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As a sportsman ranged the fields with his gun, attended by an old spaniel, he happened to spring a snipe, and almost at the same instant a covey of partridges.

Being divided in his aim, he let fly too indeterminately, and by this means missed them both.

Ah, my good master, said the spaniel, you should never have two aims at once. Had you not been dazzled and seduced by the hope of partridge, you would most probably have secured your snipe.

MORAL.-We often miss our point by dividing our at

tention.

FABLE 7. The Fox and the Raven.

A fox observing a raven on the branch of a tree with a fine piece of cheese in her mouth, began to think how he might possess himself of so delicious a morsel.

Dear Madam, said he, I am glad to see you this morning your fine shape, and shining feathers, are the delight of my eyes; and would you but favour me with a song, I doubt not but your voice is equal to the rest of your charms.

Deluded with this speech, the raven opened her mouth to give him a specimen of her music, when down fell the cheese, which the fox snatching up bore away in triumph, leaving the raven to lament her vanity at her leisure.

MORAL. Wherever flattery gains admission, it seems to banish common sense.

TABLE 16.

Ab er con way
A do ni jah
An ti pa ros
An a ni as
Ar tax erx es

Han a ni ah
Hez e ki ah
Hy me ne us
Is a bel la
Jer e mi ah
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A car na ni a
Al ex an dri a
An da lu si a
A pol lo ni a
A ris toph a nes

FOUR Syllables, accented on the THIRD.

Lith u a ni a
Lys i ma chi a
Ly per ca li a
Ma ce do ni a
Ma gel lan i ca
TABLE 20.
A ha su e rus
Ar i ma the a
Ar is to de mus
Bo a di ce a
Cas se bel lau nus

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Jer o bo am
Mad a gas car
Mar ga ri ta
Ne he mi ah
Nic o de mus
FIVE Syllables, accented
Be re cyn thi a
Cap pa do ci a
Ca li for ni a
Ceph a lo ni a
Cat a lo ni a

Co pen ha gen
Dal ma nu tha
De o tre phes
E ze ki as
For tu na tus

Ob a di ah
Phy loc te tes
Sal a man ca
Wol ver hamp ton
Zo ro as ter

on the THIRD.
Di o ny si us
E thi o pi a
Hel i op o lis
Hi er o po lis
I phi ge ni a

TABLE 19.
Penn syl va ni a
Phil a del phi a
Pat a go ni a
Pis is tra ti des
Sa tur na li a
FIVE Syllables, accented on the FOURTH.
Cas si o do rus
Chris ti an o ple
Con stan ti no ple
Ec cle si as tes
E pam i non das

Sa mo thra ci a
Scan di na vi a
Tran sy va ni a
Tur co ma ni a
The op tol e mus

Ha li car nas sus
He li o do rus
Her maph ro di tus
i o la

His pan
La o di ce a

TABLE 21.

E paph ro di tus
Es tre ma du ra
For te ven tu ra
Gym no so phis tæ
Gy na co tho nus

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Nu me ri a nus
O no ma cri tus
Pe lo pon nes us

TABLE 22. Six Syllables, aceented

Se ve ri a nus

Thes sa lo ni ca

Ves pa ti a nus on the Fourth.

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A farmer came to a neighbouring lawyer, expressing great concern for an accident which he said had just happened. One of your oxen (continued he) has been gored by a mischievous bull of mine, and I should be glad to know how I am to make you reparation.

Thou art a very honest fellow, replied the lawyer, and wilt not think it wrong that I expect one of thy oxen in return. It is no more than justice, quoth the farmer, to be sure; but what did I say?-I mistake- -It is your bull that hath killed one of my oxen.

Indeed! said the lawyer; that alters 'the case; I must inquire into the affair; and if- -And if! said the farmer: the business, I find, would have been concluded without an if, had you been as ready to do justice to others, as to exact it from them.

MORAL. The injuries we do, and those we suffer, are seldom weighed in the same scales.

FABLE 9. The Blind Man and the Lame.

A blind man being stopped in a bad road, met with a lame man, and begged him to guide him through it. How can I do that, said the lame man, since am not able to drag myself along? but as you appear to be very strong, if you will carry me, we will seek our fortunes together. will then be my interest to warn you of anything that may be in your way your feet shall be my feet, and my eyes yours.

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With all my heart, said the blind man.-So taking his lame companion on his back, they, by means of their union, travelled on with safety and pleasure.

WORDS NEARLY ALIKE IN SOUND, BUT DIFFERENT IN SPELLING AND SIGNIFICATION.

Abel, a man's name
Able, powerful

Accidence, a book
Accidents, chances

Accompt, reckoning
Account, regard
Acts, deeds
Axe, a kind of tool

Adds, doth add
Adze, a cooper's ax
Advice, counsel
Advise, to counsel
Ail, to be sick
Ale, malt liquor
Air, an element
Are, plural of is
Heir, eldest son
Alehoof, an herb
Aloof, at a distance
All, every one
Awl, a sharp tool

Alley, a narrow pas

sage
Ally, confederate
Allowed, granted
Aloud, with noise

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Attendants, waiters
Auger, a tool

Augur, a soothsayer
Bacon, hog's flesh
Baken, baked
Beacon, to give notice
Beckon, to wink
Bail, a surety
Bale, of cloth

Bait, an allurement
Bate, to take less

Baiting, taking
freshment
Bating, except
Baize, cloth

Been, of to be

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Ann, a woman's name Bawl, to cry out

Bays, a garland

Boor, a clown

Altar, for sacrifice

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Alter, to change

Bawl'd, cried out

Bor'd, did bore

An, an article

Ball, any round thing

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Anchor, of a ship

Ballad, a song [dance

gallons

Ballot, a little ball

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boards Border, boundary

Anker, a cask of 10 Ballette, a kind of Bold, daring

Arrack, a spirit Rack, to torture Arrant, notorious Errant, wandering Array, good order Array, to clothe

Barbara, a woman's

name

Barbary, a country
Barberry, a fruit
Bare, naked
Bear, to carry
Bark, of a tree
Barque, a ship

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EASY MORAL SENTENCES.

LESSON 1.

A wise man will desire no more than what he may get justly, use soberly, distribute cheerfully, and live upon contentedly.

Blame not before thou hast examined the truth; understand first, and then rebuke.

Complaisance renders a superior amiable, an equal agreeable, and an inferior acceptable.

Do unto others as you would they should do unto you. Economy is no disgrace; it is better to live on a little, than to outlive a great deal.

Few are so wise as to prefer useful reproof to treacherous praise.

Grace to the body is like good sense to the mind.

Honour thy father with thy whole heart, and forget not the kindness of thy mother: how canst thou repay them the things they have done for thee?

Ingratitude is a crime so shameful, that no man was ever found who would own himself guilty of it.

LESSON 2.

Let reason go before every enterprise, and counsel before every action.

Money, like manure, does no good till it is spread.
No person is either so happy or so unhappy as he imagines.
Our own distrust somewhat justifies the deceit of others.
Prosperity gains friends, and adversity tries them.

Quarrels would never be lasting, were the fault only on one side.

Repentance is often not so much a remorse for what wo have done, as the dread of its consequences.

Sincerity and truth are the foundation of all virtue.
To err is human, to forgive divine.

Virtuous youth brings forward flourishing manhood. We should take a prudent care for the future, but so as to enjoy the present. It is no part of wisdom to be miserable to-day, because we may happen to be so to-morrow. Youth is the season for laying the foundation of learning and virtue.

Zealously persevere in the paths of knowledge, honour, virtue, and piety,

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