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U '■- Lessons giving. a general idea of the long shoVt, middle, and broad sounds of the vowels. ; • "r"™"!^^""^ X ' "I . A J S a ) J s 'Section L - ' - ^le common AlphaBet. - B CD E F G H I K L M N O P Q » T U V W X Y Z h c' d e f g hi k 1 m n op q i* t ti V w X y ? ' . /if GEmHAL Pi'onijscuoui OF THE 'siy disposed. BNij EF w ^ MWGC ^ M:^ 'T F3 ST XZ Oft '- '1 * _ ' . ■ "■ '•■■■-M.^- 2« M bq nil CO aeiou,& r il Pq rt vx The Vowels. ■) sometimes isonaBts W dp er wm mw gy and y. * XZ •s». »J ,^ :.■ '♦';:7 .. 1"^ -i^j VOWELS AND DIPHTOKGS. - ) 9 Table of the different Sounds of the Vowels * A long as heard in r^ A short as A mradle as A broad as ^long as E short -as I long as I short as long as O short as middle as ^ Uiong as XJ short as U middle as m in in in in; in in in in in in in. , in ale, day.' mat, bat. mar, bah ^11, daw. meet, nee* met, net." ^v^pine pie. « ,>i pin, tin* no, toe. not, lot. move, mooiu" mule, use. but, nut bull, full This table is designed only for the teacher's attentuwl^ mi ^^ 10 GENERAL, vmw OF THE Sbchok 2 Syllables and 'W ^onfeoftwoletfere. ba be ca • • da de fa fe ga The Vowels Jon bi bo * • CO di do bu cu da • • ha he ^ fo fo ;^- go gu W ho lu, la /; ia Ja J« ji 'Pa me mi ii m J^ ja ^Dft^ lu - - -■ t • • hy TW VOirELS AHD DIFHXBOKPS. 11 na ne sa se iio nu ny ]pa pe ni p<>^ pu py ra re li ro ru ry SI so su sy ta te ti to tu ty va ve vi vo vu ' vy *' wa we wi wo . . ye -yi yo yu .-•■■■•'. ♦ce -^cal ge • • • • • • • • • • gy placed at the end of this ' way pronoimced ioft. "SfT'^fi ab ac af ag ak «« am an ap ar at ^^^^rmr The vowels -Oy T^D eb ec ed .■ \- ef generally "short. em eh ep es et ib ic if: ^ ^ n m in IS iT y. .i> -^ ob oc Od of 'g oF\ om on ■.;^'- // op or OS uc lid tif ug uk III um ud up US 6 v» f ay:„ J ax 1 ■ ov uv ' QX :-'Mr, ... \ uc ud Ug Vuk 111 um ud up ut lis am as \^ VOWELS AND DIPHTHOlirGS. Words of two letters. 13 »>y do or to my so if in ■is T he me we at a up go lo no of on . ox. be WG '.J !1 US • • j^, Reading Lesson. *(t; Go up. Is he up t We'do so. ; Gfo in. So amiJ Dosdtousi Go on, iDq^ on. Doaswedo. - | i j i, |i m ii ni^ ; %- | |i .i n^" ' ;i ^. When do, to, is, as, ot^ are need, not aa eyUableSi but Woirds, they are pronunccd dec, too^ 12, az^ ov. 'i ' s«> .«■ .' B DIFHTHOirGS. 15 \a 'sne sni sno snu sny la spe spi spo spu -spjr [a the fly sly ' sky, try id ask alm"^ end ink I egg ill ^dd off Inb ant itss . ell inn lettera. tt hfy •»i hry I cry I dry gly pry shy '^y i to she up I 'V h Iteading H^sson. arm. fly. ^ An inn. • Ln ant. The ink. Afi egg n ai^s. The sky. The end Go to Ann^r^ Go and ask, Hy anil hy. I^e ia ill. todo it o ti' 3 w.4l "ir ,• I y t &:- I) s.) T -f }■■ 16 te- fed SHOBT SOUiros OF thb OHAHTEB It Secthw l ■ I \ Words of three letters. ca^, has lad man w] cat hat sad mat wj den get met peg rei hen leg^ net pen v€ Hien let set pet w( Jid Ad % hti^Mb i^ J?g dig fin his pig Si h,t '"- «* hid gin tl V iRj^-^vw 4 k' ^w* P THB n and Biphthoni VOWELS AND DIPHTHONGS. x_ .* ~~> X fog mop pop rob tters. hop nod pod rod su g hot not pot rot tpp mM riLd cup hum mud rub sum man wAn cup htig rug rug sup mat wilt gut hut nut run tub peg re pen ve P«* W( lib ri< ?Jg sit pin. cup. top. |A bad lad. A mad dog. A fat pig. He can dig. Beading Iiessott. r^ The Dog. The cat. The pig. I had. He has. We^cfiffiV A red hud. A dry fig. A tin box. It is hot. lop. canjuin ~v- W Q - otmy h afe tetJisgo. '.• ■ •'"t^p^fS'^W" «'«?-»>«r?^ r'^'^t.m^fWW^' THE ters. lass saj fast saj last spi Md telll ^d well YOWELS ASD DIPHTHONGS 19 it fond in frog [op from gone long lost pon( shop song soft spot stop n •n dust jump plum, spun ill hurt lump purr sung 'um hush must shut iusk •x 5 , spin SWll y will If,., wifili I nest, frog, pond; A red spot. A pink sash. The left iand. Beading Lesson. The King. :' the ship The desk. I wish. I skip. We jtimp. Bing the bell. Shut the bok. Mend my pen A dt$h offi^ »■■'■,■.,. A cup of milk. Give'meitrpiir Do not hurt ^e^ /.