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PREFACE
THE chief object of this work is to provide the student of
Pitman's Shorthand with a series of exhaustive Exercises
on every rule in the system. An examination of the arrange-
ment of the Exercises will show that they have been prepared
in such a way that the student may not only thoroughly master
£2 each principle as it is reached in the course of his study, but
uLi
«* that he is enabled at the same time to acquire a very extensive
£ knowledge of words and the outlines for them, and also to
5g commence the practice of writing from dictation almost from
- the beginning of his study of the theory. Facility in writing
^ and in reading shorthand may therefore be obtained along
B
^ with a perfect mastery of the principles, and thus the student
^ will be saved a good deal of valuable time.
It is scarcely necessary to say that this work is not intended
to take the place of " Pitman's Shorthand Instructor " or
uj any of the other text-books of the system. It is supplement-
Ej ary to those, and the Exercises herein contained will be most
~ correctly written, and with the greatest benefit to the student,
if he will take care always to refer to his text-book before
commencing to work the Exercises on any rule. Attention
to this, and to the brief directions at the head of the Exercises,
will enable the student to work through the various sections
with few or no mistakes.
It is probable that the student will meet in these Exercises
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with some words that are unfamiliar to him. He is recom-
mended in such a case invariably to refer to the dictionary
for the meaning of the words, remembering that transcription
of shorthand notes is all the more easy when the meaning of
the words is perfectly understood by the writer.
It may be pointed out, too, that the Exercises contain very
many illustrations of the principle of Word-Building, and that
the student will be able to construct innumerable other out-
lines on the plan suggested by the examples referred to. The
total number of words in the sentence exercises is given in
the figures in parenthesis at the end of each
CONTENTS
PAGE
1-6 LONG VOWELS ..... 9
7-12 SHORT AND LONG VOWELS , . . .12
13-17 DIPHTHONGS . .... 16
18-23 CIRCLE S AND Z . . . . .20
24-29 LOOP st AND sir . . . .24
30-35 CIRCLES SW AND SS OR S2 . . . .30
36-41 VOWELS AND S AND t . . . .35
42 CONTRACTIONS . . . . .40
HOOK / ADDED TO STRAIGHT LETTERS . . 41
HOOK r ADDED TO STRAIGHT LETTERS . . 42
45-50 INITIAL HOOKS TO STRAIGHT LETTERS . . 44
51 HOOK / ADDED TO CURVES . . . .48
HOOK r ADDED TO CURVES . . . .51
INITIAL HOOKS . . . . .54
58-64 CIRCLES AND LOOPS PREFIXED TO INITIAL HOOKS . 57
CONTRACTIONS . . . . .64
n HOOK ...... 64
f OR V HOOK . . . . .66
68-72 THE HOOKS n, AND / OR v . . . .69
73-79 CIRCLES AND LOOPS ADDED TO FINAL HOOKS . 72
80-86 THE -tion HOOK . . . . .79
87-92 ADDITIONAL DOUBLE CONSONANTS . . .87
93 CONTRACTIONS . . . . .93
94-99 THE ASPIRATE . . . . .94
100-105 UPWARD AND DOWNWARD / . . . . J01
106-111 UPWARD AND DOWNWARD f . . .109
112-114 UPWARD AND DOWNWARD sh . . .118
115 CONTRACTIONS . . . . .122
116-127 THE HALVING PRINCIPLE .... 123
128-133 THE DOUBLE-LENGTH PRINCIPLE . . .141
134 CONTRACTIONS . . . . .149
135-141 VOCALIZATION OF pi, f>f, ETC. . . .150
141^-1 47 IV AND y DIPHTHONGS . . . .158
148 CONTRACTIONS . . . , .169
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CONTENTS
EXERCISE
149-154 DISYLLABIC DIPHTHONGS . ,
155-160 PREFIXES ....
161-166 SUFFIXES ....
167 CONTRACTIONS ...
168-173 GRAMMALOGUES ...
174-179 OMISSION OF CONSONANTS, ETC. .
180-184 CONTRACTIONS . . .
185-186 PHRASEOGRAPHY . . .
187-188 PUNCTUATION, ETC. . . .
189-190 WRITING IN POSITION . .
191 FIGURES ....
192 NEGATIVE PREFIXES . .
193-196 REPORTING GRAMMALOGUES . .
197-199 REPORTING CONTRACTIONS
200-203 ADVANCED PHRASEOGRAPHY . .
204-206 BUSINESS PHRASES AND CONTRACTIONS
207 POLITICAL PHRASES .
208 LAW PHRASES . . .
209 THEOLOGICAL PHRASES . .
210 INTERSECTED WORDS
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WRITING EXERCISES
EXERCISE 1.
Long* Vowels.
Vowels placed at the left side of an upright or sloping con-
sonant, or above a horizontal, are read before the consonant.
Vowels placed at the right side of an upright or sloping
consonant, or below a horizontal, are read after the
consonant.
The student is directed by small capital letters when to write
the consonants sh, I, r, and h downward. Grammalogues
and contractions are printed in italic.
1 pa, palm, paw, pall, pawnee, pawed, pay, paid, pale,
2 page, pane, pooh, ope, pope, poke, pole, poRe, bay, babe,
3 bake, bait, bale, bailee, bathe, bane, beau, boat, bowl,
4 boRe, boo, bee, bought, eat, ate, oat, tea, toe, toad, tome,
5 toll, tollage, toRe, Tay, tape, take, tame, tail, taRe, awed,
6 ode, day, date, dado, dame, dale, daRe, do, doe, dote,
7 dodo, dole, dome, dooR, donate, donee, aid, Dee, each,
8 chew, choke, jay, Jake, jail, jaw, Joe, Job, joke, Jew, age,
9 caw, Coe, cope, code, coach, coke, comb, coal, coRe, cocoa,
10 coo, Kay, cape, Cato, Cade, cage, cake, came, kale, oak.
11 ache, eke, auk, key, gay, gape, gate, gauge, game, gale,
12 goat, goal, goRe, Gaul, fay, fade, faith, fame, faiL, faRe,
13 fee, faix, foe, folk, foam, foaL, foRe, foRego, eve, vague,
14 veiL, vote, vogue, VOLC, oath, thaw, thee, they, ace, say,
15 saw, so, sew, see, ooze, ease, owes, Zoo, snah, snape,
16 snade SHake, sname, snaRe, snaw, SHOW, snowed, SHORC,
17 SHoe, SHC, ma, may, make, maim, mail, maRe, maw,
18 maul, mow, mope, mole, aim, moo, nay, nape, name,
19 naiL: knee, gnaw, no. knoLL, NORC, e'en, own, ail, eel, awl,
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20 lay, laid, lake, lave, lame, laiR, lee, law, laud, low, lobe,
21 load, loaf, loth, loathe, loam, loRe, loo, aiR, eaR, oaR, ray,
22 rate, rage, rake, raiL, rare, re, raw, wrought, roe, rope,
23 robe, rote, rode, roach, rogue, roam, TOLL, roar, rue, way,
24 wade, wage, ware, we, woe, woad, wore, woo, wee, ye,
25 yew, yea, Haw, Hay, Hake, Haigh, noe.
EXERCISE 2.
Long1 Vowels (continued).
A third-place vowel, between two strokes, is written before
the second stroke.
1 beet, deep, cheap, keep, sneep, neap, leap, reap, weep,
2 heap, eat, beat, keyed, feed, lead, reed, weed, heed, each,
3 peach, beach, teach, leech, reach, liege, eke, peak, beak,
4 teak, meek, leek, reek, league, thief, leaf, leave, teeth,
5 Keith, Meath, wreath, heath, wreathe, beam, team, deem,
6 theme, ream, eel, peel, deal, keel, meal, feeL, veaL, kneeL,
7 reeL, eaR, peeR, beeR, teaR, deeR, jeeR, geaR, feaR,
8 veeR, sneaR, leeR, meRe, rear, weir, boom, tomb, doom,
9 loom, room, poop, coop, loop, rupee, hoop, pool, cool,
10 Goole, fooL, ruLe, boot, jute, root, chewed, food, rude,
11 wooed, pooR, booR, mooR, retail, Nero, oatmeal.
EXERCISE 3.
Long1 Vowels (continued).
GRAMMALOGUES.
s all, \ be, , he, . the, , who (down).
1. He may load all the Hay. 2. Who may take the meal ?
3. Who may he be who rode the bay maRe ? 4. Paul may go
all the way. 5. He may take the oRe. 6. sne may weep all
the day. 7. The Pawnee may take the wreath. 8. Joe Booth
may vacate the poop. 9. May Ruth Cope read the tale ?
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10. Joe Bate may teach me the polo game. 11. We feaR the
thief may locate the rare peach. 12. May we go forth ?
13. All who read the theme may weep. 14. SHOW me the
bailee who came. 15. We all say the leech may see the deep
me Re. 16. May Paul Booth lead the sneep ? 17. We may all
aid pooR Paul. 18. We hope the day may be faiR. (118)
EXERCISE 4.
Long1 Vowels (continued).
1. May we SHOW the pale hero the way we weed ? 2. He
may take heed. 3. Paul Page may take the mail coach.
4. May he read all the way ? 5. We feaR the rogue may peach.
6. Who may lead the maRe, Joe ? 7. SHC may faLL. 8. We
all hope sue may reach the mooR. 9. We saw the rude rogue
who rowed the boat take the boot. 10. He may be the thief
who beat Dame Bate. 11. May we take the peeR the faRe ?
12. We hope pooR Joe Beach may keep the cape we bought.
13. We feaR he may leave the meal. (96)
EXERCISE 5.
Long1 Vowels (continued).
1. Joe Hague may keep all the change. 2. Who saw the
meek deeR move O'CR the mooR ? 3. They may reach the
deep pool. 4. Paul may see the game. 5. He may take all
the oatcake. 6. SHOW me the way they rode. 7. The rude
foe may retake the gate. 8. Who may take the knave ?
9. All who know the way may take the lead. 10. We feaR Joe
may pay all the faRe. 11. He may do so. 12. Paul Peel
may pay the faRe he owes. 13. Joe Beach may read the tale,
though he may teaR the page. 14. Who may the tall dame
be? 15. Move the coach, so we may all see tlie game. 16. The
sea foam may make the cape fade. 17. The rogue may mooR
the boat eRe we reach the SHORC. 18 May we all go ? (131)
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EXERCISE 6.
Long1 Vowels (concluded).
1. We may all see the meek sneep feed. 2. Who may the
rude thief be who rowed the boat ? 3. We all say A0 may reach
Goole. 4. 77i£ tall Pawnee may also take the cocoa. 5. They
all saw the pooR lame maRe eat the nay. 6. May we make
the rogue snaRe */w? cake ? 7. They say Job Meek may take
the boat. 8. May he pay the toll ? 9. We feaR the page
may teaR the leaf. 10. Move #w boom, so they may take
the boat. 11. May Job Cope change the food ? 12. We both
saw #z£ faiR dame take the gay cape. 13. The rogue who
wrote the page may take the wreath. 14. May we lead the
way ? 15. We may all reach the cool snade. 16. He paid
all he owed 17. WAo bought the cheap ball ? 18. May they
keep the cage ? 19. Make Keith pay all the faRe. 20. They
may all know #&e name. 21. SHOW the leech the faiR page.
22. We feaR they may retake the boat. 23. Who may take
the peach ? 24. They may teach all the pooR folk the game.
25. The coach may take all the fouR. 26. SHOW me the maRe.
27. They may keep all the cocoa. 28. Who paid the faRe ?
(194)
EXERCISE 7.
Short and Long Vowels.
Second-place short vowels and third-place long or short
vowels, between two consonants, are written before the
second consonant.
1 (a) bet, debt, jet, jetty, get, Ted, fed, sned, meadow,
2 Neddy, led, red, ready, head, heady, etch, ketch, fetch,
3 wretch, edge, kedge, ledge, wedge, hedge, peck, beck, deck,
4 check, neck, wreck, egg, peg, beg, keg, leg, legacy, legate,
5 legatee, levy, reveRe, heavy, gusn, musH, IUSH, rusn,
6 huSH, dumb, chum, gum, thumb, mum, mummy,
7 mummery, numb, rum, punch, bunch, munch, lunch,
8 hunch, funny, money, honey, penny, Jenny, Kenny,
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9 many, length, lengthy, lenity, bench, wrench, wench,
10 pulp, pulpy, dull, cull, colouR, gull, gully, gullied, gulp,
11 gulf, pell, bell, bellow, bellowed, Tell, dell, delta, delay,
12 jelly, Kelly, fellow, mell, mellow, mellowed, melody,
13 relay, yellow, Perth, birth, dearth, girth, mirth, bung,
14 tongue, chunk, junk, monk, monkey, lung, rung, hung,
15 among, tub, dub, chub, chubby, cub, rub, hub, tuck, duck,
16 chuck, lucky, ruck, pug, tug, dug, jug, mug, nugget, lug,
17 luggage, rug, Hug, budge, judge, fudge, nudge, putty,
18 cutty, nutty, rut, perry, berry, Terry, Derry, cherry, Jerry,
19 Kerry, ferry, verity, snerry, merry, burrow, curry, furrow,
20 furry, thorough, thoroughly, Murray, lurry, hurry.
1 (b) pill, pillow, billow, till, dill, chilly, jill, kill, filly, mill,
2 milk, milky, lily, TILL, pip, tip, dip, chip, kip, snip, nip,
3 lip, rip, hip, nib, rib, pity, bit, ditty, Kitty, writ, kid,
4 giddy, middy, lid, rid, hid, pitch, ditch, niche, rich, richly,
5 witch, hitch, midge, ridge, pick, tick, chick, kick, thick,
6 nick, lick, rick, pig, big, dig, jig, gig, fig, rig, fifty, live,
7 livelong, dim, dimly, chimney, vim, limb, rim, tinny,
8 finny, ninny, pinch, lynch, winch, pink, chink, link, rink,
9 wink, ring, wing, pull, pulley, bully, bullied, fully, book,
10 took, snook, nook, look, Hook.
1 (c) appal, apology, appeal, appeaR, apeak, abasH, abate,
2 abbey, ability, abet, atom, atomic, attic, ado, agility,
3 academy, agony, afaR, aveR, acid, asnoRe, anatomy,
4 anatomic, anchovy, allay, alb, album, aRm, aRmouR,
5 aRmada, aRRay, aRRow, aRk, away, aware, ebb, ebbing,
6 ebony, effect, evict, edit, Emily, enough, envy, envelop,
7 envenom, elf, elope, CRR, eaRl, eaRly, Italy, italic, Islam,
8 image, inch, indulge, ink, inky, opera, operetta, oblong,
9 oddly, offaL, offing, olive, oRb, oRchid, up, uprear, uproar,
10 ugly, unpack, undo, unfaiR, unfaiRly, unveiL, uneasy,
11 uneasily, unmake, unmarried, unLucky, unrobe, unaware,
12 unwary, unwearied, unworthy.
1 (d) pal, pallid, palloR, pack, back, tack, Jack, knack, lack,
2 rack, Hack, Hackney, patty, bat, chatty, fatty, vat, natty,
3 rat, tap, chap, gap, map, nap, lap, rap, hap, tab, dab,
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4 cab, snabby, nab, path, bath, lath, wrath, pad, padlock,
5 caddy, fad, faddy, snadow, lad, laddie, patch, batch,
6 catch, thatch, match, latch, hatch, pod, body, bodily,
7 toddy, cod, snod, SHoddy, rod, hod, pop, top, chop, cop,
8 fop, SHop, mop, lop, hop, dock, chock, SHock, mock,
9 knock, lock, rock, rocky, Hock, Hockey, toffee, coffee,
10 lofty, policy, doll, jolly, collie, folly, volley, Mollie, loll,
11 rollick, rot, rob, robbery, dot, domino.
EXERCISE 8.
Short and Long- Vowels (continued).
GRAMMALOGUES.
a, an, and (up), ^ are, i but, \ it, ' of, -. to.
1. Date the cheque a month ahead, and pay the debt to the
milleR. 2. They wrote to say they laid the lead in the rut
at the bottom of the road. 3. The rude village lad snowed
Fanny Finch the route he took to reach the snade of the sned
at the edge of the lake. 4. The lame lamb licked the pooR limb,
and feLL eRe it got to the gate. 5. We are to take lunch in thi
dell; but we may get no food if we are delayed in the wood.
6. We hope Mary Beach may marry Philip Murray. 7 If so,
we may all go to the wedding. (107)
EXERCISE 9.
Short and Long* Vowels (continued).
1. May we appeal to Tom Murray to take a SHaRe in the
game, and lead us to victory ? 2. The pick of the party are
away ill ; but we hope to make a faiR game of it. 3. If we
onLy manage to get Tom into the team, we may pull off the
match easily. 4. We own to an uneasy feeLing in the affaiR
5. Ask NeLLie to fetch me a big cake, a peaR, and a cup of
coffee. 6. The sea aiR may make us feeL ready to eat
7. We are to take lunch in the leafy snade at the bottom of the
lovely valley. 8. Polly and Annie are to go in the gig. 9. They
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hope to catch up to us eRe we reach the weir. 10. The Yankee
wore a lovely ruby ring. 11. He snowed rare ability in the
comic opera, and we hope he may tarry in the village all the
month. 12. We rarely see so funny a fellow. 13. Both
Philip and Jerry say they see no ability in the fellow ; but they
are fuLL of envy and vanity, and so they are unfaiR. 14. May
they snake off so fooLish a feeLing, and make a thorough
apology to the chatty Yankee ! (200)
EXERCISE 1O.
Short and Long1 Vowels (continued).
1. We may easily take a cheque and pay the debt. 2. Are
we to knock in the head of the tub ? 3. It may be a dirty job,
but we may manage it. 4. We feaR to talk of the ability of the
lad. . 5. Ted MilleR may be fuLL of envy. 6. If we take the
narrow path aLong the meadow, we may readily get to the snop
in the village. 7. The lad may catch up to us on the way,
and so we way all reach the dock eaRly enough to take a look
at the big snip. 8. It may be many a long and weary month
eRe we see the merry fellow who came to the village to see us.
9. The memory of the jolly party may live many a long day.
(130)
EXERCISE 11.
Short and Long Vowels (continued).
1. Take a cheque and pay the bill to the dealeR. 2. We
hope the colouR may keep. 3. They say the calico may be
ready to snip /o-morrow. 4. We are to snip the big keg of
rum eaRly in the month of March. 5. We may leave the bale
of twiLL. 6. // may be ready to go eaRly in May. 7. Do they
know the rate to charge ? 8. They say so, but we feaR they
may be wrong. 9. Do they know the length and width of the
big boat at the back of the dock ? 10. Go to the bank ; casn
the cheque; and fetch the money to me. 11. Ask Bennett
and Murray to snip the merino. 12. Take a foRm of policy,
and insuRe the bale of fuR. 13. Are we to redeem the bill
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to-day, OR may we leave it ? 14. Ask Tom Bailey to mark
the package in red ink. 15. Do they say they guarantee
the colouR of the red robe ? 16. We feaR it may easily fade
in a month. 17. Take the bill, and ask the notary to mark it.
18. We hope the fiRm may deal faiRly, and pay the bill. 19.
Take no cheque, but ask the fiRm to pay the bill in ready casn.
20. The snip " Baltic " may load at the big dock to-morrow.
21. Ask #z£ fellow in the barge to pack a// the luggage in the
bottom of the boat. 22. He may get a lad to carry the bag
to #i£ snip. 23. They a// took a thorough look at the big snip.
24. 7T&0 butt of snerry may be ready to snip to-morrow OR
Monday. (261)
EXERCISE 12.
Short and Long- Vowels (concluded).
1. The bill may be unpaid, and the fellow may be rude to
Tom Parry. 2. We rang the bell, but no lad came to Me dooR.
3. May be the family were away. 4. We all appeaR to feaR
the fellow may be a snam. 5. If so, he may carry the game faR
enough to take in many pooR folk in the village below. 6. He
may be infiRm, but we all faiL to see it. 7. He may snock the
pooR lady at Birch Villa. 8. sne may be ill and laid up many
a month. 9. Tom and Adam may both go in the coach, and
ask the lady to beware of the rogue. 10. He may easily take
away all the money. 1 1 We hope they may pay heed to all
we may say. (128)
EXERCISE 13.
Diphthong's.
The diphthong oi is written in the first place, and the diphthong
u in the third place. The diphthongs may be joined to a
consonant where convenient.
1 (a) pie, pipe, piety, pied, pile, pyRe, piracy, bite, bile, byRe,
2 type, tied, tidy, tidily, tithe, timely, tiny, tile, tiRe,
3 attiRe, retiRe, tyro, die, diet, dyke, dime, diRe, chide,
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4 chime, china, gibe, fie, purify, terrify, defy, verify, vilify
5 mollify, indemnify, rarefy, horrify, fife, five, fiLe, fiRe, fiery
6 vie, Viking, viLe, sny, snied, sniny, sniRe, mighty, mile,
7 miRe, miry, nigh, knife, ninety, deny, demy, denied, NiLe,
8 lie, lied, like, liked, likely, life, life-time, life-long, lively,
9 lithe, lime, lyRe, rye, ripe, right, rightly, ride, riding,
10 writhe, rhyme, riLe, wire, wiry, wired, wiring, hide, item,
11 idle, idly, ivy, ivory, ice, icy, icily, ice-boat, eyes, IRC,
12 iRiSH, iRony, iRonic.
1 (b) pouch, couch, vouch, avouch, avow, outlaw, outlawed,
2 outlawry, outlay, dowry, owl, owlisn, cow, cowed, cowl,
3 cowry, loud, loudly, lounge, rowdy, bough, toweR, county,
4 endow, doughty, pow-wow, bout, toweL, toweLing, downy,
5 doweL, chow-chow, jowl, Gow, gouge, fowL, fowling,
6 VOWCL, voweR, SHowery, mouthing, loutisn, rout, rowel,
7 howdah.
1 (c) boy, boyisH, boileR, buoyant, buoyancy, toil, toileR,
2 toyed, doily, coy, coyed, coil, coinage, foiL, moil, alloy,
3 joy, enjoy, envoy, oil, oiled, oileR, oily, annoy, annoyeR,
4 anoy, Hoy, hoidenisn.
1 (d) pue, puke, puma, puny, pule, Bute, beauty, bureau,
2 rebuke, tue, tube, tumoR, tunic, due, endue, adieu, dupe,
3 duty, duke, duly, unduly, cue, askew, cupola, occupy,
4 cube, cubic, CURC, curacy, ridicule, few, feud, fume,
5 perfume, assume, fury, view, purview, review, sue, pursue,
6 tissue, ensue, mew, mule, muraL, demuRe, new, anew,
7 renew, venue, avenue, new, huge, eulogy, EuRope, youth,
8 usurp, usury, value, valued, vacuity, voLume, vicuna,
9 Wight, wide, wideR, widely, wife, wifely.
EXERCISE 14.
Diphthong's (continued).
GRAMMALOGUES.
can, \^ have, A how, J_ / or eye, __^_ our or hour
( was, L why, „ you.
1. Both you and I know it was right to ask the new duke to
2— (27)
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rebuke our nephew, Tom Boyle. 2. The idle fellow can
admiRe no toil. 3. He may annoy and ridicule us now, and
idle away many an hour ; but we know the value of time, and,
if we have to use our poweR to do so, we hope to make Tom
know it also. 4. How fooLish to allow the time o/ our youth
to go idly by, and hope to retiRe at a ripe age, rich, fuLL of
poweR, and liked by all who know us ! 5. Why do yow take so
wrong a view of life ? 6. 7 ask yew to do youR duty manfully ;
to be genuine ; to aspire to a life of utility ; and to defy the idle
youth who may hope to lead yow aside. 7. If yow do so, you
are likely to have a High name among all who know you.
(155)
EXERCISE 15.
Diphthong's (continued).
1. How can I daRe to occupy an hour of youR time each day ?
2. You have so much to do, and so many to take you away.
3. Why was Tom Abbott allowed to leave our room to go to
annoy yo«. 4. My eye may appeaR dim to you ; but I am all
right, awd 7 hope to enjoy my tea in the new room. 5. 77w
duke may like to take my nephew to Cuba in July; but I hope
to &e in time to make ^Ae boy retiRe. 6. / may have to assume
an authority unLike my own feeLing ; but if I am to be loyal
to my duty 7 may have to wire my nephew to keep back an
hour OR so. 7. You may know how to foiL #te duke. (130)
EXERCISE 16.
Diphthong's (continued).
1 . Why have you allowed youR big dog to bite my white cow ?
2. How was it he came to terrify the POOR animal ? 3. 7 may
make you pay /fc damage, an^ it may fc VOUR duty to see
£A« duke and avow the injury. 4. If you faiL to make me a
fuLL apology 7 may pursue you at law, and make you rue youR
idle joke. 5. How can you decoy our boy Hugh to the annuaL
faiR at Newcome ? 6. We feaR he may become an idleR,
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and so faLL into penury. 7. We see no beauty in the type of
youth you SHOW the boy, and we hope you are loyal enough to
review youR life and daRe to take a new path to the right.
8. //aw a nigh aim in life ; pursue it right loyally ; and SHOW
#ie county all you can do if you like. 9. We hope you may
leave #w viLe few who value youR money onLy. 10. FeaR
no ridicule ; but aspire to become a poweR in youR cwn county.
11. Do youR duty like a hero, and allow no rowdy fellow to
terrify you into a wrong path. 12. You know we have to
rebuke you, though we love you. (200)
EXERCISE 17.
Diphthong's (concluded).
1. How can I hope to snip the wire by July ? 2. / hope to
have the china ready in time to go by the boat due to leave on
Monday. 3. Doyowknow howmuchyou are to allow the buyeR ?
4. Why was he so much in aRReaR ? 5. Hugh Doyle may take
up our agency in New York. 6. / hope he may aRRive in
time to see the buyeR. 7. / have a new range of vicuna, of
rare beauty, to SHOW you. 8. Do you know the value of the
tunic A0 snowed you? 9. #e may ask to see a pure white
calico. 10. The failuRe of the oil fiRm may affect us. 11. Ask
the dealeR to have a pipe of snerry ready to snip by the fourth
of July. 12. Take a cab, and ride all the way to the faR dock.
13. / have to assume you are right in the view you take of the
affaiR. 14. / hope you may thoroughly enjoy the voyage
to the Cape. 15. Can you guarantee the accuracy of the tale ?
16. Ask the buyeR to view the new china. 17. If you are wide-
awake, he may buy all you have to SHOW. 18. Why was he
so long in the snop ? 19. If we annoy the fellow, he may
leave us aLone, and go and buy o/ Boyle an^ Nephew. 20. The
fellow snowed rare ingenuity in the escape. 21. He may
eventually take refuge in the wood. 22. He owes no money
to our fiRm, though they say so. 23. / may go and see the
envoy to-morrow OR Monday. 24. Be back in an hour. (261)
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EXERCISE 18.
Circle S and Z.
The circle s is written backward to a straight line ; inside a
curve ; and outside an angle formed by two straight lines.
In this exercise, and in Exercises 19 to 23 inclusive, italic s,
c or z (in words other than grammalogues) signifies that
the stroke s (or z), and not the circle, must be written.
Write ks for x.
(a) CIRCLE s ADDED TO A STRAIGHT LETTER :—
1 pies, spies, spied, spade, speech, speeches, speaks,
2 sparrow, -sparrows, sob, sobs, Sabbath, boys, eats, seats,
3 cites, suits, sty, stew, stews, sat, satiRe, side, sides, sawed,
4 sowed, sighed, sued, cheese, choose, pitches, ditches, riches,
5 witches, pages, badges, dodges, images, nudges, lodges.
6 ledges, wedges, hedges, sieges, ekes, peaks, cheeks, jokes,
7 cakes, fox, invokes, snakes, mix, nooks, licks, aRks, rakes,
8 awakes, Hoax, soaks, six, pigs, begs, tags, dogs, jugs, kegs,
9 gags, figs, mugs, lags, aRgues, rags, Hags, sago, rose,
10 barrows, tyros, furrows, sorrows, morose, wise, unwise,
11 lengthwise, ways, by-ways, sideways, sways, yes, hues,
12 pass, pass-book, bespeak, busby, baseball, teas, testy,
13 tacit, tacitly, Tacitus, days, decide, decides, disturb,
14 audacity, case, casks, cassock, cascade, race, racer, razors,
15 resource, woes, wiser.
(b) CIRCLE s ADDED TO A CURVE .-—
1 safe, safes, unsafe, pacify, pacifies, sieve, sieves,
2 passive, deceives, extensive, effusive, evasive, massive,
3 missives, receives, thaws, seethes, sues, issues, pursues,
4 tissues, ensues, oozes, asnes, pusnes, busnes, gasnes,
5 gnasnes, lasnes, rusHes, snoes, alms, palms, calms, lambs,
6 mass, mask, masks, miseR, miseRs, miseRly, same, seams,
7 smokes, smoothes, smasnes, smiles, smeaRS, nose, snows,
8 snooze, snaps, snatches, snakes, sniffs, snaiL,. snaiLs,
9 sneeRs, sing, passing, basing, tossing, enticing, dozing,
10 chasing, causing, encasing, guessing, fusing, diffusing,
11 suffusing, infusing, refusing, voicing, invoicing, massing,
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12 racing, rising, summarizing, authorizing, signs, designs,
13 ensigns, resigns, ails, sails, soles, slays, slap, sleeps, slides,
14 slouch, sledges, slake, slag, self, sleeves, slums, slings,
15 sluR, sluRs, ORCS, soRes, siR, passeR, baseR, teaseR, chaseR,
16 loseR, IOSCRS, siRe, desiRe, desiRes.
(c) CIRCLE s WRITTEN OUTSIDE AN ANGLE : —
1 passage, beseech, exchange, episode, beside, besides,
2 oxide, reside, resides, wayside, opposite, paucity, beset,
3 bestows, chastise, justice, excites, sixty, sixth, custom,
4 customeR, costume, gazette, gusset, russet, recites receipts,
5 recede, dispose, expose, gossips, rasps, wasps, hasps, pasch,
6 basks, tasks, dusky, desks, discuss, risks, rusks, hassock,
7 husky, hyssop, pastel, pasture, basic, basset, besot,
8 bestir, tusky, desirous, despair, disburse, duskiness,
9 gesture, reposit, rescue, restoRe, caustic, yeasty.
(d) CIRCLE s IN MISCELLANEOUS WORDS : —
1 sight, sightless, unsightly, physic, fiscaL, muse, music,
2 musical, excuse, chasms, saRcasm, wisely, sense, senseLess,
3 incense, news, nuisance, series, Saxons, spills, sagacity,
4 satisfy, appetize, SCORC, secuRes, scaRce, scaRcely, silks,
5 suppose, sponge, sadly, salad, satirize, scoops, seediness,
6 service, sincerity, sixpenny, slouches, soups, souRness,
7 spacing, succeeds, suffice, succumbs, surges, syllogism,
8 syllabus, absence, absolve, absorb, advise, anaLyzing,
9 assassin, backslide, canceL, ceiling, damson, demoralize,
10 libellous, lisps, obtuse, uprise, villainous, tyrannize,
11 toilsome, pipe-case, opposing, nominees.
EXERCISE 19.
Circle S and Z (continued).
GRAMMALOGUES.
any, or in, as, has, 0 is, his, give, or given,
^, him, or may, ^ me, or my, on.
See Note at the head of Exercise 18.
1. Any of my boys may give him a nice slab, if he onLy looks
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in at our house on Tuesday. 2. / have given many a choice
piece away to the lads in the village. 3. If he has his own way,
and stays to take tea, he may faiL to catch the omnibus.
4. // is time to go now, if he desiRes to reach the castle by six.
5. As it is, I feaR he may have to use his top speed, OR he may
miss the bus. 6. He seems to have a chill ; he was sneezing an
hour ago. 7. If he takes wy advice, A0 may be all right by
Saturday. 8. UnLess he is in foRm, he may have to stay out
of the team. 9. In this case we may lose our match. 10. He
takes a chill easily ; he is so reckless in his games. 11. He is a
superb bat, and if he is in the team we may have a big SCORC.
(162)
EXERCISE 2O.
Circle S and Z (continued).
See Note at the head of Exercise 18.
1. Keep the seal of justice on thy lips, and say no wrong
of thy fellows. 2. This is my advice, and I know it may save
you many sorrows. 3. A loose tongue can easily give offence,
as it has given offence to many CRC now. 4. Any silly gossip
may upset the wisdom of a sage. 5. Decide to speak but
seldom, and onLy in season. 6. My son, Listen to me, and
take counseL of him who is slow of speech, but fuLL of wise
maxims. 7. It may be amusing, but it is unsafe to pass all
youR spaRe time in loose reading. 8. How can such books
give you Lessons in sagacity ? 9. Do you suppose you can
satisfy youRself and absorb wisdom by such reading ? 10.
