+ 4. "Eye hath not seen' it, my gentle boy! . QUESTIONS.-What climate produces the myrtle, palm, and date! Why is the palm tree called feathery? Where is that "better land," spoken of in the lesson? What inflection should be used at the word child," in the last line of the 1st stanza? (Rule IV.) What inflection at the same word when repeated in the other three stanzas? (Exception to Rule IV.) Give rules for the other inflections. ARTICULATION. Wafted, acknowledgedst, list' nest, wrongest. Thou waft'st the flying ships. Thou acknowledgest thy crimes. Thou list'nest to my tale. It exists somewhere. Thou knewest that I was a hard man. Thou wrongest wrongfully. LESSON XXIX. ARTICULATE clearly all the consonants in words like the following in this lesson: extract, preserved, darkness, grieved, troubled, integrity, stranger, furrows, traveler. Pa'-tri-arch, n. the father and ruler | 4. In-teg'-ri-ty, n. uprightness. of a family. Among the Jews, distin--6. guished men were called by this name. L. Com-po-si'-tion, n. a written work. This'-tle, n. (pro. this'le) a kind of prickly plant. Cock'-lo, n. a worthless plant or weed. PORTRAIT OF A PATRIARCH. 1. I can not forbear making an extract of several passages, which I have always read with great delight, in the book of Job. It is the account, which that holy man gives, of his behavior in the days of his prosperity, and, if considered only as a human composition, is a finer picture of a charitable and good-natured man than is to be met with in any other author. 2. "Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me; when his candle shined upon my head, and when, by his light, I walked through darkness; when the Almighty was yet with me; when my children were about me; when I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured out rivers of oil. + 3. "When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me; because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me; and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy. I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame; I was a father to the poor; and the cause which I knew not I searched out. 4. "Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? Was not my soul grieved for the poor? Let me be weighed in an even balance that God may know mine integrity. If I did despise the cause of my man servant or of my maid servant, when they contended with me, what then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him? Did not he that made me make him also? + 5. "If I have withheld the poor from their desire', or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail', or have eaten my morsel myself alone', and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof; if I have seen any perish for want of clothing', or any poor without covering'; if his loins have not blessed me', and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep'; if I have lifted up my haud against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate'; then let mine arm fall from my shoulderblade', and mine arm be broken from the bone'. 6. "I rejoiced not at the destruction' of him that hated me, nor lifted up myself when evil found him'; neither have I suffered my mouth to sin', by wishing a curse to his soul'. The stranger did not lodge in the street; but I opened my doors to the traveler'. If my land cry against me', and the furrows thereof complain'; if I have eaten the fruits thereof without money', or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life'; let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle' instead of barley"." ADDISON. QUESTIONS.. - What character is here described? What is a Patriarch? Considered merely as a human composition, how does the description given by Job compare with all others? How does Job describe himself to have been situated in "months past?" What is meant by his step being washed with butter? How did he treat those in trouble? How did he treat the widow, the stranger, and his enemies? Explain the inflections of this lesson. ARTICULATION. Slack'n'd, think'st, throbb'st, prob'st, thwack'st. They slack'n'd the cable. Thy pulse throbb'st wildly. Thou prob'st the wound painfully. He struggl'd to escape. Thou think st and thwack'st, and thwack'st and think'st. LESSON XXX. PRONOUNCE Correctly.-Reg-gi-o, pro. red-je-o: fountains, pro. fount-ins: statues, not sta-choos: sits, not sets: for-ward, not for-ud: in-no-cent, not in-ner-sunt: haunt (pro. haunt), not haunt: (see McGuffey's Eclectic Spelling Book for the figures denoting the pronunciation): mel-o-dy, not mel-er-dy: an-cient, not ån-cient: i-vo-ry, not i-ver-ry: fast-en-ed, pro. fas'n'd. 1. Ter'-race, n. a raised bank of earth. 3. Broid'-er-ed, p. adorned with figures of needle work. Em'-e-rald, n. a gem of a pure lively Al'-a-bas-ter, n. a soft, white marble. law descends to the heir with the real estate. Du'-cal, a, pertaining to a duke. 7. De-co'-rum, n. propriety of behavior. Lus'-ter, n. brightness. 8. Pan'-ic, n. sudden alarm. 10. Quest, n. search. · 11. Leg'-a-cy, n. what is left by will. 5. Heir'-loom, n. any article which by 12. Am'-bush, n. a concealed place. 1. 2 GINEVRA. If ever you should come to Modena, + "Tis of a lady in her earliest youth, 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. She sits, inclining forward as to speak, Her lips half open, and her finger up, As though she said', "Beware!" her vest of gold' And on her brow', fairer than alabaster', But then her face, So lovely', yet so arch', so full of mirth, It haunts me still, though many a year has fled, .+ + Alone it hangs Over a moldering heirloom; its companion, That by the way, it may be true or false- She was an only child', her name Ginevra', Just as she looks there, in her bridal dress, Her pranks the favorite theme of every tongue. 8. Great was the joy'; but at the nuptial feast, When all sat down, the bride herself was wanting, Nor was she to be found! Her father cried, "'Tis but to make a trial of our love!" And filled his glass to all; but his hand shook, And soon from guest to guest the panic spread.\ + 9. 'Twas but that instant she had left Francesco, 10. 11. 12. + Weary of his life', Full fifty years were past, and all forgotten, -There then had she found a grave: + ROGERS. QUESTIONS.Where is Modena? Who was the painter of the picare? Describe the attitude and dress. Over what does the picture hang? Relate the story which gives interest to the chest and picture. Give the rules for the inflections marked in this lesson. Which are the verbs in the 7th paragraph? The adjectives? The nouns? Which of the nouns are in the objective case? Which in the nominative? Parse "skeleton," in the 11th paragraph. See Pinneo's Analytical Grammar Rule V. |