- -V, IE VOWELS ATO DIPHTHONGS ^ *,«> Jrg. I Words containing short dipHthongs^ afad deatlr^ jjjgifcaf /"iteea^irtread says .^jjifead earth sprea,d guess f- *ead learn thr^d Mend leeli build guild quilt N«r llobd Itood IfefitandJ ^tat. Like « in but, .V , fc '. ' • ^ ■ ' " ^ . I ybuog scourge The eikrth/ ; ^ A fe / 5^ head. A dead'^. ^ Mendi> > v vA you^ frog. I ^ess. ,K A crust of bread. Hie\8aid. J> V * : Abit rfbread. We learn ' \i Alongj|iuir; •W.V J , " '— -^ . ■ •*; .' "^Mi . /^ - N^ ^ 1 -\ ''mi « ' v> s '~i'-' • , - ^ 1 1 ■■ .'%■ / t^k\ II. ■ ''■■■■ '^ • I 1^ TOWIM AND DIPHTHONGS. 23 # - Section 2. - ^'' -iM'' ' ■ . ■ - ■ ' .. 't ■ ■ ^ - , V^wiels aad Diphthongs like 6 in me^ ve f she here • theiSe -.m V*»' SSi:: Tape iJfc'--* read Meat nteaii «iaa^ liejfr heir dpar leirf steak wheat bee see feed weak feaye s^eaf feet i speaK tree •een sheep sweet sleeve field neat squeal weed piece " , . .i» ire. aste. 0. ine. Beading Lesson, infield. /■ The sheep bleat. The pigs squeak. V. A A sweet pea. A i^eaf of wheat. Here* is a bee. A piece, of bre a d . Feed the geese. A c\ip of tea- Eat the grapes. I . "« • -^1 j^j "«C«« • B ' VOWELS AND DIPHTHOireS. . Section 4. „ 25 Wipe smile spice buy eye ^ ; le. ' ^-^ '*■';"* J'l 1/ 'Via auu 4^i|] lucaoQgs UKe m no. m home roU bone ;old hope rose stone ^old mole told smoke lold most tone stroke ;oat cloak low grow- < road toast mow show ' load door blow snow roar floor crow ■sew i t » > ^ :Jl . Beading Lesson. [A tot roll, Sbnt the door. A red cloak. , The fire smokes. I A sweet rose. ^ It is a cold day. A load of hay. It snows fast. A bad ro ad. B ring my coat A clean floor. • Let us go home. V -^s !,(W..I»«'™rai*Sf'?,»5'P^KJ(PR ""si^ii^-n 26 WWG SODMBS OF TBB Seotios 5. Vweifl and Diphthongs like W fome mute ^ in mule. J Th< toibe cire lute purT r*"^ ^ r? H- '- due clew pew J«« few Wew olew mew flew Beading Lesson. slew ewe lieu view The sky is blue. The cat meivs. The mule fiisks. The new road. * I In a few weeks, l] _ hope to read well I ^.^ ^ake the best! u SQ -oi Itty t ilQe ^^^ lose mo COO I coo • 1 l.tv 3£ ^ in mule. tube tune piiiiiK slew ewe Ilea view VOWELS AND DIPHtHONGS. ' 27 CHAPTER IV. The Middle Sounds of the Towels and Dirfgjhongs.* a in bat. T ~^~. ' --- '-':r: ■ , ;.■.- ■' harm lark large ire trt cart ^ •card far lark hard* star Ihaunt jaunt heart [aunt guard heart Like in move. [lose prove whom move -who whose coo noon broom cool goose part - tart sharp smart launch haunch Rome shoe yon .«^ ' ^« have foand it convenient to arrange the o amo;ig8t the middle sounds of the Vowelfl -S lnfi ion ger than o mnot, and rather short^^^ presume thearrangement is allowable. m move o m no, we •>.^ % M::-- ,!'*■■ too foo^ inoon boot cook MIDDLE Sounds op the root shoot rooHT spoon 1^ soon j^tool look good rook hood took stood ^ puss P«U put _' ■ fading Lesson. Gopdfrufi The fuU moon. true fruit your I foot woo< hush push buH j^^ A fat goose. A poor rook. A dark room. I hurt, my foot. I lost my shoe. It is true ?• ^ Who said so ? j^k at me. The dog barks. . The bull roar». I^uss purrs, ^t by the stobL- ^ not push me.^ VV hose book is it ? i I shall soon learn to gpcll. ^ ' OB true *ait your foot W00( bull on. ?ks. stobL- me. - is it? leafn toi fej- ■ . - VOTTELS AND DIPHTHONGS. 29 CHAPTERV. The broad sounds of the Vowels and Section 1, Vowels and Diphthongs like a ^all ?all ball laub fault tall wall salt daw paw fauze raw 5a w saw warm wart felse claw draw lawn crawl Diphthongs..* in (Jill, scald small swarm shawl straw broad George |A soft ball. JA broad band. |A gauze cap. [The rooks caw. [The snails crawL Beading Lesson. A straw hat. A tall man. A warm shawl. The snow falls. My hall is lost. Fuss has sharp claws; Who calls me. Vowels and Diphthongs are iialled hrocudy when they make the sound of broad a, or are proper Diphthongs. .A !i. , ■t > I'f- 30 y^ BROAD SOUl^S OF THE P'^r Diphthongs in which bofh ii,. ttOT , ^^1 ^. joy thou ooa -toy cloud' moist our found noise out house spoii loud mouse voice shout pound ooy sour round <^oy flour soflnd • Beading Lesson. How do you do? , :»^ .