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69. These arts, like all others, are made up of many little things; if I look well to them, all difficulties will vanish, or be easily overcome. Every youth ought to blush at the thought, of REMAINING ignorant, of the first principles of his native language. I can do almost ANY thing, if I only think so, and try; therefore, let me not say I CAN'T; but I WILL.

70. C has four regular sounds: first, Rame sound, or that of s, before e, i, and y; cede, ci-on, cypress; rec-i-pe for cel-i-ba-cy in the cit-y of Cin-cin-na-ti is

Proverbs. 1. Building--is a sweet impov erishing. 2. Unmanliness-is not so impolite, as over-politeness. 3. Death-is deaf, and hears no denial. 4. Every good scholar is not a good schoolmaster. 5. Fair words break no bones; but foul words many a one. 6. He, who has not bread to spare, should not keep a dog. 7. If you had fewer pretended friends, and more cremies, you would have been a better man. 9.

Lean liberty-is better than fat slavery. 9.

Much coin-much care; much meat-much malady. 10. The submitting to one wrong-often brings another. 11. Consult your purse, before you do fancy. 12. Do what you ought, come what will

a fas-ci-nat-ing sol-ace for civ-il [c in CEDE.] BO-ci-e-ty; Cic-e-ro and Ce-cil-i-as, with tac-it re-ci-proc-i-ty di-lac-er-ate the a-cid Anecdote. The Psalter. The Rev. Mr. pum-ice with the fa-cile pin-cers of the M-, paid his devoirs to a lady, who was previce-ge-rency; the a-ces-cen-cy of the cit-possessed in favor of a Mr. Psalter: her parrons in the pla-cid cel-lar, and the im-bec-ile tiality being very evident, the former took lic-o-rice on the cor-nice of the prec-i-pice occasion to ask, (in a room full of company,) ex-cite the dis-ci-pline of the doc-ile di-oc-« Pray Miss, how far have you got in your Psalter ?" The lady archly replied,─As far as "Blessed is the man.”

e-san.

71. Lisping-is caused by permitting the tongue to come against, or between the front teeth, when it should not; thus, substituting the breath sound of TH for that of s or SH. This bad habit may be avoided or overcome by practicing the above and similar combinations, with the teeth closely and firmly set not allowing the tongue to press against the teeth, nor making the effort too near the front part of the mouth. The object to be attained is worthy of great efforts: many can be taught to do a thing, in a proper manner, which they would never find out of themselves.

Book Keeping-is the art of keeping accounts by the way of debt and credit. It teaches us all business transactions, in an exact manner, so that, at any time, the truc state of our dealings may be easily known. Its principles are simple, its conclusions natural and certain, and the proportion of its parts complete. The person, who buys or receives, is Dr. (Debtor,) the one who sells, or parts with any thing, is Cr. (Creditor :) that is, Dr. means your charges against the per son; and Cr. his against you: therefore, when you sell an article, in charging it, say, “To so and so," (mentioning the article, weight, quantity, number, amount, &c.) "so much:" but when you buy, or receive any thing, in giving credit for it, say, By so and so; men tioning particulars as before. A knowledge of Book-keeping is important to every one who is engaged in any kind of business; and it must be evident, that for the want of it-many losses have been sustained, great injustice done, and many law-suits entailed. Varieties. 1. Ought lotteries to be abol

72. Irregulars. Soften has this sound; rise and pro-gress. The pre-cise Sal-lust, starts on stilts, and assists the earths in the u-ni-verse for con-science' sake: he spits base brass and subsists on stripes; the ma-gis-trates sought; So-lus boasts he twists the texts and suits the several sects; the strong masts stood still in the finest streets of Syr-a-cuse; Se-sos-tris, still strutting, persists the Swiss ship is sunk, while sweetness sits smiling on the lips. Swan swam over the sea; well swum swan; swan swam back again; well swum swan. Sam Slick sawed six sleek slim slippery saplings. Amidst the mists he thrusts his fists against the posts, and in-ished? 2. Carking cares, and anxious ap sists he sees the ghosts in Sixth street.

