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NATIONAL 
 
 ELEMENTARY SPELLER: 
 
 A CRITICAL WORK ON PRONUNCIATION ; 
 
 EMBRACING 
 
 A 8TKICTLY GRADED CLASSIFICATION OF THE PRIMITIVE, AND THE 
 MORE IMPORTANT DERIVATIVE. WORDS OP THE ENGLISH LAN- 
 GUAGE. FOR ORAL SPELLING; EXERCISES FOR WRITING 
 FROM DICTATION; PREFIXES, AFFIXES, &o, &a. 
 
 Br J. MADISON WATSON, 
 ft 
 
 A. S. BARNES & COMPANY, 
 NEW YORK AND CHICAGO. 
 
 1870. 
 
EDUCATION DEPT, 
 TO TEACHERS. 
 
 ,1 > 
 
 IN conducting recitations in this work, elasse9 should be required, 
 1. To ekad or pronounce the list of woRus assigned fi>r oral spelling, omit- 
 ting letters that appear in italic*, and distinctly uttering the sounds of consonants, 
 and of vowels that occur in unaccented syllables. While pupils are thus acquiring a 
 correct pronunciation, their attention is so carefully directed to the form of words as 
 to render this a valuable exercise in orthography. 
 
 2. To spell orally.— The teacher should pronounce the words correctly, without 
 regard to their orthography ; and pupils, in general, should merely name the letters of 
 words, making a marked pause at the end of each syllable, and imitating the teacher 
 In their pronunciation. Pupils who misspell words should be required to write them 
 on the blackboard, and to correct them before the class. 
 
 3. To read the Dictation Exercibes.— After pupils have pronounced the words 
 assigned, and spelled them orally, they should be required to read tho corresponding 
 Dictation Exercises with great care. This will serve both to test their pronunciation 
 and to recall their attention to the form of the words. 
 
 4. To write Dictation Exercises — The teacher should read the sentences, slowly 
 and distinctly, while the pupils write them. "When slates are used, they may be 
 expeditiously* examined by requiring pupils to exchange, so that each one shall 
 become the inspector of his neighbor's work, while the teacher spells the several 
 words. 
 
 Entered according c t© e Act cf CoDgrens r in the year 1S59, 
 
 By A. S. BARNK3 & BURR, 
 
 In the Cleik'a Office of the District Court of the United States foi the Sout&ezn 
 
 District of New York. 
 
 G. W. Wood, Printer. 
 
PREFACE. 
 
 THE constantly increasing demand, among the most experienced 
 -*• and successful educators, tor a small, comprehensive text-book, 
 adapted to the wants of Public Schools and the lower olnfUflfl in 
 Academies and Seminaries, which shall furnish the most approved 
 methods of teaching Orthography and Orthoepy, has induced us to 
 devote several months to the preparation of this little volume. 
 
 The following facts, which are now so generally recognized, have 
 determined its form and arrangement: That the most expeditious 
 mode of learning Spelling is by the eye ; that the definitions and 
 the use of words, as well as their orthography, are soonest acquired 
 by frequently writing Exercises from dictation ; that, by a thorough 
 classification, the Spelling and Pronunciation of extended lists of 
 words may be learned with nearly the same facility as of separate 
 ones; and that Orthoepy and Orthography should be simultane- 
 ously taught. 
 
 Consistently with these views, the words presented are strictly 
 classified with regard to their formation, vowel sounds, alphabetic 
 equivalents, accent, and number of syllables ; and, by the use of 
 numbered vowels and marked consonants, a list of which will be 
 found on each leaf, their exact pronunciation is invariably given. 
 The monosyllables are first introduced, commencing with the three 
 words of one letter, in accordance with our well-known system of 
 word-building; and these are followed by dissyllables, trisyllables, 
 and polysyllables. So carefully has the orthoepical department 
 been prepared, that the omission of silent letters, which appear in 
 italics, renders this a purely phonetic Spelling-book. 
 
 Conscious of the importance of restricting this work to the least 
 possible limits that shall not impair its usefulness, we have taken 
 special pains to exclude derivatives that do not so vary from their 
 primitives as to lead to errors in spelling, pronunciation, or siguifi- 
 
 M118319 
 
4 PKEFACE. 
 
 cation. The omissions thus made are provided for by lists of Pre- 
 fixes and Affixes, which are fully explained. The vocabulary has 
 also been enriched by the introduction of several hundred eupho- 
 nious and peculiarly significant words that have not heretofore ap- 
 peared in similar text-books. 
 
 The lists of words are invariably followed by exercises for writing 
 from dictation. These exercises are composed of short, perspicu- 
 ous, and carefully-framed sentences, which embrace words that are 
 liable to be mispronounced or misspelled, as well as numerous 
 definitions. In these sentences we have aimed to give a clear 
 conception of the peculiar import of unusual words ; and to dis- 
 criminate between synonymous terms, using them in their appro- 
 priate sense. Many words, however, have been purposely omitted, 
 with the expectation that pupils will be required to construct 
 short sentences, in which the meaning and the use of all words 
 that do not appear in the Dictation Exercises shall be correctly 
 represented. 
 
 The introductory exercises of this volume are simple, terse, and 
 complete, presenting the definitions and the elements of Orthog- 
 raphy and Orthoepy. At its close, Miscellaneous Exercises are 
 added, containing — Effect of Accent in Certain Words; Names of 
 Persons ; Rules for Spelling ; Prefixes and Affixes, their Meaning 
 and Effect ; Rules for the Use of Capital Letters ; Marks used in 
 'Written Language; Choice of Prepositions; Abbreviations; and 
 Foreign Words and Phrases. These exercises are accompanied 
 with explanations, and Dictation Exercises illustrative of their use 
 and application. 
 
 In the revision of this work, De. Webster's Unabridged Dic- 
 tionary, as revised in 1864, has been adopted as our standard of 
 orthography. This work has also been our principal authority on 
 the subject of pronunciation ; though, in disputed cases, we have 
 constantly consulted Dr. Worcester's Dictionary, and the works 
 of B. H. Smart, Esq., the veteran orthoepist of England, — always, 
 however, employing one of the forms approved by Db. Webster. 
 
 New York, July 25«A, 1865. 
 
ORTHOGRAPHY. 
 
 I. DEFINITIONS. 
 
 ORTHOGRAPHY treats of the nature and prop- 
 erties of letters, and the correct spelling and 
 writing of words. 
 
 2. The English Language consists of forty-three 
 Oral Elements, or Elementary Sounds. 
 
 3. Oral Elements are the sounds that, uttered sep- 
 arately or in combination, form syllables and words. 
 
 4. Oral Elements are produced by different posi- 
 tions of the organs of speech, in connection with the 
 voice and the breath. 
 
 5. The Principal Organs of Speech are the lips, 
 the teeth, the tongue, and the palate. 
 
 6. Voice is produced by the action of the breath 
 upon the larynx, or upper part of the wind-pipe. 
 
 7- Oral Elements are divided into three classes: 
 eighteen Tonics, fifteen Subtonics, and ten Atonies. 
 
 8. Tonics are pure tones produced by the voice, with 
 but slight use of the organs of speech. 
 
 9. Subtonics are tones produced by the voice, modi- 
 fied by the organs of speech. 
 
 10. Atonics are mere breathings, modified by the 
 organs of speech. 
 
 1 1 . Letters are characters that are used to repre- 
 sent or modify the Oral elements. 
 
 12. The English Alphabet consists of twenty-six 
 letters, viz. : a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, 1, m, n, o, p, q, 
 r, s, t, u, v, w, x, y, z. 
 
8 NATIONAL ELEMENT A RY SPELLER. 
 
 13. The Alphabet is divided into Vowels and Con- 
 sonants. 
 
 14. Vowels are the letters that usually represent 
 the tonic elements, and form syllables by themselves. 
 They are a, e, *, o, u, and sometimes y. 
 
 15. A Diphthong is the union of two vowels in one 
 syllable ; as, ou in owe. 
 
 1 6 . A Digraph, or improper diphthong, is the union 
 of two vowels in a syllable, one of which is silent ; as, 
 oa in loaf, ou in y^th. 
 
 1 7 . A Triphthong is the union of three vowels in 
 one syllable ; as, eau in beau, ieu in adieu. 
 
 1 8. Consonants are the letters that usually represent 
 either subtonic or atonic elements. They are of two 
 kinds, single letters and combined, including all the 
 letters of the alphabet, except the vowels, and the com- 
 binations, ch, sh, wh, ng : fli subtonic, and th atonic. 
 
 19. Labials are letters whose oral elements are 
 chiefly formed by the lips. They are h, jp, w, and wh. 
 M may be regarded as a nasal labial, as its sound is 
 affected by the nose, i^and v are labia-dentals. 
 
 210. Dentals are letters whose oral elements are 
 chiefly formed by the teeth. They are^', s, z, ch, and sh. 
 
 2 1 . Linguals are letters whose oral elements are 
 chiefly formed by the tongue. They are d, I, r, and t. 
 jV is a nasal lingual ; y a lingua-palatal ; and th a lingua- 
 dental. 
 
 22. Palatals are letters whose oral elements are 
 chiefly formed by the palate. They are g and k. JVG 
 is a nasal palatal. 
 
 23. Cognates are letters whose oral elements are 
 produced by the same organs, in a similar manner ; thus, 
 f is a cognate of v ; 7c of g, &c. 
 
VOWELS. CONSONANTS. 9 
 
 24. Alphabetic Equivalents are letters, or com- 
 binations of letters, that represent the same elements, or 
 sounds ; thus, i is an equivalent of e, in pique. 
 
 II. PEINCIPLES OF PEONUNCIATIOK. 
 1. Vowels. 
 
 A USUALLY represents six Oral elements, or sounds ; as in ale. 
 And, Art, all, biire, ask. The Jifth element, or sound, represented 
 by a, is its first or alp/iabetic sound, modified or softened by r. In its 
 production, the lips, placed nearly together, are held immovable while 
 the student tries to utter the first or alphabetic sound of a. The dxth 
 element, represented by a, is a sound intermediate between a as heard 
 in at, ash, and a as in arm, art. It is produced by prolonging and 
 slightly softening a as heard in at. 
 
 E usually represents three elements ; as in me, end, err. The third 
 element, represented by c, is e as heard in tnd, prolonged, and modi- 
 fied or softened by r. 
 
 I usually represents two elements ; as in Ice. fnch. 
 
 usually represents three elements ; as in old, 6n, do. 
 
 U usually represents three elements ; as in tube, tub, full. When 
 u long, or its alphabetic equivalent etc, is preceded by r, or by the 
 sound of sh, it has always the sound of o in do ; as in rwde, swre, 
 hrew. At the beginning of words, when long, it has the sound of 
 yu, as in use. 
 
 T, when used as a vowel, represents the same elements as /; as in 
 type (tip), hymn (him). 
 
 OH usually represents one element; as in our. This element is 
 also represented by ow ; as in now. 
 
 01 and Y are equivalent to a, followed by I ; as in oil (all), boy (bal). 
 
 2. Consonants. 
 
 B REPRESENTS one element ; as in bib. Before t, and after m, 
 it is silent : as in de&t, thumfr. 
 C has no element peculiar to itself. It represents the sound of k 
 the letters a, o, it, I. r, t, and at the end of a word, when, in 
 this work, it is printed with a dot over it ; as in cane, cot, cure, fcttck, 
 crank, district, music. Before e, i, and y, it represents the sound of 
 
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10 NATIONAL ELKMKNTAKY SPELLER. 
 
 8 ; as in cent, cider, cyst. In a few words it has the sound of z ; as 
 in suffice. When it comes after the accent, and is followed by ea, ia, 
 eous, or ious, it is sounded like sh ; as in ocean, social, cetaceous, te- 
 nacious. It is silent before k ; as in hack, lack. 
 
 D usually represents one element ; as in did. At the end of a 
 word it is sometimes sounded like t, as in mixed; and in a few words 
 is silent, as in sedge, hedge. 
 
 F represents one element, as in fife; except in of, when it is 
 sounded like v. 
 
 O usually represents one element ; as in gag. Before e, i, and y, it 
 is usually sounded like j, and is marked thus, g ; as in gem, gin, 
 gyve. 
 
 H represents one element ; as in 7iome. It is silent at the begin- 
 ning of a number of words, and after g and r ; as in honor, g/iost, 
 r/iyme. 
 
 J represents one element ; as in ^'ust. 
 
 K represents one element ; as in kink. It is silent before n; as in knee. 
 
 L represents one element ; as in lilac. It is silent in many words ; 
 as calf, half, talk. 
 
 M represents one element ; as in maim. 
 
 _ZV represents one element ; as in no, on. It is sometimes sounded 
 like ng, when, in this work, it is marked thus, n ; as in bank, thank, 
 anger, fin'ger. It is silent after I, or m, when it ends a syllable ; as 
 in kiln, hymn. 
 
 P represents one element ; as in pipe. It is silent before n, s, and t, 
 in the same syllable ; as in pneumatic, psalm, prompt. 
 
 Q has no element peculiar to itself. With u, by which it is always 
 followed, it commonly represents the sound of kw, as in quatY, quilt, 
 quoth. ; but in many words derived from the French it has the sound 
 of k ; as in coguet, etiguet, &c. 
 
 li represents one element ; as in rare, for. When it precedes a 
 vowel, it may be trilled ; as in roll, round. It is never silent ; but its 
 oral element is sometimes transposed ; as in acre (a'k^r). 
 
 S usually represents one element ; as in save, kiss. In many 
 words it is sounded like z as heard in zinc, when, in this work, it ia 
 marked thus, s ; as in rose, rise. In a few instances it has the sound 
 of z as heard in azure ; as in pleasure, osier. It sometimes represents 
 the sound of sib ; as in sure, diversion. 
 
 T represents one element ; as in fctrtf, taste. 
 
 V represents one element ; as in valve, vimo\. 
 
 W represents one' element ; as in well, wise. 
 
 X has no element peculiar to itself. It is equivalent to z, at the 
 beginning of words ; to ks, as in tax, expect ; to gz, when the next 
 
ORAL ELEMENTS. 
 
 11 
 
 syllable following begins with an accented vowel, as in e#alt, e.rert ; 
 and to ksh, in some words, when the accent immediately precedes it, 
 as in anxious. 
 
 T, when a consonant, represents one element ; as in yet, yee. 
 
 Z represents two elements. The first may be heard in zest, zinc. 
 The second, in this work, is marked thus, B : as in azure. 
 
 TH represents two elements. When a Subtonic, in this work, it is 
 marked tii : as in this, wifh. As an Atonic it is heard in thm, breath- 
 
 GH usually represents one element ; as in cAange, much. In words 
 derived from the ancient languages, ch is generally sounded like k ; as 
 in aofte, c/nmm, scAool. It frequently represents the sound of sh, when, 
 in this work, it is marked thus, eh ; as in chaise, chivalry, machine. 
 
 JSH represents one element ; as in shame, marsh. 
 
 WH represents one element; as in what, when, wMv. To produce 
 this oral element, the student will blow from the center of the mouth, 
 first compressing the lips, and then suddenly relaxing them while the 
 air is escaping. 
 
 NO represents one element ; as in bang, gang, young. 
 
 T 
 
 IF ORAL ELEMENTS. 
 
 HE instructor will first require the students to pro- 
 nounce a catch-word once, and then produce the oral 
 element represented by the figured vowel, or italic con- 
 sonant, four times — thus : age, — a, a, a, a ; at, — a, a, a, a, 
 <fec. He will exercise the class perseveringly, until each 
 student can utter consecutweh/ all of the elementary 
 sounds, as arranged in the following 
 
 Table of Oral Elements. 
 
 ft, 
 
 1, 
 
 as m 
 
 u 
 
 age. 
 at. 
 
 A, 
 
 u 
 
 art. 
 
 A, 
 
 a 
 
 all. 
 
 *> 
 
 U 
 
 bare 
 
 i, 
 
 t. 
 
 ask. 
 
 I. TONICS. 
 
 
 
 e, as in 
 
 he. 
 
 6, as in 
 
 6n. 
 
 e " 
 
 end. 
 
 6, » 
 
 do. 
 
 e, " 
 
 her. 
 
 u, « 
 
 pure. 
 
 i, " 
 
 ice. 
 
 A, « 
 
 up. 
 
 *, " 
 
 It. 
 
 4, « 
 
 fiill. 
 
 6, " 
 
 old. 
 
 0W-, " 
 
 our. 
 
12 
 
 NATIONAL ELEMENTARY SPELLER. 
 
 
 n. SU3TONICS. 
 
 
 b, as in bib. 
 
 m, as in maim. 
 
 v, as in vine. 
 
 d, " did. 
 
 n, " wme. 
 
 w, " will. 
 
 g, " g*g> 
 
 ^<7, " smy. 
 
 y, " you. 
 
 I « fik 
 
 r, " fare. 
 
 z, ' " Eest. 
 
 I, « Zo. 
 
 fh, " ftiis. 
 
 III. ATONICS. 
 
 z, " azun 
 
 /> as in /iA 
 
 a, as in sense. 
 
 #A, as in sAy. 
 
 A, " Aill. 
 
 t, " rfart. 
 
 wA, " wA} 
 
 &, " &ic/rf. 
 
 2A, " £Ain. 
 
 
 P, " j?i/?e. 
 
 cA, " ea<?A. 
 
 
 IV. ALPHABETIC EQUIVALENTS. 
 
 THE instructor will require students to read or recite 
 the table of Alphabetic Equivalents, using the fol- 
 lowing formula : The Alphabetic Equivalents of A first 
 power (here the students will utter the oral element four 
 
 times) are ai, au, ay, e, ea, 
 
 ee, e%. 
 
 ey ; as in the words, 
 
 gain, g^wge, stray, melee, great, vein, they. 
 
 1. Tonic Elements. 
 
 For a, ai, au, ay, e, ea, ee, ei, ey ; as in gain, gauge, 
 stray, melee', great, vein, they. 
 
 For a, ai, ua ; as in ^plaid, guaranty. 
 
 For a, au, e, ea, ua; as in haunt, sergeant, h<?art, 
 guard. 
 
 For a, au, aw, eo, o, oa, ou ; as in fault, hawk, George, 
 cork, broad, bought. 
 
 For a, aa, ai, e, ea, ei; as in ^L^ron, cha^'r, th<?re, 
 sw<?&r, heir. 
 
 For e, ea, ee, ei, eo, ey, i, ie ; as in read, deen, ceil, 
 people, key, valise, ft'dd. 
 
SUBTONIC AND ATONIC ELKMKNTS. 13 
 
 For e, a, at, ay, ea, ei, eo, ie, u, ue; as in any, said, 
 says, head, heifer, leopard, friend, bury, guess. 
 
 For e, ea, i, o, ou, u, ue, y: as in earth, girl, word, 
 scourge, bwrn, guerdon, myrrh. 
 
 For i, ai, ei, eye, te, oi, ui, uy, y, ye; as in aisle, 
 slight, eye, die, choir, guide, buy, my, rye. 
 
 For i, ai, e, ee, ie, o, oi, u, ui, y ; as in captain, pretty, 
 b<?eii, sieve, women, tortoise, bwsy, bmld, hymn. 
 
 For 6, au, eau, eo, ew, oa, oe, oo, ou, ow ; as in haut- 
 boy, beau, yeoman, sew, coal, foe, door, soul, blow. 
 
 For o, a, ou, mo ; as in what, hough, knowledge. 
 
 For o, ew, oe, oo, ou, u, ui; as in grew, shoe, spoon, 
 so?/p, rude, fruit. 
 
 For ii, eau, ea, ew, ieu, iew, ue, ui; as in beauty, 
 feud, new, adieu, view, hue, juice. 
 
 For u, o, oe, oo, ou; as in love, does, blood, young. 
 
 For u, o, oo, ou ; as in wolf, book, could. 
 
 For ou, ow; as in now 
 
 For oi (ai), oy; as in boy. 
 
 2. Snbtonic and Atonic Elements. 
 
 For f, gh, ph ; as in couo7i, nymjpA. 
 For j, g; as in gem, g'm. 
 
 For k, c, ch, gh, a ; as in oole, coneA, lough, etionette. 
 For s, e ; as in cell. 
 
 For t, a 7 , th, jphth ; as in danced, Thames, phthisic. 
 For v, f, ph ; as in of, Ste/>Aen. 
 For y, i ; as in pin /on. 
 For z, c, s, x; as in suffice, rose, «ebec 
 For z, g, s ; as in rou^e, osier. 
 For ng, n; as in awger, ba^k. 
 For ch, t ; as in fustian. 
 
 For sh, c, ch, s, ss, t; as in ooean, chaise, sure, assure, 
 martial. 
 
14 NATIONAL ELEMENTARY SPELLER. 
 
 Y. OKAL ELEMENTS COMBINED. 
 
 STUDENTS will be required to read the following 
 exercises, both separately and in concert, until they 
 can utter the oral elements represented by the figured 
 vowels in whatever order the instructor may require. 
 
 As the first oral element of each vowel is often indicated by a hor- 
 izontal line placed over the letter, and the second by a curved line, we 
 employ these marks in part in this exercise. As the fifth element, 
 represented by a, and the third element of e, are always immediately 
 followed by the oral element of r in the same syllables, the r is here 
 introduced. Since the sixth sound of a, when not final, is always im- 
 mediately followed by the oral element of /, n, or s, in the same syl- 
 lable, these letters are here employed in the same manner. 
 
 ba, 
 
 bS, 
 
 ab, 
 
 ab, 
 
 dar, 
 
 daf, 
 
 fe. 
 
 ef, 
 
 fer, 
 
 id, 
 
 Id, 
 
 h6, 
 
 ho, 
 
 ho, 
 
 gu, 
 
 g Q > 
 
 «g, 
 
 oug. 
 
 ja, 
 
 ja, 
 
 H, 
 
 kas, 
 
 kar, 
 
 &k, 
 
 ler, 
 
 le, 
 
 el, 
 
 ml, 
 
 im, 
 
 m6, 
 
 nS, 
 
 n&, 
 
 un, 
 
 pu, 
 
 pft, 
 
 oup. 
 
 rf, 
 
 ra, 
 
 ar, 
 
 san, 
 
 sar, 
 
 sa, 
 
 et, 
 
 ter, 
 
 et, 
 
 ang, 
 
 a ng, 
 
 ang, 
 
 var, 
 
 vaf, 
 
 av, 
 
 ze, 
 
 ez, 
 
 zer, 
 
 thl, 
 
 ith, 
 
 6th, 
 
 Sch, 
 
 cho, 
 
 uch, 
 
 whfl, 
 
 whu, 
 
 whou. 
 
 ml, 
 
 Ifh, 
 
 6m, 
 
 6sh, 
 
 5sh, 
 
 shu, 
 
 zOng, 
 
 zung, 
 
 OUK, 
 
 war, 
 
 waf, 
 
 nou, 
 
 ya, 
 YL 
 
 ya, 
 
 ya, 
 EDS. 
 
 shr6, 
 
 shru, 
 
 shrou. 
 
 
 WO 
 
 
 AWOKD is one or more Oral elements, or letters 
 used to represent an idea. 
 
 2. Words are divided into primitive, derivative, 
 simple, and compound. 
 
 3. A Primitive word is not derived, but constitutes 
 a root from which other words are formed ; as faith, ease. 
 
 4t. A derivative word is formed of a primitive and 
 an affix or prefix ; as faithful, disease. 
 
 5. A simple word is one that can not be divided 
 without destroying the sense ; as an, the, book. 
 
SYLLABICATION. ACCENT. 
 
 15 
 
 6 . A compound word is formed by two or more words ; 
 as inkstand, book-binder, laughing-stock. 
 
 VII. SYLLABICATION. 
 
 A SYLLABLE is a word, or part of a word, uttered 
 by a single impulse of the voice. 
 
 2. A Monosyllable is a word of one syllable; as, 
 home, love. 
 
 3. A dissyllable is a word of two syllables ; as, home- 
 less, love-ly. 
 
 4. A Trisyllable is a word of tkree syllables; as, 
 un-love-ly, lov-ing-ly. 
 
 5. A Polysyllable is a word of four or more syl- 
 lables; as, m-no-cen-cy, un-m-tel-li-gi-bil-i-ty. 
 
 6. The Ultimate is the last syllable of a word; as 
 ful, in peace^/W. 
 
 7. The Penult, or penultimate, is the last syllable 
 but one of a word ; as mdK in peace-ra#&-er. 
 
 8. The Antepenult, or antepenultimate, is the last 
 syllable but two of a word; as ta, in spon-to-ne-ous. 
 
 VIII. ACCENT. 
 
 ACCENT is the peculiar force given to one or more 
 syllables of a word. In many trisyllables and 
 polysyllables, of two syllables accented, one is uttered 
 with greater force than the other. The more forcible 
 accent is called primary, and the less forcible, secondary. 
 
 2. The mark of Acute Accent ['] is usually em- 
 ployed to indicate primary accent; as, Read'ing. 
 
 3. The mark of Grave Accent [>] is often used to 
 indicate secondary accent; as, Maid -servant. 
 
16 NATIONAL ELEMENTARY SPELLER. 
 
 IX. ANALYSIS OF WORDS. 
 
 STUDENTS will acquire a perfect knowledge of the 
 following analysis of words, both as spoken and 
 written, as it should be employed daily. 
 
 Analysts. — 1st. The word ale, in pronunciation, is formed by the 
 union of two oral elements ; a 1— ale. [Here the pupil utters the two 
 oral elements separately, and then pronounces the word.] The first is 
 a pure tone ; hence, it is a tonic. The second is a modified tone ; hence, 
 it is a subtonic. 2d. The word ale, in writing, is represented by three 
 letters ; a 1 e. A represents a tonic ; hence, it is a vowel. L repre- 
 sents a subtonic ; hence, it is a consonant. Its oral element is chiefly 
 formed by the tongue ; hence, it is a lingual. E is silent. 
 
 Analysis. — 1st. The compound word fruit'-bud is a dissyllable, 
 accented on the penult. In pronunciation, it is formed by the union 
 of seven oral elements ; f r o t'- b u d — fruit'-bud. The first is a modified 
 breathing ; hence, it is an atonic. The second is a modified tone ; 
 hence, it is a subtonic. The third is a pure tone ; hence, it is a tonic. 
 The fourth is a'modified breathing ; hence, it is an atonic. The fifth 
 is a modified tone ; hence it is a subtonic. The sixth is a pure tone ; 
 hence it is a tonic. The seventh is a modified tone ; hence, it is a sub- 
 tonic. 2d. The word fruit-bud, in writing, is represented by eight 
 letters ;fruitbud. F represents an atonic ; hence, it is a con- 
 sonant. Its oral element is chiefly formed by the lower lip and the 
 upper teeth ; hence, it is a labia-dental. Its oral element is produced 
 by the same organs and in a similar manner as that of v ; hence, it 
 is a cognate of v. B represents a subtonic ; hence; it is a consonant. 
 Its oral element is chiefly formed by the tongue ; hence, it is a lingual. 
 The combination ui is formed by the union of two vowels ; hence, it 
 is a diphthong. It represents the oral element usually represented by 
 6 ; hence, it is an alphabetic equivalent of 6. T represents an atonic ; 
 hence, it is a consonant. Its oral element is chiefly formed by the 
 tongue ; hence, it is a lingual. Its oral element is produced by the 
 same organ and in a similar manner as that of d ; hence, it is a cognate 
 of d. B represents a subtonic ; hence, it is a consonant. Its oral 
 element is chiefly formed by the lips ; hence, it is a labial. Its oral 
 element is produced by the same organs and in a similar manner as 
 that of p ; hence it is a cognate of p. U represents a tonic ; hence, it 
 is a vowel. D represents a subtonic ; hence, it is a consonant. Its 
 oral element is chiefly formed by the tongue ; hence, it is a lingual. 
 Its oral element is produced by the same organ and in a similar 
 manner as that of t ; hence, it is a cognate of t. 
 
THE ALPHABET. 
 
 a h c d e f g 
 
 hi j k 1 m n 
 
 o p q r s t u 
 
 v w x y z & 
 
 A B C D E F 
 
 GUI J K L 
 
 M N P Q R 
 
 S T U V W X 
 
 Y Z & 
 
SCRIPT ALPHABET, 
 From BEERS' SYSTEM OF PENMANSHIP. 
 
 
 
NATIONAL 
 
 ELEMENTARY SPELLER. 
 
 PART I. 
 
 MONOSYLLABLES CLASSIFIED. 
 
 I. Words of One and Two Letters. 
 
 WORDS OF ONE LETTER. 
 
 a i o : A I 
 
 SINGLE LETTERS PREFIXED. 
 
 Go, no, so, lo, ho: ha: to, do. 
 
 8INGLE LETTERS AFFIXED. 
 
 Am, an, as, at, ax: aA, ay: if, 
 in, is, it: of, on, ox: or: oh, 
 
 OTHER WORDS OF TWO LETTER8. 
 
 Be, he, me, we, ye: 
 by, fy, my: up, us. 
 
20 
 
 NATIONAL ELEMENTARY SPELLER. 
 
 ige, &t, &rt, All, b&re, Ssk ; me, end, 4rr ; Ice, In; 6ld, in, d6. 
 
 Go. I go so. Ha, ha, ha ! So I 
 do. So we go. Do ye go as we 
 do ? 0, no, no ! 
 
 Lo! an ox. Am I on an ox? 
 0, no ! Is it an ox ? If it be an ox, 
 do ye go np to it ? Ay, we do. 
 
 An ax. Is it an ax, or an ox? 
 
WORDS QF THKEE LETTERS. 21 
 
 mute. up. full. — c as k ; g as j ; ri as ne: ; s as z ; dh as sh ; this ; azure. 
 
 It is an ax. Ah, so it is. Ho ! be 
 by me ! He is of us. He is by it. 
 It is my ax. Oh fy ! he is at it. 
 
 toe O0. £/■ o ye ao ad toe orof CS, wo, 770 / 
 
 <^£c / a// ox. GtZ/n O/ o// am ox f CS/i., wo / Q/j ft 
 
 a?? or r Or* t't t<c a/? ox, ao ye oo </// So t'tf C^zy, toe c/o. 
 
 "' >/ (7 r. f/; it if// ffx, oy am ox r Q/t <J an, a<x. 
 
 Q^/c, do t't e'j. Stfo / t?e /y me / <£/& tJ o/ u<). <£& 
 
 ca ou ct. <2/t <*) -my ax. C St /y / Ae a> at ct. 
 
 II. Words of Three Letters. 
 
 SINGLE LETTERS PREFIXED. 
 
 1. Day, gay, hay, jay, lay, 
 may, pay, ray, say, way: ban, 
 bat, can, cat, dam, fan, fat, 
 gas, gat, ham, has, hat, lax, 
 man, mat, pan, pat, ram, ran, 
 rat, sat, tan, van, vat, wax, 
 
 2. For, nor : eat, she, the : 
 
22 
 
 NATIONAL ELEMENTARY SPELLER. 
 
 kge, it, irt, ill, b&re, isk ; me, end, Sit ; Ice, In ; 6ld, 6n, d6. 
 
 bit, din, fin, fit, gin, his, 
 
 hit, kin, kit, lit, pin, pit, 
 
 sin, sit, win, wit : oat : box, 
 
 con, fox, wan, was : two, who : 
 
 ewe (yu) : cup, sup, son. 
 
 Is it day? O,.no ! Jay and May 
 Fox can sit up, as the gas is lit. 
 
WORDS OF THREE LETTER6. 23 
 
 mute, up, full.— c as k ; g as j ; n as ng ; s as z ; dh as sh : this ; azure. 
 
 Jay is my son. He can lay his 
 hat by the cup. He has no gin in 
 the cup. He has the kit. He can 
 pat the kit. She can eat a bit of 
 ham, in the pan. 
 
 May has a box. Who can pay 
 the man for the box? She can. 
 She has wax, a fan, and two pins, 
 in the box. 
 
 The cat is the dam of the kit. 
 She can sit on the mat. She was 
 by the hay, to-day. A fat rat ran 
 by. Can the cat eat a rat and a 
 bat? AVe eat no rat, nor bat. 
 
 &/j <Y c/(/?/ f Cs, no / /ftzy a?/</, @WU/U Q^OX C<Z7t 
 d// </// , a J //*<? aad tJ ftt. 
 
 /(/>/ (j my do7i. (STLe can 4au Art Aat vu tAe cte/i. 
 Q7(e Acrt -7ic ai'n t/f we ctt/i,. <£?& /urt tut ntt. Qste 
 err?? /<at S/t* /r/S. (?Vnc cart, cat a o<'t of nam, in 
 
24 NATIONAL ELEMENTARY SPELLER. 
 
 hge, lit, &rt, 411, b&re, Ssk ; me, fend, Srr ; Ice, In ; 6ld, 6n, db. 
 
 Q^cay teen) a dox. Mno can Siay -tne man, -fob tne 
 
 vox ? OSne can. Q¥/i# naJ wax, a 4 an, ana tioo Su/iJ, 
 en the vox. 
 
 OS-tie cat u> the dam o^ the hit. <2/he can 6t't on the 
 mat. Qsne toad vn the nay, to-aay. Q$ -fat bat tern 
 vy. '■-Wan the cat eat a bat, ana a vat / 7ie eat no 
 bat, noi, vat. 
 
 SINGLE LETTERS AFFLXED. 
 
 1. Ate, yea : and, Ann, ash, 
 had, hag : awe, orb : ant, ask, 
 
 asp, 
 
 ass : 
 
 bee: 
 
 bed, 
 
 beg, 
 
 bet, 
 
 hen, 
 
 men, 
 
 met, 
 
 web, 
 
 wed, 
 
 wen, 
 
 wet, 
 
 y es , 
 
 yet: 
 
 her : 
 
 ink, 
 
 its : 
 
 ore, 
 
 doe, 
 
 hoe, 
 
 loitf, 
 
 \ow : 
 
 of/, 
 
 oft, 
 
 dog, 
 
 dot, 
 
 god, 
 
 got, 
 
 hod, 
 
 hog, 
 
 hop, 
 
 hot, 
 
 lo g, 
 
 lop, 
 
 lot, 
 
 nod, 
 
 not, 
 
 sob, 
 
 sod, 
 
 sop, 
 
 sot, 
 
 top : 
 
 too : 
 
 use, 
 
 mew: 
 
 : one : 
 
 how, 
 
 now, 
 
 sow : 
 
 toy. 
 
 
 
 
 0, how the hen can go ! Now she 
 is off. The dog is off, too. He has 
 not yet got the hen. 
 
WORDS OF Til KICK LETTERS. 
 
 25 
 
 mite, up, fall.— 6 as k ; g as j ; fi as ng ; s as z ; cli as sh ; this ; azure. 
 
 Ask Ann if she, or my son, has 
 got the hen. Do not sob, my son, 
 if the hen hop up on the top of an 
 ash log. 
 
 It is a hot day. The hay is not 
 wet. The hen was in the lot. She 
 ate a bee and an ant. 
 
NATIONAL ELEMENTARY 8PELLEK. 
 
 kge, &t, &rt, All, b&re, Ssk ; me, end, e^r ; Ice, in ; 6ld, 6n, do 1 . 
 
 Ann met two men who beg. The 
 hen is for one of the men. He is 
 not a sot. 
 
 The dog has a bed of tow. Ann 
 has a cat. Her cat can mew. My 
 son has a hog. Has he a toy hoe ? 
 Yes ; and he can use it, too. 
 
 0, ftow tde fan can ao / &<Toio- dfa cd offi. &/fa 
 id o/jt, -foe. (2>ste tiad not wet aot tde fan. 
 Gzdu Q^onn ijt dfa, &i, my do?i, faid aot tfa new,. £$0 
 not dofr, my don, i£ tfa fan fati, afe on tfa tofe ot- an 
 adn, toa. 
 
 Q/t id a not aay. QSfa faiy id not wet. Q/fa fan 
 ttxzd in tfa tot. GLsfa ate a free, a?ta an ant. 
 
 Q^onn met two men tofa frea.. o/ne fan id -fob one 
 
 ot- tfa men. (SsLe id not a dot. 
 
 Q/fa (zoo, nod a free/ 0/ tow. Grfnn fazd a cat. <S7Cei, 
 cat can meto. (-^/ou don, nod a fa>a. <S7t€td ue a toy 
 noe f ®t£ed ; ana fa can ade it, too. 
 
WOKDS OF THKEK LETTERS. 
 
 mute, up, full. — 6 ask; g as j ; n as ng ; s as z ; di as sh ; fliis ; azure. 
 OTHER WORDS OF THREE LETTERS. 
 
 1. Ace, age, ami, ape ; act, 
 
 acM, bag, cab, cap, gag, lad, 
 
 lag, lap, mad, map, nag, nap, 
 
 pad, rag, rap, sad, sap, tag, 
 
 tap : 
 
 are, 
 
 arm, 
 
 bar, 
 
 car, 
 
 far, 
 
 J ar , 
 
 tar : 
 
 al/, 
 
 caw, 
 
 jaw?, 
 
 law;, 
 
 mam 
 
 , paw, 
 
 raw, 
 
 saw, 
 
 war: 
 
 air. 
 
 2.' 
 
 Eot, 
 
 eel, 
 
 fee, 
 
 lea, 
 
 pea, 
 
 see, 
 
 tea: 
 
 den, 
 
 eb#, 
 
 W, 
 
 elk, 
 
 end, 
 
 fed, 
 
 fen, 
 
 g et , 
 
 j et , 
 
 keg, 
 
 led, 
 
 kg, 
 
 let, 
 
 net, 
 
 P e & 
 
 pen, 
 
 pet, 
 
 set, 
 
 sex, 
 
 ten, 
 
 vex: 
 
 err, 
 
 fir, 
 
 sir, 
 
 bur, 
 
 cur, 
 
 fur, 
 
 pur, 
 
 urn. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 3. 
 
 Dry, 
 
 %, 
 
 ice, 
 
 pie, 
 
 shy, 
 
 sky, 
 
 sl y, 
 
 sty, 
 
 thy, 
 
 trjj 
 
 vie, 
 
 why, 
 
 ire : 
 
 bid, 
 
 big, 
 
 did, 
 
 dim, 
 
 fib, 
 
 fi & 
 
 fix, 
 
 gi& 
 
 him, 
 
 hip, 
 
 ilk, 
 
 ity 
 
 M 
 
 kid, 
 
 lid, 
 
 lip, 
 
28 NATIONAL ELEMENTARY BFBLLKB. 
 
 ige, it, art, 411, b&re, &sk ; me, find, err ; Ice, In ; 6ld, &n, d5. 
 
 nip, pig, rib, rid, rig, rim, 
 
 rip, sip, six, tin, wig.' 
 
 4. Foe, oak, oar, own, i^o, 
 woe: cob, cod, fob, fog, fop, 
 job, jot, mob, mop, ode/, pod, 
 pop, pot, rob, rod, wad : you. 
 
 5. Few, dew, hew, jew, new, 
 pew: bug, but, cut, dug, fun, 
 gum, gun, hug, hum, hut, jug, 
 jut, lug, mud, mug, nut, pun, 
 rub, rug, rum, run, sun, sup, 
 tub, tug, tun: put: out, our, 
 cow, owl, vow: boy, joy. 
 
 The air is raw. Ten boys are on 
 the ice. Six of the boys are far 
 off. Ann and May Oak are on the 
 ice, too. 
 
 See the big boy who has the odd 
 fur cap. He may aim to get Ann 
 by her arm, but he can not. She can 
 
WORDS OK TUKKK LKTTEKS. 
 
 2y 
 
 mute, up, full. — u as k ; g as j ; n us ng j sasz; c3i as sh ; fhis ; azure, 
 
 vex him. He can run by all the 
 boys ; but he can not get by her. 
 
 It is fun and joy to be on the ice. 
 One boy, in the cut, has a rod. May 
 has one end of the rod. Why can 
 not she go by him ? 
 
 One lad hit his leg, his jaw, and 
 
30 NATIONAL ELEMENTARY SPELLER. 
 
 &ge, kt, &rt, 411, b&re, Isk ; me, end, Sir ; Ice, In ; old, on, do. 
 
 his lip, on the ice. It was a sad job. 
 He did rub rum on his jaw and on 
 his lip. 
 
 The sun is now set. The big boy 
 may get hay for our cow. The pig 
 and the pet kid may eat, too. 
 
 If you are dry, Ann can get tea. 
 You may eat an eel, a few eggs, and 
 a pie. You may put the nuts in my 
 new mug. 
 
 %e aib it) bato. Q/en ooz/i) ate on tn# ice. &/<h> 
 
 ( T 
 
 <?■£ She vvyd abe fab ofjf. &£nn a?id Q^oa^y Cyan, ate 
 on -t/ie €ce, too. 
 
 Osec tne via voy tvno naJ tn^ oda jft/A cafe. (§7Ce 
 may avnz to aet Gtznn 61/ neb abwz, &tit ne can- not. 
 (~t/ne can ve<z n^m. QyCe coat ban vy aw tn# 6oyJ / o-ts-t 
 &e can- not yet fry net. 
 
 Q/t it) -fa-n- ana you to fre o?i tne ice. Csne froy, c/i 
 tn^ cut, nod a boa. Gidcay n^u) one ena of tne boa. 
 ry can, /tot 6fis- gv fry 
 
 can /tot 6fis- av fr?i Aim F 
 
WORDS OF FOUR LETTERS. 31 
 
 mite, up, full. — c as k. ; g as j ; 11 as ng j s as z ; eh as sh ; this ; azure. 
 
 C/?ie tad tit't ncJ tea,, tt<J t<zto, a/ia ticJ tt'A, on tne 
 tee. (Sst toad a aaa too. <&Ce c/u/ i*t£ <la?n on nid 
 *a*& a//r/ on ncJ /fA. 
 
 ■'"■ .x/?i td noio aet. G/ne tea v&y may aet day foi, 
 f if/>, ffitti. &7//e /<"/, a?f<t tne /let nia may eat, too. 
 
 Of/ you t^te t/l?t, G^Znn ca/i aet tea. ®teou, may 
 
 eat an, ee/, a -teio eayj, and a Ace. ®Uoa may Aut tne 
 7iu£) en my new mua. 
 
 III. .Words of Four Letters. 
 
 SINGLE LETTERS PREFIXED. 
 
 1. Bray, 6age, cap^, clay, dak, date, dray, factf, 
 fa/1, flay, fray, gray, hate, ja/1, lac<>, mace, mate, 
 na/1, nape, pac<>, pag<?, pate, play, rac<?, rag<?, rail, 
 rate, sag^, sate, sway, tape, wage. 
 
 2. Band, bran, cash, chat, clad, clap, crag, cram, 
 dash, drag, fact, flag, flap, flax, gash, glad, hand, 
 hash, land, lash, mash, rant, rash, sand, sash, scab, 
 scan, shad, sham, slap, snag, snap, span, stag, tact, 
 that, trap. 
 
 3. Bark, cart, dark, dart, farm, gap£, hark, harm, 
 lark, park, part, scar, star, tart : claw, draw, falZ, 
 fla?#, nial/, talZ, walZ, want, warm, wart, yawl: care, 
 
 , Wr, rare : bask, gasp, las*, mas*, pant, pass, 
 
 raft, rasp, task, waft. 
 
 4-. Fear, gear, heat, iuW, neat, plea, seat, year, 
 
 fe^l, re^l : bend, bled, fled, mend, rend, send, slM, 
 
32 NATIONAL ELEMENTARY SPELLER. 
 
 age, at, art, ill, bare, ask ; me, end, Sir ; Ice, In ; 6ld, 6n, d6. 
 
 tend, then, welZ, wend, when, yelk, said (sed) : burn, 
 (bern), spurn, turn. 
 
 5. Die/?, dire, fire, hire, mice, mire, rice, sire, 
 tire, vice, wire: bilZ, brim, chip, clip, crib, drip, 
 fill, flit, gilZ, gill, grim, grip, hilZ, kink, link, 
 milk, mill, mink, pilZ, pink, prim, ship, skin, silk, 
 Bill, sink, slip, slit, snip, spin, spit, tilZ, fliis, 
 trip, trim, twin, twit, whim, whip, wh7, wink. 
 
 6. Blow, bone, code, cone, crow, flow, glow, gore, 
 grow, hone, mold, more, rode, show, snow, sown, stow, 
 tone, tore, wore, zone, boat, goat, hoar, roar, soak : 
 blot, chop, clog, doff, flog, gone, 16ft, plot, shop, 
 shot, slop, soft, spot, stop, trot, swan, wand, wash, 
 wasp, what : shoe, jour, true. 
 
 7. Fuse, chew, spew: chum, drum, drub, grub, grum, 
 plug, scud, shut, slug, spun, stun : brow, down, gown, 
 howl, plow, prow, pout, scow, sour : boil, coil, foil, 
 roil, soil, toil. 
 
 Dictation Exercises. 
 
 1. The gray rat is in a cage. Do not fray or rub the lace. Page and 
 his mate may run a race. Hate no one. He did rail at tne man, in his 
 rage. Eat a date. Sip sage tea. Men wage war. Do not fail to play. 
 The man in the jail has a sad face. My tape is on a nail. 
 
 2. I am glad to get a hand for my hat. The rash lad has a gash on 
 his arm. He can pay cash for a sash, a lash, and a flag. He had a 
 trap in his hand. The flax on that land is his. Do not put sand in 
 the bran. 
 
 3. A dray, or cart, is on the farm. I want a warm tart. Hark ! it is 
 the lark. He is in the park. Do not fall, if the dog bark. I dare 
 not gape. A part of the dart hit that tall lass. She has a scar on 
 her hand. It is dark. I see a star. Do not mall that rare cat, if 
 she draw her claw on his arm. Use care at the task. I saw a flaw 
 in the wall. 
 
 4. Do not fear to sit on that neat seat. Do you feel the heat ? Ht* 
 
WOKDS OF FOUB LETTEJR6. 33 
 
 mute, up, full. — e as k ; g as j ; h as ng ; s as z ; di as sh ; this ; azure. 
 
 said, " A new year is near." The dog fled. His paw bled. When you 
 send the sled. 1 can mend it. She may turn the reel. 
 
 5. Will this lad hire the dice? It is a dire viee. Two mice are in a 
 wire trap. Did he sink in the mire ? A gill of milk will fill the cup up 
 to its brim. Do not slip and let it drip. If you kill the mink, do not 
 slit its skin. A whim led him to put the mill on a hill. That prim 
 Uss has a pink in her silk bag. 
 
 6. Blow the soft snow off this spot. The yawl, or boat, rode on the 
 sea. That cone is bone. The fire in the ship did roar and glow. He 
 tore the code. Your son rode a goat, lie wore a red shoe. He shot a 
 swan and a crow. Stop the nag, if he trot. "Wash the blot off my 
 wand, or rod. What is more true ? 
 
 7. Fuse or heat the wax ; but do not chew it. My chum, or mate, 
 has a drum. I saw a slug and a grub. The plow is on the brow of the 
 hill. Do not pout, if the dog howl. If you toil, do not soil your cap. 
 
 SINGLE LETTERS AFFIXK!>. 
 
 1. Bane, cane, dame, they: bunk, damp, fang, lack, 
 pang, rank, rang, tank : barb, bard, barn, bath, card, 
 carp, marl, path : paini, ward, warn, warp, form, fork. 
 
 2. Here, lead, lean, leap, feed, seek, scvni, flier: 
 dent, pent, shed, tent, them, went : Aerb, earl, firm, 
 bnrn, curb, curd, curl, furl. 
 
 3. Bide, bind, died, dime, dine, fine, kind, kite, 
 pied, pine, pint, ride, ripe, tine, wind, wine : ding, 
 hiss, king, pith, sing, tint, wing, wind, with. 
 
 4. D6te, ford, hope, loth, mope, note, oath, pope, 
 robe: from, song: whom, cool, coop, tool: cube, cure, 
 huge, tube, tune, lieu, news, view: fund, gums, hump, 
 sung, sunk, does : cook (kuk), wool (wul). 
 
 Dictation Exercises. 
 
 1. The dame has a cane. I warn you that the fang has bane in it. 
 The bard sat on a damp bank. The tank was his bath. The path near 
 the barn is in the form of a fork. 
 
34 
 
 NATIONAL ELEMENTARY SPELLER. 
 
 age, at, art, all, bare, ask ; m6, end, ^rr ; ice, in ; old, on, do. 
 
 2. Here is a tent. He went to seek thee. Lead that lean goat to the 
 shed, and feed her. Did the herb seem to burn ? The firm earl is a 
 man of rank. 
 
 3. You may pay a dime for the kite. I dine with the kind king. 
 Did the swan hiss? Is her wing pied? I hear the wind in the pine. 
 I sing, when I ride my fine nag. Do not sip wine. 
 
 4. Whom does she dote on ? I hope he will be loth to use an oath. 
 I got a view of the ford as the boat sunk. If I get the news, I will pay 
 my note. When he sung the song, I saw his gums. Did he play a 
 tune on that huge tube ? The robe is as soft as wool. The cook will 
 cool an egg. 
 
 
 OTHER WORDS OF FOUR 
 
 LETTERS. 
 
 
 1. 
 
 Babe, 
 
 bake, 
 
 cake, 
 
 came, 
 
 cave, 
 
 fade, 
 
 fame, 
 
 game, 
 
 gave, 
 
 gaze, 
 
 haze, 
 
 jade, 
 
 lake, 
 
 lame, 
 
 make, 
 
 name, 
 
 pave, 
 
 rake, 
 
 rave, 
 
 sake, 
 
 safe, 
 
 same, 
 
 sane, 
 
 save, 
 
 stay, 
 
 take, 
 
 tame, 
 
 vase, 
 
 wake, 
 
 baetj 
 
 gam. 
 
