Proverbs. 1. He, who thinks he knows the most, knows the least. 2. Take every thing as it comes, and make the best of it. 3. Three removes are as bad as a fire. 4. Tread on a worm, and he will turn. 5. Two things we should never be angry at,-what we can, and what we cannot help. 6. When the bow is too much bent, it

136. In ancient Rome, an orator's education began in infancy; so should it be now; the seeds of eloquence may be sown, when the child is on the maternal bosom; the voice should be developed with the mind. If the child has good examples set him, in reading and speaking, and the youth is attentive to his every day language, and is careful to im-breaks. 7. A wise man-is a great wonder. 8. prove his mind and voice together, he will become a good elocutionist, without scarcely knowing it. Connection and associationhave as much to do with our manner of speaking, as with our cast of thinking.

137. P has but one sound: PAP; pale, par, pall, pap; peep, pet; pipe, pip; pope, pool, pop;

[P in PAP.]

9.

A wicked man-is his own hell; and his evil lusts and passions the fiends that torment him. Blushing-is virtue's color. 10. Evil communications corrupt good manners. 11. Gain-is uncertain, but the pain is sure. 12. Never court, unless you intend to marry.

Amusements. Ever since the fall, mankind have been prone to extremes; not only the religious, but the irreligious portion of the world. It is greatly to be regretpule, pup, puss; point, pound; ted, that we are all so much at the mercy peo-ple put pep-per in pep-perof passion and prejudice, and so little-unbox-es, ap-ple-pies in cupder the guiding influence of reason and inboards, and whap-ping pap-poo-ses in wrap- telligence. In our creation, the Divine pers; the hap-py pi-per placed his peer-less Being-has manifested infinite love and inpup-py in Pom-pey's slop-shop, to be pur-finite wisdom: for we are made in chased for a peck of pap-py pip-pins, or a pound of pul-ver-iz-ed pop-pies; a pad-dy picked a peck of pick-led pep-pers, and put them on a broad brimed pew-ter plat-ter.

138. MUSCLE BREAKERS. Peter Prickle Prandle picked three pecks of prickly pears, from three prickly prangly pear trees: if then, Peter Prickle Prandle, picked three pecks of prickly pears from three prickly prangly pear trees; where are the three pecks of prickly pears, that Peter Prickle Prandle picked, from the three prickly prangly pear trees? Success to the successful prickly prangly pear picker.

Notes. 1. To give this aspirate labial, whisper the word pugh, (u short,) or pop out the candle; see the engraving: it is all of the word up, except the u: but the sound is not finished till the lips are separated, or the remaining breath exhaled: remember the remarks in reference to other abrupt elements. 2. The principal difference between b and p is, that b is a vocal, and p, only a breath sound. P, H, T, are called, by some, sharp mutes; and B, G, D, flat mutes. 3. Germans find it difficult to pronounce cer tain vocal consonants at the ends of words, tho' correctly at the beginning: hence, instead of saying dog, mad, pod, &c. they say, at first, dok, mat, pot, &c. 4. In pronouncing m, and t together, p is very apt to intervene; as in Pam-ton &c. 5. P is silent in psal-ter, pshaw, pneu-mat-ics, Ptol-e-my, Psy-che, rasp-ber-ry, (3d a,) corps (o long,) re-ceipt, etc. 6. Not debths, but depths; not clab-board, but clap-board; not Ja-cop, but Ja-cob; not bab-tism, but bap.

tism, etc.

66 HIS IMAGE and LIKENESS; the former, we still retain, but the latter, sad to relate, we have lost. The will, or voluntary principle of the mind, constitutes our impelling power, and the understanding, or reasoning facul ties, under the light of truth, is our governing power: if, therefore, we find ourselves loving what is not good and true, our rationality, enlightened by wisdom, must be our guide. Hence, our rule is this; whatever amusements-tend to fit us for our various duties, and give us zest in faithfully performing them, are perfectly proper; but, amusements, whose tendency is the reverse of this, are entirely improper; and we should not hesitate a moment in abstaining from them, however they may be approved by others, or sanctioned by long usage: must never compromise the interests of eternity for those transitory enjoyments of time and sense, which are at variance with the principles of truth and goodness. Both worlds are best taken care of, when they are cared for together, and each has its attention, according to its importance.

we

Varieties. 1. There are some, who live -to eat and drink; and there are others, who eat and drink, to live. 2. The perfection of art is-to conceal the art: i. e. to be Anecdote. A Check. Soon after the the thing, instead of its representative. 3. battle of Leipsic, a wit observed,-" Bona-Let every one sweep the snow from his own part must now be in funds; for he has re-door, and not trouble himself about the frost ceived a check on the bank of the Elbe."

