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Is it time to transplant the thyme?

Don't waste your money in buying fancy waistcoats. Wait for a moment till I ascertain the weight of this article. Unless you weigh it immediately, I must

proceed on my way.

He is still in a weakly state: his physician visits him weekly.

EXERCISES ON WORDS.

[To vary the exercise the teacher should occasionally spell and pronounce one of the words himself, and then require the pupils to give its meaning; and also, the spelling and meaning of any other word similarly pronounced.]

Arc, ark; bad, bade; bait, bate; baize, bays; base bass; beer, bier; bell, belle; bourn, borne; brake, break; burrow, borough.

Cask, casque; check, cheque; chord, cord; chuff, chough; claws, clause; climb, clime; close, clothes; complement, compliment; cygnet, signet; dram, drachm. Ewer, your; fain, fane, feign; faint, feint; feat, feet; fellow, felloe; fort, forte; foul, fowl; frays, phrase; freeze, frieze; furs, furze; gage, gauge; gild, guild; gilt, guilt.

Gore, goar; grater, greater; grocer, grosser; grot, groat; hall, haul; hie, high; him, hymn; indict, indite; jam, jamb; knave, nave.

Lanch, launch; leak, leek; leaf, lief; limb, limn; loan, lone; maize, maze; male, mail; mane, main; mantel, mantle; marshal, martial; mean, mien; mead, meed, Mede.

Meet, meat, mete; meter, metre; mite, might; mity, mighty; moan, mown; mote, moat; mule, mewl; muse, mews; nap, knap; naught, nought; nay, neigh.

Nave, knave; need, knead; new, knew; night, knight; not, knot; no, know; none, nun, &c. &c.

CLASS SECOND.

WORDS PRONOUNCED NEARLY ALIKE, BUT DIFFERING IN SPELLING AND SIGNIFICATION.

[In this class, the distinction between the pronunciation of the words in each case should be taught as well as the difference of the spelling and meaning.]

Able, sufficient, competent. Abel, a man's name.

Aloud, with a loud voice. Allowed (allow'd), did allow.

Altar, of a church.

Alter, to change; to vary.

Auger, a boring instrument. Augur, a soothsayer or diviner; to predict by signs, to forebode.

Bald, without hair.
Bawled (bawl'd), did bawl.

Barbary, a country of Africa. Barberry, a small wild fruit with barbs or spines.

Board, a plank; a table.
Bored (bor'd), did bore.

Bold, brave; daring; forward.
Bowled (bowl'd), did bowl.

Boy, a male child.
Buoy, a floating mark.

Braid, to weave or plait ; a plait.
Brayed (bray'd), did bray.

Brood, offspring; progeny.
Brewed (brew'd), did brew.

Bridal, a wedding; nuptial.
Bridle, for a horse.
Britain, as Great Britain.
Briton, a native of Britain.

Calendar, an almanac.
Calender, a hot press for giving
a gloss to linens, calicoes, &c.

Carat, a small weight.
Caret, a mark in writing.

Castor, the beaver; a beaver
hat; a kind of oil.
Caster, one who casts; that out
of which something is cast.

1 It is only in colloquial or careless speaking that these words are pronounced "nearly alike." In almost every case there is a marked difference between their pronunciations. These differences and distinctions the learner must not only know, but also habituate himself to, if he wishes to become a correct speaker.

C

Cellar, a celf; a wine store. Seller, one who sells any thing.

Censer, a pan to burn incense in. Censor, a corrector of morals; a licenser of the press.

Choler, bile; anger. Collar, the neck; something worn about the neck.

Counsel, to advise ; advice; a legal adviser. Council, an assembly or body for consultation.

Counsellor, an adviser; a barrister or lawyer. Councillor, member of a council.

Culler, one who culls or selects. Colour, as black, white, &c.

Depositary, a storekeeper. Depository, a store or place in which things are deposited.

Deviser, one who devises; a contriver; an inventor. Divisor, a term in arithmetic.

Dire, dreadful; dismal.
Dyer, one who dyes.

Find, to discover.
Fined (fin'd), did fine.

Flour, from meal.
Flower, a blossom.

