Proverbs. 1. Our best security consists in innocence, and the cheering influence of approving conscience. 2. Tardiness and precipitation are extremes equally to be avoided. brave may fall, but never gield. 4. Books alone

3. The

211. Unaccented Vowels. There is great beauty in pronunciation, where each letter, that is not silent, tells upon the ear its true character, and all contribute to produce the desired effect: hence, the great necessity of can never teach the use of books. 5. Common giving to all letters, syllables, and words, their proper sounds; especially, the vowels, leaves; deeds are fruits. 7. Deserve success, and fame-is often a common liar. 6. Words-are whether long or short, accented or unaccentyou shall command it. 8. False friends are ed: as, on the pres-ent oc-ca-sion I shall not worse than open enemies. 9. Goodness alone, at-tempt to prej-u-dive your o-pin-ions or e-enriches the possessor. 10. He who avoids the mo-tions to ac-com-plish my ob-jects; is it temptation, avoids the sin. 11. Knowledge is no pos-si-ble, the fer-ri-ble of-fence of the gen-er-burden. 12. Man proposes, and God disposes. al, in ref-er-ence to the man-u-scripts, is par- Woman. What a consoler is woman! tic-u-lar-ly con-spic-u-ous in the red-o-lent None but her presence can so uin a man can-o-py of heaven! the del-e-gate re-quests from his sorrow, make placil the knit brow, me to give an oc-cu-lar e-u-ca-tion to his del-and wreathe the stern lip into a smile. The i-cate child, and be par-tic-u-lar in its e-nun-soldier-becomes a lightsome bey at her feet; ci-a-tion and pro-nun-ci-a-tion. the anxious statesman-smiles himself back to free-hearted youth beside her; and the still and shaded countenance of care-brightens beneath her influence, as the closed flower blooms in the sunshine.

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212. A con-vert is one, who is con-verl-ed from one side to another, and a con-vict is one who has been con-vic-ted of some crime. The con-voy con-royed the king to his throne, and placed a cor-o-nal on his co-ro-nal brow. will coun-ter-bal-ance that coun-ter-bal-ance, and coun-ter-buff the enemy's coun-ter-buff. They will coun-ter-charge the coun-ter-charge on England, and coun-ter-charm the broker's coun-ter-charm, while we coun-ter-check the private's coun-ter-check. The general counter-mands his officer's coun-ter-mand, as we coun-ter-march our coun-ter-march. We will coun-ter-plot your coun-ter-plots, and coun-ter-mine your coun-ter-mines. He countor-poise. their coun-ter-poise, and coun-tervailed their coun-ter-vail.

Notes. 1. Different words, as well as the same words, my be accented on diffrent vowels, according to the object con

lated; thus-e-brate, pro-pose, brig ate, hus-band, au-gust,

au-guest, com-pearl. 2. The accent is generally on the root, or theme of the word; but sometitaes on the rubordinate part. 3. In realing potry, the accent may be diffrent from what it would be in prose, for the sake of the c1dy of the verse. 4. Remember, vowels n ust be prolonged on their radical par's, not on their Bandling movements. 5. Observe how lively, varied and interesting a passage is, when proucunced with proper accentual force; and see how it sail and nonotonous without it. 6. Always let Your accent tewell marked and sustained; then your delivery will be brilliant, sprightly and effective,

Anecdote. Undergoing a great hard-
ship. During a trial in Court, where judge
Parsons presided, a lawyer desired to know
what a witness meant by keel-hauling.
"Do
you not know?" replied the judge; "he
means that it is undergoing a great hard
ship, to be sure!"

Fare thee well! the ship is ready,
And the breeze-is fresh and steady.
Hands are fast the anchor weighing;
High in air-the streamer's playing.
Spread the sails-the wares are swelling
Proudly round thy buoyant dwelling;
Fare thee well! and when at sea,
Think of those who sigh for thee.
Acquaintance grew; the acquaintance they improved
To friends!ty: frien!ship-ripenen1 into love.

Varieties. 1. What is truth? Heaven and earth, are interested in this momentous question. 2. Flee from sloth; for the indolence of the soul, is the decay of the body. 3. Eloquence is of two kinds,-that of the heart, which is called divine; and that of the head, which is made up of conceit and sophistry. 4. It is no small grief to one's good nature, to try his friends. 5. Talk not of the love that outlires adversity; the love, that remains with it, is a thousand times more rare. 6 Deliberate with caution, and act with preci sion; yield with grace, and oppose with firmness. 7. The internal man is formed in the body, as a tree in the ground, or a seed in the fruit.

AUTUMN EVENING.
Behold-the western evening light!
It nielts-in deepening glon;
So calnily-Christians sink away,
Descending to the tomb.