> y 'i^ IE els aire eoui^aed 1 COWi 'i grown cow now owl^ growt down gown VOWELS AITD DIPHTHONGS. 31 ^ GriAPTEB VI. ' iTords in which the Vowels deviate from the soands \ ihey have in the fable at Page 9.* 1 i -4 like in no*. 1 was Wash want dirth shirt birth mi^th come done doyc^ i'l^ettin^Mt . flu-t first spirt stir" / like^ c in mef. ; rm girl rd ^rt C^ like « in hiU» gloVe some loveV son BoneX word bird squirt. •*1 whirl ♦ >'^' work worm Worl d \ ' "^heee eont^de of the vowels so diflferent from the regular Jounds of thein m the Table, have been reserved for a distinct ?^P''?JP"?^^!?^P^''> ^^^^ ^he young learn, ^. THe^gnats bite. 4"^ knit wnA sew. \ ^ ^Jif ^f T ^t i.','! . JI w ) ^' . SJLENT . CONSONAKTS. y 35 • I Reading Lesson^ r 'vi W I' 'i j » ^l"^^ light night, v ^ Ahighwall. 7^ The horse neighs. A fine sight. The dogs fight The bpugh of a tree. Puss can climb teees. The stalk of a rose. I know how to riead. The yolk of an ^%^. I wish I could write. Dogs gnaw hopes. Come let us walk. Jane kneads the dougb. What o^clock it is ? George ploughs the It is eight o'clock, field. 1, I thought sot' •I I' yf& r t^^ ^ CON^KAKTS OP CHAPTER VIII. , SECTidltr 1. ■'■'"--■■■:.:'-:'■/ ^-OhaxdJikek. -''^■■.- \i; ";'•■- cash crumb clash scar crab ciird ding cane cold creep call cool crawl crown Oaoftlike*. ^ dance pence since dunce ftee prfiice whence 1^ nice cease juice place price piece voice • ^hard. . :' ■. ' : ;:. ■ :,.'■. glad^ gasp glass ^^ gri n gas t grass gruni scum count hence "■™™'"'»™«®Bw wiwnraB ■:^- «T Crsoft. Serent sounds. rem 3ar cum ■ ♦ cunt fown lence whence lice 3ice rand *unt l.'S* Wi age '*' dress , Wicks nurse jlossi tricks purse It^ goose seat i waste»^traw swe^t «jf ' » ^. dove^ heads liaMlpe^ please Ihlff^'^r-'-fagf f-^f jMrdif ' beds hers^ • jifes keys^ teasefl/^r Jane has a nice _^I hop^* I shall not plum tart..v Jf^- be ji^unce- ^ ^ Take a pi6ce of ifcr^ ^cks, are mad^ dff Geoi^ gave me ar^ clayi/ ^^^ .^k# / - pise mouros boh «i^*i- . >h{«it ^ v.K* "reatn cloth fchc jj^.; ^ifl ^ health thi% r' three thron^ teeth nor^ L;,„ than..:.:; ■ thii'-^' ^i.^^ • .-.' .^ ^^^t I ■ ii^^'r^^^^^ baths J?®** H ^«s them paths p 46 dram fast pan pass plant ran staff \ MONOSYLLABLES _^ CHAPTER IX. ^ Words promiscuously disposed. , - -Section: r ■ -- ^ . sharp start bend bless chest fell heard help st^p went filth kick pit One two ■ brook shrill spilt proof n thank herd strip shrewdl |r»M lest Mil t nurse Wi sent .^^^^ mark i shell - The 80 I --"" With . wpr^e V . heading Lesson' ' 'm ^'J^.^-^^^^ its house. with sharp teeth. ^ i»3ed. flock One two ■ brook hoof shoot Jhrewdl nurse purse ivorse -1 . - !? 3 a place and hay . 5 i fish LTpjteetb. promiscuously disposed. Section 2. street 41 came S^ late name praise prate ray save shade pare stars wake whale clear heal h^ar health, lead lean meek meet . seek tease wea;k child find guide liie While wide wijfe , coarse joint fold point forth four - growth more own whtfle scorii storm crown ^rv; Two and A fold [Heading Lesson. : 4 , four are - How loud the ass ... i Jjravs. ♦ ■■*■ ^ IB a place to put sheep kir P, what a wide street . '?Ri^: ' THE vqmra. . V CHAPTER X - V ' . ■ ■ ■ • ' ■■ ■ * Ofthe Points and Notes Mfti ;« " . A comma fa markea' < lAsemicoba.... •■^'■••••••••r-^--"-^« A colon .. ■ •:- ••••••••••••••••W A period, or full stop - •••*°* A «ote of interrogation ■■ "■"" ••••*^^''. ^Anoteofadnii,^;:^'-"'-"-:--an«, Ap^enthesis:.... •' ""r-... -thus f : . " •••••••' •" thm () -^i^-^- -. v^-^ ■ Pauses in reading. The learner should stop. at the comma, * . " ,tili he could conn* ' «t the semicolon till ,°'*' "<"»* Pitinthem% - ^ ^»»**h..th. bread on the W them. - V ^ ^- -^^ wants to diy "^«-^ be dry and W ', ^-%',Iamg,adit.wasnotdekd'' " f iope ,t wai be weU. • V -» .'jH r. Jit. ts to iy be suu V ~,» - r! BEADING LESSONS. 46 Section 2. <\^:., PtfSS. "Where is puss ?