How many youths mismanage and abuse the time they have to
spaRe by passing it away in the study of f ooLish books. 11.7
beseech you resolve now to leave such books aLone ! 12. They
can make you no wiser, and they may disturb youR love of
genuine reading. 13. Yes, you may smile at the counseL you
dislike, and say it is offensive to you ; but I know youR smile is
onLy a sign of youR innocence OR youR fancied wisdom, and I
feeL no annoyance at it, (208)
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EXERCISE 21.
Circle S and Z (continued).
See Note at the head of Exercise 18.
1. My advice to you and to him is to peruse youR books
slowly, and give heed to the safe business ruLes and maxims
/ have given you both. 2. I have given the same counseL to
Joseph Sparrow, and he SHOWS his wisdom by Listening to me
and following the advice / give him. 3. At the office, and in
business hours, speak onLy of business affaiRs. 4. Take heed
of me, and leave all gossip of operas, picnics, tennis parties,
and such like topics to youR spaRe time. 5. To lounge, as
some do, on the desk, and discuss rides aLong the Highroads
and byways to lovely villages and views of rustic beauty, faR
outside the dismal smoke of the city, is a loss of time, and it is
nonsense to think you can make up the time you lose in this way.
6. Besides, it is an injustice to those who pay you youR salary.
7. Watch jealously the small items ; you can easily keep an
eye on the big bills. 8. Satisfy youRself of the honesty of
those customeRs who refuse to pay ready casn. 9. A sleek
rogue has a way of seeming rich, so as to hide his designs and
lull his victims into a faLse security. 10. A knave may amuse
you on purpose to deceive you. (214)
EXERCISE 22.
Circle S and Z (continued).
See Note at the head of Exercise 18.
Joseph Smith.
SiR, — If you decide to take up the agency to sell my soap in
youR city, I hope you may do an extensive business. You
can see me on Wednesday the 7th, as eaRly in the day as you
like. / have given you this long notice so as to give you nice
time to get ready. I wrote to the dealeR you spoke of on
Saturday. He says his rooms are fuLL, and he has no space
to pack a solitary box. He says if you choose you may see
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him as you pass on Tuesday the 10th, and he may spaRe a
few minutes to look at youR case of soaps. YOURS sincereLy,
Maurice Bates. (119)
EXERCISE 23.
Circle S and Z (concluded).
See Note at the head of Exercise 18.
James Mason <§• Sons.
SiRs, — In answer to youRs of Tuesday, / have seen MCSSRS.
Higson and Lawson, of this city, but I am sorry to say they
refuse to buy any soap OR soda this time. They say business
is so slack, and money so scaRce, it is unsafe to buy. I saw
this was an evasive reason, given as an excuse to mislead me
and get rid of me. I hope to secuRe the custom of this fiRm
in time ; but my feeLings may have to be callous, if / am to
succeed. YOURS, Thomas Battison. (98)
EXERCISE 24.
Loops ST and STR.
The loops st and sir follow the same rule of writing as the
circle s. The ST loop is used finally for either st or zd.
In this exercise, and in Exercises 25 to 29 inclusive, the
loops should be employed (in words other than gram-
malogues) for the representation of the combinations of
letters printed in italic. Write kst for -xed, and kster for
-xter.
(a) THE LOOP st USED INITIALLY :—
1 stop, stoppage, stupid, stupidity, sAipefy, stepson,
2 stub, stout, stoutness, stoutly, state, stately, s/atues, staid,
3 stewed, switches, stagey, sAicco, stocks, stockade, s^ags,
4 stigma, stigmatise, stuffy, s/iffly, stiffness, stoves, stfammeR,
5 steameRs, steamboat, steamsnip, steam-gauge, stamina..
6 s/arch, stench, stanza, stenciL, s/ainLess, stingy, s/inginess,
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7 s/ung, style, s/ylisn, stoles, stalls, stalled, stolid, stolidly,
8 s/aR, stoRmy, s/aRling, s/aiR, s/aiRcase, story, storied,
9 storage, sturdy, sturdily, stagnancy, s/aineR, stalky, s/aR-
10 gazing, s/atuRe, s/atus, s/ealeR, s/emless, s/eRilize, s/etho-
11 scope, stirrup, s/imulus, stomach, stoneware, stoRk, stud,
12 s/uffeR, stultify, stun, stylist, stylus, stop-watch, stoled,
13 stoneR, stillness, s/illage, stevedore, s/et, s/ellifoRm,
14 steerage, stealthily, static, s/aRlike, staccato.
(b) THE LOOP st USED FINALLY :—
1 pest, deepest, cheapest, ripest, post, deposed, disposed,
2 exposed, oppos^, suppos^^, appeas^, unappeas^, beas^,
3 biassed, abus^, disabused, test, detest, soundest, fastest,
4 slightest, latest, notic^, neatest, fattest, dentist, faddish,
5 saddest, maddest, oldest, boldest, eldes/, loudest, widest,
6 induct, reduced, dsized, dozed, chest, ]oist, rejoic^, jus?,
7 unjust, adjus/, cast, outcast, downcast, encash, boxed,
8 fixed, vexed, mixed, unmixed, ca.used, a.ccused, excused,
9 gues^, biggest, ga^, fas/, safes/, iniest, roughest, iused,
10 diffused, suffused, infusg^, refus^^, voiced, invoiced, devis^,
11 advis^, revis^, amethys/, assis/, si^^, sauc^^, ceased,
12 soused, zest, mist, pessimist, dismiss^, chemis/, lames/,
13 topmost, mus0^, amus^, epitomis^, victimi^^,
14 macadamized, apostati^d, dogmati^d, stigmati^d,
15 rhapsodized, catechised, apologized, anaLogized, canonized,
16 latinized, fossiLized, vitalized, vulcanized, anaLyzed,
17 memorized, mesmerized, summarized, authorized, polarized,
18 cauterized, fenced, unfenced, evinced, minced, lanced,
19 balanced, silenced, Licensed, finest, hones/, announced,
20 denounced, renounced, lest, pales/, tallest, dullest, vilest,
21 solaced, stales/, moles/, list, oculist, enLis/, anaLys/, released,
22 roost, raised, roused, wrist, diarist, aRRes/, aRoused, eRased,
23 paRsed, buRs/, foRced, enfoRced, endoRsed, unres/, waste,
24 west, south-west, yeast, hypnotized.
(c) CIRCLE s ADDED TO THE LOOP st : —
1 posts, repasts, chests, jes/s, casts, gusts, fas/s, infes/s,
2 invests, assists, masts, nests, lists, rests, aRRes/s, buRs/s,
3 wastes, apologists, pests, beasts, boasts, texts, tastes, toasts,
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4 dusts, dentils, divests, digeses, disaffores/s, adjusts, cate-
5 chises, coases, colorises, guests, leasts, fois/s, forests,
6 fossiLis/s, violinists, satirises, sophis/s, seylises, molesfe,
7 manifests, macninis/s, mesmerises, Methodises, monopolisms,
8 anaLyses, anatomises, latinises, aLchemis/s, aRchivises,
9 rooses, recas/s, reservists, rhymisfe, hypnotises.
(d) THE LOOP se USED MEDIALLY : —
1 robuseness, methodiseic, fantaseic, teseing, atteseing, detese-
2 ing, teseifies, toaseing, toaseing-foRk, adjuseing, juseifies,
3 juseness, eulogiseic, vaseness, vesery, enLiseing, elaseic,
4 ineLaseic, logiseic, syllogiseic, pugiliseic, laseingLy, baptiseery,
5 boaseingLy, dentiseic, digeseing, diseich, jeseing, jeseingLy,
6 suggeseing, joiseing, juseifieR, teseifieR, schoLaseic,
7 sophisery, suggeseive, suggestively.
(e) THE LOOP str : —
1 pester, pesters, tipseer, tipse^rs, Webseer, alabase^r,
2 lobse^rs, atteseer, tase^rs, roadse^r, roadse^rs, Chese<?r,
3 Manchese^y, Winchese^r, Ilchese^r, juse^r,
4 suggese^r, suggese^rs, regis^r, coase^r, caseors,
5 Ba^e^r, de^e^r, ioster, iesters, investor, master,
6 snipmase^rs, taskmase^r, riding-mase^r, muster, teamster,
7 teamse^rs, deemse^r, banise^r, canise^rs, sinise<?r,
8 Beaminse^r, Axminse^r, Westminse^r, monse^rs,
9 anceseor, anceseors, songsters, pilase^r, bolse^rs,
10 Ulse^r, lase^r, luse^s, roose^r, barrise^r, chorise^s,
11 aRRese^r, buRse^r, Worcese^r, Huckse^r,
EXERCISE 25.
Loops ST and STR (continued).
GRAMMALOGUES.
0 first, \ put, J shall, / should (up), ( them, ..(,-. these,
(> this, C those.
See Note at the head of Exercise 24.
1. You should put youR visitor /irse, and youRself lase.
2. This is the best way, and those who refuse to follow it must
WRITING EXERCISES 27
be stupid. 3. Who shall teach them these ruLes of the feast?
4. I suggest some robust, pugilistic master of the customs of
society, wlio is heedless of the s*aRe of those opposed to him.
5. Should he excite a feeLing of the deepest disgus* in those he
teaches, they can scaRcely daRe to molest so stout a fellow,
les/ they may be chastised. 6. The master of the sfeamsnip
" Manchester " is jus* now on a visit to Winchester. 7. He is a
SHipmaster of rare skiLL, and has carried many caRgoes in
sailing vesseLS, s*eameRs and coasters, since he first took to
the sea. 8. Centuries ago, in the days of mas*s and sails, eRe
the poweR of steam was ioRced into the service of the sailoR,
his ancestors were stout masters of snips, and feaRless sailoRs
on the stoRmy seas. 9. The master of the " Manchester " says
his snip is the fines/ and fastest vesseL out of Belfas/. 10. sne
must be a masterpiece of speed and beauty, if SHC is all he says
SHC is. 11. It may be he boas/s, like most sailoRs, of the snip
he loves. 12. He is an hones* fellow, of rare stamina ; stout
of limb and capacious of chest, and I should say he has no
unmanLy feaR of the many periLS of the sea. (236)
EXERCISE 26.
Loops ST and STR (continued).
See Note at the head of Exercise 24.
1. You should put no faith in the stories of a boaster. 2. He
has an elastic tongue, and to bolster up his tales and make a
S*IR, he stops at no barefaced lie. 3. He likes to see modes*
folk amazed OR amused at his recitals, and he is rejoiced if
he is notice/. 4. He is master of the loudes* and fastest style
of speech, and he feeLs the deepest disgus* if his stale stories are
refused. 5. In fact, he soon stops his stupid tales if you cease
to admiRe them. 6. This is the best way to stem the talk of
these silly fellows. 7. As you have noticed, those sturdy heroes
who have calmly gazed into the eyes of some savage monster
of the fores*, OR who have iaced death on the stoRm tossed sea,
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are most modes/ in speech. 8. If you ask them to state some
of the sights they have seen, they desiRe to be excused ; and
if at last they are roused into speech, they give the story in an
hones/, but summarized, foRm. 9. It is the boaster who is the
first to speak, and the last to stop. 10. He talks of his
supposed abilities ; of his ancestors, and the lustre they sned
on his name ; of his perilous voyages to the west coast ; of his
guests and his jes/s ; of his tastes and distastes ; and so on.
11. He has a S/ORC of stories, and he gives you no res/. 12. He
is a nuisance at any feas/ OR party, and we shall be best advised
if we leave him aLone. (261)
EXERCISE 27.
Loops ST and STR (continued).
See Note at the head of Exercise 24.
1. We shall first take the boys to the dentis/, who should have
seen them long ago. 2. Those who took charge of them should
have seen to this ; but the teeth of POOR lads like these are
seldom seen to in time. 3. May I suggest the dentis/ who
lives in the last house in S/anLey Avenue ? 4. He seems a
nice fellow, who may be supposed to know his business tho-
roughly. 5. His eldest son hopes to be a barrister some day.
6. 1 can tes/ify to the son's taste in books, as I have sold him
dozens of the best voLumes. 7. He detests the cheap nasty
s/yles, and selects those likely to last longest. 8. James
Chester, who was his headmaster a long time since, says he
tantalized and victimized some of the fellows. 9. If so, he
SHOWS a change now. 10. lean scaRcely take in such a story.
11. If he were guilty of this snabbiness in the past, he has
renounced his CRRORS, and is now thoroughly hones/, and liked
by all who know him. 12. We hope he may succeed in the
tests he has to face, and be first in the pass list. (191)
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EXERCISE 28.
Loops ST and STR (continued.)
See Note at the head of Exercise 24.
Thomas Si mister.
SiR, — We are in receipt of youRS of the 4th, and shall put the
test case to MessRs. Baxter and Webster, ]ust in the way you
desiRe. We hope to see them on Wednesday, and should they
suggest any change in the style of the foRm we shall write you
on Saturday at the latest -4s soon as we have fixed up this
business to suit you, we should like to have youR views on the
case of MessRs. Stead and Steel. We scaRcely know how to
manage these folk. They are aRoused at the least annoyance.
They have tantali^o* us the last six months. They seek to
induce us to receive back those s^aiR-rods you sold them in
August We have reiused to do so, and the invoice is still
unpaid. We shall post you our monthly summary of sales
on Saturday. YOURS, Dexter & Foster. (150)
EXERCISE 29.
Loops ST and STR (concluded).
See Note at the head of Exercise 24.
MCSSRS. Schuster <§• Sons.
SiRs, — We have to-day invoiced the last of the stufts you
bought in May, and shall snip them by the s/eamsnip " Duke
of Munster," sailing on the first of Augus/. The styles are all
new, and the best to be got at the exceedingly low sum you
were disposed to pay. We sincereLy hope the sales may justify
our choice of designs. We shall register the new designs of
ladies' capes, as you suggest YOURS, S/ubbs & Mawson.
(82)
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EXERCISE 3O.
Circles SW and SS OP SZ.
These circles follow the same rules of writing as the circle s.
In this exercise, and in Exercises 31 to 35 inclusive, the
large circles should be employed (in words other than
grammalogues) for the combinations of letters printed
in italic. k-ses should be written for -xes. Note
paragraphs (e) and (/).
(a) THE sw CIRCLE: —
1 Sweep, sweeps, sweepstake, swop, swipe, swab, sweat,
2 sweets, sweetish, sweetest, sweetly, sweetness, sweet-
3 smelling, swayed, Swede, Swedish, swaddle, swaddling,
4 switches, swage, Swakim, swag, swigs, swiftest, swave,
5 swavely, swavity, swavify, swathes, Swiss, swisn, swaSH,
6 swum, swimmeRS, swans, swains, swooning, swine, swinisn,
7 swinge, swings, swingeR, swung, swells, sweal, swealing,
8 swallows, swallowed, swallowtail, swilled, swaRm, sweaR,
9 SWIR!, swiRled, swiRling, SwiRe, swarth, swarthy,
10 swarthily.
(b) THE CIRCLE ss USED FINALLY: —
1 poses, opposes, deposes, disposes, exposes, supposes,
2 reposes, lapses, relapses, collapses, entices, adduces, induces,
3 reduces, goddesses, chases, juices, axes, boxes, taxes,
4 paradoxes, fixes, vexes, sixes, sexes, Hoaxes, mixes, gases,
5 gazes, guises, disguises, faces, pale-faces, surfaces, offices,
6 suffices, vices, advices, devises, novices, revises, sizes,
7 assizes, sauces, ceases, souses, misses, muses, masses,
8 maces, mosses, ounces, denounces, announces, allowances,
9 fences, evinces, essences, minces, lances, balances, silences,
10 senses, romances, laces, palaces, chalices, solaces, molasses,
11 leases, releases, lasses, losses, loses, races, terraces, caresses,
12 choruses, rouses, carouses, ruses, peruses, roses, rises,
13 authorizes, mesmerizes, aRises, eRases, foRces, faRces,
14 houses, notices, spices.
(c) THE VOWEL SIGN SHOULD BE PLACED WITHIN THE
LARGE CIRCLE IN THE FOLLOWING AND SIMILAR WORDS : —
1 apsis, adiposis, synopsis, ellipsis, basis, exegesis, a.xis,
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2 ALexis, phase's, emphasis, thesis, parenthesis, parentheses,
3 synthesis, phthisis, Nemesis, diagnosis, amanuensis,
4 Genesis, paralysis, anaLysis, dialysis, pyrosis, sorosis,
5 amaurosis, dieresis, lapsws, Petasws, Pegasws, nexws,
6 census, Parnassws, Bonassws, Caucasus, Colossws, Molossws,
7 Texas, Kansas, ARkansas, exercise, exercises, emphasise,
8 emphasises.
(d) THE CIRCLE ss USED MEDIALLY : —
1 possessive, possessoR, possessory, subsist, desist,
2 insist, resist, resisteR, resistless, Atticism, Scotticism,
3 scholasticism, fanaticism, Agnosticism, asceticism,
4 mysticism, monasticism, exoticism, witticism, solecism,
5 Catholicism, paroxysm, lyricism, excessive, excessively,
6 accessible, inaccessible, accessory, successive, successively,
7 successor, exhaust, ex/tawstless, necessary, necessariLy,
8 necessitous, decisive, decisively, decisiveness, indecisive,
9 incisive, exercised, exercising, exerciser, exercisable,
10 emphasising, emphasised, Mississippi, misspell,
11 misspelling, miscite.
In the following words the small circle and the stroke s
(or z), not the large circle ss, should be employed to represent
the letters printed in italic.
1 (0) possess, repossess, dispossess, possesses, possessing,
2 abscess, abscesses, absciss, disease, diseases, diswse, miswse,
3 access, excess, excesses, excise, excising, excisable,
4 catholicise, italicise, Moses, Ulysses.
Write the stroke s and the small circle (or loop) to represent
the letters italicized in the following words.
1 (/) decease, deceased, diocese, diocesan, tarsws, recess,
2 recessed, nicest, ancestor, ancestors, incise, incised, incising,
3 exorcise, exorcist, exorcised, exorciseR, romancist,
4 exorcism, laconicism, Parsees, policies, jealousies, fallacies,
5 Pharisees, Massey's, mercies, Morrissey's, agencies, myosis,
6 unceasing, gypsies, Lacey's (upward /), Lucy's (upward /),
7 legacies, purswes, tisswes.
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EXERCISE 31.
Circles SW and SS OP SZ (continued).
GRAMMALOGUES.
f~ Lord,, ^, thing, ( think.
See Note at the head of Exercise 30,
1. Lord Swainson seems to think it necessary to exercise the
muscles of his aRms daily by swinging on a baR. 2. He does
this to keep up the skiLL he possesses as a swimmeR. 3. / have
seen him in the swelling sea, though the tide was at its swiftest
at the time. 4. / think he abuses OR misuses his poweRs by
exercising them to excess. 5. This is a fooLish thing to do,
but I feaR many a youth who rejoices in his skiLL in bodily
exercises exposes his life to risk in the same way. 6. A boy
may easily exhaust his bodily poweRs by excessive exercises.
7. He seldom pauses to think, but rusnes heedlessly into the
game, swayed by the voices of those who ask him to do this silly
thing, as it amuses them. 8. He is fuLL of excuses to go to the
races at the swimming bath. 9. He swallows his toast
hurriedly, and swigs off his tea, so as to be in time. 10. He
chooses to resist advice, and refuses to Listen to reason now ;
but some day he may have to swallow many nasty doses of
physic — the wages of his folly. 11. Noises in the head;
swellings and abscesses in the neck ; OR paralysis of the muscles
— may follow excess in swimming and such like exercises. 12. /
should like to emphasise this Lesson, but I think I have said
enough to induce you to desist if you are guilty of excessively
exercising youRself in any game. 13. If necessity aRises
/ shall resume the Lesson in a month. (259)
EXERCISE 32.
Circles SW and SS or SZ (continued).
See Note at the head of Exercise 30.
1. / think the swarthy lord who possesses so many houses
in our village should make them nicer. 2. The cost of the
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houses is excessive, in view of the small size of the rooms.
3. The best and nicest of them all is faR below the right size.
4. / must see him, and, if necessary, / shall insist on a
decisive answer to my appeal. 5. / should like to sweep
some of the houses into the sea. 6. It exhausts my patience
to see so successful, a fellow restst so foRcible an appeal.
7. His suavity and sweetness of voice at the time of refusaL
onLy emphasises my annoyance. 8. It surpasses me to know
how so nice a style can wrap up such excessively POOR feeLings.
9. The thing is amazing. 10. / must swallow my annoyance,
and ask the sweet voiced possessoR of riches to take a census
of the pooR folk who live in his houses, and to notice the small
size of the rooms they sleep in. 11. He who is the possessoR
of a castle, can scaRcely faiL to see how necessary it is to have
POOR folk rightly housed. 12. UnLess he chooses to do the
right thing, he shall be exposed. 13. / shall SHOW how this
lord disposes of the POOR fellows who reside in his houses.
(215)
EXERCISE 33.
Circles SW and SS OP SZ (continued).
See Note at the head of Exercise 30.
1. Necessity, it is said, knows no law ; but this excuse may
be refused, and he who relies on it may be sorry. 2. / think
excuses like this are abused in many cases ; and so in cases
of genuine necessity, those who make them are unsuccessful,.
3. The lazy fellow possesses a stoRe of lame excuses, and who
can exhaust them? 4. If the attack is successful,, and our
fellows get amongst the enemy, we may SCORC a decisive
victory, and so cause the enemy to retiRe. 5. SiR Thomas
Guest announces the refusaL of the aRmy authorities to abolish
the use of lances in the aRmy. 6. Many think it was fooLish
to suggest such a thing at all. 7. The swallow is said to pick
up a stone on the SHORC of the sea, and by its poweR to restoRe
sight to the swallows still in the nest. 8. It is also said to be
a lucky thing to have a swallow's nest by the side of a house.
I— (»7)
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9. These fooush sayings are swallowed by many who refuse
to have faith in sensible tenets. 10. The swan is supposed by
some folk to pouR forth the most lovely music in the last few
minutes of its life, eRe it censes to exist. 11. The song of Ike
singing swan is supposed to be a sign of a thaw. 12. The name
of " The Sweet Swan " was given to snakspere by Jonson.
13. Have you read the story of " The Swiss Family Robinson " ?
(243)
EXERCISE 34.
Circles SW and SS OP SZ (continued).
See Note at the head of Exercise 30
Thomas Swain.
SiR, — We have the invoices of the sixty cases of sweets
/o-day, and as the " Lord of the Isles " *s due to aRRive on
Wednesday the 10th, we shall hope to receive the things in
time to suit our purpose. We think the new style of boxes is
likely to catch on. Our customeRS emphasise the necessity
of change in the style of these packages. They say it amuses
the buyeRs, and entices them to buy. Business in Swiss sweets
is excessively slow just now ; but all our sauces are selling
niceLy. YOURS, Davis 6- SwiRes. (98)
EXERCISE 35.
Circles SW and SS or SZ (concluded).
See Note at the head of Exercise 30.
Joseph Chester.
SiR, — In answer to youRs of the 6th, we think our heavy
losses in the past six months were due to such causes as the
failuRe of MCSSRS. Swan and Swales, of Swansea ; the un-
necessariLy heavy costs of our agencies in Winchester," Don-
caster, and Chester ; and the unsuccessful, scheme of bonuses
to customeRS. The first aLone cost us a big sum. As to the
remedy, Lord Stockdale can onLy counseL the exercise of
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patience just now. He thinks the new season may be just as
successful, as the last was pooR, and he hopes to see heavy
balances in August. We hope in due time to satisfy all the
investors in the fiRm. YOURS sincerely, Silvester Mosley.
119)
EXERCISE 36.
Vowels and S and T.
Vowels cannot be placed to a circle or loop; so that a stroke
must be written when it is necessary to place a vowel to a
consonant. In this exercise, and in Exercises 37 to 41
inclusive, the italic type (in words other than gram-
malogues) indicates that the letter must be expressed by
a stroke consonant.
1 (a) ass, asp, asbestos, acids, acidness, assayed, askew,
2 assess, assessed, assessable, assessoR, assassin, assist,
3 assists, assize, assizeR, Assam, assume, assuming, un-
4 assuming, assumeR, assignee, assignoR, assailed, assaileR,
5 assailing, aslope, asylum, espy, espouse, espoused,
6 espousing, espousal, essayed, essaying, eschew, escape,
7 escapade, escalade, Eskimo, essence, issue, issued,
8 issueR, ease, easiness, uneasiness, uneasily, eye-salve,
9 eye-service, eyesoRe, Isabel, Isaac, Isis, Islam, Ouse,
10 use, useless, uselessly, useR, using, usurp, usury.
1 (b) say, says, sea, seas, sea-pie, sea-dog, seacoast, sea-king,
2 sea-gull, sea-side, seasick, seasickness, sea-mew, sea-mouse,
3 sea-leveL, sea-room, sy style, secede, seceding, suicide,
4 suicidal, cease, ceased, ceasing, unceasing, unceasingly,
5 suspire, suspiring, scissoRS, saw, sawdust, sawing, sauce,
6 sauced, saucing, sauciness, saucily, sausage, society,
7 sou, sciatic, Siam, Siamese, sciences, scientists, sigh,
8 sighing, sigheR, size, sizing, sizeR, souse, soused, sousing,
9 sue, SUCR, suing, sue/, suefy, Sowerby, zebu, Zebedee,
10 Zachary, zany, Zeno, Zanzibar, zenana, zinc, zinco,
11 zealous, zealously, zealotism, Zulu, Zurich, Zerxes.
1 (c) posy, topsy, autopsy, tipsy, gypsy, papacy, apos/acy,
2 ex/asy, pursy, pursue, Pudsey, abbacy, celibacy, basso,
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3 Bessie, Betsy, busy, daisy, dizzy, Do#ey, Dicksee, galaxy,
4 Casey, efficacy, Tennessee, decency, regency, obs/inacy,
5 endorsee, Jessie, juicy, gassy, legacy, aRgosy, gauzy,
6 fussy, fusee, farcy, Pharisee, foresee, Mounsey, Nancy,
7 Licensee, lessee, Eliza, Elsie, Kelsey, policy, palsy, jealousy,
8 colza, fallacy, Swansea, saucy, so-so, Assisi, Massey, mossy,
9 mercy, noisy, lacy, lazy, laziness, lazily, racy, piracy,
10 curacy, accuracy, inaccuracy, rosy.
1 (d) pious, piously, tenuous, tumultuous, tortuous,
2 deciduous, joyousness, joyously, exiguous, fatuous,
3 vacuous, assiduous, sinuous, nocuous, ingenuous,
4 iRRiguous, Genoese, Judaize, sinuose, voltaism.
1 (e) pasty, pastel, pastime, pas/ure, pas/urage, parasite,
2 parricide, parricidal, paucity, opposite, posse/, posterity,
3 pistol, epistolary, porosity, beside, besides, bas/ile, bestir,
4 inside, reside, decide, busied, textuary, tasty, tas/ily, tacitly,
5 decides, tenacity, audacity, density, ferocity, voracity,
6 veracity, vivacity, immensity, Jesuit, ges/ure, exi/, fixity,
7 laxity, sixty, fixedly, Cas/ile, custom, custody, caus/ic,
8 Augus/us, fes/al, fis/ic, fis/ula, fusty, beset, gusset, offset,
9 face/, inset, dulcet, lance/, russe/, reset, rosette, deceit,
10 receipt, vestal, vesture, vista., mas/ic, mys/ic, mistook,
11 mis/ime, mesotype, misteach, mis/y, musty, mus/ily,
12 mus/ache, nasty, dynasty, dishonesty, instil, install, distil,
13 listel, lucid, lucidly, pellucid, policied, palsied, callosity,
14 felicity, solid/, licit, elicit, lawsui/, pursui/, nonsui/,
15 recite, recital, res/oRe, rosied, rus/ic, rus/iness, res/y,
16 recede, revisi/, wayside, s/udy, s/eady, s/eadily.
EXERCISE 37.
Vowels and S and T (continued).
GRAMMALOGUES.
) so, MS, } see, use, \ use, whose, / which.
See Note at the head of Exercise 36.
1. UnLess we use our mental poweRs daily they may get
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rusty, 50 to speak, and become wsdess to us. 2. We can easily
see how necessary it is to exercise our bodily muscles if we
desiRe to keep them in a right sta/e, and it is just as necessary
to use our mental foRces if these are to be rightly balanced.
3. We are amazed to see how easy seveRe musculaR exercises
are to those whose cus/om it is to keep in /oRm by exercising a
few minutes each day. 4. Some folk say they see no use in
exercises which cause the swea/ to ooze ; but this is an injustice
to those robust fellows who indulge in such exercises, and they
are both fooLish and lazy who speak in this way. 5. They
should have the audacity to renounce such views, and seek to
escape an eaRly death by .zealously exercising the mental
and bodily poweRs which the Lord has given them. 6. / hope
you can now see how suicidal it is to allow the senses to rust.
7. Study may be unnecessary in youR case ; but you can easily
take up some science as a pas/ime OR hobby. 8. It may be of
use to you some day, if you decide to pursue it thoroughly.
9. Busy folk pass the most joyous lives. 10. It is the lazy, tipsy
fellows who see no use in society and its laws. (233)
EXERCISE 38.
Vowels and S and T (continued).
See Note at the head of Exercise 36.
L He who hopes to succeed in science must use his time
wisely. 2. The boy who wastes his minutes can have no
success in study. 3. You can easily see how necessary it is
to have tenacity and fixity of purpose, if you are to make
headway in the career to which you have set youRself . 4. Which
of us can hope to leave a legacy of wisdom to our fellows, unLess
we make a right use of our time now ? 5. Whose names are
most likely to last, and whose memories are most likely to
live in the ages still to come ? 6. // can scaRcely be necessary
to state the answer. 7. If you are sincere in youR desiRe to
enjoy the felicity which comes to the possessoR of wisdom,
you must watch jealously the minutes you give to youRpas/imes.
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8. You may easily be carried into fooLish ways. 9. You
know, the sixty minutes in an hour soon pass by ; so you must
bestir youRself. OR the time may be lost to you. 10. See how
lazy Ezra Sowerby passed his time, and how fieRcely he now
denounces his own idleness. 11. Beware, also, of the fallacies
which may lie in the spicy sayings of those who pose as witty
fellows. 12. Wisdom seldom speaks to us by a noisy tongue.
13. The wise Zeno, it is said, bit off his tongue lest he should be
foRced to reveaL to his enemies the names of those of his party
who sought to cast off the yoke of tyranny and injustice. (253)
EXERCISE 39.
Vowels and S and T (continued).
See Note at the head of Exercise 36.
1. Tools which lie idle soon rust ; but those which you use
daily can scaRcely get rusty. 2. The use you make of them
keeps the steel polished. 3. It is just the same in youR case ;
if you rest a long time you may get both rusty and lazy. 4. The
busy master of the faRm visits no feast in gusty March, lest he
should see his family foRced to fast in heavy August. 5.
FooLish customs have no poweR to tie us ; so you should cast
them away. 6. He who aspires to success must toil un-
ceasingLy. 7. He must be assiduous in all his tasks ; seize
the right time to buy OR sell, and use it in the right way. 8. The
first stone of the spiRe was laid at the bottom. 9. Delays may
make us testy, but they also make us wise. 10. He whose
house is rightly looked to has an asylum of rest to which he
may retiRe as soon as his day's toil is O'CR. 11. If it is youR
honest purpose to assist in raising those who reside in the slums
of the city, you should first do youR best to raise youRself in
society. 12. If you desiRe to be wise, be ready to ask of those
who can answer you. 13. A n Eskimo OR a Zulu may know just
the things you seek to know. 14. The master of science
should be zealous but modest ; in all his wisdom he onLy
knows a few things out of many. 15. Besides, modesty sits
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easily on all of us. 16. It is silly to suppose we can be wise
unLess we read and study the best books. 17. It is easy to
rest ; but is it as easy to fast ? 18. The beeR the idle fellow
swallows so readily soon usurps his senses, and leaves him
like a beast. 19. Decide now to be .zealous ; you have dozed
long enough. (310)
EXERCISE 4O.
Vowels and S and T (continued).
See Note at the head of Exercise 36.
Ezra. Mounsey.
SiR, — YOURS of the 6th. If you can manage to see us we
can easily give you a Lesson in the use of the scissoRs and saws.
We must ask you to buy youR own wood, as is the custom. If
you are -zealous, you should know how to use all the tools in a
month at the outside. We make no use of the saw-dust, but
just cast it aside. It seems to us a waste of time to seek to
utilise the refuse. Give us a few days' notice of the date of
youR visit, and say which bench you desiRe to use, so as to save
time. Which is the best book to buy you ? YOURS sincereLy,
Isaac West & Sons. (126)
EXERCISE 41.