Notes. 1. S has the above sound, at the beginning of words, and other situations, when preceded or followed by an aurupt, or a breath consonant. 2. To make this aspirate, place the organs as in the engraving, and begin to whisper the word see; But give none of the sound of e. Never permit sounds to coalesce, that ought to be heard distinctly; hosts, costs, &c. 4. Don't let the teeth remain together an instant, after the sound is made; rather not bring them quite together. 5. C is silent in the follow

prehensions are injurious to body and mind. 3. A good education-is a young man's best capital. 4. He, that is slow to wrath, is better than the mighty. 5. Three difficult things are-to keep a secret, to forget an injury, and make good use of leisure hours. 6. If one speaks from an evil affection, he may

ing: Czar, arbuscles, victuals, Czarina, (i long e,) muscle, indicta-influence, but not enlighten; he may cause

ble, and second c in Connecticut.

Hear, then, my argument; confess we must,
A God there is-supremely just ;
If so, however things affect our sight,
(As sings the bard, ) "whatever is-is right."
As the wind blows, you must set your sail.
Good measure, pressed down and running over.

blind acquiescence, but not action from a
conscious sense of right. 7. Men have just
so much of life in them, as they have of pure
truth and its good-implanted and growing
in them.

Would you live an angel's days?
Be honest, just, and wise, always.

Notes. 1. To produce this gutteral aspirate, whisper the imaginary word huk, (u short;) or the word book, in a whisper. ing voice, and the last sound is the one required: the posterior, or root of the tongue being pressed against the uvula, or veil of the palate. 2. Observe the difference between the names of Letters and their peculiar sounds. In giving the names of consonants, we use one, or more vowels, which make no part of the consonant

73. A perfect knowledge of these elementary and combined sounds, is essential to my becoming a good elocutionist, and is an excellent preparation for studying any of the modern languages: I must master them, or I cannot succeed in acquiring a distinct, appropriate, graceful and effective enunciation; but resolution, self-exertion and perseverance are almost omnipotent: Iing the air from the lungs, through the teeth, when they are shut, will try them and see.

74. The second sound of C, is hard, or like k, before a, o, u, k, l, r, t; and generally at the end of words and syllables. Came, car, call, cap; cove, coon, cot; cute ent, crude; coil, cloud; Clark comes to catch clams, crabs and [C in CAR.] craw-fish to cram his cow; the croak-ing scep-tic, in rac-coon moc-a-sins, suc-cumbs to the arc-tic spec-ta-cle, and ac-com-modates his ac-counts to the oc-cult stuc-co of the e-clip-tic; the crowd claims the clocks, and climbs the cliffs to clutch the crows that craunched the bu-col-ics of the mi-cro-cosm. 75. The chest should be comparatively quiescent, in breathing, speaking and singing; and the dorsal and abdominal muscles be principally used for these purposes. Ali children are naturally right, in this particular; but they become perverted, during their primary education: hence, the author introduces an entirely new mode of learning the letters, of spelling, and of teaching to read without a book, and then with a book; the same as we learn to talk. The effort to produce sounds, and to breathe, must be made from the lower muscles, above alluded to thus by the practice of expelling, (not exploding) the vowel sounds, we return to

truth and nature.

sound; thus, we call the letter C by the name see; but the ee make no part of its sound, which is simply a hiss, made by forc

as indicated by the engraving; similar facts attend the other conso nants. 3. H, is silent before n;-as the knavish knight knuckled and kneeled to the knit knobs of the knees' knick-knacks, &c. ; Gh have this sound in lough, (lock, a lake; Irish ;) hough, (heck, joint of a hind leg of a beast.)