 2. 
 
 Baik, 
 
 brad, 
 
 camp, 
 
 chap, 
 
 clam, 
 
 crab, 
 
 dank, 
 
 drab, 
 
 g™g, 
 
 Lack, 
 
 hang, 
 
 hank, 
 
 have, 
 
 lack, 
 
 lamb, 
 
 lamp, 
 
 lank, 
 
 pack, 
 
 plan, 
 
 plat, 
 
 saek, 
 
 sang, 
 
 sank, 
 
 slab, 
 
 slam, 
 
 swam, 
 
 taek, 
 
 than, 
 
 vamp 
 
 : aims, 
 
 baZm, 
 
 caff, 
 
 caZm, 
 
 darn, 
 
 garb, 
 
 hatf, 
 
 hard, 
 
 harp, 
 
 lard, 
 
 paZm, 
 
 yard, 
 
 yarn. 
 
 lath, 
 
 
 
 
 
 3. 
 
 Halt, 
 
 malt, 
 
 salt, 
 
 lHoK, 
 
 waZk, 
 
 d'Xub, 
 
 laad, 
 
 dawn, 
 
 fawn, 
 
 anaw, 
 
 hawk, 
 
 lawn, 
 
 thaw, 
 
 born, 
 
 cork, 
 
 corn, 
 
 horn, 
 
 lord, 
 
 morn, 
 
 sort : 
 
 fast, 
 
 last, 
 
 mast, 
 
 ■past, 
 
 vast. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 " 4. 
 
 Mere, 
 
 bead, 
 
 beak, 
 
 bean, 
 
 deal, 
 
 each, 
 
 ease, 
 
 etfst, 
 
 he#p, 
 
 meed, 
 
 mean, 
 
 Yearn, 
 
 reap, 
 
 veal, 
 
 zeal, 
 
 beef, 
 
 deed, 
 
 deem, 
 
 deep, 
 
 feed, 
 
 free, 
 
 glee, 
 
 heed, 
 
 keel, 
 
 keen, 
 
 keep, 
 
 £nee, 
 
 meek, 
 
 peep, 
 
 reef, 
 
 veer, 
 
 Weed, 
 
 weep. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
WORDS OF FOLK LETTERS. 
 
 35 
 
 mute, up, full. — c as k ; <> as j ; n as tilt : i as z ; (Ti ag Bh ; fliis : azure. 
 
 5. 
 held, 
 melt, 
 self, 
 head : 
 dirk, 
 worm, 
 
 6. 
 lime, 
 pike, 
 size, 
 wise, 
 
 7. 
 grin, 
 lint, 
 rick, 
 smit, 
 wisp, 
 
 8. 
 doze, 
 most, 
 worn, 
 loam, 
 
 9. 
 lolZ, 
 pomp, 
 tomo, 
 fool, 
 noon, 
 ruse, 
 
 bent, 
 
 help, 
 
 neek, 
 
 text, 
 
 germ, 
 
 gird, 
 
 hurl, 
 
 fife, 
 
 mild, 
 
 pipe, 
 
 vile, 
 
 type. 
 
 dish, 
 
 hilt, 
 
 list, 
 
 risk, 
 
 thin, 
 
 Belt, 
 
 helm, 
 
 mess, 
 
 stem, 
 
 fern, 
 
 dirt, 
 
 blur, 
 
 Dive, 
 
 line, 
 
 pile, 
 
 tile, 
 
 lyre, 
 
 Chin, 
 
 grit, 
 
 lisp, 
 
 rift, 
 
 swim, 
 
 n iv th. 
 
 Both, colt, 
 
 home, host, 
 
 pork, post, 
 
 wove, yoke, 
 
 roam, soap, 
 
 Bond, cost, 
 
 long, L 
 
 pond, prop, 
 
 wom&, boom, 
 
 hoof, hoot, 
 
 pool, roof, 
 
 brew, drew, 
 
 best, 
 
 jest, 
 
 nest, 
 
 vest, 
 
 jerk, 
 
 girl, 
 
 slur, 
 
 file, 
 
 mil; 
 
 ride, 
 
 vine. 
 
 d(Vyt, 
 
 kept, 
 
 next, 
 
 wept, 
 
 pert, 
 
 girt, 
 
 turf, 
 
 f i w, 
 
 mind, 
 
 rind, 
 
 wide, 
 
 deok, 
 
 left, 
 
 peek, 
 
 west, 
 
 term, 
 
 stir, 
 
 urge. 
 
 hive, 
 
 mine, 
 
 rise, 
 
 wife, 
 
 desk, felt, 
 
 lent, less, 
 
 rent, sect, 
 
 dead, deaf, 
 
 verb, bird, 
 
 word, work, 
 
 life, like, 
 
 nigh, nine, 
 
 rive, sia-A, 
 
 wild, wipe, 
 
 film, fish, fist, gift, glib, 
 
 hint, inch, izch, kiss, lift, 
 
 mint, miss, piek, quit, rich, 
 
 sli in, siek, sift, skip, slim, 
 
 tick, whiz, wiek, wilt, wish, 
 
 c6m/>, cupe, cove, dome, dose, 
 hove, joke, jolt, mole, molt, 
 rolZ, rope, rov^, torn, vote, 
 coal, coax, foam, goal, loaf, 
 door. 
 
 crop, dock, doll, drop, frog, 
 lost, mock, moss, moth, plod, 
 roek, soek, tow: lose, move, 
 boon, boor, boot, doom, food, 
 loom, loop, mood, moon, nook, 
 room, root, soon, tool, rule, 
 crew, grew. 
 
36 
 
 NATIONAL ELEMENTARY SPELLER. 
 
 age, 
 
 at, art, 411, b^re, 
 
 ask ; me 
 
 , end, Irr ; Ice, !i 
 
 n; 6ld, I 
 
 >>n, do. 
 
 10. 
 
 Dliktf, 
 
 dupe, 
 
 fume, 
 
 June, 
 
 lute, 
 
 mule, 
 
 mute, 
 
 glue, 
 
 stew, 
 
 suit : 
 
 hW, 
 
 bulb, 
 
 bulk, 
 
 bump, 
 
 , buz3, 
 
 cuff, 
 
 culZ, 
 
 club, 
 
 duck, 
 
 dulZ, 
 
 dum&, 
 
 dusk, 
 
 fuss, 
 
 gulf, 
 
 gulZ, 
 
 gush, 
 
 hulZ, 
 
 hung, 
 
 hunt, 
 
 hush, 
 
 jump, 
 
 luck, 
 
 lulZ, 
 
 lump, 
 
 much, 
 
 muff, 
 
 musk, 
 
 num&, 
 
 wtf, 
 
 pulp, 
 
 pump. 
 
 , rusk, 
 
 scum, 
 
 shun, 
 
 snug, 
 
 stud, 
 
 stun, 
 
 suck, 
 
 swum, 
 
 , fllUS, 
 
 tuck, 
 
 tuft, 
 
 tusk, 
 
 dove, 
 
 love. 
 
 11. 
 
 BMZ, 
 
 mu, 
 
 ■pull, 
 
 push, 
 
 wolf, 
 
 book, 
 
 foot, 
 
 good, 
 
 hood, 
 
 hook, 
 
 look, 
 
 rook, 
 
 soot, 
 
 took : 
 
 loud, 
 
 noun, 
 
 fhou : 
 
 loin, 
 
 join, 
 
 oint, 
 
 void. 
 
 
 
 Dictation Exercises. 
 
 1. She may bake a cake for the babe. For the sake of his dear name, 
 oh, wake to fame ! Do not jade or tire that lame ox. The game was 
 near a cave. The sane man is safe. A haze came on the lake. The 
 pink did fade on the same day. Save what you gain. He gave a vase, 
 a rake, and a tame fox, to my son. 
 
 2. He hit the brad, or tack, with the back of my ax. He ate a bit 
 of lamb, a clam, and a crab. The gang sang in the camp. That lank 
 chap, or boy, swam on a slab. Vamp or mend my shoe. The air is 
 dank, or damp. He may hang my sack on a peg. Darn my garb with 
 yarn. He had more than half the aims. The lard is hard. The calf 
 in the yard is near my drab hack. 
 
 3. If you walk on the lawn, do not halt to talk. His last dawn and 
 morn are past. That fast ship is on the vast sea. We can make lath 
 of her mast. That sort of lord will fawn. Can a hawk eat corn ? 
 He has salt in a horn. 
 
 4. Did each lad weep ? He swam with ease in the deep sea. Feed 
 the lamb with meal and beans. He gave that meek boy a mere bit of 
 veal. The hawk can vend the beef with his beak. Did you reap that 
 heap of weeds ? The keel, or beat, is on the reef. 
 
 5. She lent her best belt. His knee hit the desk. Do not jest with 
 the deaf lad ; but help him. He left an egg in the nest. Ward West 
 wept. Did the hen peck his head and his neck ? Did the girl mend 
 the rent in my vest ? Do less for self. He wept for the dead. The 
 term verb means a word. Do not jerk the peit lad. A worm is on the 
 turf. If you urge him, he will work. 
 
 G. I saw five boys dive and rise. I am ni^k nine wise men. The fife 
 
MONOSYLLABLES A IN AGE. 
 
 37 
 
 mite, up, full.— e as k ; g as j ; n as ng ; s as e ; ch as sh ; this ; azure. 
 
 and the file are mine. Wipe that vile pipe. If it he a mild day, my 
 wife will ride a mile. 
 
 7. The fish can swim in a dish. I wish to pick the mint. Miss Myth 
 did kiss the babe on its chin. That rick of h;iy is the gift of a rich 
 man. The slim lad is sick. 
 
 8. I saw' a host of men vote. I have both pork and soap at home. 
 The mole did doze in the soft loam. I saw foam on the rope when the 
 colt was at the goal, or post. She can get coal, and a loaf, at the 
 next door. 
 
 9. He lost the cost of his crop. Did Ann Bond lose her doll ? Do 
 not hoot at the fool, nor mock him ; but let him plod or move on. I 
 saw a frog on a rock, by the pool, or pond. My sock and my boot are 
 on the moss in the nook. The crew will soon want food. The twig grew 
 from the root of an ash. I saw the moon, from a room near the roof. 
 
 10. In June, the duke gave me a lute. If she stew the duck, it will 
 suit me. If the mute lad fret and fume, and hit the mule with a club, 
 I can not love him. Dull boy ! why do you thus sit dumb ? He had 
 good luck near dusk, in his hunt ; for he shot a buck, a gull, and a dove. 
 
 11. The bull did push and gore the wolf He took the hood and put 
 his foot on it. My book is full of cuts. Do not pull the hook ; for I 
 see soot on it. I will look at the rook, if I hear its loud cry. A noun 
 is a name. Did he join the mob ? Thou, Lord, art good. 
 
 IV. Monosyllables of more than Four Letters. 
 
 MONOSYLLABLES A IN AGE. 
 
 1. Baste, bathe, blade, blame, blaze, brace, 
 brave, chafe, change chase, crane, crape, crave, 
 rraze, drake, flak*?, flame, frame, glade, grace, 
 grade, grape, grave, graze, haste, paste, place, 
 plagttt, range, seal*?, scraps, shade, shake, shame, 
 si lap^', shave, skate, slake, slate, slave, snake, 
 Bpace, spade, stage, state, stave, strange, vague. 
 
 Alphabetic Equivalents of a. 
 
 2. Brain, chain, diaise, claim, drain, faith, 
 flail. frail, grain, paint, praise, quail, quaint, 
 
88 
 
 NATIONAL ELEMENTARY SPELLER. 
 
 age, at, art, 411, bare, ask ; m6, end, 3rr ; Ice, In ; 6ld, 6n, d6. 
 
 saint, snail, sprain, stain, strain, taint, trail, 
 train, trait. Spray, stray. Ei^/ith, freight, skein. 
 
 Dictation Exercises. 
 
 1. Grace Crane will baste or sew the vest. Do not blame the brave 
 lad, if he bathe in the lake. The slave will shave that grave man with 
 his keen blade. He can brace or tie the stave with a grape vine. Do 
 not plague or move the girl with vague fear. Did he chase the snake 
 with a spade ? His shape, or form, is strange. Did Ann Drake change 
 the frame on my slate ? Do not chafe or rub the crape. 
 
 2. The frail lad has a weak brain. If he claim the quaint old chaise, 
 do not stain or paint it. He can not taint the name of that saint, or 
 good man. If he strain or sprain his arm, he can not use the flail. 
 Will he pay for a quail, the grain, and my eighth skein of yarn ? 
 
 MONOSYLLABLES A IN AT. 
 
 1. 
 
 cafch, 
 cramp, 
 gland, 
 plant, 
 
 ~Badge, ba£ch, black, 
 champ, c/^asm, clack, 
 crank, crash, drank, 
 hafch, lafoh, 
 prank, scalp, 
 shrank, slack, 
 
 grand, 
 plash, 
 
 scratch, shalZ, 
 
 snatch, spasm, splash, sprang 
 
 strand, strap, 
 
 bland, blank, 
 
 clank, clash, 
 
 flank, flash, 
 
 ma^ch, pafch, 
 
 scamp, scant, 
 
 slash, smack, 
 
 stack, stamp, 
 
 thank, thrash, thwack, track. 
 Dictation Exercises. 
 
 brand, 
 
 crack, 
 
 frank, 
 
 plank, 
 
 scrap, 
 
 smash, 
 
 stand, 
 
 tramp. 
 
 1. That scamp, or bad man, had a black badge on his arm. Will he 
 catch cold this bland day ? The crank fell, with a crash, into a chasm. 
 I saw the nag stamp, and champ his bit, by the stack. You shall have 
 my last batch of cake. If the frank lad snatch the plank and plash 
 you, do not thwack, thrash, or beat him. Hear the clack and the clank 
 of the slack chain. 
 
 MONOSYLLABLES A IN ART. 
 
 1. Barge, baths, carve, charge, charm, chart, 
 farce, gape, pnarl, haZve, harsh, larch, large, 
 
MONOSYLLABLES A IN ALL. 39 
 
 mute, up, full. — c as k ; g as j ; n as ng ; s as z ; ch as sh ; this ; azure. 
 
 march, marsh, parch, parse, paths, psalm, quaZm, 
 salve, scarf, shark, sharp, smart, snarl, spark, 
 sparse, stanch, starch, stark, start, starve, wrath. 
 
 Alphabetic Equivalents of a. 
 2. Craunch, daunt, flaunt, gaunt, haunch, haunt, 
 jaunt, laugh, launch, taunt, vaunt. Hearth. Guard. 
 
 Dictation Exercises. 
 
 1. The large barge, or boat, near the baths, is in my charge. Halve 
 the salve and put it on the cut, if it smart. Starch the scarf. Get a 
 chart of the paths in the marsh. To gnarl is to snarl and show wrath. 
 Sing a psalm in the sparse or thin wood. He went stark mad. 
 
 2. Do not daunt the gaunt dog, if he craunch a bone. Did he flaunt 
 and vaunt on his jaunt, or trip ? Launch the ship. Do not taunt him ; 
 but guard his hearth. 
 
 MONOSYLLABLES A IN ALL. 
 
 1. ChaZk, dwarf, false, quart, scald, smal£, 
 sfpiiil/. BtaZk, st;il/, sward, swarm, swart, swaths, 
 thwart, waltz, warmth, wharf. 
 
 Alphabetic Equivalents of a. 
 
 2. Cau^At, cause, fault, fraud, frau^At, gauze, 
 naught, paunch, sauce, tau^At, vault : brawl, brawn, 
 craw], drawl, drawn, scrawl, shawl, spawn, sprawl, 
 squaw, straw, cloflis, gorge, horse, north, scorch, 
 s'-orn, short, snort, storm, thorn, torch, wroth : 
 hroad: bou^At, cough, fou^At, sou^At, trough,thou</At 
 
 Dictation Exercises. 
 
 1. Scald a quart of milk. The small dwarf did squall for the chalk 
 The swart or dark man saw a swarm of bees on a tall stalk. The 
 warmth will dry the swaths of hay. I got the sward, or turf, near thb 
 wharf 
 
4.0 NATIONAL ELEMENTARY SPELLER. 
 
 age, at, art, ill, bare, ask; me, end, grr ; Ice, In; 6ld, 6n, dS. 
 
 2. I caught my horse in a gorge, or pass, of the hills. He thought 
 they fought for a good cause. Pause with your scrawl ; for a fraud is 
 fraught with naught that is good. He bought the gauze, or thin silk, 
 the cloths, and the shawl. 
 
 MONOSYLLABLES A IN BARE, 
 
 1. Flare, glare, scarce, scare, share, snare, 
 spare, square. 
 
 Alphabetic Equivalents of a. 
 
 2. Chair, there, where, swear, their. 
 
 Dictation Exercises. 
 
 1. Spare a share of that cake ; for it is scarce. The flare and glare of 
 *he fire will scare the bird. You stare at the snare in the square. 
 
 2. There is their chair. Where did he swear ? 
 
 MONOSYLLABLES A IN ASK. 
 
 1. Blanch, blast, branch, brass, chaf/*, chance, 
 
 chant, clasp, class, craft, dance, flask, glance, 
 
 glass, graft, grant, grasp, grass, lance, lanch, 
 
 laths, prance, qnafy, shaft, slant, staf^, trance. 
 
 Dictation Exercises. 
 
 1. The flask is glass, not brass. The blast blew the chaff off the laths. 
 Did a chance glance blanch her face ? Chant or sing for the class, as 
 they dance on the grass. Grasp a lance, a shaft, or a staff, and lanch it 
 at the horse, if he prance by ; but do not let it glance. 
 
 MONOSYLLABLES E IN ME. 
 
 1. Glebe, scAeme, sphere, theme, these. 
 
MONOSYLLABLES E IN ME. 41 
 
 mute, up, full.— 6 as k ; g as j ; n as ng ; sasz; ch as sh ; this ; azure 
 
 Alphabetic Equivalents of e. 
 
 2. Beard, beast, bleach, bleak, blear, bleat, 
 breathe, cease, cheap, cheat, clean, clear, cleat, 
 ('•leave, cream, crease, dream, drear, eaves, feast, 
 freak, gleam, glean, heath, leaped, league, lease, 
 leave, peach, plead, please, preach, reach, scream, 
 sheaf, sheath, sheafhe, sheaths, smear, sneak, speak, 
 spear, squeak, squeal, streak, stream, teach, tease, 
 treat, tweak, weave, wheat, wreath, wreaths, yeast 
 
 3. Bleed, breed, breeze, cheek, cheer, cheese 
 creed, creep, fleece, fleet, green, greet, £neel, 
 queen, queer, screen, sheen, sheep, sheet, sleek, 
 sleep, sleet, sneer, sneeze, speech, speed, spleen, 
 squeeze, sleep, steed, steer, street, sweep, teeth, 
 three, wheel, wheeze : brief, chief, field, fiend, 
 fierce, grief, grieve, niece, pierce, priest, shield, 
 shriek, siege, thief, thieve, tierce, wield, yield. 
 
 Dictation Exercises. 
 
 1. These lads may play on the glebe, or turf. That scheme, or plan > 
 is good for men in our sphere, or rank in life. 
 
 2. Please not to tease or vex the babe ; but teach It to speak. What 
 freak led her to tweak his nose, and to smear his beard with cream ? 
 She will glean a sheaf of wheat by the clear stream. Did that beast 
 with blear eyes eat heath? If she buy some clean yeast and a cheap 
 peach, do not cheat her. Can she weave wreaths? Did he preach on 
 that bleak and drear day ? If you reach the sheath, sheafhe the dirk. 
 
 3. A league is three miles. My niece will not shriek, if her nose 
 bleed. The sheep with that fine fleece is of a rare breed. The fierce 
 chief rode a fleet or fast steed. Greet the queen in the green field. The 
 priest will read a brief speech. Make the thief yield in the street. 
 
42 NATIONAL ELEMENTALLY SPELLEE. 
 
 age, I 
 
 it, drt, all 
 
 , bare, ask ; m6, end, err ; Ice, 
 
 , In ; old, 
 
 on, dS. 
 
 
 
 MONOS YLL AE LES- 
 
 -K IN END. 
 
 
 1. 
 
 Bench, 
 
 blend, 
 
 bless, 
 
 cheek, 
 
 chess, 
 
 chest, 
 
 cleft, 
 
 clench, 
 
 crept, 
 
 cress, 
 
 crest, 
 
 delve, 
 
 dense, 
 
 depth, 
 
 dregs, 
 
 drench. 
 
 , dress, 
 
 dwelZ, 
 
 fence, 
 
 fefch, 
 
 fresh, 
 
 hedge, 
 
 helve, 
 
 hence, 
 
 7cnell, 
 
 length, 
 
 pence. 
 
 2. 
 
 Pledge, 
 
 press, 
 
 quel£, 
 
 quench, 
 
 sense, 
 
 shelf, 
 
 shelZ, 
 
 shred, 
 
 sketch, 
 
 sledge, 
 
 slept, 
 
 smelZ, 
 
 smelt, 
 
 speek, 
 
 spelZ, 
 
 spend, 
 
 stench, 
 
 strength 
 
 , stress, 
 
 stretch, 
 
 swelZ, 
 
 swept, 
 
 temj?t, 
 
 tense, 
 
 tenth, 
 
 theft, 
 
 thence, 
 
 thresh, trench, twelfth, twelve, vredge, whence, wrench. 
 
 Alphabetic Equivalents of e. 
 3. Breadth, breast, breath, cleanse, death, dread, 
 dreamt, health, meant, realm, spread, stealth, sweat, 
 Anread, threat, tread, wealth : friend : guess. 
 
 , Dictation Exercises, 
 
 1. The bench is by the fence. Play chess. Fetch some cress from a 
 spot not far hence. Will snow and salt blend ? Do not drench your 
 dress with the dregs. He crept the length of the hedge. Did he delve 
 or dig for ten pence ? 
 
 2. He left a tenth of his grain, and a twelfth of his gold, as a pledge 
 of his good faith. Wrench the wedge out of the log. If the twelve 
 men have sense, they can quell the mob. Quench the fire. Whence 
 came the stench, or bad smell ? In fell strength, the wind swept the 
 wreck, and left not a shred. Twelve girls may spell. 
 
 3. My friend leaped the breadth of the room. I dreamt that each 
 breath of wind spread death in that realm. A guess will not cleanse 
 the ship, nor spread her sails. They meant to get his wealth by stealth. 
 
 MONOSYLLABLES E IN EKR. 
 
 1. Clerk, merge, n£rve, perch, serve, sperm s 
 stern, sw r erve, terse, verge, verse. 
 
MONOSYLLABLES — E IN EPJi 1 LN ICE. 43 
 
 mute, up 
 
 , full.— 6 as k ; g as j ; h as ng 
 
 ; s as z ; 
 
 dh as sh ; this ; azure. 
 
 
 Alphabetic Eqtm 
 
 -jilcnts of c. 
 
 2. 
 
 Dearth, earth, hearse, 
 
 learn, 
 
 search, yearn : 
 
 bircli, 
 
 chirp, dirge, first, 
 
 flirt, 
 
 mirth, quirk, 
 
 sliirt, 
 
 skirt, squirm, squirt, 
 
 third, 
 
 . thirst, twirl, 
 
 whirl i 
 
 world, worse, worst, 
 
 worth, 
 
 scourge : burnt, 
 
 hurst, 
 
 church, churl, churn, 
 
 dorse, 
 
 curve, durst, 
 
 nurse, 
 
 purge, purse, scurf, 
 
 spurn, 
 
 spurt : myrrh. 
 
 Dictation Exercises. 
 
 1. The verse is terse. The stern clerk, if he serve you, will not 
 swerve from the true way ; fur he has nerve. Did the hird perch or sit 
 on the verge, or rim, of the dish ? 
 
 2. When did you first learn that there was a dearth, or want of food, 
 in that town? Is the dead hoy in the church, or in the hearse? The 
 earth thirsts. In her search, she saw the worst nurse in the world 
 The birds chirp on the old birch. The first shirt is worse than the third 
 In her mirth, the flirt tore her skirt. If you twirl or whirl the worm 
 it will squirm. He durst not take your purse to huy the myrrh. 
 
 MONOSYLLABLES 1 IN ICE. 
 
 1. "Blight, blind, blithe, bribe, bride, bity/t. 
 brine, chid^, child, chime, CArist, crime, drive, 
 iiyAt, fli^//t, fright, glide, grind, gripe, I'nife, 
 jfcnives, light, lithe, ninth, \H\ght, price, pride, 
 prime, prize, quite, scribe, shine, shrine, slice. 
 
 2. Slide, slime, smile, smite, snipe, spice, 
 spike, spile, spine, spite, splice, squire, stride, 
 strike, strife, stripe, swine, thi^A, thine, thrice; 
 thrive, tight, tithe, tribe, trice, tripe, trite, 
 twice, while, whine, white, writhe. 
 
44 
 
 NATIONAL ELEMENTARY SPELLEE. 
 
 age, at, art, all, bare, ask ; me, end, $rr ; lee, in ; 6ld, 6n, d6. 
 
 Alphabetic Equivalents of i. 
 
 3. 
 
 guide, 
 
 Height : cries, 
 
 guile, 
 
 dries, 
 scythe. 
 
 flies, 
 
 pries, 
 
 tries : 
 
 Dictation M 
 
 xeroses. 
 
 1. Did the east wind blight or blast the corn? Do not chide nor 
 fright the blind child, if he lose the knife. That blithe or gay lad may 
 grind the knives. What was the price of the ninth slice of meat ? If 
 the bright moon shine, my bride, or wife, will drive the horse. 
 
 2. You may slide twice or thrice in my sled. Do not smite or strike 
 my thigh with a spike. Did that white dog of thine whine when he 
 saw the snipe ? Do swine thrive in a tight pen ? The strife will cease, 
 while the squire is nigh. 
 
 3. "When the bird tries, it flies to a great height. As soon as the sun 
 dries the grass, my guide will use the scythe. 
 
 
 
 MONOSYLLABLES- 
 
 —I IN W 
 
 
 
 1. 
 
 Bilge, 
 
 bliss, 
 
 brick, 
 
 bridge, 
 
 bring, 
 
 brink, 
 
 brisk, 
 
 chiE, 
 
 chink, 
 
 chintz, 
 
 click, 
 
 cliff, 
 
 cling, 
 
 clink, 
 
 crimp, 
 
 cringe, 
 
 crisp, 
 
 difch, 
 
 drift, 
 
 driU, 
 
 drink, 
 
 fifth, 
 
 filch, 
 
 filth, 
 
 fling, 
 
 flint, 
 
 frilZ, 
 
 fringe, 
 
 frisk, 
 
 glimpse, grist, 
 
 hinge, 
 
 hifch, 
 
 midst, 
 
 mince, 
 
 niche, 
 
 pinch, 
 
 piteh, 
 
 prick, 
 
 prince, 
 
 print. 
 
 2. 
 
 Quick, 
 
 quilZ, 
 
 quilt, 
 
 quince, 
 
 ridge, 
 
 rinse, 
 
 scrip, 
 
 script, 
 
 shift, 
 
 shrill, 
 
 shrimp. 
 
 , shrink, 
 
 since, 
 
 singe, 
 
 sixth, 
 
 drift 
 
 skill, 
 
 sling, 
 
 smith, 
 
 sniff, 
 
 splint, 
 
 sprig, 
 
 spring, 
 
 squib, 
 
 squint, 
 
 stick, 
 
 stiff, 
 
 stilt, 
 
 stint, 
 
 stitch, 
 
 strict, 
 
 strip, 
 
 swift, 
 
 swilZ, 
 
 swing, 
 
 switch, 
 
 thick, 
 
 thilZ, 
 
 thing, 
 
 think, 
 
 thrift, 
 
 tlirilZ, 
 
 trick, 
 
 trilZ, 
 
 twist, 
 
 twitch, 
 
 which, 
 
 whif/, 
 
 whisk, 
 
 whist, 
 
 width, 
 
 wince, 
 
 wifch, 
 
 withe, 
 
 wrist. 
 
M0N08YLLABLES O IN OLD. 45 
 
 mute, up, full. — c as k ; g as j ; 11 as ng ; s as z ; ch as sh ; this ; azure. 
 
 Alphabetic Equivalents of !. 
 3. Sieve : build, built : nymph, sylpli. 
 
 Dictation JSeeroi 
 
 1. Do not fling pitch on the hilge of the cask. Be brisk, and bring 
 the fifth brick. I had a glimpse of the bridge, near the brink of the 
 cliff. A print of the prince is in the niche. The fringe on the chintz, 
 and the frill on the shirt, are fine. 
 
 2. If you have skill, be quick ! spring into the skiff, and shift the 
 oars. Since my sixth spring, I think I have been strict in all things. 
 The smith ate some shrimps, a quince, and a mince-pie. Will the quilt 
 shrink, if you wash and rinse it ? That swift horse will twitch and 
 break the thill, if you hit him with a switch, or a withe. 
 
 3. He will build the hut, if it has not been built. Can a nymph or 
 a sylph use a sieve ? 
 
 MONOSYLLABLES O IN OLD. 
 
 1. Choke, chose, close, clothe, clothes, clove, 
 
 drolZ, drone, drove, force, forge, gAost, globe, 
 
 grope, gross, grove 1 , knoll, porch, probe, prone, 
 
 prose, quote, quoth, rog?/e, scold, scope, score, 
 
 scroll, shone, shor<f, shote, slope, sloth, smoke, 
 
 smote, snore, spoke, sport, stole, stone, stove, 
 
 stroke, stroll, strove, sword, those, vogwe. 
 
 Alphabetic Equivalents of 6. 
 2. Bloat, boast, cloak, coach, coast, croak, 
 float, hoarse, loath, loathe, roast, shoal, throat, 
 toast: floor: court, gourd, mourn, source, ftiou^/. 
 growth, known. 
 
 Dictation Exercises. 
 
 1. He chose to quote prose. Did they choke the rogue that stole the 
 clothes 1 They came in great force, at the close of the day. and smote 
 
46 
 
 NATIONAL ELEMENTARY SPELLEK. 
 
 age, at, ftrt, ill, bare, 
 
 me, end, err ; Ice, !n ; old, 6n, dS. 
 
 a score of men with the edge of the sword. She spoke those words in 
 sport. I saw a shote on a knoll in the grove. Did the stove smoke ? 
 Did he forge your name on the scroll? "I know," quoth the droll 
 man, " what is in vogue, or most in use." 
 
 2. Though rum bloat the man, you are not loath to sell it. I shall 
 loathe or hate her, if she boast. If the cloak is in the coach, you can 
 keep your throat warm, and not get hoarse. The boat is on a shoal, or 
 sand-bank, near the coast, or shore. Did you note the growth of the 
 gourd in that rich mold ? Does the cat molt, or shed her hair ? 1 
 saw a piece of toast on the floor of the court, or hall. Would the> 
 mourn, if the source, or first cause, of the crime was known? 
 
 1. 
 
 copse, 
 
 MONOSYLLABLES O IN ON. 
 
 Block, blotch, bronze, broth, clock, 
 crock, cross, crotch, dodge, dross, 
 
 cloth, 
 flock, 
 
 frock, frost, froth, gloss, Jcnock, lodge, moflis, 
 
 nofch, prong, prompt, scof/*, scotch, shock, solve, 
 
 stock, strong, throb, throng, tongs, troth, wrong. 
 
 Alphabetic Equivalents of 6. 
 
 2. Chaps, quash, squad, squash, squat, swamp, 
 swash, swath, wand, wafch, yacAt. 
 
 Dictation Exercises. 
 
 1. A copse is a wood of small growth. Is it wrong to notch the 
 block ? When the sun shone, she put a cloth on the bronze clock. 
 When the strong man was wroth, he drove back the throng with the 
 tongs. Do not crock or soil the frock ; for it has a fine gloss. Did that 
 cross dog chase the fiock ? Did the frost make you cough ? Knock at 
 the door of the lodge, or hut. 
 
 2. He hit the beast with his wand, or rod, on its chaps. He gave a 
 gold watch for his yacht, or boat. He led a squad, or small band of 
 men, into the swamp. 
 
MONOSYLLABLES O IN DO U IN UP. 47 
 
 mute, up, full. — 6 as k ; g as j ; h as ng ; s as z ; ch as sh ; this ; azure. 
 MONOSYLLABLES O IN DO. 
 
 1. Move, prove, whose. 
 
 Alphabetic Equivalents of 6. 
 
 2. Bloom, booth, brood, broom, choose, droop, 
 
 gloom, goose, groom, groove, loose, moose, noose, 
 
 proof, roost, school, scoop, shoot, sloop, smooth, 
 
 soothe, spool, spoon, stool, swoon, swoop, tooth, 
 
 troop : croup, group, route, youth, wound : crude, 
 
 prude, prune, spruce, truce, truth : fruit. 
 
 Dictation Exercises. 
 
 1 . Can you prove whose book he moved ? 
 
 2. The fruit tree was in bloom. Get a broom, a spool, a spoon, a 
 stool, and some prunes, at the booth. That spruce or neat group of 
 youth told the truth, while at school. If the groom loose the noose, 
 the horse may run on the smooth turf. Choose a fat goose for the men 
 in the sloop. That crude or green fruit may give the child the croup. 
 Did he shoot a moose and wound its leg ? 
 
 MONOSYLLABLES U LN MUTE. 
 
 1. Flume, flute, plume. 
 Dictation Exercises. 
 
 1. When John went to the mill, he fell into the flume. He has a 
 plume for his hat, and a flute. 
 
 MONOSYLLABLES U IN LP. 
 
 1. Bluf/*, blush, blunt, brush, bucZge, bunch, 
 cluek, clung, clump, crush, crust, crunch, drue/ge, 
 drunk, dunce, flung, flush, grudge, grufy, grunt, 
 
48 NATIONAL ELEMENTARY SPELLER. 
 
 age, at, art, all, bilre, ask ; me, end, err ; lce ; in ; old, 5n, dS. 
 
 lmncli, ju<#g0, lungs, mumps, pluck, plump, plunge, 
 
 plush, pulse, punch, scrub, shrub, shrug, shrunk, 
 
 skulk, skunk, slung, snuf)f, struck, strut, stuck, 
 
 stufy*, stump, stunt, swung, thrum, thrush, thrust, 
 
 thumJ, thump, truck, trump, trunk, truss, trust. 
 
 Alphabetic Equivalents of u. 
 
 2. Front, glove, month, shove, sponge, tongue: 
 blood, flood : touch, young, tough. 
 
 Dictation Exercises. 
 
 1. There is a clump or bunoh of trees on the bluff, or steep bank. 
 He clung to the crutch when he was drunk. Hens cluck. Pigs grunt. 
 I trust you will not budge, or stir. Will the judge drudge or toil while 
 he has the mumps ? Did the skunk skulk by a stump ? I saw a thrush 
 on the trunk of a tree. 
 
 2. There was blood on the front door. The young man has a tough 
 stick, a glove, and a sponge, in my box. Touch the salt with your 
 tongue. Was there a flood last month ? 
 
 MONOSYLLABLES U LN FULL. 
 
 Alphabetic Equivalents of u. 
 1. Brook, crook, shook, stood: couZd, should. 
 
 Dictation Exercises. 
 
 1. He shook his crook at the sheep, as he stood by the brook. He 
 should eat, if he could. 
 
 MONOSYLLABLES OT7 LN OUR. 
 
 1. Bounce, bound, cloud, couch, douse, drought, 
 flounce, flour, found, fount, gouge, ground, grouse, 
 hound, lounge, mound, mount, mouse, mouth, ounce, 
 
MONOSYLLABLES PRONOUNCED ALIKE. 49 
 
 mute, up, full.— c as k : g as j ; n as r\% : sasz; eli as sh ; this ; azure. 
 
 pouch, pounce, pound, proud, round, rous<?, scour, 
 scout, shout, shroud, slouyA, snout, sound, souse, 
 south, spouse, spout, sprout, stout, trout, vouch. 
 
 Alphabetic Equivalents of ou. 
 
 2. Brown, browse, clown, crowd, crown, drown, 
 drowse, frown, growl, bcowL 
 
 ]) '(datum Exercises. 
 
 1. Did the hound clear the slough at one bounce, or bound? I saw 
 the proud scout mount his horse and ride round the mound. Lounge 
 on the couch. She got flour on the flounce of her dress. I saw a mouse 
 douse its mouth into the fount. The drouth, or want of rain, at the 
 South parched the ground. Did he scour the wood when he found the 
 grouse ? My spouse, or wife, caught a trout with that stout hook. 
 
 2. That sound was like the shout of a crowd. The brown cow will 
 browse the grass. If the d6g growl, will the clown frown? Will they 
 drown the scout, if he drowse? Do not scowl, while the crown is on 
 your brow. 
 
 MONOSYLLABLES 01 (it!) IN OIL. 
 
 1. Broil, choice, groin, hoist, joint, joist, 
 moist, noise, point, poise, quoit, spoil, voice. 
 
 Dictation Exercises. 
 
 1. Broil a joint of that choice meat. Poise the joist, and hoist it up 
 to that point. Your quoit struck the poor man on his groin. If you 
 make too much noise in this moist air, you may spoil your voice. 
 
 V. Monosyllables Pronounced Alike. 
 
 Dictation Eu 
 
 xercises. 
 
 1. Deign to tell what can ail the Dane. He ate eight plums, and drank 
 ale. Hold my bale while I bail the boat. The spread is baize. Win your 
 bays. The Bey has a boat in the bay. That base man sings bass. Braid 
 the lash. The ass brayed. Break the flax with a brake. A snake chased 
 
50 NATIONAL ELEMENTARY SPELLER. 
 
 age, at, art, all, bare, ask ; mi, end, e'rr ; Ice, In ; old, 6n, d5. 
 
 the chaste girl. I would fain know why you feign to build a fane. His 
 /ami heart led him to use a feint, or false show. What w T as his fate at 
 the grand fete? The words, "The cloth frays," are a phrase. 
 
 2. Did the pale man drop that large pail ? Did you note that hale 
 man's odd gait, as he passed through the gate in the snow and hail ? 
 I saw the great cook grate the root. Hey, toys ! stir the hay. The 
 fcrcave broke the nave, or hub, of my wheel. He laid down his hat, 
 and helped lade the ship that had lain so long at the foot of the lane. 
 The maid made her hood. The male child lost the main chance to send 
 my note by mail. If the horse neigh, grasp his worce. .ZVay; it was plain 
 that he was in no maze to see the growth of the maize. You will pain 
 him, if you break that plane or flat pane of glass. P/a^ her hair. Get 
 the plate of fruit, lpray you. The cat has hex prey. 
 
 3. If it rain, I will loose the rein, and ride fast in the sleigh. If that 
 king reign, he will sZay us, and raze our town, iitowe the sail of the sloop, 
 if the sun's rays are warm. Eat some steak, if it be for sale. Drive a 
 straight slake into the ground. Can you wade the strait ? If he weighed 
 the girl, he knows her weight. If you wait, you may hear a tale of a dog's 
 tail. If the cake is on the tray, weigh it. The trey in cards has three 
 spots on it. Give up 3'our way of life. You want no veil in the cool 
 vale. The vain lad will burst a vein, if he try to reach the vane on the 
 barn. The lash made the dog wail, and left a wale on his flesh. Moons 
 wane or waste. Is a cart a wain ? Her waist is small. 
 
 4. Drive the tacks with the back of the adz. He adds a drachm to my 
 tea;. The foe? man 6«o?e him drink a dram. Did he jam his hand on the 
 jamb ? The cat laps milk. Heed the Zopse of time. That lax or slack 
 man lacks bread. Throw the hay off the rack. Wrack is a sea-plant. 
 Wrap up well. Rap the door. They tracked the ox on that tract of land. 
 
 5. Ought we to pay aught for that ark, or boat ? That 7nar& is an arc. 
 My /war£ was sick, when he shot the hart. He made all the holes with 
 an aid. The fozW Gaul bawled for a JaZZ of yarn. If you call, do not bawl. 
 Haul the hay to the hall ; but do not gall the horse. Paul may get a caul 
 for Ann's hair. Did the pall sway? The cat's soft paws have claws. 
 Read the clause, and then pause. 
 
 6. Was the Ae>r to this land e'er in want of pure air, ere he left home ? 
 Did he bear the fair child on his bare arms ? Pay their fare by stage. 1 
 saw a hair in the hare pie. Pare a pair of pears. Do not star« at the stairs. 
 Do not tazr the dress, if you wear it. Wheat and tares grew there. He 
 lost caste when he cast her off. I will pay your draft, or bill, for the 
 draught horse. 
 
 7. Let the bee be. Do not beat the lad with a beech rod, if he eat a beet. 
 The boat in the creek is near the beach. The wheels creak. Beer brought 
 
MONOSYLLABLES PRONOUNCED ALIKE. 51 
 
 mute, up T full. — c as k ; g as j ; h as ng ; s as z ; dh as sh ; this ; azure. 
 
 the dead man to his Irier. He made a breach In the wall with the breech 
 of his gun. To cede is to yield or give up. Pirds eat seed. To cere is 
 to smear with wax. The seer saw a scar or dry leaf. The seal on my note 
 
 d. Ceil the room. <SeeZ means to close the eyes. The dear boy fed 
 
 the deer. It is quite a feat to write with one's ,/<W. 7-7te from the ./fo*. 
 
 Did milk/m'ce on the frieze, or nap, of the cloth? Once Greece was free. 
 
 the grease spot. 
 
 8. His sore faei will 7ieaZ. //ire we can hear him. You need a Ary for 
 
 the door. Knead the dough. The sled is kneed. The ship is at the 
 
 quay (kfi). Sheep feed OH the 7<w near the he shore. Leach the ashes. 
 
 Leech the wound. I would as lief as not tear out the leaf. The boat 
 
 Do not eat leeks. The mean can have no meed. Drink mead. His 
 
 ndien I love. Mete out the meat for those that ?/i«-Z here. To keep the 
 
 peace, the peer gave apiece of land. Build a pier, or wharf. To pique me, 
 
 she went up to the top of the peek. I heard thejpmZ of a gun. The peat 
 
 has a thin peel. 
 
 :' he read a scene from that play, I will shake a reed at him. I have 
 seen the fifth that were caught in that vine. While they reck with blood, 
 they wreak their wrath on those wealc men. Did you see the deep sea last 
 The sleeve did teem to have no seam. He sees them mze the ship on 
 the high seas. Get the sleave of the silk. It is sheer shame to shear sheep 
 in March. Did he ileal the steel chain ? The siceet girl has a suite of rooms. 
 As 1 drive the team, the air seems to teem with ilies. With a tear she 
 looked at a tier of the slain. It is time, I ween, to wean the child. 
 
 10. Our guest guessed that the 6e2fa would ring the bell. She is weAl-bred. 
 Eat Z;ra«7. He led the wretch to the cell. Did the ill child retch ? He 
 **fd the lad to sell some ZeW. Pay ten cents for the sweet scent. He ra/6? 
 the red book. What recA ye of the ship's wreck ? If he step up, wm£ the 
 knife from him. He can rest on the steppe, or vast wild plain. 
 
 11. On my birth-day, I took a berth in the boat. Put what you earn in 
 the urn. I put your fur cap on the fir-tree. Wear fun. Furze is a 
 shrub. I heard the herd. I saw a pearl in the brook that purls through 
 the grove. The serf swam in the surf. A surge, or large wave, wet my 
 serge coat. 
 
 12. The fish bite in that bight, or small bay. We bug tea fy/ the pound. 
 The site of my house is in sight of the town. Cite him to come. They 
 climb the high rocks in that cold clime. I will /uefe one eye and /ue to my 
 home. Beasts die. Dye the yarn. If you hide the rice, I will ./me? it. 
 The judge fined me. They hied to that rise of ground. The bold /cmy/tf 
 came hy night. Lie down. We make soap of lye and grease. Will rye 
 make nice bread ? The rock is of g?uiss. She sighed. Her neck is wry, 
 or turned to one side. If the choir sing, bring a gw're of paper. Rime 
 
52 NATIONAL ELEMENTARY SPELLER. 
 
 age, at, art, all, bare, ask ; me, end, err ; Ice, in ; old, 6n, d6\ 
 
 means white frost. The words rhyme. Is that rile of the church right? 
 The wright can mend the wheel and write a note. You slight my sleigfU, 
 or trick, of hand. His styZe is terse. Take time to climb the stile, or 
 steps. I know where wild thyme (thn) grows. 
 
 13. A rat had been in the 6m of grain. If they gild the book, the guild, 
 or club, will pay for the gilt. If he did kill my son in the lime-kiln, his 
 guilt must bo known. I heard him sing a %nm in the iwi. Ziron or paint 
 the limb of a tree. Did the lynx break the links of the chain ? She missed 
 her rw?# in the mist. I saw nils on the calf. iira£ a sock. Wring out 
 the cloth. 
 
 14. The bold man bowled well. Pin the cape with her brooch. Broach 
 the cask of ale. A boar bore the dog on his tusk. He bored a hole in a 
 board. He put the boll of a plant into my bowl of milk. Bole is fine clay, 
 not coarse. Trace the course of the stream. The beau shot with a bow. 
 Has the pear a core ? To drill the corps at the fort is his /orte. Put on 
 your coat and drive the sheep out of the cote. Will the doe eat dough ? 
 In the /ore part of the day, I saw four men go forth for the fourth time. 
 Do not gloze or please by praise. The coal glows. I have heard him 
 groan since he has grown stout. 
 
 15. That horde, or tribe, will hoard corn. He hoes the corn with a hoe. 
 Ho ! he has a hole in his hose. That Zone man knows that I want the 
 whole loan. The ox lowed when I struck his nose. When a mote was in 
 his eye, I heard him moan. I know a load of grass is mown; for I mowed 
 it. Lo ! the man lies low in the moat. The Zoefe, or vein, of ore in the 
 mine is rich. 0, did you owe him ? Oh, shame ! he owed him for the 
 ode. We went o'er the lake with one oar. 
 
 16. He struck my poll, or head, with a pole. He jwes o'er a book. 
 Pour out tea. He rowed the boat. She rode the mule in the road. The 
 roe can swim. Row the boat. Learn by rote what he wrote. Smell the 
 rose. The trees are in rows. The sZcw lad may eat a sloe. My shoe has 
 a soZe. His soul can not die. ,Sbw the rye so; and then seio my coat 
 Birds soar. I felt a throe of pain, as I strove to throw the toad with im 
 sore hand. The king's tftrone was thrown down. He toim? the boat. Put 
 tow on your sore toe. I told the tale. He tolled the bell. I toZea 7 the sheep 
 with salt. 
 
 17. I did not throw a knot. I found a key and a lock near the loch, or 
 lake. Does he bruise his hands when he brews beer ? The 6rtt# is that 
 the brute was slain. The crews of the ships will cruise for a month. 
 Does he whoop when you roll your hoop ? The rude boy knows that a 
 rood of land is one fourth of an acre. I have a stoup of wine on my 
 stoop. She, too, may go to town with the two boys. He threw a stone 
 through the pane. The wind blew the blue cloth. If it were once lost, I 
 
WORDS OF TWO SYLLABLES. 53 
 
 mite, up, full.— c as k ; g as j ; h as ng ; s as z ; <fh as sh ; this ; azure. 
 
 knew that Hugh could get no clue to my new ring. The pay for that clew, 
 or ball of thread, is due. Deio is on the grass. Hew the wood that is of 
 a dark Awe. While you muse, the cat mews. Birds flew up the flue. They 
 slew my son. Do not slue the sled round. 
 
 18. Buy all but the butt of wine. The dun has done the deed. Dost 
 thou- see the dust ? None knew the nun. The wall is plumb. Get sow* 
 />Z«7«s for my son. Pay the full sum. The r<w>//i winds blew off her ruff. 
 Would you go to the mwd when the sun shines? She wrung her hands 
 when I rung the bell. &•«// the boat. His slull is thick. Give a ton of 
 hay for a tun of wine. The fowl was on a &om^A. Bow to owr friends an 
 hour hence. Do not foul our well. On our route, we dug these roots. 
 
 PART II. 
 
 WORDS OF MORE THAN ONE SYLLABLE CLASSIFIED. 
 
 I. Words of Two Syllables. 
 
 DISSYLLABLES A IN AGE. 
 
 1. A'bltf, a/ corn, a cr<? (a'ker), a/ged,- 
 
 a gue, al ien - (al' yen), an cient - (an' slient), 
 
 an' gel, a'pex, apron (a' pern), ba'by, 
 
 ba'ker, baseness, bla'z<m, brasier (bra'zer), 
 
 bra'vo, ca'bL?, cam' brie, ca'per, ca'ret, - 
 
 case' merit, chain' ber, cluing' ing, cAa' os, - cliastf' en, 
 
 cra'zy, dan'ger, Dan'isli, dra'ma, fa'bk, 
 
 fa'mdoa, fa'tal, fa'vor, fla' grant, ga'bL?, 
 
 game'ster, gla'z^er, . gra cious - (gra' slms), grateful, 
 
 gra'vy, has^n, ha'tred, la'bel, la'bor, 
 
 la'dy, lameness, la' tent, la'va, la' zy. 
 
 2. Man'ger, ma'tron, na'dir, na'ked, 
 na'tion, na'tiv^, nature (nat'yer), na'val, 
 
54: NATIONAL ELEMENTARY SPELLER. 
 