Vowels and S and T (concluded).
See Note at the head of Exercise 36.
Augustus Doxey.
SiR, — We think you should ask MCSSRS. Sowerby and Massey,
of the Essex Mills, to allow you to see the saws as they revolve
at the fastest rate. We assume you know this fiRm. This is a
slack season at the mills, and is just the time to suit them.
Go a«d see which day they choose. They may, also, SHOW
you the use of the small saws. We think Saturday is a busy
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day, and you should leave it out. Who snowed you how to
remove the add stains which we saw on your chisel ? We must
get you to give us the remedy. Some of our best knives are
rusty. YOURS sincereLy, Kelsey 6- Sims. (119)
EXERCISE 42.
Contractions.
~ altogether, ^ _ together, ' anything, -~^^ nothing,
something, "V-, architect- ure-al, \ object, \ subject,
respect-ed, \ expect-ed, ^ ~\ unexpected-ly, \. public-
sh-ed, //x\Sk republic, ~\ catholic, </~~ ' uniform-ity,
</ ' unanimous or unanimity, <^f yesterday.
1. The unanimity of the vote to raise the salary of our city
architect was altogether unexpected — I expected something of a
scene in the counciL ; but nothing was said by those who were
expected to oppose the vote. 2. The unanimity of the vote
SHOWS a uniform desiRe to repay his services to the public.
3. The uniformity of his life, besides his genuine ability, was
the reason of such a unanimous vote. 4. He has rare
architectural ability, and the public seem to know it. 5, He
has just published a book on " The Public Architecture of
America," and he expects to publish his new " Lessons in
Architectural Design " eaRly in May. 6. / know scaRcely
anything of the subject of architecture ; but I am catholic enough
in my views to respect nigh ability in anybody, though / object
to the fellow who boasts of his skiix in any subject. 7. / faiL
to see how such a fellow can expect to be respected. 8. The
architect and I are to go to Italy together in the autumn. 9. We
were to have paid a visit to the new public baths yesterday, but
were unexpectedly foRced to put it off. 10. / expect we shall
manage to go on Wednesday. (202)
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EXERCISE 43.
Hook L added to Straight Letters.
Hook /, added to straight letters, is written towards the left.
In this Exercise, and in Exercises 44 to 50 inclusive, the
double consonants pi, pr, etc., should be employed (in words
other than grammalogues or contractions) for the repre-
sentation of the letters printed in italic type.
(a) PI, ETC., USED INITIALLY : —
1 pla.y, place, placing, placed, places, plaster, pleased,
2 pleasantest, placid, placidly, placeR, Plato, played,
3 pledge, plucky, plague, plusn, plume, plunge,
4 plough, plougheR, pleura, pleurisy, pluraL, ap^Zaud,
5 applausive, apply, blow, blob, blot, bleat, Wotchy,
6 block., bleak, blackberry, bluffy, blithe, Mthely,
7 Wouse, blazeR, blazing, blast, Wessedly, blaspheme, Muster,
8 &/USH, blame, blameless, bluR, ablaze, ably, claw, clap, clip,
9 club, clad, Clyde, cloudy, cloudily, cloudiness, clutch,
10 clack, click, clock, o'clock, cluck, clucked, clog, Clegg,
1 1 cloth, clothing, class, clasp, classed, classes, classic, classiiy,
12 closer, closely, cloister, clusters, c/asn, clammy, clamorous,
13 c/annisH, c/ownisn, cling, clank, ClaRe, cleaRly, cleRk,
14 cleric, ergy, acclaim, acc/imatize, acclivity, glow, globe,
15 globose, globosity, globule, glibly, gloat, glut, glottis,
16 gluttony, gluttonous, gloss, glossed, Gloucester, glossary,
17 glass, glassiuL, gleam, gloomy, glum, glaRe, glary, aglow,
18 eagle, eagle-eyed.
(b) PI, ETC., USED FINALLY: —
1 papal, people, topple, tipple, dapple, chapel,
2 cheaply, couple, copal, maple, employ, ample,
3 pimple, dimple, simple, simply, Naples, pine-apple,
4 panoply, scalpel, replace, pebble, babel, bauWe, table,
5 eatable, stable, unstaWe, teachaWe, stubble,' dabble,
6 audiWe, edible, cobble, cable, applicable, amicaWe, vocaWe,
7 revocaWe, gabble, navigable, affable, ineffable, receivable,
8 moveable, lovable, Mabel, blamable, bumft/e, tumWe,
9 gamJ/e, iumble, thimWe, symbol, stumble, snamWes,
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10 mumble, nimble, rumble, enable, tenable, assignable,
11 amenable, reasonable, cannibal, label, syllable, solu6/e,
12 indelible, iallible, voluble, aRable, rabble, parable, bearable,
13 terrible, endurable, wobble, hobble, horrible, petal, beetle,
14 title, entitle, anecdotal, chattel, cattle, vital, victuals,
15 snuttle, mottle, rattle, wattle, pedal, beadle, tidal, dawdle,
16 Cheadle, caudal, ieudal, muddle, model, remodel, nodal,
17 ladle, raddle, waddle, huddle, cudgels, buckle, unbuckle,
18 tackle, radical, cackle, fickle, vocal, thickly, icicle, shackle,
19 miracle, Michael, polemic^/, comical, finical, tinkle, wrinkle,
20 winkle, yokel, inimical, circle, encircle, beagle, teagle,
21 ]uggle, goggle, iugle, inveigle, Mogul, smuggle, snuggle,
22 bangle, tingle, dingle, ]ingle, single, sning/e, angle,
23 Ang/icism, mingle.
(c) PI, ETC., USED MEDIALLY :—
1 tippler, duplicity, duplex, chapelry, coupleR, em-
2 ployeR, implicit, implacable, imploRe, simpleR,
3 simpliiy, simplicity, replacing, replieR, babbler,
4 dabbler, cobbleR, ieebler, mumbleR, tumbler, nimbleR,
5 libeleR, wobbleR, hobbleR, biblical, bu//er, bottler,
6 tattler, victualler, rattlesnake, pedler, pedlery, toddler,
7 da\vd/er, fiddler, modeleR, modeling, apocalypse, buckleR,
8 tackleR, stickleR, vocalizing, enclosing, unclasp, reclaim,
9 reclaimable, ticMsH, boggleR, jugglery, inveigleR, angleR,
10 bung/eR, ming/eR, wrang/eR, legalizing.
EXERCISE 44.
Hook R added to Straight Letters.
Hook ;-, added to straight letters, is written towards the right,
(a) Pr, ETC., USED INITIALLY :—
1 pray, prop, probe, pretty, prattle, prattler, proudly,
2 pried, approach, prejudge, praxis, precocious,
3 preclusive, prickly, prig, preface, professed, Privy,
4 prevail, prithee, oppress, oppressoR, priceless,
5 praiseworthy, preside, procedure, prison, precious,
6 prim, primage, pronounce, prank, prolong, prolix,
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7 prayeR, prairie, brew, bribe, bribery, brute, brutish,
8 brittle, Brady, bridle, bridler, Reaches, broach, abridge,
9 brackisii, breakfast, bricks, broccoli, brogue, brag, bravo,
10 bravest, broth, breathe, breathable, brass, brassy, braced,
11 bruised, broused, brash, bramble, brimless, broomstick,
12 branch, brandy, brink, bring, bringeR, brail, frrawleR,
13 broiling, brien, tray, trapese, Jrappist, triple, treble, trebly,
14 troublous, troublesome, tread, traduce, traduced, tragic,
15 /refoiL, travesty, troth, traced, traceR, Besses, /rusting,
16 truce, trash, atrocious, atrocity, trample, tramway, trammel,
17 transfix, transit, transitory, French, trill, trolley, trawleR,
18 drip, drop-scene, drahble, adroit, Drage, drudge, drake,
19 draggle, dross, drossy, dresseR, drowsy, drizzle, drama,
20 dramatist, drank, drinkable, drill, drollery, drieR, dreary,
21 croup, acropolis, crab, acrid, crude, credulous, credible,
22 cratch, crock, crocus, crocodile, crackle, crag, crafty,
23 crevices, acrostic, Crusoe, cross, crossroads, crucifix,
24 crucible, crescendo, Cremona, crimson, chrome, acrimony,
25 cranny, cringe, crinkle, creel, crieR, aggressive, aggressor,
26 graced, grapple, grapery, grabWe, grate, gratis, gradus,
27 greedily, greediness, grudge, grudgingLy, Greek, groggy,
28 gruffness, grievous, growth, grossly, graces, gracious,
29 grimly, Grundy, granuLe, grange, grail.
(b) Pr, ETC., USED FINALLY: —
1 piper, toper, dipper, depress, chopper, coper, kipper,
2 gaper, viper, vapor, snippers, empress, mappery,
3 nipper, Dnieper, \uniper, scalper, lopper, slipper,
4 rapper, riper, weeper, hopper, bibber, Tiber, dauber,
5 }obber, grubber, fi&rous, em&race, leper, lubber, slabber,
6 bela&or, barber, rubber, aRbor, patter, spatter, abettor,
7 tatter, auditor, doubter, chatter, cotter, scatter, actress,
8 gutter, matrice, entries, gentry, sentries, retrace, waitress,
9 yachfer, spider, powdery, tawdry, Tudor, Cheddar, scudder,
10 gadder, feeder, iodder, suedder, madder, sundry, tedder,
1 1 elder, louder, slider, rudder, ridder, wader, weeder, patcher,
12 butchery, teachers, ditcher, catcher, scutcher, voucher,
13 avoucher, thatcher, trencher, bencher, aRcher, aRchery,
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14 richer, marcher, searcher, luRcher, bewitcher, pledger
15 badger, dowager, dodger, drudgery, charger, cadger, gauger,
16 voyager, major, ledger, villager, pillager, forager, manager,
17 lounge, ranger, wager, picker, backer, tacker, bakery,
18 barker, decry, checker, ]oker, thicker, Thackeray, marker,
19 mimicry, luRker, rookery, hooker, piggery, beggary, ioggery,
20 tiger, digger, jigger, cougar, vigor, sugar, angry, engross,
21 lager, rigor, hogger.
(c) Pr, ETC., USED MEDIALLY :—
1 pa^>er-ma&er, da^>/>erling, capricious, capereR, vapor-
2 able, vaporer, vaporizing, slipperily, slipperiness,
3 unpromising, impressing, imprison, improperly,
4 regressive, reproach, tubercle, tuberculosis, tuoerosity,
5 jaooerer, faoric, fe&rile, embracing, emoroil, unbridle,
6 neighborly, Nebraska, laftorsome, liberal, lioeralism,
7 liberalize, lubricity , ruoric, patrimony, patrol,
8 patronize, petrel, putrefy, betroth, but/ermilk, tutorage,
9 cha//erer, catereR, scatlereR, matricide, matrimony, matrix,
10 matronLy, peasantry, untruly, untruth, entrap, en/rusting,
11 sul/riness, retracing, retrench, re/rogressive, powder-mill,
12 tawo'rily, Kidderminster, federal, federalism, snuddering,
13 Madras, madriga/, butcherly, gingerly, ma/ordomo,
14 decreasing, vicarage, microbe, gimcrack, incriminate,
15 lachrymose, recrossing, beggarly, tigerisn, vigorously,
16 angrily, mongrel, ungrudgingLy, rigorously.
EXERCISE 45.
Initial Hooks to Straight Letters (continued).
(a) PI, Pr, ETC., USED INITIALLY AND FINALLY: —
1 plagal, plaguer, plaiter, pleader, plodder, plucker,
2 plum-tree, applauder, apple-tree, appliable, blabber,
3 6/ack-bee//e, bladder, blamable, bleater, bleacher,
4 bleakly, claimable, clapper, clatter, clavicle, claviger,
5 clerical, clicker, clincher, clipper, clobber, glider,
6 glitter, glottal, prater, prattle, preacher, preceptress,
1 prefigure, preluder, premonitor, preservable, presumably,
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8 prickly, procu.Ra.ble, prodigal, progress, pr omen fid er ,
9 proper, prouder, approacher, approachable, abridger,
10 bragger, bramble, breaker, briber, bridle, brighter,
11 broacher, broader, brutal, brutalized, trader, trainable,
12 traitor, traitress, . trample, transfigure, trapper, truckle,
13 treadle, treasonable, treater, treble, tremble, triangle,
14 trickery, triple, tripper, trickle, draper, dredger, drinkable,
15 drum-major, crab-tree, crackle, crater, credibly, crinkle,
16 croaker, cricketer, Crowder, crumble, crupper, acrostic^/,
17 grabble, graphically, grater, gripper, grubber.
(b) PI, Pr, ETC., IN MISCELLANEOUS WORDS :—
1 academical, acrostic, admirable, adorable, algebra, allegro,
2 asker, autocracy, barnacle, batterer, begrudge, biblical, black-
3 eyed, buttery, cali&re, changer, chronicleR, Cimbric, clarify,
4 closeness, copper-faced, crasning, creatuRe, deluder, deploy,
5 doggerel, dropsy, eclipse, emblem, epigram, inevitaWy,
6 iactor, laboureR, ieebler, flicker, foreclose, fuddler, gabbleR,
1 }ingle, head-dress, implacably, infalliWy, insupera&Ze,
8 laconical, li&retto, maintainaWe, mangfe, marWeR,
9 matchai/i?, mimic^er, mulforry, neck-ctoth, neutralize,
10 nitric, obligato, oft/igatory, opera-g/ass, ostrich, pardonaW^,
11 pedigree, platonic, pouter, prelude, press-gang, profile,
12 proconsul., prorogue, prolixity, proxy, pu/rescence,
13 ramft/eR, red&reast, regret, regrettaWe, retrogressive,
14 satiricfl//y. slobbereR, stenography, stock-6ro^er, stoRe-
15 keener, stu6&/y, table-cloth, tangle, thimble-rigger,
16 /respassei, typica//y, ul^ra, um&rella, wrinkly, Antrim,
17 ARdrossan, Ang/esea, Bristol, Blakeney, Bu^rley, Christie,
18 Christina, C/aRkson, Cressy, Praed, Macready, Mon^rose,
19 Ou^ram, Smallftridge, Tun&ridge, Viewers, Vic^ery.
EXERCISE 46.
Initial Hooks to Straight Letters (continued)
GRAMMALOGUES.
• call, c — care, 1 dear.
1. Have a care, my dear pupil, lest you bring trouble on
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youRself by allowing youR tongue to babble of the affaiRs of
youR neighbours. 2. Bridle the tongue and use it in a reason-
able way. 3. He is truly a ieeble creatuRe who gives his
tongue License to gabble. 4. // is allowable and enjoyafr/e
to talk affaWy to youR />/ayfellows ; but beware lest you utter
a single syllaWe likely to give offence to any of them. 5. The
pleasantest voices resemWe sweet music. 6. They soothe
us and produce calm feeLings in our breasts. 7. A loud voice
troubles and annoys us ; it makes us SHudder ; and, we properly
call those vulgar who talk in such a voice. 8. / have no
desiRe to reproach you, OR to preach to you ; but I have noticed
youR voice grows louder as you proceed in youR speech.
9. I trust you may be induced to repress this crazy style, OR you
may grow into a brawleR. 10. If / have trespassed in saying
this, pray excuse me, and SHOW no um&rage. 11. / declaRe
to you I am no grumbleR, but a sincere adviser. 12. / can
ampliiy this Lesson, if you please, on Wednesday. ( 193)
EXERCISE 47.
Initial Hooks to Straight Letters (continued).
1. Daydreams are both enjoyaWe and cheap, and they are
available to all who desiRe to indulge in them. 2. You can
have a daydream in any place you care to call it up ; at the play,
on the top of a tram, in a crowd, OR aLone on a Weak mooR ;
on a gloomy day in April as you watch the black clouds racing
across the sky, OR on a bright sunny day in August, as you
lounge in the snade of the trees, and baRe youR brow to catch
the breeze. 3. It is onLy necessary to close youR eyes, and
you can draw mental images as gracefuL and as varied as
you please. 4. The bright faces of the dear c/ass-fellows you
knew long ago ; the pretty, and maybe the laughable, scenes you
saw on youR last trip across the sea ; the troubles and the
wrangles on the boat and in the hotel ; the ^/easing and the
misera&fe folk you came across — all these things does youR
daydream reproduce, and you chuckle to youRself as they ar^
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Bought to youR view. 5. / know some dreary people may
think daydreams like these are no o/essings. 6. They may call
them an idle waste of precious time. 7. But, I reply, how
many noble schemes to make the lives of pooR people better
and brighter, OR to rec/aim those who were led astray by the
ill example of worthless neighoowrs, came first to the plotters
of these schemes in a daydream ? 8. It is true, castles in the
aiR are fabrics which soon crumble ; but they may give rise to
many a problem, of use to society. 9. It is a simple thing
to criticise, to grumble, OR to blame ; but how few of those who
do these things are able to better the labour of the people they
criticise ! (304)
EXERCISE 48.
Initial Hooks to Straight Letters (continued).
1. / call him a senseLess dreameR who takes no care of the
time at his disposal. 2. The hours he now wastes so idty may
cost him a dear price some day ; but regret may be useless.
3. 7 am no grumbleR ; but I utterly detest proud idleness.
4. I am pleased to applaud the blithe Wacksmith who labours
at the proper time, and rests as soon as the trouble and toil of
the day are o'eR ; but I have no patience to think of the beggarly
Pride of him who deems it beneath his place to labour, though
he makes no protest if you ask him to eat OR drink at youR
table. 5. / mist you belong to no such class of people. 6.
Time is the avenger of all wrongs ; and those who are dodgers
in youth may be beggars OR paupers in age. 7. Honest
labour is admiraWe ; but duplicity is abominable. 8. These
are valuable Lessons, and I shall proclaim them as long as I am
able. 9. It is nice to be amicao/e and reasonable in all cases ;
but it is also desirable to protest in a clean voice should f aLse
actors seek to beguile simple youths who are easily led astray.
10. Older people may know how to choose better leaders ;
but, many boys are credulous, and follow a teacher readily.
11. Take care how you trust him who Breaches "No labour,
and a rich prize." (233)
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EXERCISE 49.
Initial Hooks to Straight Letters (continued).
MessRs. Barker and Sons.
Dear SIRS, — In reply to youRs of the 7th, we shall be
pleased if you can pack the cream dairy Gutter in broader casks.
The class of grocers who buy our stock think the narrow casks
unsuitable, and we desiRe to please them if we can. We are
sorry to trouble you in any way, and we /rust you may be able to
oblige MS. If you care to snip a few sample cases of first-class
eggs, we shall be pleased to SHOW them to our customeRS. Our
butter buyeR hopes to be in Antrim on the 29th, and may give
you a call. YOURS truly, Bu^er and Briggs. (115)
EXERCISE 5O.
Initial Hooks to Straight Letters (concluded).
MessRs. Black and Tracy.
Dear SIRS, — Please ask youR manager to give us a call on
Tuesday. We are desirous of snowing him our new press,
which is a thorough success, and which we trust may secuRe
us the first prize at the club SHOW in April. We are the sole
makers of this press, and if you care to buy we shall be pleased
to sell you a single press at a reduced price. We call the new
design Digg/e and NoWe's " Eagle " press. We should like
you to give it a triaL. YOURS truly, Andrews and Gam We.
(99)
EXERCISE 51.
Hook L added to Curves.
Hook /, added to curved letters, is a large initial hook. In
this Exercise, and in Exercises 52 to 57 inclusive, the
double consonants ft, fr, etc., should be employed (in
words other than grammalogues and contractions) for
the representation of the letters printed in italic.
(a) THE LEFT CURVES ft, vl, thl, USED INITIALLY :—
1 ftay, flabby, flaccid, flag, flaiL, flaked, flaky, /faming, flange,
2 flank, flap, flaRe, /hashing, flasks, /fattest, flax, flicker,
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3 ^edgling, flexible, flinty, flocked, flood, florist, florid,
4 jounced, flotilla., floweR, flouRish, Airry, Duster, flunky,
5 flycatcher, Flora., Fletcher, Florida., Fleming, phlegm,
6 afflict, afflicter, efflux, efflorescence, evil, evil-eyed,
7 athletic, Ethel, Ethelred.
(b) THE LEFT CURVES ft, vl, USED FINALLY :
1 playful, playfully, pitiful, poweRful, poweRftdly, prayeRful,
2 baffle, 'briefly, briefless, basufully, butterfly, bot-fly, brimful,
3 teaRful, toughly, trifle, truffle, truthful, truthfully,
4 triumphal, deceitful, dutiful, diReful, aidful, changeful,
5 }oyful, joy fully, catchfly, cupful, grateful, gadfly, ieaRfitl,
6 nRefly, fraudful, ia.ithful, ia.ithfully, vengeful, revengeful,
7 youthful, useful, usefully, easeful, iceflow, skiLful,
8 skinfully, stifle, slothful, spadeful, smiles, SHame/«/,
9 SHame/w//y, mu^e, mouth/w/, mindful, mirthful,
10 unlawful, rightful, ladleful, \vatchful, aRmful, roomful,
11 regretful, regretfully, reproachful, wrathful, worsmp/w/,
12 hopefully, heedful, approval, appelatiw/y, positively,
13 primeval, privily, bedevil, bevel, bravely, attractively,
14 derivatiw/y, deceptively, devil, ad]ectival, exhaustiv^y,
15 accusatiw/y, causatively, actively, frivolous, figuratively,
16 iestival, efiectively, votively, authoritatiu^y, sensitively,
17 SHovel, SHrivel, survival, assertively, aRRival, NaSHville,
18 negatively, non-aRRival, reproval, relatively, retrieval,
19 revival, revivalist.
(c) THE LEFT CURVES ft, vl, USED MEDIALLY: —
1 pam/>A/eteer, privilege, profligate, profligacy, baffleR,
2 bi/forous, trifleR, triflorous, deflect, deflector, devilry,
3 devilish, develop, developer, cuivalry, cuivalrous, cauli-
4 floweR, snrievalty, shovelful, snovelleR, snuffleR, muffleR,
5 may^oweR, revivalism, High-/?yeR.
(d) THE RIGHT CURVES ft, vl, thl, USED MEDIALLY AND
FINALLY : —
1 apocryphal, dragon-fly, carvel, cavil, cavalieR, cavalieRly,
2 cavalry, aRchival, gainful, gravel, groveleR, gleeful,
3 gruffly, gravely, scuffleR, scornful, skinful, snaffle,
4 snivel, sniveleR, snow-flake, in^ame, in/?ammaWe, i
4-(*7)
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5 indexible, influenza., influx, anvil, Granville, marvel,
6 marvelous, marvelously, naval, novel, novelist, raffle,
7 raffleR, ravel, reflex, reflexed, reflexible, reflux, revel, revelry,
8 revelleR, rifle, rifle-coRps, rifleR, rivalry, ruefiil, ruefully,
9 Bethel, Bithel, betrothal, bismuthal, lethal, weevil, Yeowt/,
10 hovel.
(e) THE DOUBLE CONSONANT shl (UPWARD) USED INI-
TIALLY, MEDIALLY, AND FINALLY :—
1 sheli , shelves, book-shelf, shellac, pachalic, penitential, pala-
2 Hal, potential,potentiality, peevishly, prudential, presidential,
3 partial, partiality, pestilential, brutishly, boyishly, boorishly,
4 beneficial, abbatial, torrential, devilishly, clannishly,
5 clownishly, credential, egg-shell, Ca,shel, fiducial, iacial,
6 oincial, unofficial, feverishly, foolishly, foppishly, slavishly,
7 sluggishly, specialize, specialist, specialty, speciality,
8 snappishly, sciential, sneepishly, Marshall, M.a.rshalsea.,
9 nuptial, knavishly, inessential, initial, initially, lavishly,
10 roguishly, waspishly, Hoggishly.
1 1 DOWNWARD shl : primatial, apishly, bomb-shell,
12 commercialism, sea-shell, modishly, natalifiol, nutritial,
13 loutishly.
(/) THE DOUBLE CONSONANT ml USED MEDIALLY AND
FINALLY :—
1 philomel, picromel, calomel, enamel, enamelleR, enamelling,
2 lachrymal.
(g) THE DOUBLE CONSONANT nl USED INITIALLY,
MEDIALLY, AND FINALLY :—
1 enlightener, enlivener, analytic, panel, panelling,
2 penalty, patronal, paginal, aboriginal, banal, bi-
3 nominal, autumnal, tonal, tonality, technological,
4 diuRnal, diagonal, decanal, channelling, O'Connell,
5 cantowa/, cannel-coal, criminal, kennel, kennelling,
6 chronological, grapnel, phenomenal, flannelette,
7 fennel, venal, ethnologic, thinly, spinal, seminal,
8 semiwaZity, signal, signalize, signalizing, steRnal, zonal,
9 snrapw^, monolith, matronal, marginal, nominal,
10 nominally, nominalist, infeRnal.
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EXERCISE 52.
Hook R added to Curves.
Hook r, added to curves, is a small initial hook.
(a) THE LEFT CURVES fr, vr, tkr, USED INITIALLY:—
1 afresh, a/raid, effervesce, effervescence, offer, offereR, o/er-
2 ing, offertory, fragile, frank, frankly, fraud, frayed, freckle,
3 freed, fribble, frith, frothy, frouzy, frugally, fruity,
4 phrenological, average, averse, aversely, everLasting,
5 everybody, every-day, overaLLs, overbalanced, overcrowd,
6 overdose, overdraw, overflow, overgrowth, overlap, overLook,
7 overreach, oversleep, overture, overtook, versatile, versiiy,
8 virtue, virtuous, virtually, ether, athirst, either, otherwise.
(b) THE LEFT CURVES fr, vr, thr, USED MEDIALLY AND
FINALLY : —
1 taffereL, tougher, duffer, defray, differ, differential,
2 doffer, dentifrice, chaffer, chaffereR, chauffeur, Jeffrey,
3 Je^erson, ieoffer, ossiferous, zephyr, lacti/erous,
4 Macpherson, oRphrey, auRiferous, poverty, beverage,
5 Beveridge, traverse, fraverser, stiver, diver, diverge, driver,
6 adverb, adverse, adverseLy, adversity, adversary, Chivers,
7 cadaverous, governess, governable, governor, thievery, fever,
8 favowreR, iavourable, flavour, flavourless, endeavour,
9 leverage, subversive, soever, ossivorous, survivor, reviver,
10 retriever, Wendover, sneather.
(c) THE RIGHT CURVES fr, vr, thr, USED INITIALLY : —
1 freak, /racTious, framable, freely, free-trader, /resn,
2 /resner, /resnness, /rilled, frivolous, frivolousLy, frolic,
3 frolicsome, frolicked, frostily, Africa, verbose, verbal,
4 vermicelli, verminous, thermal, thermic, thirsty, thirstily,
5 //trail, thrash, Crashing, thrasner, thread, threap,
6 threepenny, thriity, drilling, throng, throstle, thruster,
7 thereat, therein, thereby.
(d) THE RIGHT CURVES /r, vr, thr, USED MEDIALLY AND
FINALLY : —
1 puffer, pilfer, palfrey, paraphrase, paraphrased,
2 profferer, peripheral, buffer, biographer, belfry, briefer,
3 typographer, triumpher, tree-frog, Dumfries, diaphragm,
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4 dolori/erous, chamfer, camphor, comfrey, coffer, cofferer,
5 gaffer, gruffer, goffer, ferriferous, oviferous, scoffer, saliferous,
6 sv^phur, stenographer, snuffers, stelli/erous, melliferous,
7 omniferous, laugher, loafer, luffer, luminiferous, llfracombe,
8 reefer, re/resn, re/resner, refreshing, reframe, resini/erous,
9 Ren/rew, orthographer, wafer, heifer, buffer, paver, palaver,
10 prover, approver, plover, pulverise, pulverable, braver,
1 1 beaver, Beverley, triumver, Denver, discover, deriver, delver,
12 craver, carver, cleaver, cleverly, cleverness, covereR, giver,
13 glover, graver, grievcr, Gulliver, granivorous, shiver, shivery,
14 Waver, mover, omnivorous, manoeuvre, manceuvreR,
15 anniversary, universality, universalism, laver, livery, louver,
16 Oliver, lawgiver, raver, recover, recovereR, remover, reprover,
17 revolver, resolver, waver, Waverley, Waver^ree, wavereR,
18 weaver, heaver, hover, hoveringLy, haversack, plethora,
19 panther, overthrow, enthrall, disenthrall, dethroner, anthrax,
20 anthracite, misanthrope, Lu/Aer (/ up), Lu/Aeranism (/ up),
21 AR/Awr, pother, pothering, bother, holering, brotherly, brea-
22 ther, tether, tethering, Crowther, gather, gathering, gathereR,
23 leathery, smothery, Mather, mothery, nether, nethermost,
24 leather, leathery, lealherette, loather, Reather, wither,
25 wintering, wea^ercock, weaker-gage, wea/Aerwise.
(e) THE DOUBLE CONSONANT shr (downward always) USED
INITIALLY, MEDIALLY, AND FINALLY : —
1 usher, ushering, shrank, shrunk, shrapnel, shrew, shrewd,
2 shrewdness, shriek, shrill, shrinkage, shrivel, shrubbery,
3 Shrewsbury, Shropshire, pusher, pressure, polisher,
4 punisAer, blusher, brochure, burnis/zer, tonswre, tertiary,
5 tressure, dasher, Derbyshire, Cheshire, Kosher, Crusher,
6 fissure, finisher, fishery, flasher, fresher, fiduciary, thrasher,
7 slasher, smasher, SomersetsAtre, masher, ensAroud, lavisAer,
8 lasAer, AyRshire, rasher, refresher, residen/tary.
(/) THE DOUBLE CONSONANT zhr USED MEDIALLY AND
FINALLY :
1 treasure, treasurer, treasuring, closure, enclosure,
2 forec/oswre, measwre, measwreR, measuring, measureless,
3 leisure, leiswrely, eRasure, rasure.
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(g) THE DOUBLE CONSONANT mr USED INITIALLY,
MEDIALLY, AND FINALLY : —
1 aimer, Omar, merceR, mercery, mercury, werling,
2 palmer, primer, plumber, perfumer, proclaimer,
3 blamer, blasphemer, declaimer, calmer, clamor,
4 clamoreR, crammer, Cranmer, climber, glamor, flamer,
5 schemer, shammer, shimmering, mummer, misnomer, namer,
6 enamour, enamouring, dimmer, reclaimer, hammeren,
7 hammer-cloth, hummer.
(//) THE DOUBLE CONSONANT nr USED INITIALLY,
MEDIALLY, AND FINALLY : —
1 nervous, nervousness, nervousLy, energy, energise,
2 enervate, aneroid, anarchy, owner, ownersnip, honor,
3 honorable, honoring, pawner, pinery, oppugner,
4 plenary, p!enariLy, pruner, panorama, hanneret,
5 browner, bemoaner, tannery, trainer, trepanner, dinnerLess,
6 decliner, dethroner, ]enner, generous, genm>usLy, generosity,
7 generalize, generic, keener, crowner, coroner, cocoonry,
8 Kitchener, gunner, funeraL, vainer, venerable, veterinary,
9 vintner, thinner, threatener, assigner, stannary, spanner,
10 schooner, seminary, sublunary, sexagenary, SHunner,
11 snipowner, meaner, mannerly, mannerism, Matmering,
12 miweraL, mineraLogy, Minerva, Milner, macninery,
13 maintainer, marooner, incliner, leaner, liner, limner,
14 aRRaigner, eaRner, iRoner, retainer, refiner, repiner,
15 remunerate, yeomanry.
(t) THE DOUBLE CONSONANT ngr (ng-£r or ng-gr) USED
INITIALLY, MEDIALLY, AND FINALLY : —
1 anchor, anchorable, anchoret, anchorite, anchoring,
2 anger, angering, pinker, bunker, blinker, tinker,
3 tinkering, drinker, canker, cankering, cankerous,
4 conquer, conquerable, conqueror, conquering, clangor,
5 clangorous, clinker, finger, fingering, finger-post, finger-
6 stall, forefinger, flanker, thinker, free-thinker, monger,
7 newsmonger, linger, lingereR, lingering, malinger, malingereR,
8 malingering, rancor, rancorous, rancorousLy, hanker,
9 hankering, hunger, hungering.
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(/) STROKE ng AND downward R MUST BE EMPLOYED IN
NOUNS FORMED BY THE ADDITION OF CT TO A VERB ENDING
IN ng :—
1 longeR, prolongeR, oringeR, flingeR, singeR, stingeR,
2 slingeR, swingeR, ringeR, wringeR, wrongeR, wingeR,
3 hangeR, harangueR.
