottn'Ter^ 
 
 comfort^'olH.Pe:'""" " ""' ""P"^"'"'- Religion'"lX 
 
 201. sion, sure, like z/mn, zhur. 
 
 siin! emSre. '"""""' °""'»"' P"™-"' P«-"a- 
 (e) 1. adhesion, cohesion— 2. displeasure. 
 
 prlifon'TSio'n.""'"' '''^'^'''"' '---' »"--, 
 
 3. Strusio"""'""' ^"^'"""' ^""•P-"^^. disclosure- 
 
 (w) 1. allusion, exclusion, delusion illnsinn inf.. ; 
 conus,„„,_ conclusion, confusion, rS::'d,fe:;; 
 
 rofCaf?i„TL^::^X'ir\-'-' ^---. cor. 
 2. to evade, evasion ; to adher'e, adhesior • to displease, 
 
 7 
 

 
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 i * * 
 
 1 '■ ' '. ■• 
 
 i '■■■■ 
 
 ■■■' ' "■■'. * 
 
 i . ■■■• r, ■' 
 
 
 t 
 
 I'llf 
 
 , *. ' ■ 
 
 > ■■ % 
 
 4' ■■•■. 
 s. f;,A,; 
 
 k- '. ' i • .«u' 
 *• ■( ♦ •» 
 
 ,: , «. 
 
 >" C .' • 
 
 I- 
 
 J ■ * • 
 
 ■ ,■.••- , 
 
 — 130 — 
 
 displeasure ; to decide, decision ; to divide, division ; 
 precise, precision; to provide, provision ; to allude, allu- 
 sion ; to explode, explosion. 
 
 3. Persuasion is better than force. He met death with 
 firmness and composure. He had been thrown into 
 confinement by an unjust decision of the courts. This 
 lawyer had a great precision of language, and he always 
 drew strict conclusions from his premises. 
 
 202. cial, t'tal, cion, ciant, <fec., like shal^ shan, shent^ Ac, 
 
 (a) 1. capacious, sagacious, audacious, tenacious — 
 2. financial. 
 
 (e) 2. especial, essential, potential, infectious, con- 
 tentious — 3. commercial. 
 
 (i) 2. initial, judicial, official; magician, patrician, 
 physician ; deficient, suflicient; delicious, judicious, ma- 
 licious, officious, nutritious, fictitious, propitious. 
 
 (o) 1. atrocious, ferocious, precocious. 
 
 Exercises. — 1. ca-pa-cious, fi-nan-cial, ma-gi-cian, 
 de-fi-cient, &c. 
 
 2, finance, financial ; substance, substantial ; com- 
 merce, commercial; province, provincial; logic, logi- 
 cian ; music, musician ; optics, optician ; physics, phy- 
 sician; ambition, ambitious; sedition, seditious ; suspi- 
 cion, suspicious ; vexation, vexatious ; fiction, fictitious ; 
 licence, licentious ; sentence, sententious. 
 
 3. The proud man is more tenacious of his rank than 
 he is anxious to deserve it. His advice was judicious, 
 but his conduct suspicious. Your assistance is most 
 essential. In ancient Rome, plebeians often revolted 
 against patricians. He was deficient in strength and 
 courage. 
 
 203. seon, tion^ like shun. 
 
 (a) 1. oration, oblation, vocation, cessation, collation, 
 dictation, salvation, sensation, temptation — 2. compas- 
 sion, distraction. 
 
 »■' :•■• , 
 
w. 
 
 ivision ; 
 le, allu- 
 
 ith with 
 vn into 
 . This 
 ! always 
 
 tent, (fee. 
 cious — 
 
 s, con- 
 
 itrician, 
 )U8, ma- 
 
 gi -Clan, 
 
 ; com- 
 c, logi- 
 s, phy- 
 ; suspi- 
 :titious ; 
 
 nk than 
 idicious, 
 is most 
 revolted 
 gth and 
 
 3llation, 
 compas- 
 
 — I3i — 
 
 (e) i. completion—2. affection, ascension, dimension, 
 exception, impression, transgression— 3. aversion, con- 
 version, dispersion. 
 
 (0,^; edition, tuition, petition, position, condition, 
 contrition, suspicion. 
 
 (o) 1. emotion, devotion, promotion— 2. adoption. 
 
 (w) 1. assumption, reduction, destruction, presumption 
 — 4. excursion. 
 
 Exercises.— i. o-ra-tion, ob-la-fion, ed-i-tion, tu-i-tion 
 etc. ' 
 
 2. to create, creation ; to locate, location ; to tax 
 taxation ; to vex, vexation ; to quote, quotation ; to ex- 
 press, expression ; to confess, confession ; to profess, pro- 
 fession ; to permit, permission ; to submit, submission 
 to protect, protection ; to describe, description : to pro- 
 duce, production. 
 
 3. Suspicion is full of eyes. To know one profession 
 IS enough for one man. Conjunction is a part of speech. 
 There was an expression of deep sorrow on his face. 
 
 204. Prefixes a, ab, ad, be, con, de, ex, &c. 
 
 (a) 2. abandon, amalgam, advantage, establish— 4. de- 
 parture. 
 
 (e) 2. adventure, assemble, compensate, contemplate 
 conjecture, develop — 3. enervate. ' 
 
 (i) 1. decipher— 2. consider, confiscate, contribute 
 deliver, diminish, distinguish, distribute, exhibit, expli- 
 cit, extinguish, forefinger. 
 
 (o) 1. betoken— 2. abolish, admonish, astonish, demol- 
 ish, deposit, demonstrate. 
 
 (m)2. asunder, accustom, consummate, forerunner. 
 
 Exercises.— i. ab-an-don, am-al-gam, de-ci-pher, &c. 
 
 2. bespeak, bespoken ; knowledge, acknowledo-e ' fa- 
 ther, forefather ; shadow, foreshadow. ° ' 
 
 3. Defer not till the evening what the morning may 
 accomplish. The manner in which be acted fiYhihifa hig 
 character. Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us 
 
 ' I 
 
 ■ k 
 
 1 >! 
 
 ■ I-, 
 
 \ 
 
 
 **■■ 
 
 ■V ' 
 
 
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;f 
 
 
 ' I.' 
 
 ' ۥ:.: 
 
 — 132 — 
 
 from'cvil. When any man goes forth, let him consider 
 what he is to do; when he returns, what he has done. 
 Nothing can compensate for the loss of honor. He con- 
 ducted himself with consummate skill. Some weak 
 persons imagine that the making of their will is a fore- 
 runner of death. The planks of the ship were torn 
 asunder. A dark cloud often hetokens a storm. 
 
 205. Prefixes en, in, pre, pro, re, c&c. . 
 
 (a) 1. enahle, endanger- 2. embarrass, enamel, ena- 
 mor, entangle, inhabit. 
 
 (e) 1. enfeeble, procedure -2. envelop, embellish 
 endeavor, inherit, remember, replenish, resemble, sur- 
 render— 3. encircle, interpret. 
 
 (?) 1. enliven, enlighten, environ— 2. implicit, prohi- 
 bit, relinquish. * . 
 
 (o) 1. embolden — 2. encompass, imposture, remons- 
 trate. 
 
 (w) 1. illumine— 2. illustrate— (om) encounter. 
 
 Exercises.— I. en-a-ble, en-a-mel, en-vel-op, re-plen- 
 ish, en-hv-en, em-bold-en, etc. r r 
 
 2. noble, ennoble ; girdle, engirdle ; franchise, enfran- 
 chise ; rapture, enrapture ; power, empower; body, em- 
 body ; battle, embattle; courage, encourage. 
 
 2. Endeavor for the best and provide for the worst 
 Remember that the burden you have may be lighter 
 than that for which you desire to exchange it. Mirth 
 and good humor enliven a company. Temperance ?ives 
 nature her full play, and enables her to exert herself in 
 all her force and vigor. I will illustrate what I mean 
 by an example. Remember me to all your family The 
 sun enlightens the earth. ^' 
 
 SOe. Prefixes in, un, dis, mis, 
 (a)l. unable, ungrateful— 2. unhappy, mismanage— 
 
» consider 
 as done. 
 He con- 
 Tie weak 
 is a fore- 
 k^ere torn 
 
 lel, ena- 
 
 tn hellish, 
 hie, sur- 
 
 t, prohi- 
 
 rernons- 
 
 re-plen- 
 
 , enfran- 
 •dy, em- 
 
 e worst. 
 ! lighter 
 Mirth 
 ice gives 
 erself in 
 I mean 
 iy. The 
 
 mage — 
 
 — 133 — 
 
 (e) 1. indecent—a. dissemble, intrepid--3. imperfect. 
 
 (j) 1. unquiet, untimely— 2. disfigure, insipid. 
 
 (o)l. unholy— 2. indocile, immodest, dishonest— 3. 
 imprudent, unruly— 4. disorder, immortal, misfortune. 
 
 (?/) 1. inhuman— 2. uncover, discolor, discomlit— 4. 
 discourage. 
 
 Exercises.— {. un-a-hle, mis-man-age, dis heart-en 
 etc. ' 
 
 2. pleasant, unpleasant ; heallhy, unhealthy; worthy, 
 unworthy ; equal, unequal ; legal, illegal ; fetter, unfet- 
 ter; burden, unburden; conduct, misconduct; honor, 
 dishonor; active, unactive; thankful, unthankful; 
 daunted, undaunted ; friendly, unfriendly ; welcome, 
 unwelcome ; comfort, discomfort ; patient, unpatient ; 
 conscious, unconscious. 
 
 3. Untainted honor is a jewel above all price. The 
 weather was unclement. He who cannot hold his tongue 
 is unworthy of having- one. Hope, the balm of life, 
 soothes us under every misfortune. Unskilful workmen 
 (|uarrel with their tools. Life loses its relish and grows 
 insipid when liberty is gone. 
 
 SECTION HI. 
 
 THE ACCENT ON THE THIRD SYLLABLE. 
 
 Regular sound of the voivel in the accented syllable. 
 
 207. Prefixes ad, con, ob, re, pre, etc. 
 
 (a) 1. appertain, ascertain, entertain, preengage. 
 (e)4. persevere— 2. apprehend, comprehend, recol 
 lect. recommend, represent. 
 {i) 1. advertise, coincide, reconcile, subdivide. 
 
 po 
 
 (o) 1. presuppose, reinforce, selfreproach-2. corres- 
 nd. 
 
 (m) 1. opportune, premature— 4. reimburse. 
 
 Exercises.'-A. ap-per-tain,per-se-vere, ad-ver-tise, etc. 
 2. to ascend, reascend \ to coiiecl, recollect ; to assert^ 
 
 ' 
 
 : 
 
 *< 
 
 i 
 
 ■I 
 
 i 
 
I 
 
 
 
 •^ \ , 
 
 ^1. 
 
 
 ' f 
 
 1%. \ 
 
 ^•'v 
 
 f> 
 
 
 
 — 134 — 
 
 reassert; to exist, coe.ist, preexist ; to descend, condes- 
 cend; to produce, reproduce ; to 'assure, reassure el 
 pose.' '"""^ '' ''""''^^ ^^^^^«"^^i^ ' dispose predl- 
 
 3. Actions should correspond with words Thp nar 
 harnent of Great Britain represents the nation He k 
 
 ascertain the truth of his conjecture. What course would 
 you recommend me to take i Comprehend not few aiinl' 
 in many words, but many things in few words. ^ 
 
 208. Prefixes dis, mis, in, un. 
 
 aDoir' 2 'hS'I' '><"^"'='='' undeceive, disagree, in- 
 
 pit!:/" S& ■"''''P«-' ^--P- - 3 "isap- 
 iniorrapr""""''' '™P'"''""«' *"«'=<""•«. disrepute-2. 
 
 (oi, ou) disappoint, misemploy ; disavow, disallow. 
 ^£ccerches.-l. dis-ar-range, in-com-plete, mis-ap-ply, 
 
 2. to obey, disobey ; belief, disbelief ; aware iin;, 
 ware ; abuse, disabuse ; sincere, insincere direct in" 
 direct ; to connect, disconnect ; to respect di srespec 
 
 forLeTn!'' ''"''°'' ' '""''='' '"'°"'^»' i foreseen'^^'un: 
 T L?!" ''"^'" ""'"'■ '" disregard the wants of the Door 
 doct fSrJe"" h""- "•'■ • '"'" \^'"' decide Kn 
 
 incr ct'!'x^ jvii^^ni: u"pr :: ^^^-t.^ 
 
 '%•>' 
 
id, condes- 
 issure ; es- 
 3se, predis- 
 
 The par- 
 5n. He is 
 •k care to 
 jrse would 
 few things 
 
 -4. disre- 
 
 igree, dis- 
 lisconcert. 
 istinct. 
 3. disap- 
 
 spute— 2. 
 
 iallow. 
 
 is-ap-ply, 
 
 re, una- 
 irect, in- 
 srespect ; 
 seen, un- 
 
 Ihe poor. 
 Je when 
 lents are 
 Though 
 re others 
 
 — 135 — 
 
 209. Prefixes circum, contra^ inter, super, over, 
 
 under, etc. 
 
 (a) 1. overtake, underrate--2. counteract, understand. 
 
 (e) 1. intercede, interfere, intervene, supersede, super- 
 vene, underneath— 2. circumvent, intercept, overwhelm 
 overspread — 3. intersperse. ' 
 
 (e) interline, superfine, countermine, circumscribe-* 
 2. contradict. 
 
 {oS 1. interpose, undergo, overflow— 2. circumvolve. 
 (w) 1. introduce- -2. interrupt, overcome, underdone 
 —3. overlook. 
 
 Exercises.— i. o-ver-take, in-ter-cede, su-per-sede, 
 etc. 
 
 2. rate, overrate, underrate ; mine, undermine, coun- 
 termine ; to see, oversee ; to stand, to understand, under- 
 stood ; to take, undertake, undertook ; to hear, over- 
 hear; to leap, overleap ; turn, overturn ; to work, to 
 overwork, to underwork ; hand, underhand ; head, 
 overhead. 
 
 3. Do you understand what I say ? Laziness travels 
 so slowly that poverty overtakes her. The sky overhead 
 was dark with clouds. He at once undertook the mission. 
 Do not interrupt me in my course. Who overcomes by 
 force, has overcome but half his foe. A clump of dark 
 pines overhung the cataract. The beef was underdone. 
 Do not interfere with other people's business. 
 
 210. ade, — ee, eer, ier, in, ine, eur, etc. 
 
 (a) 1. barricade, colonnade, palisade, serenade — 2. 
 complaisant, confidant. 
 
 (e) 1. devotee, legatee, nominee, referee, refugee, re- 
 partee, guarantee ; domineer, mutineer, pioneer, volun- 
 teer, overseer ; cavalier, brigadier, grenadier, bombard- 
 ier, chandelier , bombasin, capuchin, mandarin, maga- 
 zine, quarantine, tambourine—2. etiquette, mignonnette, 
 arabesque, picturesque. 
 
 (i) 2. violin. 
 
 :'n 
 

 
 M .H 
 
 — 136 — 
 
 {o) i . parasol . 
 
 W 1. amateur, connaisseur. 
 
 onSrTr-*- ''"'-"■»»''^' "»--'-. 'e-ga.-ee, pi- 
 <^hLZ"''"o"lT.u'"f''' '=•"«". ''^-nonade; ,o absent, 
 
 covering. Take joTr parasoP ThI Tf '^"'" " ''^'"1 
 published in England -.as",.™ Gentlelt-s^MlgS!'"" 
 
 Sll. Accent variable. 
 Accent on the Hi syllable. Accent on the 3rd syllable. 
 
 countermand, 
 
 interchange, 
 
 interdict, 
 
 overcharge. 
 
 overthrow, 
 
 reprimand. 
 
 Accent on the i%i syllable, 
 attribute, 
 invalid, [tveak) 
 
 to countermand, 
 to interchange, 
 to interdict, 
 to overcharge 
 to overthrow, 
 to reprimand. 
 Accent on the 2nd syllable. 
 to attribute, 
 invalid (yo?fl?tfwa? WW//.) 
 
 -•■*■. 
 
 J.ercises.~i. eoun-.er-mand, in-.er-dic., rep-ri-mand 
 
 fine '^:z:it::^ ^weTn":.Set"i''j 
 
 hv all TKn "'"^'^^^' and bis reprimand was resenfpH 
 
 1 ,• 
 
at-ee, pi- 
 
 to absent, 
 3nsi^nee ; 
 1, auction- 
 Hountain, 
 inancier ; 
 
 sed to an 
 self from 
 ere called 
 or a head 
 magazine 
 azine. 
 
 syllable, 
 
 nd. 
 e. 
 