 &ge, at, Srt, all, bare, 
 
 ask ; me, end, 
 
 4rr ; Ice, !n : 
 
 ; old, 6n, d5. 
 
 pa'g&mt, 
 
 pa 7 per, 
 
 past' r y, 
 
 pa' thos, 
 
 pa' tron, 
 
 pa' tience, 
 
 ra' dix, 
 
 ra' ven, 
 
 ra' zor, 
 
 sa'ber, 
 
 sa' chem, 
 
 sa'cred, 
 
 Sa' tan, 
 
 scrap' er, 
 
 slia' dy, 
 
 shak' en, 
 
 spa' cious, 
 
 state' ly, 
 
 sta' tion, 
 
 stran'ger, 
 
 te'bb, 
 
 tak' en, 
 
 trad' er, 
 
 va' cant, 
 
 va' cate, 
 
 va'por. 
 
 va'ry, 
 
 wa'fer, 
 
 wa' ger, 
 
 wa'vy. 
 
 3. 
 
 A base 7 , 
 
 ar r^inge', 
 
 be have', 
 
 bro cade', 
 
 cas cade 7 , 
 
 cliam parrae', dhi cane 7 , 
 
 de prave 
 
 ', de range', 
 
 di latg', 
 
 dis grace', 
 
 en gage', 
 
 e rase', 
 
 es cape', 
 
 es trange', 
 
 gr! mace', 
 
 in ane', 
 
 in flame' 
 
 , in hale', 
 
 in nate', 
 
 in sane', 
 
 mis place 
 
 ', parade', 
 
 se date'. 
 
 
 Alphabetic Equivalents of a. 
 
 
 4. 
 
 Bail' iff, 
 
 cai' tiff, 
 
 dai'lv, 
 
 dahY ty, 
 
 dai'ry, 
 
 dai' sy, 
 
 gait' er, 
 
 pain 'ful, 
 
 plaint' iff, 
 
 plaint' ive, 
 
 prai' vie, 
 
 rai' ment, 
 
 rain'y, 
 
 vais' in, 
 
 trai' tor, 
 
 wain'scoi 
 
 , waist'band : 
 
 ab stain', 
 
 ac quaint', 
 
 ap praise 7 , 
 
 at tain', 
 
 a vail', 
 
 be wail', 
 
 dham pai^n', 
 
 con strain', de claim', de tail', de tain', dis dain', 
 
 ex plain', main tain', ob tain', pre vail', re frain', 
 
 re tail', re tain', up braid'. 
 
 5. Cray' on, dray' man, gay'ly, lay' man, 
 
 may' or, pay' ment, play' fnl, way 'ward : affray', 
 
 as say', be tray', de lay', dis may', way lay', 
 
 bouquet (bo ka') : hei'nous, nei^A'bor, wei^At'y: 
 
 in veigh', ey' ry : con vey', o bey', pur vey'. 
 
 Dictation Exercises. 
 
 1. That aged baker is able to make famous bread. Sow an acre of 
 land with acorns. That Danish bravo is an alien from an ancient town. 
 The gracious lady made a cambric apron for our baby. Blazon or deck 
 the robe with gold lace. A brasier is one who works in brass. The 
 
DISSYLLABLES A IN AT. 55 
 
 mute, up, full. — o ask; g as j ; n us wj; : § ;is i : eh us sh ; this ; azure. 
 
 baseness of that lazy gumester moved my hatred; The glazier will set 
 a pane of glass in the casement. His fall from the apex of the gahle 
 caused his lameness. Latent means not seen. The wound was fatal, or 
 deadly. Read this drama. The goods in the chamher arc in a state 
 of chaos. 
 
 2. My patron left some paper in the manger. The matron will make 
 some pastry, if we vacate the table. That naked native was a sachem, 
 or chief. The stately stranger stood by the spacious station for our 
 ships, to see a naval pageant. Pathos means warmth, or that which 
 moves our best feelings. Radix means root, or a word from which 
 others are formed. Satan dees not regard sacred things. A raven was 
 taken near that shady spot. The trader sold a razor, a saber, a scraper, 
 and a box of wafers. Her hair is wavy. 
 
 3. Champagne will inflame, abase, and deprave the sedate man. Re- 
 place and arrange the brocade. Inhale the vapor from the cascade. 
 Erase the mark. Did the insane man use a chicane, or mean trick of 
 art, to escape ? You disgrace me, and estrange my friends. Do not de- 
 range nor misplace the things. 
 
 4. The plaintiff daily sent the bailiff to take the caitiff. The dainty 
 gaiter was painful to the dairy-maid. Do not upbraid him if he pick a 
 daisy on the prairie. I heard the plaintive moan of the traitor. Paint 
 the wainscot. Retail raisins. Retain the raiment. Constrain him to 
 refrain or abstain from the use of rum. Detuil a fit man to appraise the 
 champaign land. If he declaim, and maintain the right, he will prevail. 
 
 5. The drayman has a load of crayons. That playful, wayward girl 
 will gayly sing. The layman left the payment with the mayor. Quell 
 the affray. I will betray you, if you waylay the man. Convey the bou- 
 quet to my neighbor. Obey me. I will inveigh at that heinous crime, 
 for a weighty cause. Birds purvey for the young in their eyry. 
 
 DISSYLLABLES A IN AT. 
 
 1. Ab'senc*?, ac'me, ac'rid, ad'der, 
 
 ad' verb, ad'Yers^, ag'ate, ag'ik, nYley, 
 
 al'iim, am' bit', am' bush, an'arcA, aiVger, 
 
 aiVgk, an'gry, an'kli, an 7 tic. an' til; 
 
 Ar'ab, ar'rant, ar'id, ar'row, as'pect, 
 
 as' pen, ath'l&te, at'om, ax'L?, az'mv?, 
 
 bab'bk, bad'ness, balance-, bal'lad, bal'lot, 
 
NATIONAL ELEMENTARY SPELLER. 
 
 age, at, art, all, bare, ask ; me, end, 
 
 (h-r ; ice, !n ; 
 
 6ld, 6n, dS. 
 
 bap' tism, 
 
 bar 7 rack, 
 
 bar 7 rel, 
 
 bar 7 ren, 
 
 bar 7 row, 
 
 bat 7 ter, 
 
 bat 7 tic, 
 
 black 7 nes-5 
 
 ', blank 7 et, 
 
 bran 7 dy. 
 
 2. 
 
 Cab'bage, 
 
 cab 7 in, 
 
 cack 7 le, 
 
 cal 7 low, 
 
 cam 7 phor. 
 
 , can 7 die, 
 
 can 7 dy, 
 
 cap 7 tain, 
 
 car 7 ol, 
 
 car 7 rot, 
 
 cafoh' np, 
 
 cat 7 tie, 
 
 cav 7 ern, 
 
 chain ois 
 
 (sliam'my- 
 
 ), chap 7 el, 
 
 chap 7 l&in, 
 
 cbap 7 ter, 
 
 clam 7 ber, 
 
 clan 7 gor 
 
 clap board (klaVbord), clar 7 et, 
 
 clas 7 sic, 
 
 clat 7 ter, 
 
 dag 7 ger, 
 
 dam 7 age, 
 
 dan 7 druf^! 
 
 , daiVgle, 
 
 fab'ric, 
 
 fac 7 lie, 
 
 fal 7 low, 
 
 fam 7 ish, 
 
 fan 7 cy , 
 
 fat 7 ten, 
 
 nan 7 nel, 
 
 flat' ter, 
 
 frag 7 ile, 
 
 fran 7 chise. 
 
 3. 
 
 GaVble, 
 
 gal 7 lop, 
 
 gam' nt, 
 
 gaii 7 grene, 
 
 gar 7 ret, 
 
 gas 7 trie, 
 
 gafh' er, 
 
 glad 7 ness, 
 
 gram 7 mar, 
 
 gran 7 lie, 
 
 grav 7 el, 
 
 grand enr 
 
 (grand 7 yer), grand 7 sire, 
 
 gran 7 Me, 
 
 hab'it, 
 
 bad 7 dock, 
 
 bal'berd, 
 
 bal 7 low, 
 
 ham'mock, band 7 vuff, band' ful, 
 
 bar' tow, 
 
 hav 7 ing, 
 
 hav'oc, 
 
 jack'et, 
 
 jag'gjj 
 
 jal 7 ap, 
 
 jan'gk, 
 
 j as 7 mine, 
 
 j as 7 per, 
 
 jave 7 lin, 
 
 lack 7 ey, 
 
 landscape, 
 
 lan'guage 
 
 , laiVguisb, 
 
 Ian' guor, 
 
 Ian' tern, 
 
 las 7 so, 
 
 lafih 7 er 
 
 mad'ness, 
 
 mag 7 ic, 
 
 man 7 age, 
 
 man 7 ful, 
 
 man 7 gle, 
 
 man 7 go, 
 
 mar 7 row, 
 
 mas 7 tic, 
 
 mat 7 in, 
 
 mat 7 ter, 
 
 mat' tress, 
 
 max 7 im, 
 
 nap 7 kin, 
 
 nar 7 row. 
 
 4. 
 
 Pad 7 die, 
 
 pad 7 lock, 
 
 pal 7 ace, 
 
 pam 7 per, 
 
 pan 7 tber, 
 
 pan' try, 
 
 par 7 isb, 
 
 par 7 rot, 
 
 pas 7 sage, 
 
 pas' tern, 
 
 pat 7 ent, 
 
 pat 7 ter, 
 
 plac 7 id, 
 
 plan' et, 
 
 plas 7 tic, 
 
 plat 7 ter, 
 
 rad 7 ish, 
 
 rag 7 ged, 
 
 ram 7 ble, 
 
 ran 7 sack, 
 
 rap' me, 
 
 rapt nre 
 
 (rapt 7 yer) : 
 
 , rafh 7 er, 
 
 rat 7 tie, 
 
 rav 7 el, 
 
 sad 7 den, 
 
 sad 7 die, 
 
 sad 7 dler, 
 
 sad 7 ness, 
 
 saffron, 
 
 sal 7 ad, 
 
 sal 7 low, 
 
 sal mon 
 
 (sam'muii 
 
 ), sal 7 ver, 
 
 sam 7 pie, 
 
 sam 7 pier, 
 
 sand 7 wich, 
 
 sap phire 
 
 (saffir), 
 
 sat 7 in, 
 
 sat' ire, 
 
 sav 7 age, 
 
DISSYLLABLES — A IN AT. 57 
 
 mute, up, full. — c as k ; g as j ; n as ng ; s as z ; dh as sh ; this ; azure. 
 
 scaffold, scat'ter, shad'ow, shag'gy, shal'lop, 
 
 shallow, shan'ty, shat'ter, slat' tern, span'gk, 
 
 spar' row, spat'ter, stag'ger, stag' mite, stan'elizon, 
 
 stan'za, . stat'ue, stat'nre, stat'ute, tab' let, 
 
 tadv'le, tal'16w, tan'gk, tar' if/*, tar'ry, 
 
 tas'sel, tat'ter, tat' tie, thank' ful, trag'ic, 
 
 traiV quil, tran 'script, tran sient (tran'shent), trav' el, 
 
 trav'erse, val'or, val'ue, vap'id, wag' on. 
 
 5. A bash', a dapt', at tach', at tack', 
 
 ca bal', 6a nal', era vat', de camp', de cant', 
 
 de tach', dis pafch', dis tract', en act', ex pand', 
 
 ex panse', f i nance', for bade', gi rat/)/, mis hap', 
 
 mo ras-s', rat an', re lapse', re lax', ro mance'. 
 
 Dictation Exercises. 
 
 1. His absence from the barrack was caused by a battle. Alum is 
 acrid. The arrow that hit his ankle came from an ambush. That agile 
 athlete is an Arab. When near the acme, or top, of the hill, she lost her 
 balance. Note the anger and adverse course of that arrant or very Dad 
 man. Sing a ballad. The aspect, or look, of the adder made me shake 
 like an aspen. That agate has an azure hue. Buy a barrow, an axle, 
 a blanket, and a barrel of brandy. Note the badness of this arid, bar- 
 ren land. 
 
 2. The captain ate a carrot, and some cabbage and catchup. That 
 purse is made of chamois. The chaplain read a chapter in the chapel. 
 The cattle famish. Pigs fatten. Hens cackle. Do callow birds carol ? 
 That fragile dagger can not damage the clapboard. He has camphor and 
 claret in the cup. I do not fancy dandruff. Is he a classic, or writer of 
 the first rank ? Did that facile town yield its best franchise ? That 
 warm fabric is flannel. 
 
 3. Geese gabble. He threw the lasso, when his horse was on a gallop. 
 If the wound gangrene, he will languish for days on that narrow ham- 
 mock. Hallow or keep sacred that granite church. My grandsire, hav- 
 ing a javelin and a halberd, made great havoc. The grandeur of the 
 landscape caused gladness. Grammar treats of language. Can you 
 manage his madness by magic ? He has a handful of granules, or little 
 
58 
 
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 age, at, art, all, bare, ask; me, 6nd, £rr ; Ice, In; 6ld, 6n v <ld. 
 
 grains. The lackey left a napkin, a jacket, a lantern, and a handcuff, 
 on my mattress in the garret. 
 
 4. That ragged hoy would rather paddle the boat than ride in the 
 wagon. The savage panther broke the padlock. Do not pamper the 
 child ; for he had a radish, a sandwich, and some salmon and salad, on 
 the salver. "With a tragic air, and a shadow of sadness on his brow, he 
 said, "Value time; for life is transient." With other rapine taken 
 when the palace was ransacked, I saw a sapphire, or blue stone, of great 
 value, a satin robe, gold spangles and tassels, a parrot, and a sparrow. 
 She wrote a stanza on my tablet. His mind was placid, tranquil, or 
 calm, when his plastic or forming hand drew the sketch. Do not shat- 
 ter that statue near the stanchion, or small post. 
 
 5. Adapt the cravat to the boy's use, and attach it to his neck. Take 
 the ratan and abash the cabal. Dispatch my finance, or rent, by mail. 
 He forbade us to attack the giraffe. 
 
 
 /DISSYLLABLES A 
 
 IN ART. 
 
 
 1. 
 
 Al mond 
 
 (a' mund), 
 
 ar'bor, 
 
 arch' er, 
 
 arcA' ives, 
 
 arc' tic, 
 
 ar' gue, 
 
 ar'my, 
 
 arm' or, 
 
 art' ful, 
 
 barb' er, 
 
 bar' gain, 
 
 •bar' ley, 
 
 bar' ter, 
 
 car' bine;, 
 
 car' go, 
 
 car' mine, 
 
 car' pet, 
 
 car' triage, 
 
 char' coal, 
 
 char' ter, 
 
 dark'ness, 
 
 dar' ling, 
 
 farm' er, 
 
 fa' fher, 
 
 far' filing, 
 
 gar' den, 
 
 gar' merit, 
 
 gar' net, 
 
 gar' ter, 
 
 hard' en, 
 
 hard' ware 
 
 , har'ness, 
 
 harts' horn. 
 
 liar' vest, 
 
 jant'y, 
 
 jar'gon, 
 
 lar' board, 
 
 lard' er, 
 
 largely, 
 
 mar' ble, 
 
 mar' gin, 
 
 mark' et, 
 
 mar' ten, 
 
 mar' tin, 
 
 mar' tyr, 
 
 mar' vel, 
 
 par' eel, 
 
 par' den, 
 
 par' lor, 
 
 pars' nep. 
 
 part' 1 j, 
 
 part' ner, 
 
 part' rioge, 
 
 sar' casm, 
 
 scar' let, 
 
 spark' le, 
 
 star' ry, « 
 
 . start' le, 
 
 starv' ing, 
 
 tar' get, 
 
 tar' tar, 
 
 var'let, 
 
 var' nish. 
 
 2. 
 
 A far', 
 
 aha', 
 
 ajar', 
 
 a larm', 
 
 a part', 
 
 ba zar', 
 
 be caZm', 
 
 be haZf, 
 
 ci gar', 
 
 de part', 
 
 dis arm', 
 
 dis card', 
 
 dis charge', 
 
 em bark', 
 
DISSYLLABLES A IN ART A IN ALL. 59 
 
 mute, up, full. — c as k ; g as j ; ri as ng : k as z ; db as sh ; this ; azure. 
 
 en large', gul tar', mi rage (me raz'), mus tadht', 
 pla card', re garcT, re mark', re tard', Tin bar'. 
 
 Alphabetic Equivalents of a. 
 
 3. ' Daunt' less, gaunt' let, jaun'dice, laughter 
 (laf ter), laun' dress, hum' dry, saun'ter: ser'geant: 
 heark'en, heart' lew, heart' y: guano (gwa'no). 
 
 Dictation Exercises. 
 
 1. My father has an almond-tree in his garden. The artful archer 
 left his armor in the arbor. I will hit the target, if I can get a cartridge 
 for my carbine. If the farmer harvest the barley next week, bargain 
 for it. Will papa' and mamma' pardon you, if you use sarcasm ? Iz 
 that janty bird a partridge, or a martin ? Will the marten kill hens? 
 Have they marble in the Arctic zone ? 
 
 2. Unbar the door, and leave it ajar. He cried aha ! when he heard 
 the guitar. His remark was in regard to a mirage. The alarm of fire, 
 at the bazar, was heard afar. Enlarge the placard. The cigar burnt his 
 mustaehe. 
 
 3. Hearken to the hearty laughter of that dauntless sergeant, as you 
 saunter by. Buy some guano. I saw the laundress at the laundry. 
 
 DISSYLLABLES A IN ALL. 
 
 1. Al'der, allspice, al'most, al'so, 
 al'ways, bald' rick, cal'dron, fallen, fal'ter, 
 hal'ter, pal'sy, pal' ter, pal' try, quar'ter, 
 swarth'y, thral/'dom, wal'nut, wal'rus, war'ble, 
 war 7 den, war' fare, warrior (war' yer), war' rant, 
 wa'ter, wharfage: appall, athwart', award', 
 ba salt', ex alt', in stalZ', re ward', with al'. 
 
 Alphabetic Equivalents of a. 
 
 2. Au'bum, auc'tion, aud'it, Au'gust, 
 au'thor, au'tunm, cau'eus, cause' way, caus' ing, 
 
60 
 
 NATIONAL ELEMENTARY SPELLER. 
 
 age, at, art, all, bare, ask; mi, find, err ; Ice, In; old, 6n, do. 
 
 cans' tic, 
 hau (7// 1 j, 
 plaudit, 
 vault 7 er : 
 be cause', 
 aw' ful, 
 law' ful, 
 
 3. 
 cor' nice, 
 cor' tex, 
 for' tress, 
 gor'geous, 
 mor' tal, 
 por poise 
 sor' did, 
 ab hor', 
 con form', 
 in dorse', 
 re sort'. 
 
 cau' tion, 
 lau' rel, 
 sau' cer, 
 ap plaud', 
 debauch', 
 awk' ward, 
 law'yer, 
 Bor'der, 
 cor' sair, 
 dor' mant, 
 fort une 
 hor' net, 
 mor' tar, 
 (por' pus), 
 tor' pid, 
 ab sorb', 
 dis tort', 
 in form', 
 re tort'. 
 
 dau^A'ter, 
 maud'lin, 
 sau' cy, 
 ap plause', 
 de fault', 
 awn' ing, 
 mawk' ish, 
 cord' age, 
 corse' let, 
 dor' mouse, 
 (fort'yun), 
 mor' bid, 
 nor' mal, 
 or' cAis, 
 tor' por, 
 ac cord', 
 ex hort', 
 per form', 
 sub orn'. 
 
 fau' cet, gaud' y, 
 
 nau^At' y, pau' per, 
 
 sau' sage, slau^A'ter, 
 
 as sault', a vaunt', 
 
 de fraud', ex haust' : 
 
 baw' ble, haw'thorn. 
 
 taw' dry, 
 cor' ner, 
 cor tege 
 for' ceps, 
 for'ty, 
 
 taw' ny. 
 cor' net, 
 
 (kar'taz), 
 fort' m</ At, 
 for' ward, 
 
 morn' ing, mor'sel, 
 
 north' ern, orb' it, 
 
 scorn' ful, short' en, 
 
 tor' toise, vor' tex : 
 
 a dorn', as sort', 
 
 ex tort', for lorn', 
 
 re form', re morse', 
 trans form',un born'. 
 
 Dictation Exercises: 
 
 1. Birds warble in the alder by the water. She almost always has 
 allspice in her cake. Warfare will not make the warrior falter nor pal- 
 ter. The caldron has fallen. That swarthy man will remain in thral- 
 dom, or bondage ; for the warden has a warrant. If a bear be athwart 
 the path, he can not appall me. Award the reward. 
 
 2. An auction was held at Auburn, last August. Caution your daugh- 
 ter not to be haughty nor saucy ; and not to use caustic words. The 
 applause at the caucus was heard on the causeway. I saw a laurel, or 
 bay-tree, near the hawthorn hedge. Who wants that tawdry bauble ? 
 His face is tawny or sunburnt. 
 
 3. As the corsair passed the northern corner of that gorgeous fortress 
 with a cortege of forty men, an arrow pierced the border of his corselet. 
 Will the dormant dormouse and tortoise be in a torpid state for a fort* 
 
DISSYLLABLES A IN BARE A IN ASK. 
 
 Gl 
 
 mute, up, full.— e as k ; g as j ; h as ng ; sasz; ch as sh ; fliis ; azure. 
 
 night? Is a porpoise in its normal state when in the water? If he in- 
 dorse that forged note, absorb the estate, and extort a loan from that 
 forlorn girl, I will abhor my son. I will exhort him to conform to your 
 rules. Remorse led him to reform. 
 
 DISSYLLABLES A IN BARE. 
 
 1. Barely, careful, char'y, dar'ing, 
 parent, par'ing, rarc'ly, shar'ing, star'ing, 
 ware'lious^: a ware', be waft*, in snare', pre pare'. 
 
 Alphabetic Equivalents of a. 
 
 2. Fair'ness, fair'y, gair'ish, hair'y: 
 parterre (par tar 7 ), where'fore: forbear'. 
 
 Dictation Exercises. 
 
 1. I was barely sharing some pears with my friends. The parent was 
 chary or careful not to prepare his son to be daring in crime. I was 
 aware that he was staring at the warehouse. If you beware, he will 
 rarely insuare you. 
 
 2. A wish for fairness led him to forbear. That hairy man said that 
 he saw a fairy. Her dress was gairish or gaudy. Wherefore did he go 
 into the parterre, or flower garden ? 
 
 1. 
 
 cas tl<? 
 
 DISSYLLABLES A LN ASK 
 
 Aft'er, 
 (kas'sl), 
 y, mass' ive, 
 pas' timtf, pas' tor, 
 raft'er, slan'der: 
 
 ant swer, 
 chaffy, 
 
 mas'ter, 
 past ure 
 a baft', 
 
 i las', a mas/, 
 
 3n hance', re past', 
 
 bask' et, cask' et, 
 clian'dler, fastf'^n, 
 mas' tiff, pass' port, 
 (past'yer), plas'ter, 
 ad vance', a g/*ast', 
 as kance', a slant', en chant', 
 sur pass', un clasp', un mask'. 
 
62 
 
 NATIONAL ELEMENTARY SPELLER. 
 
 age, &t, art, 411, bare, ask ; me, end, grr ; Ice, in ; old, 6n, do. 
 
 Dictation Exercises. 
 
 1. After the chandler filled a basket with candles, the mastiff took it 
 into that massive castle. The master has a passport. Fasten the horse, 
 if he is not in the pasture. Do not slander the good pastor. Answer 
 me. Alas ! I must advance and unmask. Amass true wealth. Did 
 his repast surpass mine ? 
 
 DISSYLLABLES E IN ME. 
 
 1. Be'ing, cerement, de'cent, 
 
 e'dict, e'ven, e'v£l, fe'line, 
 
 gen' ins, le'gend, le'ver, pe'nal, 
 
 pre'cihet, re'al, re' flux, re'gaon, 
 
 se'quel, se'raes, te'trarcA, tre'mor, 
 
 ve'to: accede, adhere', austere', 
 
 complete, concede 7 , convene', effete', 
 
 im pede', pre cede', re cede', re plete', 
 
 se cede', se crete', sin cere', sn preme' 
 
 Alphabetic Equivalents of e. 
 Bea' con, beak' er, bea' ver, 
 ea' ger, ea' gle, ea' glet, 
 feat ure (fef ver), 
 
 2. 
 dea' con, 
 ea'sy, 
 hea' then, 
 rea' son, 
 squeam'ish, 
 trea' ty , 
 an neal', 
 be neafh', 
 con geal', 
 en dear', 
 re lease', 
 
 fear' ful, 
 
 mea' ger, mea' sles, pea' cock, 
 seam'stress, sea' son, sea' ward, 
 
 streak' ed, trea' cle, trea' son, 
 
 weak' en, wea'ry, wea'sel, 
 
 ap peal', ap pear', ap pease', 
 
 be qneafii', be reave', bo hea', 
 
 de cease', de feat', de mean', 
 
 en treat', im peach', in crease', 
 
 repeal', repeat', retreat', 
 
 de' mon, 
 fe' ver, 
 pre' cept, 
 se 7 cret, 
 ve' nal, 
 co here', 
 ex treme', 
 re vere', 
 
 clean' ness, 
 eas' el, 
 grea'sy, 
 peace' ful, 
 slea' zv, 
 trea' tise, 
 year' ling : 
 ar rear', 
 con ceal', 
 dis ease', 
 mal treat', 
 re veal'. 
 
DISSYLLABLES E IN ME. 
 
 63 
 
 mute, up, full. — c as k ; g as j ; n as ng ; a as z ; (Sh as sh ; this ; azure 
 
 3. 
 
 Bee' hive, 
 
 bee' tie, 
 
 elieer'fm, 
 
 deep' en, 
 
 fee' bk 5 , 
 
 fee'bly, 
 
 flee' cy, 
 
 free' do in, 
 
 free' man, 
 
 gree'dy, 
 
 nee' die, 
 
 peer' les-?, 
 
 pee'vish, 
 
 stee'ple, 
 
 twee'zers, 
 
 a gree', 
 
 a sleep', 
 
 be seech', 
 
 beseem', 
 
 be tween', 
 
 can teen', 
 
 ca reer', 
 
 com peer', 
 
 de eree', 
 
 de gree', 
 
 dis erect', 
 
 es teem', 
 
 ex ceed', 
 
 fore see', 
 
 fu see', 
 
 gen teel', 
 
 gran dee', 
 
 grant ee', 
 
 in deed', 
 
 ies see', 
 
 mo reen', 
 
 pro ceed', 
 
 re deem', 
 
 set tee', 
 
 sue ceed', 
 
 trust ee', 
 
 tu recn', 
 
 un seen', 
 
 ve neer'. 
 
 4 
 
 Ei' filer, 
 
 leisure • 
 
 (le'zer), • 
 
 nei' ftier, 
 
 seiz ure 
 
 (sez'yer) : 
 
 con ceit', 
 
 con ceive', 
 
 de ceit', 
 
 ; ve', 
 
 perceive', 
 
 re cei/j>t' : 
 
 peo' pie : 
 
 an tique', 
 
 ca prie< ', 
 
 ma dhine', 
 
 ma rine', 
 
 po Koe', 
 
 ra vine', 
 
 vou tiiw ', 
 
 u nique', 
 
 va lise' : 
 
 grievous : 
 
 a cliieve', 
 
 aggr! 
 
 belief, 
 
 be lieve', 
 
 be siege', 
 
 cash ier', 
 
 Tont ier', 
 
 re lief', 
 
 re prieve', 
 
 re trieve', 
 
 sor tie'. 
 
 D ictat ion Exercises. 
 
 1. The austere or stern tetrarch will adhere to the king's edict. 
 Even this decent being tells a legend of a demon. That soil is effete or 
 barren. In a precinct of that region, they bought cerement to wind 
 •ound the dead hero. Will that venal man veto a penal law ? I will 
 :oncede that you saw the reflux, or flowing back, of the tide. Eead the 
 ;eries of tales. The sincere man will revere the laws of the supreme or 
 
 reatest judge. 
 
 2. The sailor was not fearful when he saw a beacon. The weary 
 eamstress has treacle in that greasy cup. The deacon saw a beaver, an 
 agle, a peacock, a weasel, and a yearling colt. Conceal the sleazy silk 
 >eneath the table. Do not maltreat the old man, but appease him. If 
 h<: disease cause his decease, he will bequeath his wealth to a stranger. 
 
 3. The beetle is by the beehive. The feeble freeman feebly fought 
 :>r freedom. That peerless girl is not peevish. Veneer the settee. 
 ftdeed, if we succeed and are discreet, we can buy some moreen, a can- 
 een, and a fusee. I beseech you, if that grandee is your compeer, to 
 ame him for a trustee. 
 
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 NATIONAL ELEMENTARY SPELLER. 
 
 age, at, art, ill, b&re, ask; m6, end, grr; ice, in; old, 6n, dS. 
 
 4. I believe that he Avill either deceive or aggrieve you. If you have 
 leisure, I will show you a machine that is neither antique nor unique. 
 The caprice of the people led to this grievous wrong. The police made 
 a seizure of the valise, in a ravine, near the frontier. If the marine 
 force besiege the fort, we will march to its relief, when our friends can 
 make a sortie, and retrieve their loss. 
 
 
 DISSYLLABLES E 
 
 IN END. 
 
 
 
 1. 
 
 Beek'cm, 
 
 bed' ding, 
 
 bed' lam, 
 
 bed'ste&d, 
 
 bel'fry, 
 
 bel' low, 
 
 bel lows 
 
 (bel' his), 
 
 bet' ter, 
 
 
 bev'el, 
 
 bless' ed, 
 
 bless' ing, 
 
 cen' t'kur, 
 
 cAem'ist, 
 
 
 crier' ub, 
 
 clev' er, 
 
 dec' Side, 
 
 del' uge, 
 
 des'pot, 
 
 
 ecA' o, 
 
 effort, 
 
 el' how, 
 
 emp'ty, 
 
 en' gine, 
 
 
 ep' ocA, 
 
 er' rand, 
 
 er' rant, 
 
 er' ror, 
 
 ex' tant, 
 
 
 fend' er, 
 
 fer'iy, 
 
 f es' ter, 
 
 fet'id, 
 
 fet' loek, 
 
 
 freck'le, 
 
 fres' co, 
 
 gen' tile, 
 
 gen' tie, 
 
 gest' ure, 
 
 
 helm' et, 
 
 help' ful, 
 
 hem' lock, 
 
 ket' tie, 
 
 leg'er, 
 
 lep' er, 
 
 let' ter, 
 
 let tuce 
 
 (let'tls), 
 
 lev' ee, 
 
 lev' el, 
 
 mecA' lin, 
 
 med' al, 
 
 med' die, 
 
 mel' low, 
 
 mel' on, 
 
 mem oir 
 
 (mem'war), mer'it, 
 
 mer' ry, 
 
 mes' sage, 
 
 mess'mate 
 
 , meth'od, 
 
 nsph ew 
 
 (nef'yu), 
 
 nes tie 
 
 (nes' si), 
 
 ncfli' er, 
 
 net' tie, 
 
 nev' er. 
 
 2. 
 
 Pel' let, 
 
 pen'cil, 
 
 pep' per, 
 
 per' ish, 
 
 pes' ter, 
 
 pes' tie, 
 
 pet' al, 
 
 plen' t j, 
 
 pre cious 
 
 (presh' us), preface, 
 
 prel' lide, 
 
 qnes' tion ( 
 
 ^kwest'yun). 
 
 ref ' iige, 
 
 rel' ic, 
 
 rel' ict, 
 
 rep' tile, 
 
 res' in, 
 
 res' pite, 
 
 rev' el, 
 
 seep' ter, 
 
 sc Aed' ule, 
 
 sec' ond, 
 
 self ish, 
 
 selv' edge, 
 
 sen' ate, 
 
 sen' tence, 
 
 sev' en, 
 
 sev' er, 
 
 sex' ton, 
 
 shek' el, 
 
 shel' ter, 
 
 shep' Aerd, 
 
 slier' iff, 
 
 skep' tic, 
 
 speek' le, 
 
 splen' did, 
 
 splen' dor, 
 
 tern' pest, 
 
 tern' pie, 
 
 ten' ant, 
 
 ten' der, 
 
 ten' don, 
 
 
DISSYLLABLES E IN END. 
 
 «5 
 
 mute, up, full. — c as k ; g 
 
 as j ; n as ng ; 
 
 s as z ; di as sh ; this ; azure. 
 
 tep'id, 
 
 ter' ror, 
 
 threshold, treb'le, 
 
 trem' ble, 
 
 tres' pass. 
 
 twen' ty 
 
 , vel/lum, 
 
 vel' vet, 
 
 ven ison 
 
 (v£n' zn), 
 
 ver'y, 
 
 ves' sel, 
 
 vest ure 
 
 (vest'yer), 
 
 "Wecfaes'da?/, wel'come, wel' fair, 
 
 vvhefh'er 
 
 , yeL'lbuf. 
 
 3. 
 
 A bed', 
 
 a bet', 
 
 ac cept', 
 
 ac cess', 
 
 a dept', 
 
 ad dress', 
 
 al 1 r 
 
 a mend', 
 
 an nex', . 
 
 as cend', 
 
 as sess', 
 
 at tend', 
 
 at tenant', 
 
 a venge', 
 
 be get 7 , 
 
 be best', 
 
 be quest', 
 
 be set', 
 
 bur lesque', 
 
 6a det', 
 
 ca ress', 
 
 col lect', 
 
 30m mence', 
 
 com mend', 
 
 £om per, 
 
 con denial' 
 
 con dense', 
 
 con fess', 
 
 con nect', 
 
 con sent', 
 
 con tend', 
 
 con tenm', 
 
 con tem^t'. 
 
 con tent', 
 
 de feet', 
 
 de fend', 
 
 de fense', 
 
 de pend', 
 
 de press', 
 
 de scend', 
 
 de tect', 
 
 de test', 
 
 dis pense', 
 
 di rect', 
 
 dis sect', 
 
 dis sent', 
 
 dis tress', 
 
 di vest', 
 
 effect', 
 
 e lect', 
 
 e rect', 
 
 ex eel', 
 
 ex cept', 
 
 ex empt f , 
 
 ex pect', 
 
 ex pel', 
 
 ex pense', 
 
 ex press', 
 
 ex tend'. 
 
 4. 
 
 Fare welZ', 
 
 f! nesse'. 
 
 fo ment', 
 
 forget'. 
 
 ga zette', 
 
 gro tesque', 
 
 im mense', 
 
 im pel', 
 
 in dent', 
 
 in feet', 
 
 in fest', 
 
 in spect', 
 
 in tend', 
 
 in tense', 
 
 in tent', 
 
 in trench', 
 
 in vent', 
 
 la ment', 
 
 mo lest', 
 
 offense', 
 
 op press', 
 
 neg lect', 
 
 per plex', 
 
 por tend', 
 
 pos sess', pre pense', pre tend', 
 pre vent', pro fess', pro pel', 
 re fleet', re fresli', re gret', 
 re pent', re press', re quest', 
 re trench', re venge', se lect', 
 
 pre tense', pre text', 
 
 pro tect', re dress', 
 
 relent', repel', 
 
 resent', respedt', 
 
 sue cess', sug gest', 
 
 bus pect', sus pense', trans cend', trans gress', un less'. 
 
 Alphabetic Equivalents of e. 
 Any (en'ny), many 
 
 (nien'ny): 
 
66 
 
 NATIONAL ELEMENTARY SPELLER. 
 
 je, at, art, all, bare, ask ; me, end, Sir ; Ice, In ; old, 6n, dd. 
 
 deaf 7 <?n, 
 heav'y, 
 mead'cW, 
 pleas' ant, 
 stead' y, 
 weafh' er, 
 jeop'ard, 
 
 a gainst' : 
 deaf neaff, 
 jeal'ous, 
 meas lire 
 pleas ure 
 threat' en, 
 zeal' ot, 
 leop' ard : 
 
 break' fast, clean' ly, cleans' ing y 
 head'acAtf, heav'^n, 
 leath' er, leav' en, 
 
 feafjh' er, 
 lead' en, 
 (mez' ur), 
 (plez' ur), 
 treas lire 
 zeal' oub : 
 friend'ship. 
 
 peas' ant, 
 read' y, 
 (trez' ur), 
 in stead' : 
 
 plieas' ant, 
 stead' fast, 
 weap' on, 
 lieif ' er : 
 
 Dictation Mcerdses. 
 
 1 . My messmate made an effort to beckon to the man in the belfry, 
 There was neither bedding nor bedsteads in that bedlam, or madhouse. 
 Can the chemist cure the leper? The deluge may bear away the levee. 
 My merry nephew read a fable of a centaur, or beast that was thought 
 to be half horse and half man. Pay for the kettle, the fender, and the 
 bellows. I saw an engine near the ferry. There was much merit in 
 the fresco, or painting on the wall. Buy some lettuce, and a mellow 
 melon. Eead the memoir. A decade of years means ten. They never 
 had method in the nether or lower room. 
 
 2. The prelate says that pellet, or little ball, is precious. The preface, 
 or rather prelude, to the song was good. I relish plenty of pepper on 
 my venison. She has a splendid velvet vesture, or dress. The seven 
 men in that vessel must perish, if she find no shelter from the storm. 
 The sheriff has a second schedule of the selvedge. The skeptic would 
 not give a shekel to the starving shepherd. The sexton saw a reptile 
 on the threshold of the temple. On Wednesday, twenty men were at 
 the yellow house. 
 
 3. Did you abet the adept in his attempt to gain access to my room, 
 when I was abed ? Collect the assets, and accept the behest. I detest 
 such burlesque, or fun. Be content to contend for the right, and to 
 defend all that are in distress. Do you expect to be exempt from 
 faults ? Extend the time of my pa) T ment. 
 
 4. Do not forget to inspect the gazette, and read the farewell address. 
 I intend to possess that grotesque or odd painting, unless I can select a 
 better one. If she, by a finesse, or artful trick, impel him to revenge 
 her wrongs, I can not respect her. The sun is an immense ball. If you 
 relent, her success will end your suspense. His acts portend or fore- 
 show that he will relent and repent. 
 
DISSYLLABLES K IN' Kllll. 117 
 
 mite, up, fill. — c us k ; g as j ; h as ng : s as z ; dh as sh ; this ; azure. 
 
 5. Any cleanly child may have breakfast. Many zealous peasants 
 have heavy weapons. Headache and deafness again mar my pleasure. 
 The weather is pleasant. That jealous man speaks against friendship. 
 h treasure in tiie meadow a leaden hall hit my neighbor. Do 
 BOt Jeopard your life, if the leopard seize the heifer. Is that Mftloi 
 too zealous f 
 
 DISSYLLABLES — B IN KRK. 
 
 1. Clergy, cer'tcrin, fer'tile, feYvent, 
 fer'vid, fer'vor, 7/erb'age, her'mit, kernel, 
 nier 'chant, mer'cy, mer'ma/d, nervous, per'fet't, 
 pur' jure, per' son, ser'mon, serv'ant, serv'ice, 
 serv'ile, ster'ling, there' fore, verbal, ver'dant, 
 yer'dict, verdure (verd'yer), ver'min, ver'tex. 
 
 2. Alert', aspSrse', aver', averse', 
 avert', coerce', concern', con verge', de fer', 
 de serve', dis cern (diz zern'), dis perse', di ver 
 divert', emerge', experf', im merge', iiu in- 
 inert', infer', insert', inter', inverse', 
 in vert', ob serve', per verse', per vert', pre fvr'. 
 pre serve', re fer', re serve', re verse', re vert', 
 sub merge', sub serve', subvert', superb', transversa' 
 
 Alphabetic Equivalents of e. 
 
 3. Earl'dom, ear'ly, earn' est, earth' en, 
 earthquake, earth'y, learn' ed, pearl' y : re lie;. 
 
 re search' : cir' cle, cir' ens, iir'kin, firm' nest, 
 
 irk' some, sir' loin, skir'mish, skirt' ing, thir'tiVn. 
 
 tliir'ty, vir'gin, virt'ne: infirm': wor'ship, 
 
 wor'thy: courte'sy, jour'nal, journey: adjourn'. 
 
 4. Bur' den, bur' dock, bur'ges.?, bur'glar, 
 bur'ly, burn'ish, cur' die, cur' few, cur' low, 
 
68 
 
 NATIONAL ELEMENT AKY SPELLEIi. 
 
 kge, at, art, £11, bine, 1 
 
 Lsk ; me, end, 
 
 e'rr ; Ice, in ; 
 
 old, 6n, dS. 
 
 curs' ed, 
 
 cur' tain, 
 
 fur' long, 
 
 fur' n ace, 
 
 fur' nish, 
 
 fur' ry , 
 
 far' filer, 
 
 fur' tive, 
 
 gur' net, 
 
 mur' der, 
 
 murk 7 y, 
 
 nmr' mur, 
 
 nurse' ling. 
 
 , pur' pie, 
 
 pur' port, 
 
 pnr'pqe^j 
 
 purs' er, 
 
 stur' geon, 
 
 sur' face, 
 
 sur' feit, 
 
 sur'geon, 
 
 sur'ly, 
 
 Thurs'day 
 
 , tu r' key, 
 
 tur'moil, 
 
 1 1.1 r' nip, 
 
 tur'tle: 
 
 ab surd', 
 
 con cur', 
 
 de mur', 
 
 dis burse', 
 
 dis turb', 
 
 in cur', 
 
 oc cur', 
 
 re cur', 
 
 re turn', 
 
 un hurt', 
 
 u surp' : 
 
 guer' don : 
 
 : myr'tle. 
 
 Dictation Exercises. 
 
 1. The clergy of that church preach fervent or earnest sermons. The 
 fervid heat will kill the verdant herbage. That hermit is a person ot 
 sterling worth ; and, therefore, it is certain he will not perjure himself. 
 The merchant sent a verbal message by his servant. The nervous man 
 stood on the vertex, or top, of the hill. 
 
 2. This alert and expert man can disperse the crowd. I aver that 
 this perverse man did asperse and desert that superb lady. If he be 
 averse to the deed, I will coerce him. I infer, from his concern, that 
 he can not avert the evil. 
 
 3. At the age of thirty, the learned man gained the earldom. The 
 earthquake broke the earthen-wares. The worthy virgin kept a jour- 
 nal on her journey. They voted to adjourn the meeting. Did thirteen 
 girls courtesy ? 
 
 4. The burly burglar, after the murder, bore his cursed burden a fur- 
 long. The curfew was rung at eight o'clock. The curlew flew to the 
 burdock. Furnish a purple curtain for the further room. The clouds 
 by the furnace are murky, or dark. If the purser return, I will disburse 
 the funds on Thursday. 
 
 1. 
 
 bri' die, bri' er, 
 
 cli'mate, cli'max, 
 
 di' ver, di' verse, 
 
 fl'nite, Fri'day, 
 
 i'dol, ire'ful, 
 
 DISSYLLABLES 1 IN ICE, 
 
 Bi'as, Bi'ble, bi'ped, bi'valve y 
 
 bri n' y , ci' der, ci' pher 
 
 cri' er, cri' sis, di' et, 
 
 driv'er, ii'at, fi'nal, 
 
 grind' stone, ice'berg, i'dle, 
 iron O'ern), i'vy. 
 
DISSYLLABLES 1 IN ICE. 
 
 M 
 
 mute, up, full. — c ask; gasj; nasng; s as z ; diassh; this ; .azure. 
 
 2. 
 li'lac, 
 pli'ant, 
 
 ri' val, 
 6iim'y, 
 
 spi'ral, 
 tri'fo, 
 
 3. 
 ad \ ; 
 a ris< '. 
 a stride ', 
 beniyn', 
 con spire', 
 de light', 
 de si re', 
 
 4. 
 ig nite', 
 in spire', 
 o pine', 
 re fine', 
 re vile', 
 sub side', 
 trans pire', 
 
 Li 7 ar, 
 li' on, 
 pri'vate, 
 
 sci' on, 
 sli' ness, 
 sti'pend, 
 tri'rler, 
 Abide', 
 a tight', 
 ar rive', 
 at tire', 
 be tide', 
 con trive', 
 de privtf'j 
 de spi.V, 
 En tice', 
 im bibe', 
 in vite', 
 per spire', 
 re quire', 
 re vive', 
 suffice 
 un kind', 
 
 li' cense, 
 mi' ser, 
 qui' et, 
 si' lent, 
 spi'cy, 
 strip' ed, 
 vi' and, 
 ac qui r^ r , 
 a like', 
 as cribe', 
 a while', 
 ca nine', 
 de cide', 
 de rive', 
 de spite', 
 en twin? ', 
 in cite', 
 o blige', 
 pre cise', 
 re quite', 
 sa line', 
 (suffV), 
 un ripe', 
 
 like'lv, like' wise, 
 pi' brocA, pi' rate, 
 ri' ot, rip' en, 
 
 si' ren, sli' ly, 
 spi'der, spi'nal, 
 ti'ny, tri'al, 
 
 vi' nous, vi' tal. 
 ad mhV, ad vie* ', 
 a live', a right', 
 as pire', a side', 
 bap tize', be night?, 
 com bine', con cise', 
 de file', de fine', 
 de scribe', de sign', 
 di vine', 
 ex pire', 
 in quire', 
 (ob lik'), 
 re cline', 
 re tire', 
 
 di vide', 
 
 es quire', 
 
 in cline', 
 
 ob lique 
 
 pre side', 
 
 re sion', 
 
 sub scribe', sub lime', 
 
 BUT prise, sur vive' 
 
 un tried', 
 
 un wise'. 
 
 Alphabetic Equivalents of i. 
 
 5. Un tie' : be guile', dis guise' : buy'er : 
 
 cj'cle, cy' press, hy'phen, hy'son, ly'rist, 
 
 Bhy'ness, ty'rant: ally', apply', a wry', 
 
 Comply', decry', defy', dony', descry', 
 
 espy', July', rely', reply', supply'. 
 
TO NATIONAL ELEMKNTAKY SPELLER. 
 
 age, at, art, all, bare, ask ; me, end, err ; Ice, in ; old, 6n, dS. 
 
 Dictation Exercises. 
 
 1 . The idle crier has a bias for cider. The Bible tells us not to wor- 
 ship idols. When the crisis came, the ireful driver struck the horse 
 with a bridle. Bipeds have two feet, and bivalves two shells. The ice- 
 bergs in that cold climate are almost as hard as iron. 
 
 2. Liars, misers, and pirates, shall all likewise perish. A tiny spider 
 has its web on a lilac. Though this drink has a vinous flavor, he can sell 
 it without license. The dart pierced a vital part of the striped beast. 
 
 3. When you arrive, alight at the door. If you admire the place, I 
 advise you to abide there awhile. The concise advice of my benign 
 friend will delight you. I desire the priest to baptize the child. Can 
 you divine or guess how he will decide the question ? 
 
 4. Did that unwise man entice his son to imbibe or drink rum? If 
 the esquire preside, he will oblige you to use precise language. Did 
 that sublime speech excite no surprise ? That unkind child must not 
 get unripe fruit. 
 
 5. The lyrist will beguile your pain with his harp. A cycle is a round 
 of years. Untie my shoe. Decry and defy the tyrant. In July, I will 
 buy a supply of hyson tea. 
 
 
 DISSYLLABLES ] 
 
 : in in - . 
 
 
 1. 
 
 BIb'ber, 
 
 bids 7 er, 
 
 bid' der, 
 
 bid' ding, 
 
 big' ness, 
 
 big'ot, 
 
 Wet, 
 
 bill ion 
 
 (Ml'ynn), 
 
 biF low, 
 
 bish' op, 
 
 bit'ter, 
 
 bit' tern, 
 
 blis' ter, 
 
 brind' ed, 
 
 bris tie 
 
 (brls'sl), 
 
 chick' en, 
 
 chim' ney, 
 
 chis' el, 
 
 cin' der, 
 
 els' tern, 
 
 cit'y, 
 
 civ'ic, 
 
 civ' il, 
 
 crip' pie, 
 
 crit' ic, 
 
 dig' it, 
 
 dim' pie, 
 
 din' ner, 
 
 dis' cord, 
 
 dis'taift 
 
 dis' ticA, 
 
 dis' trict, 
 
 dit'to, 
 
 driv'el, 
 
 driven, 
 
 fick'le, 
 
 fid' die, 
 
 fifty, 
 
 fig ure 
 
 (fig'yer), 
 
 fil'bert, 
 
 fil'let, 
 
 fiii' ger, 
 
 fin' ish, 
 
 fit' ness, 
 
 frig' ate, 
 
 frig' id. 
 
 2. 
 
 Gib'bous, 
 
 gld'dy, 
 
 gin' ger, 
 
 g¥ s 7> 
 
 giv'er, 
 
 glim' mer, 
 
 glis ten 
 
 (glis'sn), 
 
 glit'ter, 
 
 hie cough 
 
 (hlk'kup), 
 
 hifh' er, 
 
 illness, 
 
 im' pulse, 
 
DISSYLLABLES 1 IN IN. 
 
