û = o ou, nearly = ẽ ĕa î ỹ (see note p. 21)

Direction. Copy the following.

Good-by, proud world!

We cannot sponge out our record.
The scourge falls on every back.
We stand on the very verge.
We need some clew to guide us.
The earth is full of beauty.

any

Direction. Copy the following words.

dence gauge people

seize adieu writhe leopard eyrie heifer pretty English aisle valise guard wrought busy many women knowledge

Direction. Copy the following, and note the letters standing for sounds you have learned.

Suppose your task, my little man, Is very hard to get,

Will it make it any easier

For

you to sit and fret?

And wouldn't it be wiser.

Than waiting like a dunce

To

до

to work in earnest

And learn the thing at once?

Phoebe Cary

Bible.

Shakespeare.

None but the brave deserve the (7). — Dryden.
The very (8)s of your head are all numbered.
It is a long (4) that has no turning. —Proverb.
The (2) fishes eat up the little ones.
The (5) bird wears the finest clothes.
We thought him strong and (3).- Swift.
Does he not strut in his (1)?
The grizzly (6) of the Rocky Mountains.

A bright fire in the (2).

Shakespeare.

(2) the teeth.

We paid (10) (7). He has (4) down.
Coat of (5). Coarse but healthful (7). "

Send by (5).

The trees are (6).

(9) the apple.

Aye, (10) is the rub. - Shakespeare. An old (9) tree.

Like a (9) of loving turtledoves.

Shakespeare.

They have the voice of lions and the act of (8)s.

To the Teacher. Explain the more difficult expressions. The copy

ing of these quotations might be given for a separate lesson.

Direction. Put the right word in the right place.

All creatures look to the (5) chance.

L'Estrange.

This rock shall fly from its firm (2) as soon as I.
Like a dewdrop from the lion's (5). — Shakespeare.
The (3)ing waves dashed high. — Hemans.

We (7) a face of joy. - Wordsworth.
The deer has sought the (3).—Scott.
The parable of the (6)s of the field.
I (10) for a reply. Shakespeare.
Faneuil (9), Boston.
A good (2) voice.

Bible.

Bloody (4).

What can (1) him!

The cloth (4) badly.

Do not (6) away thyself from me.

Brew (1) from barley and hops.

Apply the (3), and stop the car.

A neat (4), full of meaning.

"Tin (7) to mend." Pitch the (8).

Shakespeare.

The bear strikes heavy blows with his (10).

Galling his kingly hands (9)ing ropes. Shakespeare.

A little child was (8)ing, and a woman chiding it.

To the Teacher. With some help the pupils could profitably change some of the quotations into their own language.

Direction. Put the right word in the right place.

man.

A dewy freshness fills the silent (6). — Southey.
The (2), high-foaming with a milky flood. Pope,
Let (2)-faced fear keep with the meanborn
Make us (6)s of all eternity. - Shakespeare.
(7) scratches glass easily. - Dana.

Though he (5) me, yet will I trust him. Bible.
Come down (6) my child die. - Bible.

The earth being round, a ship must (4) over an (9).
The (3)s on which we fed. Dryden.

A ready (4) for them. Spenser.

The soldiers (3)ed a crown of thorns.

Bible.

The (5) of the Esquimau is drawn by dogs.
I tell you (1). — Bible.

Eight persons were saved in the (9).

The horses (1). Four (7) make a gallon.

The question, wrangle (6) so long, is only this.

These things (8) not so to be.

Shakespeare.

Pope.

But go, my son, and see if (8) be wanting. — Addison.

1 Webster's "International," page lxi, § 52, explains that the marking (ā or â) of the vowel in ere, e'er, does not indicate choice. The vowel here differs from a in having the vanish in ẽ (ever), not in I (Ill).