 PART THE FOURTH. 
 
 POLYSYLLABLES. 
 
 syllable. 
 
 ^dnull.) 
 ri-mand 
 
 thought 
 to God 
 had to 
 esented 
 id from 
 
i t^'.i 
 
 i ;■ f^ 
 
 
 ,.1 i'S* 
 
PART THE FOURTH. 
 
 SECTION I. 
 
 WORDS OF FOUR SYLLABLES. 
 
 
 212. THE ACCENT ON THE FIRST SYLLABLE. 
 
 edj es: imitated, interested, circumstances. 
 tng : interesting, gratifying, analysing. 
 like, ly : gentlemanlike, dangerously, beautifully, 
 ness, ship: covetousness, generalship. 
 
 Exercises.— I. im-i-ta-ted, in-ter-est-ing, gen-tle-man- 
 
 2. to separate, separated ; to benefit, benefitei ; sacri- 
 tice, sacrifices; personage, personages; prejudice, preju- 
 dices ; to purify, purifying ; mortify, mortifying ;— dan- 
 gerous, dangerously ; regular, regularly; accurate, 
 accurately; absolute, absolutely; diligent, diligently 
 contrary, contrarily— sure, surety, suretiship ; change! 
 changeable, changeableness ; durable, durableness- po- 
 sitive, positiveness ; curious, curiousness. 
 
 3. Do what you ought and never mind consequences. 
 France is separated from Spain by the Pyrenees. He has 
 gentlemanlike manners. Covetousness bursts the bag. 
 The study of history is generally too much neglected. 
 He was ottered the chancellorship. 
 
 213. THE ACCENT ON THE FIRST SYLLABLE. 
 
 * 
 
 cy* ly, ny, ty, xy. 
 
 (a) 2. accuracy, acrimony, matrimony ; admiraltv • 
 apoplexy. ^ * 
 
 (e) 2. celibacy, delicacy, efficacy, excellency ; melan- 
 choly, ceremony, testiraonv. 
 
 I 
 
 f" 
 
 I 
 
 *5 
 
 '•i 
 
 4 
 
 i, 
 
 I 
 
R- ? 
 
 f t 
 
 1; < -w^ '• 
 
 4y 
 
 
 — 140 — 
 0") 2. intimacy, intricacy ; ignominy, miscellany, dif- 
 (^) 2- obstinacy, competency, contumacy, controversy 
 
 Exercises.— i. ac-cu-ra-cy, ac-ri-mo-ny, mat-ri-mo-ny 
 ap-o-plex-y, cel-i-ba-cy, dei-i-ca-cy, ig-no-mi-ny, dif- 
 li-cul-ty, obs-ti-na-cy, con-tu-ma-cy. 
 
 2. accurate, accuracy; intricate, intricacy; intimate, 
 intimacy ; obstinate, obstinacy; admiral, admiralty ; dif- 
 licult, diiliculty ; excellent, excellency ; innocent, inno- 
 cency; competent, competency; president, presidency : 
 magistrate, magistracy. ^ 
 
 3. Quarrels are easily begun, but with difficulty ended. 
 
 Ihey decided all controversies. As the intricacy of the 
 
 labyrinth increases, you are left entangled in your own 
 
 snare. The ceremony was imposing. Shake off' the 
 
 aust under your feet for a testimony against them. 
 
 214. THE ACCENT ON TUE FIRST SYLLABLE. 
 
 ary, ery, ory. 
 
 (a) 1. stationery — 2. adversary, January, salutarv 
 sanctuary, allegory—G. auditory. 
 
 (e) 1. breviary— 2. emissary, exemplary, February 
 necessary, secondare, secretary, seminary, temporary 
 cemetery, presbytery ; territory— 3. mercenary. 
 
 {I) 2. literary, military, tributary, dictionary, mission- 
 ary ; dilatory, inventory. ^ 
 
 (o)l. momentary— 2. solitary, corollary, honorary 
 commentary, voluntary ; monastery ; oratory, promon- 
 tory — 4. ordinary, dormitory. 
 
 {u) i, luminary, tutelary-l2. customary, dromedary— 
 4. purgatory. ^ ^ 
 
 Exercises -^i, sta-tion-ery, ad-ver-sa-ry, ian-u-a-ry 
 sal-u-ta-ry, bre-vi-a-ry, nec-es-sa-ry, sem-i-na-ry, sec-re^ 
 ta-ry, mon-as-te-ry, <irc, J' * 
 
 % moment, momentary ; legend, legendary ; seco^d, 
 
 ■i%1f. 
 

 141 — 
 
 secondary ; mission, missionary ; orator, oratory ; cus- 
 tom, customary. 
 
 3. Ignorance is a voluntary misfortune. Keep an in- 
 ventory of your friends rather than of your goods. A 
 promontory is a point of land stretching into the sea. 
 Gam may be temporary and incertain. Our missionaries 
 were the real pioneers of this country. Swallows are 
 migratory birds. 
 
 216. THE ACCENT ON THE FIRST SYLLABLE. 
 
 able, ible. 
 
 (a) 1. favorable— 1. amicable, admirable, charitable, 
 navigable, practicable, tabernacle. 
 
 {e) 1. reasonable— 2. estimable, execrable, memorable, 
 penetrable, reparable, vegetable, venerable ; eligible— 
 3. serviceable. 
 
 («■) 2. imitable, miserable. 
 
 (o) 2. honorable, tolerable, comparable, hospitable, 
 corrigible— 4. formidable. 
 
 Exercises.— { . fa-vor-a-ble, am-i-ca-ble, ad-mi-ra-ble, 
 <fec., <fec. ' 
 
 2. favor, favorable ; answer, answerable ; palate, pala- 
 table ; to vary, variable ; season, seasonable ; value, valu- 
 able ; credit, creditable ; profit, profitable ; to prefer, pre- 
 ferable ; pardon, pardonable ; notice, noticeable ; comfort, 
 comfortable. 
 
 3. We ought to prefer the honorable to the useful. A 
 well cultivated man is preferable to rank and riches. 
 The young man may still he corrigible. Rain and ma- 
 nure are serviceable to land. The measure must satisfy 
 all reasonable men. The more favorable you are to me, 
 the more distinctly I see my faults. The Blessed Sacra-, 
 ment is kept in the tabernacle. 
 
 i 
 
 ' » T!i I 
 
 4 
 
 ■'? 
 
 I 
 
 i 
 
 n 
 
 i'- 
 
 ' :' 
 
 J 
 
 I 
 
 'J 
 
 f 
 
i ,<)■.'«* 
 
 i.:^'^ 
 
 i:\'- 
 
 m ^^: 
 
 ^^^^^■t 
 
 
 
 ^^^^B**^' 
 
 
 
 Hj 
 
 'MiwIiBBt* 
 
 H 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 — i42 — 
 
 216. THE ACCENT ON THE FIRST SYLLABLE. 
 
 ate, ize, ure,-^ism, ive.^ual, nous, etc. 
 body of mea invesfpH wifh r^^ i «egisiature is the 
 
 217. THE ACCENT ON THE SECOND SYLLABLE 
 
 .^^^™.._l. in.hab-it-ed, ad-van-ta-ges, as-lon-ish- 
 2. alliance, alliances ; dislurbance, disturhan^« . «„ 
 
HMHii 
 
 E. 
 
 iharacter- 
 •6. cauli- 
 
 perature. 
 spiritual, 
 
 ; votatil- 
 oepist. 
 
 i-a-rism, 
 culture, 
 -ti-vism, 
 
 ; positi- 
 le, vola- 
 
 i writer, 
 collec- 
 e is the 
 »eal the 
 ire. 
 
 >n-ish- 
 
 ; en- 
 iherit, 
 blish- 
 
 htfui, 
 
 — 143 — 
 
 delightfully ; indignant, indignantly ; reluctant, reluc- 
 tantly; becomimg, becomingly; happily, unhappily; 
 triumphant, triumphantly; contented, contentedly. 
 
 3. Trust not to appearances. A fault is made worse 
 by endeavoring to conceal it. Those who live in faith 
 and good works will be rewarded accordingly. Smoking 
 IS strictly prohibited. He received a wound which he 
 perceived immediately to be mortal. The man was to be 
 blamed for his forgctfulness. 
 
 218. TUE ACCENT ON THE SECOND SYLLABLE. 
 
 ^y^ gy^ hy, ry, phy. 
 
 (a) 2. academy, analogy, anatomv. 
 {e) 1. indecency, machinery — 2" ascendency, supre- 
 macy, dispensary, refectory. 
 (0 2. delivery, deficiency, conspiracy, polygamy, so- 
 
 (o) 1. diplomacy— 2. anomaly, apology, apostasy, astro- 
 nomy, biology, biography, doxology, economy, geogra- 
 phy, geology, geometry, hypocrisy, immodesty, maho- 
 gany, monopoly, mythology, philosophy, photography, 
 theocracy, theology, stenography. o r j > 
 
 (w)2. redundancy, recurrency, discovery, accompany. 
 
 Fxercises.—2. ac-ad-e-my, an-al-ogy, del-i-ver-y, &c. 
 
 2. indecent, indecency; redundant, redundancy; di- 
 plomat, diplomacy; democrat, democracy; deficient, 
 deficiency; idol, idolatry. 
 
 3. Haste is a poor apology ; take your lime and do 
 your business well. The government of Athens was a 
 democracy. We wish no one to accompany us. Theology 
 is the science of God. Addison said : I have brought 
 philosophy out of closets and libraries. 
 
 ' } 
 
 
 
 f": 
 
 i 
 
 It 
 
 if.* 
 

 .vi.>; 
 
 f • 
 
 t^\ ' 
 
 
 '.»' 
 
 — 144 -^ 
 
 219. THE A(JCENT ON THE SECOND SYLLABLE. 
 eti/, ity. 
 
 'yf"lam™£Uy "'""=' ^^'«™''y' -•'-"y- ^»«-i. 
 
 (0) 2. ferocity, velocity. 
 
 («^) 1. impunity, security, obscurity. 
 
 
 ( 
 
 Exercises. — \. va-ri-p-fv an ^o • * 
 
 gi- Sl^^J^ity ^!r the^ "S^*^%/-P-^^^ 
 briety are conducive to he.lh'nn I ^"i^^^'*y «»d so- 
 
 to hii tongue, he" m .^ f him^e rL^P^H : '"^ 
 Economy is the parent of integrity " '^''^*Y- 
 
 S20. THE ACCENT OF THE SECOND SYLLABLE. 
 
 able, ible, acle, ide. 
 coSpiibTe!"""'''' '■'"P""""^' reducible-3. combustible, 
 
LE. 
 
 ', sagaci- 
 perplex- 
 . ability, 
 
 im 
 
 ■i-ty, 
 
 reality ; 
 isterity; 
 igality; 
 
 )sperity 
 nd so- 
 i bridle 
 Jociety. 
 
 ible— 
 
 stable, 
 npres- 
 nible. 
 2. dis- 
 
 resol- 
 
 (ible, 
 
 — 145 — . 
 
 comT^tih^^^^^^^^ av-ail-a-ble, ir-as-ci-ble, 
 
 remaltl:'; to^'^tive' 'receiv^f .' ^^f "^''^ ' *« ^--'k, 
 able; to respecl/resped^^^^^^ to present, present! 
 
 desire, desirable^ to'^r frVlilble^'^^^^^^^^ '« 
 
 able;tocomform,confor'-^hlP f.^ '''"'^'^' ^«"sol- 
 
 3. Learn bv the vippl^f 'fu ' !"" ^^'^"'^' excusable, 
 own. Of allUverirth/f nf r **«^,d.«t?t«ble are your 
 able. It is nSradv^^^^^^^^^^ ,/*^f """^* ^' **^^ ™ost deplor- 
 syllable is a wo d of two '^,^ P^'opose. A dis- 
 
 able to God for his crducti ^^ *""" ^^^^^ount- 
 
 221. THE ACCENT ON TUE SECOND SYLLABLE. 
 
 ai, eal, ial, ual, ical, inal, etc. 
 ^) I ' eTh^rtrt "^- *y?»"'^«'' grammatical, diagonal 
 angelical, chimericarPiri fnt it ot?"'' '^"^^'"^'' 
 
 histLrKotcar"" ''''''''^'> devotional^2. 
 
 3. Friendship, to last, should be reciorocal <5 .o 
 motives governed his political conduct Oh t kT 
 confluence of ethereal fires ! Each le s^ Pn H^k'* .^ 
 Js followed with colloquial exercises ^'^^ 
 
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 •V .„ 
 
 I» ^: .' ', 
 
 — 146 — 
 
 222. THE ACCENT ON THE SECOND SYLLABLE. 
 
 an, on, — ean, ian, ion, turn. 
 
 (a) 1. agrarian, barbarian, Canadian, grammarian 
 librarian, sectarian, geranium, palladium, gvmnasium— 
 2. comparison. 
 
 (e) comedian, tragedian, chameleon, criterion— 2 pe- 
 destrian, equestrian, American, compendium. 
 
 (/) 2. meridian, delirium. 
 
 historian; ammonium, emporium, encominm 
 pe roleum--2. diocesan, Napoleon, phenomenon. 
 (w) 1. cerulean, Herculean. 
 
 Exercises. --{. ag-ra-ri-an, bar-ba-ri-an, Gan-a-di-an 
 pal-la-di-um ; com-e-di-an ; mer-id-i-an, his-to-ri-an! 
 
 J- (^anatla, Canadian ; grammar, grammarian : li- 
 brary librarian ; to compare, comparison; comedv 
 conriedian ; history, historian; diocese, diocesan ; Maho^ 
 met, Mahometan. ' ^tauyj- 
 
 3. There are two degrees of comparison in adjectives. 
 Every one that speaks and reasons, is a grammarian and 
 a logician. iMacaulay is a great historian. 
 
 223. THE ACCENT ON THE SECOND SYLLABLE. 
 
 ar, er, or, 
 
 (a) 2. diameter, ambassador. 
 
 {e) 1. anterior, exterior, inferior, interior, superior— 
 2. irregular, adventurer, confectioner; inheritor— 3 in- 
 terpreter. 
 
 (0. 1. proprietor— 2. auricular, dissimilar, particular 
 administer, conspirator. Contributor. ' 
 
 (o) 2. barometer, idolater, philosopher, photographer 
 stenographer, compositor. » r > 
 
 Exercises. ^i. di-am-e-ter, am-bas-sa-dor, an-te-ri-or 
 ex-te-ri-or, in-fe-ri-or ; prop-ri-e-tor, au-ric-u-lar, &c. ' 
 2. adventure, adventurer • d!'=''"^ro». a: , . 
 
iBLE. 
 
 'ammanan, 
 mnasium — 
 
 on— 2. pe- 
 
 encominm, 
 on. 
 
 an-a-di-an, 
 is-to-ri-an. 
 arian ; li- 
 ; comedy, 
 in; Maho- 
 
 adjectives. 
 larian and 
 
 LE. 
 
 upenor — 
 or— -3. in- 
 
 )articular, 
 
 Dgrapher, 
 
 i-te-ri-or, 
 lar, &c. 
 rer; phi- 
 
 — 147 — 
 
 a^orf ;iT,&V, tS'7' "'"^^P-"' '» -""i'- 
 
 of injuries, we show our elve supeH^ to S " "f ' 
 go.„g ,0 .i,e photographers", o have'^mTp^hlgra^h JkeT 
 
 2S4. THE ACCENT ON THE SECOND SYI.LABIE. 
 
 ous, eous, iota, uous. 
 (a) i. exiraneoiis, spontaneous, vicarious irre£-^rin„c 
 
 SSZT'- ^^'^"•^'^"^' ^^-"'-^^ -I^Sr; 
 
 sitit JrnXi:"' "^^*"""^' obsequious-2. neces- 
 
 (0 2. invidious, ridiculous, ambiguous* assiduous con 
 tinuous, conspicuous, promiscuous"; indi^fnous cn^^^^^^^ 
 vorous, omnivorous, oviparous, viviparous^ ' 
 
 4„=r- r:r^; -— °- ^s— -uT 
 
 ouflc!"'''"'- ''^-'■•^-''-""^ cal-am-i-,ous, in-vid-i- 
 
 2. calamiljr, calamitous; necessity, necessitous- ini 
 quay, imqu.lous; ridicule, ridiculous ;mira)e m?a" 
 culous; tumuli, tumuKuous. ■""■<icie, mira- 
 
 3. Instances of longevity are chiefly found amons the 
 abstemious He never succeeded in raising himsTabove 
 
 le necessitous circumstances in which hire," ly misfo " 
 
 unes involved liim. The impetuous voice of hi Tssem 
 
 bty called aloud for arms. Shyness and imidi'v aTe 
 
 synonymous. luumuy are 
 
 tt;.. Tl 
 
 I 
 
 P 
 
 1 
 
 if 
 
 m 
 
 4^ 
 
 I M 
 
■M' 
 
 i i/W. 
 