Hidden, and deep, and never dry,

Or flowing, or at rest,

A living spring of love-doth lie

In every human breast.

All else may fail, th't soothes the heart,
All, save that fount alone;

With that, and life, we never part ;
For life, and love-are one.

He seemed

For dignity composed, and high exploit ;
But all was false-and hollow.

on his neighbor's tiles. 4. Galileo, the great
astronomer, was imprisoned for life, because
he declared that Venus-shone with a bor-
rowed light, and from the sun, as the centre
of our system. 5. There are abuses—in all
human governments. 6. He, whose virtues,
exceed his talents, is the good man; but he,
whose talents exceed his virtues, is the bad
man. 7. All we perceive, understand, will,
love, and practice, is our own; but nothing
else.

Suspicion-always haunts the guilty mind;
The thief-still fears each bush-an officer.

139. Written language consists of letters, Proverbs. 1. He that is ill to himself, will and, consequently, is more durable than spo-be good to nobody. 2. The remedy-is worse than ken language, which is composed of articu- the disease. 3. Who is so deaf, as he that will late sounds. Our written alphabet contains not hear? 4. All vice infatuates and corrupts the twenty-six letters, which make syllables and judgment. 5. A fool, may, by chance, put somewords; words make sentences; sentences thing into a wise man's head. 6. After praying paragraphs, which make sections and chap- to God, not to lead you into temptation, do not ters; these constitute an essay, discourse, ad- throw yourself into it. 7. Evil gotten, evil spent. dress, oration, poem, dissertation, tract or knows many things, is the wise man. 9. Hebook: but our vocal alphabet has forty-four preaches well, that lives well. 10. It is always letters, or sounds, which make up the whole of spoken language.

8. He, that knows useful things, and not he that

term time in the court of conscience. 11. We may be ashamed of our pride, but not proud of our

140. R has two sounds; first, its name shame. 12. Historical faith-precedes saving

faith.

13. Stolen waters are sweet.

sound; ARM; the bar-bers were, in former years, the ar-bi-ters of The True Christian Character. The the mur-der-ers of their fore-fathree essentials of a christian-are-a good thers: the Tar-tars are gar-blers will-flowing through a true understanding, into a uniform life of justice and judgment. of hard-ware and per-ver-ters of It is not enough, that we mean well, or the er-rors of North-ern-ers and [R in ARM.] know our duty, or try to do right; for good South-ern-ers; the far-mers are dire search-intention is powerless, without truth to

ers after burnt ar-bors, and store the corners of their lar-ders with di-vers sorts of quar-ter dol-lars; Charles Bur-ser goes to the far-ther barn, and gets lar-ger ears of hard corn, for the car-ter's hor-ses.

tians;

guide it aright; and truth-in the intellect alone, is mere winter-light, without the summer-heat of love to God-and love to man; and blundering efforts to do our duty are poor apologies for virtuous ener. 141. Dr. Franklin says, (of the justly cel-gies, well directed and efficiently applied: ebrated Whitfield,) that it would have been the three alone can constitute us true chrisi. e. our will, understanding and life, fortunate for his reputation, if he had left no must be brought into harmonious and effiwritten works behind him; his talents would cient unity, in order that we may be entitled then have been estimated by their effects: in- to this high and holy appellation. Things deed, his elocution was almost faultless. must not only be thought of, and desired, But whence did he derive his effective man-purposed, and intended; but they must be ner? We are informed, that he took lessons of Garrick, an eminent tragedian of England, who was a great master in Nature's school of teaching and practicing this useful

art.

Notes. 1. To make this smooth vocal sound, pronounce the word arm, and dwell on the r sound; and you will perceive the same time drawn back a little. 2. Avoid omitting this letter, as it never is silent, except it is doubled in the same syllable; not

that the tongue is turned gently to the roof of the mouth, and at

staw-my, but stor-my; not lib-ah-ty, but lib-er-ty; not bust, but

cented, sound like short u, unless followed by another r, as mercy,

done, from love to the Lord; that He, as a principle of goodness, and a principle of truth-may be flowing, constantly, from the centre-to the circumference of actions: we must practice what we know of the truth; we must live the life of our heavenly Father's commandments; so as to have his goodness and truth implanted in us, that we may strive to walk before Him, and become perfect.

