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Whatever is wrong is a deviation from right, or from the just laws of God or man.

Anger is a tormenting passion, and so are envy and jealousy. To be doomed to suffer these passions long, would be as severe a punishment as confinement in the state prison. An anglicism is a peculiar mode of speech among the English. Love is an agreeable passion, and love is sometimes stronger than death.

How happy men would be if they would always love what is right and hate what is wrong.

No. 142.-CXLII.

g AND K BEFORE N ARE ALWAYS SILENT.

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Knead the dough thoroughly, if you would have good bread. The original signification of knave was 'a boy'; but the word now signifies 'a dishonest person.'

In Russia, the knout is used to inflict stripes on the bare back.

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No. 143.-CXLIII.

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IN MANY OF THEM i HAS THE SOUND OF e LONG.

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No. 144.-CXLIV.

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IN THE FOLLOWING WORDS, THE VOWEL a IN THE DIGRAPH
ea, HAS NO SOUND, AND e IS EITHER SHORT, OR PRO-
NOUNCED LIKE e IN term; THUS, bread, tread, earth, dearth,
ARE PRONOUNCED brěd, trěd, erth, derth.

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No. 145.-CXLV.

IN THE FOLLOWING, g IS SILENT.

P. stands for past tense; PPR. for participle of the present tense.

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THE DOG.

This dog is the mastiff. He is active, strong, and used as a watchdog. He has a large head and pendent ears. He is not very apt to bite; but he will sometimes take down a man and hold him down. Three mastiffs once had a combat with a lion, and the lion was compelled to save himself by flight.

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THE STAG.

The stag is the male of the red deer. He is a mild and harmless animal, bearing a noble attire of horns, which are shed and renewed every year. His form is light and elegant, and he runs with great rapidity. The female is called a hind; and the fawn or young deer, when his horns appear, is called a pricket or brocket.

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The squirrel is a beautiful little animal. The gray and black squirrels live in the forest and make a nest of leaves and sticks on the high branches. It is amusing to see the nimble squirrel spring from branch to branch, or run up and down the stem of a tree, and dart behind it to escape from sight. Little ground squirrels burrow in the earth. They subsist on nuts, which they hold in their paws, using them as little boys use their hands.

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OF THE BOY THAT STOLE APPLES.

An old man found a rude boy upon one of his trees stealing apples, and desired him to come down; but the young saucebox told him plainly he would not. "Won't you?" said

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