Proverbs. 1. Every dog has his day, and every man his hour. 2. Forbid a fool a thing, and he'll do it. 3. He must rise betimes, that that has no turning. 5. Judge not of a ship, would please every body. 4. It is a long lane

as she lies on the stocks. 6. Let them laugh that win. 7. No great loss but there is some small gain. 8. Never too old to learn. 9. No condition so low, but may have hopes; and none so high, but may have fears. 10. The wise mar thinks he knows but little; the fool-thinks he knows all. 11. Idleness-is the mother of vice. 12. When liquor is in, sense-is out.

Anecdote. William Penn-and Thomas Story, on the approach of a shower, took shelter in a tobacco -house; the owner of which-happened to be within: he said to the traveler,-"You enter without leave;do you know who I am? I am a Justice of the Peace." To which Mr. Story replied"My friend here-makes such things as thee;-he is Governor of Pennsylvania."

Eternal Progress. It is not only com forting, but encouraging, to think that mind-is awaking; that there is universal progress. Men are borne onward,--whether they will or not. It does not matter, whether they believe that it is an impulse from within, or above, that impels them for. ward; or, whether they acknowledge that it is the onward tendency of things, controlled by Divine Providence: onward they must go; and, in time, they will be blessed with a clearness of vision, that will leave them at no loss for the whys and the where fores.

76. Irregulars. Ch often have this sound; (the h is silent; ) also q and k—always when not silent; the queer coquette kicks the chi-mer-i-cal ar-chi-tect, for cat-e-chising the crit-i-cal choir about the_charac-ter of the chro-mat-ic cho-rus; Tich-icus Schenck, the quid-nunc me-chan-ic of Mu-nich, qui-et-ly quits the ar-chieves of the Tus-can mosque, on ac-count of the ca-chex-y of cac-o-tech-ny; the piq-uant crit-ic quaked at the quilt-ing, and asked ques-tions of the quorum of quil-ters. Varieties. 1. To pay great attention to 77. The expression of affection is the legitimate function of sound, which is an el-trifles, is a sure sign of a little mind. 2. ement prior to, and within language. The Which is worse, a bad education, or no eduaffections produce the varieties of sound, cation? 3. The mind must be occasionally whether of joy or of grief; and sound, in indulged with relaxation, that it may return speech, manifests both the quality and quan- to study and reflection with increased vigor.. tity of the affection: hence, all the music is 4. Love, and love only, is the loan for love. in the vowel sounds: because, all music is 5. To reform measures, there must be a from the affectuous part of the mind, and change of men. 6. Sudden and violent vowels are its only mediums of manifesta- changes-are not often productive of advan tior. As music proceeds from affection and is addressed to the affection, a person does tage-to either church, state or individual not truly sing, unless he sings from affec-7. True and sound reason-must ever action; nor does a person truly listen, and derive the greatest enjoyment from the music, unless he yields himself fully to the affection, which the music inspires.

cord with scripture: he who appeals to one, must appeal to the other; for the word within us, and the word without us —are one, and bear testimony to each other.

78. These principles must be faithfully 82. The perfection of music, as well as studied and practiced, with a particular refer- of speech, depends upon giving the full and ence to the expulsion of the short vowel free expression of our thoughts and affecsounds, and the prolongation of the long tions, so as to produce corresponding ones in ones; which exhibit quantity in its elementa- the minds of others. This is not the work of ry state. I must exercise my voice and mind, a day, a month, or a year; but of a life; for in every useful way, and labor to attain an it implies the full development of mind and intimate knowledge of my vocal and mental body. The present age presents only a fain capacity; then I shall be able to see any de-idea, of what music and oratory are capable fects, and govern myself accordingly. 79. The third sound of C, is like that of Z: suffice; the discerner at sice, dis-cern-i-bly dis-cerns discern-i-ble things with dis-cern-ing dis-cern-ment, and dis-cern-i-ble

ness; the sac-ri-fi-cer, in sac-ri-fi- [C in SICE.] cing, sac-ri-fi-ces the sac-ri-fice on the altar of sac-ri-fice, and suf-fi-ceth the law of sacri-fice. These are nearly all the words in our language, in which c, sounds like z.

of becoming; for we are surrounded, and loaded, with almost as many bad habits (which prevent the perfect cultivation of hu manity,) as an Egyptian mummy is of folds of linen. Let the axe of truth, of principle, be laid at the root of every tree that does not bring forth good fruit. Which do we like better-error, or truth?