 ^:'r 
 
 
 U :,:;; 
 
 til 
 
 I &m 
 
 .1 1 
 
 — 148 — 
 
 2#55. THE ACCENT ON THE SECOND SYLLABLE. 
 
 ant, ent, — ance, ence. 
 
 (a) 2. extravagant; inhabitant, establishment. 
 
 {e)i. expedient, ingredient; allegiance, experience — 
 2. irrelevant, beneficent, benevolent, malevolent, exper- 
 iment, impediment, presentiment; intelligence — 3. sub- 
 servient, impertinence. 
 
 (J) 2. significant, belligerent, magnificent, predicament, 
 continuance, coincidence, blandiloquence. 
 
 (o) 2. emolument, astonishment. 
 
 (w) 1, exuberant — 2. circumference. 
 
 Exercises.— i. ex-trav-a-gant, in-hab-i-tant, ex-pe-di- 
 ent, ben-ev-o-lent, etc. 
 
 2. to inhabit, inhabitant ; to inherit, inheritance ; to 
 deliver, deliverance ; to continue, continuance ; to esta- 
 blish, establishment ; to advertise, advertisement ; to 
 acknowledge, acknowledgment ; to imprison, imprison- 
 ment — benevolent, benevolence; magnificent, magni- 
 ficence ; intelligence, intelligent. 
 
 3. Man is an intelligent being. Silence is sometimes 
 more significant than the most expressive eloquence. 
 For office or emolument, I care not. Put an advertise- 
 ment in the papers. The fine arts promote benevolence. 
 He ascertained tha truth of his coujecture by repealed 
 experiments. 
 
 
 ., n 
 
 \- 
 
 Is * ■ ■>'■'>' 
 
 226. THE ACCENT ON THE SECOND SYLLABLE. 
 
 a, e, I, final — ac, ic — es, is, as, us — a$m, ism. 
 
 {a)i. Arabia, Australia~2. regalia, anathema, catas 
 trophe, cantharides, analysis, asparagus, fanaticism/ 
 anachronism, somnambulism. 
 
 (e) 1. Siberia — 2. America, anemone, extempore, 
 parenthesis. 
 
 ^ («■) 2. peninsula, epitome, Mississippi, arithmetic, anti- 
 thesis, periphrasis, empiricism, 
 
■•OMpaMMl 
 
 LE. 
 
 enence — 
 nt, exper- 
 — 3. sub- 
 
 dicament, 
 
 ex-pe-di- 
 
 ance ; to 
 ; to esta- 
 nent ; to 
 imprison- 
 , magni- 
 
 ometimes 
 loquence. 
 advertise- 
 evolence. 
 repealed 
 
 .E. 
 
 ?m. 
 
 la, catas 
 tiaticism/ 
 
 tempore, 
 
 ;lic, ariti- 
 
 — 149 — 
 
 (o)«. ammonia— 2. apostrophe, demoniac mefmnn 
 -3. trS: "--">--. Her„do,ur;o„rX 
 (w) 1. enthusiast. 
 
 Exercises.—i. Ar-a-bi-a, Aus-tra-Ii-a, re-ffal-i-a an « 
 them-a, an-al-y-sis, as-pa^-a-gus, fan-'at-i-dsm ' an a" 
 chron-ism. etc. o > »■■ ai i uisin, an-a- 
 
 2. America was discovered by Columbus Thp vh\„ 
 oceios ,s smaller, but fierce^^han"he elephant A 
 
 on lirif^ " ' '?'' "f '"'«' surrounded r/wale^ 
 on all sides except one. The swifter Missouri rushes 
 
 Le^MeSolisTf Eldf ^'T ""'r^'^^'' ^°-^^«^ 
 lue iYieiropoiis ot H^nglauJ. He spoke extemoore for Jwn 
 
 ThL "tL IZr'r Z'' ''^'''^'^ by RTmTns I7er 
 litus The apostrophe denotes that a letter or morp \\ 
 
 omitted m a word; ft is also used to markthe poTsessive 
 
 227. THE ACCENT ON THE SECOND SYLLABLE. 
 
 y, ize {i long) ; ude [u long) ; ive {i short), 
 intrtsitivr^'^'''^ ^''"*"^''^^^^*^*"d^> comparative, 
 \\l^t."Sf\ extemporize, decrepitude ; correla- 
 
 (?) 2. similitude, solicitude, vicissitude ; definitive 
 
 1^12 anoir""*^''' ^"^'f^*'^'^' infinitive, 'inquisi^^^^^^^^^^^ 
 (0) 2. apologize, monopolize, demonstrative, preroga- 
 tive, restorative— 4, reformative. preroga- 
 (w) 1. accusative. 
 
 ^.^^W....-l. ev-an-gel-ize, be-at-i-tude, com-par-a- 
 
 econ ,mlTr'^' *"" ^.^*^'"PO'';^e ; epitome, to epitomize ; 
 economy, to economize ; anoln^v, to ano>---- • -.-?--!' 
 reformative. x -oj> u- „pox..g,.c , icturm. 
 
 I ! 
 
 ■1 
 
 i^ 
 
 
 "4 
 
 
 •J i 
 
 I 
 
— m — 
 
 3. I apologize for so long deferring to answer you. 
 There are four Moods : the infinitive, the indicative, the 
 subjunctive and the imperative. Vicissitude means a 
 regular change or succession from one thing to another. 
 Brooklet and streamlet are diminutives. There are two 
 degrees of comparison, the comparative and the superla- 
 tive. There was no alternative. 
 
 "ii' 
 
 
 
 
 228. THE ACCENT ON THE SECOND SYLLABLE. 
 
 ate {a long) — {ci, si like s/i) 
 
 (a) i. irradiate, expatiate — 2. assassinate, elaborate, 
 exaggerate, evaporate, emancipate, congratulate, invalid- 
 ate, prevaricate. 
 
 (e) 1. abbreviate, appreciate, depreciate, inebriate — 2. 
 accelerate, interrogate, investigate, necessitate, regenerate, 
 commemorate, premeditate ; perpetuate. 
 
 {i) i. annihilate — 2. anticipate, articulate, assimilate, 
 deliberate, exhilarate, facilitate, intimidate, originate, 
 participate, precipitate, habituate. 
 
 (o) 1. appropriate — 2. accommodate, cooperate, con- 
 solidate, corroborate, intoxicate — 4. incorporate. 
 
 {u) 1. accumulate, adjudicate, communicate, remune- 
 rate, enumerate, repudiate — 2. adulterate, resuscitate. 
 
 Exercises. — 1. ir-ra-di-ate, ex-pa-ti-ate, ab-bre-vi-ate, 
 an-ni-hil-ate, etc. 
 
 2. necessity, to necessitate ; origin, to originate ; me- 
 ditate, premeditate. 
 
 3. Deliberate long on what you can do but once. 
 Passion evaporates by words, as grief by tears. This 
 measure will exasperate the feelings of the whole people. 
 No human power can annihilate matter. It afTords me 
 but little matter on which to expatiate. The judge inter- 
 rogates the witnesses. I congratulate you sincerely. We 
 seldom appreciate the advantages we enjoy. 
 
 M 
 
— 151 — 
 
 S29. THE ACCENT ON THE SECOND SYLLABLE. 
 
 ate^ like et. 
 
 (a) 2. elaborate, exasperate. 
 [e) 1. immediate, inebriate— 2 pffpmJno^^ a 
 rate, inve.era.e, regeneraC ,reL^lTel%': deSt 
 
 W 2. adulterale, penultimate, triumvirate. 
 compSatr*- "''''""'' '"^-''»-'^= compassion, 
 
 lhereinerate'''^r^ ''"'■'!" "fAdarare strong even in 
 lu inaecency. The Turks are a degenerate race. 
 
 230. TEE ACCENT ON THE SECOND STllABLE. 
 
 Prefixes in, m, dis, mis. 
 in: incapable, immaculate, illiberal, irreverent 
 «n.- unbUable unconsciousness, uVhTppW 
 rf», m».- dissimilar, dishonesty, misgoveTnlLnt. 
 Exerches.-l. decency, indecency; modesty immn 
 tf^' 'TPr*"?""' i"'^™P"ance/grXude i™rTtt 
 
 derati "i3 T'^^^' ' P^^^ible, impossible ""mo: 
 aerate, immoderate; accurate, inaccnrX • .,.i„™,"° 
 
 '.«aequa.e; credulous, incredulous ; pe„it"em,'im'p7r;f: 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 
 :4 
 
• If'. ' 
 
 !'?■ 
 
 t;', 
 
 
 • .iji.'* 
 
 
 i ■(' 
 
 — 152 — 
 
 tent ; — indecent, indecently ; insensible, insensibly ;— 
 natural, unnatural ; dutiful, undutiful ; — satisfy, dissa- 
 tisfy ; orderly, disorderly; loyalty, disloyalty. 
 
 2. to cure, curable, incurable; organ, to organize, to 
 disorganize ; health, healthy, unhealthy, unhealthiness ; 
 God, godly, ungodly, ungodliness; quiet, quieted, dis- 
 quieted ; fortune, fortunate, unfortunate. 
 
 3. Undutiful children make wretched parents. Ingra- 
 titude is a vice so shameless that no man was ever found 
 who would acknowledge himself guilty of it. Intempe- 
 rance stupefies the senses and brutifies the mind. It is 
 impossible to content every body. He is no wise man 
 who will quit a certainty for an uncertainty. 
 
 231. THE ACCENT ON THE THIRD SYLLABLE. 
 
 ed, ing, er, or ;~—ance, ence, erit, ure. 
 
 (a) 1. undertaker; alligator, gladiator, navigator, pro- 
 curator ; nomenclature ; apparatus — 2. Alexander ; bene- 
 factor, malefactor ; understanding, notwithstanding ; 
 animalcule, manufacture. 
 
 (e) 1. superseded; engineering; European, mausole- 
 um ; antecedent, incoherent, perseverance, interference 
 — 2. altogether, whosoever ; intercessor, predecessor ; 
 adolescent, evanescent, convalescence. 
 
 («■) 1. enterprising, supervisor — 2. politician; remi- 
 niscence. 
 
 (o) 2. semicolon — 2. correspondent — 4. metamorphose 
 
 (w) 1. coadjutor. 
 
 Exercises.'-^i. un-der-ta-ker, al-li-ga-tor, in-ter-fe-ren- 
 ce, (fee. 
 
 2. to undertake, undertaking ; to advertise, advertiser, 
 advertisement; to entertain, entertainment; to agitate, 
 agitator ; to imitate, imitator ; to legislate, legislator, 
 legislative, legislature; to interfere, interference ; to in- 
 terrupt, interrupted ; to correspond, correspondence. 
 
 3. Perseverance accomplishes all things. Whosoever 
 
 
 
 
H 
 
 nsibly ;— 
 ify, dissa- 
 
 ganize, to 
 althiness ; 
 eted, dis- 
 
 ). Ingra- 
 iver found 
 Intempe- 
 nd. It is 
 wise man 
 
 LE. 
 
 jator, pro- 
 ler; bene- 
 standing ; 
 
 mausole- 
 ilerference 
 edecessor ; 
 
 n ; remi- 
 
 amorphose 
 
 •ter-fe-ren- 
 
 advertiser, 
 to agitate, 
 legislator, 
 ce ; to in- 
 idence. 
 Whosoever 
 
 — 153 - 
 
 exaltelh himself shall be abased «. v . „ 
 has taken place amons the IvTiZ, h 7'"'=^"' "^ P""' 
 
 kind. Though aThi' fril^d ' ^ erce"d1rlnifK T'^^ 
 he was superseded. I see hefnJ mi iT. i^*"^ behalf, 
 malcule is^the din,lnnlire'oft mS' Thfnow"/- ^"'i 
 nation engaged extensive manufacture an^' commt?^^^" 
 
 milmat'"''^'""^-'- <='-»™«<an.ial, emblematic, 
 
 mill; teentarc'onfTnf r^- r^'''"'"""' ^onli- 
 apoplectic, epS!'conSru's.''"''^™'^' ^'P'"'^^'-. 
 
 enii'- mTaphy1ics''TS."PH"«?:f'' "-"«», sci- 
 tious-3. universal ' P"'''5""=' adventitious, surrepli- 
 
 4''iiabr,Thiirpi;fc. '"'"'"^'' ^^^^^''°'^'' -«go- 
 
 ^^^^...e«.-l.;ad.van.ta-geous, hy-men-e-al, ac-ci-dent- 
 
 emWet^tb'lVat-tvS' LTZ'T' ^'="'^S-- ' 
 getic; alphabet, alpVaS™'atS S ere' "Z'^h""^'^- 
 period, periodic ; economy, econ"mTc m'pfi",'"P''"'"= • 
 phone; sacrament, sacramental oraamem?/'"'' ""f 
 monument, monumental • in'.„.. °™™.^'^U ornamen a ; 
 
 3. MetapWsicsTln abst rsS^'^'Sr"'^'- , 
 been instrumental in enlarffini, .h J k j .? P"""*' ''as 
 
 The omcer entered dresfe7inv''"'''''.'''^''"°"'^<'g'=- 
 words became feore disS hU I' "^'^'-Xals. His 
 and energetic. "'""<"'""'='' h's manner more earnest 
 
 S32. THE ACCENT ON THE THIRD STUABLE. 
 
 ai, ic, oue-igeous, gious, Mkejus-tial, cial, like shal). 'I 
 
 I 
 
 1 
 
 I-' 
 
 ; ^ 
 
 ♦4 
 
 8 
 

 ■'I I 
 
 I* f. 
 
 
 I. ' ' i»' 
 
 ,1 1 ■ 
 
 :■ V : 
 
 'j ft »■/._ 
 
 \*' 
 
 j'i 
 
 i 
 
 
 — 184 — 
 
 233. THE ACCENT ON THE THIRD SYLLABLE. 
 
 tion (like shun). 
 
 (a) 1. education, operation, moderation, reputation, 
 declamation, circulation, approbation, congregation, con- 
 firmation, conflagration, desperation, legislation, incar- 
 nation, inspiration — 2. satisfaction. 
 
 {e) 2. intercession, recollection, genuflection, circum- 
 spection. 
 
 {i) 2. definition, exhibition, superstition, composition, 
 disposition, opposition, benediction, recognition, requi- 
 sition. 
 
 {u) 1. allocution, destitution, constitution, distribution, 
 elocution, revolution. 
 
 Exercises. — 1. ed-u-cat-ion, def-in-i-tion, al-lo-cu-tion, 
 <&c. ' 
 
 2. to celebrate, celebration ; to dedicate, dedication ; 
 to prepare, preparation; to condemn, condemnation; to 
 compose, composition; to repeat, repetition; to resolve, 
 resolution ; to prohibit, prohibition. 
 
 3. Education is a preparation for after life. His high 
 reputation was not altogether unmerited. He knew how 
 to conciliate the most enterprising spirit with the coolest 
 moderation. Go on, my dear child, in the admirable 
 dispositions you manifest, and make yourself the love and 
 admiration of the world. 
 
 
 
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 234. THE ACCENT ON THE THIRD SYLLABLE. 
 
 Prefixes in, un, dis, mis, under, &c. 
 
 in: indecisive, impoliteness, irreligious. 
 
 un: undivided, unbeliever, unsubstantial. 
 
 dis, mis: disunited, disappearance ; misdemeanor. 
 
 under, over: undervalue, overtaken. 
 