^ ^ There she m. •v\ Do not pull her by the tail : that will hurt her.. - Charles does not like to be hurt ; and puss does riot like to be hurt. h I saw a bpy hurt a poor cat. He took hold of her tail.; so she put out her sharp claws and ms^de his hand bleed. -" ■ Stroke poor puss. Give her some milk. \ ^ ' . . Puss likjBs milk. - • ■'L Now that Chatles is so kind to* her, she will not scratch nor bite him. »he purrs and looks glad. I r- ::/ 46 ^^msouova Section s. V !""»» to me, Charles • rA f«feisanewboot. ' ' °"^«"wi riad. ^ a^ care not to tear It ^ jj? »ot T^ak^ fe^ ' ^ndOieetoL ., i!*«aihIl8top.X ^■- S'^^'«"«daw^M>[epa^ V "^ ■ ^- ^ M'' ,r : tE ^'S*' BBASZKO L^SSOKS. 47 r V ...... ^ Section 4. B A I N . id riW. ••V Shall we walk ? No—not now. I think it will soon rain. Look htow black the sky is ! M" Now' it tains. '"■'■:■• -■'-^':'': ''W' y':'''^-- ■■'"■';-■•;'•- How fiast it rains ! ^ Rain comes from the chmds. The ducks love rain. ^ ^ j Bucks swim and geeiie swim. * ' ^ ^ ■-. : c^ chaiies swim ^ ^ ; ,• •- ; ; '|^- f*?.^ / -' !": ' NoX Chariies is n6t', a dndk; tior i goose ; so he most take cai'e not to go >(near the jKmd, lest he should Ml vtil I do not know that we could get hiixi' out. If we could not, he would die. * " ' When Oharies is as big as James fe shall learn to sw;im. / 4t 'BOJOSCUQUa . V Section 5, -^ WALK •\ ,# -• ' J* doesnot rain now. ' ' trees, and birda. ^ ^^ ^^PP'^^md H? ji glad Ijo M» ns^ an^ H, f Wags Ijis tail. to go with OB. Stroke poor Tray, and feed "^qfljit^wet. J^*-»Te 18 a worm ^ Ciuirles ^^: It is too Can path. J>o not tr0a4 «n it * •\ > ^d 8ee & us, and Qd feed t is too .> w^rii-g - BEADING LESSONS. 49 O what a large field ? This is not green. It is not grass. No: it is com.. It will be ripe soon. ^ Bread is Haide of com. s> . *■■■■. " ,^' ■' ■■ ■ ■ ■"- , -> I dare say Charles d6es not know tow bread is made. Well, some time I will tell him. WiNet US go home. f _ * \ - Shall we look at the bees, in their glass hive? Will the bees sting ns ? ^ No : they wMl not sting ns, if we do ^ot teas^ ndrhurt them.5~ —y j o"-^ * Wasps will not sting ns, if we do not hni them. There is a wasp on my arm. • Nbw it is gone. ' - ^ It has not stong me. ^ \ 60 Z PBOMisccrous ■ '• • ■ ^' ■ Section; J, f- DINNEBf .^/ The clock strikes. . It is time to go and dine, is th^ cloth laid ? V rh wait tm it is cool ^'"*^y^*' it^ too hot: ; ^iU you have some lamh .« j ' ^Do ^not smaolc yo Jh^'ortn ^ ' when you eat. * ^^^® ;.6?SSr'''"^''>^'thebreaaTd. ttey are to cut ^Sth Lf „5T'' "" *•"'?•• "»outh. or topla^^th ^ ^''^ ^ «'»«''' Ja«e must shake the cloth out of doora' Now let us go aud play with^eorg;. 1^ ' ^>:-„.;i^i( -'^-v.kiW- f- ** . ^ * 7 \ ' ■ BEADING LESSONS. '/■ '''...-' , * (■ Section 7. THE POO B BLIND aCAN. i plates ? too hot : le peas ? ft noise Bad ; d9 uth, for 3 sharp ; in one's ■(;. :'^ & \ MB::- "^ There is a poor blind man at the door. He is quite blind. He does not see the sky, lor the ground, nor the trees, nor men. : He does not see us though .we are so near him.* ^' * "'.:-■■■ &:-'■ - -■-■'■ -■■•*'#•: ^-^^- ■.■';.' .■ A boy leads him &om door to door. I Poor man f < ■: ^:;?it;^^; .'■ '/'-■'"'■% Oit isi sad thing to be blind f We will giv^the blind man some breaid and l66S6« Nowlie is gone. He is a great way o% Poor blind man ! Come in, Charles. Shut the door. i'K*', M I wish the poor blind man had a warm tonse to live in, and kind friends to take care L, and to teaoh him to work. Then he rould nptbejp^ from door to door. :' ' v* / A ••■■»". 1,. i .A" PKOMISCUOUS. Section 8. f THE KIND LITTLE BOT. K,3^ 1 P°? '^J' George is! we alMoi him ; and he loves us, and does not ^m3 te^e 'tod vex liis friends, as some bdHb tod Whe loves Ann ! She is a sweetlffid tod^he gives her aU his toys, when she^poinl THE L M. ^ She. will speak soon, 4nd then she may teJ what she wants. ^ He sits by her while she sleeps : and takes m^a'nn It'^'^^M^ ^^d when he hears S maid on the stan-s, he steps to tell her thai Ahn sleeps and that ehe ninst not make Hii^®? he gets^t or cakes, he will not eat, till he has hrst put some by for his dear Ann • and he buys toys for her at the fair ; for he likes to please her more thai^ to, have thinffs lor his own use:' '^^' ^^ ! *^ When Iwa im ; i +v,o^i i:^ — ";*Y^ °^ three yeaiTS^ die wiU ■^ thank him : and she will say, " Georffe is kind tp me, and T will hft kind to V as long as iTiv^ 1 She done, { I must the olc were i: I ha im, and love himlin ucfe ,-%J» ia- spare, v* '^;; ^•.