5." Of you!" exclaimed the wondering bird, "Of you!-in truth, Sir, not a word."

"What! never ?" said the Cuckoo, "never! Does no one talk of me? How!-Why!That's very strange, indeed, for I Talk of myself for ever."

FAIRY ARMOR.

6. Pigwiggen arms him for the field,
A little cockle shell his shield,
Which he could very bravely wield,
Yet could it not be pierced :

His spear a bent, both stiff and strong,
And well near of two inches long:
The pile was of a horse-fly's tongue,
Whose sharpness naught reversed.

7. And puts him on a coat of mail,
Which was of a fish's scale,
That when his foe should him assail,
No point should be prevailing.
His rapier was a hornet's sting,
It was a very dangerous thing;
For if he chanced to hurt the king,
It would be long in healing.

8. His helmet was a beetle's head,
Most horrible and full of dread,
That able was to strike one dead,
Yet it did well become him;
And for a plume, a horse's hair,
Which being tossed by the air,
Had force to strike his foe with fear,
And turn his weapon from him.

9. Himself he on an earwig set,

Yet scarce he on his back could get,
So oft and high he did curvet,

Ee'r he himself could settle:

He made him turn, and stop, and bound,
To gallop, and to trot the round,

He scarce could stand on any ground,

He was so full of mettle.

M. DRAYTON.

LESSON LXXXIV.

EXERCISE ON INFLECTION.

RULE 1.— Affirmative sentences and clauses take the falling inflection; negative sentences and clauses the rising; the negative itself generally takes the falling inflection.

1. In countries which are situated beneath the line, the

vernal nights are transcendently beautiful.

2.

There is the emblem of thy state

In flowers, which bloom and die.

3. It was the spirit of liberty which still abides on the 1

earth, and has its home in the bosom of the brave; which but yesterday, in beautiful France, restored the violated charter; which even now burns brightly on the towers of Belgium, and has rescued Poland from the tyrant's grasp; making their sons, aye, and their daughters, too, the wonder and the admiration of the world, the pride and glory of the human race.

4. True ease in writing comes from art, not chance; As those move easiest who have learned to dance.

5. We must not substitute in its place a senseless, motion

6. No broken hope is here, no fortune's troubled wave;

No bitter worldly tear bedews the grave.

7. I cannot, my lords, I will not join in congratulation on / misfortune and disgrace. This, my lords, is a This, my lords, is a perilous and

tremendous moment: it is not a time for adulation; the

/ smoothness of flattery cannot save us in this rugged and awful crisis.

9. These things I say, not to insult one who is fallen, but to

render more secure those who stand; not to irritate the heart

of the wounded, but to preserve those who are not yet wound

ed, in sound health; not to submerge him who is tossed on

the billows, but to instruct those sailing before a propitious

breeze, that they may not be plunged beneath the wave.

8. 'Tis not my inky cloak, good mother,

Nor customary suits of solemn black,

Nor windy suspiration of forced breath,

No, nor the fruitful river in the eye,

Nor the digested 'havior of the visage,

Together with all forms, modes and shows of grief,

That can denote me truly.

LESSON LXXXV.

GEORGE WILSON.

1. A FEW years since, as Rev. Mr. Gallaudet was walking in the streets of Hartford, there came running to him a poor boy, of very ordinary first sight appearance, but whose fine intelligent eye fixed the gentleman's attention, as the boy enquired, "Sir, can you tell me of a man who would like a boy to work for him, and learn to read?"

2. "Whose boy are you, and where do you live?" "I have no parents," was the reply, "and have just run away from the work-house, because they will not teach me to read."

3. The reverend gentleman made arrangements with the authorities of the town, and took the boy into his own family. There he learned to read. Nor was this all. He soon acquired the confidence of his new associates, by his faithfulness and honesty. He was allowed the use of his friend's library, and made rapid progress in the acquisition of knowledge.

4. It became necessary after a while that George should leave Mr. Gallaudet's, and he became apprenticed to a cabinet maker in the neighborhood. There the same integrity won for him the favor of his new associates.

5. To gratify his inclination for study, his master had a little room finished for him, in the upper part of the shop, where he devoted his leisure time to his favorite pursuits. Here he made large attainments in the mathematics, in the French language, and other branches.

6. After being in this situation a few years, as he sat at tea with the family, one evening, he all at once remarked that he wanted to go to France. "Go to France!" said his master, surprised that the apparently contented and happy youth had

thus suddenly become dissatisfied with his situation-" for "Ask Mr. Gallaudet to tea some evening,” continued

what?"

George, "and I will explain."

7. His reverend friend was invited accordingly, and at tea time the apprentice presented himself with his manuscripts in English and French, and explained his singular intention to go to France. "In the time of Napoleon," said he, "a prize was offered by the French government for the simplest rule of measuring plain surfaces of whatever outline. The prize has never been awarded, and that I have discovered."

8. He then demonstrated his problem to the surprise and gratification of his friends, who immediately furnished him with the means of defraying his expenses, and with letters of introduction to Hon. Lewis Cass, then Minister at the Court of France.

9. He was introduced to Louis Phillipe, and in the presence of the king, nobles and plenipotentiaries, the American youth demonstrated his problem, and received the plaudits of the court. He also received the prize clearly won, besides valuable presents from the king.

10. He then took letters of introduction and proceeded to the Court of St. James, where he took a similar prize offered by some Royal Society, and returned to the United States.

11. Here he was preparing to secure the benefit of his discovery, by patent, when he received a letter from the Emperor Nicholas himself, one of whose ministers had witnessed his demonstrations at St. James, inviting him to make his residence at the Russian Court, and furnishing him with oample means for his outfit. He complied with the invitation, repaired to St. Petersburg, and is now Professor of Mathematics in the Royal College under the special protection of the Autocrat of all the Russias.

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12. Take notice, boys! The gentleman who related these