 Exercises. — 1 . decisive, indecisive ; polite, impolite, 
 impolitely, impoliieness ; religion, irreligion, irreli- 
 gious ; correct, correctly, incorrectly ; to agree, disagree^ 
 
 ^r-i: 
 
 :if'::ii 
 
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 iputation, 
 tion, con- 
 m, incar- 
 
 , circum- 
 
 iposition, 
 m, requi- 
 
 tribution, 
 
 3-cu-tion, 
 
 dicatioii ; 
 ation ; to 
 3 resolve, 
 
 His high 
 :new how 
 le coolest 
 idmirable 
 ! love and 
 
 E. 
 
 eanoi*. 
 
 impolite, 
 1, irreli- 
 disaffree. 
 
 — 155 — 
 
 disa|reement; convenient, inconvenient : obedient dis 
 
 ■f 1 "'""*«> behavior, misbehavior- resnpri ro= 
 peclful disrespeclfcl; to decide, decided undecided 
 
 2 "Hfi^h^'^^Pl'^'^'y = J""'"^"^' unprovided ^"^ ' 
 2. He who expects much will often te disaonointpd 
 Let your manner be simple and your speech uKcp3" 
 
 of fslUior :td"'t:"''f "■" •'7"-""^'=' ''^^^^^^^^^ 
 ,rel^rZ SlmeS\t;;ftt'en :?^^lt n"o?re '" 
 
 SECTION II. 
 
 WORDS OF FIVE SYLLABLES. 
 335. THE ACCENT ON THE FIRST SYLLABLE. 
 
 iy, ncss—ary, ory, 
 blinLs*. ^"^^'^'^'^Y' gratulatory; accessorily; charita- 
 
 (e)± veterinary dedicatory, expiatory; secretarishio 
 (o) 1. momentarily-2. obl!gatory--4 ordinarilv ^* 
 (t.)!. judicatory's, supplicatory^, cusfomarily. 
 
 l^i^^li^:^!^^ grat-u-la-to-ry, ch.rit-. 
 
 2. necessary, necessarily ; ordinary, ordinarilv • fis-u- 
 rative, figuratively ; voluntary, voluntarily ; realonable 
 reasonableness ; hospitable, hospilablenesl '''''""^^'' 
 Knl P stomach IS the great laboratory of the human 
 body. Certain inferences necessarily result from S- 
 cular premises Never judge peremptorily onTr^raD- 
 pearances. Words are usid figuratively^ when thev 
 - -p.va. cuixicihiijg dmereni irom their usual meaning. 
 
 
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 236. TRR ACCENT ON THE SECOND SYLLABLE. 
 
 ed, ing — /y, able, ible, ive ; ness.. 
 
 (a) 2. miraculously, grammatically, imaginable. 
 
 ((?) 1. immediately, mysteriously— 2. imperatively, in- 
 telligible, intelligencer. 
 
 (j) 2. originally, politically, considerably, deliberative, 
 diminutiveness. 
 
 (o) 1. laboriously — 2. abominable, cooperative, autho- 
 ritative. 
 
 (w)l. gratuitously, communicative. 
 
 Exercises.— \. mir-ac-u-lous-ly, im-a-gin-a-ble, in- 
 tel-lig-i-ble, con-si-der-a-ble, del-ib-e-ra-tive, &c. 
 
 2. to assassinate, assassinated; to accumulate, accu- 
 mulated ; deliberate, deliberative, deliberately; mystery, 
 mysterious, mysteriously ; diminutive, diminutiveness ; 
 intelligence, intelligencer ; injurious, injuriously ; conti- 
 nual, continually ; agreeable, agreeableness. 
 
 3. Undertake deliberately ; but, having once begun, 
 proceed steadfastly. These abominable principles and 
 this more abominable avowal of them, demand the 
 most decisive indignation. The horse has nearly preci- 
 pitated his rider into the river. Little men and little 
 minds are seldom conscious of their diminutiveness. This 
 sentence is grammatically correct. 
 
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 237. THE ACCENT ON THE SECOND SYLLABLE. 
 
 acy ; ary, ory. 
 
 (a) 2. imaginary, vocabulary ; diffamatory, declama- 
 tory, explanatory, preparatory. 
 
 (e) 2. confederacy, effeminacy ; hereditary, contempo- 
 rary — 3. conservatory. 
 
 (i) 2. episcopacy, legitimacy, epistolary, itinerary, 
 preliminary. 
 
 (o) 2. apothecary, derogatory, repository — {u) 1. sa- 
 Imtetorv. 
 
)le. 
 lively, in- 
 
 iberative, 
 
 ^e, autho- 
 
 L-ble, in- 
 , &c. 
 
 te, accu- 
 
 mystery, 
 
 tiveness ; 
 
 ly ; conti- 
 
 :e begun, 
 iples and 
 land the 
 rly preci- 
 and little 
 ess. This 
 
 3LE. 
 
 declama- 
 lontempo- 
 itinerary, 
 {u) 1. sa- 
 
 — 157 — 
 
 Exercises.— i. irn-ag-in-a-ry, vo-cab-u-la-ry, a-poth-e- 
 ca-ry, &c. 
 
 2. to imagine, imaginary; confederate, confederacy; 
 effeminate, effeminacy ; degenerate, degeneracy ; to 
 observe, observator, observatory ; to conserve, conserva- 
 tor, conservatory ; to prepare, preparatory ; reform, 
 reformatory. 
 
 3. Contemporary judgments should be received with 
 caution. I have just bought an english vocabulary. This 
 beautiful flower has been raised in a conservatory. The 
 confederacy achieved a great success in a short time. 
 The young officer had followed a preparatory course of 
 engineering. The principal observatory in England is 
 the royal observatory of Greenwich, near London. 
 
 238. THE ACCENT ON THE SECOND SYLLABLE. 
 
 Prefixes in, un, dis. 
 
 in: invariable, innumerable, unpracticable. 
 un: unnecessary, uncharitable, unanswerable. 
 dis : disinterested. 
 
 Exercises. — 1, in-va-ria-ble, in-nu me-ra-ble, &c. 
 
 2. accuracy, inaccuracy ; delicacy, indelicacy ; regu- 
 larly, irregularly ; separable, inseparable ; estimable, 
 inestimable; voluntary, involuntary; valuable, invalu- 
 able; eligible, ineligible; corrigible, incorrigible; — 
 favorable, unfavorable ; reasonable ; unreasonable ; 
 fashion, fashionable, unfashionable; to govern, govern- 
 able, ungovernable ; interested, disinterested. 
 
 3. Innumerable sins bring countless sorrows. Nothing 
 is more intolerable than proud ignorance. Ingratitude 
 is impardonable. The farmer was an honest and disin- 
 terested man. Loss of time is irreparable. He felt un- 
 comfortable at heart. His arguments were unanswerable. 
 Sin and sorrow are inseparable. 
 
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 — 158 — 
 
 239. THE ACCENT ON THE THIRD SYLLABLE. 
 ety, ity. 
 
 {a) 2. generality, similarity, singularify ; Christianity. 
 (<?)3. university. ^ 
 
 ^ 6) 1. notoriety, contrariet —2. capability, credibility, 
 imbecilify, ma}?nanimity, ele tricity, catholicity. 
 
 (o) 2. animosity, curiosity, mediocrity, reciprocity. 
 
 (m) 1 assiduity, ingenuity, importunity, opportunity, 
 superfluity. j' tf j» 
 
 Exercises, ^i. gen-e-ral-i-ty, sim-i-lar-i-tv, rhris-ti-a- 
 ni-ty, &c. •" 
 
 2. general, generality; principal, principality ; popu- 
 lar, popularity; regular, regularity; probable, probabi- 
 lity ; possible, possibility ; curious, curiosity; generous, 
 generosity ; liberal, liberality; catholic, cathnlicity; 'las- 
 tic elasticity; sensible, sensibility; electric, lectricity. 
 
 3. Frugality is the support of generosity. . if all pro- 
 digality that of time is the worst. The old man deifies 
 prudence ; the young man commits himself to magnani- 
 mity and chance. The sword-fish is a great enemy of 
 the whale, whom he will attack boldly, driving his sword 
 into him whenever an opportunity offers itself. 
 
 240. THE ACCENT ON THE THIRD SYLLA LE. 
 
 ly, acy, ogy, ary, ory 
 
 (a) 1. advantageously — 2. caravansaray, genealogy 
 mineralo'-y; manufactory, satisfactor- . 
 
 {e) 2. alimentary, supplementary- 3. anniversary. 
 
 {i) 2. valedictory, contradictory. 
 
 (o) 2. aristocracy; etymology, ornithology, physiology, 
 physiognomy. cj r „ gj, 
 
 (u) 2. introductory. 
 
 Exercises.— i. adrvan-ta-geous-ly, sat-is-fac-to-ry, al- 
 i-men-ta-ry, &c. 
 
 
— 159 — 
 
 LE. 
 
 istianity, 
 
 jdibility, 
 
 Dcity. 
 artunity, 
 
 hris-ti-a- 
 
 2. aliment, alimentary; supplement, supplementary; 
 element, elementary ; compliment, complimentary; aris- 
 tocrat, aristocracy ; to introduce, introdui ory. 
 
 3. Etymology is that part of philology which explains 
 the origin and derivation of words. The n^tort was in 
 all points satisfactory. We received a complimentary 
 ticket. Who will deliver the salutatory? A caravansary 
 is a kind of inn, in the .'.asl, where tlie caravans rest at 
 night. Physiology is that vhpartment of natural science 
 which treats of the organs and their functions, in animals 
 and plants. 
 
 V 
 
 
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 prohabi- 
 jnerous, 
 ty ; ' !as- 
 ctricity. 
 all pro- 
 a deifies 
 lagnani- 
 nemy of 
 is sword 
 
 lealogy, 
 
 ary. 
 
 siology, 
 
 -ry, al- 
 
 
 241. THE ACCENT ON TOE THIRD SYLLABLE. 
 
 ean, eous, ial, ical, ious. 
 
 (a) 1. subterranean, miscellaneous, simultaneous 
 
 systematical, supernatural, international, manufacturer- 
 pusillanimous. ' 
 
 {e) 1. magisterial, primogenial, contumelious, delete- 
 ruus, intermediate— 2. intellectual, evangelical, theore- 
 tical, parallelogram, representative, primogeniture. 
 
 (?) 2. aboriginal, individual, perpendicular, ignomi- 
 nious supercilious. 
 
 (o) 1. cornucopia, '-stimonial, meritorioi —2. cosmo- 
 politan, metropolitai 
 
 • Exercises.— \. sui)-ter-ra-ne-an, mis-cel-la-ne-ous, &c. 
 
 2. miscellany, miscellaneous ; manufactire, manuiac- 
 turer; system, systematic, systemaiical ; philosophy, 
 philosophic, plu'osophical ; matrimony, matrimonial ; 
 ceremony ceremonious; consfitution, constitutional; 
 nature, natural, supernatural, preten Hiral. 
 
 3. My arrival a id his departure weio simultaneous. 
 He was a representativp for our provincial parliament. 
 The lirst settlers in a country are called aboriginals. A 
 fastidious individual affects "or arrogates superior taste 
 and discernment, A union, bv inff'rmedi'!*-'' ''--"as mav 
 be formed of all homogeneous''truths. 
 
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 — 160 — 
 
 242, THE ACCENT OF THE THIRD SYLLABLE. 
 
 Prefixes m, un, dis. 
 
 in: incredulity, illeLMtimate, unproprietv. 
 
 w«; undeniable, unintentional. 
 
 disarms: disagreeable, disingenuous, misinterpreted. 
 
 Exermes.-^\. in-cred-u-li-ty, il-leg-i-ti-tnate etc 
 
 1...;.''';^"'''^"''*^' ''?''»PP''opriate; material, immaterial- 
 
 Ke rnce^'f:?''''"^*''' disproportionate ; experience; 
 
 nexperience, to conceive, conceivable, inconceivable- 
 
 to console, consolable, inconsolable ; responsible irres- 
 
 Ci.r"^'\''?' ^^^dit'^H'-^l. unconditional 'to Tn- 
 erpret interpreted, misinterpreted; mortality, mmor- 
 tdhty ; to account, accountable, unaccountable : avoidable 
 unavoidably, unavoidably. ' dvomame, 
 
 n .m,nf ""^ '!.*!''' indispensable condition of our possessing 
 
 fe d^nn T""^ '"^ sound body. One artifice unavoidablf 
 
 eads on to another. The honorable member explained 
 
 hat his meaning had been misinterpreted. He felnhe 
 
 disadvantages of his ignorance of mathematics 
 
 
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 243. THE ACCENT ON THE FOURTH SYLLABLE. 
 
 or, om, cian, Hon. 
 
 {a) 1. calumniator, refrigerator ; abbreviation interro- 
 gation recommendation, commiseration, exagemt on- 
 2. ecclesiastic, enthusiastic; misunderstandfnf 
 
 (e) 2. amanuensis, superintendent, misapprehension 
 
 , !• '^'^'^^\^'^''\^^> arithmetician, indisposition 
 (?/) 2. superabundant. ^ 
 
 E^frcim.-i. cal-um-ni-a-tor, ab-bre-vi-a tion <fec 
 2. to abbreviate, abbreviation; to associate assodation • 
 to cooperate, cooperation ; to colonize, colonSon "o 
 pronounce, pronunciation ; to imagine, imag na"i'on 
 c ml, to civilize, civilization-artificial, inartificS"; effi-' 
 cacious, inefficacious; advantageous, ' disadvantageous • 
 
B. 
 
 rpreted. 
 
 3, etc. 
 lalerial ; 
 erience, 
 eivable ; 
 e, irres- 
 ; to in- 
 immor- 
 oidable, 
 
 assessing 
 
 ^oidably 
 
 cplained 
 
 felt the 
 
 E. 
 
 interro- 
 gation — 
 
 ;nsion. 
 )n. 
 
 n, &c. 
 ciation; 
 ion ; to 
 nation ; 
 1; ein- 
 igeous : 
 
 — 161 — 
 
 satisfaction, dissatisfaction ; mathematic, mathematician. 
 3. Tiie case is under consideration. A great dissatis- 
 faction prevails all over the country. He was appointed 
 superintendent of public instruction. This great mathe- 
 matician, though not religious, was very superstitious. 
 The misfortunes of that dissipated and dissoiuted young 
 man deserve no commiseration. 
 
 SECTION III. 
 
 WORDS OF SIX AND SEVEN SYLLABLES. 
 244. AVORDS OF SIX SYLLABLES. 
 
 Tfte accent on the third syllable. 
 
 (a) 2. superannuated ; satisfactorily, emblematically, 
 mdefatigable. •" 
 
 (e) 1. immaterially, disagreeableness, irremediable— 
 2. recommendatory. 
 
 {i) 2. recapitulated, contradictorily, illegitimacv in- 
 considerable. •" 
 
 (o) 1. meritoriously, ceremoniousness— 2. interroga- 
 tory — 4. extraordinary. 
 (m)1. supernumerary, valetudinary, incommunicable. 
 
 Exercises.— \. su-per-an-nu-a-ted, sat-is-fac-to-ri-ly, 
 m-de-fat-i-ga-ble, re-ca-pit-u-la-ted, &c. 
 
 2. satisfactory, satisfactorily ; legitimacy, illegitimacy ; 
 to avail, available, unavailable, imavailableness ; to cover 
 recover, recoverable, irrecoverable, irrecoverably. ' 
 
 3. Past time is irrecoverable and the loss of it irrepa- 
 rable. The two witnesses answered contradictorily. No 
 sm IS inconsiderable in the eyes of God. It is unfortu- 
 nate that we should be harassed by implacable persecu- 
 tion, or excruciated by irremediable pains. 
 
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 245. WORDS OF SIX SYLLABLES. 
 
 Tke accent on the fourth syllable. 
 
 nuf^ I' rV^^'^^'l^^}^'- cotemporaneous, extemporane- 
 liariry!-sSi!;^^^ mhospifality, dissimilarity^ pecu- 
 
 hei1ihVe,'CS:nt^|: -P--*-^-cy, incompre- 
 
 (i) i. irreconcilable-2. infallibility, pusillanimity, 
 riority.* ^"^''"^*^"^l-2- inferiority, impetuosity, supe- 
 
 (w) 1. antediluvian— 2. superabundantly. 
 