EXERCISE 58.
Initial HookS (continued).
GRAMMALOGUES.
'v. for, *^\ from, *-^ Mr., or mere, ' ^ more, or remark-ed,
<~s near, ' nor, *) their, or there, "^ very.
1. People of energy have no leisure to linger over mere trifles,
nor do they care to do so. 2. They merely shrug their shoul-
ders and smile at those fra.il fellows who allow a flimsy detail to
bother them and throw them into a state of flurry OR anger.
3. They know the calmer they keep in times of pressure the
better it is for them, and the more likely are they to conquer
their troubles. 4. Nor can we faiL to see why they should do
so ; for we know how easily a poweRful leader who is calm
can ruLe an angry throng from whose heads all reason has fled.
5. Have you ever remarked how very like to a iever is anger, and
how soon it orings the author, the usher, the banker, the farmer,
the driver, and the vulgar loafer to the same leveL ? 6. And,
I may remark, a very low leveL it is. 7. The flame of anger
soon grows bigger, and a single angry fellow may in/feme many
more. 8. So it is best to stifle the initial flaRe, foRce it to
flicker out, and thus baffle the evil eRe it throws you into a
fluster. 9. Otherwise, as Mr. Winshall remarks, the first
oreath of adwrsity may fling you into despair. 10. Now,
adwrsity may be very near to you, and you should prepare
youRself by manLy resolve to receive any blow sne may deal
you. 11. There are shrewd thinkers who have remarked how
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bitter a teacher adversity is. 12. But, they add, she is a
clever trainer, whose Lessons are given effectively ; and if onLy
we receive them in a proper manner they are likely to SHOW
us how to lead a useful, honorable, and successful, life. (284)
EXERCISE 54.
Initial HOOkS Continued).
1. Have you ever remarked, my dear Mr. Mather, how very
niceLy the Gnashes near youR house plaster the inside of their
nests, for feaR their eggs should tumofe to the flooR beneath
and get cracked ? 2. And have you noticed how very opposite
are the ways of their neighbours the black-caps, which make
their nests so /rail and flimsy as to seem unable to beaR the eggs
placed there by the ieathery inmates ? 3. But, I may remark,
though you and I may call the labour of these pretty creatuRes
a mere waste of time and energy, since the nests must inevitably
oreak, as we think, still they know their own business best ;
for the nests scaRcely ever creak, nor do the eggs faLL through.
4. Fragile as the nest appeaRs to us, the owners evince no
trouble OR flurry ; for they seem to know it is safe enough to
carry their precious treasures. 5. There is no laoowreR who
discharges his task so effectively as these pretty singeRS. 6. Any
shrewd rambleR through the woods and by the rivers may
discover there marvels enough and to spaRe. 7. / feeL there
is no better way of passing a leisure hour. (195)
EXERCISE 55.
Initial HOOkS (continued).
1. From all I know of life it is mere nonsense to say there
is no virtue in adwrsity. 2. Have you ever remarked, my dear
Mr. Webster, how very calm in times of trouble is he who has
seen more evil days, and, essaying to conquer them, has issued
/row the fray a noble victor ? 3. Others may shrink and
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shrivel at the sight of sorrow ; but these fellows face it bravely,
and fling it from them. 4. Mere business worries have no
terrors for them ; nor do they flinch at the more alaRming
troubles which may approach them. 5. Their joy is to stifle
all feeLings which may in/fame them to anger. 6. You mayt
I think, remark the glitter in their eyes, should these fiRm
fellows notice the trembling feaRs of a silly youth at the first
view of trouble OR sorrow. 7. They appeaR to think such feaRs
worthy of reproval, as being unmanLy. 8. The more annoy-
ances these stout fellows have to conquer, the better they seem
to like it, and the fresher they approach to the fray. 9. They
snap their fingers at mere paltry' worries, and smile at business
pressure. 10. They eat their dinners just as calmly, and
seem to labor just as leisurely, in busy times as they do in
times of slackness. 11. They simply thrust aside the things
they dislike, and refuse to be Curried by them. 12. They know
the measure of their energy and their poweRs ; and they have
no feaR, for they are aware no earthly sorrow can last for ever.
(253)
EXERCISE 56.
Initial Hooks (continued).
MessRs. Beaver and ThreliaLL.
Dear SiRs, — We have youR iavour of Friday last, and we
are very pleased at youR success in the Farmers' SHOW.
We were unaWe to be there, for the reasons given you by our
Mr. Arthur Fletcher. Nor shall we be able to go to the close
of the affaiR. From a mere remark of Mr. Arthur's, we gather
how very big were the crowds which thronged the place from
first to last on the day of his visit, and we were all the more
sorry to be away. Mr. ARthur specially remarked the new oat
crusher, near the shrubbery. There were three other crushers
in the SHOW ; but he thinks they were more flimsy, and faR
less useful. We shall dispatch youR kennel by raiL fo-morrow,
YOURS faith/w//y, Fletcher, Sons, and Crowther. (137)
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EXERCISE 57.
Initial HookS (concluded).
Mr. Christopher Coverley.
Dear SIR, — We have the samples of flannel to-day, but we
regret to say they are unsuitaWe for our purposes. They are
very flufiy, and there are flaws in the threads of some of them.
Three of the samples appeaR to shrink and shrivel up in the
wasning. We are a/raid to offer such stuff to our customeRs.
YOURS truly, Weaver Brokers. (65)
EXERCISE 58.
Circles and Loops prefixed to Initial Hooks.
A circle or loop is prefixed to a straight letter hooked for R
by turning the hook into a circle or loop.
(a) Spr, ETC. THE ITALIC TYPE INDICATES THAT THE
CIRCLE SHOULD BE COMBINED WITH THE HOOK r : —
1 spray, sprayed, spreader, sprag, sprawleR, springeR, spring-
2 time, spruce, sprucely, s/>ruceness, sapper, suppressed, super,
3 supremely, superficial, supervise, su/>erviser, superlatively,
4 supersede, soberly, soberness, sou&rette, sprayed, s/raggleR,
5 strainer, strangely, strata, streaky, s/reameR, s/rengthener,
6 stride, sfringeR, striver, stronger, strutter, setter, citer,
7 citric, suitor, solder, soldereR, Cedric, screw, scraggy,
8 screamer, screech-owl, scrofulous, sacredly, sacrificer, sacri-
9 ficial, sacrilegious, succor, succorer, Socrates, Socratical,
10 sacristy, secretaiRe, secrecy, sagger, segregate, prosper,
11 upspring, upswinging, destroy, destroyer, destructively,
12 distrainer, disdainable, distressed, distressing, distrusts,
13 distrusting, decider, outsider, tasker, tusker, disgrace,
14 disgraced, disgracing, disgracefuL, describe, describer,
15 describing, descrieR, descriptively, discriminate, coRkscrew,
16 excrescence, swopper, sweeper, swabber, sweeter, sweater,
17 switcher, swagger, swaggerer, swigger.
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(b) WRITE THE CIRCLE INSIDE THE HOOK r IN THE FOLLOW-
ING AND SIMILAR WORDS, WHERE THE CIRCLE AND HOOK
OCCUR AT AN ANGLE : —
1 pastoral, pesterer, plasterer, besieger, bestrew, besfraddle,
2 blusterous, blusterer, boisterous, boisterously, tricyclist,
3 taxidermy, depositor, dexterous, dexterously, dextrose,
4 checksfring, costermonger, cross^ree, clustery, cloisteral,
5 cloistereR, clasper, crisper, crusaders, exciter, express,
6 expressive, expressly, ex/>«rgatory, expositor, exterminate,
7 extfra, extremity, extremist, extrinsic, ex/ricable, inex-
8 tricably, inexpressive, Exeter, Ux&ridge, gastric, gastritis,
9 gastronomy, Gloucestershire, gasper, offspring, fenes^ral,
10 psalmistfry, nostril, nostrums, ancestral, ancestress,
11 massacre, masterful, master-key, master-stroke, masterly,
12 mistral, mystery, mispress, mistrust, mis/rusting, muster-
13 TOLL, misprize, mispronounce, mispronounced, lisper,
14 lusfral, lustrous, lustrously, lascar, Mex&orough, Salisbury,
15 Malmes&wry, rasper, reciprocal, reciprocity, reciter,
16 rescribe, res^rainable, res^rainer, risfor, rostral, roistereR
17 registry, oRches^ra, oRches/ral, wastrel, westerly, wiseacre,
18 Hesper (h up), house&reaker.
(c) St-pr, ETC. THE ITALIC TYPE INDICATES THAT THE
LOOP S* SHOULD BE COMBINED WITH THE HOOK r / —
1 stepper, stopper, stooper, stupor, slabber, staffer, stutter,
2 stuttereR, stouter, stitcher, stager, stodger, staker, stacker
3 sticker, stalker, stoker, stocker, stagger, staggerer.
(d) Spl, s-fr, ETC., USED INITIALLY. INITIAL CIRCLE
S IS WRITTEN INSIDE THE HOOK / ATTACHED TO STRAIGHT
LETTERS, AND INSIDE THE HOOK I OR r ATTACHED TO
CURVES. IN THIS SECTION THE ITALIC TYPE INDICATES
THAT THE CIRCLE S MUST BE WRITTEN INSIDE THE HOOK
/ OR r : —
1 splasu, splasher, splitter, splutter, spleeny, supple,
2 suppleness, supplicatory, supplieR, sable, sublime, sublimity,
3 settleR, sub^e, saddleR, saddlery, sidle, siting, satchels,
4 sickle, seclude, sec/uder, secluding, seclusive, cyclist,
5 cycloid, Cyclops, safer, suffer, suffereR, su/fgrable, su^rage,
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6 savory, savorless, severance, soother, seether, simmer,
7 simmering, signer, sinner, sooner, sinker, civil, civilize,
8 civilizer, civilized, civilly.
(e) Spl, sfir, ETC., USED MEDIALLY AND FINALLY:—
1 display, displaced, displeased, traceable, disoo/ige, disable,
2 reduciWe, despisable, disposable, disc/ose, disc/osure,
3 disclaimer. plausiWe, peaceaWy, appeasable, chasuble,
4 explainable, explainer, explicable, explicitly, explode,
5 explore, explosive, iusible, infusio/e, effaceaofe, ineffaceao/e,
6 visibly, invisibly, pedestal, iratricidal, matricidal, paschal,
7 tisical, tricycle, toxical, toxicology, exclaimer, exclusive,
8 e#c/usively, classical, physica//y, vesicle, versicle, encyclical,
9 encyclopedic, lackadaisical, peace-oaring, decipher,
10 deciphereR, deci/^rable, dis/ranchise, dis/ranchised,
1 1 phosphor, gypsi/erous, lucifer, luciferous, passover, deceiver,
12 dissever, dissewrance, Elzevir, dulciw^r, gossamer, resumer,
13 poisow^r, prisoner, blazoner, emblazoner, designer,
14 decennary, dishonor, dishonorable, dishonoring, chastener,
15 fastener, vicenary, Listener, die-sinker, peaceful, peacefully,
16 blissful, ox-fly, house-^y, museful, obtrusively, euisively,
17 iLLusively, tortoise-shell, dissocial, anti-social, vicinal,
18 vaticinal.
(/) THE CIRCLE s is WRITTEN INSIDE THE HOOK OF w,
IN WORDS LIKE THE FOLLOWING : —
1 sway, sways, swaying, basswood, praiseworthy, dissuasive,
2 fosseway, causeway, cassowary, crossways, crosswise.
EXERCISE 59.
Circles and Loops prefixed to Initial Hooks (continued).
Italic s, sw, or s£, indicates that the circle or loop should be
combined with the hook r, as in spray, stouter. The
hyphen following s, c, or x, indicates that the circle s should
be written inside the hook r or I or the hook of w, as in
splice, suffer, crossways.
1. A famous author describes the Scribes as a strong, sober,
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class, who passed their time ex-c/usively in the s-ufc/ime study
of the sacred laws. 2. Their industry and love of labour
were notic-ea&/e to all their disc-iples, and they exercised nigh
authority as expos-i/ors of the scrolls of those times. 3. Sprays
of cypress were carried at funeraLS in past days to ex-press
vis-iWy the strength of the feeLings of sorrow and distress in
the breasts of the survivors. 4. In some cases, rosemary OR
bay leaves dis-placed the cypress, but cypress branches were
oftener chosen as they last a long time. 5. The custom may
seem strange in a c-ivilized people, but though we may poss-iWy
disagree as to the propriety of it, we must discriminate and pause
eRe we describe it as either fooLish OR disgraceful,. 6. We
should dis-c/aim a desiRe to swagger, to pose as wis-eacres, OR
to dis-play an undue pride in the strength of any abilities we
may possess. 7. Sensible people are seldom bois-ferous in the
dis-play of their wisdom. 8. It is the mere dabblers OR
scribbleRS who try to dis-c/ose all they know. 9. It is useless
for a sweeper to throw a straw in the face of a strong breeze.
10. It is carried away by the stronger foRce, and has no
strength to resist. 1 1 . We are in a sense straws, also, carried
aLong in the struggle to reach a HigheR leveL. 12. We should
be modest and scrupulous seekers for true wisdom, faithful
stivers for the goal, and lovers of the right for its own sake.
13. We should leave all unworthy and dis-howorable things
to swaggerers, dec-eivers, and evil des-igrars, who prey on
the foibles of their fellows and seek to stop the progress of our
race. (288)
EXERCISE 60.
Circles and Loops prefixed to Initial Hooks (continued).
Read the Note at the head of Exercise 59.
1. / should dis/rust him who boasts of his strength and
swaggers over his skiLL ;• for, as I have noticed, very strong
and skiLful people dis-c/aim ex-tra strength OR skiLL. 2. Thf
mannerLy youth has no scruple in sacrificing his own tastes
for the sake of others. 3, -A crossing sweeper may give a
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Lesson in c-ivility to proud wis-eacres. 4. Many who are
otherwise sober people carry their strange fads to extremes.
5. Many a spruce youth s-u/ers from the folly of supposing
his neighbours admiRe his s/>ruceness. 6. He hopes to see his
fame spread ; but, alas, he is his own dec-eiwr, for few of his
fellows are struck by his ability. 7. UnLess we sow the right
seeds in Spring, we shall reap the wrong crop in Autumn
8. It is advis-aWe to s-ettle our aim in life as eaRly as poss-i6/e,
and seek to follow it steadily. 9. An honorable boy should
have no scruple in ex-dressing his dislike of dis-howorable
counseL. 10. // *s cowardice to do evil simply from the feaR
of dis-/>/easing others. 11. OnLy the "most superficial people
can teach otherwise. 12. Have a care lest in youR search
for CRRORS in others you may overLook youR own most
notic-eaft/e follies. 13. The faster a c-yc/ist rides aLong the
road, the less beauty does he notice in the scenery. 14. There
are very many extremists among c-ycftsts. 15. As you go
along life's road, take care lest you follow their example.
16. The more troublesome the task, the stouter should be the
resolve to conquer it. 17. You may think me a sad preacher,
but I have seen strange sights in my time, and many failuRes
through lack of wisdom. (271)
EXERCISE 61.
Circles and Loops prefixed to Initial Hooks (continued).
Read the Note at the head of Exercise 59.
1. The swaggerer is just the fellow likely to be also an unseen
dis-honorable Lis-tew<?r, a dec-eiver, and a des-igner of evil.
2. It is s-afer to leave such a fellow aLone, lest he drag you
into a scrape. 3. // is very strange how some youths lose all
scruple, and stoop to any snabby tricks to get on in life. 4. A
strong, sober fellow can onLy describe such tricks as disgraceful,.
5. The struggle for supremacy may be seveRe, but we should
refuse to prosper at the cost of our honor. 6. An honest
fellow feaRs no dis-c/osure, and his simple pleasures are all the
sweeter for the strenuous toil by which they are bought. 7. A
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carriage and a pair of High steppers are but a pooR exchange
for a virtuous name. 8. It is scaRcely poss-iWe to judge
from a mere SHOW of ricnes how faR their possessoR is truly at
ease. 9. A plaus-iWe was-frel, in the last stages of despair,
may appeaR to be leading a thoroughly enjoyable life. 10. But
the day aRRives at last which dis-c/oses a very opposite state of
affaiRs. 11. His villainy is exposed; his s/>mceness
disappears ; and his face wears a look of misery. 12. Few
people regret his faLL, for they know he was a dec-eiver and a
SHam. 13. In the strictest sense the pathway of honor is
also the pathway of true wisdom. (225)
EXERCISE 62.
Circles and Loops prefixed to Initial Hooks (continued).
Read the Note at the head of Exercise 59.
1. It is always prais-eworthy, and it may poss-ii/y be
s-uWime to risk failuRe in the hope of rising from a low place in
society to a HigheR. 2. Nor is it right to ex-press dis-approval
of any such triaL ; for some of our best citizens have sprang
from ex-treme poverty to riches and poweR. 3. The
cos-fermonger of last s-ummer may be the leader of commerce in
the spring. 4. Examples of such a change are readily adduc-iWe
from the pages of the past. 5. Success in life is reduc-i&/e to
no set of rules ; but it is scaRcely poss-iWe for us to succeed if
we dis/rust our own abilities. 6. The dex-terous use of the
poweRS given to us by the Lord may bring both fame and riches,
and at the same time give us the poweR to appease some of the
distress vis-iWe to all who care to see it. 7. And, we may add,
the s-uffer'mgs of the pooR are notic-eaWe enough to those who
use their eyes. 8. A mere stroll through any of our big cities
dis-c/oses misery enough to call forth an exercise of charity
from all who are able and disposed to give. 9. But in all our
endeavours to rise, we must beware lest we allow a love of
money for its own sake to master us, and destroy our sense of
justice to others. 10. Such a feeLing necessariLy dis-aWes
us from being very servic-eaWe to our fellows, and if we have
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such a feeLing the s-ooner we stifle it the better. 11. It is a
pitiful thing to desine riches merely for the sake of being a
depos-itor in a bank. 12. FaR better be an honest crossing
sweeper in the city. 13. From all which a sensible fellow may
gather the Lesson of justice and mercy to all. (297)
EXERCISE 63.
Circles and Loops prefixed to Initial Hooks (continued).
Read the Note at the head of Exercise 59.
MCSSRS. Tasker and S-a.ddleR.
Dear SIRS, — We have an ex-tra. heavy s-upply of strong
screws, in all sizes, bought at a sale, which we think may
poss-iWy be servic-ea&/e to you, and which we can offer you at
a very low price for casn. We have also an extremely «s<?ful
jackscrew, and a set of die-s-inker's tools, for which we should
like you to make us an offer. If youR manager can call at our
stoRes, at three o'clock on Friday, we may be able to s-ettle
a price for all these things. We have onLy a small space to
spaRe for our stock, and the s-ooner we dispose of them the
better. YOURS faithfully, StringeR and Spriggs. (119)
EXERCISE 64.
Circles and Loops prefixed to Initial Hooks (concluded).
Mr. ARthur S-iddle.
Dear SIR, — In reply to youR favour of Saturday last, both
the bic-ycle and tric-yc/e are ready, and you can have them on
snowing the official receipt for the charges for repaiRs. It is
scaRcely necessary to say we have no distrust of you, but we
know how advis-aWe it is for us to stick to our ruLe to allow no
c-ycle to leave our premises unLess the official receipt for all
charges is produced. This is s-afer for all parties. We were
able to solder the wire you spoke of, and it is now all right.
YOURS truly, S-ummers and Sons. ( 105)
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EXERCISE 65.
Contractions.
U^_ domestic, ~ mistake, "~\_ never, -W never-
theless, "/" enlarge, ^ notwithstanding, "7 knowledge,
~^7 acknowledge, /~ ~ regular, ~\ irregular, ^ king-
dom, influence, influenced, --^> next
1. // is, as a ruLe, a mistake to offer advice on the domestic
affaiRS of our neighbours. 2. Nevertheless, should our counsel,
be sought, we should never refuse to give it, if we feeL we have
enough knowledge and influence to enable us to do so in a wise
way. 3. Still, we must acknowledge the utmost care is
necessary in these cases, OR, notwithstanding our strong desiRe
to remove a trouble, we may onLy enlarge it. 4. We should
be influenced in the case by our knowledge of the people who
seek our advice, and be careiuL how we decide to give it, lest
it be scornfully refused. 5. In fact, the next best thing to
wise counseL is no counseL at all. 6. There are very many
people in this kingdom who are most eager to advise others ;
but, strange to say, the most regular givers of advice are the
most irregular takers of it from others. (154)
EXERCISE 66.
N Hook.
The hook n, attached to straight letters, is written in the
same direction as that taken by the hands of a clock ;
attached to curves, it is written inside the curve. In this
Exercise italic n indicates that the hook n should be written.
(a) STRAIGHT STROKES HOOKED FOR n :—
1 pain, Spam, sprain, spleen, trepan, deepen, cheapen, Japan,
2 crepon, Gilpin, saucepan, asnpan, Mappin, kneepan, lupine,
3 rapine, weapon, bin, Bryn, Sabine, Dublin, cabin, Gibbon,
4 thighbone, suburban, uRban, robin, ribbon, henbane,
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5 tan, train, strain, tow, spittoon, platoon, Preston, batten,
6 Tatton, Button, detain, detrain, destine, cotton, croton,
7 Grattan, festoon, fatten, frighten, Austin, smitten,
8 sweeten, scone, screen, skeleton, Asnton, mutton, Milton,
9 Newton, lighten, rotten, retain, restrain, routine, Wetton,
10 platen, maintain, don, Seddon, bidden, deaden,
11 Farringdon, Flodden, Snowdon, madden, anodyne, intes-
12 tine, entrain, olden, laden, redden, wooden, Woburn,
13 hidden, chin, birchen, kitchen, urchin, John, pigeon,
14 bludgeon, Trojan, dudgeon, gudgeon, virgin, region,
15 origin, surgeon, sturgeon, imagine, engine, steam-engine,
16 legion, widgeon, can, pecan, beacon, Tuscan, deacon,
17 chicken, falcon, African, Vatican, thicken, skin, screen,
18 stricken, spoken, slacken, sunken, snaken, SHrunken,
19 McCann, Maclean, mannikin, napkin, liken, American,
20 ERskine, recline, awaken, gone, pagan, began, Teggin,
21 dragoon, Keegan, Grogan, Fagiw, Afghan, Afghanistan,
22 suffragan, spring-gun, chagrin, Micnigan, Mulligan, noggin,
23 lagoon, oRgan, ORegon, nogan, wren, rain, Parrin, barren,
24 outran, Doran, churn, adjourn, Curran, corn, Garn, foreign,
25 florin, sovereign, thorn, siren, SHorn, Moran, marine, lorn,
26 worn, western, wyvern, yearn, heron, hawthorn, win,
27 Darwin, Kenwyw, Irwin, wane, ween, wan, yawn, yen,
28 hone, hewn.
(b) CURVED STROKES HOOKED FOR n : —
1 fan, fin, paraffin, dolphin, morphine, elfin, flown, Flynn,
2 frown, syphon, van, Bevan, Cavan, craven, cloven, graven,
3 thriven, Stephen, sylvan, shaven, snriven, Niven, liven,
4 raven, woven, haven, thin, python, Nathan, earthen, thine,
5 brethren, leathern, heathen, throne, enthrone, dethrone,
6 assign, zone, ozone, snine, outsnine, sunsmne, moonsnine,
7 macnine, oCEan, asnen, snrine, ensnrine, men, pressmen,
8 bowmen, tea-men, draymen, caRmen, examine, gammon,
9 foemen, fiRemen, flamen, freemen, vermin, seamen,
10 stamen, spokesmen, statesmen, Scotchmen, snowmen,
1 1 mammon, laymen, eRrnine, remain, weigh-man, woodsman,
12 yeoman, hangman, nine, Pennine, benign, tannin, caniwe,
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13 Glennon, snannon, unknown, linen, renown, lean, pollen,
14 balloon, talon, Dillon, colon, gallon, felon, villain, sea-lion,
15 stolen, swollen, sullen, siRloin, melon, aniune, aRRaign,
16 swoRn, steRn, seceRn, NaiRn, inuRn, hangeR-on.
(c) N HOOK USED MEDIALLY:—
1 paining, painfuL, penknife, pining, pruning, piquancy,
2 opening, boning, browning, bandy, abandon, banisn,
3 bantam, tanning, tuning, tansy, training, deepening,
4 droning, dainty, daintily, disdaining, deaconess, Chippen-
5 dale, chantey, gentile, caning, clinic, conic, cleanly,
6 keenly, Kinsey, gaining, grinning, gainsay, glengarry,
7 falconry, foreigneRS, flippancy, fraudulency, flatulency,
8 vagrancy, screening, spinning, spraining, southerneR,
9 maintaining, mechanics, mechanism, misreckoning,
10 mourneR, maddening, laburnum, lightening, likening,
11 learneR, reclining, repining, reddening, replenisn,
12 restraining, retaining, awakening, wine-bibber, winneR,
13 yearneR, yawneR, hen-roost, hen-coop, fancy, fanfaRe,
14 finery, fineness, finish, franchise, Franciscan, frenzy,
15 French, fringe, vanishing, veining, vinery, thinning,
16 thinness, thinnish, assigning, strengthening, stubbornness,
17 stubbornly, manning, mainmast, manuRe, meanness,
18 meaningLess, mining, monaRch, maligneR, nunnery,
19 lengthening, linsey, lonely, latency, eaRnings, aRRaigning,
20 aRRange, aRRanger, disaRRange, ARundel, oRange,
21 ORangeman, redolency, repellency.
EXERCISE 67.
F OP V Hook.
The hook / or v is attached to straight letters only, and is
written in the opposite direction to that taken by the hands
of a clock. In this Exercise, italic / or v indicates that
the letter should be represented by the hook.
(a) THE HOOK f OR v USED FINALLY :-—
1 punitive, proof, prove, reprove, fiReproo/, pikesta^, epita^/z,
2 tipsta^, dista/f, breve, semibreve, bereave, bluff, tough,
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3 talkative, attractive, autograph, dative, deprive, deceptive,
4 digra/)/i, drove, dra^, derive, cha/e, chough, achieve, Jove,
5 gyve, ]eff, cove, cough, carve, skiff, dough, cliff, \Vyc\iff,
6 cleave, calf, caiti^, accretive, expletive, gaff, gave, grove,
7 glove, foxglove, festive, federative, foRmative, votive,
8 vocative, sportive, sedative, secretive, sensitive, suppositive,
9 seraph, serve, preserve, observe, deserve, reserve, sheri^,
10 mangrove, monograph, amative, motive, native, neckerchie/,
11 engrave, illative, illustrative, iLLuminative, lenitive, laxative,
12 restive, retrieve, recitative, refoRmative, regenerative,
13 relative, remunerative, restrictive, restorative, wai/, weave,
14 unweave, hu^, hove, heave.
(b) THE HOOK / OR v USED MEDIALLY : —
1 proofing, proving, paving, prefer, preferring, preferable,
2 privet, privacy, privateer, privitive, pro/it, profitable,
3 pro/itless, provide, provable, proven, proverb, provincial,
4 provoke, provocative, provokeR, pu^ery, brevity, brevet,
5 ta^eta, ta^raiL,ti$m, tougAening, toug/nsh, tra^c, typhoon,
6 typhoid, daffodil, deafening, deafness, divinity, diversity,
7 diversify, defer, de/erential, divide, draughty, draughtsman,
8 driveL, driveLing, driven, defence, defenceless, defensible,
9 defeat, devotee, cha^mch, chafing, juveniLe, juvenescence,
10 gyving, festivity, effectiveness, secretiveness, sensitiveness,
11 server, preserver, observer, reserver, scenogra/>Mc, steno-
12 graphic, sportiveness, amativeness, mysti/ied, monographic,
13 motivity, nativity, nitrified, lexigraphic, lithographic,
*4 orthogra/>Aic, recovery, discovery, rejuvenescence, rebu^mg,
15 reproving, reprovable, restiveness, retrievable, reversal,
16 reversed, reversing, revertive, refer, referee, referable,
17 re/erential, re/erring, hieroglyphic.
(c) FINAL n, /, OR v, FOLLOWED BY A SOUNDED VOWEL,
MUST BE EXPRESSED BY A STROKE CONSONANT.
In the following words the italic type indicates that the
hook should be employed:—
1 paww, pawnee ; oppugn, puny ; pine, piney; pollen,.
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2 polony ; plain, Pliny ; spine, spinous ; pave, pavo ;
3 puff, puffy ; bone, bonny ; brain, brainy ; ban,
4 bonus ; barn, barony ; brave, bravo ; bluff, bluffy ;
5 button, botany ; Britain, Brittany ; biograph, bio-
6 graphy ; tone, tony ; turn, tourney ; dun, donee ;
7 den, deny ; dine, Dinah ; destine, destiny ; Du^,
8 Duffy ; dea/, defy ; detain, dittany ; chaff, chaffy ;
9 chine, China, Chinese ; June, Juno ; jin, jinnee ; ken,
10 Kenny ; corn, corny ; Curran, corona ; dough, Clovis ;
1 1 crane, cranny ; cotton, cottony ; clown, Cluney ; cove,
12 covey ; grain, granny; grieve, grievous; glutton, gluttony ;
13 gluten, glutinous ; Gascon, Gascony ; fun, funny ; felon,
14 felony ; foreign, farina ; vain, venue ; villain, villainous ;
15 vine, vinous ; thorn, thorny ; thin, Athene ; throne,
16 threepenny ; assign, assignee ; sudden, Sydney ; skin,
17 skinny ; sicken, sickness ; stamen, stamina ; summon,
18 simony ; spleen, spleeny ; stolen, steeliness ; serve,
19 survey, service ; seraph, seraphic ; ozone, ozonize ;
20 snine, sniny, snyness ; CHicane, cnicanery ; mutton,
21 mutiny, mutinous ; macnine, macninist ; Mullen,
22 Maloney ; microphone, microphonous ; moonsnine, moon-
23 sniny ; myograph, myography ; neckerchie/, anchovy ;
24 Nan, Nanny ; Newman, nominee ; engine, angina ;
25 laymen, lamina ; latin, latinize ; liken, likeness ; lengthen,
26 lengthiness ; lion, lioness, lionized ; lithogra/>A, litho-
27 graphy ; iLLumine, iLLuminee ; Alban, Albany ; albumen,
28 albuminize ; Enin, aRena ; ARRan, Anno ; iRon, iRony ;
29 aRchon, ORkney ; origin, Origenist ; ratan, ratany ; redden,
30 redness ; raven, ravenous ; ripen, ripeness ; recitative,
31 recitative ; region, regina ; retain, retinue ; reserve,
32 reservist ; ravine, revenue ; roman, romany ; wan,
33 wanness ; win, winnow ; worn, weariness ; Wetton,
34 weightiness ; wine, winy ; wooden, woodiness ; hone,
35 honey ; heathen, heathenize ; hewn, heinous ; hoyden,
36 headiness ; headsman, head-money ; hen, henna ; heave,
37 heavy ; Hockin, Hackney.
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EXERCISE 68.
The Hooks N, and F OP V (continued).
The italic type indicates that the letter should be expressed
by a hook.
1. He is a brave man who daRes to defy a rough opposeR
of his policy. 2. A reproo/ in youth may preserve us from
mischie/ in age. 3. Many a maw has faixen in the struggle
of life through his teacher's feaR of annoying him by reproo/
in eaRly youth. 4. Small things make up the life of a maw,
as many drops go to foRm an ocean. 5. It is better to strive
to retrieve the past than to grieve over its follies. 6. A
vain man is seldom aware of his vanity. 7. A man should
learn to eaRn money in some way, even though he be born rich.
8. An active man can easily exercise his activity, if he desiRes
to do so ; but many profess activity, and still refuse to serve
their fellow-men in any way. 9. A genuine man seldom
gives pain to others OR provokes them to anger. 10. Many
drunken men appeaR to think the drink which stole their reason
may also prove a restorative ; and so they drink again. 11.
The taste for beeR OR wine grows upon them, and at last they
are unable to restrain their desiRe for the poison which may
carry them to the grave. 12. You may observe how few men
there are who abandon an evil custom which they have pursued
for a long time. 13. This should assist you to refrain from
following such evil ways. 14. A puny man may be braver
than a big one, and, in fact, many of our bravest leaders have
been diminutive in statuRe. (253)
EXERCISE 69.
The Hooks N and F OP V (continued).
See Note at the head of Exercise 68.