Fur, skin with soft hair.
Fir, a kind of tree.

Gored (gor'd), did gore.
Gourd, a plant like a melon.

Guest, a visitor.
Guessed (guess'd), did guess.
Hire, wages; recompence.
Higher, more elevated.

Hole, a hollow; a cavity.
Whole, all; the entire.

Holy, sacred; pure.
Wholly, entirely; completely.

Lair, a wild beast's couch.
Layer, one who lays; that which
is laid; a stratum.

Lessen, to make less.
Lesson, a school task; a precept.

Liar, one who tells lies.
Lyre, a musical instrument.

Lien, a tie; a claim.
Lion, a wild beast.

Load, a burden; to lade Lowed (low'd), did low.

Lore, learning.

Lower, more low; to let down.

Manner, method or way.
Manor, a domain, a district.

Mare, the female horse.
Mayor, a chief magistrate.

Medlar, a kind of fruit.
Meddler, one who meddles.

Metal, as gold, silver, &c.
Mettle, spirit; courage.

Miner, a worker in mines.
Minor, one under age.

Mist, a fog; small rain,
Missed (miss'd), did miss.

More, in number or quantity.
Mower, one that mows.
Naughty, worthless; wicked.
Knotty, having knots.

Ode, a lyric poem.
Owed (ow'd), did owe.

Otter, an amphibious animal.
Ottar, oil of roses.

Pact, a contract; an agreement.
Packed (pack'd), did pack,

Peter, a man's name.
Petre, nitre, saltpetre.

Pilot, one who steers a ship.
Pilate, a man's name.

Plaintiff, in a lawsuit.
Plaintive, mournful.

President, one that presides over an assembly, &c. Precedent, something done or said before; an example or rule for future times.

Principal, chief; a chief or head; money placed out at interest. Principle, a maxim; a fundamental truth; a rule of action.

Profit, gain; advantage.
Prophet, one who prophesies.

Rabbit, a well-known animal.
Rabbet, a term in carpentry.

Rapt, carried away; transported
Wrapped (wrapp'd), did wrap.

Roar, as a lion, &c.
Rower, one that rows.

Rode, did ride.
Rowed (row'd), did row.

Side, the edge, the margin.
Sighed (sigh'd), did sigh.
Sailer, as a ship.

Sailor, a seaman or mariner.

Soared (soar'd), did soar.
Sword, a weapon.

Sold, did sell.
Soled (sol'd), did sole.

Sower, one who sows seed.
Sewer, one who sews cloth.

Staid, steady; grave. Stayed (stay'd), did stay.

Stationary, remaining in one place; not progressive. Stationery, pens, paper, &c.

Succour, help; to relieve.
Sucker, a young shoot.

Symbol, a type; a sign.
Cymbal, a musical instrument.

Tact, ready talent; adroitness. Tacked (tack'd), did tack.

Tide, the flow and ebb of the sea. Tied, did tie.

Told, did tell.

Tolled (toll'd), did toll.

Tract, a region; a pamphlet. Tracked (track'd), did track.

Venus, the goddess of beauty.
Venous, pertaining to the veins.
Vial, a phial, or small bottle.
Viol, a musical instrument.

Wade, to walk through water.
Weighed (weigh'd), did weigh.
Ware, goods, merchandize.
Where, in which place.

Weal, happiness; prosperity.
Wheel, of a vehicle.

Weigh, to try the weight of.
Whey, the serous part of milk.

Wet, to make wet; to moisten.
Whet, to sharpen; to make keen.

Wicket, a small gate.
Wicked, sinful; vicious.

Wig, for the head.
Whig, a political name.

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SENTENCES FOR DICTATION.

I cannot reach to it with my arm; but with my cane I shall be able.

We are not allowed to speak aloud during business. He should not be permitted to alter either the appearance or the position of the altar.

The ball struck him on the ear, and he began to bawl, as if it had been a bullet. In fact, he bawled so loud that old Stephen popped his bald head out of the window to inquire what was the matter.

He bored a hole through the board.

One of the bridal party stepped forward, and caught my horse by the bridle.

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