The winds-breathe low, the withering leaf
Searce whispers-from the tree;
So gently-flows the parting breath,
When good men-cease to be.
How beautiful-on all the hills,
The crin.son light is shed!
"Tis like the peace--the Christian gives
To mourner-round his bed.
How mildly-on the wandering cloud,
The minsel beam-is cast!
"Tis like the memory-1›ft behind,
When loved ones-breathe their last.
And now, alove the dews of night,
The yellow star-appears;
So-faith springs in the heart of those,
Whose eyes-are bathed in tears.
But soon-the morning's happur ligh
Its glory shall restore;

And eyelids, that are seale! in death
Shall wake-to close no more.
True religion-

Is always mild, propitious, and humane,
Plays not the tyrant, plants no faith in blood;
But stoops to suceor, polish, and redress,
And builds her grandeur-on the public good.

quence. 5. Restraint from ill is the best kind of freedom. 6. Sin and sorrow are inseparable companions. 7. Speech is the gift of all; thought of but few. 8. That which opposes right, must ed parents. 10. No one can tell how much he can accomplish, till he tries. 11. The hand of the diligent maketh rich. 12. Ill got-ill spent. Anecdote. Dangerous Biting. Dioge

be wrong. 9. Undutiful children-make wretch

213. A too frequent recurrence of accent- Proverbs. 1. Make provision for want in ed vowels, occasions a heavy utterance, intime of plenty. 2 Live and let live-is a good consequence of the almost continual succes-motto. 3. Of all flatterers, self-love is the sion of vocal efforts: it is seen and felt in greatest. 4. Perspicuity is inseparable from elowords, particularly the monosyllables, and in sentences, or members of sentences, and is the cause of the slow rate in the movement of the voice. Exs. "And ten low words oft creep in one dull line. O'er hills, o'er dales, o'er crags, o'er rocks, they go. Up the high hill he heaves a huge round stone." Whenever accent occurs frequently, there is always a predominance of quantity; and the delivery, of neces-nes, of old, being one day asked, the biting of sity, is much slower. Now here we have positive evidence that monosyllables have accent. Our best authors use the shortest words, which are usually of Saxon origin; nence, the charm, the witchery of certain speakers and writers.

what beasts is the most dangerous, replied,
"If you mean will beasts, it is that of the
slanderer; if tame ones, of the flutterer."

True Empire. It is pleasant to be virtuous and good; because, that is to excel many others; it is pleasant to grow better; because that is to excel ourselves; it is pleasant to mortify and subdue our lusts, because that is victory;-it is pleasant to command our appetites and passions, and to keep them in due order, within the bounds of reason and

214. He des-cants upon the des-cant of the preacher, who de-serts his post, and goes into the desert, to live on spicy des-serts. I will di-gest the di-zest, although I dis-cord every thing like discord; I will also discoune note for a reasonable dis-count, be- religion,-because-that is empire. cause he asked ine down-right, in a downright manner.

Varieties. 1. Are Rail-Roads and Canals, a benefit to the country? 2. He, who is slowest in making a promise, is generally the most faithful in performing it. 3. When

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terrible pressure in the money market. 4. Un-educated mind is ed-ucated vice. They, who love flattery, are in a fair way to repent of their weakness; yet how few are proof against its attacks. 6. If others attribute more to us than is our due, they are either designing or mistaken; and, if they allow us less, they are envious or ignorant; and, in both cases should be disregarded.

215. Elucation means the development, perfection, and proper use of the body and mind: it relates to the training and guardia teacher is to be hired, there is generally a anship of youth, from infancy to mature age -to the influencing of the character and prospects, not only of individuals, but of nations. The highest powers and noblest sentiments of our nature might remain forever dormant, were they not developed and natured by the instruction and example of the wise and good. In a still wider sense, education may mean the whole training of the thoughts and affections by inward reflec-7. The Lord is ever present in the human tion and outward events and actions, by intercourse with men, "by the spirits of the just made perfect"-by instruction from the WORD, and the training the whole man for iife and immortality.

Notes. 1. It woull be extremely difficult, considering the partially developed and cultivated state of the voice, car, and language, to give definite rules for pronouncing the unaccented vow. els, in consequence of their veriar towards each other in many words; of course, we must avoid to much stiffness on the one band, and vulgarity on the other; the time will come, however, when every thing with regard to elocution will be as fixed and certain as in the science of inusie; which is as perfect as the science of numbers. 2. Never forget that without a good articulation, no one can become a correct reader, or speaker; and whatever other defects one may have, if he possess this excellence, he will be lis tened to with pleasure and profit: there is something very attrac tive and winning, in a clear, distinct and correct enunciation, which deligh's and captivates the soul. Let no one excuse himself from becoming perfect in this essential requisite.