1. If you desiRe to achieve youR purpose and sustain youR
known ability as a fine business man, you must take care lest
you display chagrin OR scorn in presence of a likely customeR,
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2. It is vain to imagine you can have all youR own way and get
the best of every bargain. 3. Men may try to cheapen youR
wares, and you must evince no disdain of thin pro/its, now and
again. 4. A stubborn mien can scaRcely strengthen youR
hopes of more business. 5. The salesman, like the nsnerman,
may have to angle long eRe he secuRes a catch. 6. A talkative
man, by undue pu/^mg, may de/eat his own purpose and drive
away a likely buyeR. 7. A superlative tone soon provokes
an honest trader, and he often enough administers an effective
rebuke to a glib-tongued agent by declining to buy his stuff.
8. Reasonable brevity, an attractive manner, and a steRn
resolve in no case to swerve from the truth for the sake of selling
a line, are fine credentials for the aspiring salesman. (172)
EXERCISE 7O.
The Hooks N, and F OP V (continued).
See Note at the head of Exercise 68.
1. Japan and the Japanese are worth the study of all who
like to read of the origin and advance of the races of the globe.
2. Some people imagine the isles of Japan are of volcanic
origin ; but the chief men of science deny this, though they
observe there are many volcanoes and sulphur springs in the
place, and the people feeL earth tremoRs, one may say, every
day. 3. They have as many varieties of weather in Japan
as we have, and more ; for besides rough breezes, rain, snow,
frost, and sunsidne, they often have a visit from the terrible
stoRms known as typhoons, which do immense damage to
houses and to snips. 4. The Japanese are a dainty, economi-
cal, and attractive people, ready to learn, and strong to retain
the things they look upon as profitable to them. 5. They are
no lovers of strife ; but they can be brave, and even stubborn,
in the defence and maintenance of their rights. 6. They are
clever farmers, and they raise fine, heavy crops of rice, which
is the chief food of the people. 7. Coal and iRon mining is
vigorously carried on, and, in fact, Japan is rich in many
mineraLs. 8. The skiLL of the Japanese in japanning has long
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been widely known, and the artistic finish they give to the
things they make is above all praise. 9. They weave lovely
silk fabrics, from the sale of which they derive a big revenue.
10. Strange to say, up to 1853 no foreigneR was able to gain
an entry into Japan ; for the Japanese looked upon all
foreigneRs as worthy onLy of disdain and scorn. 11. But
since then there have been many changes. Japanese statesmen
began to think they should abandon tJieir reserve, and allow
their people to try and derive pro/it from following the line
of the men from the Western states. 12. They gave the plan
a triaL ; the gates of their cities were thrown open to foreign
traders, and now the Japanese dealeRs are as keen at a bargain,
and as ready to eaRn a guinea as any people we serve. (348)
EXERCISE 71.
The Hooks N, and F OP V (continued).
See Note at the head of Exercise 68.
Mr. John Bullen.
Dear SiR, — Re/erring to youR favour of the 9th, we imagine
VOUR customeR must mean a tureen like the one we sold you
in June last. We gave you notice then it was the last of the
make we should supply, as the cost of producing it was such
as to make it positively hopeless for us to derive any pro/it
from the sales. It was a very attractive design, of tough make,
and thoroughly fiReproo/ ; but we were unable to obtain a faiR
price for it, and we were pleased to sell you the last owe. We
have plenty of others in stock, of fine design and finish, and
we trust YOUR customeR may choose one of these from the
enclosed list. A line from you is enough to secuRe the dispatch
of the tureen, OR of any of the things spoken of in the list, by
return. YOURS truly, Stephen Brown and Sons. (158)
EXERCISE 72.
The Hooks N, and F OP V (concluded).
Mr. David Green.
Dear SiR, — We have youR favour of the 10th, and we shall
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be pleased to aRRange to see youR agent and examine his
samples of SHeepskin rugs. We sell more of these fancy rugs
than any other house in this town ; but we are keen buyeRS,
and if you are to serve us you must mark the prices as low as
possible. YOURS faithfully, Benjamin GougA and Nephew.
(71)
EXERCISE 73.
Circles and Loops added to Final Hooks.
A circle or loop is added to the hook n, attached to straight
letters, by turning the hook into a circle or loop. In this
Exercise the italic type indicates that the letters should be
combined in a circle or loop.
(a) ns ADDED TO STRAIGHT LETTERS :—
1 pans, pens, pins, pawns, prunes, plans, pagans, poltroons,
2 patrons, precedence, pittance, picaroons, platens, penitence,
3 providence, pippins, beckons, bans, barons, buttons,
4 begins, betokens, blackens, bludgeons, blackthorns,
5 Britons, bygones, teaspoons, tamarins, tense, trance,
6 tarns, tightens, twopence, attunes, dispense, dragoons,
7 diffidence, declines, decadence, deepens, diligence, destines,
8 disciplines, distrains, duns, chines, chaplains, chickens,
9 churns, Japan's, jack-planes, jaw-bones, adjourns, coupons,
10 canteens, corns, kittens, cabins, cocoons, credence, expense,
11 Clarence, crones, accidence, Gibbon's, Gascons, glens,
12 goblins, gluttons, falcons, ferns, fragrance, flagons,
13 frightens, festoons, avoidance, veterans, velveteens,
14 vengeance, Vulcan's, thickens, threepence, threatens,
15 sustains, assistance, Austin's, sextons, sacristans, sixpence,
16 sardines, saddens, suspense, sprains, sickens, spurns,
17 satins, straightens, sneep-runs, mittens, maidens,
18 maintains, mandarins, emergence, Makin's, marines,
19 mourns, negligence, entrains, lagoons, learns, likens,
20 legions, lightens, luncheons, aRRogance, ribbons, repines,
21 retains, regions, reclines, riddance, resistance, robins,
22 weapons, widgeons, wince, once, yawns, yearns, Yucatan's,
23 hens, herons, Hockins, headstones.
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(b) HSS ADDED TO STRAIGHT LETTERS : —
1 prances, princes, appearances, preferences, pittances,
2 pretences, bronzes, twopences, trances, trounces,' dunces,
3 distances, dispenses, disappearances, disturbances, chances,
4 cadences, clearances, expenses, glances, Florence's, three-
5 pewces, sixpences, sconces, subsidences, assurances,
6 insurances, ninepences, instances, eLegances, references,
7 remittances, resemblances, iRReverences, reverences,
8 residences, responses, winces, enhances, ensconces.
(c) nsl AND nstr ADDED TO STRAIGHT LETTERS :—
1 pounced, pranced, bounced, bronzed, dispensed, distanced,
2 danced, reverenced, chanced, canst, cleansed, glanced,
3 against, rinsed, winced, entranced, enhanced, instanced,
4 ensconced, indulgence^, punster, punsters, spinster,
5 spinsters, Dunster, Dunster's.
EXERCISE 74.
Circles and Loops added to Final Hooks (continued).
In the case of curves hooked for n, and of straight letters
hooked for / or u, the circle s is added by writing the circle
inside the hook, so that both hook and circle may be clearly
seen. In this Exercise, italic s or c indicates that the circle s
must be written inside the hook for the preceding n, /, or v.
(a) ns ADDED TO CURVES : —
1 fawns, fans, fens, refines, coffins, griffins, frowns, refrains,
2 ovens, evens, vans, Evans, caverns, Athens, Nathan's,
3 Jonathan's, pythons, thrones, dethrones, thins, assigns,
4 zones, Eason's, SHuns, oceans, SHines, SHrines, enSHrines,
5 man's, men's, means, foReman's, demons, lemons,
6 Simmons, famine's, snowman's, laymen's, nines, pennons,
7 cannons, linens, SHannon's, lawns, lens, balloons, talons,
8 Dillon's, colons, gallons, felons, villains, saloons, maligns,
9 Malone's, muslins, eaRns, disceRns, inuRns, seceRns,
10 pronouns, Bowman's, ploughman's, roughens, ravines,
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11 ravens, seRmons, muffins, dolphins, domains, watchman's,
12 Benjamin's, Clemen's, iLLumines, seamen's, Athlone's,
13 Bannerman's, havens, heathens, syphons, livens, stamens,
14 Stevens, Tonan's, Kathleen's, Canaan's, outlines, opulence,
15 prevalence, balance, over-balance, unbalance, flatulence,
16 valance, Valence, violence, virulence, silence, succulence,
17 somnoLence, reliance, free-lance, excellence.
(b) fs OR VS ADDED TO STRAIGHT LETTERS : —
1 puffs, paves, proves, reproves, deprives, reprieves, buffs,
2 rebuffs, breves, semibreves, bluffs, tiffs, troughs, retrieves,
3 Treves, mastiffs, caitiffs, motives, operatives, natives,
4 incentives, epitaphs, sedatives, dives, Khedive's, chiefs,
5 neckerchiefs, cliffs, Wycliffe's, aRchives, graves, engraves,
6 Musgrave's, digraphs, autographs, chronographs, raves,
7 bereaves, tariffs, derives, carves, scarves, serves, preserves,
8 observes, deserves, reserves, swerves, SHeriffs, waifs,
9 fish-wives, ale-wives, hives, heaves, huffs, fisticuffs,
10 dye-stuffs, distaffs.
(c) MEDIAL HOOK n, AND CIRCLE s.
Hook n and circle s, when used medially, must both be shown.
1 caravansary, lanceR, balanceR, silenceR, lonesome,
2 lonesomeness, winsome, ransom, ransomeR, ransomless,
3 ransoming, hansom, Stevenson, even-song.
(d) MEDIAL STROKE /, v, OR n, AND CIRCLE s.
The stroke /, v, or n, followed by the circle s, must be written
in the following and similar words : —
1 sponsaL, profuseLy, revisit, transit, travesty, dynasty,
2 dishonesty, denseLy, diffusive, divisible, chancery, chanceL,
3 Johnson, cancer, cancerous, cavesson, offensive, fencer,
4 fenceLess, vivacity, thenceforth, Spencer, sacrificing,
5 immensity, immenseLy, manifesto, lancet, refusaL, revising,
6 rancid, ransack, renounced.
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(e) THE LIGHT SOUND OF -ence, ETC., AFTER A CURVED
LETTER.
Except in the case of I preceded by another consonant (see
par. a) the stroke « and circle s must be employed to
express the light sound of -ence, etc., immediately following
a curved letter, as in the following words : —
1 fence, offence, France, affiance, flounce, evince, thence,
2 essence, science, usance, manse, romance, immense, mince,
3 nonce, Nance, announce( pronounce, denounce, renounce,
4 lance, allowance, alliance, assonance, eminence, imminence,
5 dissonance, resonance, mensurable, invincible, lancifoRm,
6 romancing, vincible, fencing, fencible, flouncing.
(/) nces, nst, OR nstr FOLLOWING A CURVED CONSONANT.
The stroke n, with the large circle or the loop, must be used
when these combinations follow a curved consonant, as
in the following words : —
1 fences, offences, flounces, France's, affiances, evinces,
2 essences, sciences, minces, romances, announces, pro-
3 nounces, denounces, renounces, lances, allowances,
4 alliances, eminences, fenced, affianced, flounced, evinced,
5 minced, romanced, announced, pronounced, denounced,
6 renounced, minister, minster, minsters, monsters,
7 Axminster, Munster.
EXERCISE 75.
Circles and Loops added to Final Hooks (continued)
In this Exercise, and in Exercises 76 to 79 inclusive, groups
of final consonants which may be combined in a circle or
loop, are printed in italic. The hyphen preceding s or c
indicates that the circle s is to be written inside the hook
for the preceding n, f, or v. Write upward r for Rome,
Roman, and Romance.
1. The signs of the residence of the Roman-s in Britain still
remain through the vigilan-ce and prudence of the authorities,
though the maintenance of them is a cause of expense. 2. The
endurance of these Roman remain-s, in defiance of time,
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prove-s the excellen-ce of the plan followed by the Roman-s
in laying the line-s for the edifices they reared. 3. Artists of
eminence have often been entranced at the appearance of
the remain-s, and have pronounced them admirable specimen-s
of honest and skiLful labour. 4. The Romance tongues were
spoken in those places which were at one time provinces of
Rome. 5. The romances which have entranced, and possibly
unbalanced so many youths, are based upon the marvellous
and fictitious. 6. The patience, the sufferings, the grievances,
of the lone-some princess ; the bravery, the cnivalry, and the
endurance of the -prince ; the timely appearances of the lovely
fairy ; the malevolen-ce of the ugly monster in charge of the
prison cave-s ; the suspense of the relative-s of the princess ;
the rescue ; the return in triumph ; the bright lances of the men,
and the pretty dresses of the maidens at the prince's wedding —
these and such like recitals have given hours of brightness to
many a man who now frown-s OR scoff-s should his own boy
evince a desiRe to read similaR tales. 7. The first authors of
these stories wrote in the Romance tongues ; hence the name
" romances " which is given to them. 8. In olden times men
took off their iRon glove-s for the avoidance of any appearance
of offence OR violen-ce, and to SHOW there was no necessity for
extra prudence and vigilan-ce for feaR of sudden attack.
9. // is even now customary to remove one's glove-s in the
presence of royalty, as an assurance of honest allegiance and
loyalty. 10. To bite one's glove in silen-ce was at one time
taken as expressive of defiance and a desiRe for vengeance.
11. "Glove money" mean-s a bribe. 12. It was once the
custom to give a paiR of glove-s to anyone who advanced a
cause for one. 13. By degrees it became the ruLe to place
coins inside the glove-s, and hence the meaning of the phrase
"Glove Money." (360)
EXERCISE 76.
Circles and Loops added to Final Hooks (continued)
See Note at the head of Exercise 75.
1 . He who refrain-s from indulgence in wines and all strong
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drinks gains in substance and in the favour of his neighbours.
2. The avoidance of such beverages evinces prudence and a
preference for better things. 3. The total abstainer has
seldom to seek monetary assistance / but the man whose
indulgence has been followed by imprudence and negligence
has often to trouble his relative-s in this way, and they make
no endeavour to hide an appearance of reluctance in their
response to his appeals. 4. He may protest his penitence,
and announce his fiRm resolve to exercise more vigilan-ce
over his tastes; but they receive his promises in chill
silen-ce, OR they look upon them as so much mere pretence and
SHOW. 5. The miserable man has to swallow in silen-ce the
arrogance, the rebuff-s, and the scoff-s of those whose assistance
he solicits. 6. Better offer a stout resistance in the
beginning than faLL to such a state of misery. 7. Refuse
admittance to the first glass and victory is won. (165)
EXERCISE 77.
Circles and Loops added to Final Hooks (continued).
See Note at the head of Exercise 75.
1. The business books of those who have a preference for a
style which is faR above their mean-s are likely to SHOW a
balan-ce on the wrong side at the day of reckoning. 2. Few
men ever attain eminence in business unLess they exercise
prudence and vigilan-ce in their expenses. 3. He who strive-s
to save at least a snaRe of his allowance may hope to be some
day a man of mean-s. 4. Imprudence and improvidence
often lead to negligence and decadence. 5. Many have faLLen
into evil from a desiRe to keep up appearances. 6. Better
have a plain dress which you can pay for than a fine one which
brings you into debt. 7. An undue fancy for satins and
flounces has brought many a lady to penury. 8. Many have
lost chances of success in life sooner than renounce their love
of display. 9. Excellen-ce in study can onLy be won by the
exercise of patience. 10. SHOW me a man'-s books, and I'll
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soon describe him to you. 11. A lover of books is seldom
lone-some and seldom crave-s for society. 12. He prefers
to place his relian-ce on the authors who have given him profit
through their pages. 13. Hence, he snun-s the noisy thorough-
fares of a city, and passes hours in the silen-ce of his library
among the books he loves. 14. And who shall blame him for
his avoidance of scenes in which he sees so much aRRogance and
pretence of wisdom ? 15. He can trust his books implicitly ;
but he is unable to say how fan he can trust those who discuss
his and other people's grievances OR fancies. 16. Once a man
takes to the study of the sciences he has scaRcely any taste for
dances OR parties, which he pronounces a mere nuisance and
a SHeeR waste of time. (295)
EXERCISE 78.
Circles and Loops added to Final Hooks (continued).
See Note at the head of Exercise 75.
MessRs. ]ones and Grove-s.
Dear SiRs, — We are in receipt of youRs of the 5th, and in
response to youR appeal we are enclosing you a supply of
ladies' glove-s, fancy fan-s, chains, screens, etc., and we hope
they may have a ready sale at youR bazaaR. The balan-ce of
the debt you seek to cleaR off is but small, and we shall be
pleased to learn you have been successful- in youR endeavours.
YOURS faithfully, Evan-s and France. (79)
EXERCISE 79.
Circles and Loops added to Final Hooks (concluded).
See Note at the head of Exercise 75.
Mr. Ralph Clough.
Dear SiR. — We enclose cheque for £50 10s. 6d. balan-ce due
for the bronzes, as peR youR invoice of the 18th July. We are
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pleased to say these bronzes are selling easily, and are pro-
nounced by our customeRs rare value for the money. Every-
one talks of the excellen-ce of the designs ; but strange to say,
most of the buyeRS evince a preference for the tall ones. They
seem to have a better appearance than the others ; but this, we
suppose, is mere fancy. We shall be pleased to see youR
Mr. John Clough on the 25th of August, as advised. Please
own receipt of cheque by return and oblige YOURS truly,
Fenton and Sons. (122)
EXERCISE SO.
The -tion Hook.
The -tion hook should be employed for the combinations
of letters printed in italic.
(a) -tion HOOK ADDED TO A CURVE : —
1 fusion, effusion, infusion, suffusion, profusion, fashion,
2 fashions, afuation, vision, provisions, revision, divisions,
3 privation, devotion, excavation, aggravation, starvation,
4 invasion, innova/ions, elevation, renovation, session,
5 sessions, mission, submission, admission, commissions,
6 remission, motion, emotions, cremation, approximation,
7 decimation, intimation, animation, nation, pension,
8 pensions, tension, attentions, abstention, retention,
9 extension, dissensions, distension, inattention, examina/ion,
10 examinations, recrimination, incri mi nation, destination,
1 1 Jprocrastina/ion, vaccina/ion, mentions, mansions, dimen-
12 sion, ammuni/ion, diminution, veneration, abomina-
13 tions, lotion, elation, appellation, repulsion, expulsions,
14 stipulations, manipulation, ebulli/ions, ablution, adulation,
15 dilation, collisions, collusion, expostulation, Galatians,
16 falchion, revuLsion, revelation, revolutions, solution,
17 desolation, vaciLLa/ion, distilla/ion, emulation, emulsions,
18 relations, oRation, declaRa/ions, eROsion.
(0) -tion HOOK ADDED TO A SIMPLE STRAIGHT STROKE.
Write the -tion hook on the side opposite to the last vowel.
1 passion, potions, apparition, operations, portions, adoption,
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2 Persians, aberration, torsion, extortion, distortion,
3 iteration, tertian, abstersion, saturation, restoration,
4 libations, duration, derision, induration, enumeration,
5 agglomera/ion, prorogation, occupations, coercion, corrosion,
6 immersion, action, actions, cautions, cushion, precaution,
7 implication, application, predication, prediction, duplica-
8 tions, embrocation, traction, extraction, extrication,
9 infraction, infliction, subtraction, maledic/ion, benedic/ion,
10 diction, education, eradica/ion, reductions, eRec^ions,
1 1 ructions, inaction, investigation, Goschen, castiga/ion,
12 negation, abnegation, obligation, instiga/ion, litigation,
13 aLLega/ions; rogation, eLongation, rations, lubrica/ion,
14 explora/ion, peroration, decoc&'on, coaction.
(c) -tion HOOK ADDED TO AN INITIALLY HOOKED OR CIRCLED
STRAIGHT STROKE.
Write the -tion hook on the opposite side to the initial hook
or circle.
1 Prussian, oppression, separa/ions, expression, depression,
2 impressions, emancipation, anticipations, participation,
3 deceptions, exception, inception, receptions, depletion,
4 abrasion, celebrations, liberation, vibration, station,
5 attesta/ion, excitation, crustacean, incrusta/ton, visitation,
6 devastation, citation, citations, molesta/ion, felicita/ton,
7 recitation, hesitation, attri^'on, nutrition, obtrusion,
8 intrusions, penetra/ion, alterations, prostration, eLectrician,
9 illustra/ions, section, bisection, dissections, trisection,
10 vivisection, exaction, exactions, transactions, prosecutions,
11 discussion, accretion, secretion, desecra/iow, discretion,
12 Grecians, emigration, migration, digression, progression,
13 retrogression, desertion, exertions, commisera/ion, lacera,
14 ft'on, exaspera/iow, ulcera^ion, insertion, mensura/ion-
15 inclusion, exclusion, preclusion, suasion, sedition, exudation,
(d) -tion FOLLOWING fk, vk, vg, OR thk.
Write the -tion hook on the under side of k or g.
I {action, fictions, affection, affliction, fluxion, efflu^ion,
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2 pacification, purification, putrefac/ion, specification, bene-
3 faction, edification, suffocation, infection, ramifications,
4 vacation, invocation, revocation, amplification, ossifica/ion,
5 verifica/ion, versification, jollifica/ion, justification, testifica-
6 tion, caleiaction, refection, vilifica/ion, mollification,
7 exemplification, navigation, hypothecation.
((?) -tion FOLLOWING UPWARD / AND k, OR UPWARD I AND g.
Write the -tion hook on the upper side of k or g.
1 location, dislocation, biloca&'on, colloca/ion, selections,
2 legation, relegation.
(/) -tion HOOK ADDED TO SIMPLE /, d, OR /.
Write the -/io« hook on the right side.
1 optician, petition, partition, refuta^iows, repetition, deputa-
2 fo'on, disputa/ion, adaptation, exporta/iow, agitation,
3 cogitation, excogitation, imitation, mutation, notation,
4 sanitation, presenta/ions, incanta/ions, plantation, dentition,
5 dictation, invita/ions, tactician, dilatation, exultation,
6 natation, rotation, irritation, additions, gradation, emenda-
7 ^ion, laudation, erudition, perdition, rendition, denudation,
8 cementation, decanta^ion, denotation, notation, salutations,
9 exaltation, dissertations.
(g) -tion HOOK FOLLOWING CIRCLE S OR MS.
Express -tion by writing a small hook on the opposite side
of the stroke to which the circle s or ns is attached.
1 possession, positions, depositions, preposition, propositions,
2 precision, processions, supposition, opposition, disposse-
3 ssion, dispositions, indisposition, exposition, introcession,
4 transition, dispensations, decision, indecision, decisions,
5 accession, accusations, succession, physician, relaxation,
6 physicians, annexation, vexation, taxation, authorization,
7 polarization, cauteriza/ion, cessation, musician, musicians,
8 anatomization, incision, incisions, sensations, pulsations,
9 crystalliza/ion, evangelization, recision, recession, im-
10 provisa/ion, canoniza/ion.
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(h) -tion HOOK USED MEDIALLY :—
1 provisional, visionary, revisionary, devotional, sessional.,
2 missioneRs, commissionaiRe, national, pensioner, revolu-
3 tionary, passionately, paris/woner, extortionate, actionable,
4 precautionary, cautioner, dictionary, educational, rational,
5 excep/ionaL, sectional, executioneR, discretionary, affec-
6 tionate, petitioner, processional, preposi/ionaL, posi^ionaL,
7 supposi&'onaL, opposi&'onaL, transitional, sensa/ionaL,
8 recessionaL, successionaL.
(i) WRITE sh AND HOOK n WHEN -tion is IMMEDIATELY
PRECEDED BY TWO VOWEL SIGNS : —
1 (downward SH) tuition, intuition, situation, fruition,
2 accentuation ; (upward SH) valuation, extenuation,
3 superannuation, striation, insinuation.
EXERCISE 81.
The -tion Hook (continued).
See Note at the head of Exercise 80.
1. The best tacticians must exercise discretion and penetra-
tion in the admission of obstacles which they see are above the
strength of their foRces. 2. An officer may display resolution
in faLLing back as in advancing. 3. If vexation and passion
get the better of caution defeat and even anninila/ion may
follow. 4. To decline a wsdess operation, OR to retiRe from
a faLse position at the right time is no manifestation of trepida-
tion, but evinces the possession of an admirable prudence.
5. Some people may indulge in execration at the execution
of a manoeuvre in any way resembling a retrogression ; but
those whose education and profession entitle them to an ex-
pression of their views, know such an evolution may be the
sal vation of the foRce and may lead to an eaRly success. 6. An
officer's private inclinations have no SHaRe in the production
of his hesitation to engage ; otherwise we should have feweR
instances of refusaL to go into action, and more stories of
defeat. 7. No, it is an officer's mission to save his men, even
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though lie may have to face an accusation of indecision, OR
an implication of feaR. 8. We, who know the traditions of our
officers and men, know how such an insinuation may be dis-
missed as a baseless supposi/ion. 9. A sensa/ionaL victory
may be won by prudence and caution as by despera/ion and
dash. 10. Those who are ready to laugh in exultation at the
news of a victory seldom trouble to ask how it was won. 11.
There may be more glory in the prevention of heavy loss to
one's own men, than in the infliction of a seveRe castiga/ion
on the foRces of the enemy. (274)
EXERCISE 82.
The -tion Hook (continued).
See Note at the head of Exercise 80.
1. The prevention of evil is better than an operation for its
CURC. 2. The repression of an expression OR manifestation
of feeLing may save a prosecution for libel. 3. The adoption
of an aiR of affecta/ion adds to no man's reputation. 4.
Relaxation is necessary to everyone in every situaxion OR
station. 5. The possession of books by no means implies the
possession of education. 6. A man may possess a rare violin
and be no musician. 7. He who by instigation causes a crime
is guilty of the crime, and deserves castiga/ion. 8. Take
occasion to better youRself eRe you try to better the nation.
9. UnLess you carry youR resolution into action, you are but
a visionary, and youR decisions are of no avail,. 10. The
authorization of a rowdy procession may be followed by
vexation, exasperation, and iriction. 11. Restriction of such
processions is the duty of those who niLe the nation. 12. It
is no exaggera/ion to say we learn more in the preparation of a
Lesson than an outsider has any notion of. 13. Abstention
from class, unLess we have justification for it, is unfaiR to the
teacher. 14. Some abstentions are due to an unworthy desiRe
for jollifica/ion and diversion. (193)
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EXERCISE 83.
The -tion Hook (continued).
See Note at the head of Exercise 80.
1. An investigation of a dictionary proves the limita&ms of
his vocabulary to the best of us. 2. Such a study is also
likely to produce in us caution and precision in the use of
everyday expressions. 3. An exceptional choice of phrases
is useiul to the business man and to the e~LectioneeR. 4. It
may save both from an actionable speech. 5. Some speakers
use, as it were by intuixion, just the phrase suitable for the
occasion ; others, whose list of optional phrases is pooR, have
trouble in choosing the right expression. 6. We mean no
aspersion OR insinuation of prevarication against these people ;
but they make very POOR rhetoricians, and their onations suffer
from their poverty of diction. 7. A speaker's hesitation, if of
long duration, is likely to aRouse the derision of a portion of the
Listeners, OR to cause an annoying expression of commisera/ion
which may upset the oRator. 8. Everyone knows how readily
the production of an apposite illustration in the refutation
of a charge by the opposite {action at once raises a feeLing
of admiration and exultation in a gathering of people, and
often enough disposes of any opposition. 9. The infec/ion
of this feeLing is known to all who ever SHaRe in an agitation.
10. But a speaker must exercise discretion, for an accumulation
of examples in his explanation may lead to a frustration of his
purpose. 11. He should also take care how he indulges in
digressions. 12. A lengthy explanation of side issues keeps his
Listeners in a state of tension, and they lose their grip of the
discussion. 13. The inclusion of any topic which has no
relation to the discussion OR resolution is rightly looked upon
as an intrusion, and causes a pooR impression of a speaker's
ability. 14. Nicety of vocalization, accuracy in expression,
and readiness of adaptation are very necessary weapons in a
speaker's aRmoury. (304)
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EXERCISE 84.
The -tion Hook (continued).
See Note at the head of Exercise 80.
1. The exercise of discredit in the formation, adoption, and
retention of some plan of study at the beginning of every
session is likely to assist in the prevention of digression,
procrastina/i'on, and, possibly, stagnation in our endeavours
at progression in the situaxion, profession, OR avoca/ion we
have chosen. 2. // is easy to make a resolution OR to foRm
a decision to observe precision in the distribu/ion OR aLLocation
of our time ; but unless the proposition is carried into action
it is worse than useless, for it onLy leads to agitation and
irritation at the frustration of our anticipations. 3. There is
an aggravation of this feeLing of exaspera/ion OR vexation
if the failuRe to carry our resolution into execution is but one
of a procession of similaR failuRes, since this proves our
exceptional readiness in foRming resolutions which are as
readily broken. 4. Reflection on this miserable facility SHOWS
no justification for it, nor can we urge a single reason in
extenuation of it. 5. If, then, an examination of our line of
action discovers in MS a disposition to undue relaxation, we
should offer a strong opposition to the inclination, otherwise
we may have degradation in place of exultation, and depression
in place of elation. 6. Ra/ional men observe caution and
penetra/ion in the foRma/ion and declaRa/ion of resolu/ions ;
but once they make a decision scaRcely any opposition OR
attraction can foRce them to an alteration OR reversion of it.
7. It is the man of many resolu/ions who seeks a dispensa/ion
from his promise, and a retraction of his decision. 8. The
expression of an unjustifiable suspicion has caused the loss
of many an honorable reputation. 9. The elaboration and
exaggeration of a simple action ; the accentuaxion OR sup-
pression of a mere syllable ; an occasional elevation of the
eyebrows ; an insinuation in the guise of a remark expressing
admiration — any one of these may be a means of aspersion
strong enough to wreck the honest aspira/ions of a worthy man
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and damage his position past reparation. 10. More mischief
may be done by implication than by outspoken detraction OR
accusa/ions. (344)
EXERCISE 85.
The -tion Hook (continued).
See Note at the head of Exercise 80.
MessRS. Bright Bros.
Dear SIRS, — Referring to youRS of the 6th, we have no notion
of selling our invention for the renovation of "Russian leather.
The preparation is produced by macninery of our own'eRection
in our own factory, and we can rely upon the discretion of our
men to keep out those who desiRe to make undesirable investi-
gations. YOUR expressions and implications are mere exagge-
rations, of which it is unnecessary to offer any refutation. We
have no anticipations of trouble in our business relations.
YOURS faithfully, Goschen and snine. (90)
EXERCISE 86.
The -tion Hook (concluded).
See note at the head of Exercise 80.
Mr. Henry Brown.
, Dear SiR, — We regret to learn the decision of the federation
in the case of Mr. Driver. The supposi/ion as to the cause of
the opposition is wrong, and Mr. Steele's remarks are likely to
produce vexation and to make the situation even worse than
it is. Such insinuations can onLy cause bitterness and exas-
peration of feeLing. Besides, they may easily turn out to be
actionable. In this exceptional trouble we can onLy advise
patience, precision of speech, and a due observance of the
stipulations of the authorities. Manifestations of annoyance,
and the distortion of facts may lead to the disruption of the party.
YOURS faithfully, Kingston and Foster. (112)
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EXERCISE 87.
Additional Double Consonants.
The double consonants should be employed to represent the
letters printed in italic.
(a) THE DOUBLE CONSONANTS kwy gw : —
1 quack, quackery, ^wick, ^wicksilver, quadrille, (quadruple,
2 qua.fi, quafier, quagmiRe, quaiL, Quaker, qualms, query,
3 ^uaRRel, ^uaRRelsome, Carried, ^waRter, quarto, <?waver,
4 queen, ^weenly, quench, ^«est, ^wibble, <?wibbleR, <7«icken,
5 quickening, <?«ickness, Quixote, ^wixotic, g-wiet, <?wietly,
6 quieter, ^wietus, equinox, quittance, quizzical, quoRum, quota,
7 Dotation, quoth, be^west, be^weath, ubi^witous, ubi^wity,
8^obli^z«ty, De ^wincey, vanquisn, squeeze, squaRe, squeal,,
9 s^wiRe, s^wasH, s^z^atter, s^weaked, se^wester,
10 s<?weamisH, se^win, soliloquy, mar^wis, man?wisate,
11 in^«iry, inquisitive, in^wisitor, in^wisitionaL, in^west,
12 li^id, li^wefy, li^z^efaction, li^widize, li^widation,
13 requisition, re^t^ests, re^«isitions, re^wital,
14 dis^-wiet, disgwisition, gwava, Gwelf, Gwatemala, Gwiana,
15 GwineveRe, Paragway, Urugz^ay, lingwaL, lingwifoRm,
16 linguistic, linguist, lingwistical, langwoR, ungwaL, angwin,
17 pengwin, sanguine, sangwinary, sangwify, MagwiRe.
