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t :<nowy HruljiH, and tliri.m.-il i. 



. uud falls the avuluucho thu 

 r of HIIOW ! 



ti 'ii darki DC I i ito anxiety anxiety into dread 

 .1.) memento Khali erer return for 



i. All Hi it hhall ever be kuown in, tlmt she sailed from 

 .ad was never beard of more. 



of corn would hardly auffloo me fine floor enough for a 

 i ioim, an 1 this arises to above nix score bush 

 iuMs bavo pawed tin-. 



this r. f.-j.-.i strainer of meat and drink! And 

 '1 this tun. 1 man? What a vast pro- 



u of good things upon a useless Ufa and a worthless liver 1 



X. THB HYPHEN. 



60. The hyphen is a mark resembling a dash, but not so 



tU Tho hyphen is used to separate the syllables of a word ; 

 i >no word of two ; as, semi-circle, sea-water. 

 . there is not room enough in the line for the whole 

 of a word, some of its syllables arc put into the line with a 

 hyi>h<'!i. :md the remainder are put into the next lino. 



'Alien a hyphen is placed over the vowels, it shows that 

 they have their long sound. 



Examples. 



Extrfmeons, sea-water, somi-circla, domi-gods, plane-trees, 1 

 over-cauopied, toil-hardeued, prey-haired, to-morrow, SaM> 

 Sardanapulus, ill-requited, thunder-cloud, European, Epicurean, i>in<>- 

 oovercd, clay-cold, snow-clad, parish-dork, night-steed, moon-eyed, 

 azure, oil-wise, diet, fellow-creatures, icy, well-founded, omega, fellow- 

 . uniform, prophesy, earth-born, far-wandering, storm-cloutis, 

 hymcnfal, chamber, dither, fairy, lever, upiary, cfilinary. 



XI. THE ELLIPSIS. 



64. Ellipsis means an omission of some word or words. Some- 

 times a sentence is unfinished, or some parts of it are purposely 



' ; and the mark which indicates an ellipsis is put i,i the 

 place of that which is left out 



65. 'An ellipsis is sometimes indicated by a long straight line, 

 thus, , which resembles a lengthened dash. 



66. Sometimes the ellipsis is denoted by asterisks, or stars, 

 thus, *##** 



67. Sometimes the ellipsis is marked by small dots, or 

 periods, thus, 



68. Sometimes the ellipsis is indicated by hyphens, 

 thus, - 



69. Tho ellipsis sometimes BO closely resembles a dash in its 

 effects, that it is scarcely distinguishable from it. 



70. The voice is generally suspended at an ellipsis ; but the 

 falling inflection is frequently used when the ellipsis follows a 

 question or exclamation. In some of the following examples 

 the dash and ellipsis are both used. 



Examples. 



Hast then But how shall I ask a question which must 



bring tears into many eyes ! 



The air breathes invitation ; easy is the walk to tho hike's margin, 

 where a boat lies moored beneath her sheltering tree. 



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Forth we went, and down the valley, on tho streamlet's bank, 

 pursued our wy", a broken company, rnuto or conversing, single or in 

 pairs. 



What man is there so vile, that will not love his country ? 

 If any, let him speak ; for him have I offended, -I pause for a 

 reply None ! then none have I offended. 



It is hi vain to explain : the time it would take to reveal to 

 you Satisfy my curiosity in writing them. 



Indeed he is very ill, sir, Can't help it. We 



are very distressed, 

 children, too, 



Can't help it. 

 Can't help that, neither. 



Our poor 



Now, if he had married a woman with money, yon know, why, 



then The suppliant turned pale, and would have 



fainted. 



I have been, my dear S on an excursion 



through the counties which lie along the eastern side of the Blue 

 Bidge. 



You have my answer : * * let my actions speak. 



No, no, Dionysius ; remember that it was I alone who displeased 

 thee : Damon could not 



If lie were all Remember haughty Henry, the nephew 



of his wife, whose word could speed a veteran army to his kinsman's 

 aid. 



I would not wound the*, Douglas, wall thou knowesti but thu t 

 hazard on a desperate cut tby golden fortunes . 



Still mult I wonder ; for no dark a cloud Ob, dftftrsr * lt n 



tli.,11 tliink'nt l'v read thy he: 



Your grace will pardon me for obeying Bay no more, xnjr 



chili) : you are yet too raw to make proper distraction*. 



.i" or suppose I edAreM BjrMtf to some 



ir sufferer there to something atom rtiBfliteidiil in that 

 manner of communicating one's ideas as Moor* says. Heart speaks 

 to heart- 1 say, then, take especial care to write by candle- h 



Thit spares manual labour (hi* would relievo from mental drudgery, 



and Ui'iiiKauds yet unborn But hold ! I am not so 



sure that the female sex in general may quite enter into mjr views on 

 the subject. 



Fig. 11. 



LESSONS IN GEOMETRY. VI. 



PROBLEM VI. To bisect a rectiluual angle, that is, to divide it 

 into two equal parts. 



Let A B o (Fig. 11), be the rectilineal n 



angle to be bisected. From B an centre, 

 with any convenient radius B A, describe 

 the aro A c, and from tho point** A, c, OH 

 centres, describe area intersecting each 

 other in D; then join B D, and it will 

 bisect the angle ABC, that is, it will 

 divide it into tho two equal angles A B D, 

 C B D, as required. 



By this method of construction an 

 angle may be divided into any number 

 of equal parts denoted by the series 2, 

 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, etc. 



PROBLEM Vll. To draw an angle equal to a given rectilineal 

 angle, at a point in a yiven straight line. 



Let ABC (Fig. 12) be the given rectilineal angle, D r the 

 given straight line, and D the point 

 . in it. From the point B as a centre, 



with any convenient radius B A, de- 

 scribe the aro A c ; from the point D, in 

 the straight line D F, draw the indefi- 

 nite aro F E, with the same radius ; 

 and from the point V aa a centre, with 

 radius equal to the distance A c, describe 

 an arc intersecting the arc E F, in the 

 point E ; then, through the points D, E, 

 draw the straight line D E ; the angle 

 E D F will be equal to the given angle 

 ABC. 



If any of our students should not see the preceding construc- 

 tion clearly, we add the following one. Let L K I (Fig. 13), be 

 the given angle, A B the given straight line, and A the point in 

 it. From the point K as a centre, with any radius K L, describe 

 the arc L I ; from the point A as a centre, with the same radius, 

 describe the indefinite arc B D ; draw the chord L I, and with 

 the point B as a centre, with radius equal to the chord L I, 

 describe an arc intersecting the aro B D in the point c ; then 

 join A c, and the angle B A c is the angle required ; that is, it is 

 equal to the given angle L K i. 



Fig. 12. 



Fig. 13. 



If the chord B c be drawn, then the two triangles L K i, c A B 

 are two equal isosceles triangles. Hence, if an isosceles triangle 

 L K i be given, this construction shows how to make an isosceles 

 triangle DAB equal to the given one. 



PROBLEM Vlll. To draw a triangle equal to a given triangle, 

 or in other words, to describe a triangle of which the three sides 

 are gi 



Let A B c be the given triangle. A triangle is to be drawn, 

 having its three sides equal to the three straight lines A B, B c, 



