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near the middle of the line.

RULE 3. Most kinds of verse, admit a short pause in or The falling inflection may be applied to the middle pause of the penultimate line with great effect. Thus:

A little rule', a little sway',

A sunbeam', in a winter's day',
Is all the proud and mighty have',
Between the cradle', and the grave'.

ARITHMETIC.-LESSON 3.

Double Proportion.

NOTE. In Double Proportion, those questions may be stated and solved by one operation, which require two or more statings and operations in single proportion.

In this rule, there are always five terms given in the question to find a sixtli term.

The three first given terms are of the nature of supposition, and the other two, of a demand.

RULE. 1. Put that term which is of the same name and kind with the answer, in the third place.

2. Take one term from the supposition, and one from the démand, both of the same name and kind, and put them in the 1st and 2d places, as in single proportion.

3. Take the two remaining terms, and place each under its like in the 1st and 2d places.

4. Multiply the terms in the 2d place, and their product by the term in the 3d place for a dividend.

5. Multiply the terms in the 1st place for a divisor, and the quotient will be the sixth term, or answer. Thus:

(1) If 6 men eat 10lbs of bread in 8 days, how much wist 12 men eat in 24 days?

1 2

6:12

3

:: 10 Then, 12X24-288X10=2880, divid❜d: 8:24

6X8=48, divisor; and 2880+48 60lbs., Ans.

ELLIPSIS. LESSON 4.

NOTE. Ellipsis implies the omission of a word or words, by which unnecessary and disagreable repetitions are avoided, while the sense is rendered sufficiently obvious. Thus:-Instead of saying Joseph is a learned man, and Joseph is a wise man, and Joseph is a happy man, the repetition of the same terms becomes tedious and offensive;-this may be remedied by employing Ellipsis. Thus: Joseph is a learned, wise and happy man. Almost all compound sentences are more or less elliptical; but in parsing, the words must be supplied. Whenever the omission of words tends to weaken the strength of a sentence, or obscure its meaning, they should be supplied.

Thus;-Joseph will pardon who oppose his wishes-the ontission of the pronoun, him, after the verb, pardon, obscures the sense; A beautiful field and trees, is also improper; fór

conjunctions connect nouns in the same limitations; hence, by supplying the ellipsis, the sentence would read thus. A beautiful field, and a beautiful trees.

as-sign ǎs-sine'
as-suage ǎs-swaje'
as-sure ash-shure
a-stray ǎ-stra'
at-tach ǎt-tătsh'
at-tack at-tak'
at-tain ǎt-tane'
at-taint ǎt-tant'
at-tract ǎt-trǎkt'
a-vail ǎ-vale'
a-vaunt a-vânt'
a-venge ǎ-věnje'
a-vow ǎ-vòû'

a-wait ǎ-wate

a-wake -wake'

a-way ǎ-wa

a-wry ǎ-ri

ca-bal kă-bal' ca-jole kä-jōle' ca-lash kă-lash' ca-nal kă-nǎl'

ca-nine kă-nine'

SPELLING. LESSON 5.

ca-noe kă-nôô' con-sent kön-sent'
ca-rouse kǎ-ròûze' con-cern kön-sern ́
cash-ier kash-ēēr' con-cise kõn-sise'
ca-tarrh kă-tăr con-cur kon-kŭr
cha-mois shă-mòū' con-demn kōn-děm
chas-tise tshǎs-tize' con-dign kõn-dine ́
cock-ade kok-kāde' con-dole kon-dōle'
col-late kol-late'
col-lect kol-lěkt

con-duce kon-düse con-duct kon-dukt

com-bine kom-bine' con-fer kon-fur com-mit kom-mit' con-fess kon-fes com-mix kom-miks' con-fide kon-fide' com-pare kom-pare' con-fine kon-fine com-peer kim-peer con-firm kon fir com-pel kom-pěl' con flict kon-flikt com-pile kom-pile con-form kon-fòrm com-ply kom-pli' con-front kön-frunt com-port kom-port' con-fuse kõn-fuze com-press kom-pres'con-geal kön-jēčl con-ceal kon-sele' con-join kon-join con-cede kon-sēde con-jure kon-jūre ́ con-ceit kon-sete con-nect kön-někt

READING.-LESSON 6.

To a knot of Daffodils.

1. Fair Daffodils', we weep to sec
You haste away so soon`;-
As yet', the early-rising sun'
Has not attained his noon.

2. Stay, stay, untill the passing day',
Has run but to the evening song`;
And'; having pray'd together', we
Will go with you along`.

3. We have short time to stay as you`;
We have as short a spring';

As quick a growth to meet decay
As you'; or any other thing'.

4. We die as your hues die', and dry away
Like summer's mid-day rain`;

Or like the pearly drops of dew;
Ne'er to return again'.

DOUBLE PROPORTION.-LESSON 7.

