as many as three or four words which depend upon it, the word preceding the preposition will either have suspensive quantity, or else a pause; as, He is the pride of the whole country. Students will tell which of the preceding rules or principles is illustrated by the following exercises—bōth the marked and the unmarked. EXERCISES IN PAUSES. 1. All promise is poor dilatory man. ។ 2. Procrastination is the thief of time. 3. Weeping ♥ may endure for a night but joy ♥ eômeth in the morning. 4. Paul the Apostle wrote to Timothy. 5. Solomon, the son of David, waş king of Israël. ។ ។ 6. He was a friend gentle generous good-humored affectionate. 7. You see a gentleman, polished, easy, quiet, witty, and, socially, your equal. 8. Husbands and fäthers think of their wives and children. 9. But I shall say no more pity and charity being dead to a heart of stone. 10. The night wind with a desolate moan swept by. 11. Here come men women ។ children. ។ 12. It matters věry little what immediate spot may have been the birth-place of such a man as Washington. No people can claim no country can appropriate him. The boon of Providence to the human race his fame is eternity and his dwelling-place creation. ។ ។ 13. Who like Washington after having emancipated a hemisphere resigned its crown and preferred the retirement of domestic life to the adoration of a land he might almost be said to have created? ។ 14. How shall we rank thee upon glory's page, Thou more than soldier and just less than sage! ។ ན All thou hast been reflects less praise on thee, ។ KEY TO LETTERS AND SOUNDS. I. TONICS. 1. a, or e; as, āle, veil: 2. ă; as, făt: 3. ä; as, ärm: 4. a, or ô; as, all, côrn: 5. â; or ê; as, câre, thêre: 6. ȧ; as, låst: 7. ē, or ï; as, wē, pïque: 8. ĕ ; as, ĕnd: 9. ẽ, ĩ, or û; as, hẽr, sĩr, bûr: 10. ī, or ÿ; as, īce, ský: 11. Ĭ, or ỹ; as, ill, lynx: 12. ō; as, ōld: 13. ŏ, or a; as, Ŏn, whạt: 14. ọ, σ0, or ụ; as, do, fool, rule: 15. ū; as, mūle: 16. ů, or ò; as, ŭp, són: 17. ụ, ọ, or oo; as, bull, wolf, wool: 18. Ou, or ou; as, Out, out. II. SUBTONICS. 1. b; as, babe: 2. d; as, did: 3. g; as, gig: 4. j, or g; as, jig, gem: 5. 1; as, loll: 6. m: as, mum: 7. n; as, nun: 8. n, or ng; as, link, sing: 9. r; as, rare : 10. Th, or th; as, This, with: 11. v; as, vat: 12. w; as, wig: 13. y; as, yet: 14. z, or ş; as, zinc, hiş: 15. z, or zh; as, azure. III. ATONICS. 1. f; as, fife: 2. h; as, hot: 3. k, or e; as, kink, eat: 4. p; as, pop: 5. s, or ç; as, sense, çity: 6. t; as, tart: 7. Th, or fh; as, Thorn, pith: 8. Ch, or ch; as, Charles, rich: 9. Sh, sh, or çh; as, Sharon, ash, chaise: 10. Wh, or wh; as, White, whip.-Italics, silent; as, often (ŏf'n): x for gz; as, ex ǎeť. READINGS. SECTION I. I. 1. CHARLES BENTHAM. AN active, clevert lad in the country never need feel dull— never experience that miserable sensation of wanting something to do. If he has a tûrn for mechanical inventions" and labors, this becomes a vast and inexhaustible source of pleasure, and causes him to lay up a good deal of really valuable knowledge. 2. The simple and patriarchal10 state of society, in old-fashioned villages and small towns, allows him to go and see all that is going on. He watches the different ärtiṣanş 11 at their labors, and makes friends among them; so that he can go and hammer and saw and file to his heart's content. 3. It is true, that more and higher kinds of mechanical operations may be seen in large towns and cities; but then a boy has rârely the same easy access 12 to them, nor can he be suffered to go among the workmen with the same confidence that he 1 Clěv'er, having talent, smartness, or skill; good-natured. 2 The (thu), see Rule 3, p. 26. 3 Ex pē'ri ence, becomes practically acquainted with; prove by use or trial. 4 Sen sa'tion, feeling awakened by whatever affects an organ of sense. 5 A (ă), see Rule 2, p. 26. 6 Me Chǎn'ic al, pertaining to machinery, or the laws of motion. In ven'tion, the act of finding out; contrivance of something new. 8 Vast (våst), very great in number or extent. 9 Inexhaustible (în'ěgz hast'i bl), that can not be emptied, wasted, or spent; unfailing. 10 Pa'tri arch'al, belonging or relating to a patriarch, or the father and ruler of a family. 11 Ar'ti san, one trained to hand skill in some mechanical art or trade; a mechanic. 12 Ac cess', a near approach or coming to; admission. |