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Every few years this river overflows its banks; and there is a fearful inundation. This event most frequently occurs in spring. The ice begins to melt in the great lakes which discharge their surplus waters through the Neva; and if at this time a strong west wind should prevail, the waters of the Gulf of Finland are heaped up, the waters of the Neva have not a free and open passage into the Gulf, and a disastrous overflow is the consequence. 16. In some parts of the city, these inundations are so frequent and so sudden, that, on the signal being given, the guests of an evening party suddenly depart without saying good-bye, and betake themselves, at the utmost speed of their horses, to the higher parts of the town. The most terrible of these inundations occurred in 1777 and in 1824. But, almost every spring, should a west wind prevail, the grown-up inhabitants of St Petersburg-from the Emperor down to the poorest moujik-sit up all night, and sometimes for several nights running, watching with beating hearts, pale faces, and blanched lips, the rising of the waters and the direction of the wind.

EXERCISES.-1. Write a SUMMARY of paragraphs 6 to 10

inclusive.

2. Write a short paper on 'St Petersburg' from your own

summary.

3. Explain the following sentences and phrases, and give a synonym for the single word: (1) An inclement sky. (2) The heat is accumulated. (3) The expansion of the ice breaks up the strongest edifices. (4) To reclaim her from the marsh. (5) The twilight melts into the dawn with undistinguishable gradations. (6) Many of the buildings are profusely gilded externally. (7) The annual mortality. (8) A marvellous intermixture. (9) The history of St Petersburg is monotonous. (10) The great lakes discharge their surplus waters. (11) Inundations. (12) They betake themselves to the higher parts of the town.

4. Parse all the words in the following sentence: The

position of the city forms a remarkable contrast with that

of Naples.'

5. Analyse the following sentence:

There was a time, when, though my path was rough,

The joy within me dallied with distress;

And all misfortunes were but as the stuff

Whence fancy made me dreams of happiness.

6. Write in columns all the words you know connected with the following English words: Fire; cold1; know; moon2; day 3; cloth; grow; all; high; ice; take; bake 5; free.

7. Give in columns all the derivatives you know from the following Latin words: Latus, broad; longus, long; fluo, I flow (root flu, stem flux); premo, I press (root prem, stem press); duco, I lead (root duc, stem duct).

8. Write sentences containing the following words: Peace and piece; peer and pier; plain and plane; pleas and please.

9. Write sentences containing the following phrases: Sink beneath, sink into, sink under; start at, start from, and start with.

1 Chill, etc.
▲ Also, alone, etc.

2 Month, etc.
5 Batch, etc.

3 Dawn, etc.

By kind, by nature.

CONTENTMENT.

Stay, point on which I take my stand. (Stay is a cognate of stand. So is stead in bedstead, homestead; steady, etc.).

Suffice, be sufficient. From Lat. sufficit, it is enough.

Press, hurry, or am eager.
Lack, want.
Surfeits, fills to more than satiety
-to disgust. From Fr. sur-
faire, to overdo; from Lat.
super, above, and facere, to
do.

Brook, endure (that which is, etc.).

1. My mind to me a kingdom is;
Such perfect joy therein I find,

As far exceeds all earthly bliss

That world affords, or grows by kind: Though much I want what most men have, Yet doth my mind forbid me crave.

2. Content I live-this is my stay;

I

press

I seek no more than may suffice: to bear no haughty sway; Look-what I lack, my mind supplies! Lo! thus I triumph like a king, Content with that my mind doth bring. 3. I see how plenty surfeits oft,

And hasty climbers soonest fall;
I see how those that sit aloft

Mishap doth threaten most of all;
These get with toil, and keep with fear :
Such cares my mind could never bear.
4. I laugh not at another's loss;

I grudge not at another's gain;
No worldly wave my mind can toss;
I brook that is another's pain.
I fear no foe: I scorn no friend:
I dread no death: I fear no end.

5. Some have too much, yet still they crave;
I little have, yet seek no more :
They are but poor, though much they have;
And I am rich, with little store.

They poor; I rich: they beg; I give :
They lack; I lend: they pine; I live.

6. I wish but what I have at will:
I wander not to seek for more:
I like the plain; I climb no hill:

In greatest storm I sit on shore,
And laugh at those that toil in vain,
To get what must be lost again.
-This is my choice; for why?—I find
No wealth is like a quiet mind.

