At intervals my mother's voice was heard, 75. Urging dispatch: briskly the work went on, All hands employed to wash, to rinse, to wring, To fold, and starch, and clap, and iron, and plait. Then would I sit me down and ponder much Why washings were. Sometimes through hollow bowl 80. Of pipe amused we blew, and sent aloft The floating bubbles; little dreaming then Ride buoyant through the clouds; so near approach MRS. BARBAULD. What is meant by QUESTIONS. What is meant by the "Muses?" "buskined step?" Can you explain the reference to Guatimozin? The allu sion to Erebus ? What is meant by the "silken ball," in the 82d line? PRONUNCIATION.—Gos-sips, not gos-sups: lan-guage, not lan-guig : or-chard, not or-chud: curds, not cuds: wash-ers, not wash-uz: not-a-ble, not no-ta-ble (not-a-ble means industrious: no-ta-ble, worthy of notice): fragrance, not frag-runce: u-su-al (pro. u-zhu-al), not u-shal: buoy-ant, pro. bwoy-ant. SPELL AND DEFINE. 4. Prattling: 7. whimpering, rueful: 17. reeking 26. efface: 28. miseries: 31. housewife: 37. yawning: 39. recess: 41. fragrance: 46. abrupt: 49. courtesy: 56. propitious: 62. indulgences: 72 raveled: 74. intervals: 83. buoyant. LESSON LXVII. RULE. Be careful to read the last words of every sentence in as full and loud a tone as the first part. Words to be Spelled and Defined. 1. Mar'-vel-ous, a. wonderful. 2. Or-dain'-ed, v. appointed, established. Do-min'-ion, n. supreme authority. 5. Ha'-ven, n. a harbor, a place where ships can lie in safety. SELECT PARAGRAPHS. 1. O GIVE thanks unto the Lord; call upon his name; make known his deeds among the people. Sing unto him; sing psalms unto him; talk ye of all his wondrous works. Glory ye in his holy name; let the heart of them rejoice that seek the Lord. Remember his marvelous works that he hath done; his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth. 2. O Lord, our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens. When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers; the moon and the stars which thou hast ordained; what is man that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man that thou visitest him? For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honor. Thou madest him to have dominion over the work of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet. O Lord, our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! 3. "I will say of the Lord, he is my refuge and my fortress; my God; in him will I trust.”. "Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name. He shall call upon me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him and honor him. With long life will I satisfy him, and show him my salvation." 4. O come, let us sing unto the Lord, let us heartily rejoice in the strength of our salvation. Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and show ourselves glad in him with psalms. For the Lord is a great God, and a great King above all Gods. O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness; let the whole earth stand in awe of him. For he cometh, for he cometh, to judge the earth; and with righteousness to judge the world, and the people with his truth. 5. O that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men! They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters; these see the works of the Lord, and his wonders in the deep. For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof. They mount up to the heaven; they go down again to the depths; their soul is melted because of trouble; they reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wit's end. Then they cry unto the Lord in their trouble, and he bringeth them out of their distresses. He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still. Then are they glad because they are quiet; so he bringeth_them unto their desired haven. O that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men ! 6. The Lord is my shepherd: I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. He restoreth my soul; he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil : for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff, they comfort me. Thou preparest a table bore me in the presence of mine enemies; thou anointeth my head with oil; my cup runneth over. Surely goodness and mercy will follow me all the days of my life; and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever. BIBLE. QUESTIONS. — In the 3d paragraph, who is represented as declaring that he will make God his refuge? What does God promise to such a one? What is meant by "setting him on high"? Is the promise of "satisfying him with long life," fulfilled in this world? paragraph? Who are described in the 5th ARTICULATION. —. - Articulate distinctly the h in the following words: his, holy, heart, hath, heavens, heartily, holiness, haven, head, house. SPELL AND DEFINE. 1. Wonders, judgments: 2. excellent, mind ful: 3 deliver, salvation: 5. stagger, distress: 6. shadow, comfort. RULE. LESSON LXVIII. - Be careful not to allow the voice to grow weaker and weaker, as you approach the end of each sentence. Words to be Spelled 1. Tinge, n. a slight degree of color. 19. Re-past', n. a meal. [priest. 26. Or'-i-sons, n. prayers. and Defined. Re-luct'-ant, a. unwilling. 44. Sap'-phire, n. a precious stone of a 48. Lus'-ter, n. splendor, brightness. 84. Hom'-age, n. reverential worship. A HEBREW TALE. 1. TWILIGHT was deepening with a tinge of eve, A stately Rabbi drew. His camels spied Afar the palm trees' lofty heads, that decked 5. The dear, domestic fountain, and in speed Pressed, with broad foot, the smooth and dewy glade. With hasting step. The evening meal was spread, The sparkling wine cup, "Call my sons," he bade, And let me bless them ere their hour of rest." 15. The observant mother spake with gentle voice Somewhat of soft excuse, that they were wont To linger long amid the Prophet's school, Learning the holy law their father loved. -His sweet repast with sweet discourse was blent, "Would thou hadst seen 20. Of journeying and return. With me, the golden morning bring to light Yon mountain summits, whose blue, waving line Scarce meets thine eye, where chirp of joyous birds, A breath of fragrant herbs and spicy gales, 25. And sigh of waving boughs, stirred in the soul Warm orisons. Yet most I wished thee near Amid the temple's pomp, when the high priest, Clad in his robe pontifical, invoked The God of Abraham, while on the lute and harp, 30. Cymbal, and trump, and psaltery, and glad breath Of tuneful Levite, and the mighty shout Of all our people, like the swelling sea, 35. Must bear me company. No longer must withhold them :-the new toil 'Mid their raven curls 40. My hand I'll lay, and dedicate them there, Even in those courts, to Israel's God, Two spotless lambs, well pleasing in his sight. -Faintly she smiled, "One doubt, my lord, I fain would have thee solve. Gems of rich luster and of countless cost Upon their dazzling hues?" His eyes grew stern, " 66 To earth he fell, Like Lebanon's rent cedar; while his breast She sighed in tone of tremulous tenderness, 66 "Yea!" said the sire, MRS. SIGOURNEY QUESTIONS.- What is a Rabbi! What was the character of this Rabbi? Where had he been journeying? How do you know he had been at Jerusalem! Where is Jerusalem ? How often did the Jews go up to Jerusa lem for religious purposes? What had happened during the Rabbi's absence? What had been the character of his sons? How did his wife prepare him to hear of their death? What is the best support in time of trouble and affliction? |