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7. Answer the questions proposed in the

52, 53, 54, 55, and 56 lines. 8. How are Niagara Falls like time?

9. What inflections are proper from the 1st to the 30th line? 10. What, from the 49th to the 56th? N. B. The notation of inflections, it is believed, has been sufficiently extensive to be useful to the pupil.

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is desirable that he should be led along, until he can safely trust to his own judgment. Having become acquainted with the general principles, and having received such assistance as may be necessary in the early stage of this study, he will learn more by practicing in simple reliance upon his own judgment and taste, with such assistance and correction as his teacher may, from time to time, deem appropriate, than he would from any number of lessons already marked with proper emphasis and inflections. Persevering attention to this subject, however, both on the part of the pupil and the teacher, is necessary, in order to secure the desired result.

ERRORS 2. Ter-rus for ter-rors; 3. shad-ders for shad-ows; 5. on-wor-thy for un-wor-thy; 14. el-munce for el-e-ments; 16. grain-jure for grand-eur; 33. dis-cend-in' for de-scend-ing; 49. tor-runt for tor-rent; 57. om-ni-po'-tunt for om-nip'-o-tent; 73. e-choes for ech-oes.

SPELL AND DEFINE.-1. Tremendous; 5. unworthy; 9. hurricane; 13. yawning; 16. grandeur; 25. innumerable; 40. questioners, mysteries; 43. majestic; 45. immensity; 53. unexhausted; 56. overwhelm; 57. omnipotent; 63. eternity; 70. immortal; 73. echoes.

LESSON XLV.

RULE. Where several consonants come together, give the full sound to each of them.

Example.-Pronounce the following words, sounding fully the consonants that are italicized.-Or-b'd, pro-b'dst, trou-bl-d-st, trou-bles, trou-bl'st, ri-bs, rob-b'st, han-dl'd, fon-dl-'st, brea-dths, lau-gh'st.

SPELL AND DEFINE

2. Tem'-per-ed, a. softened. [ether. | 4. 3. E-the-re-al, a. heavenly, formed of

Se-ren'-i-ty, n. calmness, quietness. Buoy'-an-cy, n. (pro. bwoy'-an-cu) lightness.

En-chant'-ment, n. the use of spells or

charms.

Col-on-nades, n. rows of columns.

Ra'-di-ance, n. brightness.

5.

Pa-vil-ion, n. a tent, here a kind of
tower on the top of a castle.
Par'-a-pet, n. a wall or elevation raised
to keep off shot.

Cast'-a-net, n, an instrument of music
made of hollowed ivory shells.
Cav-a-lier', n. a gay military man, a
knight.
[thought.

6. Rev'-e-ry. n. a loose irregular train of

THE ALHAMBRA BY MOONLIGHT.-W. Irving.

[The palace or castle called the Alhambra consists of the remains of a very extensive and ancient pile of buildings, in Spain, erected by the Moors when they were rulers of the country.]

1. I have given a picture of my apartment on my first taking possession of it: a few evenings have produced a thorough change in the scene and in my feelings. The moon, which then was invisible, has gradually gained upon the nights, and now rolls in full splendor above the towers, pouring a flood of tempered light into every court and hall. The garden beneath my window, is gently lighted up; the orange and citron trees are tipped with silver; the fountain sparkles in the moonbeams; and even the blush of the rose is faintly visible.

2. I have sat for hours at my window, inhaling the sweetness of the garden, and musing on the checkered features of those whose history is dimly shadowed out in the elegant memorials around. Sometimes I have issued forth at midnight when every thing was quiet, and have wandered over the whole building. Who can do justice to a moonlight night in such a climate, and in such a place!

3. The temperature of an Andalusian midnight in summer, is perfectly ethereal. We seem lifted up into a purer atmosphere; there is a serenity of soul, a buoyancy of spirits, an elasticity of frame, that render mere existence enjoyment. The effect of moonlight, too, on the Alhambra, has something like enchantment. Every rent and chasm of time, every moldering tint and weather stain, disappears; the marble resumes its original whiteness; the long colonnades brighten in the moonbeams; the halls are illuminated with a softened radiance, until the whole edifice reminds one of the enchanted palace of an Arabian tale.

4. At such a time, I have ascended to the little pavilion, called the queen's toilet to enjoy its varied and extensive prospect. To the right, the snowy summits of the Sierra Nivada, would gleam, like silver clouds, against the darker firmament, and all the outlines of the mountain would be softened, yet delicately de fined. My delight, however, would be to lean over the parapet of the Tocador, and gaze down upon Granada, spread out like a map below me: all buried in deep repose, and its white palaces and convents sleeping, as it were, in the moonshine.

