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 truth."--Ib., p. 171; Fisk, 98; Ingersoll, 186. "See the lecture on verbs, rule XV. note 4."--Fisk's E. Gram., p. 117. "At the commencement of lecture II. I informed you that Etymology treats, 3dly, of derivation."--Kirkham's Gram., p. 171. "This VIII. lecture is a very important one."--Ib., p. 113. "Now read the XI. and XII. lectures four or five times over."--Ib., p. 152. "In 1752, he was advanced to the bench, under the title of lord Kames."--Murray's Sequel, p. 331. "One of his maxims was, 'know thyself.'"--Lempriere's Dict., n. Chilo. "Good master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?"--See Matt., xix, 16. "His best known works, however, are 'anecdotes of the earl of Chatham,' 2 vols. 4to., 3 vols. 8vo., and 'biographical, literary, and political anecdotes of several of the most eminent persons of the present age; never before printed,' 3 vols. 8vo. 1797."--Univ. Biog. Dict., n. Almon. "O gentle sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted thee?"--Merchant's School Gram., p. 172. "O sleep, O gentle sleep, Nature's soft nurse," &c.--SINGER'S SHAK. Sec. Part of Hen. IV, Act iii. "Sleep, gentle sleep, Nature's soft nurse," &c.--Dodd's Beauties of Shakspeare, p. 129.

"And Peace, O, Virtue! Peace is all thy own."--Pope's Works, p. 379. "And peace, O virtue! peace is all thy own."--Murray's Gram., ii, 16.

LESSON III.--MIXED.

"Fenelon united the characters of a nobleman and a Christian pastor. His book entitled 'An explication of the Maxims of the Saints concerning the interior life,' gave considerable offence to the guardians of orthodoxy."--Murray's Sequel, p. 321. "When natural religion, who before was only a spectator, is introduced as speaking by the centurion's voice."--Blair's Rhet., p. 157. "You cannot deny, that the great mover and author of nature constantly explaineth himself to the eyes of men, by the sensible intervention of arbitrary signs, which have no similitude, or connexion, with the things signified."--Berkley's Minute Philosopher, p. 169. "The name of this letter is double U, its form, that of a double V."--Wilson's Essay on Gram., p. 19. "Murray, in his spelling book, wrote 'Charles-Town' with a Hyphen and two Capitals."--See p. 101. "He also wrote 'european' without a capital."--See p. 86. "They profess themselves to be pharisees, who are to be heard and not imitated."--''Calvin's Institutes, Ded.'', p. 55. "Dr. Webster wrote both 'Newhaven' and 'Newyork' with single capitals."--See his American Spelling-Book, p. 111. "Gayhead, the west point of Martha's Vineyard."--Williams's Univ. Gaz. Write "Craborchard, Eggharbor, Longisland, Perthamboy, Westhampton, Littlecompton, Newpaltz, Crownpoint, Fellspoint, Sandyhook, Portpenn, Portroyal. Portobello, and Portorico."--Webster's American Spelling-Book, 127-140. Write the names of the months: "january, february, march, april, may, june, july, august, september, october, november, december."--Cobb's Standard Spelling-Book, 21-40. Write the following names and words properly: "tuesday, wednesday, thursday, friday, saturday, saturn;--christ, christian, christmas, christendom, michaelmas, indian, bacchanals;--Easthampton, omega, johannes, aonian, levitical, deuteronomy, european."--''Cobb's Standard Spelling-Book, sundry places''.

"Eight Letters in some Syllables we find,   And no more Syllables in Words are joined." Brightland's Gram., p. 61.

CHAPTER II.--OF SYLLABLES.

A Syllable is one or more letters pronounced in one sound; and is either a word, as, a, an, ant; or a part of a word, as di in dial.

In every word there are as many syllables as there are distinct sounds, or separate impulses of the voice; as, gram-ma-ri-an.

A word of one syllable is called a monosyllable; a word of two syllables, a dissyllable; a word of three syllables, a trissyllable; and a word of four or more syllables, a polysyllable.

Every vowel, except w, may form a syllable of itself; but the consonants belong to the vowels or diphthongs; and without a vowel no syllable can be formed.

DIPHTHONGS AND TRIPHTHONGS.

A diphthong is two vowels joined in one syllable; as, ea in beat, ou in sound. In oe or æ, old or foreign, the characters often unite.

A proper diphthong is a diphthong in which both the vowels are sounded; as, oi in voice, ow in