> 'y-- READING LESSONS, Section 9. i THE LITTtE BOY THAT WAS LOST is HIS WAT HOME. t^Kld: not e b weet she *poin "When Charles .came hoine, he* told his re all, loiJnends where he had been^ and what he had one. I met an old man (said he) on the leath, with a bag on his back. He was weak, ;nd the bag was full, and "It made him bend, iuid lean on his staffl v ' ■ I was glad to meet him, for I could help lim ; if I had ncft, he would not have got lome ; he would have b^en all night on the leath ; and it was cold and the i^now fell. When we came to his house, his wife ran jut to meet us. She was glad to see him come, for she thought he had lost his way, and could not find his home. She said I was a good boy for what I had done, and that Grod would bless me ; and that I must (if I would have^ his love) be kind to the old and weak, wh^ could not work, and were in want of bread. e may teJ and takej hears thel I her thai »t make II not eat, iear Ann ; ir ; for he ive things ■^■ •Wi 1 she will e is kindl I had a mind to help them, but I had not l o v e him I much in my purse : I gav e t he m wh at I cou l^ spare, and left them glad. A' *%\ u BEADING LESS0N3. .' hex'"*?* s,&riyr*/*^ p««» <"' *»«« twasinaDfrThl ' fell down, and: found not hurt ^it I -Snu"** T'^ '"*■* *«d I was that I miffht call in xrait: ^ night, and had been to look for h^ <^, ?* ^^¥ "»« 1»9 :?f the field. jtodSulTnTK'^* ^"'^?«* <*«* with him to 8^k for -ho ''^ioond- I went found her L i^Ti ^®' = /"^ when he had his W'io^d^^j^otf:^.^""^^^ ^^ '•/> --*,• w2a\5oTbrirfirr:r^*''^«°' »3 *e«, neir tot°^nd^™',ri'"='^ I wa« glad to g«t puton more w^7r«^ !P*^'™*"- ^is Twfe warmlC^^Ctme^^tr'^/T •"'^ «»d I cameUme gTy'a'^d ^et'!* and cieese. toSi^^'^C^'^' ^"^ iad been in time the^it! I ^Had kT"/ *"f ^^^^"^ I was in can n< car ry gal lo] hap p -mar i par re pas ti plan 1 a ny bet U ne ye pen I seep ^shep stren^ ten d Te ry e yil ith on th( md found »nd I was it; and J ttight, and '^ould pass DISSYLUIBLES. CHAPTER Xn. §5 '/ 3aan, who Id nie. he i got out I went a he had ii him t6 Words of two syllables, ^ A<5cent on the first syllable. X. nd there ad to get His wife dry md \^ phee^e, •■'.'.■ \ in time was in . 1; hope can not car ry j, ffat lop • ; nap Py mar ket- . / par rot -v^ pas ture ': plan tain • any bet ifet ne yer.' pen ny * ^ seep trie shep herd strengih en^ "^ ten der ■-.■■ . ' .■ ■■ child ren ^ ' din net in fent ;' , lit tl« T. .' - ^ . point *^T,; ' ihistl^^i' wo men; bp dy I" « * com mon Inuf fin* no thing nnjs es »^un ish ' jitnb born snb ject suf let , : tvir nip r' al most ¥ wan e vi f war watch fo renr nn' gry. moth er tre|^ ed there fore pow er ' ; *- *i • 1 •'■ -''^'•- 56 [■■■.('-■ 11 ■ ■.,,.■ ■ .■■* f ■■ . : peo pie - pleas ing ^^ rea son--" •teach: es a bout, a fraid ^ gain a five a mong a sleep I- : . .(-!■ WS8TIXABLES. ^ ■i,;. ■ - ■ v.. ■Vrea ry jbro ken ^^o ment 4 V '■ Q yer Accent on the second pliable. roy al stu pid _ wool len wo man 7 • ■« '■ be ' iV^rA ■■'■■¥ •j^^^ife- ■*"'" • re .mains P;^Se command : Cg^t Heading Lesson. A penny roll. A broken cup. A UUle infant. A kind mother J^ The horse.gallops. The parrot prates. The birds warble. Annwasieepf ^ • Jaines obeys his pa- rents. ^ .. Charles hurt Jite, but I forgave him. The shepherd tdtes care of sh^ep. I pid- >ol len » man 1 tent •on 4 ey tect vide gat Ills BEADING LESSONS, CHAI^TER'XIII. T-rfrt" — if\ ijr— - , -"^- -N '• Va r Promiscuous Reading Lessons. Section 1. ' TEE ASS. /' 1 !? / . "»• pa- le, but I. T?he BBS has hoofs, apd very long eats. He brays very loud. The horse is afir^d When the ass brays, and starts oack ; but the ass is very meek, and never h^^rts any thing. ; '■'■;'■'•' ■-■''''"■: ,■* The ass is not .s6 big as the horse,^and cannot gallop fast ; but he works very hard. Sometimes he carries little boys on h^ back, two or three at a time; and they whip the poor ass, and pierce his si^e^o make.him go fester. ^,..;...u,, ,:'.M "l-'i"-: \ "I ' He carries gre(ins ~ fa market, and l^mips, and fruit- and sometimes he carries a great load of t)ans, and mugs and pots, with ; YMch his back is abnost broken. He\ gets nothing to ^at but a few thorny thistles or some plamtain, or some coarse gr ass jt ron i 0?! 