 71 
 
 mute, up, full. — c as k ; g as j ; n as ng ; s as z ; <3i as sh ; this ; azure. 
 
 in'dex, 
 in'jur. •, 
 in'stant, 
 
 kid' nap, 
 kifch'en, 
 
 lin'en, 
 (lfs'sn), 
 
 3. 
 mirier, 
 
 In dian 
 in' most, 
 in 7 step, 
 kin' die, 
 kit' ten, 
 1 i n ' ger, 
 lifter, 
 Mid' die, 
 mil' let, 
 
 (fnd'yan), in' flux, in' got, 
 
 in' ner, in' quest, in' sect, 
 
 in'stmct, in' ward, jin'gle, 
 
 kin'dred, king'dom, kins' man, 
 
 lil'v, liiu'it, linch'pin, 
 
 I'm' net, 
 
 list en 
 
 live' long. 
 
 lin'seed, 
 lit' tie, liv'er, 
 
 mid'ni^t, mid'rif/*, mil' dew, 
 million (mil'yun), min'gle, 
 minion (min'yun), min'strel. mir'ror, mis' chief, 
 mit'ten, mixture (mfkst'yer), nim'ble, nim'bly, 
 p/it/ds'iC; picture (pfkt'yer), pig' eon, 
 pil'fer, pil'grim, 
 piq' usmt 
 print' er, 
 quiv' er, 
 riv' el, 
 
 nip'^le, 
 pig' my, 
 
 pin'cers, 
 
 fefc'y, 
 
 pu 
 
 l<>/0. 
 
 pip pill, 
 
 piv'ot, 
 
 quirk' en, quin'sy, 
 
 ring' let, rip' pie, 
 
 4. Seis' sors 
 
 sliil' ling, Bhin'gle, 
 
 sick' new, 
 
 sim'ple, 
 
 Bin'gk, 
 
 sig'nal, 
 sin ew 
 
 pil'lar, 
 
 pis' tol, 
 
 pris'tfn, 
 
 rib'bon, 
 
 riv'en, 
 
 srrfb'ble, scripture (skript'yer), 
 shiv'er, siek'en, siek'le, 
 silk' en, sil'van, 
 (sin'nu), sin' ful, 
 
 pizfch' er, 
 pritli'ee, 
 rig' id, 
 riv'er. 
 
 sir'up, sis'ter, 
 
 >it tmg, 
 slip' per, 
 
 skim'mer, skin'ny, skit/ti>li, 
 
 simt ten, smv e 
 
 sin ner, 
 
 skill' ful, 
 
 sliv' er, 
 
 spin'ach, (spin'ej), spir'it, 
 
 qu-mk'ling,spring' y, stif fen, 
 
 wim'iner, swiv'cl, tliiek'en, 
 
 hiri'/le, fhifti'er, tiek'le, 
 
 5. Tincture (tmgt'yer), tin'der. 
 
 ink'er, tiiik'le, tin'sel, tip' toe, 
 
 sil' ver, 
 sing' er, 
 sit' ter, 
 
 spike 'nard, 
 splint' er, spriii'kle, 
 still' ness, stin' gy, 
 thick' nes#, tliim' ble, 
 tim'ber, tim'id. 
 tiii'gle, 
 tit' ter, 
 
72 
 
 NATIONAL ELEMENTARY SPELLER. 
 
 age, at, art, all, bare, 
 
 ask ; me, end, 
 
 err ; Ice, in ; 6ld, 6n, dS. 
 
 trib 7 Ulltf, 
 
 trib 7 u.te, 
 
 trick 7 le, 
 
 trim 7 ming, 
 
 twink 7 le, 
 
 twit' ter, 
 
 vie' ar, 
 
 vie 7 tim, 
 
 vig 7 il, 
 
 vig 7 or, 
 
 vil' lagc ; , 
 
 vil 7 lain, 
 
 vineyard, 
 
 vis 7 it, 
 
 vis 7 or, 
 
 viv 7 id, 
 
 vix 7 £ri, 
 
 whip 7 stock 
 
 , whis 7 per, 
 
 whis 7 tie, 
 
 whit ■ tie, 
 
 wid 7 bw, 
 
 willful, 
 
 wil 7 low, 
 
 win 7 dbw, 
 
 wing' eel, 
 
 win 7 ner, 
 
 win 7 ter, 
 
 wis 7 dom, 
 
 wit 7 ty. 
 
 6. 
 
 A bridge 7 . 
 
 , ac quit 7 , 
 
 ad mit 7 , 
 
 afflict 7 , 
 
 as sist 7 , 
 
 be gin 7 , 
 
 con sist 7 , 
 
 con vince 7 , 
 
 de pict 7 , 
 
 de sist 7 , 
 
 dis miss 7 , 
 
 dis tinct 7 , 
 
 e clipse 7 , 
 
 el lipse 7 , 
 
 e quip 7 , 
 
 e vince 7 , 
 
 ex ist 7 , 
 
 ex tihd/, 
 
 for bid 7 , 
 
 for give 7 , 
 
 in flict 7 , 
 
 in fringe 7 , 
 
 in sist 7 , 
 
 o mit 7 , 
 
 pre diet', 
 
 pro lix 7 , 
 
 quad rille 
 
 (ka drll 7 ), 
 
 re scind 7 , 
 
 re sist 7 , 
 
 re strict 7 , 
 
 sub mit 7 , 
 
 un til 7 , 
 
 with. in 7 . 
 
 Alphabetic Equivalents of !. 
 
 7. En 7 gland, pret'ty: breech 7 es: bus 7 y: 
 
 worn 7 en: guilt 7 y, gum'ea: crys'tal, cyn 7 ic, 
 
 gym'nast, gyp' sum, hys'sup, lyr' ic, mys 7 tic, 
 
 stryc/*/nine, syn 7 od, syn 7 tax, syr'inge, sys 7 tem. 
 
 Dictation Exercises. 
 
 1. After dinner, those bibbers will finish the wine. Do not bicke: 
 with the bidder, when bidding. Bitterns are bitter. A billow struct 
 the frigate. The bishop is no bigot. The city gave a civic crown t< 
 the civil cripple. A cinder from the chimney did blister my finger. I 
 the critic cause discord, drive him fifty miles from the district. Tin 
 moon was gibbous on that frigid night. 
 
 2. The giddy gipsy gave ginger to the Indian. The lights glister 
 and glimmer. The instant an ingot of gold was found, it served as ai 
 impulse for an influx of strangers. My kinsman has a hiccough. Listei 
 to the linnet for a livelong day. 
 
 3. At midnight, I saw the pilgrim standing in the middle of th< 
 river. The miller says mildew has injured the millet. Prithee, min 
 strel, sing for the millions. The prison is for those that pilfer. She tie( 
 
DISSYLLABLES O IN OLD. 73 
 
 mute, up, full.— 6 as k ; g as j ; h as ng ; s as z ; ch as sh ; this ; azure. 
 
 her ringlets with a ribbon. The pillow lies near the pillar. This mix- 
 ture will cure phthisic and quinsy. 
 
 4. My sister has a pail of scissors, and a silver thimble. The skillful 
 swimmer has strung sinews. Sinners .should read the Scriptures. Spike- 
 nard and spinach grow in the garden. The timid rider has a skittish 
 
 Take sirup with that tincture, far your illness. 
 
 5. Th<>rns and thistles grow in that vineyard. The tinder took fire 
 in a twinkle. The vicar of the village will visit that willful villain. 
 The winged things twitter. That witty man has but little wisdom. 
 The widow is not a vixen, or scold. The Tribune had to pay the tribute.''' 
 A whistle, a whipstock, and a visor wer3 found by the window. 
 
 6. I predict, if you convince the judge, he will acquit the man. 
 Abridge his rights. I insist, if you negin, that you do not desist until 
 they submit. Rescind that prolix law. Omit the quadrille. There 
 will be an eclipse of the sun within a month. 
 
 7. Those pretty breeches were made by women, in England. The 
 busy cynic wrote a lyric, and a system of syntax. The synods meet in 
 the Crystal Palace. The gymnast will pay a guinea for a syringe, and 
 some hyssop, strychnine, and gypsum. 
 
 DISSYLLABLES O IN OLD. 
 
 1. Bold'nesa, bol'ster, b6'rax, bro'k^n, 
 bro'ker, c-Alo'rlne, cAo'rai, cAo'rus, clo'ver, 
 co'co#, co'lon, cro'ny, crosier (kro'zer), 
 doleful, do' nor/ dot'ag^, dot'ard, drov'er, 
 flo'ral, forc'ing, forg'er, foremost, fro' ward, 
 fro'z<?n, glo'ry, gro'cer, ho'ly, hosier 
 (L<V zer), hol'ster, lo' Oal, lo'cust, lon^soms, 
 molt' en, mop'ish, mo'tion, no'ble, no 7 bier, 
 no' blest, no'bly, nose' gay, no'tice, no'tion. 
 
 2. On'ly, o'nyx, 6' pal, 6'ral, 
 osier (6' zer), o'val, o'vert, po'em, 
 pok'er, po'ny, po'rmis, port'al, portion 
 (por'shun), port'ly, por'tra*t, post' age, post' era, 
 
74 
 
 NATIONAL ELEMENTARY SPELLER. 
 
 age, at, art. all, b&re, Ask; me, find, < 
 
 Irr ; Ice, in ; old, 6n, do. 
 
 post' man, 
 
 , postscript, 
 
 po'sy, 
 
 po'tent, 
 
 pro file 
 
 (pro'fel), ' 
 
 pro 'gramme, quo tient 
 
 (kwo'shent), 
 
 ro'sy, 
 
 roV'er, 
 
 so' ber, 
 
 so cial 
 
 (so' shal), 
 
 so' fa, 
 
 so'jcurn, 
 
 so'lo, 
 
 spo' ken, 
 
 stol' en, 
 
 ston'y, 
 
 sto'ry, 
 
 swolZ' en, 
 
 tlio' rax, 
 
 to' ken, 
 
 to' paz, 
 
 to' tal, 
 
 tow' ard, 
 
 tro' cAee, 
 
 tro'phy, 
 
 tro' ver, 
 
 vo' cal, 
 
 whole' sale, 
 
 ^'liole'some, whol' 1 j, 
 
 wo' f ul. 
 
 3. 
 
 Abode', 
 
 a dore', 
 
 af ford', 
 
 al cove', 
 
 a lone', 
 
 a rose', 
 
 a shore', 
 
 a tone', 
 
 be fore', 
 
 be hold', 
 
 cajole', 
 
 com port', 
 
 con dole', 
 
 con sole', 
 
 con trol', 
 
 con voke', 
 
 de note', 
 
 de plore', 
 
 de po£', 
 
 de throne'. 
 
 , de vote', 
 
 dis close', 
 
 dis pose', 
 
 di vorce', 
 
 e lope', 
 
 en force', 
 
 en gross', 
 
 ex plore', 
 
 ex port', 
 
 ex pose', 
 
 fore bode', 
 
 fore go', 
 
 ig nore', 
 
 in close;', 
 
 in voke', 
 
 jo cose', 
 
 mo ros£', 
 
 pa role', 
 
 pa trol', 
 
 post pone'. 
 
 , pro mote', 
 
 pro pose', 
 
 pro voke', 
 
 re pose', 
 
 re store', 
 
 re volt', 
 
 sup port', 
 
 sup pose', 
 
 un fold', 
 
 un roll', 
 
 un told', 
 
 un yoke', 
 
 verbose', withhold'. 
 
 Alphabetic Equivalents of 6. 
 
 4. Hautboy : yeo' man : chat eau (shat to') : 
 
 boat swain (bo' sn), hoar'y, load'stone: aboard', 
 
 a float', ap proach', be moan', en croach', re proach', 
 
 un load' : al' oes, foe' man : four' score, four' teen, 
 
 mould' er, mould' y , mourn' f ul, mourn'ing, poul' tice, 
 
 pouFtry, shoul'der, smoul' der, sourc' es : discourse': 
 
 bowl'der, bow'llne, bow' sprit : be stow', unknown'. 
 
 Dictation Exercises. 
 
 1. That dotard has boldness. Our broker, or local agent, says the 
 bank is broken. The noble donor acted nobly. What notion led the 
 
DISSYLLABLES O IN ON. 
 
 75 
 
 mute, up, full. — c as k ; g as j ; h as ng ; s as z ; dh as sh ; this ; azure. 
 
 drover to take the crosier, or bi hop's staff? The choral singers sung a 
 holy chorus. The forger is no* in a lonesome place. The mopish or 
 dull lad got a nosegay at the floral show. The hosier bought a bolster 
 ii broken holster of the grocfer. 
 
 2. lie read only a portion of the poem. The onyx, the topaz, and 
 6 opal, are precious stones. My osier basket is oval. Buy wholesome 
 
 food, at wholesale, for the pony. Vocal sounds were never more woful 
 than his solo. 
 
 3. He alone arose and came to my abode. If she elope, though I 
 adore her, I will get a divorce. Explore the coast ; and, if you behold 
 a ship ashore, afford relief. If they revolt, the king will enforce the 
 law. If you can not console your friend, condole with him. That mo- 
 rose and verbose man can not provoke me. The patrol had to forego 
 their repose. I suppose he is at the depot. 
 
 4. The boatswain says the yeoman can play the hautboy. A man of 
 fourscore has a hoary head. A bowsprit is a large spar at a ship's head. 
 A bowline is a rope to hold a sail close to the wind. If that unknown 
 ship approach, fourteen men will unload her. There is a large bowlder 
 near my chateau, or castle. Give aloes to the foeman, if he reproach 
 you. Put a poultice on his shoulder. The poultry became mouldy. 
 
 DISSYLLABLES O IN ON. 
 
 1. 
 
 Blockhead, bios' som, 
 
 Wy, 
 
 bon' net, 
 
 bor' row, 
 
 bofh'er, 
 
 bot'tk. 
 
 cAron' ic, 
 
 clos' et, 
 
 cob 7 bier, 
 
 cof ' fee, 
 
 cof fer, 
 
 cof fin, 
 
 col' ic, 
 
 col' lar, 
 
 coYlege, 
 
 col' umft, 
 
 coll ier 
 
 (kol'yer), 
 
 com' bat, 
 
 com' et, 
 
 com' ma, 
 
 com'mercc, 
 
 com'mon, 
 
 com'pend, 
 
 com'plex, 
 
 com/post, 
 
 com'radc, 
 
 con'cord, 
 
 con 'course, 
 
 con'crete, 
 
 con/duct, 
 
 con'dwit, 
 
 con'flict, 
 
 con'gress, 
 
 con'ic, 
 
 con rpier 
 
 (kong'ker), 
 
 con quest 
 
 (kong'kwest), con'script 
 
 , con'sul, 
 
 con' tents, 
 
 con'tract, 
 
 con/ trite, 
 
 cop' per, 
 
 cop\y, 
 
 cor' al, 
 
 cot'tagtf. 
 
 2. 
 
 Doc'ILs, 
 
 dock' et, 
 
 doc' tor, 
 
 flor'id, 
 
 fol'low, 
 
 for' ag£, 
 
 fore'head, 
 
 for'tfhyn, 
 
 for' est, 
 
76 
 
 NATIONAL ELEMENTARY SPELLER. 
 
 kge, It, li 
 
 t, ill, b&re, &sk; me, end, 
 
 err ; Ice, In ; 
 
 6ld, on, d5. 
 
 frol' ic, 
 
 glob' ule, 
 
 gos'pel, 
 
 gos'sip, 
 
 grot' to, 
 
 grovel, 
 
 hogs'he^d 
 
 [, hoi' low, 
 
 hol'ly, 
 
 horn' age, 
 
 Aon' est, 
 
 Aon' or, 
 
 hop' per, 
 
 hor' rid, 
 
 hor' ror, 
 
 hos'tage, 
 
 lios' tile, 
 
 hoht' ler, 
 
 hov' el, 
 
 joc'und, 
 
 jos tie 
 
 (jos' si), 
 
 lob ster, 
 
 lock' er, 
 
 lock' et, 
 
 Mg' er, 
 
 log'ic, ' 
 
 longer, 
 
 loz' enge, 
 
 mod' el, 
 
 mod' ern, 
 
 mod' est, 
 
 mon' ad, 
 
 mon' arcA 
 
 , mon' ster, 
 
 mon'strcus 
 
 i, mor'al, 
 
 mor' row, 
 
 mot' to, 
 
 nos' tril. 
 
 3. 
 
 Offer, 
 
 office, 
 
 6ft' en, 
 
 on' ward, 
 
 or' ange, 
 
 os' trick, 
 
 pock' et, 
 
 pol' ish, 
 
 pop' lar, 
 
 por' ridge, 
 
 post ure 
 
 (post' yer), pot' tage, 
 
 proc' ess, 
 
 prod uce 
 
 (prod'dus), prod' net, 
 
 prom' ise, 
 
 prop'er, 
 
 pros' pect, 
 
 prov' erb, 
 
 prov' ince, 
 
 rock' et, 
 
 rob'ber, 
 
 ros' in, 
 
 sc/iol' ar, 
 
 shock' ing, 
 
 slop'py, 
 
 sock' et, 
 
 soft' en, 
 
 sol' ace, 
 
 sol' der, 
 
 sol' id, 
 
 sol' vent, 
 
 son' net, 
 
 sor' rel, 
 
 sor' row, 
 
 top' ic, 
 
 top' pie, 
 
 tor' rent, 
 
 tot' ter, 
 
 trom'bone 
 
 , ton'ic, 
 
 trop' ic, 
 
 vol' ley, 
 
 vol nme 
 
 (vol' yum), 
 
 vom' it, 
 
 yon' der. 
 
 4. 
 
 Ab scond' 
 
 , ab solve', 
 
 ac cost', 
 
 a cross', 
 
 a dopt', 
 
 al lot', 
 
 ah/ft', 
 
 a long', 
 
 a non', 
 
 a top', 
 
 be long', 
 
 be troth', 
 
 be yond', 
 
 de spond', 
 
 de volve', 
 
 dis solve', 
 
 em boss', 
 
 en sconce', 
 
 e volve', 
 
 ex tol', 
 
 for got', 
 
 pro long', 
 
 in volve', 
 
 re solve', 
 
 re spond', 
 
 re sponse', 
 
 re volve', 
 
 un lock', 
 
 nn stop'. 
 
 Alphabetic Equivalents of 6. 
 
 5. Quad'rant, quar'rel, quar'ry, seal' lop, 
 
 squab' bk, squad' ron, equal' id, squan'der, swal'low, 
 
 wad' ding, waffle, wal'let, wal'lop, wal'low, 
 
 wal'rus, wan' ton, wan' der, war' rant, wafch'ful. 
 
DISSYLLABLES U LN DO. 
 
 77 
 
 mute, up, full. — c as k ; g as j ; n as ng ; s as z ; dh as sh ; this ; azure. 
 
 Dictation Exercises. 
 
 1. Did your comrade, in college, act like a blockhead ? I saw a blos- 
 som in her bonnet. The body is in the cofliu. I wish to borrow that 
 complex compend. The cobbler has a bottle in the closet. Is colio 
 chronic? The collier has a contract to furnish coal for that cottage. 
 The comma is in common use. She has a collar, and a coral ting. The 
 consul bade the conscript join the right column of the army. 
 
 2. The jocund youth is docile. The honest doctor has a florid fore- 
 head. The monarch will buy foreign goods, when the morrow dawns. 
 There is a monstrous lobster in the hogshead. I saw some holly in 
 the forest. 
 
 3. I often offer a volume to the scholar. The torrent swept on- 
 ward. They sell rosin and produce in that office. The trombone made 
 a shocking sound. In that province, a robber made many sorrow. 
 He ate pottage and porridge. Yonder merchant is solvent, or able to 
 pay his debts. 
 
 4. If your friend abscond or conceal himself, and thus involve you in 
 debt, I will absolve you. He forgot to prolong the response. If the 
 task devolve on you, resolve not to despond. 
 
 5. They had no quadrant in the squadron. The quarry is a quadrate, 
 or square. The squalid or filthy beggar was eating scallops. The 
 watchful cat sees a swallow. 
 
 DISSYLLABLES O IN DO. 
 
 mov ing, 
 im prove' 
 
 2. 
 boot'y, 
 a loof , 
 be hoof, 
 
 Los' er, 
 pro v' ing: 
 out do', 
 
 15s' ing, 
 ado', 
 re move' 
 
 move' ment, m6v' er, 
 ap prove', dis prove', 
 
 reprove , 
 Alphabetic Equivalents of 6. 
 
 Brew' er : shoe' ing, ca noe' : 
 
 coop'er, gloom' y, mood'y, 
 
 bab oon', bal loon', 
 
 be hoove', buf foon', 
 
 undo' 
 
 boo' by, 
 scAoon' er 
 
 bam boo', bas soon', 
 ca boose', co coon', 
 
 doub loon', dra goon', fos toon', hal loo', liar poon', 
 
78 
 
 RATIONAL ELEMENTARY SPELLER. 
 
 age, At, Art, All, bAre, Ask ; me, end, err ; Ice, In ; 6ld, 6n, dd. 
 
 lam poon', mon soon 7 , pla toon 7 , 
 
 re proof ', sa loon', slial loon 7 , 
 
 3. Con tour', snr tout 7 , 
 
 bru'tish, cru'et, dru'id, 
 
 pru'dent, prud'isb, pru'ning, 
 
 ru' in, ru' ler, ru' mor, 
 
 bc ru' pk, su mach (sh6' mak), 
 
 ab struse', as sure (asli sh6V), 
 
 in trade', pe rake', pe ruse' : 
 
 pol troon', 
 si moom', 
 un couth' : 
 fru' gal, 
 rAu' barb, 
 ru' ral, 
 tru' ant, 
 in sure 
 im brae' : 
 
 rac coon , 
 un moor, 
 bra' tal, 
 pru' dence, 
 ru'by, 
 ruth 7 less, 
 tru'ly: 
 (in slior'), 
 fruitful. 
 
 Dictation Exercises. 
 
 1. The mover of this rule will disprove the report. The , loser is 
 still losing by this movement. Make no more ado ; but undo the evil. 
 
 "t would rather approve than reprove, if you improve. 
 
 2. "Will the brewer let this moody booby have beer? Is he shoeing 
 the horse this gloomy day ? The cooper has his booty in a canoe. The 
 baboon is aloof from the balloon. The raccoon is in the caboose, or 
 cook-room of the ship. The dragoon wrote a lampoon on the poltroon. 
 Pay a doubloon for a bassoon. They will unmoor the schooner, if they 
 do not fear the simoom. 
 
 3. Note the contour of that prudish girl's face. That uncouth surtout, 
 or close overcoat, has been a fruitful source of brutal deeds. The truant 
 did not scruple to intrude, and peruse my letters. I assure you, the 
 ruthless, brutish ruler did imbrue his hands in the frugal druid's blood. 
 I saw both rhubarb and sumach in the field. 
 
 
 DISSYLLABLES IT 
 
 IN MUTE. 
 
 
 1. 
 
 BkVish, 
 
 bu' gle, 
 
 bu reau 
 
 (bu'ro), 
 
 da' bit, 
 
 du' cal, 
 
 dur'ance, 
 
 dnr' ing, 
 
 du'ty, 
 
 flu' ent, 
 
 flu'id, 
 
 fu el. 
 
 fu'ry, 
 
 fu sion 
 
 (fu' zon), 
 
 fu tile, 
 
 fu ture 
 
 (fut'yer), 
 
 hu' man, 
 
 hu' mid, 
 
 hu' mor, 
 
 lu cid, 
 
 lu ere 
 
 (Ki'ker), 
 
 hi' rid* 
 
 lu'na, 
 
 lu nar, 
 
 mu / sic, 
 
 plu' mage, 
 
DISSYLLABLES U IN MUTE. 
 
 mite, ftp, full. — c ask; g as j ; nasng; 
 
 3 as z ; dh as sh 
 
 ; this ; azure. 
 
 plu' ral, 
 
 pu'ny, 
 
 pu'pil, 
 
 stu' dent, 
 
 stu' pid, 
 
 stu' por, 
 
 ra' et, 
 
 tu'lip, 
 
 tu' mid, 
 
 tu' mor, 
 
 tu' mult, 
 
 tu'nic, 
 
 u' nit, 
 
 u'sage, 
 
 us/ fill. 
 
 2. 
 
 A6 ciis/, 
 
 a cut/, 
 
 a mus/, 
 
 as sum/, 
 
 as tut/, 
 
 com mun/ 
 
 , com put/, 
 
 con due/, 
 
 con futd', 
 
 con sum/, 
 
 cos turn/, 
 
 de due/, 
 
 de mur/, 
 
 denud/, 
 
 dis put/, 
 
 e due/, 
 
 e lud/, 
 
 ex clud/, 
 
 ex cus/, 
 
 ex ude 
 
 (eksyud'), 
 
 im pu<m', 
 
 in clud/, 
 
 in due/, 
 
 in lire 
 
 (in yur'), 
 
 ma nur/, 
 
 ma tur/, 
 
 ob scur/, 
 
 ob tus/, 
 
 pre sumd', 
 
 pro fus/, 
 
 rebuk/, 
 
 re due/, 
 
 re fust?', 
 
 re f ut/, 
 
 re sum/, 
 
 sa hit/, 
 
 se clud/, 
 
 se cur/, 
 
 Buf fuse', 
 
 tra due/, 
 
 trans mut/ 
 
 , un tune'. 
 
 
 Alphabetic Equivalents of u. 
 
 
 3. 
 
 Beau ' ty : • 
 
 feu' dal, 
 
 neu' ter, 
 
 neu' tral : 
 
 ew er 
 
 (yu'er), 
 
 pew'ter, 
 
 sew' er, 
 
 skew'er, 
 
 stew' ard : 
 
 a new', 
 
 be dew', 
 
 es chew', 
 
 re new', 
 
 re view 7 : 
 
 Tues' day : 
 
 en sue', 
 
 im bue', 
 
 m due', 
 
 pur sue', 
 
 sub due' : 
 
 ven due', 
 
 niii'sanc^, 
 
 suit' or. 
 
 Dictation Exercises. 
 
 1. The bluish tunic is in the bureau. This student will teach that 
 stupid pupil. It is the duty of a human being to live for the future. 
 Music and mild usage will quell the fury of that wild beast. Birds of 
 the richest plumage are not the most useful. He was kept in durance, 
 in the ducal mansion. The fluent speaker, in his lucid moments, de- 
 sired something better than filthy lucre, or gain. 
 
 2. Do not presume to accuse, rebuke, nor traduce that demure man. 
 Such an excuse would amuse the most obtuse. If you attempt to ex- 
 clude or impugn this truth, my acute friend will rebuke you. The 
 astute or shrewd man will secure a high price for this costume. Would 
 the skill to transmute lead into gold conduce to human welfare ? 
 
 3. The suitor saw the beauty at the feudal castle, on Tuesda)% The 
 steward lost a skewer, and a pewter ewer, in the sewer. Eschew evil. 
 If the nuisance remain, what will ensue ? 
 
80 
 
 NATIONAL ELEMENTARY SPELLER. 
 
 s, at, &rt, &U, b&re, &>k ; nie, end, £rr ; ice, In ; 6ld, &n, dS. 
 
 DISSYLLABLES E IN UP. 
 
 1. BhWber, 
 
 bub 7 bid, buck' et, 
 buck 7 skin, bug'gy, 
 but' ton, chuek'le, 
 cud' die, cud 7 gel, 
 cur' rant, cur' rent, 
 
 blM' geon, blun' der, 
 buckf'lfr buek'ler, 
 
 bump'er, 
 clus'ter, 
 cum' ber, 
 cur'ry, 
 
 bun' gle, 
 chit' ter, 
 cup board 
 cus' tard, 
 dul' cet. 
 
 cut' ter, drum' mer, due at, 
 
 dumbness, dumpling, dun' geon, flur'ry, 
 
 ilut'ter, ful'crum, fin" some, fun'gus. 
 
 Glut' ton, grum' ble, gun wa A e 
 
 gus' to, gut' ter, hub' bub, 
 
 huh'ger, hus'band, husk'y, 
 
 jum'ble, jus'tice, him' ber, 
 
 (lush' us), mud' dy, muf fin, 
 
 mus' ket, mus' lin, 
 
 mnt' tern, num' ber, 
 
 2. 
 gun' ner, 
 hum' ble, 
 (hus'sl), 
 lus cious 
 
 mum' ble, mus' cle, 
 mus' ter, mut' ter, 
 plun'der, pub' lie, 
 rub' ber, rub'bish, 
 (ruf ' yan), ruf fie, 
 run' ner, rus' set, 
 
 3. Scuffle, 
 
 sculpt ure (skulpt'ver 
 shut' tie, slng'gard, slug'gish, slum' ber, 
 smug'gler, snu^'ers, snuffle, sput'ter, 
 strut' ting, stub' born, stue'eo, stut'ter, 
 subtle (sut'tl), sud' den, suffer, 
 sul'ly, sul'phur, sum' mer, sum'mit, 
 sump' ter, Sun' day, sun' der, sun'drass, 
 
 punch'eon, pup'py, 
 rud' der, rud' dy, 
 rug'ged, rum' ble, 
 rus' tic, rus tie 
 scull ion (skul' y un), 
 scut' tie, shuf fie, 
 
 blus' ter, 
 buek' ram, 
 but' ter, 
 crup' per, 
 (kub'berd), 
 cus' torn, 
 dud' geon, 
 flus' ter, 
 fur'roitf. 
 (gun'nel), 
 huek' ster, 
 hus tie 
 lunch' eon, 
 muf fie, 
 mus' tard, 
 num&'ness, 
 put' ty, 
 ruffian 
 rum' pie, 
 (rus' si). 
 sculpt' or, 
 shut' ter, 
 smug' gle, 
 strug' gle r 
 sub' tile, 
 sul' len, 
 sum' mon, 
 sun' dry, 
 
DISSYLLABLES U IN UP. 
 
 81 
 
 mate, ftp, fill. — 6 as k ; g as j ; ft as ng ; sasz; dh as sh 
 
 ; this ; aEure. 
 
 sunk' en, 
 
 sup' pi <\ 
 
 thun' der, 
 
 trim' die, 
 
 tum'ble, 
 
 tur'ret, 
 
 un'der, 
 
 usli' er, 
 
 up'ri^t, 
 
 up' roar, 
 
 up' ward, 
 
 ivt' most, 
 
 ut' ter, 
 
 vul ture 
 
 (vult'yer). 
 
 4. 
 
 Ab duct', 
 
 ab rupt', 
 
 ad j ust', 
 
 a dult', 
 
 an mil', 
 
 be num&', 
 
 con struct', 
 
 con suit', 
 
 con vulse', 
 
 cor rupt', 
 
 de duct', 
 
 de fund/, 
 
 dis cuss', 
 
 dis gust', 
 
 clis trust', 
 
 di vulge', 
 
 en gulf, 
 
 ex punge', 
 
 ex ult', 
 
 in crust', 
 
 in dulge', 
 
 in struct', 
 
 in trust', 
 
 ob struct', 
 
 oc cult', 
 
 rebuff, 
 
 re fund', 
 
 re pulse', 
 
 re suit', 
 
 ro bust', 
 
 ro tund', 
 
 sue CU111&', 
 
 unjust', 
 
 un shut'. 
 
 Alphabetic Equivalents of u. 
 Squir' rel, stir' rup: bom' bast, broth' er, 
 
 5. 
 
 col' or, come' ly, com' fit, 
 
 com' pass, cov'er, cov'et, 
 
 gov' ern, hon' ey, hov' er, 
 
 lovely, Mon'day, money 
 
 mon' key, moth' er, 
 
 ov en (uv' vn), 
 
 (shuv' vl), slov en 
 
 thorough (thur'ro), 
 
 6. Above', 
 
 be come', be love', 
 
 coup' le, coup' let, 
 
 nour' ish, south' ern 
 
 com' fort, com' ing, 
 
 cov' ey, doz' en, 
 
 lov' er, lov' ing, 
 
 (mun' ne), moh' grel 3 
 
 nntli' ing, on' ion, ofh'er, 
 
 plov' er, pom' mel, shov el 
 
 (sluv' vn), smofh' er, stom' acA, 
 
 ton' nage, won' der, wor' ry. 
 
 affront', among', amongst', 
 
 con front', un done' : coun' try, 
 
 doub' let, flour' ish, 
 
 roughen (ruffn), 
 
 cour ag^, 
 troub' le, 
 
 rough' ly, rough'ness, tough'ness, youh' ger : e nought 
 Dictation Exercises. 
 
 1. If he bluster, blunder, and blubber, the drummer will cudgel him 
 with a bludgeon. Get a buckskin crupper for my saddle. Curry the 
 horse. He has butter in that bucket. I saw a dumpling, a custard, and 
 
 6 
 
82 NATIONAL ELEMENTARY SPELLER. 
 
 age, at, art, all, bare, ask ; me, end, Srr ; ice, in ; old, on, do. 
 
 some currants, in the cupboard. Do not pay a ducat for his fulsome 
 praise. His boat will make a> furrow in the current, or stream. Get a 
 fulcrum, or prop, for the lever. 
 
 2. The glutton will not grumble, if he have a muffin, some mustard 
 and mutton, and that luscious fruit, for his luncheon. After muster, 
 the gunner left his musket near the gunwale. The puncheon, or hogs- 
 head, is full of russets. Hear the muslin rustle. The ruffian wants 
 public plunder. 
 
 3. Note that stubborn man's supple joints, in the struggle and scuffle. 
 The scullion found the snuffers in the scuttle of coal. The sculptor 
 will sculpture my bust. On Sunday, the smuggler did smuggle sundry 
 goods. Did. the thunder make the turret tumble? The subtle or art- 
 fid foe caused your subtile or piercing pain. Last summer, the usher 
 saw a vulture. Sudden fear caused the sullen man to rush up to the 
 summit of the hill. 
 
 4. If that corrupt and unjust youth did abduct goods, deduct their 
 value when you adjust his account. Instruct him to consult an adult. 
 The defunct had to succumb to Death. Expunge the passage. My 
 robust and rotund friend did indulge in laughter. Occult means hidden 
 from the eye, or unknown. 
 
 5. My comely brother does not use bombast. The comfit and the 
 honey will comfort the lad. Do not so cover the lovely child as to 
 smother him. I wonder what could worry your mother. The monkey 
 put some money, and a dozen onions, into the oven. 
 
 6. The above couplet may affront the loving couple. The younger 
 son has more roughness than courage. My Southern friend has had 
 enough trouble. 
 
 DISSYLLABLES U IN FULL. 
 
 1. Bur let, bullion (Wyun), MW ock, 
 
 burly, bul/ rush, bul'wark, bush' el, butelr'er, 
 
 euck'oc, cushion, fullness, pud' ding, pulZ'et, 
 
 pulley, pulling, pul'pit, sugar (slmg'ar). 
 
 Alphabetic Equivalents of u. 
 
 2. Bo' som, wolf ish, worn' an : good' ueas 
 
 wood' bine, wood' chuck, wood' en, wool' en, wool' ly. 
 
DISSYLLABLES OU IN OUR. 83 
 
 mute, up, full. — 6 as k ; g as j ; n as ng ; s as z ; dh as sh ; this ; azure. 
 
 Dictation Exercises. 
 
 1. Buy bullets with the bullion. My bullock ate the bulrush. A 
 bushel of wheat broke the pulley. Is there sugar in the pudding ? The 
 butcher saw a pullet and a cuckoo. Sit on the cushion. The pulpit is 
 the bulwark of the nation. 
 
 2. His manner is wolfish. The woodchuck is under the woodbine. 
 The wooden dish is on the woolen cloth. The woman pressed the child 
 to hor bosom. 
 
 DISSYLLABLES OU IN OUR. 
 
 l t Bound 7 en, bound'less, boun'ty, count' er, * 
 
 coun'ty, dis' count, dou^A'ty, floun'der, found 7 er, 
 feimdTing, fountain, frou'zy, Aour'ly, loud'ness, 
 mountain, moiis' er, mouth 'ful, out' law, out' let, 
 out' most, out' side, sour'crout, thou' sand, trounc ing. 
 
 2. A bound', a bout', ac count', a loud', 
 
 a mount', an noimctf', a round', a rous^', as tound', 
 
 cjl roustf', denounce', devour', devout', dismount', 
 
 e nounctf', es pous^', ex pound', pro found', pro nounce', 
 
 re count', re dound', re sound', sur round', with out'. 
 
 Alphabetic Equivalents of ou. 
 
 3. Blow'zy, bow' els, bow'er, chow'der, 
 cow'ard, cow'er, cow' slip, dow'er, down'falZ, 
 down'ri£///t, down'ward, drows'y, ilow'er, fowl'er, 
 low'er, pow'der, pow'er, prow' ess, row' el, 
 show'er, tow' el, tow'er, trow' el, trow'sers, 
 vow' el: allow', avow', endow', renown'. 
 
 Dictation Exercises. 
 
 \ It is your bounden duty to pay the bounty without discount. Is 
 i be boundless sky cloudless ? Did the doughty knight flounder in the 
 
84 
 
 NATIONAL ELEMENTARY" SPELLER. 
 
 age, at, art, all, bare, ask ; me, end, Irr ; Ice, in ; 6ld, 6n, d5. 
 
 fountain ? A thousand men fled to the mountain. The outlaw ate 
 some sourcrout, and a mouthful of frouzy butter. 
 
 2. The streams about that county abound in fish. Announce the 
 amount of my account. Dismount and call aloud, if you wish to arouse 
 him. You will astound me, if you denounce that profound and devout 
 man. Espouse his cause, and expound the law. 
 
 3. The blowzy or ruddy-faced fowler ate some chowder. The coward 
 fears powder. If the clouds lower or appear dark, wear your black 
 trowsers. That man of prowess will allow her dower. I will avow that 
 I seek renown. 
 
 1. 
 
 foi' hie, 
 moist en 
 (noi' sum] 
 toi'let : 
 a void', 
 ex ploit', 
 
 2. 
 loy'al, 
 an noy'j 
 
 DISSYLLABLES OI (M) IN OIL. 
 
 Boil' er, broid' er, clois' ter, 
 
 hoi'd<?n, join' er, joint' er, 
 
 (moi' sn), moist nre (moist' yur), 
 
 noi' sy, 
 
 adjoin', 
 
 de spoil', 
 
 pur loin', 
 
 omt'ment, poi'son, 
 
 a noint'. 
 
 a droit', 
 de void', 
 re coil', 
 
 em broil', 
 rejoice', 
 
 Alphabetic Equivalent of oi. 
 
 Boy'ish, coy'ish, joy'ful, 
 oys' ter, roy' al, voy f age : 
 de coy', de stroy', em ploy', 
 
 Dictation Exercises. 
 
 coin' ag#, 
 loi' ter, 
 noi some 
 spoil' er, 
 ap point', 
 enjoin', 
 subjoin'. 
 
 joyous, 
 
 alloy', 
 
 enjoy'. 
 
 1. There is poison ointment in the boiler. The noisy hoiden, after 
 making her toilet, will broider the garment. The monks in the clois- 
 ter rejoice. The joiner uses a jointer. Avoid the foibles of that adroit 
 man as you would a noisome disease. I shall rejoice, if they appoint 
 a man devoid of evil. 
 
 2. Do not decoy nor destroy the joyous birds. Be joyful, but not 
 boyish. If the captain employ you for the voyage, do not annoy him. 
 Is there much alloy in that coinage ? 
 
TRISYLLABLES — A IN AGE. 
 
 85 
 
 mite, up, full.— c as k ; g as j ; n as ng ; 6 as z ; <3i as sh ; this ; azure. 
 
 II. Words of Three Syllables 
 
 TRISYLLABLES — A IN AGE. 
 
 a' the Ism, 
 cham'berlain, 
 Ha' gran cy, 
 nia'nia, 
 pa' tri lirvh, 
 ra' di anc#, 
 rat'abltf, 
 va' ri anc<?, 
 
 2. 
 arcA- an' gel, 
 awaken, 
 cana'ry, 
 ere a' tor, 
 con ta'g/tfus, 
 duration, 
 engagement, 
 erasion 
 evasion 
 
 3. 
 (forma'shun), 
 (inva'zun), 
 ne ga' tion, 
 oc ta' vo, 
 per sua sion 
 priva'tion, 
 
 4. 
 
 A'gency, 
 
 a' the ist, 
 dra'pery, 
 fra' gran cy, 
 ma'niac, 
 pa' tri ot, 
 ra' di ate, 
 sal'abltf, 
 va'ri<?us. 
 Ab ra sion 
 arma'da, 
 behavior 
 capa'cious, 
 col la' tion, 
 ctfur a' geou.% 
 embrasure 
 e qua tion 
 (e ra' zun), 
 (eva'zun). 
 Fal la cions 
 frus tra' tion, 
 lo ca' tion, 
 notation, 
 ora'tion, 
 
 a' pri cot, 
 brav'ery, 
 fa 7 tal ism, 
 #nav'ery, 
 pa' gan ism, 
 pha' e ton, 
 ra' di us, 
 va' can cy, 
 
 (ab ra' zun), 
 
 audacious 
 
 (behav'yer), 
 
 cessa'tion, 
 
 com pla'cenctf, 
 
 die ta' tion, 
 
 (embra'zor), 
 
 (ekwa'shun), 
 
 erasure 
 
 (falla'shus), 
 gra da' tion, 
 loqua'cious, 
 occasion 
 
 outra'g£0us, 
 
 (perswa'zun), plan ta' tion, 
 pro ba' tion, prosa'ic, 
 Eapacious (rapa'Bhus), 
 
 a' re a, 
 ca' pa bte, 
 fa'vorlte, 
 la'ity, 
 pa'pacy, 
 pla'cabte, 
 ra' pi er, 
 va' gran cy, 
 
 ad j a' cent, 
 (ada'shiis), 
 bra va' do, 
 ere a' tion, 
 con t a' g /on, 
 dona' tion, 
 en a' bte, 
 e qua' tor, 
 (e ra' z6r), 
 
 formation 
 invasion 
 nar ra' tion. 
 (ok ka' zun), 
 ova' tion, 
 pota'to, 
 pul sa' tion. 
 re la' tion, 
 
86 NATIONAL ELEMENTARY SPELLER. 
 
 age, At, art, all, b&r«, isle; me, find, *it; Ice, In ; old, fa, d6. 
 
 rota/ tion, saga'cious, sal va' tion, sen sa' tion, 
 
 spec ta' tor, stagnation, taxation, tem^ta'tiom 
 
 tena'cious, testa' tor, to ma' to, torna'do, 
 
 trans la' tion, vaca'tion, vaga'ry, verbatim, 
 
 vexa'tion, vexa'tious, vi bra' tion, vira'go, 
 
 viva'cious, voca'tion, volca'no, vora'cious: 
 
 ambuscade', barricade, cannonade', cavalcade, 
 
 lemonade' palisade', promenade' serenade. 
 
 Alphabetic Equivalents of a. 
 
 5. Aid decamp (ad'ekong), main' tenancy 
 
 trai' tortus: acquaintance, attain'ment, remain'der: 
 appertain', ascertain', entertain': bay' o net, 
 gay'ety, pay' able: convey'ance, convey'er, 
 
 survey' or. 
 
 Dictation Exercises. 
 
 1. The apricots at the agency are salable. Though the atheist is 
 capable, owing to his knavery, and the flagrancy of his various crimes, 
 he can not secure the vacancy. The chamberlain will tell the laity 
 the area of the room. Is papacy at variance with paganism ? The 
 patriot's bravery made him a favorite. The maniac cut the drapery 
 with a rapier. That patriarch in the phaeton is placable, or willing to 
 forgive. 
 
 2. Note the abraison of the goods. The bravado's dictation and 
 audacious behavior awaken contempt. The canary-bird has a capa- 
 cious cage. During the engagement, the courageous youth stood by 
 the embrasure. If the disease is contagious, do not resort to evasion. 
 The donation will enable the pastor to give a collation to the poor. 
 
 3. On that occasion, the loquacious man gave fallacious reasons for 
 the formation of an army. The frustration of those plans caused his 
 outrageous oration. An invasion caused their migration hither. 
 
 4. That rapacious beast is voracious, or very hungry. The sa- 
 gacious testator knew that the relation of those remarks verbatim, 
 or word for word, would cause a sensation among the spectators. 
 The vagaries of that vivacious youth were vexatious. Taxation 
 
TRISYLLABLES — A IN A' 
 
 ST 
 
 mite, up, full.— c as k ; g as j ; n as ng ; s as z ; dh as sh ; fliis ; anine. 
 
 caused tlie stagnation of business. The cavalcade will ambuscade for 
 the foe. As you promenade, serenade our friends. 
 
 5. An acquaintance of that traitorous aid -d.'-camp has my bayonet. 
 The conveyer brought a conveyance of the remainder of the estate 
 Ascertain the amoimt payable. The surveyor ate a tomato and a po- 
 tato. Her attainments enable her to entertain our friends. 
 
 
 TRISYLLABLES A IN AT. 
 
 
 1. 
 
 Ab' di cate, 
 
 ab'rogate, 
 
 ab' solute, 
 
 ab' sti nence, 
 
 ac' ci dent, 
 
 ac' curate, 
 
 act'u al, 
 
 a<**t' u ate, 
 
 ad'amant, 
 
 ad' e quite, 
 
 ad'jec tive, 
 
 ad'ju C-lite, 
 
 ad' mi ral, 
 
 ad' vo cate, 
 
 af fa ble, 
 
 af flu ence, 
 
 ag' grand ize, 
 
 ag'gra vate, 
 
 aggregate, 
 
 pg'i tate, 
 
 ag'onize, 
 
 ag'ony, 
 
 al'cAemist, 
 
 al' Oo hoi, 
 
 al' ge bra, 
 
 al'i ment, 
 
 alkali, 
 
 al' ka ling, 
 
 al'phabet, 
 
 al'titude. 
 
 
 2. 
 
 Am'azon, 
 
 ambergris 
 
 (am'bergres), 
 
 am 'bus cade, 
 
 am' e thy st, 
 
 am' i t j, 
 
 am' nes ty, 
 
 ara'plii'v, 
 
 am' pli tude, 
 
 am' pu tate, 
 
 am' ulet, 
 
 an'alv/. . 
 
 an'arcAy, 
 
 an ' ces tor, 
 
 an' ces try, 
 
 an'cAorage, 
 
 an'cAoret, 
 
 and i ron 
 
 (and'iern), 
 
 an' ec dote, 
 
 an' i mal, 
 
 an' i mate, 
 
 an'nual, 
 
 an' o dyne, 
 
 an' te lope, 
 
 an' ti dote, 
 
 ap' a thy, 
 
 ap'ertiire, 
 
 apt' i tiide, 
 
 ap' pe tite, 
 
 ap' pro bate, 
 
 aqueduct 
 
 (ak'ved&kt), 
 
 ar' a bic, 
 
 ar' a ble, 
 
 ar' ro gant, 
 
 ar'rogate, 
 
 as' pi rate, 
 
 as'terisk, 
 
 at' inos phere, 
 
 av' a rice, 
 
 av'enue, 
 
 av'erasre. 
 
 3. 
 
 Bac' cAa nal, 
 
 bach' e lor, 
 
 Ml' cony, 
 
 bar'rier, 
 
 bar' rifi ter, 
 
 bat' ter j, 
 
 blas'phemy, 
 
 cab'inet, 
 
 cal'amus, 
 
 calculate, 
 
 cal'ico, 
 
 caTomel, 
 
 cal'umny, 
 
 can 'did ate, 
 
 can' is ter, 
 
88 
 
 NATIONAL ELEMENTARY SPELLER. 
 
 age, at, ait, all, bate, ask ; me, end, Sir ; Ice, In ; Aid, 6n, (15. 
 
 can' ni bal, 
 car' a bine, 
 cas' si mere, 
 (kaz'oal), 
 cat'ecAis^, 
 
 4. 
 chan'ticleer. 
 
 can'opy, 
 car' avan, 
 cas' ta net, 
 casuist 
 cat'ecAism, 
 
 can' ti cle, 
 car' a way, 
 castigate, 
 
 (kaz'oist), 
 cath'olic. 
 
 cap ricorn, 
 
 car'rion, 
 
 casual 
 
 cat'aract, 
 
 cav'alry, 
 
 Chamomile (kam'omil), cham'pion, 
 cAar' ac ter, char' i ot, 
 
 chas'tisement, chastity, 
 
 clas'sical, 
 dram' atist, 
 fal'lacy, 
 flag' el late, 
 frat'ricide, 
 gal' van ism, 
 gas' e ous, 
 gran'ary, 
 
 5. 
 lac' er kte, 
 lax' a tive, 
 mas:' is trate. 
 
 clas'sify, 
 
 fab'ricate, 
 
 fal'lible, 
 
 flageolet, 
 
 gal'axy, 
 
 gal' van ize, gar' ri son, 
 glac' i er, grad' u al, 
 grat' i fy, grat' i tude, 
 Hal' cy on, 
 las'situ.d<?. 
 
 char'ity, 
 clar'ion, 
 daf fo dil, 
 fac'ulty, 
 fas'cinate, 
 frank' incense, 
 gal'lery, 
 gar' ru k>us, 
 grad' u ate, 
 grav'ity. 
 hand ker chief\hang'ker chit), 
 lat' i t tide, lav' en der, 
 
 clar'ify, 
 cran' berry, 
 fac'tory, 
 fam'ily, 
 flat' ter y, 
 gal' Ian try, 
 
 mac' co boy, macA'inate, mack' er el, 
 
 mag' net ism, mag' net ize, mag'ni fy, 
 
 mag' ni tude, maj'esty, mal'ady, mal' con tent, 
 
 man' a cle, man' i fest, man' i fold, man' u al, 
 
 man' u script, mar' i gold, mar'iner, mar' i time, . 
 
 mas'cul!n<?, mas'ticate, mat'riclde, max' i mum. 
 
