ram'deer, mountaineer, engineer, dominéer, mutineer, privateer, volunteer chariotéer, gazettéer, &c. (e'er, s. are, in) e'er, ne'er, whene'er', where'er' (ier, accented, and in one syllable, s. ère, in pier, cashiér, cavalier, chandeliér, carabiniér, cannoniér, &c.

62. or, s. ur, in ambassador, méteor, an'chor, metaphor, author, major, sénior, júnior, inferior, supériour, intériour, war'rior, sailor, deméanor, minor, stúpor, em'peror, júror, vis'or, cen'sor, successor, profess'or, possess'or, prognos'ticator, elúcidator, gladiátor, mediátor, ventilator, legislator, translator, sen'ator, denom'inator, moderátor, or'ator, spectator, equátor, debt'or, ac'tor, collect'or, protect'or, vic'tor, proprietor, aúditor, invent'or, &c. (or, s. or, in) or, áchor, ichor, sápor, prétor, unlooked for, unhoped for, &c. (or and oor, s. ore, in) louis d'or', corridor', bat'tledoor, back'door, trapdoor', death's'door, ground floor, thrash'ingfloor. (oor, s. oor, in) boor, moor, poor, unmoor black'amoor.-or, s. or, in abhor'.

63. our, s. år, in labour, tábour, ar'bour, harbour, suc'cour, ran'cour splen'dour, vig'our, val'our, col'our, par'lour, clam'our, ar'mour, rúmour, hon'our endeav'our, fávour, savour, &c. (our, s. owr, in) our, scour, hour, flour, sour devour'. (our, s, oor, in) amour', par'amour, tour, contour'.-the verb to pour, s. pore, or powr.-four, s. före.-your, s. úre.-iour, s. yûr, in be haviour, sáviour.

64. ass, s. ass, in lass, class, glass, look'ing-glass, ising-glass, tin'glass weath'erglass, hour'glass, amass', repass', surpass', sparrowgrass, scur'vy grass, car'cass, cut'lass, com'pass, encompass, tres'pass, har'ass, sas'safras cuirass', morass', can'vas.

65. ous, s. ûs, in tremendous, stupendous, hid'eous, spontáneous, plen teous, terráqueous, analogous, ódious, stúdious, plous, várious, jealous, per'ilou frivolous, cred'ulous, trem'ulous, in'famous, unan'imous, mountainous, luminou poisonous, won'drous, númerous, dex'terous, ódorous, clam'orous, tráiterou adven'turous, solicitous, momen'tous, porten'tous, gratuitous, fortuitous, &c. 66. ceous, s. shûs, in fabáceous, herbaceous, argilláceous, cetáceous, cre táceous, crustáceous, &c.

67. ious and eous, preceded by d, s. èûs, in tédious, perfid'ious, fastidiou insid'ious, invid'ious, compen'dious, odious, melódious, commódious, &c. hid'eou lapid'eous, stúdious.

68. cious and scious, s. shas, in efficacious, audácious, sagacious, fall cious, tenacious, pertinacious, spacious, grácious, voracious, vivácious, loqu cious, spécious, precious, judicious, officious, malicious, pernicious, au pi'cious, capri"cious, atrocious, &c. omnis'cious, con'scious, luscious, &c.

69. tious, s. shûs, in ostentátious, vexátious, factious, ambitious, pr pitious, fictitious, adventitious, superstitious, conscientious, sententious, co ten'tious, cap'tious, cautious, incautious, &c.

70. uous, s. ûûs, in conspicuous, promiscuous, assiduous, arduous, a big'uous, contig'uous, mellifluous, super'fluous, ingen'uous, strenuous, sin'uo impetuous, tumultuous, contempt'uous, sumpt'uous, virtuous, tempest'uous, co gruous, incon'gruous.

71. eat, s. ète, in eat, beat, brow'beat, defeat, eschéat, repéat, entré retreat, in sweet meat.-eat, s. êt, in threat, sweat. eat, s. ate, in great eat, s. èât, in caveat.-hereat', thereat', whereat', s. hère at, thare hware åt

72. ct, s. kt, in act, enact', compact', defect', infect', per'fect, deject', sele as'pect, respect', inspect', pros'pect, direct', dissect', predict', strict, dis'trict, stinct, extinct', adjunct, deduct', product, obstruct', instruct', construct', (ct has the same sound when s is added, thus) acts, enacts', defects', infects', jects', respects', inspects', pros'pects, directs', sects, dissects', predicts', dis'tri adjuncts, &c. (ict, s. ite, in endict', and indict'.)

73. ight, s. ite, in fight, alight', delight', enlight', moon'light, star'lig

75. aught, s. åt, in aught, ful'fraught. (aught, s. åft, in) draught, rough draught.

76. ought, s. åt, in ought, dear'-bought, methought', fore-thought, af'ter thought, mer'ry-thought, high'-wrought, inwrought, unwrought', overwrought besought'. (ought, s. owt, in drought.)

77. scent, s. sent, in scent, ascent', renas'cent, descent', quies'cent, cor vales'cent, evanes'cent, cres'cent, excrescent, ze.