Proverbs. 1. A man may be strong, and not mow well. 2. It is easier to keep out a bad associate, than to get rid of him, after he has been admitted. 3. Consider well what you do, whence you come, and whither you go. 4. Every fool can find faults, that a great many wise men cannot mend. 5. He who follows his own advice, must take the consequences. 6. In giv.

do not blush. 8. Murder-will out. 9. Nothing that is violent-is permanent. 10. Old foxes want no tutors. 11. The first chapter of fools is, to esteem themselves wise. 12. God-tempers the wind-to the shorn lamb.

Anecdote. Doctor-'em. A physician, having been out gaming, but without success, his servant said, he would go into the next field, and if the birds were there, he would 'doctor-'em.' "Doctor-'em,-what do you mean by that?" inquired his master: "Why, kill 'em, to be-sure,"-replied the

80. Vowels-are the mediums of conveying the affections, which impart life and warmth to speech; and consonants, of the thoughts, which give light and form to it; hence, all letters that are not silent, shoulding, and taking, it is easy mistaking. 7. Letters be given fully and distinctly. The reasonwhy the brute creation cannot speak, is, because they have no understanding, as men have; consequently, no thoughts, and of course, no articulating organs: therefore, they merely sound their affections, instead of speaking them; being guided and influenced by instinct, which is a power given them for their preservation and continuance. 81. Irregulars. S, Z, and X, sometimes are thus pronounced; as, the pres-i-dent resigns his is-o-la-ted hou-ses, and ab-solves the grea-sy hus-sars of Is-lam-ism; the puz-zler Varieties. 1. Which has caused most puz-zles his brains with na-sal pains, buz-zes about the trees as much as he plea-ses, and evil, intemperance, war, or famine? 2. re-sumes the zig-zag giz-zards of Xerx-es Power, acquired by guilty means, never with dis-sol-ving huz-zas; Xan-thus and was, and never will be exercised-to pro Xen-o-phon dis-band the pis-mires, which mote good ends. 3. By applying ourselves dis-dain to dis-guise their dis-mal phiz-es diligently to any art, science, trade, or prowith their gris-ly beards; Zion's zeal breathes fession, we become expert in it. 4. To be zeph-yrs upon the paths of truths, where re-fond of a great variety of dishes-is a sure sides the soul, which loves the tones of music coming up from Nat-ure's res-o-nant tem-ples.

Notes. 1. This vocal diphthongal sound is made by closing the teeth, as in making the name sound of C, and producing the 2d sound of a in the larynx, ending with a hissing sound; or it may be made by drawing out the sound of z in zest. 2. S, tollowing a vocal consonant, generally sounds like Z: tubs, adds;

gg; needs; pens; cars, &c. ; but following an aspirate, or breath

consonant, it sounds like e in cent, facts, tips, muffs, cracks, &c,

Would you taste the tranquil scene ?
Be sure your bosom be serene :
Devoid of hate, devoid of strife,
Devoid of all, th't poisons life.

And much it 'vails you-in their place,
To graft the love of human race.
Be always as merry as ever you can,

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proof of a perverted stomach. 5. Prosperity

often leads persons to give way to their passions, and causes them to forget whence they case, what they are, and whither they are going. 6. Evil persons-asperse the characters of the good, by malicious tales 7. Every man and woman have a goodproper to them, which they are to perfect and fill up. To do this-is all that is re quired of them; they need not seek to be in the state of another.