Varieties. 1. A certain apothecary-has burst; not waw-um, but warm; not ah-gu-ment, but ar-gu-ment; over his door, this sign-" All kinds of dynot hosses, but hor-ses; not hand stawm, but hard storm; etc. 3. Re-ing stuff sold here." 2. Does wealth-exert member that short e and i before r, in the same syllable, when ac- more influence than knowledge? 3. A pretty shepherd, indeed, a wolf would make! 4. At some taverns-madness-is sold by the glass; at others, by the bottle. 5. Sobriety, without sullenness, and mirth with modesty, are commendable. 6. Even an ordinary composition, well delivered, is better received, and of course does more good, Where order cannot enter, it cannot exist, than a superior one, badly delivered. 7.

vowel.

a

(mer-it,) ser-geant, (ser-rate,) ter-ma-gant, (ter-ror,) mirth-ful,
(mir-ror,) ver-ses, (ver-y) (here the r is re-echoed ;) and spirits, &c.:
the exceptions are in parentheses: see p. 224. 4. Some words,
(where e, i, and r, are peculiarly situated, as above) have, in their
pronunciation, a reverberation, or repetition of the r, although
there may be but one in the word; as-ver-y; being followed by
Anecdote. Who Rules? A schoolmas.
ter, in ancient Rome, declared, that he ruled
the world. He was asked to explain which
he did in the following manner. "Rome-
rules the world; the women rule those who
govern Rome; the children control their mo-
thers, and I rule the children."

So-we grew together,
Like to a double cherry, seeming-parted;
But yet a union-in partition,

Two lowly berries,-moulded on one stem:
So, with two seeming bodies, but one heart:
Two of the first, like coats, in heraldry,
Due but to one, and crowned-with one crest.

Proverbs. 1. He, who resolves to amend, has God on his side. 2. Honest men are soon bound; but you can never bind a knave. 3. If the best man's faults were written on his forehead, it would make him pull his hat over his

142. Many persons take great pains in their dress, to appear well and receive attention; and so far as personal appearance can exert an influence, they attain their end: but if they would cultivate their language, and the proper way of using it, so as not to de-eyes. 4. Life is half spent, before we know what form themselves in reading and conversation, they might accomplish the object at which they aim.

it is. 5. Of the two evils, choose the least. 6. One bad example spoils many good precepts. 7. Patience is a plaster for all sores. 8. He who serves well-need not be afraid to ask his wages. 9. If you will not hear reason, she will rap you over your knuckles. 10. Prayer-should be the key of the day, and the lock of the night. 11. Foul water will quench fire. 12. From nothing -nothing can come.

set of linen. Hence, all unmarried women have been called spinsters: an appellation they still retain in certain deeds, and law proceedings; though many are not entitled to it.

143. The second sound of R, is rough, trilled, or burred; when it comes before vowel sounds in the same syllable: RAIL ROAD; the roa-ring rep-ro-bate re-verbe-rates his ran-cor-ous rib-ald- [R in RAIL.] Anecdote. Spinster. Formerly, it was ry and re-treats from his re-gal throne, to his a maxim, that a young woman should never ri-val rec-re-a-tion in the rook-e-ry: the op-be married, till she had spun, herself, a full pro-bri-ous li-bra-ri-an, rec-re-ant-ly threw the great grid-i-ron among the crock-e-ry with ir-re-proach-a-ble ef-front-e-ry; the re-sults of which were, ro-man-tic dreams, bro-ken ribs, and a hun-dred prime cit-rons for the throng of cry-ing chil-dren: round and round the rug-ged rock the rag-ged ras-cal drags the strong rhi-noc-e-ros, while a rat in a rat-trap ran through the rain on a rail, with a raw lump of red liv-er in its mouth. 144. Written language-is used for com-bers and magnitude. Feeling and thought, municating information respecting persons distant from each other, and for transmitting, to succeeding ages, knowledge, that might otherwise be lost, or handed down by erring tradition. Spoken language-is used to convey the thoughts and feelings of those who are present, and are speaking, or conversing together: the former is, of course, addressed to our eyes, and the latter, to our ears; each kind having its own particular alphabet,

which must be mastered.