48 KMioscuotra, in the toowf fe ^ ^^, ««* i» Jtke fieC content he do«? »«* -^.^^^ '>nt he ia I IB very good for people *&•<.- ..^x^ "^ themweB again.*^^ -**'««<*, to make .A) WhhA he passes : imd whWfc. *^ ^^ ^^ Tndly iMTbehaVrwajT.^? ^% »" *«ated pastern ' ^* '^^^ «»d aw fond of their W» CttAWTABtE unnt^ OIRI,.* gmSre^lo 'SS aT„r V'd. »« • .»olh^s door, crying « ftl^ ^^- - 'i , .. ..-• • --■ ■ ■■•-. ' •■ ,^ — ^ Hot IE give hi .,.ii,..< The the c] muffin At-^ who I somet] The (j own, ^ some. ; She and Si has I here i too." The shet ] thong two: not a her. M' ■ t BEADING LESSOKS, t^ ble to ffo the fields ^ut he is The ass he mUk to make mwer, le roads treated of their Hot mtiffins ! Ho !" she asked her mother to give her a penny to buy one. ...:■. ,: . ,- , '■■.■.■■■-■■ V' ■;■": ^ ' ■- ^■■-■"- / :':--'y'^-" ■-:■■-. - '.■■>'■'-■ ■■ ■ -.'^ ..•■*%■ .■ •'■ . '■■"*.- i-\. - ■ ^^ . /. '■■':■.■■■ ■. ,'■■ ■-.' ; ' . 1.- ^: ' .-'.'■• ■;""■" ■;'.■"• • • At the door ste saw a very poor woman, who asked her to give her a penny, to get something to eat, for she was very hungry. The child said she had no penmes of Tier oWn, but would go and ask h^r mother for some. ^ . rf' She ran up stairs, and soon came back, and said ^ th^^ poor woman, " My mother has no more pennies to give^ me ; but here is a muffin for you : and it ]^ hot 'too.:-,,- . . ;./ :V....: ■ ^ .'-'\'y ..;:■■. ■■, '- The little girl never told any body that she had given away her muffin; a^d though she heard the man call " Muffins! " two or thtee times that night, she did not ask h^r motibier again to buy one to =feer5 "L M' t . -^ — - 60 1^ PROMISCtTOUS 1 /. Section 8. .. :.. ::__/____. . ^THB CHILD PRAiaiNO HIS CREATOH. was not come to me Rnf ♦».w f ^\ ot^aU h« fandness, and my heai Xu K M Let him call me, and Twill «««,-.* i. lethim command sAd I^i^^^^ "^^^ «r,^®''n*°''^^^'^ ^^" PJ^aisi hiin better . and I will nerer fomet fi^ Z i ^^'^^f » life remains in me. ^ ^^V^ ^?"g ^ "^7 Tl Beho lareof kooks heyov a lust mek. Buti takes € path h< shall bi ^feephc The V Ids flo aere h us. The brings its bod with ] it wii BEADma LBSaOKS. 61 TOR. .-"Sir ^-Section 4 . X ■ L. _ _ \-- THB CAKE AND GOODNESS OF OOD. \ irj great Behold the shepherd of the ^o^L)^SQtBkeh lare of his sheep ; he leads th^BTamong^ clear t mle the tfodss ; he gnidet thefii to fresh pastures ; if Se j^ade he young lambs are weary! he carries them orm that a lus arms ; if they wander/i^e brings them^ ifaek. I od when But who is the she|^riaV Shepherd ! Who shade, j ^^^ care of him? Who tfuides him in the >r I may path he should go ? and if ne wanders who shall bring him back ? Gbd is iiie shepherd's Shephtsxd! He is the ^lepherd oret att! He takes^ care of aH. The Whole earth is his fold: we are all Ins flock ; and the herbs^ and green fields, «re his pastures w|dch he provides for us. / V le infant, did not reason t^can'" in thiik ^all love J to him ; ■ ' i ■ ■" . --■ - ''. ' better; ? as my The mother loves/ her little child: she brings it up col her knees; she strengthens its body with food , ehe feeds its mind with knowledge; if it is sick she nurses it with tender loye ; she watfihrn over it m *-!-. »fj»'jV ' 62 PBOMISCUOirs .^ in jte daily growt^ ^ T^ ' . *^S ^ ^«PPy But-who is the parent aimi nW&r « Mft feeds her with «?ooi thihirSJ In/^ I * "^"^ her with tenfe^lotr^i^*il'v''^*rr» + «iw^« ? Whose anSe £tSoli!f ■: :-. ■■■■■. ■ ■ i i - ■ - ■ ' ' ' - /••■■*■."■*. Site"- «^° ^: w%£-£? The IHiie governs his peoole • Jia u.» 'grfdencroWn-upon his head' W 7w ™*? sceptre in his hand fhe S nSi %^'^ aad- sends forth his coLi^^ds?W. *K'**"^ /ear befwe him i if thev^dF^fl^ subjects them from daX^r- 3 ff% w a* *''?