 Exercises.-~\. en-cy-clo-pc^-di-a, ex-tem-po-ra-ne-ous, 
 he-te-ro-ge-ne-ous, dis-sim-i-lar-i-ty, ir-re-con-cil-a-ble 
 . 2. aristocratic, aristocratical ; familiar, familiaritv ' 
 irregular irregalarity ; impossible, imposibimy sat^^^^^ 
 Ham^t' ^^^^^tf^^tory, unsksfactoryrparliameVt, pa - 
 unTnL^rr'upV;^ "*"^"P^' interrupted,^ninterrup?ed, 
 
 a dLmh/f ^/li^^i^i!? ?^*^" ^^P" has been proclaimed 
 a dogma of faith at the last Council of the Vatican. They 
 
 had tor many years been irreconcilable enemies. His 
 ^uih is superabundantly proved. How this could happen 
 IS to me incomprehensible. "^ppen, 
 
 246. —I. WORDS OF SEVEN SYLLABLES. 
 
 ^' The accent on the third syllable. 
 (0 2. recapitulatory, 
 
 2. The accent on the fourth syllable. 
 
 faitor?iy'''*'"'P°'^"'''"'^^""^- aristocratically, unsatis- 
 {e) 2. plenipotentiary, 
 
 3. The accent on the fifth syllable. 
 
 ra)l.antitrinitarian, latitudinarian, valetudinariar- 
 2. individuality, constitutionality, perpendicularity 
 
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mporane- 
 ty, pecQ- 
 
 icompre- 
 
 imity. 
 ty, supe- 
 
 i-ne-ous, 
 ;H-a-ble. 
 liliarity ; 
 y; satis- 
 ;nt, par- 
 rrupted, 
 
 ►claimed 
 1. They 
 IS. His 
 happen, 
 
 — i63 — 
 ^^(i) 2. impracticability, impenetrability, incorrupti- 
 
 II. WORDS OF EIGHT SYLLABLES. 
 
 The accent on the sixth syllable. 
 
 a) 2. unconstitutionality. 
 
 2. incomprehensibility, unintelligibility. 
 
 Exercises.— i. re-cap-it-u-la-to-ry, in-com-pre-hen- 
 si-bil-i-ty, in-di-vid-u-al-i-ty, val-e-tu-di-na-ri-an. 
 
 2. There are some recapitulatory exercises at the end 
 of this book. The whole affair was most unsatisfacto- 
 rily managed. Impenetrability and indestructibility are 
 essential properties of matter. Incorruptibility will be 
 one the qualities of our glorious bodies after resurrection. 
 
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 • SECTION I. 
 
 WORDS PRONOUNCED ALIKE, BUT SPELLED DIFFERENTLY. 
 
 247. Sound of a, as in fate. 
 
 Ale, ail— ate, eight— bale, bail— base, bass— bate, bait 
 —brake, break— cane. Gain— Dane, deign— faint, feint 
 —fane, fain,feign— gage, gauge— gate, gait— grate, great 
 —grater, greater— hale, hail— lade, laid— lane, Iain- 
 made, maid— male, mail— mane, main — nave, knave- 
 pale, pail — pane, pain. 
 
 Exercises.— Whaii c?n ail him ? Do not drink ale. I 
 ate at eight o'clock. The thief stole a bale of cotton, but 
 was released on bail. Our friend who lives at the base 
 of the hill has a bass voice. It is a base act. He advanced 
 to the gate with an awkward gait. He put a great part of 
 the coal in the grate. The hale old man cares not for 
 hail or snow ^ail ! old friend ! Our maid made those 
 cakes. The poor man has lain for two hours in the lane. 
 A knave stole into the nave of the church. Pale with 
 terror, the maid dropped her pail of milk near the pale. 
 
 248. Sound of a, as in fate (continued). 
 
 Plane, plain— plate, plait— pray, prey— rain, rein, 
 reign— sale, sail— raze, raise, rays— slay, sleigh— stake, 
 steak— strait, straight— tale, tail— vale, veil- vane, vain 
 —waste, waist— wait, weight— wave, waive— way, 
 weigh. ^ ^ 
 
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 Fxercises.~U is quite plain that the surface is as plain 
 as the plane of the joiner can make it. Raise the win- 
 dow and let the rays of the sun into the room. During 
 all his reign, he:held the reins of government firmly. He 
 bought this sail at the sale yesterday. The ship 'sailed 
 straight through the strait. A thick vale of clouds hung 
 over the vale. Proud blood runs in his veins ; he is as 
 vain as a peacock, and, I must add, as changeabfe as a 
 
 u^"%r ■ P"* '^^ ^^^^^ ^f ^^^f on a sharp stake to broil 
 K ^i!,;^* a minute, and I will tell you the weight of the 
 box. The butcher took the sheep away in his sleigh to 
 slay them. You will never weigh your parcel in this way. 
 
 S49. Sound of a, as in fat. 
 
 An, Ann— anker, anchor— bad, bade— canon, cannon 
 —canvas, canvass— dam, damn— dram, drachm— jam, 
 jamb— lac, lack— lax, lacks— laps, lapse— mantle, mantel 
 —nap, knap— pact, packed— rack, wrack— rap, wrap- 
 tax, tacks— tract, tracked. 
 
 Exercises. —The reign of queen Ann is an important 
 era in the english literature. His father bade him avoid 
 bad company. I left that pot of jam near the jamb ot 
 the door. This young man is lax in his morals, and 
 latally lacks discretion. He took a nap on the grassy knap 
 of the earth. A man wrapped up in a large cloak, rapped 
 at the door. He paid an old cain, called a drachm, for 
 a dram of liquor. They tracked the murderer's steps 
 ov-er a large tract of land. There is a tax on the iron of 
 which tacks are made. He hung his mantle over the 
 mantel to dry. 
 
 250. Sound of a, as in fare. 
 
 Air, ere, e'er, heir— bare, bear— chair, char— fare, 
 fair— glare, glair— hare, hair— pare, pair, pear— stare, 
 st?iir— tare, tear— 4heir, there— ware, wear. 
 
— 169 — 
 Sound of a, as in far. 
 
 Ark, arc — hart, heart — mark, marque — marshall, 
 martial — martin, marten. 
 
 Exercises.— The air is pure. I will call agg'n ere I go. 
 The young heir has the air and mien of his father. She 
 could not hear the bare sight of a bear. It was not fair 
 to charge that fair person so high a fare for entering ike 
 fair. A hare is larger than a rabbit, and the hair of its 
 coat is darker. Did you ever see any one pare an apple 
 or a pear with a pair of scissors ? John stares at me as 
 I go up stairs. He drew an arc on the side of the ark. 
 That martial man will marshall the troops. The hunts- 
 man shot the hart through the heart. 
 
 251. Sound of a, as in fast. 
 
 Cask, casque — caster, castor. 
 
 Sound of a, as in fall. 
 
 All, awl— altar, alter— aught, ought— ball, bawl— call, 
 caul — caws, cause — claws, clause — hall, haul — mall, 
 maul — paws, pause— quarts, quartz — Salter, psalter — 
 wall, waul. 
 
 Exercises.— Ee laid his casque aside and sat on a cask 
 standing near. All shoemakers use the awl. The boy 
 began to bawl because he lost his ball. He tried to haul the 
 wagon into the hall. Those who have aught to do, ought 
 to do it at once. The priest intends to alter the altar. 
 We call a caul a kind of net. The old crow caws fre- 
 quently without any cause. A clause in the lion's mar- 
 riage was that his claws should be pared. John held 
 the paws of the dog in his hand. You should pause at 
 the end of a sentence. 
 
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 252. Sound of e, as in 7nete. 
 
 Be, bee— beech, beach— beer, bier— beet, beat— creek, 
 creak— deer, dear— discreel, discrete— feet, feat— freeze 
 frieze— Greece, grease— heel, heal -here, hear— key' 
 quay— lee, lea— leaf, lief-leek, leak— lees, lease— 
 meed, mead— mean, mien— mete, meet, meat— meter 
 metre— need, knead— peace, piece-peak, pique— peel, 
 
 Exercises. ^Be careful not to touch the bee, or it will 
 sting you. There is not a beech tree near the beach. 
 As the ship ran into the narrow creek, we could hear 
 the masts creak. He thoughtlessly placed a can of beer 
 on the bier. To stand on your head instead of your 
 feet IS a dilhcult feat. The flesh of deer is dear now 
 He went to the quay and threw the key into the water' 
 Would you flee away at the sight of a flea ? Gome here 
 and let me hear you read. This salve will heal your 
 heel. He js a man of pleasant mien, but of a mean spirit 
 You need not knead the dough so much. For the sake 
 of peace, I will give to each of you a piece. 
 
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 253. Sound of e, as in mete. 
 
 Peer, pier— pleas, please— reed, read— reek, wreak— 
 
 see,sea-seal,ceil— cede, seed-seam, seem— seen, seine 
 scene— sees, seize— senior, seignior— sheer, shear— steel ' 
 
 '^?u f;!"^^*' ^"'t^-te^i'' tier-teas, tease-teem, team 
 —the, thee— we, wee— week, weak— ween, wean. 
 
 Exercises.— Thp. noble peer was on the pier. If you 
 please, is it the Gourt of Gommon pleas ? Read the fable 
 of the oak and the reed . Did you ever see a vessel at 
 sea in fuh sail ? We ceil a room with timber or plaster- 
 but we seal a letter with wax, and mark it with a seal' 
 n a cat sees a mouse, it will seize it. This seam does 
 not seem to be well made. He tried to steal our steel- 
 pens. The pnnce and his suite were walking in a beau- 
 
 
t — jreek, 
 — freeze, 
 ar — key, 
 lease — 
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 le — peel, 
 
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 tifui garden, sweet with the fragrance of flowers. The 
 lady sat in one of the front tiers, and was moved to tears 
 at the sight. In our wee house, we live content. You 
 are too weak to leave this week. The team of horses 
 are ploughing in the fields, which teem with verdure. 
 
 264. Sound of e, as in met. 
 
 Assent, ascent — bell, belle — berry, bury — bred, bread 
 — guest, guessed — led, lead — lessen, lesson — lent, leant 
 — levy, levee— red, read — rest, wrest — sell, cell — seller, 
 cellar— sent, cent, scent — wether^ weather. 
 
 Sound of e, as in her. 
 
 Berth, birth— herd, heard. 
 
 Exercises. — When we made the ascent of the mountain, 
 we dit it with my father's assent. The young belle 
 stepped up to the door, and rang the bell. He made a 
 hole in which to bury the berry. The chickens were 
 bred on bread made of rye meal. Far away from those 
 who buy and sell, the hermit retired to his lonely cell. 
 I will lessen your lesson, if you find it too long. No body 
 guessed who our guest was. He spent every cent he had 
 for a scent bottle, which he sent to a friend. The en- 
 gineer led his friends to the lead mines. Have you read 
 the story of little Red-Riding Hood? We heard a herd 
 of deer pass through the brake. 
 
 255. Sound of z, as in pine. 
 
 By, buy— climo, climb — die, dye — find, fined — hie, 
 high — I, eye, a(f— isle, aisle — indite, indict - lie, lye — 
 Her, liar — mite, might — night, knight — quire, choir — 
 rime, rhyme — rite, write, right, wright — rye, wry — site, 
 cite, sight — size, sighs — slight, sleight — stile, style — Ume, 
 thyme. 
 
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 Exercises.—^^i next week, he will buy a 1;. The 
 
 dyer who used to dye our things, will soon die. \)n not 
 climb up the roof to see the swallows ; they ha left us 
 for a warmer clime. I could not find ouf whv lie was 
 fined. Do you see anything in my eye ? y, f do see 
 something in it. 1 will go to the isle of Wight, and visit 
 the aisle of the old church. You might have given your 
 mite, like the poor widow. 1 meet the knight aim >st 
 every night in the street. Rime is a good rhyme to time, 
 lime, <fec. The choir made use of more than a quire of 
 paper. I write to the wheelright, and tell him that it is 
 not right fur him to observe that rite. This is a beauti- 
 ful site for a house; what a splendid sight of the whole 
 valley ! lie turned aside and sighed. 
 
 256. Sound of ?', as in pin. 
 
 Bin been— gild, guild— gilt, guilt— grisly, grizzly— 
 him,3 hymn— in, inn— kill, kiln— limb, Iimn— links, 
 lynx— mist, missed— nit, knit— primmer, primer— ring 
 wring— signet, cygnet— single, cingle— sink, cinque- 
 sticks, Styx. * 
 
 Exercises.—RQ.yQ you been told to make a bin for the 
 corn ? Gilt will not long hide guilt. I heard him sing 
 a beautiful hymn. I may take my ease in my own inn 
 They were told to kill him and throw his body into a 
 Iime-kiln. The mist was so thick thfft the travellers 
 missed their way. They wl.o ring the bells for ioy to- 
 day, may wring their hands in grief to-morrow. Fasten 
 the saddle on the horse with a single cingle. The links 
 of the chain have chafed the neck of the lynx. He is 
 quite prim ; but the child with a primer in his hand is 
 still primmer. It was a grisly sight to see the huge 
 grizzly bear torn in pieces 
 
 257. Sound of o in note. 
 
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 clothes — cole, coal — coarse, co irsf— core, corps — cote, 
 coal -doe, dough — fore, four — forth, h irtli gloze, 
 glow .—groan, grown— grocer, grosser — h. le, nole — 
 \< ''' moan, mown — mode, mowed— moie, moat 
 h nose, knows. 
 
 Lxercisc's. — The boar broke the door of his pen and bore 
 away a part of it. The young beau plays with his bow 
 and arrows. At the close of the term, he bought some 
 new clothes. With a piece of dough he cleverly repre- 
 sented a doe. A grown up child should not groan in 
 this way. He had four of his fore teeth extra3ted. On 
 the f'Hirth of May they went forth to light. His manners 
 are irse, and, of course, his language is so, too. He 
 dug a hole and hid the whole of his money in it. I heard 
 a man moan among (he new mown hay. He did not 
 know how to sa no. He always thrusts his nose into 
 the alfairs of others, as everybody knows.. I know no 
 person of that name. 
 
 258. Sound of o in note. 
 
 I oh ! owe — ore, oar^ — pole, poll — pore, pour— rode, 
 road, rowed — rose, roes, rows — Rome, roam — rote, 
 wrote — sloe, slow — so, sow, sew — sole, soul — sold, soled 
 —sore, soar — throe, throw — throne, thrown — toe, tow 
 — told, tolled — yoke, yolk. 
 
 Exercises. — Oh I I owe him nothing. The voters 
 marched to the poll carrying a long pole with the name 
 of their candidate. I rode five miles on the uew road. 
 We rowed two hours. I saw a roe feeding behind a row 
 of trees. I rose and saw three roes standing between 
 two rows of rose bushes. He left Rome in the spring to 
 roam over the south of Italy. As you sow, so you shall 
 reap. Please sew my clothes. We walked very slow 
 along the sloe-hedge. I heard a cobler who could hardly 
 put a sole on a shoe, say that the soul is not immortal. 
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 you wrote yesterday you must learn by rote. The per- 
 spiration pours through the pores of his skin. 
 
 259. Sound of o as in not. 
 
 Gobble, coble — codling, coddling— grot, groat— lock, 
 loch, lough — not, knot. 
 
 Sound of as in mo7)e. 
 
 Blue, blew — brood, brewed— brews, bruise— brute, 
 bruit — chews, choose — crews, cruise — flue, flew — rood, 
 rude— root, route— threw, through— to, too, two. 
 
 ( Sound of as in form. 
 
 Cord, chord. 
 
 Fxercises.—-'Do not tie the knot so hard. I paid the 
 old man a groat to see his grot or cell. The wind blew 
 in our faces, and made them quite blue with cold. The 
 man that brews the ale received a severe bruise on his 
 foot. The crews of all these ships knew the dangers of 
 a cruise in those seas. The soot in the flue took fire, 
 and the sparks flew about the room . A rood is the fourth 
 part of an acre. That rude boy threw a stone through 
 the window. 
 
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 260. Sound of u, as in tube. 
 
 Due, dew— ewe, you, yew— hue, hew, Hugh— mule, 
 mewl — muse, mews — new, knew — use, ewes. 
 
 Sound of u, as in tub. 
 
 Burrow, borough— cousin, cozen— dun, done— du^t, 
 dost — nun, none— plum, plumb— ruff, rough— rung, 
 wrung— skull, scull— sum, some— sun, son— tun, ton- 
 won, one — furs, furze. 
 
 
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 Sound of ou, as in owl. 
 
 Bow, bough — brows, brouse — foul, fowl— our, hour. 
 