 6. Nar'rative, national (nash'unal), 
 
 nat'ural, nav'igate, pac'ify, pal' li ate, 
 
 pal'pable, pal'pitate, pan' o ply, pan' to mime, 
 
 par' able, parachute (par' a shot), par'adise, 
 
 par'adox, par' agon, par' a graph, par' al lei, 
 
 par' a phrase, par' a site, par' a sol, par'ity, 
 
TRISYLLABLES A IN AT. 
 
 89 
 
 mute, up, full. — c as k ; g as j ; n as Bg : sasz; dh as sh ; this ; azure. 
 
 par'ody, 
 pat'roniz<? 7 
 
 7. 
 rasp ber ry 
 sab'aoth, 
 (sak'rifiz), 
 san' i ty, 
 scan'daliz^, 
 tarn 7 a rind, 
 trao-'e dv, 
 vac'cin ate, 
 
 8. 
 aquat'ic, 
 at trac' tion, 
 (Imni bast' ik), 
 (kompash'un), 
 de trac' tion, 
 dog mat' ic, 
 em bar' rasa, 
 er rat'ic, 
 ex trac 'tion, 
 
 9. 
 li-yninas'tic, 
 infraction, 
 \ tal'ic, 
 inonas'tic, 
 /?n<?umat ;«'•. 
 rascal ion 
 Bareas'tic, 
 sub trac' tion, 
 
 par oxysm, 
 
 plat'inum, 
 
 R;';/l'lery, 
 
 (raz'berrl), 
 
 Bac'cAarfm, 
 
 sac/rile'gtf, 
 
 sas 7 sa fras, 
 
 Bcar'ify, 
 
 tan/gibl*, 
 
 trail 7 quil iz^, tract' a bte, 
 
 vac' il late, vag' a bond, 
 
 A ban 7 don, 
 
 assas'sin, 
 
 bal sam' ic, bat tal 7 ion 
 
 bo tan'ic, com pan' ion, 
 
 con tract' lie, de fal' elite, 
 
 di dac' tic, dis par' a:V, 
 
 pas 7 sen ger, pat' ron agp, 
 prac' ti eal, J9sal' mo dy. 
 ram'ify, rar'ity, 
 
 ra tion al (rash' un al), 
 
 sac' ra ment, sac ri fice 
 san' a tivd, sane' ti fy, 
 sat 7 u rate, Sat' ur day, 
 tab' u lar, tac' i turn, 
 tan 7 ta liz<?, tap' es try, 
 trav'eler, 
 van' i ty. 
 ab strac' tion, ap par' el, 
 At Ian 7 tic, attachment, 
 
 dra mat 7 ic, 
 
 em phat'ic, 
 establish, 
 fa nat' i('-, 
 Gal van'ic, 
 lio san'na, 
 inliab'it, 
 me an'der, 
 mulat'to, 
 
 ecstat'ie, 
 en am' el, 
 exam'in<?, 
 fantas'tic, 
 gigan'tic, 
 im ag' iii6, 
 I tal ian 
 meeAan'ic. 
 
 bom bas tic 
 com pas sion 
 de tacli' ment, 
 dis trac' tion, 
 e las' tic, 
 en am' or, 
 ex pan sion, 
 finan'cial, 
 grimalkin, 
 im pan 7 el, 
 (Ital'yan), 
 me tal' lie, 
 pi las' ter, 
 
 pi az' za, 
 
 pome gran ate (pum gran et), quad rat'ic, 
 (ras k .il' vim ,rAea mat'ic, ro man 7 tic, 
 sa van ' n a, scAo las' tic, sub stan 7 tial, 
 tobae'eo, transaction, vol can 7 ic. 
 
90 NATIONAL ELEMENTARY SPELLER. 
 
 age, at, ftrfe, all, bare, ask ; me, end, Srr ; Ice, In ; 6ld, Sn, d6. 
 
 Dictation Exercises. 
 
 1. Having absolute power, the king will not abdicate ; but he will 
 abrogate the treaty. The admiral will gain affluence, and aggrandize 
 himself. An accident caused his abstinence from solid aliment. The 
 affable advocate made an accurate statement of the actual aggregate 
 received. The alkali used by the alchemist was potash. Alcohol will 
 agitate, aggravate, and cause agony. Use the alphabet in algebra. 
 
 2. My ancestor saw an antelope, with other animals, near the Ama- 
 zon river. He gave an amethyst for the ambergris found at the an- 
 chorage. He took an antidote and an anodyne. An amnesty may 
 prevent anarchy. Attack the ambuscade in the avenue. The an- 
 choret was noted for his apathy and avarice. Give an Arabic book 
 for the andirons. Name the average price of that arable land. 
 
 3. That bacchanal on the balcony is a bachelor. The barrister will 
 castigate or punish his son for blasphemy. A casual remark led us to 
 catechise the candidate. I saw calico, cassimere, a canister of calomel, 
 and a carabine, in the cabinet. The cavalry fought near a cataract. 
 
 4. Chamomile is bitter, and cranberry sour. The graduate says the 
 faculty are versed in classical lore. Clarify the fluid. Did chanticleer 
 blow his clarion ? The garrison, for their gallantry, deserve the grati- 
 tude of the people. The character of the champion for chastity and 
 gravity will gratify his parents. 
 
 5. The matricide, or murderer of his mother, knew no halcyon or 
 peaceful days. Put some lavender on the handkerchief. She read 
 the manuscript of the manual in a masculine tone. They will lacerate 
 your flesh with manacles, in that maritime town. The mariner knows 
 the maximum or highest price of mackerel. 
 
 6. Before reading my paraphrase, you would think the paradox in 
 my narrative a palpable error. Paradise is described in a parable. It 
 is natural for passengers to patronize the national vessels that navi- 
 gate the river. In the pantomime, quackery was exposed. Platinum 
 is the heaviest of all metals. 
 
 7. Raillery will neither tranquillize the taciturn vagabond's mind, 
 nor please his vanity. Ramify the treaty, or divide it into parts. His 
 views were rational. The raspberry has sanative and saccharine 
 qualities. " The Lord of Sabaoth," or of armies, is with us. 
 
 8. What attraction led him to abandon his companion ? His ab- 
 straction, or absence of mind, and his dogmatic answers embarrass 
 me. The assassin joined the battalion and crossed the Atlantic. That 
 ecstatic poem is both didactic and dramatic. Detraction from that 
 fanatic can not injure my financial prospects. 
 
TRISYLLABLKS — A IN ART. 91 
 
 mite, up, full. — e as k ; g as j ; ii as ng ; s as z : ch as sh ; this ; azure. 
 
 9. The mechanic made a galvanic engine. A gigantic mulatto 
 taught gymnastic games on the piazza. The Italian ate a pomegranate. 
 People who inhabit that volcanic region lead a monastic life. Impanel 
 a jury, if that rascalion cause the infraction of the law. A river 
 meanders through the romantic savanna. 
 
 TRISYLLABLES — A IN ART. 
 
 1. Ar' biter, ar'bitrate, arcAetyp^, 
 
 arcA' i tect, arc/*/ i travg, ar' du ous, ar ' gu merit, 
 
 arm'ament, arm' attire, arm'istic^, ar'tery, 
 
 ar' ti choktf, ar ' ti (tie, ar' ti fice, art' i san, 
 
 bar'barism, bar' ba mis, bar' berry, car' di rial, 
 
 charl'atan, car'nival, car'penter, charge' a bte, 
 
 guard ' i an, liar' bin ger, liar' le quin, har ' mo niz#, 
 
 har' mo ny, harp' si cAord, lar' ce ny, mar'cln'on ess, 
 
 mar' ma lade, mar' tin gal, mar' tyr dom, mar' vel 011s, 
 
 par' Y\a ment, par' ti cte, par' ti san, phar'ma cy : 
 
 apart'ment, bamVna, cathar'tic, com part'ment, 
 
 de part'ment, em bar' go, in car' nate, mus tadi' es. 
 
 Dictation Exercises. 
 
 If the arbiter arbitrate, he will hear your argument. The architect 
 has an archetype of the architrave. During the armistice, they will 
 prepare the ship's armament. The carpenter is the artisan that per- 
 formed that arduous task. The charlatan practiced pharmacy. The 
 artifice of the cardinal during carnival was chargeable to parliament. 
 You have marmalade, or some other sweetmeat on your mustaches. 
 My guardian sent some bananas and artichokes. 
 
 TRISYLLABLES — A IN ALL. 
 
 1. Al'derman, al'manac, fals'ity, 
 
 taik'atiYtf, wa'terfalZ: instalment, sub al' tern. 
 
92 NATIONAL ELEMENTARY SPELLER. 
 
 age, at, art, all, bare, ask ; me, end, e'rr ; ice, In ; 6ld, 6n, dS. 
 
 Alphabetic Equivalents of a. 
 
 2. Aud'ibk, aud'ibly, aud'ienc^, 
 
 au'gury, aiis' pices, au'thoriz^, au'tocrat, 
 
 fraud' u lent, laud'abL?, laud'anum, nau'tical, 
 
 nau'tilus, pau'city, plau'sibLs: hydraul'ics, 
 
 in cau tious (in ka' slius), ma raud' er, tar pau' lin : 
 
 straw' berry: cor' mo rant, cor'poral, cor' pu lent, 
 
 forfeiture (far'fityor), form' u la, for'tify, 
 
 for'titud^, fort' un ate, gor'mandiz^, or'cAestra, 
 
 or' deal, or'dinanc^, or'ganism, or'nament, 
 
 or'thodox, por'celain, por'cupin^, por' ringer, 
 
 scor' pi on, sor ' cer er, tort' u 6>us : a bor' tivtf, 
 
 absorb' en t, accord'anc^, assortment, con cord' anc^, 
 
 disor'der, enor'mmis, impor'tanc^, in form' al, 
 
 re cord' er : res er voir (rez er vwar'). 
 
 Dictation Exercises. 
 
 y 
 
 1. The talkative alderman asked his subaltern to get the almanac. 
 The receipt of the first installment pro\es the falsity of your statement. 
 
 2. The sound was audible to the audience. The story of the augury 
 appeared plausible. The incautious marauder lost his tarpaulin. 
 Under the auspices of the autocrat, ho advanced nautical science. 
 The corpulent corporal did gormandize like a cormorant. The for- 
 tunate sorcerer endured that ordeal. The recorder says porcelain orna- 
 ments are subject to forfeiture. The course of that enormous scorpion 
 was tortuous, or winding. A porcupine is in the reservoir 
 
 TRISYLLABLES A IN BARE. 
 
 Appar'ent, comparing, prepar'ing, trans par' ent. 
 Dictation Exercises. 
 
 I can not account for his apparent coolness, while he was comparing 
 the swords and preparing for the combat. That glass is transparent. 
 
TRISYLLABLES — A IN A8X K IN ME. 
 
 93 
 
 lute, up, full.— c as k ; g as j ; h as ng ; sasz; dh as sh ; this ; azure. 
 
 TRISYLLABLES A IN ASK. 
 
 1. Chan/ eel lor, chan'cery, mas' ter -piece, 
 
 passable, pas' tor al, past' ur age, slan' der ous : 
 advan'tage, disas'ter, molas'ses: countermand'. 
 
 Dictation Exercises. 
 
 1. The chancellor made a passable speech in the Court of Chancery. 
 That pastoral poem is a masterpiece. A slanderous letter caused the 
 disaster. He will countermand the order for molasses. 
 
 1. 
 
 de'viate, 
 e' qui nox, 
 me' di attf, 
 pe'riod, 
 re'gency, 
 the' o ry, 
 
 2. 
 (adhe'zun), 
 cAime'ra, 
 co he sion 
 de pie' tion, 
 hy e'na, 
 in gen ious 
 mu se' um, 
 pro ced' ure, 
 sub pee' na, 
 in' ter cede', 
 
 TRISYLLABLES — E IN ME. 
 
 De'cency, de'ify, 
 
 de'vimis, e'gotist, 
 
 fre' quen cy, le' ni ent, 
 
 me' di um, me' ni al, 
 
 pic' na ry, pre' vi <?us. 
 
 se'erecy, se'ri 0us, 
 
 ve' he mence, ve' hi die, 
 
 A ce' tous, ad her' ence, 
 
 ad he' sive, 
 coe'qual, 
 (ko he' zun), 
 e gre' g^'ous, 
 ide'a, 
 (injen'yus), 
 pie be ian 
 qui e' tus, 
 torpe'do, 
 in N ter fere', 
 
 are na, 
 coe'val, 
 com pie tion 
 fa ce tious 
 i de' al, 
 in her' ent, 
 (pie be' y an), 
 salt pe' ter, 
 unequal: 
 persevere,' 
 
 de'ity, 
 e'quable, 
 me' dial, 
 me' te or, 
 re' cent ly, 
 te'di<?us, 
 ve'nial. 
 ad he sion 
 ca the' dral, 
 eoher'ence, 
 (komple'shunX 
 (fase'shus), 
 ille'gal, 
 ly ce' um, 
 pri me' val, 
 se ere' tion, 
 con x tra ven//., 
 su v per sede'. 
 
9i 
 
 NATIONAL ELEMENTARY SPELLER. 
 
 age, at, art, 411, bare, ask ; me, end, 3rr ; Ice, In ; 6ld, 6n, d6. 
 
 Alphabetic Equivalents of e. 
 Eat' a bb, fea 7 si bb, 
 
 3. 
 
 ab x sent ee 7 , 
 en x gi neer 7 , 
 mil' ti neer 7 , 
 pl x o neer 7 , 
 rep N ar tee 7 , 
 o bei 7 sane?, 
 bom ba zine 
 man v da rin 7 , 
 cav v a lier', 
 fi v nan cier 7 . 
 
 bue* ca neer' 
 frlc x as see 7 , 
 nom x i nee'. 
 
 prr 
 
 va teer 
 
 deV o tee 7 , 
 gaz x et teer 7 , 
 6 N ver seer', 
 ref er ee', 
 invei'gte: 
 (mus ke 7 to), 
 Im' be die', 
 br!g v a dier 7 , 
 dieV a lier 7 . 
 
 peac€ 7 abk: 
 dom' i noer 7 , 
 leg' a tee 7 , 
 pat v ent ee', 
 refu gee', 
 madei 7 ra, 
 cap x u cTiin 7 , 
 mag- a zin? 7 , 
 cap'-a-pie 7 , 
 co N te rie 7 , 
 
 vol' nn teer 7 : 
 mus qui to 
 (bum v ba zen 7 ) 
 tarn' bowr in? 7 : 
 dhan x de lier 7 , 
 gren v a dier 7 . 
 
 Dictation Exercises. 
 
 1. Decency forbids too much vehemence. That egotist was recently 
 tedious in explaining his theory. It was our previous aim to be 
 lenient with the menial ; but, recently, the frequency of his crimes 
 has caused serious doubts. Do not deify a thing formed by Deity. 
 The regency, having plenary or full power, pardon all venial sins. 
 
 2. The secretion is acetous or sour. Wax is adhesive. Were the 
 museum and the lyceum coeval with the pantheon ? The facetious 
 lad told an egregious falsehood. That subpoena is illegal. Primeval 
 refers to the first ages. The ingenious plebeian built the cathedral. 
 If you do not interfere, he may get his quietus, or final discharge. If 
 my clerk contravene my measures, you may supersede him. 
 
 3. The fricassee is eatable. The peaceable coterie, or club, declare 
 the measure feasible. The financier will pay the patentee. Buy a 
 magazine, a gazetteer, and a tambourine. The pioneer is a nominee 
 for office. Did the overseer domineer over the refugee ? Musquitos 
 troubled the volunteer. That chevalier is an imbecile. The mandarin 
 on board that privateer has a dress made of bombazine. The briga- 
 dier was armed cap-a-pie. •*•' 
 
 1. 
 
 bev'erag<?, 
 
 TRISYLLABLES- 
 
 Beg 7 gary, 
 brev 7 i ty, 
 
 -E IN END. 
 
 b&n 7 e fic£, 
 eel 7 e brat?, 
 
 ben 7 e fit, 
 een 7 tury, 
 
TRISYLLABLES E IN END 
 
 95 
 
 mute, up, full. — c as k ; g as j ; n as ng ; s as z ; dh as sh ; this : azure. 
 
 cAem' ic al, 
 cler' ic al, 
 dec'imal, 
 deference, 
 dem- agugw, 
 dent'ifrice, 
 dep'uty, 
 dcs' o late, 
 des'titute, 
 
 2. 
 ed' i fy, 
 el'egant, 
 el'e vkte, 
 em'bryo, 
 em' i grate, 
 em'phasis, 
 ho'e my, 
 ep'icure, 
 ep' i taph, 
 eq' ui ty, 
 (et'iket), 
 ex' eel lence, 
 ex' er else, 
 ex'pletive, 
 
 3. 
 
 fes'tival, 
 gen'uin^, 
 (hem'lef&l*), 
 her' it age, 
 leg'acy, 
 lep'rosy, 
 
 c/*em' ist ry, 
 
 cred' i ble, 
 
 dec' i mate, 
 
 definite, 
 
 dem' o crat, 
 
 dent' ist ry, 
 
 der'elict, 
 
 des'perate, 
 
 defoliate, 
 
 Eb' o ny, 
 
 ed'ueate, 
 
 el'egy, 
 
 el'oquence, 
 
 em' e raid, 
 
 em'inence, 
 
 em'phasize, 
 
 en'ergy, 
 
 ep' i gram, 
 
 ep'ithet, 
 
 es'culent, 
 
 ev'ery, 
 
 ex' eel lent, 
 
 ex'igence, 
 
 ex' qui site, 
 
 Fed'eral, 
 
 flex' i ble, 
 
 hec' a tom£>, 
 
 hem' i sticA, 
 
 her' o me, 
 
 leg' i ble, 
 
 leth'ar£y. 
 
 cher' u bim, 
 cred' u bus, 
 dec' o rate, 
 del' e gate, 
 den' i Ken, 
 dep're <' 
 der'o gate, 
 des'potism, 
 det' ri ment, 
 ec sta sy, 
 
 el' e ment, 
 em'anate, 
 em' er y, 
 em'inent, 
 em' u late, 
 en 'mi ty, 
 ep' i lug'we, 
 eq ui page 
 es'ti mate, 
 ev'ident, 
 ex' e crate, 
 ex' pe dite, 
 ex'tri cate. 
 feTony, 
 gen'er al, 
 heF le bore, 
 her' e sy, 
 her' o ism, 
 legislate, 
 lev'i ty, 
 
 clem'en cy, 
 
 dec' a log ue, 
 ded' i cate, 
 del' ic ate, 
 dens' i ty, 
 dep're date, 
 designate, 
 
 i ny, 
 dev'astate. 
 ed'ible, 
 effluence, 
 el'ephant, 
 em' bas sy, 
 em' i grant, 
 cm 'per or, 
 em' u k>us, 
 en' ter prise, 
 ep' i sode, 
 (ek'wipej), 
 et i quette 
 ex' ca vate, 
 ex' e cute, 
 ex' pi ate, 
 
 fern 'i nine, 
 gen' er oris, 
 
 hem i sphere 
 her' e tic, 
 hes'i tjuV, 
 len'ity, 
 lex' icon, 
 
96 
 
 NATIONAL ELEMENTARY SPELLER. 
 
 kge, &t, &rt, ill, b&re, &sk ; me, fend, 5rr ; Ice, in ; 6ld, 6n, dS. 
 
 mecA' an ism, 
 mer o dy, 
 
 4. 
 ped' a gogue, 
 pend'ency, 
 pen sion er 
 per' i gee, 
 pet' u lane?, 
 prec' i pic?, 
 prev / a lenc?, 
 
 5. 
 rec' on cil?, 
 red' o lent, 
 register, 
 rel'evant, 
 rep'rimand, 
 res' i dene?, 
 ret'ina, 
 rev'elry, 
 rev' er ie, 
 
 6. 
 sen'sibl?, 
 set' tl? ment, 
 specimen, 
 spherical, 
 tel' e graph, 
 tern' po ral, 
 ten' e ment, 
 test' i fy, 
 ven' ti late, 
 ves'tibul?, 
 
 med' i cal, 
 mem' o ry, 
 Nee' taring 
 ped' ant ry, 
 pen' du lum, 
 (pen' shun er), 
 perilous, 
 plen'ittid?, 
 pref er enc?, 
 quer'ultfus. 
 Rec'ipe, 
 rec 're ant, 
 reg' i eld?, 
 reg'ular, 
 rem' e dy, 
 rep' ro bate, 
 res'idu?, 
 ret'inu.?, 
 rev' e nu?, 
 rAet' o ric. 
 Sed'iment, 
 sen' ti ment, 
 sev'eral, 
 spec' tack, 
 splen' e tic, 
 tel' e scop?, 
 tern' po riz?, 
 ter' ri bl?, 
 trem' u kus, 
 ver'ify, 
 vet' er an, 
 
 med' i cm?, 
 men' di cant, 
 neg' a tiv?, 
 ped' es tal, 
 pen' e trat?, 
 pen' ta teueA, 
 pes' ti lenc?, 
 plen' te e>us, 
 prej'udic?, 
 
 rec'og niz?, 
 rec' ti fy, 
 
 reg' u late, 
 ren' e gad?, 
 req ui site 
 res' o lute, 
 ret'rograd?, 
 rev' er enc?, 
 
 sed'ulous, 
 sep' a rate, 
 skel' e ton, 
 spec' u late, 
 tecA' nic al, 
 tern' per anc?, 
 ten' a bl?, 
 ter' ri fy, 
 veg' e tat?, 
 ver' i ly, 
 yes' ter day. 
 
 med' i tate, 
 mer' ri ment. 
 neg' li gene?, 
 pen' al ty, 
 pen'itenc?, 
 pen'ury, 
 pet'rify, 
 plen'tiful, 
 prel' a cy, 
 
 rec' om pens? 
 rec'ti tud?, 
 reg' i ment, 
 rel' a tiv?, 
 ren' o vat?, 
 (rek' wi zit), 
 res' on ant, 
 ret'rospect, 
 rev' er end, 
 
 sen' a tor, 
 sep'ulcAer, 
 skep'ti cisra, 
 spelling-book 
 tel' e gram, 
 tern' per at?, 
 tend' en cy, 
 test' a ment, 
 ven' er ate, 
 ver' i ty, 
 
TRISYLLABLES K IN KND. 
 
 97 
 
 mute, up, full. — c u k ; g as j ; n as ng ; 8 as z ; dh as sh ; this ; azure. 
 
 ad vent ure 
 an gel' ic, 
 ap pren' tice, 
 at tend 7 ance, 
 hi then' tic, 
 
 8. 
 de cep' tive, 
 de fee tion 
 de pres sion 
 de vel' op, 
 
 Ac cept' ance, ac ces sion (ak sesh' un), 
 (ad vent' y or), aggres'sion, aggres'sive, 
 ap pel' lant, ap pend' age, ap pend' ix, 
 as sem' ble, as sem' bly, ath let' id, 
 at ten tion (at ten' slum), at tent ' iv, , 
 bis sex' tile, clan des' tine, col lee' tion, 
 com pen' sate, com plex' ion, compression, con cen' t c 
 con ces' sion, eon fes' sion, con ject' ure, con nee' tion, 
 con tern' plate, eon ten' tion, con yen' tion, co quet rj 
 (koket'ri), correction, cor reef ive, cos met' ic. 
 De bent ure (de bent' yor), De cem' ber, 
 de clen sion (de Men 'shun), de crep' it, 
 (de fek' shun), de jee' tion, de pend' ence, 
 (depresh'un), de tee' tion, de ten' tion, 
 di gres' sion, di gress' ive, di lem' ma, 
 di men' sion, dis sem' ble, dis tern' per, do mes' tic, 
 ec cen' trie, ec lee' tie, c lee' tion, c lev' en, 
 em bel' lish, em bez' zle, e met' ic, en gen' der, 
 
 en vel' op, en ven' om, ex cess' ive, ex cheq uer 
 (eks chek'er), ex eres' cence, ex pen' sive, ex pres' sion, 
 ex ten' sion, ex ten' sive. 
 
 Impression (impresh'un), in cen' tive, 
 in clem' ent, in dent ure (in dent' y6r), 
 in flee' tion, in her' it, in spec' tion, 
 
 in ten' tion, in tes' tate, in tes' tine, 
 in vee' tive, in vest' ment, lieu, ten' ant, 
 majes'tie, momentous, Novem'ber, 
 of fen' sive, op pres' sion, pa thet' ic, 
 per cep' tion, per fee' tion, per spec' tive, po et' ic, 
 po lem' ic, por tent' <?us, pos ses sion (poz zesh' un), 
 po ten tial (po ^ n ' shal), pre sent 'ment, pre ven' tion. 
 
 9. 
 in ces' sant, 
 in fee' tion, 
 in tend' ant, 
 in trep' id, 
 mag net' ic, 
 ob jee' tion, 
 
98 NATIONAL ELEMENTARY SPELLER. 
 
 » _ 
 
 age, at, art, all, bare, ask ; me, fend, 3rr ; Ice, In ; old, 6n, d6. 
 
 10. Pro fes sion (pro fesli' un), pro gres' sion, 
 projectile, projection, propliet'ic, prospective, 
 pro speet' us, pro tec' tion, pru den' tial, qui es' cence, 
 quin tes'sence, re bell ion, (re bel' yun), re cep' tion, 
 re demp' tion, re flee' tion, re jec' tion, re mem' ber, 
 re pent' anc<?, re plen' ish, re sem' blance, re sem' ble, 
 re splen' dent, re ten' tiv<?, se lee' tion, Sep tern' ber, 
 se ques' ter, si es 7 ta, stu pen' d<?us, sub jec' tion , 
 sue ces' sion, sup pres' sion, sur ren' der, sus pen' sion, 
 sus pend' ers, to gefh' er, trans cend'ent, trans gres'sion, 
 tre men'dr/us, um brel' la, u ten' sil : cir x cum vent', 
 ef fer vesce', in) cor rect', in x ter cept', mign o nette 
 (min'yon ef), pict ur esque (p!kt N yor esk'), rec' ol lect', 
 rec'om mend', rep' re sent', . sat v in et'. 
 
 Alphabetic Equivalents of e. 
 
 11. Clean' li ness, treach' er <?us, treach' er y, 
 treas ur er (^trez' er er), treas ur y (trez' er I) : 
 en deav' or : non x pa reil': jeop' ard y : bur' i al. 
 
 Dictation Exercises, 
 
 1. If you use that beverage, beggary will be your destiny. The der- 
 elict or abandoned child was left destitute. Though credulous, he 
 has no deference for the decalogue, or ten commandments. The deli- 
 cate dentifrice had a chemical effect. Though there is a clerical error, 
 the writing is credible. That desperate demagogue is a denizen. 
 Within a century, much has been learnt with regard to dentistry and 
 chemistry. Though destitute of clemency, he deprecates despotism. 
 
 2. He is in ecstasy with that elegant ebony cane. The epicure 
 found an excellent esculent, or edible. The emperor wishes to educate 
 and elevate the masses. That eminent man wrote an epitaph, an 
 elegy, and an epilogue, at one sitting. Emphasis is one element of 
 eloquence. Do not execrate your enemy, nor burn him in effigy. The 
 embassy understands etiquette. The excellence of that exquisite 
 equipage is evident to every one. Energy enabled him to extricate 
 himself from that exigence, and to execute the enterprise. 
 
TBlSYLLAliLliSf^K: IN: &">• '90 
 
 mute, up, full. — (': as k ; g as j : n as nig ; siisz; eh as sh ; this ; azure. 
 
 3. Federal courts punish felony. Feminine tact produced much 
 merriment at the festival. The lexicon has medical terms. The 
 melody removed his lethargy. The heroine was a genuine native of 
 the Western hemisphere. The general is noted for his heroism and 
 lenity. If the heretic hesitate to renounce the heresy, he will lose his 
 heritage. 
 
 4. We have a plenteous or plentiful supply of nectarines. He takes 
 a negative way of showing his preference. His negligence caused our 
 penury. The pedagogue; was noted for his pedantry. He will not 
 suffer the penalty daring the pendency of the suit. Petulance is not 
 a mark of penitence. The querulous pensioner has a perpetual income. 
 He n;ul the Pentateuch, or the first five books of the Bible. In the 
 plenitude of his mercy, God stayed the pestilence. The prevalence of 
 virtue removed his prejudice. 
 
 5. My recipe and regimen will renovate her system. No one will 
 recognize that recreant renegade in our regiment. My retinue say 
 that our relative's residence is redolent of flowers. If, on taking a ret- 
 rospect, I deem it requisite, I will keep a register for the residue of 
 tHe term. Reverence the reverend gentleman, though his revenue is 
 small. During the revelry, he was in a reverie, 
 
 6. I saw sediment, or dregs, in several cups. The sedulous senator 
 was not sensible of the terrible spectacle. The splenetic or peevish 
 veteran wants a separate room. I saw a skeleton in the sepulcher. 
 The spelling-book, the telegraph, and the telescope are useful. Tem- 
 perance has a tendency to promote temporal good. The statement in 
 yesterday's telegram is not tenable. 
 
 7. The athletic apprentice did the work to the acceptance of the 
 convention. Her coquetry caused much contention. The correction 
 is authentic. In that aggressive adventure, he made an accession to 
 his wealth. That appendix is a useless appendage. The appellant 
 gained the attention of the assembly, and secured that concession. I 
 conjecture they had a clandestine meeting last bissextile. A fair com- 
 plexion needs no cosmetics. 
 
 8. The deceptive domestic knew his debenture was worthless. The 
 election of that eccentric man caused the defection of our party. His 
 attempt to dissemble or conceal the truth caused his detention for 
 eleven hours. His distemper and depression placed us in a sad dilem- 
 ma. The declension of business in December, caused him to embezzle 
 the money received from the exchequer. Embellish the book with 
 expensive cuts. 
 
 9. Before the inspection, I had an impression that the indenture was 
 worthless. What incentive secured hi? incessant efforts during that 
 
100 
 
 ■NATIONAL ELEMENTARY SPELLER. 
 
 • age, 'at; Srt; Iff, bare? aslc ; me, end, grr ; Ice, In ; old, 6n, do. 
 
 inclement weather? I shall inherit the estate, if it be intestate. The 
 intrepid lieutenant took possession of the fort. On that momentous 
 occasion, the majestic polemic made a pathetic speech for the preven- 
 tion of oppression. ■■* 
 
 10. His retentive memory and transcendent judgment insure his 
 progression in that profession. The measures are prospective and pru- 
 dential. In September, I paid for an umbrella, some satinet, a pair of 
 suspenders, and several utensils for the farm. The rebellion is in a 
 state of quiescence. His resemblance to the general insures his se- 
 lection. A succession of resplendent exploits caused the surrender of 
 the fort, a suspension of the war, and the subjection of the people. 
 The ruins of those stupendous works are tremendous. Circumvent 
 them, if they attempt to intercept my letters. I found this migno- 
 nette in that picturesque region. 
 
 11. Endeavor to practice cleanliness. He pronounced her nonpareil, 
 or without an equal. While the treasurer was at the burial, hia 
 treacherous friend attempted to rob the treasury. 
 
 1. 
 
 fer' til ize, 
 merchandise, 
 per fid j, 
 per 7 me ate, 
 per 7 ti nent, 
 servitude, 
 ver' bi age, 
 ver' sa tile, 
 
 2. 
 as per sion 
 a ver' sion, 
 de ser' tion, 
 e ner' vate, 
 fra ter' nize, 
 in ter' nal. 
 
 TRISYLLABLES E IN ERR. 
 
 Cer' tain ty, cer' ti fy, 
 
 fer' yen cy, ger' mi nate, 
 
 mer' ci fill, mer' cu ry, 
 
 per' fo rate, per 7 ju ry, 
 
 per' pe trate, per' qui site, 
 
 per' vi <?us, ser' pen tine, 
 
 ter' ma gant, term' in ate, 
 
 ver' dan cy, ver di gris 
 ver' ti cal. 
 
 Ad verse' ly, ad vert' ence, 
 (as per' shun), as ser tion 
 
 co er cion (ko eV shun), 
 
 dis per' sion, di ver' sion, 
 
 e ter' nal, ex ter' nal, 
 
 immer'sion, in fer' nal, 
 
 in ter' pret in ter' stice. 
 
 cleY gy man, 
 mer' can tile, 
 per' co late, 
 per' ma nence, 
 per' se cute, 
 serv' i tor, 
 ter' mi nus, 
 (ver' di gres), 
 
 al tern ate, 
 (as ser' shun), 
 con ver' sion, 
 e mer' gence, 
 ftater'nal, 
 in ser' tion, 
 mater' nal. 
 
tkisylla a :i.i^--i i> ' i:i:. 101 
 
 mute, up, full. — 6 as k ; g as j ; n as ng ; ft as a ; dh as sh ; fhis ; azure. 
 
 ob serv' ant, pa tcr' nal, per ver' sion, re ver' sion, 
 sub ver' sion, su per' nal : dis v con cert', in v ter sperse'. 
 
 Alphabetic Equivalents of e. 
 
 3. Re hears' al : cir' cu lar, cir' cum spect, 
 
 cir' rum stance, firm' a ment : ex tir' pate : at tor' ney : 
 
 court' e 0us, court' e sy : curv' a ture, fur' ni ture, 
 
 nurs' er y, sur' ger y, tur' bu lent, tur' ])en tine, 
 
 tur' pi tiide, ur' gen cy : dis cur' sive, di ur' nal, 
 
 ex cur' sion, in cur' sion, in sur' gent, noc tur' nal, 
 precur'sor, suburb' an: reimburse'. 
 
 Dictation Exercises. 
 
 1. Know for a certainty, that we punish both perjury and perfidy. 
 I certify you of his permanence in that mercantile house. Percolate 
 or filter the fluid. Fertilize the soil before the seeds germinate. He 
 will pay for the merchandise with the perquisites of his office. After 
 the clergyman made a few pertinent remarks, he prayed with fervency 
 for all that are in servitude. That serpentine wood is not pervious to 
 an army. Your labor will terminate at the terminus of this road. In 
 his verdancy, he will let that termagant persecute his friends. 
 
 5. His aversion to coercion will cause him to report adversely. His 
 advertence, or needfulness, prevented desertions. His infernal asser- 
 tions and aspersions caused the dispersion of my friends. My conver- 
 sion and immersion were caused by his fraternal love. Is the wound 
 internal or external ? His perversion of the laws of health will ener- 
 vate his body. That emergence will disconcert him. The observant 
 man interspersed his remarks with anecdotes. 
 
 3. Get a circular at the rehearsal. The circumspect attorney used 
 much urgency when speaking of that turbulent man's turpitude. My 
 courteous brother will buy new furniture for the nursery. On their 
 nocturnal excursion, they will extirpate that suburban sect. The in- 
 surgents must reimburse the expenses of the war. Treat all men with 
 courtesy. 
 
 TRISYLLABLES — I IN ICE. 
 
 1. Bi'nary, bind' ery, brib'ery, 
 
 di'agram, di'aleet, di'alogt^, di' amend. 
 
102 NATION All ELEj&NTAKY SPELLER. 
 
 age, at, art, all, bare, ask ; mi, fend, err ; Ice, In ; 6ld, on, d3. 
 
 di'aper, di'aphra<7m, di'ary, fin'ery, 
 
 i'cich?, i'rony, i' sin glass, i'vory, 
 
 li' a bk, li' bra ry, hW li hood, mi 7 cro scop*?, 
 
 iri' ce ty, ni^ht' in ghle, ni' tro gen,. pi' e ty, 
 
 piracy, pli'abk, primary, privacy, 
 
 qui' e tud<?, si' ne cure, siz' a bk, vi' a duct, 
 
 vi' o late, vi' o lenc^, vi' o let. 
 
 2. Abiding, affi'anc^, alii' an C6, 
 al might' y, ar ri' val, as si<ra' ment, com pil' er, 
 compli'anc^, con fiWment, con niv' anc^, consign 'ment, 
 con triv' anc#, de ci' siv#, de cri' al, de fi' anc#, 
 
 de fin' er, de ni' al, de sir' #us, dis ci' pk, 
 
 en li^A^' en, en liv' en, en ti' tie, en vi' ron, 
 
 excitement, liori'zon, in diet' ment, inqui'ry, 
 
 O ri' on, pro vi' so, re ci' tal, re li' ancg, 
 
 re pri' sal, re qui' tal, re viv' al, sa li' va, 
 
 sub si' denc#: ad x ver tise', co N in cid#', im v po lite', 
 su x per fiW, su v per scribe', su N per vis*?'. 
 
 Alphabetic Equivalents of i. 
 
 3. Dy' nas ty, hy' a cinth, hy' dro gen, 
 a sy' lum. 
 
 Dictation Exercises. 
 
 1. My diary is at tlie bindery. I saw a binary or double star. He 
 obtained the diadem by bribery and violence. The dialogue was in a 
 strange dialect. My diamond ring is in the library. A nightingale 
 disturbed the quietude of my privacy. Earn your livelihood with the 
 microscope. I found a violet near the viaduct. 
 
 2. He was affianced while abiding at our house. Orion appears 
 above the horizon. That impolite inquiry does not entitle him to a 
 decisive answer. Environ the enemy, and make a reprisal. After the 
 subsidence of the excitement, the alliance was formed in compliance 
 with their wishes. By his connivance, they procured the consignment 
 
TRISYLLABLES — I IN IN. 
 
 103 
 
 mute, up. full.— c as k ; g as j ; n as ng ; s as z ; ch as sh ; this ; azure. 
 
 of the goods without proviso. This disciple, or learner, can supervise 
 that work. The revival of bu>iness induced him to advertise. 
 
 3. Under the dynasty of that good prince, the poor had an asylum. 
 The hyacinth is in bloom. Hydrogen is the lightest known substance. 
 
 1. 
 
 vhrlst' en dom, 
 cin' na mon, 
 rrim' i nal, 
 dif fer ene€, 
 dir i genctf, 
 dis' ci plintf, 
 dis' so nant, 
 friv'olous, 
 his' to ry, 
 im' age ry, 
 im' pe tus, 
 
 2. 
 in' di cate, 
 in' du rate, 
 in' fan cy, 
 in' fi nite, 
 in' no cent, 
 in 7 sti gate, 
 in r tel lec'-t, 
 in'terliidtf, 
 ir' ri tate, 
 lib' er ate, 
 lig' a ture, 
 liq' uid ate, 
 
 TRISYLLABLES — I IN IN. 
 
 Bib' lie al, big' a my, 
 
 dhiv' al ry. 
 cit' i z£n, 
 erim' i nate, 
 difficult, 
 dir u ent, 
 dis' pu tant, 
 div'idend, 
 hick' o ry, 
 id' i om, 
 im' i tate, 
 
 eliiv' airbus, 
 civ' il iz£, 
 crit' i else, 
 dif fi denctf, 
 dim' i ty, 
 dis' si pate, 
 fin' i cal, 
 hid' e mis, 
 id' i ot, 
 im'minent, 
 
 im' pie ment, im' po tenc<?, 
 
 In' ci denc#, 
 in' di genctf, 
 in' dus try, 
 in' fant We, 
 in' fiu enctf, 
 in' no vate, 
 in' sti tiite, 
 
 In' ere ment, 
 in' di go, 
 in' fa mtfus, 
 in' fer enctf, 
 in' jury, 
 in' so lenctf, 
 in' stru ment, 
 
 brig' an'tintf, 
 cim' e ter, 
 cit' a del, 
 crit' i ciism, 
 dig'nify, 
 dis' lo cate, 
 dis' so lute, 
 fish' er y, 
 hin' der anc<?, 
 ig'noranctf, 
 im' mo late, 
 im' pu deuce, 
 m cu' bus, 
 in' do lenctf, 
 in 7 fa my, 
 in' fi. del, 
 in' no cence> 
 in' su late, 
 in' te gral, 
 
 in' ter course, in 7 ter est, in' ter im, 
 
 in' terval, 
 is' o late, 
 lib' er ty, 
 lin' e ag#, 
 lit' i gate, 
 
 m ter view, 
 it' er ate, 
 lie' o rictf, 
 li que fy 
 lit'urgy, 
 
 in' tri ('-ate, 
 lib' er al, 
 lig' a ment, 
 (Hk'wefi), 
 liv' er y. 
 
104 
 
 NATIONAL ELEMENTARY SPELLER. 
 
 ige, it, &rt, ill, bire, isk ; mb, And, 4rr ; Ice, In ; 6ld, fin, db. 
 
 3. 
 
 mir li ner, 
 min' is ter, 
 mir 7 a (He, 
 mis tie toe 
 pin 7 na cle, 
 priv' i leg<?, 
 rid 7 i cuk, 
 sig'nally, 
 sim 7 i lar, 
 stim 7 u late, 
 tim 7 or 011s, 
 vig 7 i lance, 
 vis 7 i h\e, 
 
 4. 
 ad mis sion 
 auspi cious 
 be wir der, 
 (kol liz 7 nn), 
 eon fis' cate, 
 con tin' we, 
 de cis ion 
 de li' cions, 
 (de riz' u n) 
 (dismisli'un), 
 (de viz' un), 
 
 5. 
 e lie 7 it, 
 el lip 7 tic, 
 en kin 7 dk, 
 
 Mich' ael mas, 
 mim 7 ic ry, 
 min 7 is try, 
 mis 7 cb^e v<?us, 
 (miz 7 1 to), 
 piq 7 ^an cy, 
 priv 7 i ly, 
 rig' or ows, 
 sig 7 na ture, 
 sim 7 pli fy, 
 stim 7 n lus, 
 trin 7 i ty, 
 vin 7 di cate, 
 vit' ri ol, 
 Ac quit 7 tal, 
 (ad mlsb 7 un), 
 (as pish 7 us), 
 ca pri' cious, 
 com mis 7 sion, 
 con sid 7 er, 
 con triV ute, 
 (de siz' un), 
 delin' quent, 
 de scrip' tion, 
 dis tin' guish, 
 do min' ion. 
 E clip' tic, 
 e lis ion 
 e lix 7 ir, 
 e pis tie 
 
 mil 7 i tant, 
 min 7 er al, 
 min 7 strel sy, 
 mis' ere ant, 
 mit 7 i gate, 
 pit 7 e 6>us, 
 rib' aid ry, 
 ris 7 i bk, 
 sig'nify, 
 sin 7 is ter, 
 stip 7 u late, 
 triv 7 i al, 
 vin 7 e gar, 
 viv' i fy, 
 ad di tion 
 af flic 7 tion, 
 bap tis 7 mal, 
 ci vil' ian, 
 com mit 7 tee, 
 con sist' ent, 
 con tri'tion, 
 de fi cient 
 de liv' er, 
 dimin'isli, 
 dis trib 7 ute, 
 
 e d!' tion, 
 (e II z' un), 
 em pir 7 ic, 
 (e pis 7 si), 
 
 mil 7 i tate, 
 min 7 la ture, 
 min' u end, 
 mis 7 er y, 
 piFlory, 
 prim 7 i tive, 
 rick' et y, 
 riv 7 u let, 
 sil 7 la bub, 
 stig 7 ma tize, 
 strid 7 u lows, 
 vie' to ry, 
 vir 7 u lent, 
 wil' der ness. 
 (ad dish' un,) 
 am bi 7 tion, 
 be nig' nant, 
 col lis ion 
 con di' tion, 
 con tin' gent, 
 con via' tion, 
 (defish 7 ent),' 
 de ris ion 
 dis mis sion, 
 di vi sion 
 
 ef fi 7 cient, 
 el lip 7 sis, 
 enig' ma, 
 equip 7 m ent, 
 
TK1SYLLAULK6 1 IN IN. 
 
 105 
 
 mite, up, full.— e as k ; g as j ; n as ng ; s as z : di ;is *h ; ftiis ; azure. 
 
 ex hib' it, 
 fa mil' iar, 
 fru i tion 
 in cis ion 
 (in ish' al), 
 ju dicial 
 (11 fid' jus), 
 malig'nant, 
 mu ni' tion, 
 of fi' cial, 
 o pin ion 
 
 G. 
 pa virion 
 per ni' cious 
 postillion, 
 pro dig' ioUB, 
 pro vi' sion 
 (pun!; ttl'vus), 
 re mit' tanctf, 
 sa tir' ic, 
 sta tist' id, 
 (suf fish'ent), 
 tra di' tion, 
 tu i' tion, 
 in x ter mit', 
 
 exist enctf, 
 fla gi tious 
 (fro ish' un), 
 (in slz' un), 
 in sip' id, 
 (ju dish' al) 
 lo gi' cian, 
 mis pris ion 
 mu si cian 
 of fi' cious, 
 (opln'yun), 
 Pacific, 
 (pa vi I' ytin), 
 pe ti' tion, 
 pre cis ion 
 pro Lib' it, 
 (pro viz' un), 
 re lig' ion, 
 re sist' anc^, 
 se di' tion, 
 sub mis' sion, 
 sus pi'cion, 
 tran si tion, 
 ver mil' ion, 
 man'umit', 
 
 explic'it, 
 (ilajlsh'us), 
 illic'it, 
 in flic' tion, 
 in stinct' ive, 
 judi' cious, 
 magi' cian, 
 (mlsprlz'nn), 
 (muzlsh'an), 
 o mis sion 
 op ti' cian. 
 pa tri cian 
 per di' tion, 
 pliy si' cian, 
 (pre slz' un), 
 pro lif ic, 
 punc til' io 
 re lig' ious, 
 re stric' tion, 
 so lie' it, 
 sub mis' siv£, 
 sus pi' cious, 
 (trail si z'un), 
 vin die' tive, 
 vi x o lin'. 
 
 ex tin' guish, 
 flo til' la, 
 im plic'it, 
 ini tial 
 in trin' sic, 
 li tig ious 
 ma li' cious, 
 mo ni' tion, 
 nu tri' tious, 
 (omish'un), 
 
 (pa trisli' an), 
 per mis' sion, 
 po si' tion, 
 pre die' tion, 
 pro vin' cial 
 punc til ious 
 relin'quish, 
 re strict' iv£ y 
 spe cif ic, 
 suf fi cient 
 ter rif ic, 
 transmission 
 vo li' tion : 
 
 Alphabetic Equivalents of I. 
 Cyl' in der, crys' tal liz£, crys' tal Vine, 
 
 hyp' o crite, 
 phy.V ic al, 
 
 myr' i ad, 
 pyr' a mid, 
 
 mys' ter y, 
 syc' a mora, 
 
 mys' ti fy, 
 syc' o phant, 
 
106 NATIONAL ELEMENTARY SPELLER. 
 
 age, at, art, all, bare, ask; me, end, Sit ; lee, in ; 6ld, on, do. 
 
 syl' la bk, syl' la bus, syl' lo gism, sym' me try, 
 
 sym' pa thy, sym' pho ny, syiic/j/ro nisin syiV co pe, 
 
 syn'o nym, syn'the sis, typ' ic al, typ' i fy, 
 
 tyr' an niz^, tyr' an nous, tyr' an ny. 
 
 Dictation Exercises. 
 
 1. In the civilized world, biblical knowledge has not removed big- 
 otry. Bigamy is made criminal in all Christendom. That chivalrous 
 citizen speaks of the days of chivalry. With that dissolute crew, he 
 can not secure discipline in the brigantine. If that finical disputant 
 criticise the history, see that his criticism be just. That criminal is 
 noted for his ignorance and his impudence. If that hideous idiot 
 seize the hickory cane, the cimeter, or any sharp implement, you will 
 be in imminent danger. 
 
 2. What incident caused his indigence? The increment of his 
 garden indicates a rich soil. He will insulate, isolate, or remove from 
 others, that infamous woman, so that his innocent children may receive 
 no injury from their intercourse with her in their infancy. Indolence 
 and insolence often lead to infamy. Iterate the remark. It will be 
 for your interest, in the interim, or interval, to institute no suit ; for 
 that liberal man will liquidate the debt and liberate the debtor. Lib- 
 erty is the ligament that binds the States together. 
 
 3. At Michaelmas, she will put a mistletoe bough near the minia- 
 ture. The liturgy was prepared for the church militant. In the 
 primitive church miracles were witnessed. The fact that you used 
 ridicule, ribaldry, and sinister arts, will militate against your cause. 
 The mimicry and piteous cry of that mischievous miscreant frightened 
 the timorous milliner. The signatures are similar. The piquancy of 
 his remarks produced a risible or laughable scene. His vigilance in 
 the wilderness enabled us to gain the victory. 
 
 4. The benignant committee favored the acquittal of the delinquent. 
 In his affliction, consider his condition, and contribute to his relief. 
 On that auspicious occasion, ambition induced the capricious civilian 
 to secure a commission in the army. His dismission and conviction 
 neither exposed him to derision, nor diminished our esteem. If they con- 
 fiscate the rebel's estate, they will decree a division of his dominions. 
 
 5. In the last edition of his book, he says the ecliptic is only the ap- 
 parent path of the sun. If you enkindle a rebellion, he can extinguish 
 it with these equipments. They are too familiar to be litigious or 
 malignant. The munitions and nutritious food are on the flotilla. The 
 
TRISYLLABLES O IN ODD. 
 
 107 
 
 mute, up, full. — cask; gasj; ii as ng ; s as z ; eh as sh ; this ; azure. 
 
 fruition of illicit or forbidden things is brief. The magician puzzled 
 the logician. The decision was both judicial and judicious. Though 
 that optician is officious and, flagitious, I value his opinion. 
 
 6. The religious patrician favors pacific measures. I had permis- 
 sion to present the pernicious petition at t he pavilion, though it places 
 the physician in a false position. Owing to that restriction, he can 
 not manumit his slaves. The postillion has a violin. A restrictive 
 provision, if stated with precision, to prohibit the sale of rum in the 
 provincial towns, would further the cause of religion. Submission is 
 not sufficient at that punctilious court. Tradition does not warrant 
 that vindictive and terrific measure. 
 