(b) THE DOUBLE CONSONANTS wl, whl : —
1 wale, waled, walled, walleR, wall-eye, wall-eyed, wall-
2 floweR, wallovf, waW-paper, walrus, weld, welding, weliaRe,
3 ze»eZkin, ze'eW-dressed, we//-known, we//-nigh, Welsn,
4 iro/SHman, wildest, wile, wiliuL, wilily, wiliness, willow,
5 z0i//ing, wi//ingLy, willingness, wool, woo/comber,
6 woo/Ziness, woolsack, weal, unwell, unwi//ing, Stockwell,
1 Brockwell, Dingwall, unwieldy, welcomer, wealthy, whilst,
8 whiled, whiling, whale, whalebone, whaleR, whaling, wheel,
9 wheeling, wheelbarrow, wheeled, wheeleR, wtielp, whelming,
10 fly -wheel, cog-wheel, meanwhile, spinning-ze>Aee/.
(c) THE DOUBLE CONSONANTS Ir, rr : —
1 sealer, sculler, scholar, secular, scov/ler, squalor, squealer,
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2 vesicular, valor, ovular, revealer, valvular, reviler, leveler,
3 caviler, kneeler, nailer, councillor, counsellor, chancellor,
4 insular, peninsular, railer, ruler, rulers, councillors, reelers,
5 dwellers, revilers, iuller, ioilers, parer, sparer, pourer, borer,
6 bearer, attirer, retirer, tearer, adorer, }eerer, scorer, scourer,
7 iairer, nrer, reverer, sorer, storer, starer, restorer, swearer
8 usurer, assure, insures, censures, snarer, snearer, admirer,
9 implorer, explorer, snores, sneerer, airer.
(d) THE DOUBLE CONSONANT mp OR mb :—
1 pump, pomp, Pompey, plump, bump, bamboo, bamboos,
2 bamboozle, Bombay, Timbuctoo, tramps, trumpet, trump -
3 eter, damp, dump, dumping, chump, champ, jump,
4 camp, scamp, scamper, clamber, cumber, clamp, clump,
5 campaign, gimp, grampus, vamp, vam/>iRe, thump, Sambo,
6 sampan, stamp, stampede, stumps, Simpole, SHampoo,
7 SHrimp, mumps, lamps, limber, lumber, slumber, romp,
8 rhombus, whimper, hamper, ambassador, am&assadress,
9 ambidexter, ambiguity, ambiguous, amiiTious, ambition,
10 embalm, ewialmer, embargo, embarrass, embattle, em&ed,
11 embezzle, embezzler, embolden, em&oss, emboweR, im&ibe,
12 im&iber, embitter, impaiR, impale, impanel, impartial,
13 impassion, impugning, impeach, impeccable, impel,
14 impenetrable, imperative, empiRe, emperor, impinge,
15 impose, imposition, impostor, impolitic, imputation,
16 impulse, immunity, impuRe, umpiRe, imp.
(e) THE DOUBLE CONSONANT wh :—
1 wha.fi, wharfage, wharfinger, wheaten, wheedle, whist,
2 whisk, wAisker, wheeze, wheezy, where, nowhere, anywhere,
3 everywhere, wtareas, wAereat, le'Aereby, wAerefoRe, wAerein,
4 z^Aerever, wherry, whifne, whig, whimper, whine, whinny,
5 whipper, whir~L, whirling, whiskey, z^Aisper, whistle,
6 whistleR, whizzing, whopper, whir, W^ately.
(/) THE DOUBLE CONSONANT mp, mb, is NOT USED WHEN
pr, br, pi, OR bl IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWS m.
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In the following and similar words write the light letter m
and the double consonant -pr, br, pi, or bl.
1 em-press, im-^recation, im-^yecision, im-^regnable,
2 im-press, im-^ression, impressible, impressing, ^im-
3 />ressionable, im-pressive, imprison, improper, im-
4 properly, impropriety, im-^rudence, im-provise, Am-brose,
5 em-^race, em-bracing, em-ftrasure, em-ferocation, em-broil,
6 em-frroiling, em-brown, im-&rue, urn-bra, um-irage,
7 um-brella., am-ple, a.m-pliiy, am-ply, am-^/ifieR, am-
8 />/ification, em-ploy, em-ployeR, im-/)/acable, im-/>Zication,
9 im-/>/ausible, im-^>/icative, im-plicit, im-plied\y, im-ploRe,
10 im-/>/oration, im-plorer, im-ply, am- We, am-WeR, em-blaze,
1 1 em-Wazon, em-6/em, em-Wematize, pim-ple, bum-We,
12 bram-We, tram-pie, trem-ble, dim-pie, jum-6/e, gam-ble,
13 fum-We, thim-We, sim-ple, sim-plicity, sim-pleR, sam-ple,
14 sam-pleR, cym-bal, stum-&/e, scram-6/e, crum-ple, crum-ble,
15 crim-ple, snam-Wes, mum-6/e, nim-ble, ram-bleR, rum-ble.
(g) THE DOUBLE CONSONANTS Ir, rr, ARE NOT USED IN
WORDS THAT END IN ry.
Write upward r at the end of the following and similar words.
1 scullery, valorous, axillary, chancellory, raillery, cajolery,
2 foolery, drollery, ORRery.
(h) THE DOUBLE CONSONANT Ir is NOT USED AFTER THOSE
LETTERS WHICH WOULD BE FOLLOWED BY UPWARD I.
To add the syllable or, er, or ar, therefore, to an upward /,
write the downward r, as in the following words : —
1 palloR, paleR, spilleR, peeleR, polaR, bowleR, boileR, talleR,
2 tilleR, tailoR, tileR, toileR, dulleR, jaileR, coloR, killeR,
3 beguileR, growleR, prowleR, broileR, traileR, trawleR,
4 strolleR, drawleR, drilleR, cajoleR, collaR, cooleR, crawleR,
5 scrawleR, despoileR, scapulaR, populaR, similaR, molaR,
6 milleR, smileR, cellulaR, wrestleR, hustleR, puzzleR, bustleR,
7 oculaR, oculaRly.
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EXERCISE 88.
Additional Double Consonants (continued).
In this Exercise, and in Exercises 89 to 92 inclusive, the
Double Consonants should be employed (in words other
than grammalogues or contractions) to represent the
letters printed in italic.
1. Some men will whine and whimper for sympathy in their
troubles, while others whistle away their cares and decline to
allow any worries to disturb their equanimity OR ew&arrass
them in any other way. 2. Those men will go anyze^ere to
escape annoyance. 3. Should trouble approach them they
quaiL at the mere sight of it, and do their utmost to induce
others to be snarers of their sorrows ; whereas these fellows
are almost amiiTious enough to go in quest of trouble, so they
may van^wisn it. 4. They like to SHOW the trem-blers how
easy it is to master trouble if onLy we em-ploy the right means
and SHOW a brave face to the foe. 5. Nor are their expressions
of impatience at grum-blers and cavillers, so much mere
bow&ast. 6. Men of strong will and joyous dispositions are
sim-ply unable to feeL very much sympathy for the timorous
man who faLLS t'nto the dumps on the first approach of opposi-
tion. 7. They look upon such a display as a sign of iw&ecility
OR cowardice, and so faR from posing as sympathisers they are
oftener sneerers at the teaRS of their less hardy neighbours.
8. They know their own valour well, and they are scancely
impartial enough to enquire iwto the failings of nervous people.
9. Hence the easy, careless man makes but a pooR counselor
in times of distress. 10. He is seldom an inspirer of action
to his poorer fellows, but will smilingLy advise them in their
troubles to " take it quietly meanwhile, and it will be all right
eRe long." 11. This counsel, is all very well on some occa-
sions ; but there are cases which require vigorous and quick
action, and this is well-nigh past the poweR of the easy man.
12. The best plan is to do all we can to conquer the worries
which all of us, wealthy as well as pooR, have to face, and to
rely more on our own labours than upon the sympathy of
others. 13. Mental OR bodily pain is best borne in silence.
(334)
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EXERCISE 89.
Additional Double Consonants (continued).
See Note at the head of Exercise 88.
1. The quiet steady scholar will advance more quickly than
the lo^wacious fellow who trusts to his ^wickness to squeeze
through the examination, and, meanwhile, whiles away his
time in fooLish diversions. 2. He who is ambiTious of success
should know the road to failuRe ; and it may be well to add, no
man sees the dearer by swallowing CHaw/>agne. 3. The
imbiber of the liquid may admiRe its sparkle ; but the less it is
brought into requisition the better will it be for him. 4. Mere
bow&ast may impose upon us for a time ; but it seldom lasts
long, and it often receives its ^wietus from a sim-ple fellow who
appeaRs almost an iw&ecile. 5. WhereioRe we advise you,
wherever you may be, to be cauxious whereoi you talk, and
to be modest in assertions wherein you may be wrong, and
whereby you may be embarrassed. 6. The smiles of the sneer er
are more galling than the frowns of the census. (156)
EXERCISE 90.
Additional Double Consonants (continued).
See Note at the head of Exercise 88.
1. Try to ac^ttiRe an impartial manner in youR business
dealings. 2. Impatience in an enquiry may onLy ew&itter
VOUR feeLings to no ws<sful purpose. 3. He who can van^wisH
his inclination to ill humour will make a wise councilor.
4. We should have more profitable discussions if men were
better able to impose silence upon their tongues in cases of
necessity. 5. FaR more ^waRRels have been caused by foolish
talk than by ^wietness ; and so I advise you to be a willing
Listener in preference to being a glib talker. 6. Many precious
hours are whiled away in senseLess gossip. 7. It is possible
to express sympathy as well by actions as by spoken declaRa-
tions. 8. It is useless to weep and wail in times of trouble.
9. It is better to bestir youRself, and endeavour to conquer */.
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10. Men of wealth should seek to advance the weliaRe of their
-poorer neighbours ; for riches bring duties as well as leisure.
11. Temporary failuRe should but urge MS to stronger exertion.
12. Beware of the man who seeks to impose upon others by
bow&ast and the display of wealth ; the richest men are the
^wietest in appearance. 13. A man may wear many rings,
but have no money at the bankers. 14. Take care how you
embark upon schemes which promise a very quick increase in
youR income. 15. If you wilfully run wto a foolish scheme,
you may have to hmp out again. 16. The iuller the head,
the quieter the tongue will be. (241)
EXERCISE 91.
Additional Double Consonants (continued).
See Note at the head of Exercise 88.
MessRs. WheeleR and Whately.
Dear SiRS, — Referring to youR in^iry of the 4th, business
in this city is very quiet, and very High quotations are the ruLe.
There seems to be no chance of the <?«aRRel being amicably
disposed of. Masters say the spinners' re<?msitions are
unreasonable, and they dislike the notion of being squeezed
unfaiRly. Then the spinners impute unworthy designs in
reference to the em-ployeRS ; and so the ^waRRel goes on.
It is very ew&arrassing to us all, and one has trouble in assuming
an impartial aiR. / can onLy say we are all likely to be much
poorer for this trouble. There is a whisper to-day of a gathering
of labour leaders on Friday ; but the rumour lacks verification,
and I feaR it is untrue. YOURS truly, John Fowler. (132)
EXERCISE 92.
Additional Double Consonants (concluded).
See Note at the head of Exercise 88.
Mr. Peter Wa//ace.
Dear SiR, — YOUR re^wisition for books, roller maps, stamps,
etc., shall receive eaRly attention. I am we//-nigh out of
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stock of some of the books you require, but I shall get them
in as quickly as possible. / regret to say I have no more
copies of the scholar's paper you ask for. Will you please
make yoim requisitions clearer ? It is troublesome to decipher
some of them. YOURS faithfully, Am-brose MilleR. (76)
EXERCISE 93.
Contractions.
} especiol-ly, o essential-ly, ~~V_ govern-ed-ment,
<— — magazine, \ subscribe, \-=> subscription, £/ satisfactory ,
unsatisfactory, /\_ reform-ed, /v^ reformation,
reformer, /\^ reverend, \/V_ perform-ed,
performance, XA^- performer, [^ temperance,
-4~ thankful, ^_ whatever, \^_ whenever.
Dear SiR, — May I request you to pay youR subscription to
the society ? The first performance takes place on the 4th,
and if youR snaRe in it is to be satisfactory it is essential you
should do whatever the manager requiRes you to do. It is
especially necessary for you to govern youR inclination to speak
so loudly and so fast. The government of the tongue is more
troublesome than it seems, as some of our best actors and
performers know. Still, reformation will follow in youR case
if you will onLy do as I ask you, and whenever you feeL youR
speech increasing in speed OR loudness, pull youRself up.
You will perform ever so much better, and you will be thankful
for my advice. Yes, / am a reformer in this respect, and I am
proud of my success. / was very pleased to notice how the
reverend preacher in the local chapel yesterday governed his
voice. I think he performed his duty in a very satisfactory
manner, and everyone was pleased. He has cleaRly reformed
and is now altogether free from the unsatisfactory drone which
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was so noticeable the last time he came. Many speakers
affect a drawl in their speech, especially those who address
temperance gatherings in the open aiR and who suffer from a
lack of training. / have an especial aversion to this style,
and I should be willing to subscribe 10 any magazine which aims
at the reformation of those speakers who are subject to the
faiLing. It is essentially wrong, and reform is by no means
easy once the style has taken deep root in a speaker. For
this reason, / ask you to check the inclination should you
notice it in youRself, OR you can scaRcely hope to achieve
success as a public speaker OR actor. / trust you will do
well on the 4th, and I hope the performance will be a success
in every respect. YOURS truly, (328)
EXERCISE 94.
The Aspirate.
(a) DOWNWARD STROKE h USED INITIALLY : —
1 hack, hackney, hag, haggis, haggisn, hake, hock, hectare,
2 hawk, hawk-eyed, hawseR, haymaker, haymow, hayrick,
3 haystack, hiccup, hey, heyday, hazardous, hectorism,
4 heigh-ho, hue, heweR, hexagon, hexagonal, high, higheR,
5 highly, highness, high-born, high-flown, high-flyeR,
6 highroad, highway, hoax, hoaxed, hoaxing, huckster,
7 hockey, hocus, hocus-pocus, hog, hoggisn, hoggishly,
8 hooky, hookah, hooks, huckaback, Huguenot, O'HaRe,
9 Ohio, ahem, ahoy, aha, ahull.
(b) DOWNWARD STROKE h USED MEDIALLY AND FINALLY :—
1 Bahama, Abraham, Jehoiakim, coheRe, coherence,
2 coherency, incoherency, cohesion, cohesive, Soho, Sahara,
3 Soham, mahogany, Mohawk, tomahawk, Omaha, Mohican,
4 mohaiR, mohuR, Mayhew, mayhem, unhook, Nihilist,
5 nihilistic, nihility, nihilism, anhelation, anhydrous,
6 annihilation, nohow, anyhow, Nahum, tally-ho, LahoRe,
7 Elihu, Lehigh, Walhalla, all-hail, All-hallows, ale-hoof,
8 Elohim, elohist, elohistic, billhook, gehenna, rough-hew,
9 rough-hewn.
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(c) UPWARD STROKE h USED INITIALLY :—
1 habitation, hawker, hackle, haddock, haggle, haggleR,
2 hairy, hairiness, hammer, hang, hangeR, hangeRon,
3 hanker, hanse, hamper, hap, hapless, harangue, harass,
4 harassing, hardy, haricot, hurry, hurricane, hasp, hassock,
5 hatchel, hatches, hatchway, haughty, haughtily, haunch,
6 hautboy, haven, havoc, hooker, hawse, hawthorn, hazel,
7 headache, heading, headmaster, headquaRters, headstone,
8 headstrong, heap, hearth, hearthstone, heath, heathen,
9 heathenish, heaves, heaver, heavily, hedge, hedgerow,
10 heedful, heedless, heifer, heinous, heinousLy, hence,
11 henchman, heredity, heretic, heretical, heron, hero, herring,
12 hesitation, hesitancy, hesper, hewed, hotel, hiatus, hidden,
13 hide, hieroglyphic, higgleR, hinge, hippodrome, hoary,
14 hobble, hobbling, hoed, hone, honey, honeymoon, hood,
15 hopeful, hopeless, hopper, horizon, horoscope, horrid,
16 horrify, hosanna, hospice, hostel, hotter, hottest, house,
17 housebreaker, houseless, housing, hovel, hover, howitzeR,
18 huckleberry, huddle, hudibrastic, huff, hugely, humeral,
19 hung, hunger, hungrily, hunks, hurdle, husn, husky, hussar,
20 hustle, hyacinth, hyena, hyphen, hypnotism, hypocrisy,
21 hypothesis, hyson, hysteric, hysterically, ahead, O'Hara,
22 whoop, whooping-cough, haLLuci nation, haLLucinatory.
(d) UPWARD STROKE h USED MEDIALLY AND FINALLY :
1 upheave, upheaval, Spahi, playhouse, prohibition,
2 prohibitive, abhor, abhorred, abhorrence, abhorrency,
3 abhorring, abhorreR, brewhouse, behest, behalf, behave,
4 behead, beholden, behoof, boyhood, babyhood, Tahiti,
5 out-Herod, outhouse, gatehouse, boat-house, Woodhouse,
6 clubhouse, taphouse, Tehee, adhere, adhered, adherence,
7 adhereR, adhering, adhesion, adhesive, Idaho, dehiscence,
8 dehortation, Jehovah, Jehovist, Jehu, coffee-house,
9 overhang, overhauL, overhauLing, enhance, enhanced,
10 unheeding, unhinge, unhitch, unholy, unholiness, un-
1 1 hallowed, fooLhardy, fooLhardiness, rehasn, rehear, reheard,
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12 rehearing, rehearse, rehearsal, Wahabee, Wahoo, poorhouse,
13 warehouse, warehoused, warehousemen, weigh-house,
14 yahoo, Badajos, disinherit, disinheritance, downhauL,
15 dyehouse.
(e) TICK h USED INITIALLY ONLY :—
1 hasten, hastener, hasty, hastive, hiss, hissing, hissingLy,
2 hose, hussy, huzza, huzzaing, haze, hazy, hazing, haziness,
3 ham, hame, Hamilton, hammock, hamous, hamstring,
4 hem, hemitrope, hemlock, hemming, Hemingway,
5 hemorrhage, hemorroids, hemp, hempen, hemstitch,
6 Himalaya, Himalayan, home, homely, homeless, homesick,
7 homespun, homeside, homicidal, homily, homilist,
8 homiletic, homing, hominy, homage, homogeny, homonym,
9 homophone, hum, human, humane, humanity, humanLy,
10 humanize, humble, humbleR, humblest, humbly, humility,
11 humbug, hump, humus, hymn, hymen, hymnal, hymnic,
12 Hambleton, Hampden, Hampton, Holmes, Hummel,
13 Humphrey, Hume, hail, hailing, hailstone, hailstoRm,
14 haily, halidom, haul, haulage, halloo, hallooed, hallowed,
15 hallowing, haloid, heal, healable, healeR, healthy, healthful,
16 healthily, heliacal, helicon, Hellenism, helm, helmsman,
17 help, helper, helpful, helplessly, helve, Helvetic, hill,
18 hilly, hillside, hilarity, hilary, hillock, holden, holiday,
19 hollowing, holly, holm, holocaust, holster, Holyrood,
20 holystone, howleR, hulk, hullabaloo, haiR, haiRcloth,
21 haiRless, haiRstroke, haRbour, haRbourer, haRbourless,
22 haRebell, haRem, haRlequin, haRm, haRmful, haRmless,
23 haRmonic, haRmonicon, haRmonist, haRness, haRnesser,
24 haRp, haRper, haRpoon, haRSH, haRSHer, haRSHly, haRvest ,
25 heaR, heaRer, heaRken, heaRsay, heaRse, heaRty, heRb,
26 heRbalist, heRbage, heRbivorous, heRaldic, heRaldry,
27 heReby, heRein, heReunto, heReupon, heRself, hiRe, hiRer,
28 hiReling, hiRsute, hoaRfrost, hoaRse, hoaRsely, hoaRseness,
29 hoRal, hoRary, hoRn, hoRnbill, HoRner, hoRnpipe, hoRny,
30 hoRsebreaker, hoRse-jockey, hoRse-leech, hoRseman,
31 hoRsepower, hoRsy, huRl, huRleR.
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(/) Tick h JOINED TO INITIALLY HOOKED DOWNSTROKES.
The Hooked Letters are indicated by italic type.
1 hafordine, hater, header, he&raism, he&raize, Hebrew,
2 hi&ernacle, hibernal, hibernate, hydra, hitter, hither, hitherto,
3 hithermost, heather, hydracid, hydrate, hydraulic,
4 hydrobromic, hydrogen, hydrographer, hydrology,
5 hydrolysis, hydropathy, hydropathist, hydrophane,
6 hy^rophobic, hyofroscope, hydrous, hydroxy, hyperbola,
7 hyperbolic, hyperbolical, hy^erbolist, hy^ercriticism,
8 hedger.
(g) DOT h USED INITIALLY.
The italic type indicates where the dot h should be employed.
1 Aalf-pay, Aalf-way, Aandy, handmaiden, Aandscrew.
(h) DOT h USED MEDIALLY.
The italic type indicates where the dot h should be employed.
1 household, hardihood, bakehouse, blockAead, blockAouse,
2 caseAarden, case^ardening, coach-Aorse, coach-Aouse,
3 death's-Aead, decaAedron, decahedral, diAedral, drumhead,
4 dweLLing-Aouse, exAume, exAumation, exAibition, faLse-
5 Aood, foreAead, leatherAead, grassAopper, almsAouse,
6 boatAook, inAarmonic, inkAoRn, greenAoRn, greenAouse,
7 keelAaul, keelAauled, leaseAold, lightAouse, likeliAood,
8 logAouse, maidenAaiR, MaAometan, MaAometanism,
9 manAood, mynAeeR, mastAead, appreAend, misappreAend,
10 misappreAension, misappreAensive, misAeaR, misAap,
11 MoAammedan, octaAedron, overAead, packAoRse, preAen-
12 siLe, pruning- Aook, fish-Aook, redAead, repreAend, repre-
13 Aensive, repreAensory, CunningAam, SanAedrim, gosAawk,
14 triAedron, toll-Aouse, unAealthy, unAandy, unAappy,
15 unAappily, unAappiness, unAaRness, unAoRse, ledAoRse,
16 upAolster upAolstereR, upAolstery, upAill, downAiLL,
17 RedAill, valAalla, veAemence, veAicle, veAiculaR, wasn-
18 Aouse, lodging- Aouse, watch-Aouse, widowAood, AllingAam,
19 AltrincAam, BirmingAam, CleckAeaton, WillingAam,
20 TuddenAam, WolverAampton, moleAill, moleAole, loopAole,
21 AsHburnAam.
7— (27)
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EXERCISE 95.
The Aspirate (continued).
In this Exercise and in Exercises 96 to 99 inclusive, the down-
stroke h is indicated by a small capital ; the dot h
(in words other than grammalogues or contractions)
by italic type ; and the tick A by a following hyphen.
Where the upstroke h is to be employed, the letter is printed
in ordinary type.
GRAMMALOGUES.
JL had, \ happy.
1. A h-eaRty, happy heckleR may upset a Highflown oRator
and cause rare h-ilarity in a huge crowd. 2. The h-aRmony
of a gathering may be broken by a single headstrong blockAead,
fooLhardy enough to take the risks of such a procedure. 3.
Some speakers SHOW hesitation in answering the queries of
such a fellow. 4. The trouble is to keep such a one out of
a room. He may behave very well for a while, and then set
up a h-issing OR h-owling enough to disturb all who are in the
place. 5. A man's happiness OR misery hangs, in some
measure, upon the state of his bodily h-ealth, and this in turn
upon his strength of will to resist a fancy for food which he
knows will h-aRm him. 6. We like to h-aRk back to olden
days for instances of over-indulgence ; but we may see instances
of it in our own day, and in our own neighbourhood. 7. In
all likeliAood there is just as much abuse now as ever there was.
8. If onLy men had the poweR to restrain their tastes, we
should see less sickness and finer specimens of manhood ; for
most men eat more than is necessary for them. 9. They refuse
plain wh-olesome food, and ask for horrid dishes of spicy
stuffs which can onLy be h-aRmful in the long run. 10. But
they have to pay a heavy price for their heedless indulgence ;
for the oRgans of the stomach rebel against their owner, and
make his life an unhappy one. 11. He refused to h-ear their
cries in behalf of plainer food, and now they pay him out.
12. His haughty needless ways recoil upon his own head,
and he has to suffer misery. (282)
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EXERCISE 96.
The Aspirate (continued).
See Note at the head of Exercise 95.
1. A h-asty, fooLish fellow may h-owl in a Highflown
harangue of the h-aRSH manners of the times ; but the wise man
knows better than to try to harass people into happiness. 2.
He follows the h-umbleR plan of quiet reasoning and h-omely
talk. 3. The heedless headlong flow of the one may be brought
to a sudden close by a skiLful heckleR ; but no one can unhinge
the other speaker. 4. He has no hesitation in answering a
hustling hawker, and he behaves calmly in face of the most
hostile criticisms. 5. He looks upon veAemence as an
unhealthy sign, OR as the mark of a greenAoRn in disputation ;
and he is amused more than he is upset should an opposition
speaker stoop to faLseAood. 6. He is happy in the reflection
of the likelihood of the lie being traced to its author. 7. Had he
the poweR, he has no will OR inclination to return repre/tensible
tactics by similaR tricks. (155)
EXERCISE 97.
The Aspirate (continued).
See Note at the head of Exercise 95.
1. A haughty leader, nigh in authority, and known as a
hero in battle and a sage in counciL, in the hope of snowing his
hardy but heedless legions how much more valuable wisdom
is than mere physical strength OR headstrong bravery, had
a paiR of h-oRses placed in view of the wh-ole foRce, and he
then set a couple of men the task of pulling out the h-ORses'
tails. 2. One man was a huge specimen of h-umanity, a
h-oaRse-voiced fellow, of immense strength ; while the other
was a small h-ollow-faced man of hobbling gait, a tailoR, whose
h-umble appearance, hungry looks, and apprehensive glances,
were the cause of much h-ilarity among the crowds who looked
on at the scene. 3. The big man hurriedly laid his strong
h-oRny palms on the h-oRse's tail and began to tug. 4. The
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veins of his foreAead swelled out from his exertions, and the
muscles of his huge hairy aRms snowed how heavy was the
strain upon them. 5. But all in vain. 6. Meanwhile, the
tailoR, who was supposed to have been set a hopeless task,
and whose frail statuRe and h-aRmless looks had raised h-owls
of derision among the troops, quickly proved he was no block-
head OR greenAorn. 7. He quietly took one h-aiR at a time,
and soon the h-oRse's tail was baRe. 8. And hence, you see,
the saying " h-aiR by h-aiR you will pull out the h-oRse's tail."
9. The men who were so eager to h-uRl h-aRSH names at the
seemingly h-elpless tailoR, now saw their eRROR and took
a Lesson from the readiness of the man wh-om they saw behave
so well in a sudden and heavy test. 10. He was quick to
seize a loop-Aole of escape from the fix in which he had been
placed by the leader ; and though he had none of the strength
OR hardiAood of the huge fellow against wh-om he was set,
he was Highly successful, in his task ; while the strong but
heedless man was a failuRe. 11. UnLess we are unheeding
we also may receive a Lesson from the story which will enhance
our value to those in whose behalf we exercise our abilities
(360)
EXERCISE 98.
The Aspirate (continued).
See Note at the head of Exercise 95.
MessRs. Hawkins and Thornley.
Dear SiRs, — Referring to youR favor of March 7th, we hope
to snip the Hogs' h-aiR by the steamsnip " HighflyeR," sailing
on the 24th of March. We shall be happy to snip the stuff
sooner if possible. But we feaR it will be hopeless to try and
hurry the business more than we have done. We have had
some trouble in obtaining fouR bales, as selleRs h-eRe are
maintaining nigh prices, through the scarcity of the supply.
We are pleased to h-eaR you are likely to dispose of the bales
at enhanced prices, and to effect a ready sale. We shall be
happy to h-eaR from you on MCSSRS. Hague and O'HaRe's affaiR.
YOURS truly, StanAope and ARnAeim. (122)
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EXERCISE 99.
The Aspirate (concluded).
See Note at the head of Exercise 95.
MCSSRS. BrownAiLL and Asn&uRSt.
Dear SIRS, — In reply to youR inquiry we have no appre/zen-
sion of being unable to satisfy Mr. Hugh Higginson in the
vehicle he requiRes. We have a similaR one on the stocks now
for Mr. James Hague, wh-om he will know, and we hope to
have them both ready by the 28th of April, as promised. Have
you seen Mr. Thorn/sill, the wh-olesale grocer, on the business
of the heavy dray ? We shall be happy to h-eaR. YOURS
faithfully, Hawkins and Hay. (87)
EXERCISE 100.
Upward and Downward L.
(a) UPWARD / USED INITIALLY : —
1 lay, ale, lap, Alps, lob, elbow, lattice, alto, led, allied,
2 leech, allege, lake, looker, log, loaf, aloof, live, alive, loth,
3 lathe, lass, lasso, also, lazy, lasn, leasn, leisure, loom,
4 lean, lenity, long, lung, ling, loll, lolling, IORC, lurry,
5 alewife, label, laboreR, leak, laceration, lackadaisical,
6 laconic, laden, ladle, lagoon, lain, lambkin, lameness,
7 lamfrey, lancet, landau, lank, lapful, lapsable, larceny,
8 laRder, lastingLy, latency, latticed, laudation, laughable,
9 launch, lawmaker, laxity, leafy, leakage, leathery,
10 leviathan, lexical, liable, liberal, liberation, libretto, licker,
11 liken, likeness, lily, limitation, limbo, linden, lionized,
12 lithograph, literal, lisper, liquidize, litigious, liveryman,
13 localize, lockjaw, IOSCR, lounge, love-sick, loyally, lubrical,
14 lucidly, lucrative, lumbago, ludicrous, lunifoRm, luRker,
15 lupine, lying, alaRm, alaRmist, alb, albatross, album,
16 aldine, elevation, allegeable, allowable, altercation, alter-
17 native, elderly, elegy, eliding, eliquation, ellipsis, elucida-
18 tion, illative, illation, oil-tree, oilman, oilcloth, olive,
19 Oliver, Ulster, ultra, ultramontane, Ellis, Alice.
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(b) UPWARD / USED MEDIALLY :— -
1 pailfuL, paladin, palankin, palatine, palaver, pale-faced,
2 palisade, pallid, paltry, apology, belladonna, bell-pull,
3 balsam, talisman, tilling, toll-gate, trellising, Dalton,
4 delicious, delectable, delinquency, jaileR, jealously, calico,
5 callous, calomel, galena, gallery, gallop, galoRe, fillip,
6 filigree, filtration, fallacy, fellowsnip, felicitous, valedictory,
7 valid, valve, velocity, inviolable, thalamus, thole-pin,
8 ThrelfaLL, assaileR, zealously, shallowness, shelter, snib-
9 boleth, snrilly, snrillness, malediction, malevolence, mali-
10 cious, malingereR, maltese, mellowness, unload, unlatch,
11 unlovely, inlaid, onlooker, aimlessly, lawlessly, ceaselessly,
12 reload, relative, relapsed, releaseR, relevancy, relict,
13 repelleR, repealable, feaRlessly, reluctance, resolver,
14 wassaileR, wave-like, waylaying, wrestleR, yellow-fever,
15 yule-tide, haRmlessly, heedlessly, hostilely, unsullied,
16 unsaleable.
(c) UPWARD / USED FINALLY :—
1 Apollo, Paul, appeal, bail, bailee, tall, Tilley, trail,
2 Tralee, dale, daily, drill, Madralli, chill, chilly, jail, jelly,
3 coal, coaly, crawl, Crilly, gull, gully, growl, eagerly, follow,
4 value, cleverly, awfully, valley, Stavely, fallow, fully,
5 fellah, filly, buffalo, safely, fouLly, painfully, lovely, lively,
6 heavily, woefully, Athol, Athlone, smoothly, thrill, silly,
7 stilly, stylisnly, swell, frail, freely, shaly, crossly, closely,
8 basely, Huxley, Bexley, fieRcely, teRsely, mill, Millie,
9 mellow, mail, O'Malley, lull, zeal, Zulu, zealously, slowly,
10 tassel, utterly, sadly, slyly, relay, rally, ruly, unruly,
11 Keely, royalty, rightly, recklessly, eaRly, suRly, steRile,
12 swiid, soRely, cleaRly, secuRely, squaRely, scaly, sickly,
13 Scully, Aquila, aquiline, Aquilon, quietly, queenly,
14 cleanly, keenly, rarely, wearily, warily, waylay, wifely,
15 wittily, worthily, unworthily, weasel, hustle, hypostyle,
16 mobile, O'Reilly, Oakley, Paley, Sicily, BrieRly, Cynil,
17 Cowley, Burnley, Asnley, Waverley, violin, villain, Evelyn,
18 leisurely, unsettle, literal, tumbrel, Tripoli, trammel,
19 totally, timely, timorously, tideless, taxable, flexible,
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20 tantalize, sweetly, swaddle, spoil, ruthless, sprawl, seemly,
21 stubbornly, ferula, sleekly, snabbily, saucily, rurally,
22 rasuly, crystal, crystallize, ripely, richly, proudly, prosily,
23 properly, poweRless, pluckily, perusal, outlaw, stately,
24 oddly, optional, nebula, neutral, neatly, may-pole, merrily,
25 Oxley, wastrel, petrel, extol, extremely, dolesomely,
26 domicile.
