LESSON CXXIV. SPELL AND DEFINE-1. GLAZ' ED, shiny; glossy. 2. BEA' GLE, a mall hound, or hunting dog. 3. SCOURG ED, lashed; whipped severely. 4. ROUT' ED, put to flight in disorder. 5. QUELL' ING, subluing. Articulate distinctly sts in hosts, ffs in cliffs, sw in sword, &c. DEATH OF NAPOLEON. ISAAC M'LELLAN. The 5th of May came amid wind and rain. Napoleon's passing spirit was deliriously engaged in a strife more terrible than the elements around. The words "téte d'armeé, (head of the army,) the last which escaped from his lips, intimated that his thoughts were watching the current of a heavy fight. About eleven minutes before six in the evening, Napoleon expired.—Scott's Life of Napoleon. 1. (0) Wild was the night; yet a wilder night In his bosom there waged a fiercer fight 2. (pl) A few fond mourners were kneeling by, 2. They knew by his awful and kingly look, That he dreamed of days when the nations shook, 4. He dreamed that the Frenchman's sword still slew, 5. The bearded Russian he scourged again, 6 Over Egypt's sands, over Alpine snows, 7. On the snowy cliffs, where mountain-streams 8. Again Marengo's field was won, Made pale at his cannon's rattle. 9. (8) He died at the close of that darksome day, In the rocky land they placed his clay, QUESTIONS.-1. When and how did Napoleon die? (See note p. 268.) 2. Who were present? 3. What place is intended by the phrase, "the rocky land"! With what modulations should this piece be read? Who is the author of the quotation, last line LESSON CXXV. SPELL AND DEFINE.-1. SUR' LY, rough; tempestuous. 2. FUR'ROW ED, wrinkled. 3. REV' ER END, venerable; deserving reverence. 4. CON STRAIN', confine; bind. 5. LORD' LING, a little or petty lord. 6. LI CEN' TIOUS, wanton; unrestrained.. 7. FA' VOR ITES, persons regarded with peculiar favor. 8. CA RESS' ED, treated with tenderness. 9. A DORN', decorate; embellish. 10. PE TITION, request; entreaty. 11. OP PRESS' ED, burdened; ill-treated 12 REO OM PENSE, reward; compensation. MAN WAS MADE TO MOURN. 1. When chill November's surly blast I spied a man, whose aged step ROBERT BURNS. His face was furrowed o'er with years. 2. "Young stranger, whither wanderest thou?" Began the reverend sage; "Dost thirst of wealth thy step constrain? Or haply, pressed with cares and woes, To wander forth, with me, to mourn 3 "The sun that overhangs yon moors, 4. "O man! while in thy early years, Misspending all thy precious hours, Which tenfold force gives Nature's law 5. Look not alone on youthful prime, But see him on the edge of life, With cares and sorrows worn, Then age and want,-O, ill-matched pair!- 6 "A few seem favorites of fate, Through weary life this lesson learn, 7. "Many and sharp the numerous ills More pointed still we make ourselves Makes countless thousands mourn. 8. "See yonder poor, o'erlabored wight, 9. "If I'm designed yon lordling's slave,- Or why has man the will and power 10. "Yet let not this too much, my son, This partial view of human kind The poor, oppressed, honest man, Had there not been some recomper.se 11. "O death! the poor man's dearest friend, The kindest and the best! Welcome the hour my aged limbs The great, the wealthy, fear thy blow, That, weary-laden, mourn !" QUESTIONS.-1. Whom did the writer meet on the banks of Ayr 2. In what part of Scotland is the river Ayr? 3. What questions is the old man represented as asking? 4. What had twice forty returns of the sun convinced him of? 5. What does he say of man in early life? 6. What do age and poverty combine to show? 7 What is said of the favorites of fate? 8. What do we make to our selves? 9. What does “man's inhumanity to man" do? 10. What petition of the poor man is often rejected with scorn? 11. What questions are asked in the 9th stanza? 12. What advice is given in the 10th stanza? 13. What is termed the poor man's dearest friend! LESSON CXXVI. SPELL AND DEFINE-1. UN DIS TRACT ED, undisturbed. 2. PROMIS' CU OUS, mingled; varied; confused. 3. PoP' U LACE, people; the multitude. 4. DE VEL' OP, unfold; bring out. 5. TUR' MOIL, uproar; confusion. 6. MILL ION AIRE', a man worth a million. 7. E LIO' ITS, draws out. 8. SE CLU' SION, separation; retirement. The following Debate is chiefly designed for school exhibitions and examinations. It may, on such occasions, be either read or spoken the President and the several speakers being duly arranged for the purpose. It will not only form an agreeable exercise for pupils, but serve well also the purpose of awakening and sustaining the interest of an audience. It will, withal, be found, not a little instructive, especially the speech of the President; which forcibly teaches the leading requisites of an orderly discussion. DEBATE. FROM THE AMERICAN DEBATER. Which is preferable, city or country life? FIRST SPEAKER. 1. MR. PRESIDENT:-The question which we are now about to discuss,-"Which is preferable, city or country life?"-though apparently simple, is far from being devoid of difficulties. I have no hesitation, however, in declaring my preference for the country, though I deeply regret, that the limits, to which I am |