Notes. 1. This vocal trilled diphthongal sound, consists of the aspirate sound of h, modified between the end of the tongue

and the roof of the mouth, combined with a vocal. 2. Or, make the name sound of r, and mix it with the aspirate, by clapping the tongue against the mof of the mouth; practice prolonging her, or purr in a whisper, trilling the r, then add the voice sound; af

terwards prefix the i, and exercise as above. 3. Demosthenes, in

the early part of his career, was reproached for not being able to pronounce, correctly, the first letter of his favorite art-Rhetoric: i.e. he could not trill it for some time. 4. Give only one trill or clap of the tongue, unless the sentiment be very animating; asRise-brothers, rise! etc. "Strike! till the last armed foe ex

pires."

Mathematics-includes the study of numbers and magnitudes: hence, it is called the science of gravity; and is applicable to all quantities, that can be measured-by a standard unit, and thus expressed by num

though they vary immensely, cannot be measured: we cannot say, with strict propriety, that we love one-exactly twice as much as another; nor, that one-is three times as wise as another: because love and wisdom are not mathematical quantities: but we can measure time by seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, years, and centuries; space by inches, feet, yards, rods, and miles; and motion, by the space passed over in a given time.

Varieties. 1. Was the world created out of nothing? 2. Fools-draw false conclusions, from just principles: and madmen draw just conclusions, from false principles. 3. The discovery of what is true, and the practice of what is good, are the two most important objects of life. 4. Associa tions-between persons of opposite temperaments, can neither be durable, nor productive of real pleasure to either party. 5. Where grace cannot enter, sin increases and abounds. 6. The spontaneous gifts of heaven, are of high value; but perseverance

145. Another. The riven rocks are rudely rent asunder, and the rifted trees-gains the prize. 7. When the will-berush along the river, while hoa-ry bo-re-as comes duly resigned to God, in small things, rends the robes of spring, and rat-tling thun- as well as great ones, all the affections will der roars around the rock-y re-gions: Robert be reduced into their proper state, in their Rowley rolled a round roll round; a round proper season. roll, Robert Rowley rolled round; where rolled the round roll, Robert Rowley rolled round?

Didst ever see

Two gentle vines, each-round the other twined,
So fondly, closely, that they had become,
Ere their growth, blended together
Into one single tree?

The wretch, condemn'd with life to part,
Still, still on hope relies,

And every pang, that rends his heart,
Bids expectation rise.

Hope, like the glimmering taper's light,
Adorns and cheers his way,
And still, as darker grows the night,
Emits a brighter ray.

146. Keep a watchful and jealous eye Proverbs. 1. It is easier to praise poverty, over common opinions, prejudices and bad than to bear it. 2. Prevention-is better than school instruction, until the influence of rea- cure. 3. Learn wisdom by the follies of others. son, nature and truth, is so far established 4. Knowledge, without practice, makes but half over the ear and taste, as to obviate the dan-an artist. 5. When you want any thing, always ask the price of it. 6. To cure idleness, count the ger of adopting or following, unquestionable errors, and vicious habits of reading and speaking: extended views, a narrow mind extend. To judge righteously of all things, preserve the mind in a state of perfect equilibrium, and let a love of truth and goodness govern all its decisions and actions.

tickings of a clock. 7. It costs more to revenge injuries, than to endure them. 8. Conceited men think nothing can be done without them. 9. He, that kills a man, when he is drunk, must be hung when he is sober. 10. An idle man's head, is the devil's work-shop. 11. God makes, and apparel shapes. 12. Good watch prevents harm.

147. W, has but one consonant The Difference. Two teachers apply sound, and one vowel sound; for a school; one is ignorant, but offers to WOO; a wan-ton wag, with woteach for twelve dollars a month; the other ful words, be-wail-ed the well -is well qualified for the station, and asks wish-er of the wig-wam; the twenty-five dollars a month. The fathersdwarf dwells in the wea-ry west, [Win WOO.] weigh the souls of their children against where wom-en weave well the warp of life, money, and the twelve dollar teacher is emand win-ter winds wan-der in the wild ployed. A man in search of work asks a swamps, that wail and weep: the wa-ter- farmer, if he does not want to hire a hand? "-the farmer witch, al-ways war-worn in the wax-works," If I can find one to suit me, war-bles her watch-word to the weath-er- replies: and then he puts a variety of questions to him; such as,-"Can you mow? wise, and re-wards the wick-ed with weep-reap? chop? cradle? hoe? dress flax? &c." ing, wail-ing and worm-wood.

