4. You are not mov'ing your lips, I see;
Nor should you, when read'ing si'lent-ly;
Of mo'tion or whis'per there is no need
When all to our-selves we have to read.

A-GAIN rhymes well with pen, and men, and den.
A-gainst rhymes well with fenced, con-densed, in-censed.
An'y with pen'ny, man'y, fen'ny, rhymes.

Are rhymes with bar, car, star, mar, far, and jar.

Been rhymes with pin, din, grin, with-in, and thin. Be-neath26 rhymes well with breathe, and wreath, and seethe.

Boat rhymes with note, coat, float, doat, smote, and vote. Bōth rhymes with oath and growth, with loath, sloth, quoth.

Broil rhymes with toil, coil, spoil, foil, boil, and soil. Catch rhymes with match, latch, batch, patch, thatch, and scratch.

Dew rhymes with few, cue, new, hue, pew, and sue.
Do rhymes with who, rue, true, im-brue, and grew.

Dove rhymes with love, but not with move or prove.
Draught1 rhymes with shaft, and laughed, a-baft, and aft.

*The object of these lessons in rhyming words is to impress upon the memory the true pronunciation of a class of words which are frequently mispronounced. Let the vocal sound of the th (see Exercise 26, Part I.) be heeded, in with, in these lessons; and let the d in and be sounded without laying too much stress upon the word. Heed the difference between the y sound given to the ew in dew, new, &c., and the sound of o in do (11th elementary sound); also between short oo in good, and long oo in mood. It will be found useful to renew the practice on these lessons pretty often. They may serve for simultaneous drilling. See the remarks, page 12, in regard to the sound of u when preceded by r.

WORDS THAT RHYME.

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E'er rhymes with bare, stair, ne'er, a-ware, and pear.
First rhymes with worst, ac-cursed, durst, burst, and nursed.

Gauge rhymes with page; and rail'ler-y with gal'ler-y.
Get rhymes with fret, let, yet, net, pet, and debt.
Good rhymes with wood, could, stood, but not with food.
Heard rhymes with bird, ab-surd, word, blurred, de-ferred.

FEATH'ER with weath'er and to-geth'er rhymes.
Jeop'ard with leop'ard rhymes, and both with shepherd.
Joint rhymes with point, and al'so with a-noint.
Just rhymes with must, dost, bust, and rust, and thrust.

Kěg rhymes with leg, also with peg, and beg.
Learn rhymes with earn, burn, turn, dis-cern,82 and fern.
Mood rhymes with brood, in-trude, and food, and rude.
Mōst, host, and post, rhyme well with boast, and coast.

None rhymes with fun, one, done, sun, gun, and pun.
People with stee'ple, rhymes; yeo'man, with foe'man.
Pique rhymes with cheek, weak, bleak, and sleek, and meek.
Plaid rhymes with mad, bade, sad, and glad, and had.

Pret'ty' with wit'ty, dit'ty, pit'y, rhymes.

Purse rhymes with nurse, disburse; with curse,
and worse.
Quay 29 rhymes with me, a-gree, and sea, and lea.
Said rhymes with bed, in-stead, head, shed, and sled.

Some rhymes with come, and dumb, but not with home.
Strew rhymes with snow, sew, beau, al-though, and go.
Weight rhymes with state, plait, great, a-bate, and hate.
Were rhymes with her, de-fer, stir, purr, and fur.

XIV.

WASHINGTON'S REGARD FOR HIS MOTHER.

(7, 8, 12, 14, 16, 32, 41-3, 303-8, 311, 327-5-6.)

1. GEORGE WASHINGTON, when a boy, had made prep-a-ra'tions to go to sea, as a mid'ship-man. Ev'er-y-thing was ar-ranged for his de-part'ure.

2. The vessel lay op'po-site to his father's house on the riv'er Po-to'mac; the small boat had been sent to the shore to take him off, and his heart was bent on going.

3. After his trunk had been put on board the boat, he went to bid his moth'er fare-well. He saw the tears in her eyes: she was sad at the thought of his leaving her.

4. George said nothing to her; but he saw that she would be greatly dis-tressed if he went; and he resolved that, for his moth'er's sake, he would give up his wish to go to sea.

5. He said to the man who had car'ried his trunk to the boat: "Go and fetch back my trunk; I will not go a-way, if my moth'er is to be made un-hap'py by it."

6. George's moth'er was glad at his de-cision; but still more glad be-cause of the fil'ial pi'e-ty it showed; and she said to him: "My dear boy, you will not re-pent this step. Our heav'en-ly Fa'ther has prom'ised to bless the chil'dren who hon'or their parents; and I be-lieve He will bless you!"

7. How en-tire'ly was the moth'er's fond be-lief ful-filled ! 341 Who is there a-mong men more honored by his coun'try-men, and by good men and chil'dren all over the world, than George Washington?

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8. He was one of the best of boys. He was dil'igent, punc'tu-al, and o-be'dient. Some of his school writing-books still re-main, and show how careful he was to write well.

9. He was born in Vir-gin'ia, on the 22d of Feb'rua-ry, 1732. He was the first Pres'i-dent of these United States. He died in the year 1799. His fame is most dear to us all.

(1, 10, 11, 15, 18, 43, 66 - 7, 124, 246, 263, 277, 299, 313, 315, 302.)

1. A BOY whose name was John went one day into

a large wood full of tall trees. way, when, at the foot of a tall what seemed a large, black ball.

*

He walked some pine-tree, he saw

"Can it be a

2. "What is it?" thought John. dog? or a calf? Is it a-sleep? It does not move." So he went softly up to the foot of the tree, and there found that the black ball was a young, very young, and helpless bear.

3. "I'll have you if you will but lie still," thought John: but hold! I must mind what I am about; for though you are too young to have teeth, your mother may not be far off, and I should not like her teeth and claws, nor even1s a hug from her."

4. He looked at the tree, and found that the trunk was much worn by the claws of a bear. The marks showed that bears had both gone up and come down

*The t in softly is sounded, although the t in soften is silent.

the tree, and he could just see that there was a large hole at the top of the trunk.

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5. "That is where you came from," thought John ; 'you have fallen out of your house, and you have not the strength to climb up to it again. But I must take care that your mother does not see me ; she may be hid in the bushes close by, or in some hole in the ground."

6. All this time, the young bear, or cub, lay still. John looked up at the tree once more, and round on all sides, but he saw nothing to fear; so he stooped down, snatched up the cub, and ran off as fast as he could, still with a sharp look-out, lest the mother bear should rush out upon him from some hiding-place.

7. But no old bear was to be seen, and John got home quite safe with his prize. His father was at the door, and asked him, "What have you there, my son ?"

8. "A baby-bear, father; such a fat thing! he is so warm and so soft! "And what do you mean to do with him?"-"Keep him, father, if you will give me leave."

9. "Keep him, my boy? Why, he will eat you up, one of these days, if you do." "No, father, I think I can tame him. I am al'most sure I can, and I should so much like to try!"

10. "There is but one way, John, and that is to be kind to him. Kindness is the best way to treat most things; the law of love is good for all; for man and beast. Take care not to starve him, and be sure