5. Sometimes I would hear the faint sounds of castanets from some party of dancers lingering in the Alameda; at other times, I have heard the dubious tones of a guitar, and the notes of a

single voice rising from some solitary street, and have pictured to myself some youthful cavalier, serenading his lady's window; a gallant custom of former days, but now sadly on the decline, except in the remote towns and villages of Spain.

6. Such are the scenes that have detained me for many an hour, loitering about the courts and balconies of the castle, enjoying that mixture of revery and sensation which steal away existence in a southern climate-and it has been almost morning before I have retired to my bed, and been lulled to sleep by the falling waters of the fountain of Lindaraxa.

QUESTIONS.-1. What and where is the Alhambra? 2. Describe

the effect of moonlight upon its appearance. 3. How did the writer of this lesson employ himself at such times? 4. Where are the Sierra Nivada? 5. Where is Andalusia? 6. What is the national instrument

of the Spaniards?

ERRORS. 1. 'Part-munt for a-part-ment, pus-ses-sion for pos-session; 2. shad-erd for shad-ow-ed; cli-met for cli-mate; 3. boy-an-cy for buoy-an-cy; 4. pros-pec' for pros-pect; 5. ling-er-in' for lin-ger-ing, kev-a-lier for cav-a-lier.

SPELL AND DEFINE.-1. Apartment, splendor; 2. inhaling, checkered, memorials; 3. temperature, moldering, edifice, enchanted; 5. dubious, serenading, gallant, remote; 6. sensation, lulled.

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RULE.- When reading poetry that rhymes, there should be a very slight pause after the words that are similar in sound, though the sense may not require it.

Example.

Sweet it is, at eve to rest,

On the flowery meadow's breast.

Here a slight pause may be made after the word rest, which would not be made, if it were prose instead of poetry.

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1. All day, the low-hung clouds have dropt
Their garner'd fullness down;

All day, that soft, gray mist hath wrapt
Hill, valley, grove, and town.
There has not been a sound to-day
To break the calm of nature;
Nor motion, I might almost say,
Of life, or living creature;
Of waving bough, or warbling bird,
Or cattle faintly lowing;

I could have half believed I heard
The leaves and blossoms growing.

2. I stood to hear, — I love it well
The rain's continuous sound;
Small drops, but thick and fast they fell,
Down straight into the ground.
For leafy thickness is not yet

Earth's naked breast to screen,
Though every dripping branch is set
With shoots of tender green.

3. Sure, since I look'd, at early morn,
Those honey-suckle buds

Have swelled to double growth; that thorn
Hath put forth larger studs.
That lilac's cleaving cones have burst,

The milk-white flowers revealing;

Even now upon my senses first,

Methinks their sweets are stealing.

4. The very earth, the steamy air,
Is all with fragrance rife!
grace and beauty every where
Are bursting into life.

And

Down, down they come

- those fruitful stores!

Those earth-rejoicing drops!
A momentary deluge pours,
Then thins, decreases, stops.
And ere the dimples on the stream
Have circled out of sight,
Lo! from the west, a parting gleam
Breaks forth of amber light.

QUESTIONS.-1. What season is described in this lesson ? 2. What is said concerning the stillness of every thing? 3. What, con

cerning the rain ? 4. What, concerning the appearance of the earth's surface? 5. What is said of the trees and shrubs? 6. What, of the

light?

7. At what pauses in this lesson is the rising inflection proper? 8. Where, the falling inflection?

ERRORS.-1. Sof' for soft; mis' for mist; ropt for wrapt; nater and crea-ter for na-ture and crea-ture; 2. con-tin-e-ous for con-tin-ucus; 4. frag-rance for fra-grance; del-uj for del-uge.

SPELL AND DEFINE. 1. Bough, warbling, lowing; 2. continuous, screen; 3. honey-suckle, revealing; 4. fragrance, fruitful, gleam.

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RULE. - Pronounce the consonant sounds very distinctly.

Example.-Prolong the sounds of the consonant that are italicized in the following words.-Or-b, ai-d, a-ll, ar-m, ow-n, so-ng, wa-r, sa-ve, ama-ze.

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1. I frequently spend a morning in the country, rambling alone in the melancholy woods,--sometimes, resting myself against the bark of a time-worn tree;-sometimes, lingering on the woody heights looking far over the surrounding world. At other times, I recline listlessly by the side of some clear brook, over whose rippling way the branches meet, and form nature's choicest canopy;

2. Here I indulge my memory and imagination in a thousand devious wanderings. I recall the distant shadows of departed time that have by degrees faded almost into oblivion, and send my mind on errands to the future. At times, I become so completely abstracted from the scenes around, as to forget where I an, and to lose almost the consciousness of being. I ruminate, I ponder, and I dream.

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