 7. The column was not a cylinder, but a pyramid. How bodies 
 crystallize is a mystery. lie is a hypocrite and a sycophant. Observe 
 the symmetry of the sycamore. That symphony awakens sympathy. 
 Though the laws are tyrannous, the king will not favor tyranny. Syn- 
 cope is the omission of one or more letters or a syllable from the 
 middle of a word. 
 
 TRISYLLABLES O IN OLD. 
 
 1. C/iK/ ro form, co' gen cy, 
 co' pi cus, fo' li hge, fo' li o, 
 forg' er y, glo' ri fy, glo' ri #us, 
 no' ti fy, o' a sis, o' di um, 
 o' p^n ly, o' pi ate, o' pi um, 
 o' ri 6k, po' e sy, po' et ry, 
 sto' ic al, vo' ta ry, zo' di ac. 
 
 2. Ab d<V men, am bro sia 
 
 & tro' cious, au ro' ra, com mo' tion, 
 
 com pos ure (kom po' zor,) con do' lenc<?, 
 
 (kor r<V zun ■, cor ro' sive, de co' rcms, 
 
 de po' nent, de port' ment, de vo' tion, 
 
 dig doe ure (dis kl6' zor), e mo' tion, 
 
 ex plo sion (eks pl6' zun), ex plo' sive, 
 
 fe ro' cious, fore clos ure (for kl6' zor), 
 
 co' ma to&e, 
 for' ci hie, 
 jo' vi al, 
 o' di 0us, 
 o' ri ent, 
 por 7 ti co, 
 
 (am bro' za), 
 com po' nent, 
 corrosion, 
 de co' rum, 
 d! plo' ma, 
 enrollment, 
 ex po' nent, 
 he ro' ic, 
 
108 NATIONAL ELEMENTARY SPELLER, 
 
 age, at, art, all, bare, ask ; me, end, Sri"; Ice, in ; bid, 6n, d6. 
 
 i o' ta, more o' ver, Oc to' ber, op po' nent, 
 
 pro mo' tion, pro po' sal, so no' n?us : de x com pos^', 
 dis x em bdgtte', in x com niod^', in x ter pos<?'. 
 
 Alphabetic Equivalents of 6. 
 3. En croach' ment : be stow' ment : un N fore &nown'. 
 
 Dictation Exercises. 
 
 1. Chloroform, opium, or some other opiate, caused his comatose or 
 drowsy condition. After copious showers, the evening was glorious, 
 la the poesy, or poetry, of the Orient, much is said of foliage. That 
 stoical man's argument was noted for its cogency, or force. That 
 forgery made him odious. The jovial crew found an oasis in the 
 desert. 
 
 2. During the commotion, that atrocious or very cruel wretch wound- 
 ed his heroic opponent in the abdomen. Ambrosia was said to be the 
 food of the gods. After their enrollment, a large proportion of the 
 ferocious soldiers were killed by an explosion. The deportment of 
 the deponent at his devotions was decorous. If they interpose, and 
 attempt to incommode us, you will hear his sonorous voice above all 
 others. 
 
 3. Accept the bestowment. That encroachment was unforeknown. 
 
 TRISYLLABLES O IN ON. 
 
 1. Bod'ily, but' any, choc' o late, 
 
 cAol' e ra, cAol' er ic, cAor' is ter, cAron' i ck, 
 
 cod' i cil, cog' i tate, cog' ni zsmce, col' lo quy, 
 
 col' o niz£, col' o ny, col' urn bin<3, com' bat ant, 
 
 com'edy, com'ical, com'ity, com'modore, 
 com' pe tenctf, com'plai sanc^com' pli cate, com' pro mistf, 
 
 con' fer enc£, con' fl denc^, con' gre gate, con' gru <?us, 
 
 con' ju gal, con' ju gate, con' se crate, con' se quench, 
 
 con' so nant, con' stan cy, con' sti tute, con' su late, 
 
 con' ti nent, con' tra band, con' tra ry, con' tro vert, 
 
TRISYLLABLES — O IN ON. 
 
 109 
 
 mite, up, full.— 6 m k ; £ as j ; n as ng : s as z : cli as ah ; this ; azure. 
 
 con'versant, con'vocate, 
 
 cor 7 o net, crock' er y, 
 
 2. D6c'ible, 
 
 dog' ma tism, dog' ma tize, 
 
 dom' i nate, don' a five, 
 
 front' is pzece, glob' u lar, 
 
 hoi' ly hock, horn' i cide, 
 
 hor' o 16ge, nor' ri ble, 
 
 log' a riftims, Ion' gi tude, 
 
 mock' er y, mod' er ate, 
 
 mod' i fy, 
 mon' i tor, 
 nom' i nal, 
 
 3. 
 ob' lo quy, 
 ob' vi at$, 
 od<#' i ty, 
 on' er <?us, 
 op' u lence, 
 or' ! gin, 
 pol' i tic, 
 pon' der mis, 
 por'rin ger, 
 post' n late, 
 
 4. 
 prod'igy, 
 
 mod' u late, 
 mon' o tone, 
 nom' i nate, 
 Ob' du rate, 
 ob' se qnies, 
 oc' cu pant, 
 of fi cer, 
 op' er a, 
 or' a cle, 
 or' i son, 
 pol'yglot, 
 pop' u lar, 
 pos'itlve, 
 pot'tery, 
 Prob'able, 
 prof li gate, 
 
 prompt' i tude, prop' a gate, 
 proph' e sy, proph'et ess, 
 pros' o dy, prof est ant, 
 prox' i mate, scrof u M, 
 
 cop per as, 
 croc' o dile. 
 doc' trin al, 
 dom' i cil, 
 drop' si cal, 
 gloss' a ry, 
 horn' i ly, 
 hos' pi tal, 
 lot' ter y, 
 mod' ern ize, 
 mol' e cule, 
 mon' u ment, 
 non' de script, 
 6b' e lisk, 
 ob' sta cle, 
 oe'eupy, 
 om' e let, 
 op' er ate, 
 or' a tor, 
 ox' y gen, 
 pol'ygon, 
 pop' n late, 
 pos'sible, 
 pov' er ty. 
 prob'ity, 
 prog'eny, 
 prop'erty, 
 pros' e cute, 
 prov'ender, 
 sol'ecism, 
 
 cor oner, 
 
 d5c' u ment, 
 dom' i nant, 
 fop' per y, 
 hoi' i day, 
 hom' i ny, 
 joe' u lar, 
 moc'ca sin, 
 mod' est y, 
 mol' li fy, 
 mor' al ize, 
 nov' el ty. 
 6b' li gate, 
 ob'stinate, 
 oc' u lar, 
 om'inous, 
 op' po site, 
 or' 1 f Ice, 
 pol' i cy, 
 pol' y pus, 
 pop' U ltfUS, 
 post' humans, 
 
 prod 'i gal, 
 prom' i nence, 
 proph' e cy, 
 pros' elyte, 
 prov'idence, 
 sol' em n ize, 
 
110 NATIONAL ELEMENTARY SPELLER. 
 
 age, at, art, ill, bare, ask; me. end, err; Ice, in; 6ld, &n. d6. 
 
 sol'itudtf, sol'ubk, solvency, soph'istry, 
 
 soph' o more, tol'eranc^, tol'erate, torn' a hawk, 
 
 vol/ a tlte, vol' u hie. 
 
 5. Ab bur' renc<?, a b61' ish, ac cum' plish, 
 
 acknowYedge, acros'tic, admon'ish, apos'tate, 
 
 apostle (apos'sl), as ton' isb, ealor'ic, 
 
 carbon'ic, cAaot'ic, colos'sal, composite, 
 
 demol'ish, demonstrate, de pos'it, * despond' ent, 
 
 despot'ic, e km' gate, embod'y, exot'ic, 
 
 harmon'ic, his tor' ic, impos'tor, impromp'tu, 
 
 incon'stant, lacon'ic, mason'ic, moroc'co, 
 
 nar cot' ic, o pos' sum, pro bos' cis, prog nos' tic, 
 
 remon'stranc^, rem on' strata, respond' ent, respon'siv^, 
 
 sclerot'ic, siroc'co, spas mod' ic, symbol' ic, 
 
 syn op' sis, un con scions (un kon' shus). 
 
 Alphabetic Equivalents of o. 
 p. Hal' i but, quad' ran gle, quad' ra turd, 
 
 quad' ru ped, quad' ru pl#, qual' i ty, qual' i ty, 
 
 quan'dary, quan'tity, quarantine (kwor' an ten). 
 
 Dictation Exercises. 
 
 1. Bid the choleric combatant do you bodily harm ? The columbine 
 is described in botany. Will chocolate cure the cholera ? The chor- 
 ister wrote a comedy, and a comical colloquy. Has the commodore 
 cognizance of maritime causes ? Complaisance is contrary to his na- 
 ture. Comity between persons who congregate here is congruous to 
 the place. Are copperas and crockery contraband goods ? The death 
 at the consulate left the consulship vacant. 
 
 2. His modesty led him to pronounce the horrible beast docible. This 
 document is a doctrinal homily that will remove your dogmatism. 
 There is a frontispiece in my glossary. The moccasin by the hollyhock 
 is not a novelty. That horologe, or clock, was a- donative, or gift, te 
 my father. That monitor who speaks in a monotone understands 
 logarithms. 
 
TRISYLLAISI.ES IN DO. Ill 
 
 mite, up, full.— 6 as k ; g as j ; n as ng ; s as z ; dh as sh ; this ; azure. 
 
 3. That obstinate officer's obdurate heart led him to destroy a popu- 
 lous city. After performing the lust obsequies, obligate the uu\n to 
 erect an obelisk over the grave An omelet is in my porringer. The 
 occupant of the house opposite is noted for his opulence. The Bible is 
 a polyglot, or a book in many languages. A polygon is a figure of many 
 sides. A polypus is something that has many feet. His silence with? 
 regard to the opera is ominous. I had ocular proof that the labor at 
 the pottery is onerous. It will be poUtk to engage a popular orator. 
 
 4. Is it probable that the progeny of that prodigal will be profligate ? 
 When the Protestant became a proselyte, he aimed to propagate the 
 sophistry. That provident young man secured his prominence by prob- 
 ity, and promptitudo in business. Did the prophetess prophesy that 
 the prophecy would prove false ? If the voluble sophomore understood 
 syntax and prosody, he would not use a solecism. He solemnly de- 
 clares he will solemnize the marriage, that he may maintain his sol- 
 vency. 
 
 5. I admonish you to abolish that despotic law, lest you incur the 
 abhorrence of the people. The impostor demolished the colossal sta- 
 tue. If she acknowledge the receipt of that impromptu acrostic, she 
 will astonish me. If the ajKJStle demonstrate the truths of the gospel 
 to the apostate, he will accomplish a good work. The sirocco injured 
 the sclerotic of his eyes. The respondent made a laconic speech in 
 favor of his remonstrance. After taking the narcotic, I was unconscious. 
 
 6. I saw a large quantity of halibut on the quarantine grounds. 
 Quadruple your offer for the quadruped. A quadrangle is a figure 
 having four equal angles. Qualify your statement, unless you wish to 
 leave the lad in a quandary. 
 
 TRISYLLABLES — O IN DO. 
 
 1. Mov'abL?: improving, remov'al. 
 
 Alphabetic Equivalents of o. 
 
 2. Fool'ery: accou'ter: cru'cibLs, 
 cru'eifix, cru'eify, pru'dery, ru'bicund, 
 ru' di ment, ' ru' mi nate, scru' pu Ions, scru' ti ny, 
 tru' cu lent : in trn sion (in tro' zun), ob tru' sion, 
 pro tru' sion. 
 
112 
 
 NATIONAL ELEMENTARY SPELLER. 
 
 age, at, art, £11, bare, ask ; me, end, £rr ; ice, In ; old, on, do. 
 
 Dictation Exercises. 
 
 1. After the removal of Lis movable property, he was improving 
 the soil. 
 
 2. The obtrusion of his foolery upon the company caused us to re- 
 gret his intrusion. The protrusion, or push, exposed him to the scru- 
 tiny of the serupulous general. The lady with the rubicund hair is 
 noted for her prudery. My crucifix was thrown into the crucible. 
 
 TRISYLLABLES U IN MUTE. 
 
 1. 
 
 cu' ra tiv#, 
 du' pli eate, 
 fu' gi tivtf, 
 glu 7 tin 011s, 
 lu' era tiv£, 
 lu' na tic, 
 mu' ti ny, 
 nil' mer ate, 
 pu' er lie, 
 parity, 
 stu' pe fy, 
 uni son 
 usu al 
 2. 
 a cu' men, 
 al lu' siv<2, 
 (kol lu.' znn), 
 con clu' siv^, 
 de lu' sion, 
 e lu' sion, 
 il lu' min^. 
 
 Cu.' cum ber, 
 cu' ri <9us, 
 du' ra hie, 
 fu' ner al, 
 ju' bi le<?, 
 lu' di crous, 
 mu' ci lag£, 
 mut u al 
 nu' mer <?us, 
 pu' is sant, 
 pu'trefy, 
 su'icid^, 
 (yu/ ni sun), 
 (yu' z6 al), 
 Ab lu tion 
 
 cu/ po la, 
 cu' ti die, 
 du' te 0us, 
 fu' ri <?us, 
 ju'gular, 
 lu' mi n#us, 
 mu' ti late, 
 (mut' yo al), 
 nu' tri ment, 
 purify, 
 spu' ri tfus, 
 u' ni corn, 
 u'nity, 
 usury 
 (ab liV shun , 
 
 al lur^' ment, al lu sion 
 
 bi tu' men, 
 com mun' ion. 
 con du' civ<?, 
 dif fu' sion, 
 en dur' saice, 
 il lu' sion. 
 
 col lu' sive, 
 con clu sion 
 con fu' sion, 
 di lu' tion, 
 ex clu' sion, 
 il lu' sim 
 
 cu ra cy, 
 du' bi <?us, 
 flu' en cy, 
 fu' si hie, 
 ju' ve niL?, 
 lu' na cy, 
 mu' ti nous, 
 nu' mer al, 
 nu' tri tivtf, 
 pu' ri tan, 
 stu' di <?us, 
 u' ni form, 
 u' ni vers#, 
 (yu'zorl). 
 a bus' ive, 
 (al lu' zun), 
 col lu sion, 
 (kon klu' zun), 
 con tu' sion, 
 ef fu' sion, 
 ex clu' sivtf, 
 inclu'siv0. 
 
TRISYLLABLES U IN UP. 113 
 
 mite, up, full. — c as k ; g as j ; n as ng ; s as z ; ch as sh ; this ; azure. 
 
 pe Oul' iar, pol lu 7 tion, pro fu sion (pro fu 7 zun), 
 
 pur su 7 ant, re fu 7 sal, se clu sion (se klu 7 zun), 
 
 so lu 7 tion, suf fu sion (suf fu/ zun), sul plm' rie, 
 
 tr! bu 7 nal : im x por time , op' por tune'. 
 
 Alphabetic Equivalents of u. 
 
 3. Beau'teous, beautiful, Deau 7 ti fy, 
 
 eu' cAa rist, eu 7 lo giz£, eu 7 lo gy, eu 7 pbo ny, 
 
 pleu 7 ri sy, rAeum' a ti.sm : suit 7 a hie : am N a tewr 7 . 
 
 Dictation Exercises. 
 
 1. I saw a cucumber at the curacy. Tho juvenile fugitive is in the 
 cupola. The writings of that duteous and studious child, though nu- 
 merous, are puerile. My success is dubious. That furious lunatic 
 severed his jugular vein. I kept a duplicate of that spurious note 
 That puissant or powerful prince will quell the mutiny. The want of 
 nutriment caused his lunacy. Rum will stupefy and cause suicide. 
 That luminous argument is in nnison with my views. Their usual 
 usury renders the business lucrative. 
 
 2. Frequent ablutions are conducive to health. My refusal to sanc- 
 tion tho collusion produced confusion. His allusion to the abusive 
 language was a conclusive proof that he recognized your peculiar stylo 
 of writing. That seclusion tried his endurance. Importune him to 
 give a solution of the question. The tribunal met pursuant to ad- 
 journment. My visit was opportune, or well-timed. 
 
 3. Note the euphony of that beauteous or beautiful amateur's voice, 
 while she is reading the eulogy. Employ a suitable person to beautify 
 the grounds. Pleurisy and rheumatism are painful diseases. 
 
 TRISYLLABLES U IN TJP. 
 
 1. Blun 7 derbuss, buffalo, but 7 ternut, 
 
 buttery, cul 7 pabl0, cul'tivate, currency, 
 
 cus 7 to dy, cut 7 ler y, dru<#g 7 er y, dul 7 ci mer, 
 
 iluct 7 u ate, ful/ mi nate, gun 7 ner y, gut 7 tur al, 
 
 hum 7 bl<?-be£, hum 7 ming-bird, hur' ri can^, just 7 i fy, 
 
114 NATIONAL ELEMENTARY SPELLER. 
 
 kge, it, ftrt, ail, b&ve, &sk ; mh, Snd, Sir ; Ice, In ; 6ld, on, d5. 
 
 lux u rj (luk' sh6 ri), mur berry, mur ti form, 
 
 mul'tiple, mur ti ply, mul'titude, mus'cular, 
 musk' mel on, nuT li fy, nuT li ty, nun' ner y, 
 
 pub' li can, pul' ver \ze, puiiet' u al, puiiet' u ate, ' 
 pun' gen cy, pun' ish ment, scur' ril 011s, sub' ju gate, 
 sub' se quent, sub' stan tive, sub' sti tute, sub' ter rage, 
 sue' eo tash, sue' cu lent, suf fo cate, sum' ma ry, 
 sum' mer set, sumj?t' u 0us, sup'ple ment, sup' pli ant, 
 sup' pli cant, sup' plicate, subrogate, ul' cer kte. 
 
 2. A bund' ance, ac cus' torn, tm turn' nal, 
 com pul' sion, com pul' sive, con cur' rence, con cur' rent, 
 con cus sion (konkush/un), con junc/ tion, conjunct' ur*, 
 con struc'tion, con struct' ive, consum'mate, con sump'tion, 
 consumptive, co nun' drum, con vul' sion, de struc'tion, 
 destructive, discus' sion, efful'gence, eneum'ber, 
 encum'brance,e rup' tion, es cuzfch' eon, ex cuT pate, 
 ex pul' sion, il lus' trate, im pul' sion, im pul' sive. 
 
 3. In cuT cate, in cul' pate, in cum' bent, 
 induTgen.ee, indul'gent, instruction (instruk'shun] 
 in un' date, ob struc' tion, oc cur' rence, per cus sion 
 (per kush'un), pre sump'tion,pro due' tion, pro due' tive, 
 pro mul' gate, re cum' bent, re cur' renc", re due' tion, 
 re dun' dance, re fuT gent, re luc' tance, re pug' nance, 
 re pul' sive, re vul' sion, ro tun' da, tri umph' al, 
 un luek' y : in v ter rupt', re v con struct'. 
 
 Alphabetic Equivalents of u. 
 
 4. CoT an der, com' pa ny, com' pass es, 
 con' jur er, con' sta ble, cov' e nant, cov' er let, 
 co v' et e>us, gov' ern ment, som' er set, sov' er ef^n : 
 dis com' fit, re cov' er : nour' ish ment. 
 
TRISYLLABLES — U LN FULL. 115 
 
 mute, up, full. — 6 as k; g as j; n as ng ; s as z ; ch as sh ; this ; azure. 
 
 Dictation Exercises. 
 
 1. lie shot a buffalo with his blunderbuss. I saw butternuts in the 
 batter/. Take that culpable man into custody. Is it drudgery to 
 n'oiir the cutlery? Hamming-birds and humble-bei on the 
 
 mulberry. Pupils at the nunnery are punctual. Did the hurricane 
 justify his fear? The publican furnished a multitude of g 
 with succotash and muskmelons. If the supplement to the will bo 
 obtained by subterfuge, the surrogate will nullify it. When the sup- 
 plicant assumed a suppliant posture and supplicated aid, his utterance 
 was weak. 
 
 •2. Autumnal abundance accustomed the people to excessive con- 
 sumption. At that conjunction, the construction placed upon th<- com- 
 pulsive measure caused a convulsion. With consummate skill, ho 
 removed the encumbrance and prevented an eruption. With your 
 concurrencr. we will hold the impulsive man and prevent a concus- 
 sion. The conundrum caused discussion. After the destruction of 
 y, the moon shone forth with its usual effulgence. Exculpate 
 the man and prevent his expulsion, for his escutcheon is without blot. 
 
 3. It is incumbent on indulgent parents to inculcate good precepts 
 and to furnish good instruction. His reluctance to inculpate or blame 
 the unlucky, repulsive child, was caused by a strange occurrence. If 
 you remove the obstruction, the river will inundate that productive 
 land and destroy the productions. The refulgent rays of the morning 
 sun played upon the rotunda. If you try to reconstruct the order of 
 the march, you will interrupt the whole triumphal procession. 
 • 4. The constable seized a colander, a coverlet, and a pair of com- 
 passes. If the conjurer have nourishment, he will recover from his 
 disease. That covetous company will not respect the covenant. The 
 sovereign is at the head of the government. 
 
 TRISYLLABLES U IN FULL. 
 
 1 BulZ' e tin, butdi er y : cook' er j, rook' er y. 
 Dictation Exercises. 
 
 1. The bulletin describes the butchery. Her cookery is bad. I have 
 
 a rookery. 
 
110 NATIONAL ELEMENTAKY SPELLER. 
 
 Age, At, Art, All, bAre, Ask ; me, end, err ; Ice, In ; old, 6n, d6. 
 
 TRISYLLABLES OU IN OUR. 
 
 1. Bound 7 a ry, boun' te ous, boun' ti ful, 
 
 coun'tenancd, conn 7 ter i'tit, coun'ter mand,coun' ter p;W, 
 coun' ter plot, coun' ter si<7n,found' er y, mountain on?, 
 mounts bank: a cous' tics, ca rous' al, en coun' ter, 
 es pous' al : ren coun' ter. 
 
 Alphabetic Equivalent of ou. 
 2. Allow' anctf, avow'al, empower, endow'ment. 
 
 Dictation Exercises. 
 
 1. This river is the boundary of that mountainous country. God is 
 the bounteous or bountiful Author of our being. Her countenance was 
 cheerful at the espousals. I had a rencounter with the mountebank, 
 at the foundery. If you send a countermand to your men, and order 
 them to counterfeit a flight before they encounter the enemy, your 
 counterplot will succeed. At the carousal, the officer forgot the 
 countersign. Study acoustics, or the science of sounds. 
 
 2. If they empower you to name the endowment for the school, re- 
 member my avowal, and, in accordance with my wishes, make due 
 allowance. 
 
 TRISYLLABLES 01 (M) IN OIL. 
 
 1. Bois'terous, moi'ety: appointment, 
 
 avoid'anc^, embroid'er, rejoicing, rejoin' der. 
 
 Alphabetic Equivalent of oi. 
 2. An noy ' anc<? : loy' al ty, roy' al ty. 
 
 Dictation Exercises. 
 
 1. The boisterous girl embroidered the cloth. He was rejoicing 
 because he had received an appointment. Buy a moiety of the estate. 
 My rejoinder will secure an avoidance of the decree. 
 
 2. The annoyance was great. Royalty is fond of loyalty. 
 
POLYSYLLABLES A LN AGE. 117 
 
 mute, up, full. — c as k ; g as j ; nasng; s as z ; di as sh ; this : asure. 
 
 III. Polysyllables. 
 
 POLYSYLLABLES — A IN - AGE. 
 
 1. A mi a b\e, vi' ri a bl/5, vi' ri e gi 
 barbarian, eal ca' re ous, chicanery, complacency, 
 cu ta' ne oua, e ma ci ate (e mi' sli! it), ex tra' ne ous, 
 in gra ti ate (In gri' slil it), ge ra' ni inn, jrram ma' ri an, 
 grega'rious, gymnasium (jim na /.! um), libra'rian, 
 ma la' ri a, ne fa' ri ous, pre ca' ri ous, sec ta' ri an, 
 spon ta' ne ous, tor ra que ous. 
 
 2. Ac cla ma tion (ak x kla mi'sliun),acr ap ti' tion, 
 ad x mi ra' tion, ad v o ra' tion, ad' u la' tion, ad x van ta' geoua, 
 af fi da' vit, al v le ga' tion, al v li ga' tor, ap v pa ra' tus, 
 appli ca' tion, av v oca' tion, cer e bra' tion, com v bi na' tion, 
 com' men da' tion, con v fla gra' tion, con v ster na' tion, con' sum ma' tion, 
 conversation, cultivation, dec* la ma' tion, dec^ la ra' tion, 
 def a ma' tion, deg' ra da' tion, dem N on stra' tion, det x es ta' tion, 
 dev' as ta' tion, ed v u ca' tion, ex x cla ma' tion, ex" pec ta' tion, 
 gen x er a' tion, hab x i ta' tion, ig N no ra mus, IT lus tra' tion, 
 in v cli na' tion, in x flam ma' tion, in x for ma' tion, in' ti ma' tion. 
 
 3. Lam x en ti' tion, lit v er i' tl, me' di i' tion, 
 mor es ta' tion, nav' i ga' tion, nu v mer a' tion, oe' cu pa' tion, 
 6s v ten ta' tion, prep' a ra' tion, pres' en ta'tion, pres 1 er va'tion > 
 proc' la ma' tion, prof a na' tion, prot' es ta' tion, prov* o ca' tion, 
 pub' li ca' tion, punct 1 u a' tion, ree' re a' tion, ref or ma' tion, 
 re y lax a' tion, rep' u ta' tion, res' er va' tion, res' pi ra' tion, 
 res' to ra' tion, rev 1 e la' tion, saF u ta' tion, sep 1 a ra' tion, 
 riV u a' tion, trib' u la' tion, uT ti ma' turn, vaT u a' tion, 
 ra r ri a' tion, vi' o la' tion. 
 
 4. Ar' tie u la' tion, enunciation (e* nun shi i' shun), 
 
 rnun ci a tion (re v nun shi i'shun),pro nun ci a tion (pro* nun shi i'shun) 
 beceda' rian, eo'tempora neouSjdis'ciplina'rianjex'tempora'neous, 
 v&V e tudi na' rian. 
 
 Dictation Exercises. 
 
 1. The amiable librarian and the grammarian are at the gymnasium. 
 Variegate the cloth with red and blue. That extraneous matter is 
 calcareous, or like lime. If the barbarian subsist only on spontaneous 
 
118 
 
 NATIONAL ELEMENTARY SPELLER. 
 
 age, at, art, all, bare, ask ; me, end, err ; Ice, In ; 6ld, 6n, d5. 
 
 productions, his living will be precarious. Sheep are gregarious. The 
 earth is called terraqueous, because it is composed of land and water. 
 Malaria, or bad air, caused that cutaneous disease. Will the sectarian 
 ingratiate himself with the peoplo ? 
 
 2. Having gained the admiration of the people, ho was elected by 
 acclamation. The ignoramus thought adulation, or excessive praise, 
 would be advantageous. Both the allegation and the affidavit are 
 false. Use this apparatus in the demonstration of that problem. He 
 secured his information by close application. He gave an intimation 
 of the adaptation, or fitness, of the illustration. Her education will sur- 
 pass your expectation. The devastation was caused by a conflagration. 
 
 3. The ultimatum, or final terms, caused lamentation. His restora- 
 tion to that office was secured by the mediation of the literati, or 
 learned men. Their molestation caused our separation. Recreation, 
 and relaxation of study, will promote his reformation. That provoca- 
 tion caused the uprising of the people. 
 
 4. The abecedarian needs a good disciplinarian. That valetudinarian, 
 or infirm man, has a fine pronunciation. Extemporaneous remarks 
 test one's enunciation, or articulation. 
 
 POLYSYLLABLES A IN AT. 
 
 1. 
 ad' ver sa ry, 
 am' a to ry, 
 ap' pli ca ble, 
 char' i ta hie, 
 Jan' u a ry, 
 man' tua-mak s er, 
 sal' u ta ry, 
 tran' si to ry, 
 
 2. 
 a nal' y sis, 
 audacity, 
 ca tas' tro phe, 
 com pat' i ble, 
 de elar' a tive, 
 e lab' o rate, 
 e vac' u ate, 
 
 Ac' cu ra cy, 
 al' a bas ter, 
 am' i ca ble, 
 ar' is to crat, 
 dan' deli' on, 
 lam' ent a ble, 
 mat' ri mo ny, 
 saiict' u a ry, 
 val' u a ble. 
 A cad' e my, 
 a nat' o my, 
 bar bar' i ty, 
 coad'jutant. 
 eongrat' ulate, 
 de prav' i ty, 
 e man' ci pate, 
 e vap' o rate, 
 
 ac nmony, 
 al' i mo ny, 
 an' ti qua ry, 
 cap' il la ry, 
 glad' i a v tor, 
 lap' i da ry, 
 pat' ri mo ny, 
 stat' u a ry, 
 
 a lac' ri ty, 
 an tag' o nist, 
 ca lam' i ty, 
 co ag' u late, 
 con tam' i nate, 
 dl am' e ter, 
 em bas' sa dor, 
 ex ag' ger ate, 
 
 ad' mi ra ble, 
 al' le go ry, 
 ap' o plex y, 
 cat' erpiFlar, 
 hab' it a ble, 
 mag' is tra cy, 
 prac' ti ca ble, 
 tab' er na cle, 
 
 a nal' o gy, 
 as par' a gus, 
 ca pac' i ty, 
 com par' i s<?n, 
 de cap' i tate, 
 di lap' i date, 
 e rad' i cate, 
 extrav'aganct 
 
POLYSYLLABLES A IN AT. 
 
 119 
 
 mute, up, full.— e as k ; g as j ; n as ng ; s as z ; dh as sh ; this ; wire. 
 
 3. 
 gram mat' ic al, 
 inflam'mable, 
 (irrash' un al), 
 mi rac' u lous, 
 pre par' a tive, 
 K al i ty, 
 sa gac' i ty, 
 the at' rii al, 
 ver nac' u lar, 
 
 4. 
 ex clam' a to ry, 
 vo dab' u la ry. 
 
 5. 
 co y rian'der, 
 man' ufact'ure, 
 al lo path' ic, 
 
 6. 
 go' o graph' ic al, 
 min' er al'ogy. 
 sen su al i ty 
 typographic al, 
 
 Fa tal' i ty, 
 hi lar'i ty, 
 in val i dittf, 
 legal'i ty, 
 mis an' thro py, 
 prevar' i cite, 
 re fract' o ry, 
 sub stan ti ate 
 unan i mo»us, 
 vi vac' i ty, 
 De clam' a ton-, 
 ex plan' a to ry, 
 
 formal' i ty, 
 human 
 
 1 raa <-i ble, 
 loquac' i ty, 
 olfac to ry. 
 pro eras' ti nate, 
 re gal' i ty, 
 (sub stan' shl at), 
 ur ban' i ty, 
 vo rac' i ty, 
 de ('hir' a to ry, 
 im ag' i na ry, 
 
 frugal'ity, 
 in fat u Ate, 
 irrational 
 mag nan' i ni"us, 
 phi Ian' thro py, 
 ras eal i ty, 
 petal i ate, 
 te nac' i ty, 
 vr rac'i ty, 
 vul gar' i ty. 
 de fam'atory, 
 pre par' a to ry, 
 
 A si at ic (i x shl at' ik), ben v e fac' tor, 
 
 dip* lo mat' ic, em^blemat' ic, maTefac'tor, 
 math* e mat' ics, mem* o ran' dum, ays* tern at' ic, 
 ar o mat' ic, hy dro path ' ic. 
 
 Bl x o graph' ic al, cor v di al' i ty, gen' e al' liy. 
 hos* pi tal' i ty, im* mor tal' i ty, man' u fac' t< > ry, 
 per' ti nac' i ty, pu'sil Ian' i moos, Bat' is fac' to ry, 
 (sen N sho al' i ti), sim* i lar' i ty, top 1 o graph' ic al, 
 in*de fat' i ga ble : ec 1 clc si as' tic, ho 1 me o path' ic. 
 
 Dictation Exercises. 
 
 1. Accuracy does not excuse acrimony, or harshness. If it bo prac- 
 ticable, make an amicable arrangement with that charitable aristocrat. 
 The antiquary has a valuable alabaster vase. After matrimony, she 
 will enjoy the patrimony, or estate derived from her ancestors. The 
 gladiator, or prize-fighter, had an attack of apoplexy. That amatory 
 poem is an allegory. It is a lamentable fact, that Bach pleasures arc 
 transitory. In January, I saw the mantua-maker at the sanctuary. 
 The tabernacle is now habitable. 
 
 2. Anatomy is taught at the academy. Give the analysis of that 
 elaborate sentence. There is an analogy between plants and animals. 
 My antagonist's audacity and brutality caused this catastrophe. His 
 want of capacity led to this calamity. Acid will coagulate or thicken 
 milk. The comparison is not compatible with justice. Congratulate 
 the embassador ; for his extravagance did not cause him to contain- 
 
120 NATIONAL ELEMENTARY SPELLER. 
 
 kge, at, art, all, bare, ask ; me, end, Sit ; Ice, In ; old, 6n, do. 
 
 inate or tarnish his fingers with bribes. Evacuate the fort. Do not | 
 exaggerate his faults. Emancipate the serf. 
 
 3. The thought of his fatality, or tendency to danger, checked our 
 hilarity. Though his loquacity was miraculous, or very wonderful 
 he used grammatical language. Humanity sometimes led him to dis 
 regard frugality. Misanthropy, or hatred of mankind, led him to in 
 fatuate the youth and cause him to act in that irrational manner. 
 Flax is inflammable. Will that irascible woman question the legality 
 of the marriage, or try to invalidate it ? That refractory servant is 
 noted for his rascality and vulgarity. If you procrastinate, prevari- 
 cate, and retaliate, I shall question your philanthropy. They speak 
 of the veracity and urbanity of that magnanimous prince. 
 
 4. After his explanatory remarks, he secured a unanimous vote. 
 Learn that vocabulary, or list of words, for a preparatory exercise. 
 
 5. When my benefactor had the Asiatic cholera, he used allopathic 
 and hydropathic remedies. The malefactor stole coriander seed! Keep 
 a memorandum of the goods you manufacture. That badge is emblem- 
 atic of the diplomatic corps. Mathematics should be studied in a 
 systematic manner. 
 
 G. The sales of my biographical and geographical works are satis- 
 factory. Though he violated the rules of hospitality, he was received 
 with cordiality. His sensuality has made him pusillanimous. The in- 
 defatigable) ecclesiastic found typographical errors in that topograph- 
 ical work. 
 
 POLYSYLLABLES E IN ME. 
 
 1 . Ab bre / vi ate, ab ste ' mi ous. a e ' ri al, 
 
 al le' vi ate, a me' na ble, an te' ri or, cAa me' leo n, 
 
 col le' gi an, col le' gi ate, CO me' di an, con ge' ni al, 
 
 crlte'rion, e the' real, expe'dient, expe'rience, 
 
 ex te' ri or, fu ne' re al, im me' di ate, im pe' ri al, 
 
 in e' bri ate, in fe' ri or, in gre' di ent, in te' ri or, 
 
 mate' rial, mys te' ri ous, obe'dience, ob se'qui ous, 
 
 su pe' ri or, tra ge' di an : ath* e ne' um, Eu x ro pe' an, 
 
 hy ' men e' al, mk' so le' um. pan' a ce' a, splrm' a ce'ti : 
 
 der e te' ri ous, en' cy clo pe' di a, het' e ro ge' ne ous. 
 
 Dictation Exercises. 
 
 1. Since the collegian is amenable to the collegiate laws, he may 
 deem it expedient to abbreviate his essay. The abstemious son will 
 
POLYSYLLABLES — E IN END. 
 
 121 
 
 mute, up, full.— 6 as k ; £ as j J n as ng ; s as z ; ch as sh ; this ; azure. 
 
 alleviate the cares of that inebriate's wife. Anterior to that event, my 
 limited experience had led me to take the exterior as a criterion of 
 character. These ingredients were prepared from materials found in 
 the interior of the country. He secured the obedience of that obse- 
 quious inferior in a mysterious way. .That tragedian has few supe- 
 riors. The comedian sang a hymeneal, or marriage song, at the 
 Atheneum. After singing a funereal hymn, they erected a mausoleum. 
 The European found a description of spermaceti in the Encyclopedia. 
 That heterogeneous mixture was called a panacea, or remedy for all 
 diseases. 
 
 POLYSYLLABLES E IN END. 
 
 1. 
 iel'i cacy, 
 L'l ' i gi bk, 
 equitable 
 ex' em plary, 
 leg' is la* tor, 
 
 sa ry, 
 pref ' a to ry, 
 rep' u table, 
 sep' a ra bk, 
 ter' ri to ry, 
 
 2. 
 is cend' en cy, 
 \u ster' i ty, 
 be nev' o lent, 
 bin mer' ie al, 
 iom press' i bk, 
 con tempt' u <?us, 
 leleet'able, 
 jffect'ual, 
 jques'trian, 
 3X em ' pli fy, 
 SX tem' pore, 
 den' ti cal, 
 m pet' u ous, 
 
 C£m' e ter y, 
 des' pi ca bk, 
 em' is sa ry, 
 (ek'witabl), 
 ex' o ra bk, 
 leg' is lat v ure, 
 pen' e tra bk, 
 pref er a bk, 
 rev ' o ca bk, 
 tem'perament, 
 test' i mo ny, 
 Ac eel' er ite, 
 asper'ity, 
 be el' ze bub, 
 bl en' ni al, 
 
 cer' e mo ny, 
 des'ul tory, 
 en' vi a bk, 
 es'timabk, 
 ex' pli ca bk, 
 mel' an eAol y, 
 per' emp to ry, 
 prei'i dency, 
 Bed ' go U 
 tem' per a ture, 
 veg' e ta bk, 
 a men' i ty, 
 as sev' er ate, 
 be nef ' i cent, 
 ce leb' ri ty, 
 
 com mem' o rate, com men' su rite, 
 con fed' er ate, con sec' u tive, 
 
 con vex' i ty, 
 dex ter' i ty, 
 effem'inite, 
 ex ec' u tive, 
 ex pec' to rite, 
 ex ten' uite, 
 iden'ti fy, 
 im press' i bk, 
 
 de crep' i tide, 
 di reef o ry, 
 e le<" t' oral, 
 ex ec' u tor, 
 ex pen' di tire, 
 ex trem'ity, 
 immen' si ty, 
 in dem' ni fy, 
 
 cred' it a bk, 
 ef ' fi ca cy, 
 ep' i lep sy, 
 ex' ere tory, 
 Feb'ruary, 
 mem'orabk, 
 pred' a to ry, 
 rep' a ra bk, 
 sem'i na ry, 
 tem' po ra ry, 
 ven' er a bk. 
 anem'one, 
 at ten' u ite, 
 be nev' o lence, 
 ce ler' i ty, 
 com pet' i tor 
 contempt' ibk, 
 degen'erate, 
 dispen'sary, 
 elec'trify, , 
 ex ec' u trix, 
 ex per' i ment, 
 fidel'ity, 
 im ped' i ment, 
 in ef ' fa bk, 
 
 6 
 
122 
 
 NATIONAL ELEMENTARY SPELLER. 
 
 age, at, art, all, bare, ask ; me, end, &rr ; Ice, !n ; old, on, do. 
 
 in gen u <ms, 
 in ter' ro gate, 
 
 3. 
 ne ces' si tatc, 
 ob seen 7 i ty, 
 per cep' ti ble, 
 pos ter' i ty, 
 pros per' i ty, 
 se ren' i ty, 
 su prem/ a cy, 
 te mer' i ty, 
 ex tern 7 po ra ry, 
 in vet' er a cy, 
 
 4. 
 &Y pha bet' ic, 
 com' pre hen'sion, 
 (kon v slii en'shus), 
 ep v i dem' ic, 
 in^ de pend' ence, 
 man' i fes' to, 
 rejf iment'al, 
 ar v chipel'ago, 
 
 in her' it ancc, 
 in vest' i gate, 
 Longevity, 
 neces' si ty, 
 ob strep' er ous, 
 per en' ni al, 
 pre sen' ti ment, 
 re cep' ta cle, 
 se ver' i ty, 
 sus cep' ti hie, 
 terres'tri al, 
 be red' i ta ry, 
 ir rep' a ra ble. 
 Ac^adem'ic, 
 ap'oplec'tic, 
 eom'prehen'sivc. 
 con^ va les' cent, 
 ep x i lep' tic, 
 hV flu en' za, 
 om' ni pres' ence, 
 res^ urrec'tion, 
 as'afet'ida, 
 
 in teg' ri ty, 
 in vet 'crate 
 malev'olence, 
 nonen'tity, 
 pa ren' thesis, 
 per pet' u al, 
 pro gen' i tor, 
 re fee' to ry, 
 sin cer' i ty, 
 sym met' ri cal, 
 trlen'ni al: 
 in cen' di a ry, 
 
 ac r qui es'cence, 
 ap' pre hen' give, 
 conVpliment'al, 
 el' e ment' al, 
 eV a nes' cent, 
 in v nuen'do, 
 pred v e ces' sor, 
 reV ro spect' vre, 
 el v ement'ary. 
 
 in tel' li gence, 
 
 millcn'nium, 
 numer'ical, 
 pedes' tri an, 
 perplex'ity, 
 pro pen' si ty, 
 re gen' er kte, 
 so lem' ni ty, 
 syn ec' do cAe, 
 co tern' porary, 
 in her' it a ble, 
 
 ad' o les' cenc<?, 
 amnios pher'ie, 
 con sci en tious 
 en v erget'ic, 
 fiuV damen'tal, 
 hV ter ces' sor, 
 pre^ di lee' tion, 
 sym v pa tbet' ic 
 
 Dictation Exercises. 
 
 1. The ceremony at the cemetery was creditable to those estimable 
 and exemplary citizens. Epilepsy caused his melancholy. In a des- ' 
 ultory conversation, that despicable emissary denied the efficacy of 
 prayer. The legislator says his friend, though eligible to office, and 
 sustaining an enviable character, is restrained by his delicacy. His 
 excellency the Governor wrote his memorable letter to the legislature 
 in February. Is it necessary that the teacher of the seminary be 
 peremptory ? That venerable man was elected to the presidency. If 
 the decree be revocable, secure his testimony. The predatory party 
 aim to destroy all vegetables in the territory. 
 
 2. The celebrity you acquired from the celerity of your movements 
 will accelerate the march of your competitor. While making experi- 
 ments in that delectable garden, his expenditures were great. Benef- 
 icent, means doing good ; benevolent, merely having a desire to do 
 
POLYSYLLABLES E IN ERR. 123 
 
 mite, up, full. — c as k ; g as j ; n as ng ; s as z ; dh as sh ; this ; azure. 
 
 good. Wlmt is that biennial fast of two days designed to commem- 
 orate? His intelligence enabled him to sell lentLcsJ site that 
 is noted for its amenity, or pleasantness. Even in his decrepitude, 
 
 his fidelity as a minister and his integrity in business exemplify the 
 value of his precepts. That ingenuous man will investigate the in- 
 veterate (1 linker's affairs. Interrogate the artist with regard to the 
 equestrian statue of the executive. If lie deliver that impetuous 
 speech extempore, he will electrify the Effectual means wen 
 
 taken to secure the electoral vote for that effeminate candidate. Long' 
 ing for the inefiable or unspeakable joys of heaven, he tinds nothing 
 in this life commensurate with hi 
 
 8. The. progenitor of that family and his posterity were noted for 
 their longevity. The obscenity and malevolence of that incendiary 
 led to his detection. Millennium means a thousand years. If the ob- 
 streperous pedestrian have the temerity to disturb our triennial 
 solemnities, ho will necessitate us to resort to severity. To his sus- 
 ceptible and regenerate heart, the beauties of nature are a source of 
 perennial or perpetual cheerfulness and serenity. His hereditary pride, 
 and the inveteracy of his hate, caused him to disregard the supremacy 
 of the law. Death ends terrestrial scenes. A cotemporary says his 
 loss was irreparable. 
 
 4. My predecessor spoke of the conscientious youth's acquiescence in 
 the academic rules. Could he utter the elemental, elementary, or al- 
 phabetic sounds, in Ins adolescence, or youth? Her complimental 
 phrases indicate a predilection for that energetic man. I was appre- 
 hensive that he would not so soon be convalescent, after suffering from 
 an epileptic attack, an apoplectic fit, and an influenza, or epidemic 
 catarrh. Glory is evanescent. A belief in the resurrection of the 
 dead is one of the fundamental or essential doctrines of the Christian 
 church. He encouraged regimental display, and sanctioned retrospect- 
 ive laws. Christ is our Intercessor with the omnipresent Jehovah. 
 
 POLYSYLLABLES — E IX ERR. 
 
 1. Mer'cenary: adversity, ad vtr' tlte ment, 
 
 al tern' a tiw, con term' in ous, con vert' i bl«, de term' in ate, 
 
 diver' si fy, diver' si ty, eter'nity, ex term' i nate, 
 
 fraternity, im per' ti nence, pro verb' ial, sub serv' i ent, 
 
 3u per' flu ous, su per' la tive : u' ni vers' al : con serv' a to ry, 
 
 pre serv' a to ry: an x ni vers' a ry, u' ni ver' si ty. 
 
124 NATIONAL ELEMENTARY SPELLER. 
 
 age, at, art, all, bare, ask ; me, end, err ; Ice, In ; 6ld, 6n, d6. 
 
 Alphabetic Equivalent of e. 
 
 2. Cur' so ri ly, pur' ga to ry : tac r i turn 7 i ty. 
 
 Dictation Exercises. 
 
 1. Having no other alternative in his adversity, he depended on 
 mercenary troops. Owing to the proverbial impertinence of the fra- 
 ternity who were conterminous to his estate, the prince wished to ex- 
 terminate them, and seize their convertible property. A universal 
 solvent would not be superfluous. The plants are in the conservatory. 
 During the anniversary week, I was at the university. 
 
 2. I read the advertisement cursorily. He enjoined taciturnity on 
 the subject of purgatory. 
 
 POLYSYLLABLES 1 LN ICE. 
 
 1 . Ad vis' a ble, ad vl ' so ry, an nl' hi late, 
 
 anxiety, (angzi'eti), as si^n' a ble, ebri'ety, 
 
 ka lei' do scope, pro pri' e tor, pro pri' e ty, re li' a ble, 
 
 respir'able, sati'ety, sobri'ety, society, 
 
 va ri' e ty : eon* tra ri' e ty, no' to ri' e ty 
 
 Dictation Exercises. 
 
 1. An act to prevent ebriety and to promote sobriety is advisable. 
 There is no assignable reason for his anxiety concerning that advisory 
 letter. No human power can annihilate matter. The proprietor of 
 the hotel bought a kaleidoscope. Is that air respirable ? That reliable 
 man observes the rules of propriety. Our society avoid satiety. There 
 is a contrariety of opinions with regard to the notoriety of that crime. 
 
 POLYSYLLABLES 1 IN IN. 
 
 1. Difficulty, dfg'nitary, dilatory, 
 dis' pu ta ble, fig' u ra tive, ig' no min y, im' i ta Die, 
 in' ter est ing, in' ti ma cy, in' ven to ry, ir' ri ta ble, 
 lin' e a ment, lit 7 er a ry, lit' er a ture, mil' i ta ry, 
 mis' eel la ny, miserable, pit' i able, tributary. 
 
 2. Abll'ity, accliv'ity, actfv'ity, 
 ad mis' si ble, affin'ity, agil'ity* ambig'uous, 
 
POLYSYLLABLES 1 IN IN. 
 
 125 
 
 mite, up, full.— cask ; gas j ; nasng; sasz; diassh; fhis ; azure. 
 
 amphib'ious, 
 (an tik' wi t?), 
 ar tif i cer, 
 bel lig' er ent, 
 carniv'orous, 
 civirity, 
 Conspiracy, 
 
 3. 
 delin'eite, 
 de riv' a tive, 
 dl vis'ibk, 
 epis' copal, 
 equiv'ocal, 
 facil'ity, 
 festiv'i ty, 
 ha bit' u ite, 
 in cip' i ent, 
 in im' i cal, 
 in' quis' itivtf, 
 in vid' i ous, 
 jurid' ical, 
 medic' i nal, 
 munificent, 
 
 4. 
 ob liv' i on, 
 par tic' i pite, 
 po lit' ic al, 
 predic'ament, 
 ra pid' i ty, 
 re frig' er ate, 
 rus tic' i ty, 
 eim plic' i ty, 
 6ta tist' ic al, 
 util'ity, 
 vl cis' si tude, 
 pre lim' i na ry. 
 