Soon after, another stranger calls, and asks 148. By separating these elements of lan- whether they wish to hire a teacher in their guage, and practicing on them, each by itself, district? But the principal question in this the exact position and effort of the vocal or- case, is-"How much do you ask a month?" gans, may be distinctly observed; and in this Now, just observe the difference-in the way, the true means of increasing and im- catechising of the two applicants. Again, proving the force and quality of every one the father will superintend the hired man, ascertained. Be not discouraged at the ap- and have things so arranged-as not to lose parent mechanical, artificial and constrained a moment's time, and see that nothing modes of giving the sounds, and pronoun-will employ a teacher, and put him into goes to waste; but the same watchful parent cing the words: acquire accuracy, and ease the school, and never go near him. and gracefulness will inevitably follow.

Varieties. 1. If a man begin a fool, he cumstantial evidence to be admitted in criis not obliged to persevere. 2. Ought cirminal cases? 3. Suspicion-is always worse than fact. 4. No duty, imposed by neces

149. Irregulars. U has this sound in certain words: the an-guish of the an-ti-quary is as-sua-ged with lan-guid man-sue-tude, for the con-quest over his dis-tin-guish-ed per-sua-sion: the guide dis-gui-ses his as-sity, should be considered a burthen. 5. To sue-tude of per-sua-ding the dis-sua-der. Notes. 1. To produce this sound, shape the mouth and lips as for whistling, and make a voice sound; or, pronounce the word do, and when the o is about to vanish, commence this vocal consonant, thus, do—was. 2. When to is initial, i. e. begins a word or

syllable, it is a consonant; but when it ends one, it is equivalent to 21 o in ooze; new, how, now, pow-er, etc. 3. In sword, two, answer, it is silent: w also before 7, wrap, wrack, wreath, wrist, wrong, etc. blow, who, knowledge, whom, whose, whole, whoop, etc. 4. Practice changes on to and u, as found under 21 f. 5. He who a watch would wear, two things must do, pocket his watch, and watch his pocket too.

Anecdote. A Scold. Foote, a celebrated comic actor, being scolded by a woman, said, in reply, "I have heard of tartar-and brimstone; you are the CREAM of the one, and the FLOWER of the OTHER."

"Ask for what end-the heavenly bodies shine?
Earth-for whose use ?-Man answers, 'Tis for mine;
For me-kind nature wakes her genial power,
Suckles each herb, and spreads out every flower;
Annual for me-the grape, the rose renew
The juice nectareous, and the balmy dew:
For me-health-gushes from a thousand springs;
For me-the mine-a thousand treasures brings,
Seas roll--to waft me, suns-to light me rise,
My footstool-earth, my canopy-the skies,”

act from order, is to act from heaven. 6. Truth, however little, does the mind good. 7. True love always gives forth true light; false light agrees not with the truth, but lightly esteems it; and also, seems to itself,

to be better than truth.

Great were the hearts, and strong the minds,
Of those, who framed, in high debate,
The immortal league of love, that binds
Our fair, broad Empire, State with State.
And deep the gladness of the hour,

When, as the auspicious task was done,
In solemn trust, the sword of power,
Was giv'n to glory's unspoil'd son.
That noble race is gone; the suns
Of fifty years have risen, and set;
But the bright links, those chosen ones
So strongly forged, are brighter yet.
Wide-as our own free race increase-
Wide shall extend the elastic chain,
And bind, in everlasting peace,

State after State, a mighty train.

150. Two grand objects are to be accomplished by these lessons and exercises: the acquiring a knowledge of the vowel and consonant sounds, and a facility in pronoun-be neither a witness, nor a party. 4. Least said, cing them by means of which, the voice is partially broken, and rendered flexible, as well as controllable, and the obstacles to a clear and distinct articulation removed: therefore, practice much, and dwell on every elementary sound, taking the letters separately, and then combining them into syllables,

153. Play upon Xes. Charles X. x-king of France, was xtravagantly xtolled, but is Varieties. 1. When man sins, angels xceedingly xecrated. He xperienced xtraWEEP, and devils REJOICE. 2. True politeordinary xcellence in xigencies; he was xcel-ness, springs from the heart. 3. What is lent in xternals, but xtrinsic in xtacy; he was xtatic in xpression, xtreme in xcitement, and xtraordinary in xtempore xpression. He was xpatriated for his xcesses, and, to xpiate his xtravagance, was xcluded, and xpired in xpulsion.