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DICTATION EXERCISE.

SHORT SELECTIONS FROM SHAKESPEARE.

The quality of mercy is not strained;

It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven
Upon the place beneath.-Merchant of Venice.

Lowliness is young ambition's ladder,
Whereto the climber upward turns his face;
But when he once attains the upmost round,
He then unto the ladder turns his back,
Looks in the clouds, scorning the base degrees
By which he did ascend.-Julius Cæsar.

He that filches from me my good name,

Robs me of that which not enriches him,
And makes me poor indeed.-Othello.

Her voice was ever soft,

Gentle and low-an excellent thing in woman.-King Lear.

There is a tide in the affairs of men,

Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;

Omitted, all the voyage of their life

Is bound in shallows and in miseries.-Julius Cæsar.

The man that hath no music in himself,

Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds,

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Is fit for treasons, stratagems and spoils
Let no such man be trusted.-Merchant of Venice.

The friends thou hast and their adoption tried,
Grapple them to thy soul with hooks of steel.-Hamlet,

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Instruction. Review Instruction, Lesson 31, and Instruction (2), Lesson 193. In the words of this lesson let the accent fall upon the penult. In soprano, a is Italian. In merino and mosquito, i is equivalent to e long.

NOTE TO TEACHER.-For these plurals, review Instruction, Lesson 124.

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Instruction. Same as Lesson 267. In banana, a in the accented

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"A wide, champaign country filled with herds." Champagne is an expensive beverage. How the little birds cheep in their nest over the veranda! That medallion is very cheap. "The people must cede to the government some of their natural rights." "In the morning sow thy seed.”—Bible. Children should be taught to sew. He is so punctilious. The seer prophesies. The autumn leaves are brown and sear. Fish are kept in a cauf. She has a severe cough. The captain's cruel behavior forced the men into rebellion. The ball of crewel has rolled under the piazza. The doe flees at the approach of man. Have the cook knead the dough. I need a new umbrella He is sealing his letters. They are decorating the ceiling of the library.

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Instruction. The syllable which is accented in the stem of a word is accented in its inflected forms. In the words of this lesson, let the accent mark precede the suffix ed or the syllable containing it.

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