LESSON XCVII.

In the frigid zones, icy barriers stop all research.
Arctic adventure is full of hardship and suffering.
The Madeira Islands are subject to famines.
An eclipse greatly alarms ignorant people.
A milky cascade poured over the broken ledge.
Sailing-vessels load and unload at the wharf.
The incessant pouring rain threatens a deluge.
The gnat and mosquito present bills to all alike.
The shore was strewn with fragments of the cargo.
A rude cabin was speedily erected and occupied.

LESSON XCVIII.

The daughter was devoted to her parents;
Her box held needles, thread, and scissors.
Friendly neighbors mutually borrow and lend.
The awkward lubber overturned the skiff;
He plunged splash into the shallow pool.
The law is designed to encourage good and re-
strain evil.

We should obey wise regulations cheerfully.
When sentence was passed, the culprit trembled;
A sheriff executed the mandate of the court.
Criminals were formerly chained in a dungeon.

LESSON XCIX.

The locomotive is in charge of an engineer.
"The engine pants along the quivering rails." 5
Trains stop at unimportant stations on signal;
A train of freight-cars stood on the side-track ;
The conductor collects tickets of passengers;
Brakemen turn the brake to slacken the train;
Firemen attend to the supply of water and fuel.
Water-tanks must be placed at proper intervals.
The express will transport and deliver baggage.
Telegrams are messages sent over telegraph-
wires.

LESSON C.

In the fable, the giant and dwarf traveled together.
Daniel the prophet interpreted the king's dream.
The famous picture proved to be a wretched daub.
We peruse newspapers for information.
A noisy sport at improper hours is a nuisance.
Students in grammar must analyze and parse.
The patient stretched himself upon a lounge;
The operation was skillfully performed.
A dentist will most speedily cure the toothache.
Wherever ague prevails, quinine is the remedy.

LESSON CI.

A private watchman guarded the premises;
This did not prevent the brick hotel from burning.
The magnetic needle points steadily to the north.
The tyrant was finally driven from his throne.
Longfellow wrote "The Psalm of Life."
Marriage is a contract, entered into for life.
"Be firm! one constant element in luck
Is genuine old Teutonic pluck;

See

yon tall shaft! it felt the earthquake's thrill Cling to its base, and greets the sunrise still." 54

LESSON CII.

“Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty." 55
Calico is for service, lace for ornament.
"Laugh and grow fat," is an old saying.
Strive to conquer evil passions.

A scowl indicates ill-temper.

"Where ignorance is bliss, 'tis folly to be wise.” 56 Round and round the ragged rascal ran.

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. "Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows." 57

LESSON CIII.

We celebrate independence on the Fourth of July. "Yankee Doodle" and "Hail Columbia" are

national songs.

We must harvest crops before they freeze.
Rich pastry is not conducive to good health.
Pine-forests yield pitch, tar, and turpentine.
The little girl embroidered the slippers.
"Brief breathing-time! the Moslem host,
With added ranks and raging boast,
Press onward with such strength and heat,
Their numbers balk their own retreat." 58

LESSON CIV.

"The crampy shackles of the plowboy's walk Tie the small muscles when he strives to talk." 59 "No rogue e'er felt the halter draw,

With good opinion of the law." 60 "A little nonsense, now and then,

Is relished by the wisest men." 61

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They saw, through sorrow's lengthening night, Naught but the fagot's guilty light;

The cloud, they gazed at, was the smoke

That round their murdered brethren broke." 62

PART II.

WORDS ALIKE IN SOUND BUT DIFFERENT IN MEANING.

LESSON I.

The clerk adds numbers to find the sum total.
The cooper shapes hoops with an adze.

"What does ail the child?" asked the nurse.
Ale is brewed from malt and hops.

"He turned, but she was gone!

Naught was there left but the column-stone!
Hath she sunk in the earth, or melted in air?
He saw not, he knew not, but nothing was there." 1
"Old Ayr, which ne'er a town surpasses

For honest men and bonny lasses." 2

The miser's property was soon dissipated by his profligate heir.

Abraham built an altar unto the Lord.

The bleak winds of winter soon alter the whole appearance of the landscape.