(2) If 4 men mow 48 acres in 12 days, how much can 8 men mow in 16 days? Ans. 128 acres.

(3) If 18 horses eat 10 bushels of oats in 20 days, how many bushels will 60 horses eat in 36 days? Ans. 60bu. (4) $4 pays 8 men for 3 days' work, how long must 20 men work for $40? Ans. 12 days. (5) B. carries 200lbs. 40 miles for 40 cents; how far will he carry 20,200lbs. for $60.60?

Ans. 60 miles. NOTE. There is a method of contracting the operation: Thus;

(6) If 6 men eat 10lbs of bread in 8 days, what will serve

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and 3X2=6X10-60lbs., Ans.

NOTE. Here, I divide the two second terms by the two first respectively, and multiply the product of the quotient by the third term, which produces the same answer as before.

EXERCISES IN PARSING. LESSON 8.

NOTE. In the following exercises, the same word becomes, in different relations, a different part of speech.

The sun was pleasant, and the day was calm. After a storm, comes a calm. He subdued passion and calmed it. A little, with content, is better than much with strife. Better is a little, with peace, than a great deal with war. The gay and dissolute think little of approaching misery. A little thought might set him right. He is out of danger, yet he still fears. Fair goes far. The fair was held at Boston.

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dis-crete dis-krēte' em-balm ĕm-băm
dis-cuss dis-kus' em-boss ĕm-bos'
dis-dain dis-dāne' em-brace ĕm-bräse'
dis-ease dis-ēze' em-ploy ĕm-plòe'
dis-gorge dis-gòrje' en-act en-akt
dis-grace dis-grase en-cage en-kaje

en-rich ĕn-ritsh'
en-role ĕn-role'
en-sue ĕn-sü'
con-nive kõn-nive
con-sent kon-sĕnt
con-sign kon-sine
con-sist kon-sist
con-sole kon-sòle
con-sult kõn-sult

dis-guise diz-gyize' en-camp en-kamp' con-tain kon-täne

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1. Push back the bowl! its charms', to-day",
Will vanish o'er to-morrow`;

Its potent fumes, will die away,

And leave you', wreck'd with sorrow'.

2. Although it lights the sparkling eyes',
With momentary pleasure',

Yet', when the cheating poison dies',
Wo follows at its leisure.

3. Push back the bowl! the ruddy wine,
Is but a treacherous snare;
Fell serpents round the goblet twine',
And leave their poison there'.

4. A blaze of rapturous joy may seem
To issue from the bowl';

You bask', a moment', in the gleam',
Then drink, and drown the soul.

5. Push back the bowl! Its Judas kiss',
Soon lays its victim low`;
Why revel in a brutish bliss',

To find an age of wo'?

6. Let reason's voice be heard, supreme';
Take temperance for your guide';
Lest', launch'd on dissipation's stream',
You sink beneath its tide',

DOUBLE PROPORTION,LESSON 11.

7. If the tuition of 3 boys, for 6 months, be $40,20, what will that of 60 boys amount to for 4 years? Ans. $7236. S. B. lent $186 on interest, at the close of 8 months, he received $193.44; what was the rate per cent. per annum?

Ans. $6. 9. D. lent $100, 12 months for $8; in what time will $750 gain $840? Ans. S years. 10. A. went 240 miles in 12 days, when the days were 12 hours long; in what time will he go 720 miles, when the days are 16 hours long? Ans. 27 days.

11. 3 masters had each 8 apprentices, and in 5 weeks, of 6 days each, their united wages came to $360; how much will 5 masters, each 10 apprentices, earn unitedly, in & weeks, each 5 days? Ans. $1076.55. 12. If 145 men make a wall 32 feet high and 40 feet long, in 8 days, in what time will 68 men build a wall 28 feet high and 40 feet long? Ans. 15 days nearly.

GRAMMAR.-LESSON 12.
Exercises in Parsing.

We e may go They try to You go

Joseph has equal knowledge, but inferior judgment. He is his inferior in strength, but his superior in prudence. Every being loves its like. Make a like distribution of both, and behave yourself like a man of sound sense. Seek and esteem good company. The good like the good alike. or stay, just as we like, but we must choose one. walk, to sit, to stand, to run, and to lie, but in vain. to and fro in the world, without end or aim. As fifteen is to thirty, so is five to ten. The proportion is as nine to three. He acts in proportion to his means. He will pay, for he knows the law. It is for his peace. Yesterday was a fine day, but to-day is still finer. To-morrow shall be as to day, and more abundant. Oh! for better days.

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en-trance ĕn-trănse' ex-plore eks-plore in-dict in-dite'

es-cape ĕs-kape' es-say ĕs-sa

in-dow in-dòû'

ex-press ěks-pres in-duct in-dukt

ex-port ĕks-pōrt'

ex-pose ěks-põse' in-duce in-düse

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