In pleasure's dream, or sorrow's hour,
In crowded hall, or lonely bow'r,
The bus'ness of my soul-shall be-
Forever to remember thee.

Who more than he is worth doth spend,
Ev'n makes a rope-his life to end.

83. Elocution or vocal delivery, relates |

One fool in a house is enough. 6. Put off your armor, and then show your courage. 7. A right choice is half the battle. 8. The fox-is very cunning; but he is more cunning, that catches him. 9. When a person is in fear, he is in ne state for enjoyment. 10. When rogues fall out honest men get their due. 11. Reward-is certain to the faithful. 12. Deceit-shows a little mind.

Proverbs. 1. He who sows brambles, must to the propriety of utterance, and is exhib-not go barefoot. 2. It is better to do well, than ited by a proper enunciation, inflection and to say well. 3. Look before you leap. 4. Noth emphasis; and signifies-the manner of de-ing is so bad as not to be good for some-thing. 5. livery. It is divided into two parts; the correct, which respects the meaning of what is read or spoken; that is, such a clear and accurate pronunciation of the words, as will render them perfectly intelligible; and the rhetorical, which supposes feeling; whose object is fully to convey, and enforce, the entire sense, with all the variety, strength, and beauty, that taste and emotion demand. 84. The fourth sound of C is SH; after the accent, followed by ea, ia,ie eo, eou, and iou; O-CEAN; ju-di-cious Pho-ci-on, te-na-cious of his lux-cious spe-cies, ap-preci-ates his con-sci-en-tious as-so- [Cir CIA.]

ci-ate, who e-nun-ci-ates his sap-o-na-cious pre-science: a Gre-cian pro-fi-cient, with ca-pa-cious su-per-fi-cies and hal-cy-on pronun-ci-a-tion, de-pre-ci-ates the fe-ro-cious gla-ciers, and ra-pa-cious pro-vin-cial-isms of Cap-a-do-cia.

85. The business of training youth in Elocution, should begin in childhood, before the contraction of bad habits, and while the character is in the rapid process of formation. The first school is the NURSERY: here, at least, may be formed a clear and distinct ariculation; which is the first requisite for good reading, speaking and singing: nor can ease and grace, in eloquence and music, be separated from ease and grace in private life,

tened attentively to a long, diffuse and high. Anecdote. A gentleman, who had lis ly ornamented prayer, was asked, by one of the members, "if he did not think their minister was very gifted in prayer.' "Yes," he replied, "I think it as good a prayer as was ever offered to a congrega

tion."

Our Persons. If our knowledge of the outlines, proportions, and symmetry of the human form, and of natural attitudes and appropriate gestures were as general as it ought to be, our exercises would be deter mined by considerations of health, grace and purity of mind; the subject of clothing would be studied in reference to its true purposes-protection against what is without, and a tasteful adornment of the person; decency would no longer be determined by fashion, nor the approved costumes of the and ease of carriage; and in the place of day be at variance with personal comfort fantastic figures, called fashionably dressed persons, moving in a constrained and artifi86. Irregulars. S, t, and ch, in many cial manner, we would be arrayed in vestwords, are thus pronounced: the lus-cious ments adapted to our size, shape, and unduno-tion of Cham-pagne and prec-ious su-lating outline of form, and with drapery gar, in re-ver-sion for pa-tients, is suf-fi-flowing in graceful folds, adding to the cient for the ex-pul-sion of tran-sient ir-ra- elasticity of our steps, and to the varied tion-al-i-ty from the ju-di-cial chev-a-liers movements of the whole body. of Mich-i-gan, in Chi-ca-go; (She-caw-go,) the nau-se-a-ting ra-ci-oc-i-na-tions of sensu-al char-la-tans to pro-pi-ti-ate the passion-ate mar-chion-ess of Che-mung, are mi-nu-ti-a for ra-tion-al fis-ures to make E-gyp-tian op-ti-cians of."

and in the social circle.