What-cannot patience do?

A great design-is seldom match'd at once? "Tis patience heaves it on.

Froni savage natiere,

Tis patience, that has built up human life,

The nurse of arts; and Rme exalts her head,

An everlasting monument to patience.

soul, and we are tried every moment in all we will, think, do, hear, or say.

CURRAN'S DAUGHTER-EMMET'S BETROTHED.
She is far from the land-where her young hero sleeps,
And lovers-around her are sighing;

But coldly she turns from their gaze, and weeps,
For her heart-in his grave-is lying.

She sings the wild songs-of her dear native plains,
Every note, which he lov'd-awaking,-
Ah! little they think, who delight in her strains,
How the heart of the minstrel-is breaking.
He had liv'd-for his love-for his country-he dea
They were all that to life had intwin'd him—
Nor soon-shall the tears of his country be dried,
Nor long-will his love stay behind him
Oh! make her a grave-where the runteams rest,
When they promise a glorious morrow:
They'll shine o'er her sleep-like a smile from the ost,
From her own lov'd iciand of sorrow

Oft I hear,

Upon the silence of the midnight air,
Celestial voices-swell in holy chorus;
That bears the so-to heaven.
Impartial-as the grave,
Sleep, robs the cruel tyrant-of his power,
Gives rest and freedom to the o'erwrought slave.
And seals the wretched beggar-from his wan

Proverbs. 1. Want of punctuality is a speeies of falsehoort. 2. Youth-is the best season for improvement. 3. No confidence can be placed in those, who are in the habit of telling lies. 4. Good, and bad habits, formed during youth, generally go with us during life. 5. Our best friends are those, who tell us our faults, and teach us to correct them.

6. A kind word, or even a kind look, often affords

216. A too -frequent occurrence of ac-| tent, produces indistinctness; because of the rapidity with which the unaccented sounds must be pronounced; depending, as they do, on the radical or accented vowels: in pronouncing such words, be particular to concentrate the voice, strongly, on the accented Towels; and that will give you sufficient impelling power, to carry you easily through great comfort to the afflicted. 7. Tis not those who read the most, that know the most; but, those the word. Ex. His dis-in-ter-est-ed-ness and who reflect and practice the most. 8. The sun—19 in-tel-li-gi-bil-i-ty are ab-so-lute-ly in-ex-plinever the worse for shining on a dungnill. 9. Trus ca-ble; I un-hes-i-ta-ting-ly say, that the un-valor-is fire; bullying-is smoke. 10. Wenith is rea-son-a-ble-ness of that tri-per-son-al-ist's not his, who gets it; but his who enjoys it. 11. Dy. scheme is an ir-ref-ra-ga-ble proof of lat-i-tu- ing-is as natural as living. 12. All covet-all lose. di-na-ri-an-ism; he spoke com-mu-ni-ca-tive

ly of his in-dis-so-lu-ble stov-en-li-ness, which he, hi-c-ro-glyph-i-cal-ly and per-emp-to-ri-ly declared, was neither an-ti-pes-ti-len-tial, congrat-u-la-to-ry, nor in-con-tro-ver-ti-ble.

217. Pay particular attention, not only to the errors of foreigners, in pronunciation, but

also to those of our own countrymen: let nothing of importance escape your critical observation: in this way, your voice, taste, and ear, will be cultivated, and you will be saved from such defects as would, if indulged in, impede your progress in these arts, and prevent you from being extensively useful in your day and generation.

218. He in-lays the table with silver inlays. Instinct is the power derived from above, that determines the will of the brute creation, while all nature is in-stinct with life from the same source. The in-sult returned in-sulls the man, as it inter-dicts the interchange which invalids inter-chang'd for an in-ral-id in-terdict. His mi-nute mis-con-duct every min-ute that he miscon-ducts, mi-nutely affects the lady min-utely.

the bar, on his passage to Europe in a steam vessel, observed a shark near them; and not knowing what it was, asked one of the sailors; who replied, with much gravity, "Here, we call 'em sea-lawyers."

Anecdote. Sea-Lawyers. A member of

Known by our Fruits. A man-is

known by his words-as a tree-by its fruit; and if we would be apprised of the nature and qualities of any one, let him but discourse, and he will speak them to us, better than another can describe them. We may therefore perceive how proper it is--for those to hold their tongues, who would not discover the shallowness of their unterstandings. Empty vessels-make the greatest sound, and the deepest rivers-are most silent. It is a true observation, that those who are weakest in understanding, and slowest of apprehen sion, are, generally, the most precipitate-it. uttering their crude conceptions.