^*'*» makes them sS! ' ^ ^ ^ ^^ ^^ Bkt who is the Kinir of thft t;^^o v commands him whit Se mSt do f^L^^^ »yil, who «hall. punish him ? Go of ra] staxs. If he all w has I felloe will ' ,wiljl< . W: hand does Tl in S idols outc ofth be h * \ \ „ •1 BEADING LE6S0NS, 63 nioment ; is happy 3r ? wSo cJies over s of ,Jter to -g%rd fe is tte the meii ne wid^ >' He is .-' ■'"" 6 llBS a J^ rojral throiie, subjects protect^ evir he ? who whose i if h^ God is the King of the king : his crown is of rays of light, and his throne is amongst the stars. lyys^King of. kings and Lord of lords. IfheJ^^fc die, we die: his' power is over eUw|^^^iad he beholds all t&e^ works he has w ec^ijlFoiir-^epherdv th^^^ we will Ibllovf him : Grod is otir f%tiier, ther^for«prWe will love him : God is our King, therefore we wiljl obey hin^ ../■^r '-/y Sectioh ■/:^ 8 CYEIL. .V / This saint was 'as -jebi a child when he laid ^ down hi| life for the. frith. of Christ. Hi? iathiBr ^'b^g a pagiBai; seeing his ycixpig scm^ who had in i^tivate been baptized, refuse t0 adore hi$ idols, after all manner of ill usage, ta^ed him out of doors. The goVernor of the pkce hearing of the matter, gaVe orders that the child should be bf ought before him. Xhi6' impious judg!& «-;.P'^t me b death ' Mm " A II fJ'**^?' J ^ay the sooner go to J>m. -AU tiat stoQ^ by, ^ept to hear him L .' ■ ■'v' ' ■ •V 'Hi-';. V.' i f ■ ■'■■■- ^ ; •■♦---■ t « ■ . . ' * -^^^^ar ^ ^^ ^_ ,... ..-^...■.>' ^ {. ^EH^mS r e to pro- i that he obeyed, s father, s esftate. b suffer iye me, ^ith my i estate, )t afraid »r life." re^ that mt as it i orders le holy lid was '^as not judge, e seen 3, arid tnartyr injury lor the d6ath go to r him . READING LESSONS. t 0% 65 speak in this manner. But he said tp^ them, "You ou^ht rather to rl^oice: you know hot what is my hope, nor What kind of kingdonil am going to possess." He was then put \q death, and suffered it with joy. Section 6. SAINT PASCHAL. His i^arents lived by the labour of their hands, and were very virtuous. Paschal was careful to copy their pious Example. Ihey were too poor so send him to schobl; but the holy child, out ot a desire of so great a means of instruction, brought a book with him into the tieMs where he took care ol sheep as an under shephered, and he desired those whom he met, to teach him his letters. Thus m a, short time, and while he was yet venr young, he learned'to read. He took great delight in rfeadinff the Lives of the Saints, and, above all, the Life of Christ. Bad books, or books written merely to pass away time with, he would never look into. His master, who waa very devout, 66 pRok|scuous 'i^ 'u .Ai .' ^ was 80 charmed with his good conduct, thaHie ' t^ ™!J" V ^i.'?^^ ^ 'i?°P' him as his ^on, and i^^lt^i^l'r- ^''^ P««chal, who desired ^It^ ^°^ ''^ ^5*^^''' ^«« «^'«?M»g more like that which our W chose for himself on earth, who came into the world not to be served but to serve. . ^e be( the gre so hoi ; Ghurcl Saints, would that h( What i ifhek , V ^SectiomT 7. .., ','*-■■- ■.--,' ■ >. • ■ THE GOOD MOTHEE. -A ^ It is told of Blanche; queen of France, that when her son. Saint Louis, was stiU very ^orxng, she often said to him, « My dear son I ihTw^r.'**!**"'^®.']'' "^^ ™«»*^«' can love a chdd, but I would rather see you fall down dead at my feet, than that yoi should evS commit one mortal sin. " And so weU did her son attend to these words/that although he lived to die age of nearly sixty years, he never m hifl wMe m waaiuih^ iw^S I W The 1 nured land,^ over i mach side. seed, Thefi of the is the ^ * .%.! '■^ that4ie on, and desired it those >urden, itly de^ mmble ch our Qieinto , that very son, I love a down ever d her rh he lever, i sin. #■ BEADING LESSONS. 67 He became one of tha best%ings, and one of ^e ffreatlist heroes, tfiat ever Uyed; and was so £oly and good, that after his death the Ghnrch placed his name among those ot the Saints. This was in^Jeeds^ good mother, who would rather have her child cease to live, thMi that he should lose his soul by offending G^od. What Hoes it avq,il a man to gain the whole worM, if he lose his soul? r^ .