Notes. 1. This aspirate diphthongal sound may be made, by prolonging the letters sh, in a whisper, sh-ow. See engraving. muscular, or fleshy parts of the body, and let your efforts be made from the dorsal region; i.e. the small of the back; thus girding up the toins of the mind 4. If you do not feel refreshed and invigorated by these exercises, after an hour's practice, rest assured you are not

2. Beware of prolonging this sound too much. 3. Exercise all the

in nature's path: if you meet with difficulty, be particular to inform your teacher, who will point out the cause and the remedy. cene, sceptre, &c.: S, do. in isle, vis-count, island, &c.: Ch, in

C is silent in Czar, indict, Cne-us, Ctes-i-phon, science, muscle,

chism, yacht, (yot,) drachm.

True love's the gift, which God has given
To man alone, beneath the heaven.
It is the secret sympathy,
The silver chord, the silken tie,
Which, heart to heart, and mind—to mind,
In body, and in soul-can, bind.

Pleasant the sun,
When first on shis delightful land he spreads
His orient beams.

Varieties. 1. The true statesman will for those, who mean to betray them. 2. never flatter the people; he will leave that Will dying for principles-prove any thing more than the sincerity of the martyr? 3. Which is the stronger passion, love, or anger? 4. Public speakers ought to live longer, and enjoy better health, than others; and they will, if they speak right. 5. Mere imitation-is always fruitless; what we get from others, must be inborn in us, to produce the designed effects. 6. Times of general calamity, and revolution, have ever been productive of the greatest minds. 7. All mere external worship, in which the senses hear, and the mouth speaks, but in which the life-is unconcerned, is perfectly dead, and profiteth nothing,

Habitual evils-change not on a sudden;
But many days, and many sorrows,
Conscious remorse, and anguish-must be felt
To curb desire, to break the stubborn will.
And work a second nature in the sour,
Ere virtue-can resume the place she lost.
Let the enor of my life-speak for me.

87. Good reading and speaking is mu- 90. As practicing on the gutterals very sic; and he who can sit unmoved by their much improves the voice, by giving it depth charms, is a stranger to correct taste, and of tone, and imparting to it smoothness and lost in insensibility. A single exhibition strength, I will repeat the following, with of natural eloquence, may kindle a love of force and energy, and at the same time conthe art, in the bosom of an aspiring youth, vert all the breath into sound: the dis-carwhich, in after life, will impel and ani- ded hands dread-ed the sounds of the mufmate him—through a long career of useful-fied drums, that broke on the sad-den'd ness. Self-made men are the glory of the world.

dream-er's ears, mad-dened by des-pair; the blood ebb'd and flow'd from their doub

le dy'd shields, and worlds on words, and friends on friends by thousands roll'd.

88. D has two sounds; first, its name ound; DAME; dart, dawn, dab; deed, dead; die, did; dole, do, dog; duke, duck, druid; doit, doubt; a dan-dy de-frauded his dad-dy of his sec-ondhand-ed sad-dle, and dubbed the [D in DO.] had-dok a la-dy-bird; the doub-le head-ed pad-dy, nod-ding at noon-day, de-ter-mined to rid-dle ted-ded hay in the fields till doomsday; the dog-ged dry-ads ad-dict-ed to depre-da-tions, robbed the day-dawn of its dread-ed di-a-dem, and erred and strayed a good deal the down-ward road to ad-en-will neither be a principal nor a witness. 11.

dum.

89. I must give all the sounds, particularly the final ones, with great care, and never run the words together, making one, out of three. And-is pronounced six different ways; only one of which is right. Some call it an, or en; others, un, nd, or n; and a few-and; thus good-an-bad causen effect; loaves-en-fishes, hills-un groves; pen un-ink, you-nd I, or youn-I; an-desaid; hooks-en-eyes, wor-sen-worse, pleasure-un-pain; cakes-n-beer, to-un-the; round'n-round, ol-d'n-young, voice-n-ear; breaden butter; vir-tu-n-vice; Jame-zen-John: solem-un-sub-lime, up-'n-down, pies'-ncakes. I will avoid such glaring faults, and give to each letter its appropriate sound.