78. ow, s. ò, in elbow, rainbow, mead'ow, shadow, overshadow, wid'ow window, bow'-window, fur'below, fal'low, hal'low, shal'low, sal'low, tal'lov wallow, swallow, bellow, fellow, school'fellow, play fellow, mel'low, yel'lov billow, pillow, wil'low, follow, hollow, whit'low, win'now, scarecrow, ove throw, (n,) ar'row, nar'row, harrow, mar'row, spar'row, yar'row, bor'row, mor row, sor'row, bur'row, furrow. (ow, s. d, in) bow (n.) to shoot arrows; rar show, foreshow', puppetshow, overblow', below', overflow' (v.) foreknow', ove grow', overthrow' (v.) bestow'. (ow, s. ow, in) bow (n. an act of reverence, or to bend), endow', some'how, allow', disallow', mow (n.) now, good'now, enow erenow', eyebrow, avow. 79. ay, S. à, in bay, decay', alack'aday', noon'day, delay', relay allay', inlay', display', ove ray', betray', assay' say' (v.), away', away, high

lackaday,
overlay', mislay', rlay', mis waylay', dismay', ay', defr

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defray', affray', high'way, &c. (ay, s. a, in) mon'day, tues'da wednes'day, thurs'day, friday, sat'urday, sun'day, yes'terday, hey'-day, hol' day, nosegay, round'elay, sooth'say, hear'say, essay (n.), run'away, car'awa cast'away, cause'way, half'way, gang'way, path'way.ay, s. è.-quadètè, in galety-oiety, s. oy-è-tè, in moiety.)

86. ity, s. ètè, in prob'ity, saga"city, capacity, felicity, duplicity, city, atro"city, valid'ity, rapid'ity, profun'dity, deity, frugal'ity, liberality ral'ity, fatal'ity, ability, flammability, durabil'ity, stability, credibil'ity, ser ity, flexibil'ity, utility, human'ity, len'ity, dig'nity, solemnity, impunity, al ity, maturity, quan'tity, vacuity, nativ'ity, &c. (ity, s. ftè, in) city, pity. 87. osity, s ősété, in verbos'ity, morbos'ity, curiosity, sententios'ity mos'ity, generos'ity, impetuos'ity, &c.

VARIATION OF ACCENT.

A Change of Accent takes place on the following words acc

ing as they are Nouns, Verbs, or Adjectives.

The Cruel Boy.

1. AS a bird one day was flying to seek food for its young ones, a boy, who had a gun in his hand, saw it, and shot the poor thing through its head, and down it fell to the ground The boy then ran to it, and picked it up; and when he saw tha it was dead, he was very sorry for what he had done.

2. How cruel it was to kill the poor bird, which never dic any harm in all its life; and to take it from its young ones, which were in the nest, wanting it to come back and feed them.

3. The poor little birds could not think why their mother staid so long from them, and kept chirping till they were quite tired. At night they grew so cold, for want of their mother to brood over them, that they did not know what to do.

4. There were five in the nest, and two of them perished with cold and hunger in the night. The other three lived til the next morning, when, getting to the edge of the nest, to look for their mother, two of them fell out, and broke their bones.

5. They lay in great pain for some time upon the ground but could not move, for they were too young to hop or fly. A last the poor things died. But the other poor little bird tha was left in the nest, did not die so soon, for it lived all day very cold and in great pain; it was almost famished for want o food.

6. It kept chirping, as long as it had strength to make an noise, in hopes its mother would hear, and come and feed it But, poor thing, she was dead, and could not hear it. So, at last when it was quite tired, it lay still at the bottom of the nest and in the night it rained fast, and the wind blew; so it die with cold, just as it began to grow daylight.

7. Thus, there was an end of the five pretty young birds which all died in such a painful manner, because a hard-hearted cruel boy shot their poor mother.

*** Preparatory to the learner's commencing the reading lessons, it is strongly recon mended that he be required to spell, accent and pronounce at sight all the primitive ar derivative words in the introduction, and determine which are the initial and termination syllables, and be practised in spelling these exercises both in and out of the book.

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to read, had a great many pretty books given to her; but she was so silly, that she would not take care of them, but used to spoil, and tear them so, that they could not be read.

2. One day, her aunt gave her a new book, full of spelling and reading, and pretty pictures, desiring her to take care of it, and not let it get soiled or torn. The little girl said she would be sure and keep it very choice.

3. But it was not long before she forgot to put it into her box, after she had been reading in it; and so it was tossed about, and some of the leaves were pulled out, and the back broken off; and at last a little dog, in playing with it, gnawed it all to pieces.

4. Then the little girl could not read in it any more, nor see the pretty pictures again. She was now sadly vexed that she had been so careless, and wished for a new book; and her father was so kind as to give her one. But she soon let that be spoiled, as the others had been.

5. All her friends grew tired of giving her books, when they saw that she took no care of them; and she was obliged at last to go without any to read in.

6. What a sad thing that was, to have no book, but to grow up and not to be able to spell or read. I hope all the little boys and girls who hear about this careless child, will think of her, and take care not to let their own books be so spoiled and torn, as her's were; but, when they have done reading, put them away in some place where they will be safe, and ready for the next time they want them.

The Brother and Sister.

1. A GENTLEMAN had two children, a son and a daughter. The boy was often more admired for his beauty than the little girl. They were both very young, and happened one day to be playing near their mother's looking-glass. The boy, pleased with his appearance, viewed himself for some time, and observed to his sister, how handsome he was.

2. The poor little girl was very much hurt at his remark, and went quickly to her father to be revenged upon him; and, in the height of her resentment, said, it was a shame that a boy, who was born to be a man, should make so free with a piece of furniture which entirely belonged to the ladies.

3. The good gentleman clasping them both in his arms, with all the tenderness of a fond parent, said, 'My dear children, I