 5. 
 def ini'tion, 
 
 an tic' i pate, 
 an titb' e sis, 
 ar til' le ry, 
 be nig' nit r, 
 cen trif u gal, 
 com mis' er ate, 
 con tig' u ous, 
 Debil'ity, 
 deliii'quency, 
 di min' u tlve, 
 docil'ity, 
 epit'ome, 
 equiv'ocite, 
 fac sim' i le, 
 gentil'ity, 
 hos til' i ty, 
 in dig' e nous, 
 in iq' ui ty, 
 in sid' i ous, 
 in vig' o rite, 
 le git' i mate, 
 mel lif ' lu ous, 
 na tiv' i ty, 
 Ob liq ui ty 
 om nip' o tent, 
 percip'ient, 
 pon tif i cal, 
 pro mis' cu ous, 
 re cip' ro cal, 
 resid'ual, 
 scur ril' i ty, 
 solil'oquy, 
 ste ril' i ty, 
 ven tril' oquiim, 
 vociferous: 
 
 Ben' e die' tion, 
 dem'oli'tion, 
 
 an tip' odes, 
 arith'me tie, 
 assini'ilate, 
 capit' ulite, 
 cen trip' e tal, 
 con sis' to ry, 
 con viv' ial, 
 de 01! v ' i ty , 
 delir' ions, 
 dis trim' i nate, 
 due til'ity, 
 epit'omlze, 
 ex hi! a rate 
 fastid'ious, 
 gestic' ulite, 
 humil'ity, 
 indig'nity, 
 in i ti ate 
 in sin' uate, 
 invin'ciblr, 
 mag nif i cent, 
 me rid' i an, 
 nobil'ity. 
 (ob Ilk' wl tf), 
 o rig' i nal, 
 per fid' i ous, 
 precip'itite, 
 prox im' i ty, 
 re cip' ro cite, 
 re trib' u tive, 
 sig nif i cance, 
 sophist' ical, 
 sub lim' i ty, 
 ven tril' o quist, 
 epis' to la ry, 
 
 car o rlf It, 
 
 ex hi bi tion 
 
 an tiq ui ty 
 artic' ulate, 
 a vid' i ty, 
 captiv'ity, 
 cer tif Kite, 
 eonspic'uous, 
 cu pid i t y. 
 de lib' er ite, 
 de lir' i um, 
 d! vin' i ty, 
 du plic'ity, 
 equiv' a lent, 
 (egz hll ' a rit), 
 fe lie' i ty, 
 habil'iment, 
 im pris' on ment, 
 in fin' i ty, 
 (In lab/ lit), 
 in tim'idite, 
 i tin' er ant, 
 malig'nity, 
 munic'ipal, 
 
 ob lit' er ite, 
 orig'inite, 
 perspic' uous 
 pre cip' i tous % 
 pub lie' i ty, 
 re cip' i ent, 
 rl die ' u lous, 
 si mil' i tiute, 
 sta bil ' i ty , 
 tranquil'li ty, 
 vl cin' i ty, 
 o bit' u a ry, 
 
 con' tra die' tion, 
 (eks'htbish'un). 
 
126 NATIONAL ELEMENTARY SPELLER. 
 
 age, at, art, all, bare, dsk ; me, end, firr; Ice, !n ; old, 6n, d6. 
 
 hyp v o crit' ic, in' ter die' tion, in ter mis sion (in 1 tor misb/ un), 
 
 ju v risdic'tion, maF edic'tion, recognition, rem v i nis' cenc<?, 
 
 ecV en tif ic, su r dor if ic, su per fi cial (su' per fish' al). 
 
 6. consan gum' i ty, cred' i bil' i ty, du v ra bir i ty, 
 
 e' lee trie' i ty, e' qua nim' i ty, er 1 y sip' elas, ig y no min' i ous, 
 in' di vid' u al, mag' na nim' i ty, mur ti plic' i ty, o' dor if er ous, 
 per' pen dic'u lar, u v na nim' i ty, val v e die' to ry : ac coumVa bill ty, 
 gen r er al is'si mo, pu'sil la nim' i ty, sar' sa pa ril / la. 
 
 Alphabetic Equivalents of i. 
 
 7. Dys' en ter y : dis syl' la ble, em pyr' e al, 
 polyg'amy, tris yl' la b\e : an'alyt'ic, met x a phys' ics, 
 mon ( o syl' la big, pan' e gyr' ic, hi v e ro glyph/ ic. 
 
 Dictation Exercises. 
 
 1. There are many figurative expressions in that interesting miscel, 
 lany. That literary dignitary has great difficulty in conquering his 
 dilatory habits. That intimacy with vice leads to ignominy is not 
 disputable. Notice the lineaments of that irritable man's face. That 
 miserable man is in a pitiable condition. The military chief encour- 
 aged literature. The province was tributary to Rome. 
 
 2. Though the consistory commiserate the prisoner's sad condition, 
 they pronounce his ambiguous certificate not admissible. His benig- 
 nity, civility, and ability, render the chief conspicuous among the 
 belligerents. Note the affinity of those articulate sounds. Observe 
 his agility, or activity. Range your artillery on that gentle acclivity, 
 and summon the city to capitulate. Crocodiles are amphibious and 
 carnivorous animals. The centrifugal and centripetal forces are called 
 central forces. Convivial habits increase his avidity, or greediness. 
 The cupidity of the prince, which was tempted by property contiguous 
 to his estate, led him to become a conspicu®us member of the conspiracy. 
 
 3. Though the imprisonment increase his debility and habituate 
 him to indignities, the municipal officers will find him invincible. If 
 you deliberate, and learn to discriminate, you can form many deriv- 
 ative words. The delirious youth ran down the declivity. If fever 
 produce delirium, I will excuse his delinquency. Did that itinerant 
 equivocate, or use duplicity ? A lady at the festivity was fastidious, or 
 over-nice. He has such facility in the use of the pen, that he can 
 make a facsimile, or exact copy, of that epitome. To gesticulate in 
 
POLYSYLLABLES — O IN OLD. 127 
 
 mite, up, full. — c as k : g as j : n as ng »h ; this : I 
 
 the street is not a mark of gentility. Doling the incipient stage ol 
 hostility, the insidious or deceitful king tried to Insinuate himseli into 
 the good graces of the nobility. Those indigenous <>r native plants 
 have medicinal properties. Her mellifiuoi. fc] y-f!owing voice, 
 
 and her humility, disarmed their malignity. My munificent ; 
 has a magnificent palace. 
 
 4. He who originates worlds must he omnipotent. Thai jierfidious 
 
 political act proves his moral obliquity. The prolixity of his remarks 
 
 renders them less perspicuous. lie ran down the precipitous cliff with 
 
 great rapidity. His rusticity and simplicity placed him in a ridiculous 
 
 lament. The ventriloquist's vociferous argument w as sophistical. 
 
 3-6\ After the benediction was pronounced, he distributed the odor- 
 iferous llov. ( rs. The unseen heating rays of the sun are called calorific 
 rays. During intermission, he said the tales we heard at the exhibi- 
 tion involved contradiction. His malediction, or evil speaking, and 
 his hypocritic acts disturbed my equanimity. That superficial man 
 can not give a correct definition of electricity. The generalissimo, or 
 chief commander, will punish pusillanimity, or cowardice. Will 
 
 rsaparilla cure erysip 
 
 7. Dysentery is a painful disease. Spell a monosyllable, a dis>\ 1- 
 lable, and a trisyllable. The science of mind is called metaphysics. 
 A. panegyric is a speech in praise of some distinguished person, action, 
 )r virtue. 
 
 POLYSYLLABLES O IN OLD. 
 
 1. Ap pro ' pri ate, een si' ri mis, col 16' qui al, 
 
 om mo' di mis, con sod' a b\e, con trol' la blc, cor po' re al, 
 
 lemo'niae, deplor'a bl<% diplo'macy, emporium, 
 
 MiCo'miuni, erro'neous, tfulo'gium, eupho'nious, 
 
 elo'nimis, bar mo' ni mis, histo'rian, niagno'lfjt 
 
 nelo'dicus, me mo' rial, noto'rious, opprobrium, 
 
 estor'ablc, restor' a tive, uxo'rious, vie to' ri mis: 
 
 rir tuo'so: ed 1 i to' rial, mer x i to' ri ous, 6r* a to' ri o, 
 
 ar % si mo' ni ous, tes 1 ti mo' ni al. 
 
 Dictation Exercises. 
 
 1. Were those colloquial remarks appropriate? The music of that 
 ratorio is euphonious. That editorial eulogium, or encomium, was not 
 written by a censorious critic. That historian understands diplomacy. 
 
128 
 
 NATIONAL ELEMENTARY SPELLER. 
 
 age, at, art, all, bare, Isk; me, end, 8rr; Ice, In; 6ld, 6n, dS. 
 
 The virtuoso took a restorative for his hoarseness. That victorious 
 troop is not controllable. I have a commodious house in that em- 
 porium. That felonious act cast opprobrium upon his name. That 
 harmonious family have melodious voices. The parsimonious man 
 wrote a testimonial for his meritorious servant. 
 
 1. 
 
 con' tro ver sy, 
 Aon' or a ble, 
 ob' du ra cy, 
 prom' is so ry, 
 vol 7 un ta ry : 
 ac com' mo date, 
 a poc' ry pha, 
 astrol'ogy, 
 hi torn' a ton, 
 c/ironol' ogy, 
 con com' i tant, 
 cos mop' o lite. 
 
 2. 
 de nom' i nate, 
 e con 'o my, 
 fe roc' i ty, 
 hy drop' a thy, 
 in oc ' u late, 
 major'ity, 
 mo nop' o ly, 
 phe nom' e na, 
 pre dom' i nance, 
 re spon' si ble, 
 the oc' ra cy, 
 to pog' ra phy, 
 
 3. 
 re pos' i to ry : 
 cor v re spond'ence, 
 par' e gor' ic, 
 
 POLYSYLLABLES O IN ON. 
 
 Com' men ta ry, com' mis sa ry, 
 eon' tu ma cy, con' tu me ly, 
 
 7ion' or a ry, 
 ob' sti na cy, 
 prom' on to ry, 
 ob' li ga to ry : 
 al lop' a thy, 
 a pol' o gy, 
 as tron' o my, 
 ba rom' e ter, 
 
 hos' pi ta bk, 
 oc' cu pan cy, 
 sol' i ta ry, 
 ab dom' in al, 
 a nom' a ly, 
 a pos' ta sy, 
 a troc' i ty, 
 bl og' ra phy, 
 
 c/iro nom' e ter, com mod' i ty, 
 eon glom' er ate, con sol' i date, 
 
 De moc' ra cy, 
 de spond' en cy, 
 e mol' u ment, 
 geog'raphy, 
 hy poc' ri sy, 
 in tox' i cate, 
 me trop' o lis, 
 mo not' o ny, 
 phe nom' e non, 
 pre pon' der ate, 
 rAi noc' e ros, 
 the od' o lite, 
 ve loc' i ty, 
 Con sol' a to ry, 
 ar le gor' ic, 
 e' co nom' ic, 
 pmTosoph'ie: 
 
 de m6n' stra ble, 
 dox ol' o gy, 
 ex pos' i tor, 
 geol'ogy, 
 hy pot' e nuse, 
 li thog' ra phy, 
 mi nor' i ty, 
 my thol' o gy, 
 phi lol' o gy, 
 pre rog' a tive, 
 ste nog' ra phy, 
 the ol' o gy, 
 ver bos' ity, 
 de rog' a to ry, 
 ap x os tol' ic, 
 e x qui noc' tial, 
 an' atom' ical, 
 
 c6m' pa ra ble, 
 cor' ol la ry, 
 mon' as ter y, 
 or' a to ry, 
 tol' er a ble, 
 a bom' in ate, 
 a non' y mous, 
 a pos' tro phe, 
 tu thor' i ty, 
 c^lrog'raphy, 
 com pos' i tor, 
 cor roV o rate, 
 
 de monVtra tive, 
 e con' o mlze, 
 ex post' u late, 
 ge om' e try, 
 i dol' a try, 
 ma hog' a ny, 
 mo nop' o llze, 
 or thog' ra phy, 
 phi los' o phy, 
 pri or' i ty, 
 syn on' y mous, 
 ther mom' e ter^ 
 zo ol' o gy. 
 in cor' ri gi ble, 
 ap v os troph' ic, 
 hor 1 i zon' tal, 
 an' i mos' i ty, 
 
POLYSYLLABLES U IN MUTE. 129 
 
 mute, up, full. - c .is k ; g as j ; b j eh as sh ; this ; azure. 
 
 ar N is toe' ra cy , cat' e gor ' lc al , cu' ri oa den' ter on ' o my, 
 
 eV y mol' o gy, gen 4 eros i ty, hip' po pot 'a mus, ho' me op i 
 hyp'ocZton'driac, in'terrog'athv, lex'i eog'rapher, me' diou'ri ty, 
 pe x ri od' ic al, phys' i og' no my, phys' 161' o iir, roc' i proc' i ty, 
 trig' o nora'e try : me' te or ol' o 
 
 Dictation Exercises. 
 
 1. That commentary explains the difficult passage! in the apoc- 
 rypha. The hospitable commissary can accommodate the men with 
 grain during their occupancy of the monastery. His contumacy, or 
 obstinacy, during the controversy, caused his opponent to abominate 
 him. He leads a solitary lift' on that promontory. If you corroborate 
 my statement, that anonymous writer will make a voluntary apology. 
 Did not my position make it obligatory, I would not bear his con- 
 tumely, or insolence. The compositor received an abdominal wound. 
 The cosmopolite studied astronomy, biography, and chronology. Re- 
 proach is a concomitant, or companion, of apostasy. 
 
 2. Is it demonstrable that democracy is the best form of government ? 
 The majority favor economy. He studied geography, geology, geom- 
 etry, philology, philosophy, zoology, mythology, and theology. Do 
 you denominate that a demonstrative argument? That firm will 
 monopolize all the mahogany in the metropolis. Knowing to 
 dominance of verbosity in his style, you alone will be responsible if 
 you give him priority in the debate. 
 
 3. It is consolatory to learn that the correspondence contains nothing 
 derogatory to her character. Have the aristocracy more than a 
 mediocrity of talent ? A granary is a repository for corn. That incor- 
 rigible drunkard has a hypochondriac complaint. Do you practice 
 allopathy, hydropathy, or homeopathy ? The hippopotamus awakened 
 our curiosity. Deuteronomy means the second law. That interroga- 
 tive sentence requires a categorical answer. The lexicographer un- 
 derstands etymology, physiognomy, physiology, and trigonometry, 
 Meteorology treats of the atmosphere and its phenomena. 
 
 POLYSYLLABLES U IN MUTE. 
 
 1. Cii'linary, ju/'clicatnre, hi' mi nary, 
 
 nu'gatory, nu'merable, nu'merary, su' per able: 
 
 n < « u ' mu late, adjudicate, al In' vial, annu'ity, 
 
130 
 
 NATIONAL ELEMENTARY SPELLER. 
 
 age, at, art, All, bare, ask ; me, end. Irr ; Ice, in ; old, on, do. 
 
 com mn' ni cite, 
 tie du' ci ble, 
 entlm' si ast, 
 fu tu' ri ty, 
 illu'sory, 
 inju'rious, 
 lux u ri ance, 
 mi nu ti a 
 pro tu' ber ance, 
 sa lu' bri ous, 
 va cu' i ty, 
 
 2. 
 el' o cu' tion, 
 res' ti tu' tion, 
 con' ti gu' i ty, 
 per v pe tu' i ty, 
 
 com mu' ni ty, 
 di lu' vi al, 
 exii' ber ant, 
 gar ru' li ty, 
 im mu' ni ty, 
 in tu' i tivtf, 
 (lugz u' r! ans), 
 (m! nu' sh! a), 
 re du' ci bk, 
 sa lu' bri ty, 
 volu'minous. 
 Co v adju'tor, 
 ev* o lu' tion, 
 rev' o lu' tion : 
 con* ti nu' i ty, 
 per v spi cu' i ty, 
 
 con nu' bi al, 
 ef flu' vi um, 
 fa tu' i ty, 
 gra tu' i ty, 
 im pu' ni ty, 
 in du' bi ta hie, 
 ma tu' ri ty, 
 ob scu' ri ty, 
 re mu' ner ate, 
 se cu' ri ty, 
 
 con' sti tu' tion, 
 in' sti tu' tion, 
 am' bi gu' i ty, 
 in' ge nu' i ty, 
 su' per flu' i ty. 
 
 ere du' li ty, 
 en tliu' si aim, 
 for tu' i Urns, 
 il lu' mi nate, 
 in fu' ri ate, 
 lu gu' bri ous, 
 mer cu' ri al, 
 pe nu' ri <?us, 
 re pu' di ate, 
 sul phu' re ous, 
 
 dim 1 i nu' tion, 
 res' olu' tion, 
 as' si du' i ty, 
 op' por tu' ni ty, 
 
 Dictation Exercises. 
 
 1. The cook wants culinary herbs. The legislature will pronounce 
 that injurious act nugatory. Though these evils accumulate, they 
 are superable. Such facts are deducible. He will adjudicate your 
 claim and grant an annuity. That alluvial soil yields exuberant 
 crops. The effluvium of the rose is pleasant. Our meeting was for- 
 tuitous, or unexpected. Do you expect a gratuity from that penurious 
 man ? His garrulity did not awaken enthusiasm. If I repudiate my 
 debts, I will remunerate you. Intuitive evidence is indubitable. The 
 salubrity of the climate, the immunities of the clergy, and the secu- 
 rity insured by just laws, led the clergyman to emigrate. Read that 
 voluminous work. God only can fill every vacuity of the soul. 
 
 2. My coadjutor, or assistant, embraced the first opportunity to make 
 restitution. There is more ambiguity than perspicuity in those reso- 
 lutions. His ingenuity enabled him to avoid a superfluity of words. 
 His assiduity, or close application, has enabled him to acquire a thor- 
 ough knowledge of elocution. That constitution will prevent revo 
 lutions, and insure the perpetuity of our free institutions. 
 
 POLYSYLLABLES U IN UP. 
 
 1. 
 a dul' ter ate, 
 
 Pul' mo na ry, 
 an nun ci ate, 
 
 sumpt' u a ry, 
 (an nun' shi at), 
 
 vul' ner a ble-. 
 calum'niate, 
 
ACCENT IN CERTAIN WORDS. 131 
 
 mite, up, full. — c as k ; g as j ; n as n<_r ; ft i -h : this ; 
 
 com bus' ti bl<?, compul'sory, cor rupt' i hie, dc- 
 
 il lus' tri o\is, in cum' ben cy, indus'trious, pro food 
 
 re sua' ci tate, volupt'uous: ag r ri cult' ur<j, hor x tKu": 
 
 drom ' e da ry : ef front ' < ■ ry . 
 
 Dictation Exercises. 
 
 1. His voluptuous life rendered him vulnerable to pulmonary at- 
 tacks. During his incumbency, the president favored sumptuary law v 
 That matter, though combustible, is not destructible. The b 
 corruptible. Did that industrious man resuscitate your drowned 
 friend? You calumniate those men, if you say they adulterate food. 
 He had the effrontery to claim my dromedary, or Arabian camel. 
 
 IV. Miscellaneous Exercises. 
 
 ACCENT IN CERTAIN WORDS. 
 
 Dissyllables, when used as nouns or adjectives, that have the accent 
 on the first syllable; and when used as verbs, on the second. A few dis- 
 syllables, -which are at ostfle nouns and adjectives, are distinguished l>y 
 accenting the nouns on the first syllable and the adjectives on the last. 
 
 1. AVsent, absent': ab'stract, abstract': 
 
 ae'eent, accent': affix, affix': a-wg' ment, 
 
 augment': iWgust, august': cem'ent, cement': 
 
 col'leagwe, colleague': col'lect, collect': 66m' pact, 
 
 compact': com' pound, com pound':c6n' cert, concert'. 
 
 2 Con'crete, concrete': con' duct, con dia't : 
 
 con' fine, con fine': con' flict, con flict': con' b 
 
 conserve': con' test, contest': con' tract, con tr. 
 
 con' trast, con trast': con' verse, con verse': con' vert, 
 
 con vert': con' vict, con vlct': con' voy, con voy'. 
 
 3. Des'ert, desert': des'cant, descant': 
 
 di'gest, digest': Ss'cort, escort': es'say, 
 
132 
 
 NATIONAL ELEMENTARY SPELLER. 
 
 age, at, 
 
 art, all, bare, ask ; mb, end, * 
 
 rr ; Ice, In ; old, 6n, do. 
 
 es shy': 
 
 ex 7 port, 
 
 ex port 7 : 
 
 ex 7 tract, 
 
 ex tract 7 : 
 
 fer 7 ment, 
 
 ferment 7 : 
 
 fre 7 quent, 
 
 fre quent 7 : 
 
 gal 7 lant, 
 
 gal lant 7 : 
 
 im 7 port, 
 
 im port': 
 
 im 7 press, 
 
 im press 7 : 
 
 in 7 cens^, 
 
 in cense 7 : 
 
 In 7 cre&se, 
 
 in crease 7 : 
 
 In 7 stinet, 
 
 in stinet 7 : 
 
 In 7 suit, 
 
 in suit 7 : 
 
 in 7 ter diet 
 
 , in ter diet 7 . 
 
 4. 
 
 Min ute 
 
 (min 7 it), 
 
 minute': 
 
 6b 7 ject, 
 
 object 7 : 
 
 per 7 fume, 
 
 per fame 7 : 
 
 pre 7 fix : 
 
 pre fix 7 : 
 
 prem 7 ise, 
 
 pre mise': 
 
 pres' ent, 
 
 pre sent 7 : 
 
 prod' uce, 
 
 pro duce 7 : 
 
 prog 7 ress, 
 
 pro gress 7 : 
 
 proj 7 ect, 
 
 project 7 : 
 
 pro' test, 
 
 pro test 7 . 
 
 
 
 
 5. 
 
 Eeb' el, 
 
 rebel 7 : 
 
 rec' ord, 
 
 re cord 7 : 
 
 ref 7 nsd, 
 
 re f use 7 : 
 
 re 7 tail, 
 
 re tail 7 : 
 
 sub' ject, 
 
 subject 7 : 
 
 sur 7 name, 
 
 sur name': 
 
 sur vey 
 
 (ser va), 
 
 sur vey 7 : 
 
 tor 7 ment, 
 
 tor ment 7 : 
 
 trans' fer, 
 
 trans fer 7 : 
 
 transport 
 
 trans port': 
 
 up 7 start, 
 
 up start 7 . 
 
 
 Dictation Exercises. 
 
 1. Why does your aVsent friend absent himself? Did he abstract 
 an abstract of your speech, from the desk ? Note the mark of accent, 
 and accent the right syllable. Affix an affix to that word. Secure an 
 augment to the army. Rain augments the stream. In Au'gust, the. 
 august' writer entered into a compact to prepare a compact' discourse. 
 Buy some cem'ent, and cement the glass. If we colleague, my colleague 
 will do the speaking. Eead the collect. Collect the taxes. Compound 
 the drugs. Man is a compound of flesh and spirit. Attend the con- 
 cert. Concert measures. 
 
 2. Gold is a porous concrete. Blood concretes in a bowl. His 
 conduct was good. Conduct your affairs with prudence. The army 
 will not pass the confines of the state. Confine the criminal. Tht; 
 conflict was bloody. The laws conflict. The conserve is good. Con- 
 serve the fruit. The contest Avas perilous. Contest the claim. The 
 contract is void. Moisture contracts a rope. Observe the contrast 
 between a well-bred man and a clown. The shrub contrasts finely 
 with the oak. Converse with each other. Hold converse with nature. 
 
NAMES OF PERSONS. 133 
 
 mute, up, full. — c as k ; g as j ; h as ng ; s as z ; dh as sh ; this ; azure. 
 
 Convert ice into water. The eon :ilous. Convict the 60 
 
 of his error. The convoy will convoy the fleet. 
 
 3. Desert us not in the (2m .-/. The bird sung her descant. People 
 descant on your acts. Bead the digest. Digest your reply. The 
 escort will escort the king. Did he fitay to write an essay? They 
 will export our exports. Head an extract. Extract a tooth. Beer will 
 
 <•', if you put <\fcrmc)it into it. He m:\ih\frcqytertt viaiti to the 
 fort. He frequents dram-shops. The gallant youth will gallant the 
 lady. Do you understand the import of his words ! We impart tens. 
 Impress that fact on hie mind. The age been. his impress. Ijhrneat 
 prayer is an incense that can never incense Deity. My faen 
 taken to increase your wealth. Instinct, not reason, rendered the 
 herd instinct with spirit. His insult did not move me. Do not frttuft 
 my friend. That interdict is just. Our laws should interdict the 
 sale of rum. 
 
 4. Within a minute, I will find a minute piece of gold. If you re- 
 move that o6j<^, I will not object to the place. Perfume the room witli 
 rich perfume. Prefix a prefix to that word. One premise is false. 
 I premise these remarks that you may know why I present this sub- 
 ject on the present occasion. The farmer will produce produce enough 
 for his family. If that project fail, he will project another. The ships 
 progress. He is commended for his p) ro rcs8 * n learning. He pro- 
 tests against your vote. The protest of the minority was not respected. 
 
 5. Why did that rebel rebel? Record the name. The records an? 
 lost. Did he refuse to accept the refuse papers ? Retail the goods I 
 bought at retail. That subject of discussion would subject you to an- 
 noyance. If he desire a surname, I will surname him Simple. He 
 took a survey of the harbor. Surrey the land. Avoid the place of 
 torment. Torment me not. Transfer your right to the land. Is the 
 transfer legal ? Transport that upstart iD the first transport that sails. 
 
 NAMES OF PERSONS 
 I. Males. 
 
 1 
 
 Aaron 
 
 (4r* un), 
 
 A' bel, 
 
 Abi'el, 
 
 A bi'jah, 
 
 Ab' ner, 
 
 A' bra ham, 
 
 Ad' am, 
 
 Adorphus, 
 
 AT bert, 
 
 Al ex an der 
 
 (al'egzan'der), 
 
 Al'fred, 
 
 Al' ger non, 
 
 Al'mon, 
 
 A Ion ' zo, 
 
 Al'pheus, 
 
 Al' vin, 
 
 Am'asa, 
 
134 
 
 NATIONAL ELEMENTARY SPELLER. 
 
 age, at, art, ill, bare, ask ; mo, end, Irr ; Ice, !n ; old, on, do. 
 
 Am' brose, 
 
 A' mos, 
 
 An' drew, 
 
 An't^ony, 
 
 A pol ' los, 
 
 Ar'chibald, 
 
 Ar' nold, 
 
 Ar' te mas, 
 
 Ar' tliur, 
 
 A'sa, 
 
 A'saph, 
 
 Ash' er, 
 
 Augus' tus. 
 
 
 
 2. 
 
 Bald' win, 
 
 Bar' na bas, 
 
 Bas'iL 
 
 Ben' e diet, 
 
 Ben'jamin, 
 
 Beno'nl, 
 
 Beri'ali, 
 
 Ber'nard, 
 
 Ber' tram, 
 
 Be thu' el, 
 
 Cse' sar, 
 
 Ca' leb, 
 
 Cal' vin, 
 
 Ce'cil, 
 
 Ce' phas, 
 
 Charles, 
 
 C7iris' to pher 
 
 , Clar' ence, 
 
 Claude, 
 
 Clem' ent, 
 
 Con' rad, 
 
 Con' stant, 
 
 Con' stan tine 
 
 , Corne'lius, 
 
 Crfs' pin, 
 
 Cuth' bert, 
 
 Cyr'il, 
 
 Cy' rus, 
 
 Dan' i el, 
 
 Darius, 
 
 Da' vid, 
 
 Dex' ter, 
 
 Don' aid, 
 
 Dun can 
 
 (dungk' an). 
 
 
 
 
 
 3. 
 
 Eb x en e' zer, 
 
 Ed' gar, 
 
 Ed' mund, 
 
 Ed' ward, 
 
 Ed' win, 
 
 Eg' bert, 
 
 E' le a' zar, 
 
 E'll, 
 
 E 11' ab, 
 
 E li' as, 
 
 Eli'hu, 
 
 Eli'jah, 
 
 EH'phalet, 
 
 E li' sha, 
 
 El' mer, 
 
 Em' e ry, 
 
 E' nocA, 
 
 E' nos, 
 
 E' phra im, 
 
 E ras' tus, 
 
 Er' nest, 
 
 E' than, 
 
 E\x' gene, 
 
 i£us' tace, 
 
 E ze' ki el, 
 
 Ez' ra. 
 
 
 
 
 4. 
 
 Fe' lix, 
 
 For' di nand, 
 
 Fer nan' do, 
 
 Fes' tus, 
 
 Fran cis, 
 
 Frank, 
 
 Frank' lin, 
 
 Fred' er ic, 
 
 George, 
 
 Gid' e on, 
 
 Gil' bert, 
 
 Giles 
 
 (jUz), 
 
 G6d' frey, 
 
 God' win, 
 
 Greg' o ry, 
 
 Gus ta' vus, 
 
 Guy, 
 
 Han'ni bal, 
 
 Har'old, 
 
 Hen' ry, 
 
 Her' bert, 
 
 Her' man, 
 
 Hez 1 eki'ak, 
 
 Hi' ram, 
 
 Ho' mer, 
 
 Hor' ace, 
 
 Ho ra tio 
 
 (b6 ra' ehi o), 
 
 Ho to' a, 
 
 Hu' bert, 
 
 Bug7i, 
 
 Hu' go, 
 
 Humpb' rey. 
 
 5. 
 
 IcA' a bod, 
 
 V ra, 
 
 F saac, 
 
 I sa iali 
 
 (Izi'yay 
 
 Is'rael, 
 
 Iv an 
 
 (IV an), 
 
 Ja' bez, 
 
 J a' cob, 
 
 Ja' i rus, 
 
 James, 
 
 Ja' red, 
 
 Ja' son, 
 
 Jas' per, 
 
 Ja' van, 
 
 Jed* e di'ab, 
 
 Jer emi'ah, 
 
 Jer' e my, S 
 
 Jerome', 
 
 Jes' se, 
 
 Job, 
 
 Jo' el, 
 
 J'/m, 
 
 Jo' nah, 
 
 Jo' nas, 
 
 J6n ' a than, 
 
 Jo' sepk, 
 
 Josli' u a, 
 
 Jo si' all, 
 
 Jo'tham, 
 
 Ju' dab, 
 
 Ju' li an, 
 
 Ju' li us, 
 
 Jus' tin, 
 
 Jus tus. 
 
 
 
 
 6. 
 
 Li' ban, 
 
 Lan' ce lot, 
 
 Lam' bert, 
 
 Law' rence, 
 
 Laz' a rus, 
 
 Le in' der, 
 
 Lem' u el, 
 
 Leon' ard, 
 
 Le 6n' i das, 
 
 Le' vi, 
 
 Lewis 
 
 (lo' is), 
 
 Ll' o nel, 
 
 Lo ren ' zo, 
 
 Lu' bin, 
 
 Lu ci us 
 
 (lu' slil us), 
 
 Luke, 
 
 Lu' tber, 
 
 Mar' cub, 
 
 Mark, 
 
 Mar' ma duke, Mat thew 
 
 (math' thu), 
 
NAMES OF PERSONS. 
 
 135 
 
 mite, up, full. — c as k ; g as 
 
 j ; n us ng ; s as z ; di M sh 
 
 ; mis ; azure. 
 
 Mat tlii as 
 
 (maththl'as), 
 
 M Aw 'rice, 
 
 Mar' tin, 
 
 Mer'edith, 
 
 Mi' Oab, 
 
 Mi' c/<ael, 
 
 Mo' 
 
 
 
 7. 
 
 N4' hum, 
 
 Napo'leon, 
 
 Na' than, 
 
 Natlu.n'iel, 
 
 NVhemi'ah 
 
 , NiO/i' olas, 
 
 No 'ah, 
 
 Nor' man, 
 
 badi'ah, 
 
 < ) bed, 
 
 Oc ta' vi us, 
 
 01' i ver, 
 
 Or Ian' do, 
 
 Os' Oar, 
 
 zi' as, 
 
 Pat' rick, 
 
 Paul, 
 
 IV leg, 
 
 Pe' ter, 
 
 Philan'der, 
 
 Phi 16' mon, 
 
 Phll'ip, 
 
 Phin' e as, 
 
 Pi' us, 
 
 Ptol'emy, 
 
 Ralph, 
 
 Ran'dal, 
 
 Raph' a el, 
 
 Rijf' mond, 
 
 nald, 
 
 Reu ben 
 
 (ro'ben), 
 
 Rich' ard, 
 
 Rob' ert, 
 
 Rod' eric, 
 
 R6g' er, 
 
 R6' laud, 
 
 Ru fus 
 
 (ro'fus), 
 
 Ru pert 
 
 (ro'pert). 
 
 
 
 
 8. 
 
 Sal'inon, 
 
 Sam' son, 
 
 Sam' u el, 
 
 Saul, 
 
 S:- 'bl, 
 
 Se bas' tian, 
 
 Se re' nus, 
 
 Seth, 
 
 Sfg' is mund, 
 
 Si' las, 
 
 Sil v«V nus, 
 
 Sil ves'ter, 
 
 Sim' eon, 
 
 Si ' mon, 
 
 Sol' o mon, 
 
 Ste phen 
 
 (Stc'vn), 
 
 Syd' ney, 
 
 Thad'deus, 
 
 The' o dore, 
 
 The oph' il us, 
 
 The' ron, 
 
 T/a'm'as, 
 
 Tim' o thy, 
 
 Ti'tus, 
 
 Urban 
 
 (er ban), 
 
 Uri'ah, 
 
 Vol 'en tine, 
 
 Vin'cent, 
 
 Viv' i an, 
 
 Wal'ter, 
 
 Win'fred, 
 
 Zab'diel, 
 
 Zae cAe' us, 
 
 Zat-A' ari'ah, 
 
 Zac/i' a ry. 
 
 
 
 
 II. Females. 
 
 
 1. 
 
 Ab'igail, 
 
 A' da, 
 
 Ad' a line, 
 
 Ad'ela, 
 
 A de' li a, 
 
 Ag' a tha, 
 
 Ag' net, 
 
 Al ber' ta, 
 
 Al'ex an'drA 
 
 Al ' ice, 
 
 Almi'ra, 
 
 Amin'di, 
 
 A me' li a, 
 
 A' my, 
 
 An'abel, 
 
 An gel ' i 64, 
 
 An' gell'na. 
 
 Ann, 
 
 An' na, 
 
 Anne, 
 
 Ar ( abel'la, 
 
 Augus' ta, 
 
 AurcV ra, 
 
 Bar' bara, 
 
 Be' a trice. 
 
 Be lin' da, 
 
 Bt-r' tha, 
 
 Bet' sey, 
 
 Blanche, 
 
 Bridg/et 
 
 
 
 
 
 2. 
 
 CAr' o line, 
 
 Cath'arine, 
 
 Celcs' tine, 
 
 Cc'lia, 
 
 Char' i ty, 
 
 Char lotte 
 
 (shar' lot), 
 
 C/d6' e, 
 
 Chris ti na 
 
 ' na), 
 
 Cic'ely, 
 
 ClAr' a, 
 
 Claris' sa, 
 
 Clem en ti na. 
 
 (klem ente'na),C6n' stance, 
 
 Co'ra, 
 
 Cor de'lia, 
 
 Cornelia, 
 
 Cyn'thia, 
 
 Deb' o rah, 
 
 De'lia, 
 
 Do' ra, 
 
 Dor' cas, 
 
 Dor' o thy, 
 
 Dru sil la 
 
 (drosil'la), 
 
 E'dith, 
 
 El' e a nor, 
 
 El' i nor, 
 
 Ell'za, 
 
 E Hz' a beth, 
 
 El' la, 
 
 El'len, 
 
 Elvl'ra, 
 
 Em' ma, 
 
 Em'ily, 
 
 Em' e line, 
 
 Es' tAer, 
 
136 
 
 NATIONAL ELEMENTARY SPELLER. 
 
 age, at, art, all, bare, 
 
 ask ; me, end, 
 
 err ; ice, In ; 
 
 old, 6n, d6. 
 
 Mgh'tdZ, 
 
 .Ettge'nfe, 
 
 isu' nice, 
 
 i?uphe 7 mia, E'va, 
 
 E van 7 ge line, 
 
 Ev' e line. 
 
 
 
 
 3. 
 
 Fa*th, 
 
 Fan' ny, 
 
 Flo' ra, 
 
 Fran' ces, 
 
 Fred' er V 6a, 
 
 Ger al dine 
 
 (jer'aldln), 
 
 Ger trude 
 
 (ger' trSd), 
 
 Grace, 
 
 Han 7 na/i, 
 
 Har' ri et, 
 
 Hel' en, 
 
 Hen' ri et' ta, 
 
 Hes 7 ter, 
 
 Hono'ra, 
 
 Hope, 
 
 r da, 
 
 I' nez, 
 
 I re 7 ne, 
 
 Is' a bel' la, 
 
 Jane, 
 
 Janet', 
 
 Jo seph ine 
 
 (jo 7 zef in), 
 
 Ju 7 dith, 
 
 Ju' li a, 
 
 Law/ ra, 
 
 La vin' i a, 
 
 Le o n6 7 ra, 
 
 Le ti ti a 
 
 (le tish' i a), 
 
 Lil'ian, 
 
 Lil'ly, 
 
 Lo rin 7 da, 
 
 Lou is a 
 
 (lo e' za), 
 
 Lu cin 7 da, 
 
 Lu ere tia 
 
 (lukre 7 shia), 
 
 Lu 7 cy, 
 
 Lyd 7 i a. 
 
 
 
 4. 
 
 Ma 7 bel, 
 
 Mad' e line, 
 
 Mar' ga ret, 
 
 Ma rl' &, 
 
 Mar 7 i on, 
 
 Ma' ry, 
 
 Mar' tha, 
 
 Ma til' da, 
 
 Maud, 
 
 Mel 7 i cent, 
 
 Me lis' sa, 
 
 Mer' cy, 
 
 Mil' dred, 
 
 Min'nS, 
 
 Mi ran 7 da, 
 
 Nan' cy, 
 
 No'ra, 
 
 01' ive, 
 
 phe 7 11 a, 
 
 Pa tience 
 
 (pa 7 shens), 
 
 Pau line 
 
 (palen 7 ), 
 
 Phe 7 be, 
 
 Pol 7 ly, 
 
 Pris cil 7 14, 
 
 Pru dence 
 
 (pro' dens), 
 
 Ra' chel, 
 
 Re bee' ca, 
 
 RAo' da, 
 
 Ruth 
 
 (roth), 
 
 Sal'ly, 
 
 Sa' rah, 
 
 So phi' a, 
 
 Stel'la, 
 
 Su' san, 
 
 Vic to 7 ri a, 
 
 Vi 7 ola, 
 
 Viv 7 i an, 
 
 Win 7 i fred, 
 
 • 
 
 Ze n6' bi 1 
 
 
 RULES FOR SPELLING. 
 
 1. Words of one syllable ending in /, I, or s, preceded by a 
 single vowel, double the final consonant; as, staff, mill. 
 
 Exceptions. — As, gas, has, was, clef, yes, his, if, is, this, of, us, 
 pus, thus. 
 
 2. Words of one syllable ending in any other consonant than 
 f, /, or s, do not double the final letter ; as, fan, sun. 
 
 Exceptions. — Add, burr, butt, buzz, ebb, egg, err, fuzz, inn,, odd. 
 
 3. Words of one syllable, and words accented on the last 
 syllable, whan they end with a single consonant, preceded by a 
 single vowel, double their consonant before an additional syllable 
 that begins with a vowel ; as, rob, robber ; commit, committee. 
 
 Exceptions. — When the derivative retains not the accent of the 
 
KILLS FOK SPELLING. L37 
 
 *nute, up, full.— 6 as k ; j : t lh; tiiis : azmv. 
 
 « 
 root, the final consonant is not always doubled; as, prefer', pref- 
 erence. X, z, and /• are never doubled in English words. Words 
 derived from gas have only one «; fl 
 
 4. A final consonant, when it is not preceded by l single vowel, 
 or when the accent is not on the last syllable, remains single 
 
 before an additional syllable; as, toil, toiling; peril, perilous. 
 
 5. Words of one syllabic and English verbs end not with r, 
 but take clc for double; as, rock, attack : but, in general, words 
 derived from the learned languages need not the k\ and common 
 use discards it ; as, music, public. 
 
 Exceptions. — Arc, lac, ore, zinc. 
 
 6. Words ending with any double letter, preserve it double 
 before any additional termination not beginning with the same 
 letter; as, see, seeing; hill, hilly; skill, skillful. 
 
 7. Words ending with any double letter, preserve it double 
 in all words formed from them by means of prefixes; as, see, 
 foresee ; spell, misspell ; roll, unroll. 
 
 8. Words of more than one syllable that end in /, except 
 these that are formed from monosyllables ending in //, terminate 
 with a single l\ as, ex;el, control. 
 
 9. Primitive words ending in a silent e, omit e before an ad- 
 ditional syllable beginning with a vowel ; as, remove, removal ; 
 idle, idling. 
 
 Exceptions. — Words ending in ce or gc, retain the e before <ihle 
 or ous ; as, trace, traceable. The e is retained in verbs ending in 
 oe and ee ; a9, shoe, shoeing; see, seeing. Singe, swinge, and tinge 
 retain the e when followed by ing\ as, singe, singeing. 
 
 10. Primitive words ending in silent e usually retain e before 
 an additional syllable beginning with a consonant; as, pale, 
 paleness; change, changeful. 
 
 Exceptions. — Awful, argument, abridgment, acknowledgment, 
 duly, judgment, truly, wholly. 
 
 11. Primitive words ending in y, preceded by a consonant, 
 
138 NATION AL ELEMENTAL* Y SPELLER. 
 
 age, at, art, all, bare, ask ; me, end, eSr ; Ice, in ; 6ld, 6n, do. 
 
 change the y into i before any termination but '*, or one com- 
 mencing with i ; as, merry, merrier; pity, pitiless. 
 
 Exceptions. — Tlie y is retained in words derived from dry find 
 sliy\ as, dry, dryly ; shy, shyness. 
 
 12. Primitive words ending in y, preceded by a vowel, do not 
 change y into i before additional terminations ; as, day, days j 
 joy, joyful. When ing is added to words ending in ?/, the y is 
 retained ; as, defy, defying. 
 
 Exceptions. — Daily, laid, lain, paid, said, saith. 
 
 13. Compound words usually retain the spelling of the simple 
 words which compose them ; as, horse-man, shell-fish. 
 
 Exceptions. — In permanent compounds, or in derivative words 
 of which they are not the roots, the words full and all drop one I; 
 as, handful, fulfill, always, withal : in temporary compounds they 
 retain both ; as, full-eyed, chock-full, all-wise, save-all. When 
 used as a prefix, miss drops one s ; as, misspell. In the names of 
 days, the word mass drops one s; as, Christmas. Pastime drops 
 an s. Shepherd, wherever, and whosever, drop an e ; and where- 
 fore and therefore assume one. 
 
 "Require pupils to give reasons, in accordance with the rules and ex- 
 ceptions, for the manner in which the words are spelled in the following 
 
 Dictation Exercises. 
 
 1. If his stiff staff and the muff be at the mill, I will get them as I 
 pass. This class is full. Burn the gas. If you hiss, puss will run olf. 
 
 2. My son ate an egg in the inn. If he add the numbers, he will not 
 err. That odd lad has fuzz on his coat. 
 
 3. A robber robbed the foppish squatter. It is his preference that 
 you commit the business to a committee. After his acquittal, the swim- 
 mer owned that he committed the crime. 
 
 4. I visited the toiling mechanic. The violist made a perilous descent. 
 Equalize the labor. 
 
 5. I found some zinc, on the wreck. He broke the rack on a rock. 
 The maniac will attack you. The public like music. 
 
 6. The wooer passed many blissful moments. The pasture is hilly, 
 and almost grassless. He acted oddly, and spoke gruffly. My agreeable 
 friend noticed your recklessness and embarrassment. 
 
 7. I foretell, if you recall him, that he will misspell the word. I fore- 
 
riiEFiXES. 139 
 
 mute, up, full. — e as k ; gas j ; n as ng | s as z ; ch as sh ; this ; azure. 
 
 see, if you do not repass that house, that he will forestall your pur- 
 chase, and undersell you. 
 
 8. The consul says that the leader of that cabal' is a rebel. I will 
 control the damsel until you arrange the contract. That logical argu- 
 ment will dispel her tVar. and render her mind tranquil. 
 
 9. Though the conduct of that admirable and adorable girl be blam- 
 able, I do not deem it advisable to (insure her. The scene is imagina- 
 ble, describable, and eom'parable. The question is debatable, and the 
 decision reversible. The fire is singeing that valuable dress. That agree- 
 able and peaceable smith is shoeing a manageable and serviceable horse. 
 
 10. The life of that nameless man was peaceful. That careless and 
 graceless girl acted rudely. "What incitement, or encouragement, has 
 he to submit tamely to her management ? That lad's idleness and rude- 
 ness are wholly chargeable to his parents. Your acknowledgment was 
 duly received. An abridgment of his argument will enable you to form 
 a correct judgment. To me, the approach of death is truly awful. 
 
 11. His pitiful ambition happily provoked her merriment. Her gid- 
 diness and merciless conduct luckily justify my course. Her shyness 
 and tin? dryness of his remark verified the report. 
 
 12. Her betrayer delayed his return. His boyish freaks destroyed my 
 enjoyment. "What he said, when verifying the statement, was edifying. 
 He paid his debts daily. While occupying my house, he is multiplying 
 my troubles. 
 
 13. The horseman found the snow knee-deep. The innkeeper will 
 buy shell-fish. I found six handfuls of plums under the plum-tree. 
 Always fulfill the laws of the all-wise Lawgiver. Do not misspell the 
 following words : Christmas, pastime, shepherd, wherever, whosever, 
 wherefore, therefore. 
 
 PREFIXES. 1 
 
 A Prefix is a word, or part of a word, placed before 
 another to form with it a new word. 
 
 1 Pupils should be required to thoroughly master the following Pre- 
 fixes and Affixes ; the Teacher carefully explaining hair they modify or 
 alter the meaning of the words here given. Short lessons should be 
 assigned ; and pupils should change, for each recitation, a given number 
 of primitive words, with which they are familiar, into derivatives, in- 
 troducing them into sentences in such a manner as to illustrate their 
 meaning and use. 
 
1£0 NATIONAL ELEMENTARY SPELLER. 
 
 age, at, art, all, bare, ask ; me, end, Sir ; Ice, in ; old, 6n, dd. 
 
 A Prefix usually changes or increases the meaning of a word 
 before which it is placed ; as un, not, in unholy, which means 
 not holy ; though it is sometimes used to make a word more 
 euphonious, or agreeable in sound, without changing the meaning; 
 as un in unloose — loose and unloose meaning the same thing. 
 
 I. SAXON OR ENGLISH PREFIXES. 
 
 A means at, in, or on; as, afar, at a far or great distance; 
 
 abed, in bed ; ashore, on the shore. 
 Be, to make, before ; as, bedim, to make dim ; bespeak, to speak 
 
 (for) before. 
 En or em, in, into, on; also, to make ; as, encamp, to form into 
 
 a camp ; enroll, to place on a roll ; enable, to make able. 
 
 Em is another form of en ; as, embrace. 
 For, not ; as/orbid, to bid not to do. 
 Fore, before ; as, foretell, to tell at a time before. 
 Im, in, to make; tmbitter, to make bitter; insure, to make sure. 
 Mis, bad, defective, wrong ; misconduct, bad or defective conduct; 
 
 miscall, to call by a wrong name. 
 Out, beyond, more, out; as, outlive, to live beyond another's 
 
 time ; on^bid, to bid more than another ; onfepread, to 
 
 spread out, or open. 
 Over, above, beyond ; as, overcharge, to charge or fill above the 
 
 proper quantity ; overreach, to reach beyond. 
 Un, not, to loose, to undo ; as, wnlucky, not lucky ; tmhand, to 
 
 loose from the hand. 
 Up, upward; as, upheave, to throw upward. 
 With, against, from ; as, withstand, to stand against; withhold, 
 
 to hold from. 
 
 II. LATIN PREFIXES. 
 
 A, ab, abs, away, from ; as, abstract, to draw away ; avert, to 
 
 turn from. 
 Ad, to ; as, advert, to turn to. Ad becomes ac, ag, al, ap, &c, 
 
 according as the word to which it is prefixed begins with 
 
 c, g, I, &c. 
 
PREFIXES. 141 
 
 mite, up, full.— c as k ; g as j ; u as ng ; s as z ; dh as sh ; this ; azure. 
 
 Ante, before ; as, antedate, to date before. 
 
 Ami, against; as, an/islavery, against slavery. 
 
 ClRCUM, cikcu, about, round; as, circnwvolve, to roll rounds 
 circuit, going about. 
 
 Cis, on this side ; as, cisalpine, on this side of the Ah>s. 
 
 Con, together, with; as, conjoin, to join togctlo in, to 
 
 comply ivith. Con sometimes becomes co, coo, col, 
 com, and con. 
 
 Contra, against ; as, contradict, to speak against. Contro and 
 counter are other forms of CONTRA ; as, controvert, to 
 turn against ; counteract, to act against. 
 i own, from; as, oppress, to press down ; (/educe, to draw from. 
 
 Di, dif, dis, a wag, deprive of, asunder, not ; as, divert, to turn 
 away ; disarm, to deprive o/arins; oV.sjoin, to part asun- 
 der ; displease, not to please. 
 
 E, ex, out ; as, eject, to cast out ; ezpel, to drive out. Ec, ef, 
 and el are other forms of ex. 
 
 Extra, beyond ; as, extraordinary, beyond the ordinary. 
 
 In, ig, il, im, ir, before verbs, signify, in, into ; but before ad- 
 jectives, not ; as, inhale, to breathe in ; inzmure, to wall 
 in ; induce, to lead into ; incorrect, not correct ; illegal, 
 not legal. 
 
