book, dove, full, use, san, chaise, gem, thin, thou.

Childern should never slight their
parents.

Indians live in very slight buildings.
Some have a good sleight at work.
A sloe is a black wild plum.
The sloth is slow in moving.
The lark soars into the sky.
A boil is a sore swelling.
A sower sows his seeds.
We all have some knowledge.
The sum of four and five is nine.
The sole of a shoe is the bottom.
The sun is the sole cause of day.'
Our souls are immortal.
Tents are fastened with stakes.
Beef-steaks are good food.
"A wise son makes a glad father.
Without the sun all animals and
vegetables would die.

Ladies wear sashes round the waist.
Foolish children waste their time
in idleness.

Time waits for no one.
Butter is sold by weight."

Earthen ware is baked in furnaces.
A Turk wears a turban instead of a
hat.

A wear is a dam raised for catching
fish.

Sickness makes the body weak.
Seven days constitute a week.
We weigh gold and silver by Troy
weight.

The weather is colder in America
than in the same latitudes in
Europe.

Wether sheep make the best mutton.
Men have a great toe on each foot.

The Jews were not permitted to Horses tow the canal boats.

have stairs to their altars.

Let owls stare at the moon.

Let not children stare at strangers.
Stiles are steps over fences.
Goldsmith wrote in a plain style.
Milton wrote in a sublime style.
Saul threw his javelin at David.
The Israelites went through the

sea.

Tares grow among wheat.

Tow is hatcheled from flax.
Good scholars love their books.
There are no tides in the Baltic sea.
* Women wear vails.

The valley of the Mississippi is the
largest pale in the United States.
The vane shows which way the
wind blows.
Arteries convey
the blood from the
heart and veins.

Grocers subtract the tare from the A vial of laudanum.
gross weight.

Never tear your clothes.
The plumb-line hangs straight to-
wards the center of the earth.
The straits of Gibraltar separate
Spain from Morocco.

Succor a man in distress.

Suckers sprout from the root of an
old stock.

Shoemakers drive tacks into the
heels of old shoes.
People pay a heavy tax.
Lions have a long bushy tail,
The tale of Robinson Crusoe is a
celebrated romance.

A bass viol is a large fiddle, and a violin is a small one.

We shed tears of sorrow, when we lose our friends.

Ships often carry two tiers of guns. A team of horses will travel faster than a team of oxen.

Farmers rejoice when their farms
teem with fruits.

The tide is caused by the attraction
of the sun and moon.
A black ribin tied on the left arm,
is a badge of mourning.

Many things are possible which are not practicable. That is possible which can be performed by any means; that is practicable which can be performed by the means which are in our power.

Bank notes are redeemable in cash.

bär, fall, whạt, prey, marïne, pin, bird, möve,

No. 148.-CXLVIII.

Words of irregular orthography.

written. pronounced. written. pronounced. written pronounced.

should shood

many men ny disme deem ghost

firm

ferm

debt det

ba teau ba to'

corps

book, dòve, full, use, can, chaise, gem, thin, thou.

bär, fall, whạt, prey, marïne, pin, bird, möve,

In the following, geon are pronounced nearly jin, and cheon,

chin.

In the following, gion are pronounced nearly as jun; geous

and gious

jus.

gor' geous
sae ri le" gious
ir re li" gious

In the following, ou are pronounced as aw, and gh are mute.

In the following, ue at the end of the primitive word are

bọọk, dŏve, full, use, can, chaise, gem, thin, thou.

No. 149.-CXLIX.

Regular verbs form the past tense, and participle of the past, by taking ed, and the participle of the present tense by taking ing; as called, calling, from call. The letter p stands for past tense; ppr. for participle of the present tense; and a for agent.

Monosyllabic verbs ending in a single consonant before a single vowel, and other verbs ending in a single accented consonant before a single vowel, double the final consonant in the derivatives. Thus, abet, abetted, abetting, abettor.

Verbs having a digraph, diphthong, or long vowel sound before the last consonant, do not double that consonant.

Verbs ending in two consonants do not double the last.

Verbs ending in a single consonant, preceded by a single vowel, the last consonant or syllable not being accented, ought not to double the last consonant in the derivatives.