pu-ny punë pure-ly pure lē pure-ness pure'nes quaint-ly kwant le qua-ker kwa kur qua-ver kwa vŭr queer-ly kweer'le que-ry kwe'rè quo-ta kwō'tă rac-er rase'ur rail-er rale ur ra-ven râ'vn ra-zor rā'zŭr read-ing reed'ing read-er rēēd'ur reap-er rēēp'ur rea-son re'zn reed-y rêēd'é re-gent re jent CHAPTER 26. SPELLING. LESSON 1. rogue-ship rog'ship sea-nymph sẽ’nimf rogue-ish rōg'ish rol-ler rō'lur schem-er skēm ́ur scra-per skrapur sea-boy sẽ bòe sea-fowl se'fòûl roa-mer ro'mur sea-man sẽ man sea-port sẽ ́pōrt sea-risque se risk sea-room sẽ room sea-shell se ́shel sea-sick se'sik sea-side se'side sea-my sẽ mè sea-son se zn se-cant sẽ hăng se-cret se krit ̧ seed-y sẽēdē seem-ly sẽēm ́lē seign-ior sene yur se-quil sé'kwil sha-dy shā dē sha-ker sha kur shape-ly shape ́lē shi-ly shi'le shi-ness shi'něs shore-less shōre les side-box side'boks sight-ly site'lē si-lence si'lĕnse sky-light ski'lite sla-ty sla'tē slay-er sla'ur sleep-less sleep'les sleep-y sleep'é sleet-y slēēt ē slight-ly slite le sly-ness sli'aes. READING. LESSON 2. A Mother's Grief. 1. To mark the suff'rings of the babe', To see the infant tears gush forth', To meet the meek', uplifted eye', Yet', can but show its agony'; This is a mother's grief`. 2. To see', in one short hour, decay'd',• To feel how vain a father's prayers`; To find the cold grave now must close 3. Yet when the first wild throb is past', To lift the eye of faith to Heav'n', PRACTICE. LESSON 3. Practical Exercises. 1. What cost 8012lbs of chalk, at 2d 3qrs a Ib? 2. What cost 1847 yds at 5s Sd a yd? Ans. 1523 - 6 4. 3. What cost 287bu wheat, at 17s 6d a bu? 4. What cost 10cwt 2qrs 7lbs sugar, at $10.25 a cwt? Ans. $108.265. 5. What cost 27 yds at $9.65 a yard? Ans. $267.785. 6. What cost 765gals 3qts 1pt at $2.1875 a gallon? Ans. $1675.3475. 7. What cost 25cwt 1qr 9lbs at $1.75 a cwt? Ans. $44.25. 8. What cost 6lbs 2oz 10dwt 5gr at $4.16 a lb? Ans. $26.868. 9. What cost 126yds 2qrs 2na at $4.75 a yd? Ans. $601.468. 10. What cost 5Hhd 31 gals at $47 a Hhd? PUNCTUATION.-LESSON 4. Ans. $259.16. Punctuation is the art of dividing written language into sentences and parts of sentences, by points or stops. The characters used as stops, may be found on page 81, of the Frst Part. The application of eight of those characters, to wit: the comma, semicolon, colon, period, dash, interrogative, and exclamatory points, and the parenthesis, to the division and subdivision of sentences, may be readily determined by the following simple directions and illustrations. Application of the Comma. RULE 1. A simple sentence needs no point except a period at the close; as, The sun rises in the east. The earth brings forth grass. Man is born to die. NOTE. A simple sentence has one subject and one finite verb, and the words used with these, are so immediately connected as to admit no pause between them. OBS. When the subject of a verb is long, it may be followed with a comma, immediately before the verb. Thus: The good taste of the present age, has improved the language. To be indifferent to praise, is a defect in character. Paul, the apostle, was an eminent preacher. READING.-LESSON 6. Evening. 1. This is the hour when mem'ry wakes 2. She brings before the passive mind With friends that have been long consign'd 3. The few we lik'd`, the one we lov'd', And many a well known form remov'd', 4. Connexions that in death are hush'd'; And hopes that fate too early crush'd', 5. Now', watch the fading gleams of day', TARE AND TRET. LESSON 7. Tare and Tret are allowances made by the seller to the buyer, on various kinds of coarse goods, such as sugar, coffee, tea, &c. TARE. Tare is simply the weight of the box, bag, or cask, containing the goods. TRET. Tret is an allowance made for wasteage in weights, &c. Gross weight is that of the goods, box, bag, &c. taken together. When Tare is deducted, then the weight, if Tret is allowed, is called Suttle, otherwise it is Neat or Net. CASE 1. When the Tare is a specified sum, on the Gross weight. RULE. Subtract the given Tare from the Gross weight, and the remainder will be the Neat weight. Thus: 1. What is the weight of 14Hhd 456cwt 1qr 19lbs gross, -tare 15cwt 2qrs 13lbs on the whole? Ans. 440cwt 3qr 6lbs. 456 1-19-15 2 13 440 - 3 - 6. 2. What is the neat weight of 24hhd, each 6cwt 2qrs 17lbs Care in the whole 17owt 3qrs 27lbs? Ans. cwt141 2 17. APPLICATION OF THE COMMA.-LESSON S. RULE. 2. When an imperfect phrase breaks the connexion of a sentence, it is set off by commas. Thus: His work, in many respects, is imperfect. I remember, with gratitude, his kindness to me. NOTE. An imperfect phrase, is one or more words regularly combined; but which forms no sense, or makes no sentence; as; by and bye, very likely, barely possible, in fine, &c. OBS. 1. When the phrase is short and unimportant, the commas may be omitted; Thus: There is truly a pleasure in acts of charity. Tattling is really pernicious. Money is virtually the root of evil. OBS. 2. Words and phrases in the form of an address, are also set off by commas; Thus: I am obliged to you, my friends, for your kindness. My son, give me thine heart. Walk, my child, in the path of truth. OBS. 3. When the natural order of words or phrases, is transposed or inverted, they are distinguished by a comma; Thus: By habits of temperance, health is improved, or, health is improved by habits of temperance. While the sun shines, make hay; or, make hay while the sun shines. to-ry tō're va-pour va pur wea-ver we'vŭr tow-ard to urd va-ry vã'rē tra-cer tra'sur tra-der tra'dur tre-mour tre mur vai-ny vā nē vice-roy vise-ròi view-less vu les vile-ness vile'něs vis count vi'kòûnt tro-phy trō'fe vi-tals vi'tălz tro-ver tro'vůr vo-cal vō'kǎl weed-y wee'de week-day week ́dā week-ly week/lē wee-vil wee'vl wheel-y hwēēlē whey-ey hwa'e whi-ten hwi'tn whit-ing hwit'ing whit-ish hwit'ish whol-ly hole'e wide-ly wide le wi-den wi'dn wide-ness wide nes wiel-dy weel'de wild-ly wild le wild-ness wild he's |