 Inter, between; as, intervene, to come between; interpose, to 
 place between. 
 
 Intro, in, into ; as, introduce, to lead into, to bring in. 
 
 Juxta, nigh to ; as, ^.rtetposition, a position nigh to some thing. 
 
 Ob, with its forms oc, of, op, means against, in the way of; as, 
 obtrude, to thrust against; oppose, to place against; 
 occur, to come in the way of. 
 
 Per, through ; as, pervade, to go through. 
 
 Post, after; as, pos /script, written after. 
 
 Pre, Pr.e, before ; as, prejudge, to judge before. 
 
 Preter, beyond, past ; as, preternatural, beyond what is natural. 
 
 Pro, forth, forward, for ; as, produce, bring forth ; pro 
 to go forward ; pronoun, for a noun. 
 
142 NATIONAL ELEMENTAKY SPELLER, 
 
 age, at, art, all, bare, ask ; m6, &nd, 8rr ; Ice, in ; Old, 6n, d6. 
 
 Re, again, back ; as, reload, to load again ; recede, to go hack. 
 
 Retro, backward ; as, retrograde, going backward. 
 
 Se, aside, apart; as, seduce, to lead aside or astray ; seclude, to 
 
 confine apart from others. 
 Sine, without ; as, sinecure, without care. 
 Sub, Subter, under ; as, Ascribe, to write under ; subterfuge, 
 
 a flying under. Sub is changed to sue, buf, suq, sup, 
 
 sur, and sus. 
 Super, above, over; as, s?/pernatural, above nature; superadd, to 
 
 add over and above. 
 Trans, across, beyond; as, transport, to carry across the -sea;. 
 
 transatlantic, beyond the Atlantic. 
 Ultra, beyond ; as, wZ^mmarine, beyond the sea. 
 
 in. greek prefixes. 
 
 A, an, without; as, apathy, without feeling; anarchy, without 
 government. 
 
 Amphi, both, on both sides ; as, amphibious, living both on land 
 and in water. 
 
 Ana, again, through ; as, anabaptist, one who baptizes again ; 
 anatomy, a cutting through. 
 
 Anti, against, opposite to; as, antichrist, against Christ; anti- 
 podes, having feet opposite ours ; living on the other side 
 of the earth. 
 
 Apo, from; as, apostate, one who has gone ww ay from his re- 
 ligion. 
 
 Auto, self ; as, apograph, written by one's self. 
 
 Dia, through; as, diameter, a straight line passing through the 
 center of a circle. 
 
 En, em, in, on ; as, endemic, in the people ; emphasis, a stress 
 of voice on a particular word in a sentence. 
 
 Epi, upon; as, ep/taph, an inscription upon a tomb; epidemic, a 
 disease upon the people. 
 
 Hvpkr, beyond, over ; as, hyperbolical, exaggerating or diminish- 
 ing beyond the fact ; hypercritical ovircritical. 
 
PBEFIXES — AFFLXj 1 ['■'> 
 
 mite, ftp, full. ; g ;is j ; n as ng ; s as z ; & as sh ; this ; azure. 
 
 IIvpo, under; as, hypocrite, one who keeps wider or hides his 
 
 true character. 
 Meta, beyond; as, metaphor, a word carried beyond its meaning. 
 Para, against, like, by the side of; as, paradox, agaimt common 
 
 opinion; parody, an ode like another; parallel, by the 
 
 side of another. 
 Pbbx, near to, roand ; as, jamhelion, near to or around the sun ; 
 
 perimeter, a line passing round a figure. 
 Syn, sun, byl, sym, together, with ; as, synod, a coming together; 
 
 ty/lable, letters pronounced together; sympathy, feeling 
 
 with or for another. 
 
 
 
 AFFIXES. 
 
 An Affix is a word, or part of a word, placed after 
 another to form with it a new word. 
 
 In recital ion, the pupil should spell hoth the radical and the 
 derivative of words assigned hy the teacher for the illustration 
 of each lesson, giving the meaning of the primitive word, of the 
 Affix, and of both in combination. It should be remembered, 
 however, that Affixes are sometimes only used for the sake of 
 euphony, or to lengthen a word, without modifying the meaning. 
 
 Aele, ible, ble, ile, that may be; as, readable, that may be 
 read; defensible, tlmt may be defended. 
 
 Aceous, consisting of, resembling; as, herbaceous, consisting of 
 herbs; arenaceows, consisting o/sand. 
 
 Acy, being, state, office; as, fallacy, any thing false, being false ; 
 prelacy, the office of a prelate. 
 
 Age, state of, a collection^ the act of ; as, dotage, in a state of 
 doting ; foliaae, a collection of leaves ; cartage, the act of 
 carting. 
 
 An, al, ory, ic, id, ink, ile, belonging to, pertaining to ; Amer- 
 ica/?, belonging to America ; nasal, belonging to the nose; 
 
144 NATIONAL ELEMENTARY SPELLER. 
 
 Age, at, art, all, bare, ask ; me, end, ^rr ; ice, in ; old, 6n, dS. 
 
 rustic, pertaining to the country ; feminme, pertaining to 
 females ; puenYe, belonging to a boy. 
 
 Ana, 2/ac sayings of; as, Johnsoniana, ^e sayings of Johnson. 
 
 Ard, s/ate, character, one who ; as, dotara 7 , one io a state of dot- 
 age ; wizard, one having the character of wisdom of a 
 peculiar kind ; drunkard, owe wAo drinks. 
 
 Ar, one who ; also, pertaining io ; as, beggar, orce who beg- ; 
 vulgar, pertaining to the common people. 
 
 Ary, relating to, one who is ; as, military, relating to soldiers; 
 adversary, one who is adverse. 
 
 Ary, ery, ory, a place for, a collection of; as, herbar^ a lace 
 for herbs; rookery, a collection of rooks; dormi] y*'a 
 place for sleeping. 
 
 Ate, to make; as, terminal, to make an end; renovate, to 
 make new. 
 
 Dom, possessions of, state ; as, dukedom, the possessions of a duke ; 
 freedom, state of being free ; wisdom, state or quality of 
 being wise. 
 
 Ee, one who is, also the object of an action ; as, absentee, one who 
 is absent ; lessee, one to whom a lease is given. 
 
 Er, or, one who, the agent in action ; as, accuser, one tuho ac- 
 cuses ; contributor, the person who contributes. Eer is 
 another form of er : as, mountaineer, one who lives on 
 the mountains. 
 
 En, made of, consisting of, to make ; as, wooden, made of wood ; 
 goldew, made of gold, or resembling what is made of gold ; 
 straighten, to make straight ; brighten, to make bright. 
 
 Ence, state of being ; also denotes continuance of action ; as, tur- 
 bulence, state of being turbulent; confidence, confiding in, 
 the act of confiding in ; cadence, falling or the action of 
 falling. 
 
 Ent, one who ; also, being, state of being ; as, agent, one who acts ; 
 confident, having confidence, being sure ; fluent, being in 
 a flowing state, flowing. 
 
 Escent, growing; essence, state of growing ; as, convalescent, 
 
AFFIXES. 145 
 
 mute, up, fill. — o ask; gasj; nasng; 8 as z ; dhassh; this ; azure 
 
 growing well ; convalescence state of groyning, having 
 grown well. 
 
 Et, let, little ; as, cask*/, a little cask; leaf/e/, a little leaf. 
 
 Ety, ty, state of being ; as, satiety, state of being full or satisfied: 
 poverty, state of being poor. 
 
 Ess, denotes the feminine gender; as, lioness, princess. 
 
 ¥uL,full of; as, hopeful, full o/hope; health/*//, /w// of health. 
 
 Fy, ta make. i as, puri/y, ta »i«£e pare; forti/y, to w?a£e strong. 
 
 Hood, & jpfatf, office; as, priestAoorf, the o/ftce or state of a 
 , |4 p - sl V les boy Aooc?, state of being a boy. 
 
 l " "*• as, partic/e, a ft/tfe part; tuberc/e, a little tumor, 
 '-i ClC> ^ ie art > a5 ' accoustics, the science of sound ; 
 pthqttes, the science of measurement. 
 
 Ize, size, to make, to give ; as, fertilize, to make fertile ; magnet- 
 ize, to give the property of a magnet. 
 
 Ish, a little, like ; as, MackisA, a little black; churlis/t, like a 
 churl; roundisA, a little round. Also, to make, to sup- 
 ply; as, furnisA, to supply furniture; eherisA, to make 
 cheerful. 
 
 Ism, doctrine, idiom, party, peculiarity, sect; as, Calvinism, the 
 party or doctrine of Calvin; Latin ism, an idiom of the 
 Latin language; vulgarism, the peculiarity of the vulgar. 
 
 1st, one skilled in ; as, linguist, one skilled in languages; florist, 
 one who cultivates flowers. 
 
 Ite, a descendant, a follower ; as, Israelite, a descendant of Israel ; 
 Jacobite, a follower of (Jacobus) James. Also, having, 
 and one who ; as, definite, finite, having an end; favorite, 
 one who is in favor. 
 
 Ive, denotes an active quality; as, motive, moving ; persuasive, 
 having the quality of persuading. It also denotes state 
 or condition; as, captive, one in a state of captivity. 
 
 Kin, little ; as, manikin, a little man ; lambAin, a /i/^te lamb. 
 
 Less, without; as, thought/ess, without thought. 
 
 Like, resembling, like ; as, godlike, resembling a god. 
 
 Ling, little ; as, dar/in^, /i//te dear Its signification is similar 
 
 10 
 
146 NATIONAL ELEMENTARY SPELLER. 
 
 &ge, it, Urt, £11, b&re, &sk ; mb, 6nd, 8rr ; Ice, !n ; Aid, 6n, d6. 
 
 to that of cle, el, et, let, ock ; as, satchel, a little sack ; 
 
 pocket, a little poke. 
 Ly, like, manner ; as, man/y, fo'£e a man ; brave/?/, ill a brave 
 
 manner ; happi/y, in a happy manner. 
 Ms nt, the act of doing, state ; as, b\\n\§\\ment, the act of banish- 
 ing; contenimeni, the state of being contented. 
 Mony, state of being, the thing done ; as, acrimony, state of being 
 
 sharp ; testimony, the thing testified. 
 Ness, state of being, quality ; as, blessedness, s ? sof being 
 
 blessed. ; whiteness, quality of being whit jX c I 
 Ous, ose, full of; as, dangerows, full of dang; jt Cs L a La ce 
 
 of words. ' mi' y* r . a 
 
 Rick, jurisdiction; as, bishopn'c&, the jurisdiction ? ' . ^<»uop. 
 Ship, q^ce, state ; as, clerksA/p, o^ce of a clerk; fellowship, the 
 
 office of a fellow, the state of being on equal or friendly- 
 term s. 
 Some, full of; as, troublesome, full of trouble. 
 Tide, time ; as, noon^*<ie, noontime. 
 Tude, state, quality; gmtiiude, state of being grateful; prompti- 
 
 tude, quality of promptness. 
 Ule, small ; as, globule, a small globe. 
 Ward, toward ; as, westward, toward the west ; heavenward, 
 
 toward heaven. 
 Ure, that which does, the thing done ; as, legislature, that which 
 
 makes the laws ; investiture, the thing invested ; capture, 
 
 the thing taken, or manner of taking. 
 Y, consisting of full of; as, sandy, consisting of sand ; bloody, 
 
 full of blood. 
 
 CAPITAL LETTERS. 
 
 1. The first word of every piece of writing should begin with 
 a capital letter. 
 
 2. The first word of every sentence should begin with a capi- 
 tal letter; as, The rose is beautiful. Is the lily beautiful if 
 
CAPITAL LETTERS. 147 
 
 mite, ftp, full. — c ask; g as j ; h as ng ; 8 as z ; dk as sh ; this ; wore. 
 
 3. The first word of every line of poetry should begin with a 
 capital letter ; as, 
 
 Innocent child and snow-white flower ! 
 Well are ye paired in your opening hour. 
 
 4. Names of the Deity and of Jesus Christ should begin with 
 a capital letter ; as, God, Lord, the All-wise ; the Messiah, the 
 Anointed, the Son. 
 
 5. TittaW »f honor and respect, either addressed to persons in 
 ^"''InrVi stat '" !S or descriptive of them, usually begin with capital 
 1 J^„ as, W Lord, my Lady, respected Friend; Her Majesty, 
 
 A\ indent of the United States. 
 
 ropr names and adjectives derived from them should 
 begin' capital letter; as, James and Henry are English 
 
 boy*. William wears French boots. 
 
 7. The pronoun 7", and interjection 0, should always be 
 capitals. 
 
 8. The names of the months and the days of the week should 
 always begin with a capital letter; as, January, Monday. 
 
 9. The names of inanimate beings, when used to represent 
 persons, should begin with capitals ; as, 
 
 The Winter is cold, the Winter is gray, 
 But he hath not a sound on his tongue to-day : 
 The son of the stormy Autumn, he 
 Tutters about on a palsied knee. 
 
 10- The first word of an example, and of a quotation, when it 
 is in a direct form, should begin with a capital letter; as, His 
 reply was: M 1 love my country." 
 
 11. The nouns and principal words in the title of a book 
 should begin with a capital letter; as, " Aids to English Com- 
 position." 
 
 12. The subject of a composition, or any words to which it is 
 desired to oive importance, should commence with a capital 
 letter ; as, His letter was with regard to the Proceedings of the 
 Senate and House of Representatives. 
 
148 NATIONAL ELEMENT AH Y SPELLER, 
 
 age, at, art, all, bare, ask ; me, fcnd, ^rr ; Ice, !n ; 6ld, 6n, d6. 
 
 Dictation Exercises. 
 
 1,2. Be bold in spirit. Indulge no doubts; for they are traitors. 
 There is always a right and a wrong ; and, if you ever doubt, be sure 
 you take not the wrong. 
 
 3, 4. To God the Father's throne 
 
 Your highest honors rai&e ; 
 Glory to God the Son ; 
 To God the Spirit, praise ; 
 With all our powers, Eternal King, 
 Thy name we sing, while faith adores. 
 
 If in the darksome wild I stray, 
 
 Be Thou my Light, be Thou my W\ , 
 
 No foes, no violence, I fear, 
 
 No harm, while Thou, my God, art near.| 
 
 5-8. Professor Longfellow and His Excellency the Governor of Massa- 
 chusetts will address the meeting. Brother James and Uncle Henry will 
 dine with us at the American Hotel on Tuesday, the 11th of February. 
 0, that I could merit, clear Sir, your friendship ! A gentleman from the 
 East visited the city of London. Did he visit New York City ? Will a 
 Christian labor on New Year's Day ? 
 
 9, 10. The Sun walks upon the blue sea-waters. Science and Art, 
 and Learning pale, all crown my thoughts with flowers. Winter weds 
 with Spring. The tyrant Tempest is coming. Arise, and shake off your 
 tears, Ashes and Oaks of a thousand j'ears. The words, literally trans- 
 lated, were these : " The winds roared, and the rains fell, when the poor 
 white man, faint and weary, came and sat under our tree." 
 
 11, 12. I have read " Prescott's History of Mexico." " Gray's Elegy 
 in a Country Churchyard" is perhaps the finest poem of the kind in 
 the English or any other language. His speech was with regard to the 
 Effects of the Reformation. 
 
 MARKS USED IN WRITTEN LANGUAGE. 
 
 1. The Comma [,] marks the smallest division of a sentence, 
 and usually represents the shortest pause. 
 
 2. The Semicolon [;] separates such parts of a sentence as 
 are somewhat less closely connected than those divided by a 
 comma, and represents a longer pause. 
 
MARKS USED IN WRITTEN LANGUAGE, 140 
 
 mite, "ftp, full. — c as k ; g as j ; n as ng ; sosz; <Stx as sh ; this ; azure. 
 
 3. The Colon [:] separates parts of a sentence less connected 
 than those which are divided by a semicolon, and represents a 
 longer pause. 
 
 4. The Period [.] is placed at the close of a declarative sen- 
 tence, and usually represents a full stop. It must be used after 
 every abbreviated word; as, Geo. Stevens, Esq. 
 
 5. The Interrogation Point [?] shows that a question is 
 asked you love flowers? 
 
 (' nr ' s JiE Ixclamation Point [ ! ] is placed after words that 
 ^f^, surprise, astonishment, admiration, and other strong feel- 
 fT^y k "-Alas, my noble boy ! that thou shouldst die!" 
 
 he D.sh [ — ] is used when a sentence breaks off abrupt- 
 ly \Vhiiip th re is an unexpected turn in sentiment ; and when 
 a long or significant pause is required. 
 
 8. Marks of Parenthesis ( ) are used when an expression 
 which interrupts the progress of a sentence is introduced ; as, 
 I have seen chanty (if charity it may be called) insult with an 
 air of pity. 
 
 9. Brackets [ ] are chiefly used to inclose words that serve 
 io explain one or more words of a sentence, or to point out a 
 reference ; as, Washington [the Father of his Country] made 
 this remark. You will find an account of the creation in the 
 Bible. [See Genesis, chap, i.] 
 
 10. Marks of Quotation [" "] are used to show that the 
 real or supposed words of an author, or a speaker, arc quoted; 
 as, Socrates said, " I believe that the soul is immortal." These 
 marks may be omitted when the matter taken is not given in 
 the exact words of the author ; as, Socrates said that he believed 
 in the immortality of the soul. 
 
 11. The Index, or Hand [j^SF"], points out a passage for 
 special attention ; as, " JJ2TAII orders will be promptly and care- 
 fully attended to." 
 
 12. An Apostrophe ['], a mark distinguished from a comma 
 by being placed above the line, denotes the omission of one or 
 more letters ; as, 'Tis, for it is. It is also used before s in the 
 
a lace 
 
 150 NATIONAL ELEMENTARY SPELLER. 
 
 Age, &t, Art, ill, bire, £sk ; me, end, Srr ; Ice, In ; 6ld, 6n, d6. 
 
 singular number, and after s in the plural, to indicate posses- 
 sion ; as, Cora's rose, boys' hats. 
 
 13. The Caret [ a ] is used only in writing, to point to let' 
 ters or words above it that were accidentally omitted ; as, Let 
 
 t his 
 
 me scrach^eyes out! 
 
 14. Marks of Ellipsis [ .... ****] are formed by means 
 
 of a long dash, or of a succession of periods or stars of various 
 lengths, and are used to indicate the omission ofietp ??> } n a 
 word, of words in a sentence, or of one or more c q 
 
 Friend C s is in trouble. "Thou shalt 1- ex P™ ss 
 
 God wih all thy heart,.... nix] thy n<- f?'J 
 
 "Charity snfteieih long, and is kind ; * * * * L'* , 
 
 believcih all things, endureth all things." 
 
 15. The Hyphen [-] is chiefly used to unite the words of 
 which a compound is formed, when each of them retains its 
 original accent; as, I thank the all'-wise' God for the in'cense- 
 breaih'iug morn. It is placed after a syllable ending a line, to 
 show that the remainder of the woid begins the next line. 
 
 16. The Section [§] is sometimes used to divide books or 
 chapters into smaller portions. 
 
 17. The Paragraph [3[] is sometimes used to indicate a 
 paragraph, or subdivision, in writing. 
 
 18. Mares of* Reference. — The Asterisk, or Star [*], the 
 Obelisk, or Dagger [f ], the Double Dagger [J], the Section [§], 
 Parallel Lines [||], and the Paragraph [•([], are used, in the 
 order here presented, when references are made to remarks or 
 notes in the margin, at the bottom of the page, or some other 
 part of the book. Letters and figures, however, are now more 
 generally used for marks of reference. 
 
 19. The Mackron, or Long ["], is placed over a vowel to 
 indicate its first or alphabetic sound ; as, Rage, old. 
 
 20. The Breve, or Short ["], is placed over a vowel to indi- 
 cate its second or short sound ; as, Hat, Snd, 8n. 
 
 21. The Diaeresis ['"] is placed over the latter of two vowels 
 
MAKES USED LN WRITTEH LANGUAGES. 
 
 151 
 
 mite, up, full.— 6 as k ; g as j ; n as ng ; s as z ; en as sh ; this ; 
 
 ■tore. 
 
 to show that they are to be pronounced separately ; as, Creator, 
 aerial. 
 
 22. The Grave Accent [ x ] is placed over a tingle vowel to 
 show that it is not silent, but that it Sanaa • separate syllable 
 
 as, Blessed, aged. 
 
 Dictation Exercises, 
 
 1. »• 'Twaw certain he could write, and cipher too." Sin, or moral 
 evil, should excite the greatest abhorrence. IP;, and lie only, is worthy 
 of '-'nr supreme affections. Sound, sound the tambourine. The mind is 
 
 . .< rows, feels, and thinks. Honor, aflluence, and pleasure 
 
 ,A\ irt - T° e P oor an< * rt cn i an< l weak and Strong, have all 
 
 i. The twin sisters, Piety and Poetry, are wont to dwell to- 
 gelnVK. Speak for. not against, these principles. He who teaches, often 
 learns himself. The eye that sees all things, sees not itself. Boast not, 
 my dear friends, of to-morrow. Come hither, Moor. Shame being lost, 
 all virtue is lost. Such, in general, is the aspect of the country. When 
 beggars die, there are no comets seen. Such as the tree is, such will be 
 the fruit. Man was created to search for truth, to love the beautiful, to 
 desire what is good, and to do the best. 
 
 2-4. Passion overcomes shame ; boldness, fear ; and madness, reason. 
 Economy is no disgrace : for it is better to live on a little than to out- 
 live a great deal. Religion must be the spirit of every hour ; but it can 
 not be the meditation of every hour. Every thing grows old ; every- 
 thing passes away ; every thing disappears. Many words are differently 
 spelled in English; as, Inquire, enquire ; jail, gaol; skeptic, sceptic. 
 Men's evil manners live in brass : their virtues we write in water. 
 Laziness grows on people : it begins in cobwebs, and ends in iron chains. 
 Every one must, of course, think his own opinions right ; for. if be 
 thought them wrong, they would be no longer his opinions : but there 
 is a wide difference between regarding ourselves as infallible, and being 
 firmly convinced of the truth of our creed. The discourse connsted of 
 two parts : in the first was shown the necessity of exercise : in the sec- 
 ond, the advantages that would result from it. J. Wm. Webb, jun.. 
 Esq., at length became M. D., A. A. S. 
 
 5-7. Are there not seasons of spring in the moral world ? and is not 
 the present age one of them ? You say you will repent to-morrow ; but 
 are you sure of to-morrow? Away, all ye ghosts and fiends ! to your 
 dark and frightful domains ! Alas ! those happy days are gone ! II«>w 
 beautiful is all this visible world ! how beautiful in its action and itself! 
 If you will listen, I will show you — but stop ! I do not know that you 
 
152 NATIONAL ELEMENTARY SPELLER. 
 
 age, at, art, ail, b&re, ask; me, end, Srr ; Ice, In; 6ld, 6n, do. 
 
 wish to know. To pull down the false and to build up the true, and to 
 uphold what there is of truth in the old, — let this he our aim. There 
 are times— they only can understand who have known them — when pas- 
 sion is dumb, and purest love reigns. I see in this world two heaps — 
 one of happiness, and the other of misery. 
 
 8-11. Whether writing prose or verse (for a portion of the book is in 
 prose), the author knows both what to blot, and when to stop. Con- 
 sider (and may the consideration sink deep into your heart !) the fatal 
 consequences of a wicked life. The captain had several men died [who 
 died] in the ship. You must be careful (nothing can be w£ll atape with- 
 out care) not to mistake the proper use of brackets. [See Park errand 
 Fox's Grammar.] " Know thyself" is a useful precept. To one w 
 said, "I do not believe that there is an honest man in the work'? 
 another replied, "It is impossible that anyone man should know a 
 the world, but quite possible that one may know himself!" In thj 
 Testament we have the following words : " Jesus answw;t?cT'the Jews, 
 ' Is it not written in your law, — I said, Ye are gods V " " gfp No swear- 
 ing will be permitted in this school." 
 
 12-14. If I'd a throne, I'd freely share it with thee. 'Twas sad by 
 fits, by starts 'twas wild. A man's manners often indicate his morals. 
 Men's passions, women's tenderness, and children's joys affect him not. 
 The sun is the poet's and the invalid's friend. Mother's wag, pretty 
 boy, father's sorrow, father's joy. The ox's hide is not good for ladies' 
 
 gloves. Friend P s has arrived. I am the Lord thy God. . . . Thou 
 
 shalt have no other gods before me. Remember the sabbath-day, to 
 keep it hoi}'. * * * * For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, 
 .... and rested the seventh day : wherefore the Lord blessed the sab- 
 bath-day, and hallowed it. 
 
 15-22. sailor-boy, sailor-boy ! peace to thy soul ! Life-giving Re- 
 ligion cSnquers keen-eyed Revenge. S6ft-eyed cherub-forms around 
 thee play. There is a mother-heart in all children, as well as a child- 
 heart in all mothers. To-day or to-morrow, the king will punish that 
 ill-bred, low-minded, self-seeking, gold-worshiping, man-despising crowd. 
 That aged, matronly woman found a glow- worm in her bonnet. I found 
 my day-bookf under an apple-tree. The Creator formed aerial songsters. 
 That blessed and beloved child loves every winged thing. That learned 
 and aged man says that bird is striped or streaked. 
 
 * "When the first word of a compound ends, and the second begins, with the same 
 letter, they are united by a hyphen ; as, Book-keeping, ear-ring. 
 
 t The hyphen is used in all compounds ending with the word tree or book; as, 
 Beech-tree, shop-book. 
 
CHOICE OF l'KEPOSrnON8. 
 
 153 
 
 mute, up, full. — c as k ; g as j ; n as ng ; has z; dh as sh ; this ; ritinre. 
 
 CHOICE OF PREPOSITIONS. 
 
 The idioms of the English language require particular preposi- 
 tions after certain words and phrases ; as, 
 
 Abhorrence of. 
 Abound in. 
 Abstain from. 
 Accede to. 
 
 Accompanied with 
 or In. 
 
 >rd iritlt. 
 
 Atcordance with. 
 •rding to. 
 
 Accuse of or by. 
 oith. 
 Acquiesce in. 
 Acquit of. 
 Adapt to. 
 Adequate to. 
 Adhere to. 
 Adherence to. 
 Admiration of. 
 Admonish of. 
 Affinity to. 
 Agree with or to. 
 Agreeable to. 
 Alienate from. 
 Allude to. 
 Alteration in. 
 Ambitious of. 
 Analogy between. 
 Antipathy to. 
 Arrived at or in- 
 Astonished at. 
 Attended with or by. 
 A. version to. 
 Bestow on or upon. 
 Boast of. 
 Call on or upon. 
 Capacity for. 
 
 Charge on or with. 
 Clear of. 
 
 Compare to or with. 
 Compatible with. 
 Compliance with. 
 Comply with. 
 Confide in. 
 Conformable to. 
 Congenial to. 
 Consonant to. 
 Converse with. 
 Copy after or from. 
 Correspond to or 
 
 with. • 
 
 Deficient in. 
 Dependent on. 
 Derogate fro m. 
 Devolve on. 
 Die of or by. 
 Differ from. 
 Different from. 
 Difficult in. 
 Diminution of. 
 Discouragement to. 
 Dissentyrom. 
 Distinguish from. 
 Eager in. 
 Enamored of. 
 Endeared to. 
 Endowed with. 
 Engage in. 
 Entrance into. 
 Exclusive of. 
 Expert at or in. 
 Fawn on or upon. 
 Followed by. 
 
 Foreign to. 
 Frown on or upon. 
 Ignorant of. 
 Inculcate on. 
 Independent of. 
 Indifferent to. 
 Inform of. 
 Initiate in or into. 
 Insist on. 
 Intent on. 
 Inured to. 
 Inveigh against. 
 Militate against. 
 Mistrustful of. 
 Need of. 
 Observance of. 
 Partake of. 
 Prejudice against. 
 Prejudicial to. 
 Profit by. 
 Proud of. 
 Pursuance of 
 Pursuant to. 
 Reconcile to or with, 
 RecreantyVora. 
 Regard to. 
 Relevant to. 
 Replete with. 
 Restore to. 
 Swervefrom. 
 Sympathy with. 
 True to. 
 Trust in. 
 Versed in. 
 Want of. 
 Worthy of. 
 
154: 
 
 NATIONAL ELEMENTARY SPELLER. 
 
 age, at, Hit, all, bare, ask ; me, end, eVr ; Ice, In ; 6-ld, 6n. dd. 
 
 The mistakes that arise from the use of wrong prepositions after 
 these words, are very numerous. The more the distinction in the use 
 and signification of words is weighed and attended to, the more clearly 
 and forcibly shall pupils learn to speak or write. They should be re- 
 quired to construct sentences, embracing all the words in the preceding 
 list, in which both the correct and the incorrect use of prepositions shall 
 be given. To illustrate the manner in which sentences may thus be 
 constructed, we introduce the following 
 
 Dictation Exercises. 
 
 He was averse to [not from] such an undertaking. Hp abJwrrer^ce of 
 [not with] that deed, moved him to accede to her request; Abstain fro* 
 the use of rum. He was accused of a crime by his cousin. Those streams 
 abound in fish. Agree to what he has done. Actions spould correspond 
 with words. This thing corresponds to that. Initiate my don in spelling 
 Initiate him into our club. She will die of a disease ; put, h&f'oy the 
 sword. I will trust in the Lord, though I am not worthy of the least 
 of his mercies. 
 
 ABBREVIATIONS EXPLAINED. 
 
 A. A. S. Fellow of the American 
 
 Academy. 
 A. B. Bachelor of Arts. 
 Abp. Archbishop. 
 A. C. Before Christ. 
 Acct. Account. 
 A. D. In the year of our Lord. 
 JEt. Aged. 
 Ala. Alabama. 
 
 A. M. \ Master of Arts ; Before 
 noon ; In the year of the world. 
 
 Am. American. 
 Anon. Anonymous. 
 Apr. April. 
 Ark. Arkansas. 
 Att. Attorney. 
 Aug. August. 
 Bbl. Barrel. 
 B.C. Before Christ. 
 
 B. D. Bachelor of Divinity. 
 
 Bp. Bishop. 
 
 B. Y. Blessed Virgin. 
 
 C. or Cent. A hundred. 
 Cal. California; Calendar. 
 Capt. Captain. 
 
 Cash. Cashier. 
 
 C. E. Canada East ; Civil Engi- 
 neer. 
 C. J. Chief Justice. 
 Co. Company; County. 
 Col. Colonel; Colossians. 
 Coll. College. 
 Cong. Congress. 
 Conn, or Ct. Connecticut. 
 Const. Constable. 
 Cr. Credit or Creditor. 
 Cts. Cents. 
 
 C. W. Canada West. 
 Cwt. A hundred weight. 
 
 D. C. District of Columbia. 
 
ABBKE V I ATION S EXPLAINED. 
 
 155 
 
 mute, up, full. — c as k ; g as j ; n as ng ; s as z ; ch as sh ; this ; aEiire. 
 
 D. D. Doctor of Divinity, 
 Deft. Deacon. 
 Dec. December. 
 1)^1. Delaware; Delegate. 
 Disfc District. 
 Do. Ditto; the same. 
 Dulls. Dollars. 
 Doz. Dozen. 
 Dr. Debt'w; Doctor, 
 foul. 
 ion; Editor, 
 •nple. 
 vi English. 
 
 Etc. 
 
 squire. 
 
 And so forth. 
 Exc. Excellency. 
 Feb. February. 
 Fig. Figure. 
 Flor. or Fa. Florida. 
 Fr. France; Francis; French. 
 F. R. S. Fellow of the Royal So- 
 ciety. 
 F. S. A. Fellow of the Society 
 
 of Arts. 
 G;i. Georgia. 
 Gent. Gentlemen. 
 Gov. Governor. 
 
 II. B. M. His or Her Britannic 
 Majesty. 
 
 Ilhd. Hogshead. 
 
 Hon. Honorable. 
 
 II. R. House of Representatives. 
 
 II. S. S. Fellow of the Historical 
 Society. 
 
 Eland. Hundred. 
 
 la. Indiana. 
 
 lb. or Ibid. In the same place. 
 
 Id. The same. 
 
 I.e. That is. 
 
 I. II. S. Jesttfl the Saviour of men. 
 111. Illinois. 
 Incog. Unknown. 
 Ind. Indiana. 
 
 In.-,t. Instant — the present montlu 
 Int. Interest. 
 Io. Iowa. 
 It. Italian; Italy. 
 J. Judge. 
 Jan. January. 
 J. P. Justice of the Peace. 
 Jr. or Jun. Junior. 
 Kan. Kansas. 
 Ky. Kentucky. 
 L. lb. A pound in weight. 
 L. 1. or £. A pound sterling. 
 La. Louisiana. 
 Lat. Latin; Latitude. 
 L. C. Lower Canada. 
 Legis. Legislature. 
 Lieut. Lieutenant. 
 LL.D. Doctor of Laws. 
 Lon. Longitude. 
 Lou. or La. Louisiana. 
 L. S. Place of the Seal. 
 M. Marquis ; Meridian ; Mile ; 
 Monsieur; Morning; Thousand. 
 Maj. Major. 
 
 Massachusetts. 
 Math. Mathematics. 
 M. C. Member of Congress. 
 M. D. Doctor of Physic. 
 Md. Maryland. 
 Me. Maine. 
 
 Messrs. Gentlemen; Sirs. 
 Mich. Michigan. 
 Minn. Minnesota. 
 Miss, or Mi. Mississippi. 
 Mo. Missouri; Month. 
 
156 
 
 NATIONAL ELEMENTARY SPELLER. 
 
 age, at, art, all, bare, ask; me, end, £rr ; Ice, In; old, 6n, d6. 
 
 M. P. Member of Parliament. 
 
 Mr. Master or Mister. . 
 
 Mrs. Mistress. 
 
 MS. Manuscript. 
 
 Mt. Mount or Mountain. 
 
 N. North; Note; Number 
 
 N. A. North America. 
 
 N. B. Take notice. 
 
 N. 0. North Carolina. 
 
 N. E. Northeast; New England. 
 
 Neb. Nebraska. 
 
 N. H. New Hampshire. 
 
 N. J. New Jersey. 
 
 No. Number. 
 
 Nov. November. 
 
 N. S. Nova Scotia ; New Style. 
 
 N. T. New Testament. 
 
 N. W. Northwest. 
 
 N.Y. New York. 
 
 O. Ohio. 
 
 Ob. (OUit.) Died. 
 
 Obt. Obedient. 
 
 Oct. October. 
 
 O.S. Old Style. 
 
 O.T. Old Testament. 
 
 Oz. Ounces. 
 
 Pa. or Penn. Pennsylvania. 
 
 Per or pr. By the ; as, per yard. 
 
 Per ct. By the hundred. 
 
 P. M. Post- Master ; Afternoon. 
 
 P.O. Post-Office. 
 
 Pres. President. 
 
 Prof. Professor. 
 
 Pro tern. For the time being. 
 
 P. S. Postscript. 
 
 Ps. Psalms. 
 
 Q. Question; Queen. 
 
 Q. L. As much as you please. 
 
 Q. S. A sufficient quantity. 
 
 Q. V. Which see ; As much as 
 you please. 
 
 Kec. Sec. Recording Secretary. 
 
 Rep. Representative ; Republic. 
 
 Rev. Revelations; Reverend. 
 
 R.I. Rhode Island. 
 
 R. R. Railroad. 
 
 Rt. Hon. Right Honorable. 
 
 Rt. Rev. Right Reyerend. 
 
 S. Seconds; Shilling! Sign; few . ut h. 
 
 S. A. South America. 
 
 S. C. South Carolina. 
 
 S. E. Southeast. J 
 
 Sec. Secretary. 1 
 
 Sen. Senator; SevAor.' 
 
 Sept. September. 
 
 Serj. Sergeant. 
 
 Sp. Spain ; Spanish. 
 
 S. W. Southwest. 
 
 U. C. Upper Canada. 
 
 Tilt. Last, or the last month. 
 
 IT. S. United States. 
 
 U. S. A. United States of Amer- 
 ica ; United States Army. 
 
 U. S. M. A. United States Mili- 
 tary Academy. 
 
 U. S. N. United States Navy. 
 
 U. S. S. United States Senate. 
 
 V. (Vide.) See; Verse. 
 
 Va. Virginia. 
 
 Viz. Namely ; To wit. 
 
 V. P. Vice-President. 
 
 Vt. Vermont. 
 
 W. West. 
 
 "Wis. Wisconsin. 
 
 Xmas. Christmas. 
 
 Xt. Christ. 
 
 Y. Year. 
 
 &c. And so forth. 
 
FOREIGN WORDS AND PHRASES. 
 
 157 
 
 mite, up, full.— c as k ; g as j ; n as ng ; s as z ; dh as sh ; this ; azure. 
 
 After pupils have learned the preceding list, they should be required 
 to construct sentences, appropriately introducing all the abbreviations, 
 as illustrated by the following 
 
 Dictation Exercises. 
 J. II Webb, jun., Esq., at length became If. D., A. If., A. A. S. To 
 II. & M. Victoria, I am greatly indebted. On the 3d inst. I MM 
 Wise, of Va. Rev. Henry Jones, of Bridgeport, Conn., direeted a letter 
 to Bt. Iirv. Alonzo Potter, D. D., of Peon. Gen, Jackson WM 1 
 the U. S., a^u.. 1830. The society met at Washington, D.C., on the 30th 
 ult. , ¥<.B. I shall depart at 9 o'clock, A. M. Prof. Good became LL.D., 
 Tii. rf. S., P.B.A-, F.R. S., &c. 
 
 FOREIGN WORDS AND PHRASES. 
 
 Abbreviations. — L. Latin ; F. French ; S. Spanish ; I. Italian. 
 
 Ab initio (in Ish'i o), L. From the 
 beginning. 
 
 Ad cap tan'dum, L. To attract or 
 please. 
 
 Ad rem, L. To the point. 
 
 A la mode, F. According to fashion. 
 
 Ad lib'itum, L. At pleasure. 
 
 Ad valorem, L. According to the 
 value. 
 
 Alias, L. Otherwise. 
 
 Alibi, L. Elsewhere ; proof of hav- 
 ing been elsewhere. 
 
 Alma mater, L. A benign mother ; 
 a university. 
 
 Anno mundi, L. In the year of 
 the world. 
 
 Anglice (ang'gli se), L. In English. 
 
 Apropos (ap'ro pi). F. To the pur- 
 pose. 
 
 Au fait (o fa), F. Skillful ; expert. 
 
 Beau monde (bo mfind'), F. The 
 gay world. 
 
 Belles lettres (bel letr'), F. Polite 
 literature. 
 
 Bijou (be jo'), F. A jewel. 
 
 Billet doux (bil la d6'), F. A love- 
 letter. 
 Bon jour (bong j6V), F. Good-day. 
 Bon mot (b&ng m6), F. A witty 
 
 remark. 
 Bon ton, F. The height of fashion. 
 Bon vivant (b6ng ve vang'), F. A 
 
 good liver ; a jovial companion. 
 B6'na fi'de, L. In good faith. 
 Boudoir (bo dwar'), F. A small 
 
 room. 
 Ci'pias, L. A law term ; you may 
 
 take. 
 Casus belli, L. An occasion for war. 
 Chef d'oeuvre (sha dSvr'), F. A 
 
 masterpiece. 
 Cicerone (che cha ro'ne), I. A guide 
 
 showing works of art. 
 Clique (kick), F. A party. 
 Comrae il faut (k&ra'el f6'), F. As 
 
 it ought to be. 
 Compos mentis, L. Of sound mind. 
 Con a mo're, L. With love or zest. 
 Connoisseur (kon nes sur), F. A 
 
 skillful judge. 
 
158 
 
 NATIONAL ELEMENTARY SPELLER. 
 
 &ge, &t, irt, ill, l^re, ask; me, end, Srr ; Ice, In; 6ld, 6n, d6. 
 
 Cortege (kor t&z), ¥. An escort. 
 
 Cornucopia;, L. Horn of plenty. 
 
 Coup d' e'tat (k6 da ta'), F. A mas- 
 ter-stroke in politics. 
 
 Coup de grace (k8 de gi^s'), F. The 
 finishing blow. 
 
 Coup de main (ko deh mang'), F. 
 A taking by surprise. 
 
 Coup d'oeil (ko dil'),.F. A glance 
 of the eye ; a hasty view. 
 
 Debris (deb re'), F. Broken rem- 
 nants. 
 
 De'nouement(den5mang'), F. The 
 unraveling of a plot. 
 
 De facto, L. From the fact. 
 
 D6 i gra ti a, L. By the grace of 
 God. 
 
 Do novo, L. Anew. 
 
 Devoirs (dev wdrz'), F. Duties ; 
 acts of civility. 
 
 Dishabille (dis a bel'), F. An un- 
 dress. 
 
 Donna, I. A lady of rank. 
 
 Double entendre (do'bl-an tln'dr), 
 F. Double meaning. 
 
 Dramatis persona?, L. Persons of 
 the drama. 
 
 £claircissement (aklar sis mang 7 ), 
 F. A clearing up, or explanation. 
 
 Eclat (aivla'), F. Splendor, ap- 
 plause. 
 
 Elite (a let), F. Choice, select so- 
 ciety. 
 
 Encore (ang k6r'), F. Again ; a 
 word used to call for a repetition. 
 
 En msisse (ang mas'), F. In a mass. 
 
 Ennui (ang we'), F. Weariness. 
 
 Entree (ang tra'), F. Entrance. 
 
 Eutre nous (antr no'), F. Between 
 us ; confidentially. 
 
 Entrep6t (ang tr po'), F. Depot 
 for goods. 
 
 E pluribus unum, L. One formed 
 
 of many. The motto of the 
 
 United States. 
 Ergo, L. Therefore. 
 Esprit de corps (es pre de k6r'), F. 
 
 The spirit of a body of men. 
 Et c?etera, L. And so forth. 
 Exit, L. He goes off. 
 Ex'e unt omnes, L. All go off. 
 Exempli gratia, L. Yvx- the sake 
 
 of example. 
 Ex cathedra, L. Ffom the chair. 
 Ex curia, L. Out of court. 
 Ex officio, L. By tirtue of office. 
 Ex par'te, L. On one side ; on the 
 
 part of. 
 Expose (eks po za'), F. A laying 
 
 open ; a formal statement of rea- 
 sons, facts, &c. 
 Ex tem'po re, L. On the spur of 
 
 the moment. 
 Fac sim' i le, L. An exact copy. 
 Fete champetre (fat' sham patr'), 
 
 F. A rural festival. 
 Felo de se, L. Self-murder. 
 Fiat, L. Let it be done. 
 Fi na'le, I. The concluding piece 
 
 in music ; the close. 
 Gens d'armes (zawng d'arm), F 
 
 Armed guards of the police. 
 Ha'beas corpus, L. You may have 
 
 the body. A writ for delivering 
 
 a person from imprisonment. 
 Hauteur (h6 ter'), F. Haughtiness; 
 
 pride. 
 Hie jacet, L. Here lies. 
 Hors de combat (bar' de k5m ba'), 
 
 F. Disabled ; out of condition 
 
 to fight. 
 Ibidem, L. In the same place. 
 Idem, L. The same. 
 Id est, L. That is. 
 
FOREIGN WOItDS AND I'HKASES. 
 
 159 
 
 mute, up, full.— 6 as k ; g as j ; n as ng ; s as z ; ch as sh ; feis ; azure. 
 
 Impromptu, L.. On the spur of the 
 moment. 
 
 Impri'mis, L. In the first | 
 
 Im prov i sa to're, L. An Impromp- 
 tu poet. 
 
 In ex ten 'so, L. In full. 
 
 Ill media* res, L. Into the midst 
 of affairs. 
 
 In per pet'u um, L. For ever. 
 
 In pet'tA, I. In restive or » 
 
 pria perso'na, L. In person. 
 I ii quo, L. In its former state, 
 to, L. Wholly, entirely. 
 n'hitu, L On the : 
 ;'njty, L. In disguise. 
 
 Instan lickly, earnestly. 
 
 Ip'se dix'it, L. He himself has 
 said it ; mere assertion. 
 
 Ipso facto, L. Dy Hie act itself. 
 
 Ipso jure, L. By the law itself. 
 
 Item, L. Likewise,, also. 
 
 Jeu d ['esprit (ze des pre'), F. Play 
 of wit. 
 
 Jet d'ean (r.a do')- Play of water ; 
 an ornamental water-spout. 
 
 Lahor omnia viweit, L. Lahor con- 
 quers every thing. 
 
 Lapsus linguae, L. A slip of the 
 tongue. 
 
 Laus Deo, L. Praise to God. 
 
 Lex talionis, L. The law of re- 
 taliation. 
 
 Licet, L. It is allowed. 
 
 Mademoiselle (ma dem wazM'), F. 
 A young unmarried lady. 
 
 Magna Cbarta (kar'ta), L. The 
 great charter. 
 
 |£essieurs (m&sh'yerz), F. Gcntle- 
 men ; Sirs. 
 
 Me'um et tuum, L. Mine and thine. 
 
 Modus operandi, L. The mode of 
 operation. 
 
 Monsieur (mot ear), F. sir; Mr. 
 
 Multum in parvo, L. Much in a 
 little. 
 
 Naivete (na ev li'), F. Simplicity. 
 
 Ne plus ultra. L. The farthest limit 
 or point ; perfection. 
 
 Nolens volena, L. Willing Of un- 
 willing. 
 
 Noin de guerre, F. [ An assumed 
 
 Nom <le plume, F. j name. 
 
 Note he'ne. L. Mark well. 
 
 Omnibus, L. For all. 
 
 ( »n dit (on' de), F. People say. 
 
 Ora pro nobis, L. Pray far us. 
 
 Outre' (o tra'), F. Exaggerated. 
 
 Pecca'vl, L. I have sinned. 
 
 Penchant (pan shang'), F. Incli- 
 nation. 
 
 Pinxit, L. He or she painted it. 
 
 Plateau (plat to'), F. Table-land. 
 
 Porte-monnaie (port mon a'), F. A 
 flat money-purse. 
 
 i oiuitatus, L. The power of 
 the county ; an armed body. 
 
 Post meridiem, L. Afternoon. 
 
 Post mor'tem L. After death. 
 
 Prima facie, L. From the lirst 
 view ; self-evident. 
 
 Pro bono publico, L. For the pub- 
 lic good. 
 
 Pro et con, i. e., pro et contra, I* 
 For and against. 
 
 Pro tem'pore, L. For the time. 
 
 Quantum libet, L. As much as 
 you please. 
 
 Quid pro quo. L. What for what: 
 tit for tat. 
 
 Quo warranto, L. By what au- 
 thority. 
 
 Bagoftt dago'), F. Stewed meat 
 Kara avis, L. A rare bird ; a 
 prodigy. 
 
160 
 
 NATIONAL ELEMENTARY SPELLER. 
 
 je, at, art, all, bare, ask ; me, end, Srr ; Ice, In ; 6ld, &n, d6. 
 
 Rendezvous (randavS'), F. The 
 place of meeting. 
 
 Re'veille (reval'ya), F. An alarm. 
 
 Sans, F. Without. 
 
 Sang froid (sang frwor), F. Cold- 
 bloodedness. 
 
 Sculpsit, L. He or she engraved it. 
 
 Sic semper tyrannis, L. So may it 
 always be with tyrants. 
 
 Si'ne di'e, L. "Without day. 
 
 Si'ne qua non, L. Indispensable 
 condition. 
 
 Sobriquet (so bre ka'), F Nick- 
 name. 
 
 Soiree (swor ra), F. Evening party. 
 
 Status quo, L. The same state as 
 before. 
 
 Sub ro'sa, L. Under the rose ; pri- 
 vately. 
 
 Summum bonum, L. The chief 
 good. 
 
 Tableau (tab lb'), F. A picture. 
 Tapis (tap e'), F. A carpet. 
 Terra fnrna, L. Firm earth. 
 Tete-a-tete (tat' a tit'), F. Head 
 
 to head ; a private conversation. 
 Tou pet (t5 pa'), F. An artificial 
 
 lock of hair ; a curl. 
 Tout ensemble (tot' ang sam'bl), F. 
 
 The whole taken together. 
 Va'de me'cum, L. Go with me ; 
 
 a constant companion. 
 Yalet de chambre (va'le de shaua- 
 
 br'), F. A footman. 
 Verbatim et literatim, L. W/o 
 
 for word, and letter for lette. . 
 Via, L. By way of. 
 Vi'ce versa, L. The opposite way. 
 Vis-a-vis (viz a ve'), L. Opposite. 
 Viva vo'ce, L. By the living voice. 
 Vox populi vox De'i, L. The voice 
 
 of the people is the voice of God. 
 
 
 Require pupils to construct sentences, appropriately introducing foreign 
 words and phrases, as illustrated by the following 
 
 Dictation Exercises. 
 
 He commenced ab initio, or from the beginning. His speech was ad 
 rem. Your remarks are quite apropos. My cicerone, who is a connoisseur, 
 pronounces this painting a chef-d'oeuvre. Your valet de chambre disturbed 
 our tete-a-tete. Report the speech verbatim et literatim. As a quid pro quo, 
 he exclaimed, " Sic semper tyrannis. ' ' Return via Rome. Pay ad valorem 
 duties. Ten of the gens d'armes were left hors de combat. His exclama- 
 tion, " Vox populi vox Dei V ' was not a lapsus lingual. 
 
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