17. The Russian of 1812 is said to have cost the lives of more than half a million of men.

18. Old Parr, who died in 1635, at the age of 152, lived during the sovereigns of Eng

- of

§ 14. Words containing the letters għ unsounded ; the preceding vowel-sound being pronounced

as, a in day.

Eight, adj. one more than | Straight, adj. not crooked.

as, i in bite.

as, o in no.

Although, conj. notwith- Furlough, n. leave of ab

Through, prep. from end to | Throughout, adv. quite

end.

through.

the animal last —,

And viewed it o'er by candle -.'

2. "They with them the potter's field." 3. "He then as one having authority."

4. They to prevent him from taking that course, by assuring him that it was with danger. 5. The last battle in Great Britain was at Culloden, A.D. 1746.

it is,

saith the buyer."

7. - iron becomes soft at a white heat.

6

8. Hold hard the breath, and bend up every

spirit

To its full- !'

9. Proclaim it, Westmoreland,

the host,

That he who hath no stomach for this
May - depart.'

10. "Pride goeth before destruction, and a spirit before a fall."

11. Sophia of Hanover was grand- of James I. 12. Merrily, merrily shall I live now,

Under the blossom that hangs on the -.' 13. Now stood Eliza on the wood-crowned

O'er Minden's plains, spectatress of the -.' 14. Cambyses pierced his with his sword, as he was mounting his horse.

15. 'The warriors on the turret's Moving athwart the evening sky, Seemed forms of giant

Their armour, as it

:

the rays,

Flashed back again the western blaze,
In lines of dazzling -'

16. The labour we in, physics pain.'

17. "The wicked flee when no one pursueth, are as bold as a lion."

but the

18. Elevated table-lands have a than separate mountains of the same 19. The very 6

him.'

20. "The

temperature

of Richard's guilt will crush

of the rejoiceth, but the lamp

of the wicked shall be put out."

21. The Isle of is separated from Hampshire by the Solent.

22. 'Draw, dotard, around thy old wavering This mantle, to cover the phantoms of -.'

23. Fathers, pronounce your; are they still

fixed,

To hold it out and it to the last;

Or are your hearts subdued at length, and

By time and ill success, to a submission ?' 24. Swift as the of heaven, he pursued the

<

wild-boar of the woods.'

25. While many a gambol frolicked o'er the ground,

And of art and feats of strength went

-

round!'

26. When each stiff clod beneath the ponderous

Crumbles and breaks, the encumbered lines move slow.'

§ 15. Words containing gh, sounded like f, the preceding vowel-sound being pronounced

as, a in craft.

Draught, n. a current of air, | Laugh, v. to smile.

the quantity taken or drank

at once.

Laughter, n. a merry noise.

Cough, n. a convulsive move- | Trough, n. a long hollow ment of the lungs.

receptacle.

3.

Neagh is the largest lake in Ireland.

4. The whooping

plaint.

-.

is a very troublesome com

5. He caught a severe cold through sitting in a

6.

7.

'From this day forth

I'll use you for my mirth, yea, for my,
When you are waspish.'

is as good as a feast.

8. But when loud surges lash the sounding shore,

The hoarse verse should like the torrent roar.'

9. 'The watch-dog's voice that bayed the whispering wind,

And the loud

that spake the vacant mind.' 10. "Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a —.”

11. Pure iron is very soft and -, exceedingly malleable, and highly tenacious.

12. Hath Cassius lived

To be but mirth and to his Brutus ?' 13. The shield was made of wicker-work, covered with

bull's-hide.

14. Thus in smooth lines smooth subjects we rehearse,

But the rock roars, in as

- a verse.'

15. The stone coffin of Richard III. was long used as a drinking for horses.