Life. 1. O what is life, but some dark dream', Some false, deceitful, meteor beam', That sheds a wandering', cheerless gleam', 2. O what are man's fleet joys below', 3. And what the secret, pensive tear', There is another method of stating questions in this rules, which is sometimes preferred. RULE 2. 1. Put that term of the supposition which implies the principal cause of action, gain or loss, in the 1st place. 2. That term which relates to time, place, distance, &c., in the 2d place. 8. And the other suppositive term in the 3d place. 4. Put the two remaining terms of demand immediately under those of the same name and kind. 5. If the blank place for the term sought, falls under the Bd term, then multiply the 1st and 2d terms for a divisor, and the other three for a dividend, the quotient will be the sixth term. 6. But if the blank fall under the first or second term, then multiply the 3d and 4th terms for a divisor, and the other three for a dividend; and the quotient will be the answer. 7. If two men can do 12 rods of ditching in 6 days, what will 8 men do in 24 days? .1 2 3 2 : 6 : 12 :: Then, 2X612 Divisor. 8 24 12X8=96X24-2304 Dividend. and 2304-12=192, Answer. EXERCISES IN PARSING.-LESSON 16. His character stands fair. Damp air lies low. Guilt damps his spirits. Soft bodies damp the sound. They are stil young; let them not judge yet a while. The few and the many have their faults. Few months pass without rain. We hail you friends. Hail you the morning star. The hail pelts the glass. Much money is wanted. Think much and speak little. He took much care. His years are more than hers, bat he is not more wise, or learned. The more he got money. the more he seemed to want it. The desire of getting more is not satisfied. SPELLING. LESSON 17. sur-tout sur-tôôt' ma-chine mă-sheen' oc-cur õk-kŭr sur-prise sur-prize' main-tain mēn-tāne' op-pose op-poze ma-rine mă-rëën' op-press op-pres' mis-call mis-kawl' per-ceive per-seve' mis-cast mis-kăst' per-plex pĕr-pleks' mis-do mis-dôô' pol-tron pol-trôôn' mis-doubt mis-dòût' pos-sess põz-zěs' mis-give mis-giv pur-vey pur-vā' mis-lead mis-lēde' qua-drille ku-dril' mis-pend mis-spěnd' rac-koon rak-kôôn' mis-rule mis-rôôl' ra-gout rå-gôô' mis-use mis-üze' sub-ject sub-jekt ob-lique ob-like' sub-serve sub-serv' un-chain un-tshăne ob-scene ob-seene' sub-tract sub-trakt' un-clasp un-klǎsp' ob-serve öb-zērv' suc-ceed suk-seed' un-clean un-klene Old Time. 1. I stood upon a misty hill' Far in the north hung winter chill', 2. Hard by me stood an old gray man', And with his long and skinny hands", 3. The old man said, "my name is Tinte; I live alike in every clime', 4. I am at war with all the earth'; 5. He pointed to a mansion gay', 6. The mansion soon in ruin lay', ARITHMETIC.-LESSON 19. Promiscuous Exercises in Single and Double Proportion. 16. Suppose a rocket was seen at the moment of discharge, 12 seconds after, the report was heard, at what distance was the gun? 17. When a stick 8 feet long, casts a shadow on level Ans. 2 miles nearly. ground 12 feet, how wide is the river across which a tower, 180 feet high, throws its shadow at the same time? Ans. 270 feet. 18. When the interest of $365 for 3 years, is $82,13, what will be the interest for $8940, for 21 years? 19. £16 Ans. $1340. 18s pays 16 men for 8 day's labour, what will Ans. £101 8. pay 32 men for 24 day's labour? 20. B. saw the flash of a gun 1 minute 8 seconds, before he heard the report, what was the distance between them? Ans. 13m 5fur 170yds. 21. A. bought 64 beeves at $50 a head; expense to market, $20; killing $33.33; salt, $26.67; barrels and storage, $50, and he would gain $654 on the whole; at what rate must he sell 27 of the beeves in barrels? Ans. 1680.75. GRAMMAR. LESSON 20. Promiscuous Exercises in Parsing Prose. Sobriety of life is one of those virtues, which carries with it, its own recommendation. Moderation, vigilance and temperance, are high and binding duties. Time robs us of all our possessions, except a quiet conscience. Let not the injuries of man overcome your fortitude; your acts of kindness may overbalance them. The cheering hope of a better world, enables us to bear the trials of this, with a better grace. The highest wrongs and rankest troubles, which fall to the lot of man, may be traced to the love of wealth, of power, or of vain glory. Contentment is the inmate of but few families. SPELLING. -LESSON 21. un-coil un-kòil' un-load un-lōde' un-couth un-kôôth' un-lock un-lõk' un-curl un-kūrl' un-deck un-děk un-tie un-ti un-tread un-trĕd' un-meant un-ment' un-true un-trôô' un-mixt un-miksť' un-veil un-vāle ́ un-mould un-mold' un-well un-wel un-nerve un-nerv un-wise un-wize' un-wrung un-rung un-bear un-báre' un-braid un-brāde un-cast un-kǎst' un-hoard un-hōrd' up-on up-pon' un-heard un-herd' un-sought un-sâwt' un-hinge un-hinje' un-sown un-sōne' un-kind un-kyind' un-staid un-stade' up-raise up-rāze un-known un-none' un-struck un-struk' well-born wěl-bòrn' un-lace un-lase' un-latch un-lǎtsh' un-learn un-lĕrn' un-less un-lĕs' un-sure un-shure' well-bred wěl-bred un-taught un-tâwt' well-met wěl-mět un-teach un-tetsh' with-all wit`h-âll' un-thread un-t'hred' your-self your-self READING. LESSON 22. 7. Time pointed to a city', vast'; 8. He bade me see the lightning's flash', I turn'd', and', lo'! the spring-rains wash 9. He pointed to a lovely maid', He pass'd'; I saw her beauty fade', 10. He shook him in the northern blast'; ARITHMETIC.-LESSON 23. Exercises in Single and Double Proportion. 22. A. lent $75 for 8 months, and received $79, what was the rate per cent. per annum? Ans. 8 per. cent. 23. B's. 7 men can reap 84 acres of wheat in 12 days; how many can reap 100 acres in 5 days at the same rate? Ans. 20. 24. C. borrowed 185 quarters of corn when the price was 19s. how much must he pay when the corn is 17s. 4d? Ans. 203 nearly. 25. D's parlour is 30 feet long, and 18 feet wide, how many yards of carpeting, half a yard wide will cover it? Ans. 120 yds. 26. 800 men are shut up, with food for two months, how many must depart that this food may last five months? Ans. 480. 27. E's cistern has 4 taps; the 1st will empty it in 10 minutes; the 2d, in 20; the 3d, in 40; and the 4th, in 80 minutes; in what time will all of them empty it? Ans. 5.33. |