 Exercise. — The meadow wants its due of rain and due. 
 See Hugh hew down the tree. Fruits of golden hue 
 appeared. While the mule carries the cats, the cats 
 mewl. Did you bind the ewe to the yew-tree ? I knew 
 you had ordered a new coat. We use to drink the milk 
 of our ewes. When you have done, saddle my dun horse. 
 Dust thou art, and into dust thou dost return. I can lend 
 you some money, but not the sum you ask for. His son 
 rose wijh the rising sun. There has been foul play with 
 this poor fowl. Our age increases every hour. I won 
 one game. 
 
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 SECTION H. 
 
 WORDS SPELLED DIFFERENTLY, BUT PRONOUNCED ALIKE, 
 THOUGH WITH A SLIGHT DIFFERENCE. 
 
 261. 
 
 Aloud, allowed— bald, bawled — board, bored— bold, 
 bowled — briddle, bridal — Britain, briton — calendar, ca- 
 lender — censor, censer — choler, collar — council, counsel 
 — culler, color — currants, currents — dire, dyer — deposi- 
 tory, depositary — deviser, divisor — flare, flayer — flour, 
 flower — fool, full — fir, fur— gore, goer — hire, higher — 
 holy, wholly. 
 
 Exercice.' — We are noi allowed to speak aloud during 
 study hours. The joiner bored a hole through the board. 
 One of the bridal party caught my horse by the bridle. 
 I am still a Briton, though 1 dp not reside in Britain. 
 The dyer said it was dire news to him. A member of 
 the council suggested that they should take the opinion of 
 counsel. The hire of servants is higher in this country. 
 

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 His time was wholly spent in holy contemplation. The 
 censor would not allow the boy to touch the censer. 
 That fool is full of nonsense. Fur does not grow on a 
 fir-tree. 
 
 262. 
 
 Lair, layer— lyre, liar—lore, lower — mare, mayor- 
 manner, manor — metal, mettle — more, mower — miner, 
 minor— pare, payer— precedent, president— principal, 
 principle — profit, prophet^rabbet, rabbit— roar, rower 
 — sire, sigher — sailer, sailor — soar, sower — stationary, 
 stationery — sucker, succor — soar, sower — sure, shoer — 
 symbol, cymbal — treatise, treaties— vial, viol— ware, 
 weigher — wade, weighed. 
 
 Exercises, — A metal horse cannot be said a horse of 
 mettle. The mayor of the town owns a beautiful mare. 
 A miner told us that the proprietor of the mine was a 
 minor. The principal of the school explained the prin- 
 ciple very clearly. The president said he could aot allow 
 that precedent. The shoer drove another nail into the 
 shoe to make it firm and sure. The sailor said that his 
 ship was an excellent sailer. I saw the boy wade into 
 the river and bring out a fish which weighed two pounds. 
 As I am to be stationary for a lime, 1 require the less sta- 
 tionery. He employed the cymbal as a symbol of his 
 profession. 
 
 
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 — 177 — 
 SECTION III. 
 
 WORDS SPE^XED ALIKE, BUT PRONOUNCED DIFFERENTLY. 
 
 263. 
 
 mayor— 
 — miner, 
 )rincipa!, 
 r, rower 
 ationary, 
 , shoer — 
 I — ware, 
 
 horse of 
 ul mare, 
 ne was a 
 the prin- 
 lot allow 
 
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 /ade into 
 ) pounds. 
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 ol of his 
 
 abuse {abuce), ill use ; 
 bow {bo), to bend ; 
 
 cleanly {cleanly), neatly ; 
 
 close {cloce), fast ; 
 clothes {cloth-es), provides 
 
 ivith dresses ; 
 diffuse {diffuce), scattered; 
 
 excuse|(ei^cMce), an apology ; 
 gill (g hard), of a fish; 
 grease {greece), fat ; 
 
 hinder {i long), on the b'^ck 
 
 side ; 
 house {houce), a dwelling ; 
 lead {leed), conduct ; 
 learned (learn-ed), skilful; 
 lease {leece), to let houses, 
 
 lands, &c. 
 live {i long), living, alive. 
 
 abuse {ahuze), to use ill. 
 bow {bou), for shooting ar- 
 
 roivs. 
 cleanly {cleenly), free from 
 
 filth. 
 close {cloze), to shut. 
 clothes {cloze), garments. 
 
 diffuse {diffuze), to spread 
 
 about. 
 excuse {e,r^>-ze), to pardon. 
 gill {g soft), a measure. 
 grease {greeze),to smear with 
 
 fats 
 hinder {i short), to prevent, 
 
 house {houze), to shelter. 
 lead {led), a metal. 
 learned {learned), did learn. 
 lease {leeze), to glean. 
 
 live {i short), to exist. 
 
 Exercises. — Virtue leads to happiness. If you throw 
 a piece of lead into the fire, it will soon melt. We hoped 
 that the vein of lead would lead to silver. A live coal 
 fell upon the floor. Long live the queen ! The lives of 
 saints lead us to sanctity. There livQs the old woman. 
 The archer, with his bow in his hand, made a graceful 
 bow. The bow is bent. Bow your head. As he held 
 the fish by the tail, more than two gills of water ran from 
 its gills. I learned that, though you abuse that learned 
 man, he will give no abuse in return. He clothes him- 
 
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 self in his worst clothes to do such a dirty work. The 
 excuse you make is not suflicient, so I cannot excuse you. 
 He built the house so large that he could house all his 
 cattle during winter. He does not write vigorouslv, his 
 style is too diftuse. •' 
 
 265. 
 
 loose {loocc), to untie f un- 
 bound; 
 
 lower (io-er), to bring loiv ; 
 
 mouse {mouce), small animal ; 
 
 notable {no-ta-ble), distin- 
 guished ; 
 
 poll {pole) place of election; 
 
 primer {i lofig), more excel- 
 lent ; 
 
 raven {a long), a bird: 
 
 read {reed), to peruse a book ; 
 
 row {ro), a rank ; 
 
 slough [slou), a miry place ; 
 
 sow (so), to cast seed; 
 tarry (a in far), to delay ; 
 tear {tare), a rent, to rend: 
 
 use {uce), act of using ; 
 wind {i long), to turn round; 
 worsted {wursted), defeated; 
 
 wound {woond), a hurt ; 
 
 lose {looze), to suffer a loss, 
 
 lower {lou-er), to look dark. 
 mouse {mouze),to catch mice. 
 notable {not-a-ble)^ careful. 
 
 poll, name of a parrot. 
 primer {i short),a child's first 
 
 book. 
 raven {a short), to devour. 
 read {red), did read. 
 row {rou), a riot. 
 slough {stuff), the cast skin of 
 
 a snake. 
 sow {sou), a female swine. 
 tarry (a in fat), like tar. 
 tear {tee)-), a drop from the 
 
 eye. 
 use {uze), to make ^se of 
 wind {i short), ai: .% motion. 
 worsted {tvoosted), a kind of 
 
 yarn. 
 wound (ivownd), twined 
 
 round. 
 
 Exercises - If you have not yet read this book, read it. 
 Lower the sails ; the sky begins to lower. On that notable 
 occasion, I first heard of his notable house-keeper 
 What costs little is too dear, when it is of no use. Use 
 f.^fj ^?,r?s «nd hard arguments. Can you not tarry a 
 httle till I put this tarry stick in the slough. When the 
 
 
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 child saw the tear in her dress, a tear came to her eve. 
 The hon tears his prey. Tears flowed down his cheeks. 
 Near the slough we remarked the slough of a serpent. 
 He received a mortal wound. The clock is wound He 
 wound his handkerchief about the wound. I read in 
 the primer that the ravens croak and the lions raven. It 
 IS madness to contend, when we are sure to be wors'ed 
 I have just bought a pair of worsted stockings. We re- 
 mained at home to wind that worsted yarn, which the 
 servant had not wound yesterday on account of the wound 
 she received in her hand. The wind is very strong Did 
 you wind up your watch? 
 
 SECTION IV. 
 
 WORDS OF SIMILAR SOUND, TO BE CAREFULLY DISTINGUISHED 
 
 IN PRONUNCIATION. 
 
 265. 
 
 Accept, except-^access, excess— accede, exceed— ad* 
 herence, adherents—addition, edition— affect, effect- 
 allusion, illusion— assistance, assistants— attendance, at- 
 tendants—acts, axe— borde", boarder— capital, capitol— 
 cease, seize— census, senses— century, sentry— cents, 
 sense, since— concert, consort— correspondence, corres- 
 pondents—currant, current— decease, disease— descent, 
 dissent— decree, degree— deference, difference -divers, 
 diverse * ' 
 
 Exercises. ^AU your presents I accept, except the last* 
 At this access to his fortune, his joy was in excess. New 
 editions, with additions, are in preparation. The atten- 
 dants gave poor attendance on the occasion. The decease 
 of my friend was caused by a lingering disease. The 
 decree applied to persons of every degree. The Prince 
 Consort went to the concert. With all due deference to 
 you, I think there is a very great difference. 
 
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— 180 — 
 
 266. 
 
 Elicit, illicit — elude, illude— emerge, immerge — emi- 
 grant, immigrant— eminent, imminent— eruption, ir- 
 ruption—extant, extent - fisher, fissure— gamble, gambol 
 —genus, genius-gesture, jester— impostor, imposture- 
 ingenious, ingenuous— least, lest— lineament, liniment 
 — millinary, millinery— monetary, monitory— patience 
 patients— plaintive, plaintiff— pastor, pasture— presence, 
 presents— salary, celery— sects, sex— sculptor, sculpture 
 —spacious, specious— statue, statute— tracks, tracts- 
 veracity, voracity—wary, weary— which, witch— wither, 
 whither. 
 
 Exercises. — We emigrate from one country and immi- 
 grate into another. Eminent men are often placed in 
 imminent danger. Your patients have great patience. 
 The impostor was soon detected in his acts of impos,ture. 
 His salary is small. I am fond of celery. His house is 
 spacious, and his manners specious. Whither are you 
 going? The leaves begin to wither. The sculptor, in 
 accordance to the statute, produced a statue, which is an 
 exquisite piece of sculpture. Wherever he saw tracks or 
 footpaths, there he dropped some tracts. 
 
PART THE SIXTH- 
 
 GENERAL REVIEW. 
 
 KXEROISES ON ARTICULATION. 
 
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 SECTION I. 
 
 WOWELS. 
 
 267. a. 
 
 1. A lame man lay by the gate. On my way, 1 gave 
 him a cane. The Child Jesus was laid in a manger. 
 "What ails yon ? My side pains me. A change of air 
 will prevail over the pain. I am afraid the sailor has not 
 been paid. One rainy day a drayman conveyed a weighty 
 boufluet to our quaint neighbor. The heinous traitor 
 waylaid and chained the great mayor. 
 
 2. I saw a rat drag a trap. The cat ran at the rabbit 
 as it sat at the back of the hut. Catch, the black hen ; 
 but do not smash her eggs; she will hatch them. His 
 father bade him avoid bad company. Baisam is the 
 nameofan aromatic plant. You must not confound stature 
 with statue or statute. We are to have a marriage in 
 
 the village. . 
 
 3. This tree bears good pears. Their prayer was to 
 forbear with the heiress in fairness. The bearer had 
 been swearing and tearing the hairy coat he was wearing. 
 It is not fair that that boy should bear on his bare 
 arm a pair of colored pails, the one tilled with pared 
 pears, the other with tin-wax for common ware. 
 
 4. A calf is in the yard by the barn. To gnarl is to 
 snarl and show wrath. Father, she said, I had rather 
 not dance. The psalmist David is called the royal pro- 
 phet. He rallied his army and led them on to the charge. 
 Heart of Our Lord guard 'our hearth from harm and sm. 
 
 5. Ask for half a glass of wine. By the plants and 
 grasses quick it glances. I asked him to pass me my 
 basket. He loves to jaunt and to haunt his neighbors. 
 His aunt laughed at and taunted him with being caught. 
 
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 i.craiit,trs lun no chance of danger m the upper chamber. 
 
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 nor people would yield lo .he greedy fiend r.^"'! 
 conceive whv mv nin^o Ar.^ g't^^uy uend. I cannot 
 
 frientT's fieJd did not yield mnrhwh??*! / ^^''^"^^ ""Y 
 marine steered the fleet nn hj} T^ '^'' Y^^"' The 
 tlie frontier by ffierce so?tie ^'"' '''''"" ^"^ ''^'^'^'^ 
 
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 any one jeopard his life for friendshin^? Thl. ^'" 
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 virgin martyr emerged from the furnace. The world 
 always persecuted the church. The hirth-day of a saint 
 is the day of his death. Early to bed and early to rise 
 makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise. 
 
 269. i. 
 
 i. The wise man is mild. Life is like a wild sea. A 
 bad child cries and will not be quiet unless you comply 
 with his desires. I have no fright in the bright light of 
 the sun. Lot the proprietor supply the subscriber. 
 Whilst th^e child cliniDed up the hill, night came on and 
 there was no sign of an inn or other resting place. 
 
 2. A bird is on a limb of this fir-tree. It does not 
 hiss, but sings. It can pick up a worm with its slim 
 bill. The chaplain caught the villain near the fountain. 
 Some of the soldiers were bury burying the killed in a 
 tomb hastily made. Not a leaf was stirred b^ the breeze ; 
 there was hardly a breath of wind. A civilian should 
 show civility. The english gymnast stood on a pyramid. 
 What hymn did the choir sing? The evening star is 
 visible at twilight. Physicians must have a certiticate 
 of ability. 
 
 270. 0. 
 
 1. Home,* sweet home, there is no place like home ! 
 God always consoles those who invoke him. We are 
 told to clothe and feed those in want. Do you know the 
 fellow ? I showed him a glow-worm in the hollow. The 
 sailoi' went down to the coast to get on board his boat. 
 The unknown foeman stabbed him in the throat. Better 
 half a loaf than no loaf. A man in a coal-black coat was 
 seated there groaning and moaning. Little boats must 
 keep near the shore. 
 
 2. Soft moss is on the rock. Constant dropping wears 
 away stones. The pontiff holds his crozier during the 
 gospel. The consul got out a warrant for the cobbler 
 
— 186 — 
 
 who stole his watch and wallet. Do not try to grasp the 
 wasp. He had a wan face and a wand in his hand. Let 
 us wander where the birds are warbling. The quarriers 
 had a quarrel m the quarry as to the quality of the stone. 
 Walter was watching a wasp in the garden wall. 
 
 3. No man can serve two masters. Never reprove 
 with rudeness. I am sure the rule is true. New grooms - 
 like new brooms, sweep clean. I left my shoe in the 
 canoe. When the cock crew, Peter knew what he had 
 w^"^mu u .^"^ ^^^^^^ *he beer, and the butler drew 
 li J*^^,Jr"ja^ dragoon did imbrue his hands in the 
 blood of the druid. The uncouth youth wounded him- 
 selt while pruning the spruce tree. Are you sure that 
 shrewd youth was rude ? , 
 
 4. I found a fork and a horn in a corner of the corn- 
 held by uie border of the forest. Cut your coat accord- 
 ing to your cloth. The north wind has cleared awav 
 the storm. \ '^ 
 
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 271. u. 
 
 1. The news made him muse. A review of troops 
 2 ^u ,T""^ '' ^ beautiful sight. The wind blew hard 
 on the old yevv-tree and overthrew it. We bade her 
 adieu, but could not stay to view her tears. We often 
 use the word communion in lieu of Eucharist. We must 
 subdue our passions to secure our salvation. In a family 
 tend, friends should be neutral. It is not suitable to 
 discuss curious amusements at a funeral. 
 
 ih\^ '^u'* ""^u !?"'* ^''''^ ^"'h a son. The beauty of 
 the thrush is wholly in its music. The sluggard willeth 
 and willeth not, says Salomon. Noisome isL adjective 
 meaning unvyholesome, repulsive or disgusting. Asa 
 bee gathers honey, so should a student gather wisdom. 
 Ihe monkey threw the sponge into the oven. My younger 
 brother Icves money but not enough to covet another's. 
 Ihe southern part of the country flourishes wonderfully 
 3. The cart is full of good wood. We nnsh^d iha calf 
 behind the bush. The woman was reading a "book The 
 
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— 187 — 
 
 man saw a wolf in the wood, and thinking he could hit 
 it, fired a bullet at it. The bull dog pulled the pullet all 
 to pieces. The fall of the giant shook the palace from 
 roof to floor. 
 