■ - .,. ■ '■'-»■"''■ ■ ' - ' ...'..'. ■*^-' Section 8. ■ tf . • ■ . THIL GBOWma OF CORN. I will npw tell wn how com i^ prodiic ^^ The land is first ploughed, and perh^s mar nured Then a man scatters some coiH on the land, tUs prepared f and a harrow w drawn over it to cover the seed. T^e harrow is a flat machine, with rows #f short spikes on its lower side. When rain falls, it sinks down to the seed, and softens it, and causes it to^rout The sprout is very small at first, l)ut the heat of the sun makes it shoot above the earth. It is then Hte a blade of grass, but it soon grows "wfr ^ 68 PKOMISCiroUS '4i tall, with an ear /)f corn on the top, which the i?I?nV5^''' and niabes yellow. When ripe, it ^ ^Ml'^T'^r^^^^y*^^^ and then sent to the farm yard, wher/ it is laid np in Skrc^"^' itisthr^ed, tolooseK • paitf Irom the str*w, and then sent to the mill . to be groulid«nd thus it Wcomes meal Or floiir. ■ ■ ' ■' ■ ■ ^ ■' ' .■l/"^ : '■'-'■.. „J^ej-e are various kinds of grain or com. The chiel kinds are wheat, barfey, oats, and rye. Wheat, when ground, is calfed flo^r, and is chiefly used for making bread. Barley, when soaked m water for soms time, and thin dried ma kiln, is called nmU. M.alt is used with S" J^ 'j'^H'^ ground, be9ome what is caUed oafowea^ which serves to make bread, grain. It is made *nto bread, either br itself or mixed with the flour of wheat. Of Ll S t!^- ^ains me bes made made < one of this w< 1* 4' Gol It is e^old in the mridi made Coin m 'cok>u value m&m §eopj pail ■:>: r* lich the ripe, it d then d up in sen the he mill fr flour. HEADING LBS^NS* ' - 69 ■;■ .:":,.-■: \- :^^^'^^^-^-y%--'-^:': - ■ ■ etains used in taking IweM, wheatais by far flie best, and therefore, the. most used. Bread •'made of wheat is called wheaten bread; that made of oats, .is called «ate» bread. Corn is one of the most useful gift| of ^^tod to man m this world. ^ tt ^ . ^ n. The id rye. and is when I dried I with le into hat is bread, much coarse ' itself, il the ■%*■ / Section 10. MBTALS U3ED FOR COINS. i; i Gold'is a heavy inetal ; it is sisirce and dear. It is of a deep, yellow colour, a^dvcTy tagnt. (Jold is found chiefly in mines, but sometimes in the sands of rivers. The igd mmes of Chih trid PSfewe the richest m «8i v^orld. GoWis .v*^ made into y'm, and is mu(^ useding^V^wf.;. (jomi&stdmp^mone^, ^ . / ' • . • \ metal sjMicr is of a iT^ white ►t ^ healf as gold,^ noM^nnifc^ made into corns; aiid^so^tSf Siber is a ^ metal i|ncr is of B,p^ white cobur Itis not ^b-™^ ---''' ^-^«Tir«iAK valued. It is made ~ , r.^^ many things that are used at the tabl^ geople. The feilver mines of Mexico, or ^ pain, are the most productive iy the world *^ !. etal}' of '^eddfit hig^ii colour. sjmd kettles, copper are to sheathe re- v^i' is used other \ iron ii for edj V . Ij^^ j» *,^e modt Tiseftd of all the metals. It - IS 6f |. dark colour, and Very hard. It is always \ toivid mixed with some other substance. Some- times It IS found mixed with clay, at other smi^s, Mth flint or with lime. In this state it IS called iroh-stone. This stone is put into a .:^ large fi^ace, and melted by nieans of intense^ • heat. When th^fe iron-^ne IS melted, the clayj , hme, or flint, floats jHpie top, -and the hM ^uns out at the ^tt^Kke a stream of liq«d "^Ar ■ f.^^f "^ ^riJl ^rrowe made in sand, ^ uJi^ T ^^fflHP^comes very l^d and >t^$w In this s^Hlv^ called caii-iron, a^d BEADING liE^NS. 71 colour, kettles, per are sheathe is used for ffrates, pipesj raiUpads- aird,many SSh£f Ca^A)?! is made int^ ^^^y^ 1 ^ ^Wa^ocesscalled6to(me;jg-;airdwr<^^^^ ) C irir^de into steel, ^ch ^J^^^^^' ' for edgedtools, springs, and many yther thmgs. lis. It edways Some- ^ther state, it into a ntense e e le imil liqid L sand, 1 and «, ajpid < ■ I m ^" /■;•* f^ W "^K ^^ \ •» •I > ■ :-f ^/i *< » I v- 'PI i v.; ^; ^* "•Wj ■*. V -.,-*T I » «f- ^n. ' f ' ^j> ..J *-* ■^.■^ H^J<1 (iv SSE *%. ■'nBi!*»w>«fw»in!"j it . 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