William Byrd (17th century).

CAUTIONS AND DIRECTIONS FOR READING.

VERSE 1.-Line 1: The emphatic word is mind.-Line 2: Emphasis on perfect.-Line 6: A pause after Yet; emphasis on mind.

VERSE 2.-Line 1: This is emphatic.-Line 2: Avoid the verseaccent on may, and go lightly over it.-Line 4: Avoid the verseaccent on what, and read what-I-lack as one word.-Line 5: Long pause after Lo!

VERSE 3.-Line 4: Most is the emphatic word.-Line 5: Slight pause after These, so as to throw it into an emphatic position.Line 6: Slight pause after Such cares.

VERSE 4.-Line 1: Avoid the verse-accent upon at. The emphatic word is another's.-Line 5: Emphasis upon no.

VERSE 5.-Line 1: Avoid the verse-accent upon have. The emphatic word is too. A slight pause after yet.-Line 3: Emphasis on They, and slight pause after it. Avoid carefully the verse-accent upon are.-Lines 5 and 6: Pauses after each They and I.

VERSE 6.-Line 1: Avoid the verse-accent upon what.Line 6: Pause after get.-Line 7: Pause after This. Avoid the verse-accent upon is.-Line 8: The emphatic word is No.

RALEIGH'S FIRST INTERVIEW WITH QUEEN ELIZABETH.

Ushers, attendants at a door.
From Fr. huissier; from
Lat. ostiarius; from ostium,
a door. The town at the
mouth of the Tiber was
called Ostia.
Flanked by, attended by at the
sides. From Fr. flanc, the
side.
Disposed, arranged. From Lat. dis, A

asunder, and pono (posit-um),
I place. Cognates: Disposi-
tion; impose, imposition; pro-
pose, proposal, proposition.

Ardent, warm and eager. From
Lat. ardeo, I burn. Cog-
nate Ardour.
Resentment, anger. From Fr.
ressentir, to feel against.
Courtesy, civility and respect.
From Fr. cour, a court;
from Lat. cors or cohors, a
cattle-yard or sheepfold.
profound reverence, a deep
bow. From Lat. revereor, I

feel awe.
Drap-de-bure, cloth of coarse wool.
Cuerpo, bare skin.

Augury, sign or omen. From
Lat. augurium, an omen
taken from the flight or
appearance of birds. (The
u in augurium represents
the v in avis, a bird.) Cog-
nate Aviary.
Agility, activity. From

Lat.
agilis, active or nimble. Cog-
nate: Agile.
Embarrassment, perplexity and
shyness. From Fr. embar-
rasser, to put a difficulty in
the way; from Low Lat.
barra, a bar.

Topic, subject or point or place of conversation. From Gr. topos, a place. Cognate : Topography.

Liegeman, person [bound by allegiance. From Fr. lige; from Low Lat. lidus, a man bound

to the soil-between a free man and a serf.

Thriftless,

without thrift, uneconomical, wasteful. From the Eng. verb thrive. Compare sieve and sift; drive and drift; give and gift. Excess, going too far. From Lat. ex, out of or beyond, and cedo (cess-um), I go. Cognates: Exceed; proceed, process, procession; succeed, success, succession. Abridged, cut short. From Fr. abréger, to shorten; from Lat. abbreviare, to make short. (The g comes in from the sound of the i after v. Compare rabies and rage; cavea and cage.) Cognates: Abridgment; brief, brevity; abbreviate, abbreviation.

1. The gates of the palace opened, and ushers began to issue forth in array, preceded and flanked by the band of gentlemen pensioners. After this, amid a crowd of lords and ladies, yet so disposed around her that she could see and be seen on all sides, came Elizabeth herself, then in the prime of womanhood, and in the full glow of what in a sovereign was called beauty, and who would in the lowest rank of life have been truly judged a noble figure, joined to a striking and commanding physiognomy.

2. Raleigh, then a young cavalier, had probably never yet approached so near the person of his sovereign; and he pressed forward as far as the line of warders permitted, in order to avail himself of the present opportunity. His companion, on the contrary, kept pulling him backwards, till Walter shook him off impatiently,

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