 4. The cur is allured by the turnspit. Those mer- 
 chants deserve the reproofs of every worthy journal for 
 their churlish discourtesy. The burglars disturbed the 
 rehearsal at the circus by a turbulent incursion. Bad 
 words make the worst work in the world. Much talk, 
 liltle work. 
 
 272. oj, ou. 
 
 i. The noisy boy will be sure to spoil the toy. Avoid 
 the toil and turmoil of this busy world. The man was 
 quite joyful at the prospect of employment on the voyage. 
 The oysters were all destroyed by the cold, 
 
 2. There is a cloud in the south. My father allowed 
 the cows to browse usar the tower. The owl was hooting 
 in the wood. Allow us to seek a shelter from the shower 
 in your shadowy bower. God said : What hast thou 
 done? The voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me 
 from the ground. 
 
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 SECTION II. 
 
 273. CONSONANTS. 
 
 b. — By being busy boys become better. The babbling 
 brook with bursting bubbles bounded by. Bleak blows 
 the bitter blast. Beets are bulbous plants. Gambling 
 brings no blessing. The bearded babbler imbibed 
 the bubbling beverage. The bcld bad boys broke 
 belts and bars. 
 
 rrUrv li»v>V.o nP iUn I^/^/^T^ rlnmK hnv app OA nilPlh that Ha 
 
 sleeps as if in a toi.nb. I doubt if I can pay my debt to 
 
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 J; ! }>- 
 
 ^^,- 
 
 can'ma^reMhr.l';'*''' ^T u^?" '='»"'• A clever collegian 
 fh- as a crime rtT' ^*/f ""> m«st consider cupid- 
 ij as a crime The meat of (he cocoa is succulent Tan 
 craven cowards expect to conquer the ciun"ry' 
 cirl rcoTrt";;'/- °f.'^'«^«"? «ere prejudiced^against the 
 hZi r„„n o*^ J"^"'=?- They were censured for circu- 
 
 Z cTr nn°""'M"!« •'!" '^™' ""'horities. 
 occurred as I e Zl'^' *"' "■"" ''^'^P"-'^' ^ tragic scene 
 in'rd'f^r ItealTngS Js" ""■"""«' ™^ "^ «- 
 
 Did you desire to hear his dark and dolLfu learn I The 
 
 Mdtd%: ht'^df^estin^tr '^-^^^ 
 
 iiau i)een wdsiied, bleached, dressed and oresspd Tho 
 
 »reI£^^a^1LVhrk^gr"^^^^^^^^^^^^ 
 n..V:.- !.^ ^^?,^ of freedom floats once more aloft THp 
 
 gated' h° wfre»f,i.r^''^''"-rr^''''P '"^S"" '» ^e a^ro! 
 grove. ^ *' «''°''" "" «" ground "ear the 
 
 vai!'tage^''"The ISf '" *' >/!!''= ""^'^ 8^^^' d'^ad" 
 
 '^- Vr "?■ ^-St^th c °e"oTt;;: Xr'- 
 
 kintt:^ ifcSa- '^""^ "^^ '-" a:gho:^^Gher- 
 
 lighlly 'spfken'rf " Th"^ our neighbors should not be 
 
 sprigl^,i;PZ^,.,:^-, ^'"^ "«'"''^^ """" '•'"'g'"^ i» '"s 
 
 A- Hear me, great heaven I How high his honor 
 
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189 — 
 
 was 
 
 heaved his haughty head I He was hung as high as 
 Hainan. Hugh hired a hundrad men to hew the high 
 trees. He hurled him head over heels. Reheard his 
 herdsmen hurrying him home. 
 
 y.-The judge and the jury joined in the joke. Jaunty 
 gentlemen generally joke joyously. James, John, Jane 
 and Jason Jones live in our stone house. 
 
 h silent. — I know you are not a knight, but a knave. 
 
 I' — The lonely lame miller limped along by the 
 the wall. The bold player bowled the ball well. 
 
 The folks walk and talk together. Almonds are as 
 white as chalk. The beggar asked for alms, and he re- 
 ceived half a salmon. 
 
 m.— Many miserable men make money by miserly 
 meanness. Masses of immense magnitude move majes- 
 tically through the vast empire of the solar system. 
 
 n. — Name nine nations. Can you say wo, nor, not 
 and noiv ? John mended his net. The nimble nymphs 
 marched off in merry triumph.. 
 
 The traitor was condemned to be thrown into a kiln. 
 The season of autumn suggests serious and solemn 
 thoughts. 
 
 /?.— Peculiarly proud persons perchance pay pen- 
 ance to pinching poverty. Peter Prangle, the prickly 
 prangly pear picker, picked three pecks of prickly prangly 
 pears from the prangly pear tree. 
 
 The psalm was sung. The man was exempted as he 
 showed symptoms of consumption. 
 
 q. — A query is a question. Quidnuncs query with 
 queer quizzical questions. An antique gem. A laughable 
 burlesque. 
 
 r.—Round the rugged rocks the ragged rascals ran. 
 Rushing rapids roar round rising rivers. The rogues 
 rushed round the rough red rocks. 
 
 s. — Similar sights and sounds savor certainly of 
 satiety. It was decidedly the severest storm of the season. 
 His eyes amidst the mists, measured an azure sky. 
 Amidst the mists and coldest frosts, with barest wrists 
 and stoutest uoasts, he thrusts his fists against the posts 
 
 n: 
 
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 and still insists he sees the ghosts. 
 
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 /.—Trials and troubles turn with time and tide 
 His assets consisted of promissory notes. The aUen ion 
 of the faction was called to the deception. ^"^""on 
 
 i^.--The vile vagabond ventured to vilify the ve- 
 nerable veteran. The vizier had a vision of Z mirage. 
 
 mLmZ'ltZ ""T.! ^'' ^'*^ ^^'^"^ wickedness. 
 
 ullu)! ' ""'"'^ **"'•' P'^'""* ^«es. Where there 
 IS a wiJl there is a way. 
 
 wal wrZf *'t1 '"'" 'P''^"'u'' ^'' ^'•'^t- The answer 
 v^^as wrong The poor wretch wrings his hands The 
 wheelwright wrought the tire. ^ ^'^^ nanus, ine 
 
 
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 274. 
 
 DOUBLE CONSONANTS. 
 
 s^.—ShriU shabby shrews should surely show sure 
 shame. Sh^ sought shelter from the sunlh neln^he 
 shade. Her shrivelled limbs were shivering with he 
 cold. She uttered a sharp shrill shriek, and tSe^ hrunk 
 from the shnvellod form that slumbered in the shroud 
 
 c^ -(.harles Chase chose much cheap cheese 
 Churlish chapmen chide cheerful children. G^harge the 
 old man to choose a choice cheese. The cherishedVme 
 of our childhood never loses its charms 
 
 trimnph?'^^" "'"'^^' "^""P*"' '"^''*''^ ^" '"erry 
 
 wheeie7ard'^ht;?ei'/^ '^^ "'^"^' ^^"^ *^^ ^h^'- 
 
 thi^^v'.T^^'T// * I '"'. 'h^^^^"! things thwart thoughtless 
 th eyes Ihe clouds are gathering thick in the sky • I 
 think that we shall have thunder^ The strife ceaslth 
 peace approacheth, and the good man rejoiceth. Those 
 thankless youths, with truths, use wicked oaths. Theo- 
 philLis Thistle worth thrust three thousand thistles through 
 ttie thick of his thumb. ° 
 
 ing.—A storm ariseth on the sea. A model vessel 
 is struggling amidst the war of elements, quivering and 
 shlverJn^^ shrinking and battling like a thinking being 
 
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— 194 — 
 
 ough. — *' Tis not an easy task to show 
 
 How o-u-g-h sound ; since though: 
 An Irish lough and English slough 
 And cough and hiccough, all allow 
 Differ as much as tough and through 
 There seems no reason why they do. 
 
 SECTION III. 
 
 PROMISCUOUS EXERCISES. 
 
 275. Proverbs and Maxims. 
 
 A wise son maketh a glad father. 
 
 A small spark may kindle a great fire. 
 
 A confessed fault is half mended. 
 
 A place for every thing, and every thing in its place. 
 
 A fool always finds a greater fool to adtnire him. 
 
 A good word for a bad one is worth much and costs little. 
 
 An angry man opens his mouth and shuts his eyes. 
 
 An oak is not felled with one blow. 
 
 A drowning man will catch at a straw. 
 
 A good name is better than riches. 
 
 A rolling stone gathers no moss. 
 
 A liar is brave towards God, and a coward towards men. 
 
 A man that breaks his word bids others be false to him. 
 
 A good life keeps off wrinkles. 
 
 An idle brain is the devil's workshop. 
 
 A soft answer turneth away wrath. 
 
 A bad workman quarrels with his tools. 
 
 A blithe heart makes a blooming visage. 
 
 A flatterer is a most dangerous enemy. 
 
 A friend in need is a friend indeed. 
 
 A great fortune is a great slavery. 
 
 An evil conscience is the most unquiet companion. 
 
 A penny saved is a penn> . rned. 
 
 A small leak will sink a great ship. 
 
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 A stitch in time saves nine. 
 A young man idle, an old man needy. 
 A gentle disposition is like an unrufled stream. 
 A good cause makes a slout heart and a strong arm. 
 A passionate man rides a horse that runs away with him. 
 A fool can ask questions that a wise man can not answer. 
 A thousand probabilities will not make one truth. 
 Affectation in dress implies a flaw in the understanding. 
 Anger begins with folly and ends in sorrow. 
 Apphcation in youth makes old age comfortable. 
 Amendment is the best sign of repentance. 
 Apprehension of evil is oiten worse than evil itself. 
 All IS not gold that glitters. 
 Better to be alone than in bad company. 
 Before you promise, consider what you can perform. 
 Be slow to promise, and quick to perform. 
 Birds of a feather flock together. 
 By doing nothing we learn to do ill. 
 Better to suff'er without cause than to have cause for suf- 
 fering . 
 
 By entertaining good thoughts you will keep out evil ones. 
 
 By others' faults wise men correct their own. 
 
 Between virtue and vice there is no middle path. 
 
 Commend your temper, lest it command you. 
 
 Constant occupation prevents temptation. 
 
 Contempt will sooner kill an injury than revenge. 
 
 Civihty IS a charm that attracts all men. 
 
 Courage without conduct is a ship without ballast. 
 
 Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. 
 
 Do what you ought, come what may. 
 
 Doing nothing is doing ill. 
 
 Drive thy business, or thy business will drive thee. 
 
 Deeds are fruits ; words are but leaves. 
 
 Deep rivers flow in silence ; shallow brooks are noisy. 
 
 Do nothing you would wish to conceal. 
 
 Every man is the architect of his own fortune 
 
 Experience is a dear school, but fools will learn in no other. 
 
 Jliuvy shoots at others and wounds herself. 
 
 Example teaches more than precept. 
 
 Empty vessels make the greatest sound. 
 
 
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 answer. 
 
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 anding. 
 
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 il ones. 
 
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 loisy. 
 other. 
 
 — 193 — 
 
 Every day of \our life is a leaf in your history. 
 
 Every body's business is no body's business. 
 
 Evil com-nunications corrupt good manners. 
 
 False friends are worse than open enemies. 
 
 Follow the wise few rather than the vulgar many. 
 
 Fortune can take nothing from us but what she gave. 
 
 Forbid a fool a thing, and that he will do. 
 
 God helps those who help themselves. 
 
 God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb. 
 
 Good counsel is above all price. 
 
 Goodness always enriches the possessor. 
 
 He who fears God does not fear man. 
 
 Honesty is the best policy. 
 
 He that swells in prosperity will shrink in adversity. 
 
 He who avoids the temptation avoids the sin. 
 
 He who masters his passions conquers his greatest enemy. 
 
 Help yourself and heaven will help you. 
 
 He who rises late never does a good man's work. 
 
 He who peeps through a hole may see what will vex him. 
 
 Hope long deferred maketh the heart sick. 
 
 In most quarrels there is a fault on both sides. 
 
 It is sport to a fool to do mischief. 
 
 Idleness is the parent of vice and misery. 
 
 Ignorance is a voluntary misfortune. 
 
 If the counsel be good, no matter who gave it. 
 
 Ill will never spoke well. 
 
 It is never too late to learn. 
 
 If you will not hear reason she will surely rap your 
 
 knuckles. 
 Kind speeches comfort the heavy hearted. 
 Kind words cost nothing, but are worth much. 
 Lying lips are an abomination to the Lord. 
 Lazy folks take the most pains. 
 Learning makes a man fit company for himself. 
 Little strokes fell great oaks. 
 Lose no opportunity of doing a good action. 
 Let not the sun set upon your anger. 
 Make hay while the sun shines. 
 Mildness governs better than anger. 
 Make the best of a bad bargain, 
 
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 Manners and, learning make a gentleman. 
 
 None so deaf as those that will not hear. 
 
 Never give a hasty reply. 
 
 Necessity is the mother of invention. 
 
 Never make a mountain of a mole hill 
 
 One lie begets another. 
 
 Oil and truth will get uppermost at last. 
 
 One IS not so soon healed as hurt. 
 
 One to-day is worth two to-morrows. 
 
 Pardon others often, thyself seldom. 
 
 Punishment and reward are like the bridle and spur 
 
 Prudence guides the wise, but passion governs theToolish 
 
 Phy^ciar. rarely take medicine, andfawyers seldo^^^^^^^ 
 
 Quarrels are easily begun, but with difficulty ended 
 
 Resist a temptation till you conquer it. ^ 
 
 Reform those things in yourself that you blame in others 
 
 So live with men as if God saw you. '' 
 
 Some are very busy and yet do nothing. 
 
 .Strike the iron while it is hot. 
 
 •Scorn to do a mean action. 
 
 Sands form the mountain ; moments make the year 
 
 Study mankind as well as books ^ 
 
 Some act first, think afterward, and repent forever 
 
 Temperance is the best medicine. forever. 
 
 Tmje IS a file that wears and makes no noise 
 
 lo be happy you mist be good. 
 
 Trifles often lead to serious matters. 
 
 TrulhTthl^h- [''."* '' ^^'' beginning of wisdom, 
 iruth IS the highest ornament of youth. 
 
 The more we serve God, the more we serve ourselves 
 Unmerited honors never wear well ""^selves. 
 
 Unprincipled men live knaves and die beggars 
 Virtue is a garment of honor, wickedness a robe of shame 
 Vanity makes men ridiculous ; pride, odious 
 Where there is a will, there is a way. 
 What cannot be cured must be endured. 
 What^sc^ulpture is to a block of marble, education is to 
 
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— 195 — 
 
 pur. 
 foolish, 
 dom go 
 
 led. 
 others. 
 
 ir. 
 
 When men speak ill of you, live so that no body will 
 
 believe them. 
 Yielding is sometimes the best way for succeeding. 
 
 SECTION IV. 
 
 CLASSIFIED LIST OF DIFFICULT WORDS. 
 
 (we) are (ar) 
 ere {air) 
 eye(/) 
 key [ke) 
 one (wun) 
 
 (to) sew {so) 
 
 (he) bade {bad) 
 buoy {bivoy) 
 
 (he) does {duz) 
 door {dore) 
 gaol {iail) 
 
 (to) have {hav) 
 
 (to) live liv) 
 
 276. Monosyllables, 
 
 once {luunce) 
 quay {ke) 
 
 Che) said (sea) 
 
 (he) says [sez) 
 shoe {shoo) 
 sure (shoor) 
 were {iver) 
 broad {braiud) 
 blood (6/mc?) 
 bough (6ow) 
 choir {quire) 
 cough (caivf) 
 dough {do) 
 
 flood (/?wc?) 
 floor (/7ore) 
 gauge {gage) 
 heart (/«ar^) 
 laugh {laff') 
 plaid {plad) 
 touch (^wc^) 
 draught {draft) 
 friend {frend) 
 height (kite) 
 scarce {scairce) 
 though {tho) 
 through {throo) 
 
 Ives, 
 hame. 
 