Varieties. 1. Why is an egg-un-done, like an egg over-done? Because, both are hardly done. 2. A prying disposition—into what does not concern one, and a tatling tongue--are two very common evils. 3. The bones of birds are hollow, and filled with air, instead of marrow; hence their power of

the cypress, which is great and fall, yet bears no fruit. 5. Nature, in too many instances, is pushed from her throne; the world having lost its relish for her truth and purity. 6. Swift-dedicated one volume of his works to "Prince Posterity;" and there is manliness in the act. 7. Every advancement in goof, is a delivery from evil influences; and every fall in eril, is a victory, obtained by them over the soul.

219. Laughing Scientifically. The following suggestions are given for the formation of laughing glee clubs; in the hope that this remarkably healthful and anti-melan-making sound. 4. Unprofitable speech--is like choly exercise, may aid in accomplishing its very beneficial effects in old and young, male and female. Let a number of persons, say six, or eight, form a circle, sitting, or standing, erectly, with the shoulders thrown back, and the leader commence, by giving one laugh, in the use of the syllable huh: then, let the one at his right hand repeat it, which is to be reiterated by each one till it comes round; then, without any loss of time, let the leader repeat the word, adding another, (huh, huh,) which is to be taken up as before by the club; and, as it comes to him the third time, let him add another, (huh, huh, huh,) and so on, till there follows a complete round of shouts, and roars of laughter.

Again-I feel my bosom bound,
My heart sits lightly on its seat;
My cares-are all in rapture drown'd,
In every pulse-new pleasures beat.

If we are wise-and judge aright, there's scaree
An ill of life (however keen or hard
To bear), but good may Le extracted thence!
Tis so by Providence ordained, to those
Who seek for light-amid the shade of gloom.
It is, indeed, a sombre sky, where not
One cheerful speck appears. Why gaze alone
On that, which doth appal the soul, and pass
The cheering ray, which, constant gazing on,
Might so expand, to chase the sombre cloud?

220. There are words, as we have seen, | Proverbs. 1. Be punctual-in all your ap that are spelf alike, but pronounced different-pointments, and honest-in all your dealings. 2 Ly, by changing the seat of accent: because Always live so that the world may be the better, for the meaning is different: and there are words, your living in it. 3. Never make sport of an inspelt nearly alike, and pronounced by some sane, or intoxicated person. 4. Let the law of alike, though incorrectly; and the conse- kindness-be ever on your tongue. 5. In converquence often is, a complete perversion of the sation, seek out acceptable words. 6. Never 76sense. A minister took for his text, the fol- quire favors, but ask for them. 7. Avoid doing lowing very comprehensive words; "He that things, that are calculated to excite attention. 8. Learn to practice self-denial, when it will promote feareth God, and worketh righteousness, is accepted of him." But instead of reading it as contained in the Bible, he perverted it, by saying: "He that feareth God, and worketh righteousness, is ex-cepted of him:" that is left out; excluded.

Anecdote. Double Meaning. An illiterate personage, who always volunteered-to go round with his hat, was suspected of sparing his own pocket. Overhearing, one day, a remark to that effect, he made the following reply: " Other gentlemen puts down what they think proper, and so do I. Chari-And hurries onward—with his night of clouds ty's a private concern, and what I give is nothing to nobody."

Dost thou know the fate of soldiers?
They're I ut ambition's tools-to cut a way
To her unlawful ends; and when they're worn,
Hacked, bewn--with constant service, thrown aside,
To rust in peace, or rot-in hospitals.

223. When accente:l and unaccented syl-1 Proverbs. 1. He who marries for wealth, sells lables are agreeably interspersed through the his liberty. 2. A friend, which you buy with prewords, neither a heavy utterance, nor indis-sents, may be bought from you. 3. Ladies-will tinctness occurs. Ex. "Not so, when swift sooner pardon want of sense, than want of good Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er the un- manners. 4. The remedy for love is-land between. bending corn, and skims along the main."5. You may know a foolish woman-by her finNow, compare the movement of the voice inery. G. Temperance, employment, and a cheerful this, with the following, and see and feel the spirit-are great preservers and resterers of health. 7. Many a one dgs his grave with his teeth. & difference: "And ten low words oft creep in The epicure-puts his purse in his stomach; and one dull line." The former is like a nug, that the miser-his stomach in his purse 9. Change of gallops off in fine style; the laiter, one that weather is the discourse of fools. 10. We hate an creeps, like a snail. The reason is, as you lay; but it often makes us wiser. 11. Talking-perceive, in one case, there is life and light; does no work. 12. Past labor is pleasant. in the other, nothing but words.