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MOVE, SÓN, WOLF, Foot, moon, ôr; rȚLE, PULL; EXIST, ¤=K; &=J; §=Z; ÇH=SH, much more manly is it to ask a friend for cherries, peaches, pears or melons, than it is to sneak privately into his orchard and steal them. How must a boy, and much more a man, blush to be detected in so mean a trick!

No. 127.-CXXVII.

IN THE FOLLOWING WORDS, h is PRONOUNCED BEFORE w; THUS whale IS PRONOUNCED hwale; when, hwen.

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Whales are the largest of marine animals. They afford us oil

for lamps and other purposes.

Wheat is a species of grain that grows in most climates, and its flour makes our finest bread.

BÄR, LÅST, ¤ÂRE, FALL, WHẬT; HÊR, PREY, THÊRE; ĢET; BIRD, MARÏNE; LINK;

The two longest wharves in this country are in New Haven and Boston.

Wheels are most admirable instruments of conveyance; carts, wagons, gigs, and coaches run on wheels.

Whey is the thin watery part of milk.

Bad boys sometimes know what a whip is by their feelings. This is a kind of knowledge which good boys dispense with. White is not so properly a color as a want of all color.

One of the first things a little boy tries to get is a penknife, that he may whittle with it. If he asks for a knife and it is refused, he is pretty apt to whimper.

The love of whisky has brought many a stout fellow to the whipping-post.

Large bushy, whiskers require a good deal of nursing and trimming.

No. 128.-CXXVIII.

IN THE FOLLOWING WORDS, & PASSES INTO THE SOUND OF ga,

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The word exact is an adjective signifying nice, accurate, or precise; it is also a verb signifying to demand, require, or compel to yield.

Astronomers can, by calculating, foretell the exact time of an eclipse, or of the rising and setting of the sun.

It is useful to keep very exact accounts.

A king or a legislature must have power to exact taxes or duties to support the government.

An exordium is a preface or preamble.

MOVE, SON, WOLF, FOOT, MOON, ÔR; RULE, PULL; EXIST; ¤=K; &=J; §=Z; CH=SH

"Take away your exactions from my people." Ez. 14.

To exist signifies to be or to have life.

never cease to exist.

Immortal souls will

We must not exalt ourselves, nor exult over a fallen rival.
It is our duty to exert our talents in doing good.

We are not to expect to be exempt from evils.
Exhort one another to the practice of virtue.

Water is exhaled from the earth in vapor, and in time the ground is exhausted of water.

An exile is one who is banished from his country.

In telling a story be careful not to exaggerate.

Examine the Scriptures daily and carefully, and set an example of good works.

An executor is one appointed by a will to settle an estate after the death of the testator who makes the will.

The President of the United States is the chief executive officer of the government.

Officers should not exact exorbitant fees for their services.
Charitable societies exhibit proofs of much benevolence.
The earth often produces exuberant crops.

Every man wishes to be exonerated from burdensome services.

No. 129.-CXXIX.

IN THE FOLLOWING WORDS, tian AND tion ARE PRONOUNCED

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IN THE FOLLOWING WORDS, IN AN UNACCENTED SYLLABLE AND FOLLOWED BY A VOWEL, HAS A LIQUID SOUND, LIKE Y CONSONANT; THUS al ien, IS PRONOUNCED al yen, AND elōth ier, elōth yer.

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BÄR, LÅST, CÂRE, FALL, WHAT; NÊR, PREY, THERE; GET; BIRD, MARINE; LINK;

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IN THE FOLLOWING WORDS, THE SYLLABLES sier AND zier ARE PRONOUNCED zher OR zhur, sion ARE PRONOUNCED zhun, AND sia ARE PRONOUNCED zha.

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IN SOME OF THE FOLLOWING WORDS THE TERMINATING SYL

LABLE IS PRONOUNCED zhun, AND IN OTHERS THE VOWEL

MAY BE CONSIDERED TO HAVE THE SOUND OF Y.

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WORDS IN WHICH C BEFORE HAS THE SOUND of k.

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