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 4 
 
 agu {agu) 
 aloe {al-o) 
 any {en-y) 
 bury {ber-ry) 
 busy (6e-sy) 
 beauty (6M-(y) 
 boatswain {bosn) 
 canoe (ea-noo) 
 cocoa (co-co) 
 coffee {cof'fy) 
 cupboard kub-urd) 
 eider {i-der) 
 
 277. Dissyllables. 
 
 gevser {gi-ser' 
 heiser (hef-er) 
 hiccough {hic-cup) 
 iron {iurn) 
 issue {is-shu) 
 lettuce {lettis) 
 liquor (lik-ur) 
 many {men-y) 
 minute {min-it) 
 nephew {nef-yu) 
 ocean {o-shun) 
 pretty {prit-ty) 
 
 porpoise {por-pus) 
 righteous {ri-chus) 
 soldier {sol-jer) 
 shoulder {shol-der) 
 sugar {shoo-gar) 
 tortoise {tor-tis) 
 victuals {vit-tals) 
 waiscoat {wes-cut) 
 women {wi-men) 
 woorsted {woos-ted) 
 yeoman {yo-man) 
 coionei {kur-nel) 
 
 msmmm. 
 
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 m 
 
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 — 196 — 
 
 278. ea, like a in /a/e. 
 break, steak, great. 
 
 e, ea, like a in /are. 
 
 ere, there, where— bear, pear, tear, wear, swear: 
 lorbear, forswear. 
 
 ea, aw, like a in /ar. 
 
 1. heart, hearth— aunt, daunt, gaunt, haunt, jaunt, 
 taunt, laugh ; launch, craunch, staunch. 
 
 2. gauntlet, jaundice, laughter, laundry, saunter. 
 
 eif iCj like e in mete. 
 
 u**/p'V/p'"^.' J^^^^' '^^^''' *^^^' "™»<^"' pier; brief, 
 chief, field, fiend, fierce, frieze, grief, grieve, liege, lieve 
 
 niece, piece, pierce, priest, siege, shield, shriek, tierce, 
 wield, peld. ' 
 
 2. ceiling, either, neither, leizure, seizure ; chiefly 
 grievance—deceit, deceive, conceit, conceive, perceive 
 receipt, receive ; achieve, belief, believe, relief, relieve • 
 brevier, cashier, frontier. ' 
 
 3. brigadier, cavalier, chandelier, chevalier, financier 
 'grenadier. ' 
 
 at, ay, ea, ei, eo, ?e, like e in met. 
 
 1. said, says; dead, deaf, head, lead, read; bread, 
 death, dread, meant, realm, sweat, tread; breast, breath 
 dreamt, spread, thread, threat ; health, wealth, slealth! 
 cleanse, breadth ; friend. 
 
 2. waistcoat ; again, against ; breakfast, cleanly, 
 leather, heavy, heaven, leather, leaven, measure, ready 
 meadow, pleasant, pleasure, pleasant, pheasant, steady! 
 steadfast, treasure, threaten, weapon, weather, zealot 
 zealous; instead; heifer; friendship ; leopard. 
 
 i like the french i, or e in mete. 
 i. pique, suite. 
 
 2. antique; caprice, fatigue, intrigue, machine, ma- 
 rine, police, ravine, routine, tontine, valise. 
 
 Pf ■'*:" 
 
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, swear ; 
 
 t, jaunt, 
 Iter. 
 
 '; brief, 
 ?e,lieve, 
 :, tierce, 
 
 chiefly, 
 erceive, 
 relieve ; 
 
 lancier, 
 
 bread, 
 breath, 
 slealth, 
 
 ;leanly, 
 , ready, 
 steady, 
 zealot. 
 
 3, ma- 
 
 - 191 - 
 
 3. homhazin, capuchin, haberdine, rnapazinc, man- 
 darin, quarantine, tambourine, transmarine, verdigris. 
 
 fli, ei, ie like i in pin. 
 
 1. bargain, captain, certain, chieftain, curtain, foun- 
 tain, murrain, mountain, villain; forfeit, surleit ; fo- 
 reign ; kerchief, mischief. 
 
 2. sovereign, handkerchief. 
 
 00, ou like o in fore. 
 
 i. door, floor ; four, pour, soul, court, gourd, mould, 
 mourn, course source ; dough, though. 
 2. courtier, poultry, poultice, shoulder. 
 
 a like o in not. 
 
 1. wad, wan, was, swan, wand, wash, wasp, what, 
 watch, swamp, yacht. 
 
 2. waddle, walnut, wander, wanton, warrant, quarry, 
 quarrel, quadrant, squalid, squander, squadron, swallow, 
 watchful . 
 
 3. quadruple, quadrangle. 
 
 0, oe, 00, ou like u in tub. 
 
 1. one, son, won, come, done, dove, none, love, 
 monk, glove, sponge, does ; blood, flood ; touch, young. 
 
 2. oven, color, cover, covet, covey, coz'U, dozen, 
 hover, honey, money, worry, coming, govern, loving, 
 pommel, wonder, lovely, shovel, comfort, compass ; 
 other, worthy, nothing, mother, brother, worship, won- 
 drous ; couple, double, cousin, trouble, touching, young- 
 er, courage, nourish, flourish, couplet, country, southern 
 —above, among, become, affront, retouch. 
 
 w like 00 short as in book. 
 
 i. bull, full, puH, bush, push. 
 
 2. pulley, pulpit, bulrush, bulwark, pudding, crupper, 
 bullet, bushel, bullock, bullion, cuckoo, cushion, full- 
 ness, butcher. 
 
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 0, o^- like 00 long as in fooff. 
 
 whose ;'«lIoe.""'' '"'"' """"' P""'""' ' ^''o- ^'"""' 
 2. bosom, M'oman ; cnnoe, 
 
 u silent. 
 
 1. guide, guile, built, guilt. 
 
 2. bouquet, conquer, roguish ; beguile, disguise. 
 
 ue silent. 
 
 longuJ.'^"'' '''^'"'' ''''^'"' ' ^•'''^'"'' t^'^i''"^' ^^"^"^'^ 
 
 2. colleague, fatigue, harangue, intrig.ie, prologue, 
 'ogue!^'^ ^^'"*'' demagogue, dialogue, epilogue, syna- 
 
 gogue 
 
 279. b silent. 
 
 i. Iamb limb bomb, comb, dumb, numb, tomb* 
 debt, doubt; climb, thumb, crumbs. 
 
 2. debtor coxcomb, doubtful, climbing, plumber 
 numbness-benumb, succumb, redoubt. P'""^»>er, 
 
 3. catacomb, hecatomb. 
 
 c silent. 
 
 1. czar, scene, scent. 
 
 2. science, sceptre,'^ scissors— indict, obscene. 
 
 5' soft. 
 
 i. gem, gin, gill, germ, gyves. 
 
 2. gender, gentry, giant, gibbet, ginger, gvnsv gvn. 
 8um ; angel, danger, manger, stranger, wager * l^ v^l 
 magic ligit, logic, margin, virgfn, ' frfg^^i "l^^f, ' 
 tangent, judgment ; surgeon, gorgeous -suigest. ^ ' 
 
 g hard, 
 girl p. ^H-e; IS. '""' '"''"' '''''"''''• S'^P' g'^''. 
 
109 — 
 
 whom, 
 
 2. gelding, gcw'i^aw, ^ihhcr, f(id«ly, k'KK''*'. ^'ii"l<'t, 
 girdle, gizxard, nnger, angle, angry, auger, dogged, eager, 
 linger, gangrene, luinger, jungle, language, languor, 
 linger, longer, monger, stronger, target, tiger, younger, 
 druggist, sluggish — begin, forgive. 
 
 3. gibberish, together. 
 
 y 
 
 SI 
 
 lent. 
 
 1. qnat, gnaw, gnarl, gnash, gneiss; sign, reign, 
 feign, reign. 
 
 1. gnomon ; ensign, foreign, poignanl--assign, benign, 
 drt^i^n, resign, condign, consign, malign, impugn ; 
 arraign, campaign. 
 
 3. assignment, consignment, diaphragm. 
 
 /{ silent. 
 
 1. heir, herb, hour; rhyme, ghost. 
 
 2. honest, honor, hostler, humor, humble, asthma, 
 isthmus, rhubarb. , 
 
 3. hospital. 
 
 k silent. 
 
 1. knee, knit, knot, know, knead, knife, knock, 
 knight. 
 
 2. knotty, knuckle, knowledge. 
 
 / silent. 
 
 1. alms, balm, calm, palm, psalm, qualm; calf, half ; 
 calve, halve, salve; balk, calk, talk, walk, chalk, stalk ; 
 yolk, folks, could, would, should. 
 
 2. falcon, salmon, palmer ; almond — behalf. 
 
 n silent. 
 
 1. kiln, limn, hymn. 
 
 2. solemn, column, autumn — condemn. 
 
 n like nrj. 
 
 1. bank, rank, tank, flank, frank, plank, thank ; ink) 
 link, mink, pink, rink, sink, wink, drink, think ; zinc. 
 
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 2. anger, angle, angry, anguish, anchor, ankle, 
 anxious, banquet, blanket, concord, concourse conger 
 conjess, clangor conquer, finger, function,' hunger 
 Jingle, JanguisB, languor, language, linger, mangle 
 mingle, monger, mongrel, monkey, ranco^ rankle 
 sanguine, single, spriukfe, tangle, unVle, unguen van: 
 quish, wrangle, wrinkle, longer, longest, stronger, 
 strongest, young, youngest. ^ ' 
 
 p silent. 
 1. psalm, pshaw, tempt. 
 
 « or 2 having the sound of zh. 
 
 1. azure, brazier, closure, crosier, glazier erazier 
 hosier, leisure, measure, osie;, pleasu;e,^eazu;efvi ier 
 
 encios'ur??ncuton^-'''?^"'''' cTispleasu're, embrasure; 
 enclosure, incision, incisure, usual, usury, usurer. 
 
 5 having the sound of s/«. 
 
 1. sure. 
 
 2. assure, censure, fissure, insure, issue, nauseous 
 osseous, pressure, sugar, surety, tensure, tonsuJe ' 
 
 sensuar^'"''"''' '"^P^^^^"^^' insurance, nauseate, 
 
 s silent. 
 
 1. aisle, isle. 
 
 2. island, viscount, 
 
 t silent. 
 
 bu!tle*fuslle •'' LT'"'-.''"''''' f'*"^' "•'*"«■ whi^'l''. 
 Dusue, rustle; hasten, chasten, fasten, glister hstan 
 
 mXge"""' "'"'"^" • '^''"''"''»' ches^nurrestless; 
 2. epistle, apostle, mistletoe. 
 
', ankle, 
 , conger, 
 , hunger, 
 mangJe, 
 , rankle, 
 ent, van- 
 stfonger. 
 
 eipt, at- 
 
 grazier, 
 I, visier. 
 brasure, 
 sr. 
 
 luseous. 
 
 luseate, 
 
 thistle, 
 
 listen, 
 
 sstless, 
 
 — 201 — 
 
 w silent. 
 
 i. wry, wrap, wren, writ, wreak, wreck, wrest, wring, 
 wrest, write, wrote, wrong, wretch, wrench, wrath, 
 wreath, writhe, wright ; who, whom, whose, whole, 
 whoop ; two, sword. 
 
 2. wrangle, wrestle, wrinkle, wretched, wholesale, 
 wholesome ; answer. 
 
 X like ks. 
 expect, exercise, execute, execrate, execrable. 
 
 X like gs. 
 
 i. exalt, exact, exert, exist, exult, exhort, exhale, 
 exhaust, &c. 
 2. example, examine. 
 
 280. ch like k. 
 
 1. chasm, chyle, chyme, chord, choir, chrism ; 
 scheme, school, ache, conch. 
 
 2. chaos, chemist, choler, choral, chorus, chronic; 
 chlorine, scholar, schedule, schooner — echo, anchor, 
 archives, Michael, paschal, trochee — drachma, strych- 
 nine epoch, distich, monarch, stomach. 
 
 3. character, chemistry, chimera, cholera, chorister, 
 chromatic, chronicle — archangel, architect, bacchanal, 
 bronchial, mechanic, orchestra, eucharist ; anarchy, ca- 
 techism — technical, patriarch. 
 
 4. chameleon, chimerical, chiromancy, chiropodist, 
 chronology; melancholy; hierarchy — archipelago. 
 
 ch like sh. 
 
 4. chaise; chagrin, chamade. chamois, champagne, 
 charade, chemise, machine, stanchion, trunchean, mus- 
 tache. 
 
 2. charlatan, chevalier, chivalry, chivalric, chival- 
 rous, avalanche — machinery. 
 
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— 202 
 
 |{ t ' 
 
 P ' '^ 
 
 I'll 
 
 ij 
 
 I 
 
 .-^i 
 
 I 
 
 " -I 
 
 .'1 If*!; 
 
 V 
 
 cA silent. 
 
 drachm, schism, yacht. 
 
 yh like /". 
 
 i. lough, cough, rough, tough, slough, trough, 
 draught. 
 
 2. laughter, roughness, toughen. 
 
 gh like A:. 
 
 hough, lough, shough. 
 
 gh silent. 
 
 1. leigh, neigh, weigh; eight, freight, straight ; high 
 nigh, sigh, thigh ; bight, blight, bright, fight, flighl 
 fright, knight, light, might, night, plight, right, sight 
 slight, tight, wight, wright, height, sleight; dough 
 though; Hugh; aught, caught, naught, fraught, taught 
 bought, brought, fought, ought, sought, thought 
 wrought; bough, plough, slough; through. 
 
 2, neighbor, mighty, haughty, naughty, daughter, 
 slaughter, thoughtful ; borough, furlough, twilight, in- 
 veigh, throughout. 
 
 th soft. 
 
 4. than, that, the, thee, these, them, thence, they, 
 their, theirs, thy, thine, this, those, thou, though, thus, 
 there ; smooth ; bathe, breathe, sheathe, wreathe, scythe, 
 tithe, clothe, soothe ; baths, laths, paths, oaths, mouths, 
 rtuths, youths. 
 
 2. father, gather, rather either, neither, wether, 
 feather, leather, weather, hither, thither, whither, fur- 
 ther, furthest ; worthy, heathen, northern, southern; 
 farthing; brethren, therefore, fathom. 
 
 th like t. 
 
 i. thyme, Thames. 
 
 2. Thomas, Thomson. 
 
 3. Anthony, Theresa. 
 
 THE END. 
 
trough, 
 
 t ; high, 
 , flighl, 
 t, sight, 
 dough, 
 taught, 
 hought, 
 
 lughter, 
 Sht, in- 
 
 e, they, 
 h, thus, 
 , scythe, 
 mouths, 
 
 wether, 
 er, fur- 
 ithern ; 
 
 TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
 
 PAGK, 
 
 I NTRODUCTIOX V 
 
 PART FIRST. — Words of one Sym.abu: 1 
 
 Skction I. — Regular sounds of Vdwels. ; 3 
 
 First SteiK — Regular sounds of vowels vvilli single con- 
 sonants 3 
 
 Second Step. — Regular sounds of vowels with double 
 
 initial consonants 9 
 
 Third Step. — Regular sounds of vowels with double 
 
 final consonants 14 
 
 Section II. — Occasional sounds of vowels ai 
 
 Section III . —Double vowels or diphthongs 27 
 
 Section IV. — Elxercises on consonants 40 
 
 PART SECOND.— Words of two Syllables 47 
 
 Table of the vowel sounds 49 
 
 Section I. — The accent on the first syllable 61 
 
 Section II. — The accent on the second syllable 80 
 
 Section III. — Accent variable 94 
 
 Section IV. — Exercises on consonants 9(1 
 
 PART THE THIRD.— Words of three Syllables 10:< 
 
 Section I.— The accent on the first syllable 105 
 
 Section II.— The accent on the 2nd. syllable 122 
 
 Section HI. — The accent on the 3rd. syllable 133 
 
 PART THE FOURTH.— Polysyllables 137 
 
 Section 1. — Words of four syllables 139 
 
 Section II.— Words of five syllables 155 
 
 Section III.— Words of 6, 7 and 8 syllables loi 
 
 PART THE FIFTH.— Verbal distinctions l g5 
 
 Section I.— Words pronounced alike, but spelled differently. . Ifi7 
 Section II. — Words spelled differently, but pronounced 
 
 nearly alike 175 
 
 Section HI.— Words spelled alike, but pronounced differently. 177 
 Section IV. — Words of similar sounds, to be carefully distin- 
 guished in pronunciation 179 
 
 PART THE SIXTH.— General review 181 
 
 Section I. — Exercises on vowels 183 
 
 Section II. — Exercises on consonants 187 
 
 Section HI. — Promiscuous exercises 191 
 
 Section IV.— Classified list of difficult words 195