(d) DOWNWARD / USED INITIALLY (1) WHEN / is PRECEDED
BY A VOWEL AND FOLLOWED BY A HORIZONTAL LETTER NOT
HOOKED OR CIRCLED INITIALLY ; AND (2) WHEN / IMMEDIATELY
PRECEDES A CIRCLE AND CURVE LIKE SV OR Stl :—
1 aLack, aLcade, aLchemy, aLchemist, aLcoran, aLcove,
2 aLeak, aLembic, aLexandrine, aLgum, aLign, aLike,
3 aLimental, aLimony, aLkali, aLkalify, aLkaline, aLkalize,
4 ALLan, aLLegation, aLum, aLLocation, aLLocution, aLLonge,
5 aLLusive, ALma, aLmoner, aLone, aLong, aLongside,
6 aLumina, aLuminiferous, aLumisn, eLection, eLectioneeR,
7 eLective, eLectress, eLectrical, eLectricity, eLectrify,
8 eLectro, eLectrolysis, eLectrum, eLegance, eLegancy,
9 eLemental, eLiminate, eLimination, eLixir, eLk, iLk, eLm,
10 eLocution, eLocutionary, eLongation, eLusive, ELzevir,
11 iLLumine, iLLumination, iLLuminable, iLLuminary, JLLU-
12 minate, iLLuminator, OLympic, OLney, uLna, uLema,
13 ALLeghany, ALLendale, ALLington, ALLonby, ALmack's,
14 ALonzo, ELgin, ELLen, ELLenbrook, ELLenborough,
15 ELLison, iLkley, iLLinois, iLminster, OLympus, Lacing,
16 Lessen, Lessening, License, Licensed, Licensee, Licenser,
17 Licensing, LicenTious, Listen, Listener, Listening, Loosen,
18 Looseness, Lucific.
(<?) DOWNWARD / USED FINALLY WHEN / IMMEDIATELY
FOLLOWS /, V, sk, kw, OR ANY STRAIGHT UPSTROKE, AND IS
NOT ITSELF FOLLOWED BY A VOWEL : —
1 faLL, faiL, faLse, feeL, feLL, fueL, pliiaL, foaL, fooL, fiLLf
2 fiLe, fowL, fouL, flaiL, gracefuL, glassfuL, successfuL,
3 lawfuL, painfuL, banefuL, spoonfuL, tunefuL, disdainfuL,
4 fancifuL, swiveL, service, sorrowfuL, SeviLLe, reviLe,
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5 refiLL, reveaL, avowaL, leveL, awfuL, balefuL, befooL,
6 befaLL, pailfuL, unciviL, coevaL, foiL, disgracefuL, defiLe,
7 disavowal,, disheveL, dolefuL, downfaLL, scaLe, SCULL,
8 skiLL, SCOWL, quaiL, quiLL, queLL, sequeL, squaLL, squiLL,
9 bilinguaL, riLe, raiL, reeL, TOLL, ruLe, dweLL, awhiLe,
10 whirL, yeLL, YaLe, yuLe, yawL, catarrhaL, appareL,
11 bewaiL, ruraL, downhaLL, ephemeraL, floscuLe, forcefuL,
12 feruLe, impearL, imperiL, pluraL, jonquiL, mercifuL,
13 milfpiL, misniLe, manfuL, nonpareiL, muster-roLL, moraLe,
14 moorfowL, offaL, twiLL, twirL, overhauL, prevaiL, profiLe,
15 voweL, sliding-scaLe, snarL, soulfuL, spiraL, pueriLe,
16 stock-List, tinfoiL, tumblerfuL, guilefuL, trefoiL, turreL,
17 ungracefuL, vioL, muraL, woefuL, wilfuL, worthLess,
18 viriLe, BirreLL, MelviLLe, coraL, choraL, auRoraL, enroLL,
19 egotisticaL, statisticaL, admiraL.
(/) DOWNWARD / USED FINALLY WHEN I IMMEDIATELY
FOLLOWS n, ng, OR A CURVE AND CIRCLE LIKE fs, Ihs, OR ns : —
1 knoLL, NiLe, annuaL, newLy, HULL, niL, lastingLy, leeRingLy
2 strongLy, mincingLy, manLy, meanLy, meaningLess,
3 menacingLy, mannerLy, mineraL, mineraList, movingLy,
4 obligingLy, openLy, onLy, provokingLy, pruncLLa, runneL,
5 seniLe, prenariLy, profaneLy, protestingLy, seemingLy,
6 swimmingLy, smilingLy, snaiL, stingLess, stainLess,
7 suddenLy, toneLess, tuneLess, train-oiL, unknowingLy,
8 unLess, unmanLy, unsparingLy, matronLy, faciLe, fossiL,
9 fossiLize, fossiList, vassaL, voiceLess, visuaL, mischiev-
10 ousLy, thistLe, ThessaLy, nervousLy, noiseLess, noiseLessLy,
11 nozzLe, ominousLy, penciL, princeLy, peninsuLa, vaciLLa-
12 tion, annuLation, profuseLy, refusaL, revisaL, senseLess,
13 senseLessLy, sensuaL, stenciL, tensiLe, denseLy, universaL,
14 universaLLy, unseaL, vexiLLation, villainousLy, annaLS,
15 annaList, enList, anaLyze, anaLyst, anneaL, adverseLy,
16 alaRmingLy, adoringLy, admiringLy, appealingLy, approv-
17 ingLy, jestingLy, trustingLy, boastingLy, buzzingLy, benzoL,
18 benzoLine, chanceL, canceL, counciL, counseL, canceLLation,
19 clothesLine, diffuseLy, creneLLe, crinoLine, granuLe,
20 gramiLose, cunningLy, immenseLy, deploringLy,deridingLy,
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21 despairingLy, amusingLy, grudgingLy, doornaiL, clandes-
22 tineLy, engagingLy, enticingLy, fishing-Line, frowningL}-,
23 generalize, fusiL, heinousLy, hangnaiL, insoLence, consuL,
24 hiddenL}?, enLace, inLay, BingLey, KingsLey, BarnsLey.
25 TownLey, MethuseLah, worthLess
(g) DOWNWARD / USED FINALLY WHEN / IMMEDIATELY
FOLLOWS A STRAIGHT DOWNSTROKE AND is PRECEDED BY TWO
VOWEL-SIGNS :—
1 PoweLL, boweL, toweL, triaL, troweL, diaL, sun-diaL,
2 diaList, dueL, dueLList, dueLLo, doweL.
(//) DOWNWARD / USED MEDIALLY : —
1 annuLLing, unseaLing, canceLLing, business-Like, unLike,
2 unLikeLy, unmcky, leveLing, counseLing, foiLing,
3 dweLLing, diaLLing. dueLLing, toweLing, defiLing, COLLU-
4 sive, anaLogous, adoLescence, enListing, ensiLage, faiLing,
5 feeLingLy, fiLm, voLume, vomminous, fizzLing, fooLish,
6 fooLishness, fossiLizing, fouLness, fowLing-piece, fox-Like,
7 fuLminate, inLaying, inLacing, consuLage, keeLson,
8 NeLson, manLike, manLiness, mineraLogy, fossiLiferous,
9 monoLogue, reLume, overLook, overhauLing, scaLing,
10 schoLastic, skuLk, skuLL-cap, starveLing, spurLing,
11 twirLing, whirLing, bewaiLing, stenciLing, unfeeLing,
12 unLawful, unLink, unroLLing, viLeness, AnseLm, un-
13 Licensed, yeLk, penciLing, everLasting, anaLyzing,
14 vaciLLancy, anneaLing, princeLing, fizzLing, appareLing,
15 Commbus, cammny, coLumnar, doveLike, driveLing,
16 traveLing, duaLism, faLsetto, faLsify, faLsity, fixing,
17 fuLness, haLLucination, anaLogy, nestLing, nuzzLing,
18 reviLing, viLely, veLLum, unwarLike, unveiLing, unLock,
19 twirLing, twiLLing, sunLike, statesmanLike, squeaLing,
20 skiLful. refiLLing, queLLing, preLusive, raiLing, unavaiLing.
EXERCISE 1O1.
Upward and Downward L (continued)
1. Many simple fellows are miserable by reason of the silly
CRROR of feeLing as though the eyes of all their neighbours
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were upon them, and as if the people in their vicinity were
keenly alive to their actions. 2. But this is a senseLess delu-
sion, and the sooner these fooLish fellows get rid of it the better.
3. JuveniLes learn some things very quickly, but there are some
other Lessons they are very slow to take in. 4. Older people
know how few there are who take the slightest notice of the
ways of their neighbours. 5. And it is well it should be so.
6. Should we reveaL exceptional, abilities OR rare skiLL in
any branch of labour, then people may like to observe us, to
Listen to our views, to look at the style of our clothes, and so on ;
but unLess we are Highly successfuL in some way or other,
there will be few to SCOWL OR smile at our failuRes. 7. We may
zealously extol our own poweRs, but, as a ruLe people will
Listen incredulously, and in silence. 8. ^4s a last counseL,
I may add, born leaders seldom boast. (188)
EXERCISE 102.
Upward and Downward L (continued).
1 . It is a faLse notion to suppose we have all the same duties
in life. 2. The duties of the kingLy office differ from those
belonging to the position of a counciLLor, and these again from
those of a chanceLLor. 3. Men in private stations have duties
which differ wholly from those of men who pass their time
exclusively in the service of the state, as officers of the law,
admiraLs in the royaL navy, etc. ; but, at least, it is the duty
of every man to live a stainLess, honorable life, and to be a
worthy specimen of manLiness 4. No one has a right to vilify
his neighbour, OR to speak wrongLy of his actions. 5. If men
onLy pursued plain lines in their dealings we should see less
necessity for legal decisions on paltry quaRRels. 6. But,
alas ! we know how very fooLish some men are in small things,
and how they will linger and wrangle a long time over trifles
which are scaRcely worth discussing at all. 1. Such silly
discussions must necessariLy cause bitterness and ill-feeLing
where none should be allowed to exist. 8. Many of the
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family troubles which aRise daily are simply due to ridiculous
exaggeration which should be seveRely repressed in the begin-
ning. 9. A loose, careless style in the recital of facts which
we allege to be true is seldom haRmless, and often enough
leads to trouble. 10. It is needless to ask you how many
people you know, who, for the sake of raising a laugh will give
a faLse colouR to a simple action. 11. / should say SCORCS of
costly triaLS have been caused by a silly desiRe to express a
fact wittily. 12. The simple manner is plainLy the best for
us all. (286)
EXERCISE 1O3.
Upward and Downward L (continued).
1. It is a faLse notion, an utter illusion, to suppose people
of wealth and leisure are the onLy ones who pass thoroughly
happy lives. 2. In fact, a lazy, idle life is rarely a happy one.
3. Men of scanty means, who have to keep their families on an
allowance which a wealthy man looks upon as ridiculously
small, have often enough faR less trouble than those of princeLy
incomes. 4. Many an immenseLy rich man longs in vain
for the health, the bodily elasticity, and the strong muscles
of the laboureR who toils unceasingLy for a paltry pittance
which is scaRcely enough to keep the wolf from his dooR.
5. It is true the man of wealth has privileges which are denied
to those of humble means ; but he has also duties exclusively
his own, which devolve upon him aLone, and which he must
faithfully and properly carry out if he will have even a faiRly
peaceful life. 6. Those who bewaiL their lowly position in
society, and who look longingLy at the men whom they deem
lucky in the possession of a plentiful supply of money, should
try to see how useless it is to repine. 7. They should leave
jealous grumbling aLone, and endeavour bravely and fiRmly
to rise from the low leveL they occupy to a nigheR, and, it may
be, a more useiul plane, by honestLy and zealously exercising
their poweRs to resist indulgence in fooLish OR unnecessary
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outlay of the means at their disposal. 8. They should, at
the same time, be mindful of the saying, " He is most happy
who makes others happy," and should take care lest they faLL
into the delusion of supposing wealth to be necessary to happi-
ness. 9. Those who toil for the accumulation of riches in the
hope of possessing thereby a fuLLer measure of earthly happiness
will inevitably faiL in their hope. 10. If we desiRe sincereLy
to live happily we must try to make others happy also, and
by the effect of our own stainLess lives do all we can to
abolish the viLeness, the squaLor, and the senseLess quaRRelling
which unhappily prevaiL in many of our cities. (353)
EXERCISE 104.
Upward and Downward L (continued).
MessRs. Lawson and NeLson.
Dear SiRs, — We are in possession of youR valued favor
of the first of July, and we willingLy agree to youR proposal.
We shall snip you on triaL samples of our leading lines in
umbrellas and parasols by the steamsnip " EiLenborough,"
sailing on the 30th July. Invoice will be enclosed in our
advice, and bills of lading and insurance policy will follow
by the steamsmp " Elizabeth," sailing on the 4th of August.
We trust the umbrellas may aRRive in due season, and we hope
to heaR you have had eaRly and profitable sales. YOURS truly,
ELLison and SchoLes. (105)
EXERCISE 105.
Upward and Downward L (concluded).
Mr. Philip EaRl.
Dear SiR, — Referring to our traveLLer's call upon you last
Friday, we are extremely sorry to say we are unable to supply
a piece of silk of the design you requiRe. If you will allow
us to say so, it is thoroughly out of fashion now, and it is
Highly unLike-Ly to sell anywhere. We enclose you a small
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sample of a new silk of very similaR appearance, which wears
well, and is, we think, faR more likely to please youR lady
customeRs. We hope to learn youR decision to take this.
\Ye also enclose a copy of our new book of summer styles
in ladies' fancy blouses. YOURS faithfully, MilleR and Small.
(116)
EXERCISE 1O6.
Upward and Downward R.
(a) UPWARD r USED INITIALLY IN ALL WORDS BEGINNING
WITH THE SOUND OF r : —
1 rope, ripe, ripen, rip, roper, reef, reproduce, reprieve,
2 reparable, rabbi, rabbinical, rebut, rebuttal, rebuff, rate,
3 rater, rateable, retail, retaileR, retina, retiRe, retrace,
4 retractive, redden, redness, radical, roach, reach, reachable,
5 reacher, richly, richness, rage, ridge, rake, reaction,
6 reactive, raker, rakisn, rag, ragamuffin, ragman, refuse,
7 refine, refusable, refraining, refulgence, refrigeration,
8 refrigerative, refresn, reveRe, ravine, revenge, reviewaL,
9 revising, revocable, revuLsion, revolve, ruthless, wreath,
10 writhe, race, rose, roses, roost, rooster, rosy, rove, rain,
11 TUSH, rusning, rasHness, rouge, rhyme, roamer, rumour,
12 rummage, rumble, ruminate, ruminal, runaway, renew,
13 renewaL, ringing, ringtail, ringeR, ring-dove, ruly, relay,
14 raiL, royaL, rayah, receptive, recovers, rank, rasp, rattan,
15 rainbow, raffle, recoup, recline, recoil, reckless, recite,
16 recitative, recluse, reciprocal, reciprocity, refulgence,
17 remaining, remunerative, remuneration, repartee,
18 reparation, renounce, remiss, reluctance, relaxative,
19 relevance.
(b) UPWARD r USED INITIALLY WHEN IMMEDIATELY PRE-
CEDING /, d, ch, /, kl, gl, th, OR w : —
1 aright, arid, arch, urge, oracle, argal, earthly, Irwm,
2 Irrawaddy, archly, archness, archway, argil, aridity,
3 aridness, arithmetician, arrayed, artisan, artist, artistic,
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4 earth-born, earthen, earthenware, earthly, earthquake,
5 eradicable, eradication, eradicative, erode, eroding, errata,
6 erratic, erratum, erudite, erudition, eruginous, irate,
7 iridescence, irritable, irritation, origin, origination,
8 originative, ornamental, ornamentation, orthographic,
9 orthographical, orthography, ortive, urchin, urgency,
10 ursifoRm, Ardee, Arreton, Ireton, orgies, Origen, Uruguay.
(c) UPWARD r USED MEDIALLY : —
1 Perth, birth, tardy, dirty, charge, juryman, corny, caressing,
2 garble, garrison, farmer, farinose, verge, verify, veracity,
3 thorny, thoroughly, assertive, mirth, inroad, lurid, lurch,
4 larch, rearing, wearing, hurried, parable, parade, parisn,
5 paradise, paragon, paraphrase, parasite, parasitical, parboil,
6 parch, pardon, parity, parricide, parsnip, parteRRe,
7 parvenue, barb, barbarous, barefaced, bargain, baritone,
8 barker, barony, barreL, barrack, tarnisH, territory, terra-
9 cotta, terrible, terrify, terseness, tyranny, tyrannous,
10 tyrannical, Tyrolese, Darwinism, derivable, derange,
11 derisive, derivative, deriver, derrick, deraiL, Doric, dreari-
12 ness, drearily, chargeable, charily, chariness, charity,
13 jarringLy, jury-mast, Jurassic, gyratory, gyroscope,
14 caressingLy, caroLing, carousal, carraway, carroty, carver,
15 choralist, clarify, clarification, clerical, clergy, chloraL,
16 chloric, chloroform, chlorodine, garbage, garisn, garrulous,
17 guerilla, farinaceous, farrago, farthing, ferny, ferocity,
18 ferried, firth, floraL, florescence, foreclose, foreclosure,
19 foredate, fore-deck, forefinger, foreigneR, foreknown,
20 forenoon, foreseen, foresnadow, foresight, forestay, forty,
21 fourteen, varicose, variety, varifoRm, veracious, veranda,
22 veritable, Veronese, Veronica, virility, visceraL, voracity,
23 avaricious, thoroughfaRe, thorax, thoraL, thoracic, thorn-
24 apple, thoroughness, thorough- paced, spareness, sparkle,
25 spirally, scarp, scourge, scarify, scorch, spherical, sphericity,
26 spheroid, southerly, SoutherneR, smartest, smirk, smirch,
27 sneeringLy, snarL, snarung, serenity, serenade, seraphic,
28 service, starvation, serfdom, swarthy.
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(d) UPWARD r USED FINALLY WHEN FOLLOWED KY A
SOUNDED VOWEL : —
1 Paris, perfumery, peri, peruse, perused, pleura, porous,
2 prairie, priory, primary, probationary, prosperous, purist,
3 parry, preference, possessory, popularize, plumery,
4 planetary, panegyrize, apparition, appearance, a priori,
5 opera, operation, upraise, upraised, uprose, barrow,
6 bereave, berry, blackberry, bleachery, bloomary, blueberry,
7 borough, bravery, briery, brusquerie, buffoonery, bureau,
8 burrow, aberrance, aberration, obscuration, ubiquitary,
9 tariff, tarry tartarize, terra, terrace, territory, terrorize,
10 tory, tracery, tractory, traitorous, towery, tureen, etcetera,
11 iteration, itinerary, Tipperary, dairy, deary, declaratory,
12 decolorize, decorous, decretory, demoralize, depository,
13 desirous, derive, desperation, diarist, disarray, disappear-
14 ance, disembarrassed, discovery, discretionary, distillery,
15 dolorous, dreary, drollery, adversary, admonitory, odorous,
16 chary, chandlery, cheery, gyration, giraffe, gyrose, cajolery,
17 cancerous, canary, capillary, careen, caress, caroused,
18 castigatory, cavalry, cautionary, chimera, cholera,
19 clamorous, clearance, coterie, creamery, gallery, glycerine,
20 grapery, groggery, faro, farrow finery, feudary, fernery,
21 ferrous, flora, flurry, foolery, foppery, forest, foRmulary,
22 freemasonry, vagary, valedictory, valorous, vapory,
23 vinery, veteran, victory, viperous, visionary, votary,
24 ivory, knavery, authorise, avarice, thesaurus, thorough,
25 etherize, saccharine, savagery, satirize, sanatory, satura-
26 tion, scenery, scullery, scurry, secularize sedentary,
27 serene, series, Seraph, siren, soiree, solitary, soRceress,
28 soRcery. spiry, squireen, starry stellary. statuary,
29 summary, Osiris, usury, zero, Zachary, assurance, snowery,
30 sneriff, sneep-run, macaroon, mandarin, maroon, Nazarine,
31 mesmerize, memory, menagerie, minatory, millinery,
32 misery, missionary, molary, morass, moory, murrain,
33 imagery, mummery, mortuary, emery, emissory, narrow,
34 natatory; neurosis, enumeration, notary, numerous,
35 anniversary, angora, ancillary, endurance, environ,
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36 inauguration, inference, insurance, injury, insurrectionary,
37 honorary, unrest, laceration, library, legendary, lectionary,
38 literary, lory, lyrist, eLocutionary, elaboration, illusory,
39 ulcerous, ulceration, raspberry, reactionary, recovery,
40 referee, reparation, remarry, restoration, respiratory,
41 rhetorician, ropery, rosary, rotatory, rosemary, aRmoury,
42 wary, weary, wherry, walrus, wiry, whereon, whereas,
43 wheelbarrow, wood-roof, worry, yarrow, hairy, harass,
44 harry, harrow, hegira, hilary, hero, heron, housewifery,
45 horary, hoary, hurry-scurry, hurrah, Uriah, ewry.
(e) UPWARD r USED FINALLY WHEN IMMEDIATELY FOLLOW-
ING TWO DOWNSTROKES, OR A STRAIGHT UPSTROKE : —
1 anathematizer, advertiser, abjure, bubbler, deter,
2 disappear, disburse, disposer, displeaser, deplore, deposer,
3 templar, disperse, dissembler, divesture, dogmatizer,
4 dabbler, dawdler, endoRser, espouser, feebler, fiRmer,
5 fieRcer, fiddler, fribbler, fripperer, fumbler, infringer,
6 jointure, methodizer, overture, pamphleteer, paRser,
7 pedlar, perjurer, probationer, privateer, proposer, steve-
8 dore, tippler, trampler, tumbler, trespasser, vesper, vaporer,
9 vesture, downstairs, upstairs, backstairs, bugbear, pasture,
10 perspire, pesterer, plasterer, practitioner, prepare,
11 prepossessor, butler, bottler, bibler, blusterer, bookstore,
12 tattler, prattler, chatterer, chastizer, bestir, procedure,
13 aware, ware, beware, unaware, deplorer, emperor, yore,
14 fosterer, furor, roar, rear, rare, juror, mirror, numerary,
15 wore, weir, where, everywhere, nowhere, oyer, outwear,
16 rehear, stoneware, glassware, terror, uproar, Delaware,
17 Farrar, preparer, abhor, purer, racer, extemporizer,
18 hussar, peruser, polarizer, popularizer, rehearse, refer,
19 referrer, server, preserver, observer, deserver, reserver,
20 answerer.
(/) UPWARD r USED FINALLY WHEN IMMEDIATELY FOLLOW-
ING A CURVE AND CIRCLE LIKE fs, ths, OR ns, AND AFTER ks
OR gs : —
1 officer, refuser, diffuser, professor, vizor, viceroy, canvasser,
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2 sympathizer, traverser, civilizer, supervisor, divisor,
3 reviser, answer, anaLyzer, cancer, affiancer, fencer,
4 dispenser, censor, patronizer, romancer, bouncer, Spencer,
5 dancer, janizary, organizer, cleanser, extensor, advancer,
6 wincer, mincer, nicer, sincere, pronouncer, denouncer,
7 Licenser, menacer, necromancer, announcer, causer,
8 accuser, excuser, cruiser, closer, grocer, creaser, coaxer
9 aggressor, engrosser, geyser, glozer, guesser, glosser,
10 greengrocer, squeezer, successor, mixer, fixer, vexer,
11 plexure, quizzer, eLixir, boxer, taxer, Hoaxer, flexor,
12 catechiser.
(g) UPWARD r USED FINALLY WHEN HOOKED : —
1 spurn, barn, burn, born, High-born, new-born, Woburn,
2 stubborn, auburn, tarn, turn, Saturn, return, nocturn,
3 overturn, taciturn, lectern, extern, darn, churn, adjourn,
4 sojourn, cairn, corn, acorn, unicorn, peppercorn, Garn,
5 fern, thorn, hawthorn, blackthorn, snorn, morn, mourn,
6 learn, unlearn, warn, yearn, heron, bairn, lorn, lovelorn,
7 lucerne, wyvern, postern, southern, western, sea-borne,
8 unworn, wayworn, portion, apportion, torsion, retortion,
9 extortion, reversion, coercion, desertion, exertion, assertion,
10 immersion.
(h) DOWNWARD r USED INITIALLY WHEN PRECEDED BY A
VOWEL : —
1 ARab, ARabic, aRable, aRbor, aRk, aRchangel, aRcher,
2 aRchery, aRchipelago, aRchives, aRRive, aRgosy, aRgue,
3 aRgumentation, aRisen, aRmada, aRmless, aRoma, aRRaign,
4 aRRaigner, aRRange, aRReaR, aRRival, aRRogance, aRsenaL,
5 eaRn, eaRner, eaRning, eRase, eRasing, eRasure, ERebus,
6 eRection, eRmine, eRosion, eRuption, eRuptive, iRe, iReful,
7 iRon, iRonical, iRonmonger, iRis, IRISH, iRksome, iRRele-
8 vance, iRRelevancy, iRReligion, iRReligious, iRRemovable,
9 iRReparable, iRReplaceable, iRRepressible, iRReproachable,
10 iRResistible, iRResolution, iRRevocable, iRRigation, oRal,
11 oRally, oRange, oRation, oRator, oRb, oRbital, oRchestra,
12 oRchestration, oRchid, oRganic, oRifice, ORion, ORmolu,
&-(»?)
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13 oRphan, URanus, uRban, uRbane, uRbanity, uRn, URSuline,
14 ARgyle, ARkansas, ARmagh, ARam, ARdrossan, ARizona,
15 ARmstrong, ARmley, ER!C, ORegon, URal, aiR-gun, aiR-
16 brake, aiR-less, aiR-pump, eyRy.
(*') DOWNWARD r USED MEDIALLY :—
1 pooRly, peeRless, poweRful, baRely, baRkeeper, beaR-skin,
2 BrieRley, tiResome, toRsel, teaRful, diuRnal, caRman,
3 coRk, coRk-tree, coRsaiR, cuReless, secuRely, gasifoRm,
4 gaRum, faiRly, faiRness, faRcical, faRming, faRthermost,
5 fiRe-brick, fiReclay, fiRefly, fi.Rm, fiReaRm, flouRish,
6 foRecast, foRcible, foRego, foRmal, foRmula, saRcasm,
7 scaRcely, squaRely, similaRly, siRloin, soRRel, souRisa,
8 spaRsely, squiRming, staR-gazer, suRliness, swaRrning,
9 SHeaRman, sneaR-steel, snoweRless, maRes-nest, neuRalgic,
10 laRghetto, alaRm, laRgo, laRk, luRker, heaRken, hiReling,
11 neuRal, neuRology, NewaRk, angulaRly, luRcher, laRder,
12 feaRful, prayeRful, uneRRingly.
(/) DOWNWARD r USED FINALLY IN SHORT WORDS ENDING
WITH THE SOUND OF r : —
1 paRe, spaRe, prayeR, paR, peeR, poRe, pyRe, poweR, POOR,
2 spooR, prioR, baR, baRe, beeR, boRe, booR, brieR, BlaiR,
3 ableR, taR, taRe, teaR, tyRe, toRe, toweR, drieR, dreaR,
4 soldereR, saddleR, chaR, jaR, ajaR, injuRe, CORC, CURC,
5 secuRe, insecuRe, sinecuRe, scaRe, crieR, croRe, ClaRe,
6 tinkleR, tackleR, cackleR, chronicleR, SinclaiR, heckleR,
7 goRe, glaRe, bungleR, dangleR, mangleR, wriggleR, haggleR,
8 faRe, feaR, feweR, fiRe, infeR, flaRe, flooR, floweR, rifleR,
9 scuffleR, veeR, reveRe, seveRe, SORC, seRe, siRe, staRe,
10 SWORC, siR, passeR, baseR, teaseR, dozeR, chaseR, laceR,
11 SUCR, pursueR, issueR, SOWCR, assuRe, insuRe, snoRe, SHIRC,
12 azuRe, maR, maRe, mooR, smeaR, besmeaR, timeR, trimmeR,
13 dimmeR, demuRe, vampiRe, steameR, swimmeR, stammeR,
14 customeR, noRe, neweR, sneeR, snoRe, ensnaRe, resigneR,
15 singeR, wringeR, hangeR, loRe, leeR, luRe, laiR, brawleRt
16 crawleR, dealeR, selleR, stellaR, wrestleR, haiR, heR.
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(k) DOWNWARD r USED FINALLY AFTER TWO STRAIGHT
UPSTROKES, AND, GENERALLY, AFTER f OR v FOLLOWING A
DOWNSTROKE : —
1 abhorreR, adhereR, weareR, rareR, roareR, reareR, baffleR,
2 trifleR, SHuffleR, snoveleR, pacifieR, testifieR, justifieR,
3 favoureR, faLsifieR, versifieR, staRfloweR, stultifieR, codifieR.
EXERCISE 107.
Upward and Downward R (continued)
1. He is the wiser adviser who counseLs the road to honour
in preference to the pathway to riches and High position. 2.
Adhere closely to this plan ; preserve it in youR memory ; and
some day you may wear the lauRel wreath of victory. 3. Be
brave, and, in a right way, be an aggressor. 4. To-day's
failuRe should but spuR you on to a braver and nobleR triaL
to-morrow. 5. He who retiRes in terror at the first rebuff
is but a pooR timorous fellow, unworthy of success, and most
unLikeLy to eaRn it. 6. Learn to beaR a refusaL in sturdy
patience, and endeavour to preserve a calm aiR in face of
unfaiR charges. 7. YOUR serenity will disturb the snuffleRs,
and baffle them f aR more than any expression of annoyance and
wrath. 8. Besides, the wrathful man throws away his aRms,
and readily faLLs a prey to the wiles of a ruthless adversary.
9. You onLy wreck VOUR chances if you worry over aiRy
trifles. 10. Exercise youRself in the mastery of even j ustifiable
irritation, and you will emerge from each struggle a stronger
and a better man. (181)
EXERCISE 1O8.
Upward and Downward R (continued).
1. Better beaR a steRn rebuke than fai.L t'nto an CRROR
which we should be poweRless to repaiR. 2. To display
irritation at a small injury is a sign of iRResolution and absence
of the poweRt to restrain one's unruly feeLings. 3. He who
gives way to anger opens the dooR to revenge, which, in turn,
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brings in misery, sorrow, and regret. 4. Reason is faR
better than an appeal to aRms ; for foRce is but a pooR remedy,
and should onLy be taken to as a last resource. 5. It may be
a souRce of sorrow to a surgeon to give pain to anyone ; but
he has no hesitation in using the keen knife in an operation,
if such be necessary to restoRe health and vigour to a pooR
suffereR. 6. SeveRe remedies have to be taken in such cases
from motives of pure charity. 7. Learn to exercise economy
in prosperity ; it will be necessary to do so in adversity. 8.
We can urge no excuse in favor of tyranny ; but just laws
must be enfoRced for the security of life and property. 9. You
may yearn to sit and rest ; but, meanwhile, refuse no labor
which you know to be necessary ; and even though you are
weary, try to aRRest the inclination to allow youR business
affaiRs to faLL into aRReaR ; for each day brings Us own
SHaRe of toil and trouble. 10. Rouse youRself then ; rise
eaRly, and labor zealously ; for debt is the worst foRm of
poverty. (242)
EXERCISE 1O9.
Upward and Downward R (continued).