Notes. 1. Here the delicate ear may perceive the aspirate

after the vocal part of d, as after b, and some other letters. The vocal is made, (see engraving,) by pressing the tongue against the

guns of the upper fore-teeth, (the incisors,) and the roof of the mouth, beginning to say d, without the e sound; and the aspirated part, by removing the tongue, and the organs taking their natural positions; but avoid giving the aspirate of the vocal consonants, any vocality. 2. By whispering the vocal consonants, the aspirate only is heard 3. D is silent in hand-sel, hand-saw, hand and in Dnie-per, (Ace-per,) and Dnies-ter, (Nees-ter). 4. Do not give the sound of j to d in any word; as-grand-eur, sold-ier, verd-ure, ed-u-cate, ob-du-rate, cred-u-lous, mod-u-late, &c. ; but speak them as though written grand-yur, sold-yur, &c.; the same analogy prevails in na-ture, fort-une, &c. 5. The following partieipials and adjectives, should be pronounced without abridgment;

some, hand-ker-chef, and the first d in Wednes-day, stadt-holder,

a bless-ed man gives unfeign-ed thanks to his learn-ed friend, and Jelov-ed lady; some wing-ed animals are curs-ed things; you say he curs'd and bless'd him, for he feign'd that he had learn'd his lessson. 6. Pronounce words in the Bible, the same as in other

books.

Proverbs. 1. An irritable and passionate man-is a downright drunkard. 2. Better go to heaven in rags, than to hell, in embroidery. 3. Common sense-is the growth of all countries, but very rare. 4. Death has nothing terrible in it, but what life has made so. 5. Every vice fights against nature. 6. Folly-is never long pleased with itself. 7. Guilt-is always jealous. 8. He that shows his passion, tells his enemy where to hit him. 9. It is pride, not nature, that craves much. 10. Keep out of broils, and you

One dog barking, another soon joins him. 12.
Money-is a good servant, but a had master.

Changes. We see that all material objects around us are changing; their colors change just as the particles are disturbed in their relations. This result is not owing to any natural cause, but to the Divine Power. And are there not higher influences more potent, tho' invisible, acting on man's moral nature, pervading the deepest abysses of his affection, and the darkest recesses of his thoughts; to purify the one, and enlighten the other, and from the chaos of both-to educe order, beauty and happiness? And why is it not changed? Shall we deny to his moral nature, the powers and capacities which we assign to stocks and stones? Or, is the Almighty less inclined to bring the most highly endowed of his creatures into the harmony and blessedness of his own Divine Order? To affirm either would be the grossest reflection on the character of God, and the nature of his works. If man, then, be not changed, so as to reflect the likeness and image of his Creator and Redeemer, it must be in consequence of his own depraved will, and blinded understand. ing.

Varieties. 1. Why is the letter D like a sailor? because it follows the C. 2. Books, (says Lord Bacon,) should have no patrons, but truth and reason. 3. Who follows not virtue in youth, cannot fly vice in old age. 4. Never buy-what you do not want, because it is cheap; it will be a dear Anecdote. Blushing. A certain fash- article to you in the end. 5. Those-bear ionable and dissipated youth, more famed disappointments the best, who have been for his red nose, than for his wit, on ap- most used to them. 6. Confidence-produces proaching a female, who was highly rouged, more conversation than either wit or talent. #uld; Miss; you blush from modesty." 7. Attend well to all that is said; for nok. "Pardon me Sir,she replied, "I blushing-exists in vain, either in outward arefrom reflection." ation, in the mind, in the speech, or in the actions.

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Kindness--in womin, not their beauteous looks
Shall win my love.

Authors, before they write, should read.

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