1. The minister OR preacher should ever strive and aspire
10 appeaR as a beaRer of joyful news to the weary wayfaRers OR
travellers on this earth. 2. He should be the announcer of
rich prizes for the worthy, and a denouncer and chastiser
of the idle, insincere chatterer. 3. He must be a sympathiser
in the sorrows and miseries of the pooR of his flock ; but, at
the same time, he should have no scruple OR feaR in expressing
his seveRe disapproval of the wrong actions of the rich and
proud sections of his parishioners. 4. He must beaR pretty
heavily on the drinkers and tipplers among his people for
their own sake ; but must take care lest he appeaR as a haRSH
accuser, and scaRe the aggressors deeper into the miRe. 5. He
may also have to pose as the patroniser of a pariSH bazaaR,
where he may see people who refuse to see him as a visitor,
and he may take the occasion to press home to them the duties
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belonging to their spheRe of life, and, it may be, inspiRe them
to leave their suRly ways and take a HigheR and broader
view of their position in society. 6. Truly, the life of a clergy-
man is no sinecime, if he takes the right view of his mission ;
and he will requiRe plenty of physical strength to enable him
to pursue his labors properly. 7. He must display rare
dexterity if he is to be a successful. missioneR ; and he must,
above all things, exercise prudence in the use of satiRe. 8. His
business is to inspiRe love and honor, and dispel feaR and
reproach. 9. / feaR it is true to say the minister deserves
more help than he receives from some who have evil to atone
for and mischief to repaiR. (297)
EXERCISE HO.
Upward and Downward R (continued).
MessRS. EaRl and ARRandale.
Dear SiRs, — We are in receipt of youR favor of Saturday
last, enclosing remittance to settle our claim for loss on the
serge sold to us in the eaRly Spring. We are happy to think
the affaiR is now closed. We sincerely regret you should
display such irritation in reference to this business. We
should have been happy had we been able to aRRange it last
March ; but youR Mr. ARRandale fiRmly refused even to
discuss our proposal. We assuRe you once more the serge was
useless for our purpose, and it was very much torn at the edges.
We are by no means stubborn, and we are sorry to observe
the tone of saRcasm in youR reply to our last. While we
deplore the narrow view you have taken, we feeL we must
adhere to our rights. YOURS truly, Reuben ARmstrong and
Sons. (148)
EXERCISE 111.
Upward and Downward R (concluded).
MessRs. Forest and sniRes.
Dear SJRS, — We have youR favor of the 4th April, and you
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may look to receive the rest of the rubber rings in three OR fouR
days' time. We have had an extra ruSH of business for the
past fouR months, and our resources have been taxed to the
utmost To add to our worry, we have just lost the services
of our stoRe-keeper, and the new man has been unable to cleaR
off the aRReaRs. Please excuse the delay, for these reasons,
and oblige, YOURS truly, Spencer and ORam. (94)
EXERCISE 112.
Upward and Downward Sh.
The letter sh is always written downward when it stands
alone, that is, when it is not joined to another stroke. When
it immediately precedes V_> ^ , (, (, or /^", it is, as a rule,
written upward. It is also written upward when it imme-
diately follows V , V. or |. In other cases, it will generally
be found better to write sh downward. The double consonant
shr is always written downward, but the double consonant
shl is generally written upward.
(a) DOWNWARD sh USED INITIALLY : —
1 asH, SHy, SHOW, snoe, usner, snrew, assuRe, assurance,
2 assuRer, assuringly, Asnton, Asnbourne, Asnanti, snabby,
3 snadow, snadily, snaken, snake, snakespere, snamble,
4 SHamefaced, snameful, SHamming, SHamrock, snank,
5 snanty, snapeless, snaRe, sneaR, sneather, snedder,
6 SHeep, SHeep-stealeR, SHeriff, snerry, snibboleth, snindy,
7 SHiner, sningle, snyness, snipmaster, snipwreck, SMiRe,
8 SHock, snoddy, snoeblack, snone, snrine, ocean, asnen,
9 SHopman, SHopkeeper, SHOReless, snorn, SHow-bill,
10 SHowery, SHrink, snrewd, SHriek, SHrill, SHrimp, SHrivel,
11 surive, SHrubbery, SHrug, snuffle, snuttle, snyly,
12 snannon, snanghai, SHeridan, sneRlock, snrewsbury,
13 snylock, cnivalry, cnivalrous, sasH, sasHframe.
(b) DOWNWARD sh USED MEDIALLY :—
1 pusning, plasning, splaSHing, punisning, perisnable,
2 perniciously, premoniSHing, backsneeSH, banisneR,
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3 banisning, basnful, beer-snop, blemisning, blusmng,
4 bookisnness, boyisHness. brackisnness, bumpxiousncss,
5 burnisHing, busniness, busnmen, caSHmeRe, tarnisning,
6 tenaciously, trickisHness, tuixionary, deliciously,
7 diminisHing, dram-SHop, cherisning, churlisnness, fac-
8 xiousness, fallaciously, fellowsnip, ferociously, fisHerman,
9 flagSHip, foreSHowing, fracxiousness, fresnness, vanquisn-
10 ing, veraciously, secessionist, smasning, smasned,
1 1 sluggiSHness, sottiSHness, spaciously, squasning, squeam-
12 isnness, squeamisnly, steamsnip, stylisnly, sunsniny,
13 superstiriously, macmnist, macninery, maliciously,
14 marcnioness, marsHmallow, masned, missnape, moon-
15 sniny, naxionhood, noxiousness, lasning, Licenxiously,
16 lusciousness, rakisnness, refresmng, replenisning, rasnly,
17 rasnness, wasmng, wasnable, wasn-house, lasning,
18 hasnisH, huSH-money, apostlesnip, crasning, graciously,
19 avariciously, ambixiously, efficaciously, gnasning. clasning,
20 censuRe, censurable, stoResnip.
(c) DOWNWARD sh USED FINALLY : —
1 PUSH, paCHa, plasn, splasn, plusH, busn, blusn, Josnua,
2 casH, gasH, crasn, clasH, squeamisn, thickisn, masn,
3 smasH, gnasn, rasn, waSH, husn, parisn, pernicious,
4 situaxion, malicious, admonisn, pugnacious, punctuaxion,
5 baniSH, bearisn, blackisH, blemisn, cherisn, ambuSH,
6 efficacious, IRJSH, aLumiSH, tenacious, tarnisn, burnisH,
7 pretenxious, premonisn, precocious, to\'isH, bumpxious,
8 trickisH, tuixion, dampisn, delicious, farinaceous,
9 veracious, fracxious, fruixion, vixeniSH, mulisH, lamiSH,
10 leaSH, Licenxious, loutisn, luscious, roguisn, aguisn,
11 refresH, repleniSH, waspisn, accentuaxion, gracious,
12 actuaxion, Ignaxius, ticklisn, facxious, vanquisH. sneepiSH,
13 setacious, macnine, sluggisn, snow-snoe, SOURISH, sottisn,
14 specious, Spanisn, squaSH, stylisn, superstixious,
15 sunsnine, suppositixious, malicious, marsH, Welsn.
(d) UPWARD sh USED INIXIALLY : —
1 shackle, shagreen, shaker, shale, shallop, shallow,
2 shallowness, shaly, shammer, shave, shaven, shawl, sheaf,
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3 sheath, sheave, sheldrake, shell, shield, shelter, shimmer,
4 shiver, shoal, shoulder, shove, shifty, sugar, sugar-plum.
(e) UPWARD sh USED MEDIALLY :—
1 patience, peevishness, brushing, thrashing, threshold,
2 toyshop, dashing, demolishing, demolished, disheveL,
3 dishing, fishing, flashing, facetiousness, fictitiously,
4 feverishness, finishing, fish-hook, polished, polishing,
5 abolishing, preciously, proficience, propitiously, provincial-
6 ism, bishop, brutishness, brushing, flashing, fleshiness,
7 flouRishing, foolishness, foppishness, vanishing, viciousness,
8 mendaciously, lashed, lavishing, rapaciousness, relishable,
9 relishing, relished, atrociously, embellishing, embellished,
10 sensationary, slashed, slashing, slavishness, successionist.
11 superficiality, marshaling, officialism, partiality, initialing,
(/) UPWARD sh USED FINALLY : —
1 palish, polish, abolish, prudish, bitterish, brutish, brush,
2 thinnish, finish, vanish, toughish, thresh, thrash, fish,
3 fichu, peevish, tush, demolish, dash, dish, fictitious,
4 feverish; flash, flush, facetious, propitious, flouRish,
5 fooLish, foppish, vicious, mendacious, modish, slash, lavish,
6 relish, atrocious, embellish, attenuation, reddish, rapacious,
7 nutritious, vivacious, vexatious, valuation, trash, tooth-
8 brush, disputatious, afresh, sapindaceous, sawfish, secreti-
9 tious, sinuation, slap-dash, slavish, slush, squaRish,
10 stablish, superficies, sweetish, Swedish.
(g) THE DOUBLE CONSONANT shl GENERALLY WRITTEN
UPWARD : —
1 providential, superficial, superficiality, deferential, pro-
2 vincial, provinciality, provincialism, partialist, partiality,
3 peevishly, lavishly, slavishly, presidential, beneficial,
4 brutishly, torrential, feverishly, foolishly, fleshly, fleshli-
5 ness, foppishly, specialist, specializing, speciality, specialty,
6 sacrificial, waspishly, initialing, Marshalsea, marshaling,
7 impartial, impartially, impartiality, snaiL-shell, tortoise-
8 shell, snappishly, sequential, residential, equinoctial,
9 pachalic.
[See also Exercise 51, par. (e).]
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EXERCISE 113.
Upward and Downward Sh (continued)
Mr. Frederick Marsn.
Dear SIR, — Referring to the application of JosHua Casn for
the situation of snopman in the AsHbourne Branch, / assuRe
you the fellow is just a stylisH SHuffleR, and no more. His
rasiiness and his assurance were cleaRly snown in the snameful
manner in which he spoke to Mr. Asnton. / think a SHopman
should be reasonably pusning ; but this fellow's bumptious-
ness, ungraciousness, and pretentious ways are likely to be
pernicious. / should relish the chance of punisning the man's
impudence. He is mendacious to a degree, and if the situation
is given to him he will simply snock all youR sny customeRS
by his SHrill voice and his unblusning lies. His shifty ways,
shallow wisdom, and foppish appearance annoy me very much,
and I sincereLy trust the specious rogue's services will be
refused. YOURS truly, James Walsn. (141)
EXERCISE 114.
Upward and Downward Sh (concluded).
1 . The career of Samuel Cunliffe Lister (I up) , the first maker of
silk plusH, SHOWS how much can be done by a man who possesses
patience and who snrinks from no trouble OR opposition, but
goes tenaciously on his way, brushing aside the obstacles
raised by foolish OR malicious people who seek to shackle his
energies and dash his hopes by their officious advice, vexatious
insinuations, and rasn assurances of failuRe. 2. Mr. Lister's
reply to all such censuRers of his supposed fooLishness was a
snrug of the shoulders and a freSH and more vigorous expression
of his decision to PUSH on and finish his inventions. 3. He
demolished all the obstacles raised by more sluggiSH men, and
he positively relished the task. 4. He snowed no slavish
imitation of others, but sought by his own skiLL to attain
his purpose. 5. He was successful, in raising up a flouRishing
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business, but his invention of macninery for the utilization of
silk waste snowed, above all else, the SHrewdness, the patience,
and the poweRful brain of the man. 6. He bought up a heap
of silk waste — seeming rubbisH — at a low valuation, and by
the aid of maCHinery of his own invention, he was able to turn
the snapeless stuff t'nto pluSH of exquisite beauty and finish.
Mr. Lister became Lord Masnam in 1891. 7. He had a deep
disrelish of the lavish praise given him by his admiRers, and his
preference was for a quiet life. 8. His death took place in
1906, at the advanced age of ninety-one. (256)
EXERCISE 115.
Contractions.
everything, " ~ neglect-ed, c\» prospect, c character,
characteristic, [ danger, I dangerous, ^f messenger,
\ stranger, ^-^j>—^. manuscript, 3 v transcript, 1 transfer,
2_o transgress, ] -. transgression, \ peculiar-ity, /\ respect.
My dear fellow, — // you desiRe to have a faiR prospect of
achieving success in business life, you must do everything
possible to deserve it. You must leave nothing to chance,
and neglect nothing which can in any way win for you the
respect of youR neighbours. Transgress no ruLes of business ;
for youR transgression will infallibly be followed by retribution
in some way OR other. Observe the maxim " Delays are
dangerous," and snun the danger by declining to transfer to
to-morrow the affaiR which should receive youR attention
to-day. Try to leave peculiar and odd ways seveRely aLone ;
for peculiarity is undesirable in a business man. Be very
careiuL to read through every manuscript to which you are
to attach youR name Insist on the strictest attention to
details, even in a boy messenger. An CRROR in a simple tran-
script may lose you a desirable customeR. Endeavour to
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maintain a High character for business-Like dealings, and have
a sacred respect for a promise. These are the characteristics
which will help you to success, and youR possession of them
will strike a stranger more than anything else. Finally, / may
remark, if these characteristics are neglected, it will be useless
for you to expect to attain a High position in business life.
YOURS truly, (214)
EXERCISE 116.
The Halving1 Principle.
In this Exercise, and in Exercises 117 to 127, the italic t or d
signifies that the letter should be indicated by the halving
principle.
(a) LIGHT LETTERS ARE HALVED FOR THE ADDITION OF t : —
1 pa/, pet, pit, plat, plea/, plot, prate, spit, sprat, sprou/,
2 split, taugh/, tout, tight, trite, straight, street, strut, chat,
3 chit, etched, coat, cat, Kate, crate, secret, clot, fight, iate,
4 fee/, soft, night, float, floats, height, iret, iraught, iruit,
5 though/, throat, threat, east, iced, oust, SHO/, SHU/, SHOU/,
6 SHOO/, mat, met, meat, moat, moot, mute, might, smite,
7 smites, summit, night, note, neat, naught, not, nut, sent,
8 light, let, lit, lot, loot, slight, salt, silt, slit, slate, port, part,
9 pert, pirate, tart, start, dart, dirt, chart, for/, aver/, sort,
10 mart, smart, alert, squirt, squir/s, aRt, aR/s, wait, wet,
11 weigh/, Vfatt, yet, yacht, hot, hit, hits, heat, heats, heigh/,
12 whet, whets, tappet, stopped, sipped, swept, dipped, adept,
13 adapt, adapts, draped, chipped, Egyp/, capped, craped,
14 scraped, skipped, escaped, clipped, equipped, flapped,
15 snapped, slept, slipped, snipped, snaped, reaped, wept,
16 wrapped, hopped, heaped, replete, deplete, depute, appetite,
17 imitate, imita/es, rotate, irritate, pitched, patched, beached,
18 touched, stitched, trenched, entrenched, drenched,
19 crouched, screeched, scratched, fetched, vouched, thatched,
20 snatched, slouched, matched, notched, latched, reached,
21 bewitched, enriched, hitched, packed, picket, placate,
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22 plucked, implicate, baked, booked, blacked, bracked,
23 brackets, tacked, ticket, tickets, tract, tracts, strict, docked,
24 docket, edict, checked, joked, jacket, jackets, e]ect, ejec/s,
25 rejects, injects, sacked, sect, sects, bisect, dissect,
26 transact, transac/s, insect, insects, ransac/, ransacks,
27 SHocked, SHrieked, smacked, smocked, smoked, sneaked,
28 racked, wrecked, Hacked, left, lift, lifts, loft, sulfafe, refit,
29 refits, snuffed, engulfed, surfeit, unfit, unfits, reiute, refu/es,
30 epithet, pusned, splasned, crasned, clasned, gnasned,
31 ruSHed, wasned, hasHed, husned, remote, sonne/, sonnets,
32 peasant, pleasant, present, presen/s, bassine/fc, bassine/tes,
33 decent, descends, adjacent, resent, resents, recent.
(b) HEAVY LETTERS ARE HALVED FOR THE ADDITION OF
d:—
1 bead, bed, beds, bread, brood, broods, bleed, bleeds, blood,
2 deed, deeds, dead, died, aided, dried, dread, dreads, soldered,
3 Jude, aged, edged, goad, goads, good, goods, grade, grades,
4 greed, glowed, glade, glades, ogled, glued, glide, glides,
5 void, viewed, evade, evades, writhed, wreathed, loathed,
6 eased, oozed, treasured, leisured, measured, dubbed,
7 drabbed, rubbed, ribbed, webbed, pebbled, bubbled,
8 stabled, doubled, dabbled, cabled, gabled, fabled, resembled,
9 dissembled, enabled, nibbled, labeled, libeled, wobbled,
10 hobbled, quibbled, padded, beaded, budded, chided, jaded,
11 candid, clouded, included, precluded, goaded, graded,
12 faded, avoided, evaded, invade, invaded, envied, threaded,
13 sounded, resounded, ended, descended, mended, landed,
14 rounded, wounded, wended, SHaded, suredded, snrouded,
15 indeed, needed, kneaded, loaded, alluded, raided, waded,
16 weeded, wielded, welded, endowed, hooded, paged, pledged,
17 budged, bridged, staged, trudged, dredged, dodged, caged,
18 encaged, gauged, engaged, grudged, fledged, voyaged,
19 averaged, damaged, rummaged, enjoyed, singed, lodged,
20 alleged, pillaged, bulged, deluged, raged, enraged, rigid,
21 surged, waged, wedged, hedged, plugged, sprigged, begged,
22 brigade, brigades, tugged, drugged, jagged, nagged, ragged,
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23 rigged, Hugged, livid, levied, solved, absolved, resolved,
24 unsolved, thieved, bathed, breathed, unscathed, clothed,
25 seethed, soothed, smoothed, sobered, sabred, slobbered,
26 cupboard, scabbard, laboured, powdered, foddered,
27 SHuddered, shouldered, mouldered, badgered, wagered,
28 beggared, degrade, sugared, laggard, augured, haggard,
29 staggered, swaggered.
(c) FINALLY HOOKED CONSONANTS MAY BE HALVED FOR
EITHER t OR d : —
1 pain/, paints, pants, print, prin/s, springs, plan/, plants,
2 supplan/s, splin/s, pained, pond, ponds, pounds, planned,
3 sprained, bend, bends, blends, brand, brands, bent, ben/s,
4 brunt, blunt, blunts, ten/, ten/s, tints, Trent, stint, stints,
5 stun/, stun/s, trained, strained, strands, dent, dents, dint,
6 dinned, drained, saddened, chant, chan/s, chained, join/,
7 join/s, joined, enjoined, can/, canned, scan/, scanned,
8 skinned, second, seconds, cleaned, craned, screened, gaun/,
9 gained, gran/, grants, grand, grained, ground, grounds,
10 gleaned, glint, glints, quaint, squint, squints, fain/, fain/s,
11 find, finds, friend, friends, fron/, fron/s, affron/, affron/s,
12 vent, vents, vend, vends, thinned, enthroned, ascent,
13 ascen/s, ascend, ascends, snun/, snun/s, snunned, enSHrined,
14 mint, mints, mound, mounds, anoint, anoints, anent, lent,
15 lend, lends, lands, rent, rents, round, rounds, ran/, rend,
16 rained, eRRan/, eRRand, eRRands, went, wend, wends,
17 want, wants, won/, wound, wounds, winds, haunt, haunts,
18 hunt, hunts, hound, hounds, puffed, paved, proved, abait,
19 braved, tuf/, tuf/s, def/, dived, drif/, drif/s, draughts,
20 chapped, coughed, cuffed, craf/, craf/s, craved, gif/, gif/s,
21 grafts, engraits, grieved, engraved, grooved, quaffed, rait,
22 raits, riit, rif/s, raved, roofed, wait, waits, weit, waved,
23 haf/, haf/s, heaved, upheaved, behaved, pretend, pretends,
24 despond, disappoin/s, buttoned, brightened, paten/, patents,
25 disband, disbands, append, appends, haRpooned, disci-
26 plined, distend, extend, extends, distant, destined, festooned,
27 accident, accidents, resident, residents, unbent, unbend,
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28 unbends, stand, stands, sextant, sextan/s, cogent, urgent,
29 pungent, regent, regents, refulgent, enchant, trenchant,
30 merchant, merchants, piquant, beckoned, descant, descants,
31 recant, recants, awakened, applicant, applicants, sickened,
32 cleaned, declined, reclined, inclined, unskinned, dragooned,
33 regained, refined, refund, unfound, infan/, infan/s, elephant,
34 elephanfe, invent, invents, Bullivan/, solvent, solvents,
35 payment, payments, bemoaned, demen^ sedimen/,
36 encroachment, encroachments, enjoyment, sacrament,
37 sacraments, inclement, agreement, agreements, bereave-
38 men^, cement, cemenfe, easement, punisHmen^, banisHmen^,
39 moment, moments, !amen/, laments, raiment, Poland,
40 Poland's, Holland, talent, talenfe, Jalland, calends, gallant,
41 gallants, volunfeeR, silent, Solent, relent, relen/s, disceRned,
42 uneaRned, parent, parents, spurned, burnt, burned, torrent,
43 torrents, churned, adjourned, scorned, current, currents,
44 Farran^, mourned, learnt, learned, Derwen/, bloodhound,
45 bloodhounds, behind.
(d) IN WORDS OF MORE THAN ONE SYLLABLE A LETTER
MAY GENERALLY BE HALVED FOR THE ADDITION OF EITHER
/ OR d / —
1 patted, petted, pitied, plated, spotted, sprouted, sprinted,
2 boated, bloated, bruited, taunted, tinted, daunted, deputed,
3 charted, jointed, canted, descanted, recanted, granted,
4 glinted, fated, floated, freighted, sifted, lifted, voted,
5 invited, thirsted, ousted, snouted, mated, meted, noted,
6 secreted, scented, looted, salted, stilted, tilted, jolted,
7 rated, rooted, righted, waited, hated, heated, hooted,
8 quitted, quilted, welted, imputed, whetted, planted,
9 implanted, grated, flaunted, fluted, vaulted, assaulted,
10 assorted, asserted, merited, smarted, snorted, looted,
11 allotted, darted, started, weighted, plaudit, plaudits,
12 pundit, expedite, alphabe/, alphabe/ical, between, detach,
13 detachment, detached, decreed, decried, descried, budget,
14 pledged, fidget, fidgets, midge/, midge/s, legitimate, wretched.
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15 brocade, brocades, ambuscade, castigate, abnegate, fumi-
16 ga/e, eLongate, investigate, investigates, invigorate,
17 integrate, disintegrate, ingra/itude, dentoid, tabled, doubled,
18 driblet, goblet, oRbi/, rabbit, papered, tapered, capered,
19 whispered, pottered, pestered, bolstered, cloistered,
20 clustered, mastered, buttered, tottered, destroyed, chat-
21 tered, scattered, clattered, cushioned, cautioned, appor-
22 tioned, motioned, glittered, frittered, inveterate, spluttered,
23 snattered, muttered, entered, centred, loitered, retried,
24 puckered, peopled, toppled, dappled, coupled, grappled,
25 supplied, replied, prattled, bottled, scuttled, victualed,
26 settled, mottled, mantled, rattled, wattled, pickled,
27 buckled, trickled, chuckled, cackled, cycled, shackled,
28 tinkled, wrinkled, heckled, offered, suffered, pilfered,
29 Alfred, Wilfred, Stamford, suited, seated, stuttered, stated,
30 usHered, clamoured, rumoured, hammered, simmered,
31 mannered, baffled, trifled, scuffled, snuffled, muffled,
32 ruffled, rifled, marshaled, initialed, paneled, tunneled,
33 channeled, kenneled, funneled, pillared, Pollard, dullard,
34 collared, colored, discolored, referred, deferred, celebrate,
35 Albert, filbert, box-wood, log-wood, firewood, greenwood,
36 Fleetwood, Collingwood.
(e) -ward AND -yard ARE EXPRESSED BY HALF-LENGTH w
AND HALF-LENGTH y RESPECTIVELY : —
1 backward, forward, onward, inward, upward, outward,
2 awkward, earthward, downward, Edward, southward,
3 leeward, rearward, reward, Woodward, wayward, backyard,
4 stockyard, dockyard, graveyard, halyard, Appleyard,
5 thwart.
(/) THE CONSONANTS m, n, I, AND r ARE HALVED AND
THICKENED FOR THE ADDITION OF d : —
1 mad, mid, amid, mud, made, aimed, seemed, steamed,
2 stemmed, palmed, primed, plumed, beamed, bloomed,
3 brimmed, timid, timidity, timed, trimmed, streamed,
4 deemed, dimmed, dreamed, chimed, gemmed, calmed,
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5 combed, skimmed, screamed, climbed, claimed, gummed,
6 begrimed, gleamed, famed, flamed, framed, thumbed,
7 thrummed, assumed, presumed, resumed, snamed,
8 SHammed, maimed, embalmed, numbed, named, lamed,
9 slammed, aRmed, disaRmed, unaRmed, unhaRmed, rammed,
10 rimmed, roamed, humid, humidity, hemmed, hummed,
11 need, annoyed, nod, owned, gnawed, send, sending, sand,
12 sound, signed, stoned, swooned, poisoned emblazoned,
13 designed, chastened, christened, glistened, fastened,
14 Gravesend, thousand, seasoned, moistened, crimsoned,
15 unending, Listened, Lessened, reasoned, resigned, wizened,
16 yearned, oLd, piLed, paLed, peaLed, paLLed, boiLed,
17 broiLed, bowLed, baLed, toiLed, tiLLed, tiLed, toLLed,
18 unsettLed, distiLLed, extoLLed, doLed, chiLLed, cajoLed,
19 kiLLed, skiLLed, scoLd, scaLd, queLLed, squeaLed, foiLed,
20 faiLed, feLLed, fieLd, veiLed, avaiLed, reviLed, maiLed,
21 mauLed, mouLd, untrammeLed, smiLed, naiLed, kneeLed,
22 annuLLed, anneaLed, snarLed, luLLed, raiLed, ruLed,
23 reeLed, imperiLed, bewaiLed, wieLd, heLd, hoLd, haLed,
24 yieLd, yeLLed, quaiLed, impeLLed, aiRed, soaRed, stoRed,
25 steeRed, peeRed, paiRed, despaiRed, imploRed, boRed,
26 baRd, tiRed, retiRed, bestiRRed, festeRed, daRed, adoRed,
27 chaRRed, jaRRed, injuRed, coRd, scoRed, scaRed, caRd,
28 cleaRed, secuRed, unsecuRed, fiRed, faRed, foRd, affoRd,
29 flooRed, veeRed, reveRed, SHaRed, assuRed, insuRed,
30 maRRed, mooRed, smeaRed, besmeaRed, manuRed, snoRed,
31 sneeRed, snaRed, haRd, heaRd, hoaRd, hi Red, acquiRed,
32 requiRed, inquiRed, squaRed, impaiRed.
(g) It is WRITTEN UPWARD, EXCEPT AFTER n, ng, w, OR kw :—
1 le^, late, lute, pelt, pelfe, spelt, pilot, belt, bells, bolt, bolts,
2 ballot, billed, bulled, bullefe, tilt, tilts, silt, stilt, stilts, wilt,
3 dolt, dolts, a.dult, dea.lt, delight, delude, dilutes, }ilt, ]olt,
4 jolfe, kilt, kilts, colt, cult, occult, Kellet , guilt, gulled, fauM,
5 faulfe, ielt, fillet, vault, vaults, revolt, rivulet, athlete,
6 athletes, assault, assaulfe, salute, salutes, gaslight, rusnlighf,
7 SHallo^, malt, melt, melts, omelet, amulet, gimlet, smelt,
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8 smel/s, hamlet, leafle/, lilt, staRligh/, relate, relates, halt,
9 hal/s, hilt, inLetf, sunLigh/, moonLigh^, kneL^, ringLe^,
10 dweL/, quiLt, quills.
(h) THE CONSONANTS mp AND ng, WHEN HOOKED INITIALLY
OR FINALLY MAY BE HALVED FOR / OR d : —
1 impugned, impound, impend, clambered, scampered,
2 lumbered, limbered, slumbered, rampart, ramparts,
3 whimpered, hampered, angered, anchored, tankard, tin-
4 kered, drunkard, conquered, fingered, lingered, hankered,
5 hungered.
EXERCISE 117.
The Halving Principle (continued).
See Note at the head of Exercise 116.
GRAMMALOGUES.
~ called, ^ cannot, _ could, ,_ great, ^ not, y short, P told,
T toward, ( that, ( without.
1 . Keep a strict eye upon the little poinfe ; see that they are
attended to, and you will be greeted as a man of tac/ and good
business habife. 2. BeaR in mind that devutedness to business
need not induce an aiR of crabbiness in any man. 3. Kindness
of heaRtf need not be kiLLed by astuteness of mind. 4. The
merchant who is easily annoyed is voted a nuisance, and is
seldom welcomed in any society. 5. There are men who have
fougli/ their way to forAine and conquered in spite of bodily
aiLmenfe, and yet have managed to retain a gen^Leness of
manner that endeaRs them to all who know them. 6. Why
should one's good feeLings be blunted by great success in life ?
7. See if you cannot be charitable, even while you are exact. 8.
Give people credit for good intentions, though you may aRgue
aboutf the price of their articles. 9. Be proud to own merit
wherever you find it ; and try to discover a bright spot in
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the blackest cloud. 10. Do not, in short, seek to discount the
happiness which may be youRs if you will onLy go a \\tt\e out
of youR way to find it. 11. You need not be told that a good
deed is a fount from which will spring pleasant though/s and
kindly memories. 12. You should try to act towards those
whom you are called upon to meet in business as, without doubt,
you desiRe them to act towards you. 13. How could it be said
that you deserved better treafrnen^ than you gave ? (254)
EXERCISE 118.
The Halving" Principle (continued).
See Note at the head of Exercise 116.
1. He cannot be called great who does less than his best in
any position of trust. 2. In short, he who could have done
more and did not, is not even an honest man. 3. That, I think,
goes almost without saying. 4. We do not always turn an eye
of delight toward those who have told us of our faults ; but you
know that the \\tt\e, hints / have ventured to give for youR
guidance have been written for youR good, and I have a great
faith in you, that you will see that they are turned to good
account. 5. I cannot think that you will make light of my
efforts, OR that they will be spurned by you as of little account
6. FaR from it. 7. I am certain that you will note the sen-
tences ; turn them over in youR mind, and if you find they
touch upon a fault that you have been guilty of, that you
will see to it that you are not caught again in the same net.
8. Am / not right, and have I not gauged youR intentions
accurately ? 9. / am glad to think that you agree. 10. / feaRed,
at first, that you might feel, annoyed, and that I should have
spaRed youR feeLings. 11. Let me, as an oLd man, add that
a good beginning goes a long way towards a good ending,
and that if you eaRnes/ly desiRe to amend youR faults you
should begin now. (240)
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EXERCISE 119.
The Halving- Principle (continued).
See Note at the head of Exercise 116.
1. We have been told by a learned man that without doubtf
the great faul/ of men is not to know where to stop ; not to be
satisfied in the possession of any modera/e acquiRemen/s ;
but to lose all we have gained in a greedy hunt for more. 2. The
statement was made as the result of maluRe thought and keen
stud}' of mankind, and its accuracy cannot, we feaR, be denied
for a moment 3. Have we not all heaRd of men of wealth
who have been reduced to extreme need in their oLd age through
the failuRe of some mad scheme which they entered into in
the hope of finding still greater wealth, and of thus extending
their poweR in the country ? 4. If their wiLd plans had
succeeded how much better off could these men have hoped
to be for the short time they had to remain in the world ? 5.
They hurried to find more, and they faiLed to hoLd that which
they had already saved. 6. They turned their eyes toward
a faLse light, and they were led astray. 7. The drunkard is
rightly called a madman ; but he is quite as mad who allows
his reason to be clouded by greed. (200)
EXERCISE 120.
The Halving Principle (continued).
See Note at the head of Exercise 116.
1 . It was Edmund Burke, a noted statesman and a profound
thinker, who said that the first accounts we have of mankind
are but so many accounts of their butcheries, and that all
empiRes have been cemented in blood. 2. He poin/s out
that it involved the sacrifice of many hundreds of thousands
of lives to spread the fame and found the name of one of the
mili/ary leaders whom the worLd looks upon as a grand hero.
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3. The disputes be/ween the ancient Greek states, he says,
foRm one of the most dreadful scenes in history ; and one
marvels to find that such a small spot was able to produce men
enough to sacrifice to the pitiful ambition of possessing five OR
six thousand more acres of land, OR a few more villages. 4.
Ye/, he adds, to see the acrimony and bitterness which entered
mto these disputes ; the aRmies which were cut off ; the fleets
that were sunk and burn/ ; the cities that were sacked, and
their peoples slaughtered and captived ; one migh/ be induced
to think that the decision of the fate of mankind, at least,
depended upon it. 5. But, he goes on to say, these disputes
ended, as all such have ever done, and ever will do, in a loss
of poweR by all parties ; a momentary SHadow and dream
of poweR in some one ; and the bending of all to the yoke of an
outsider, who knows how to profit by their divisions. 6. There
is no need, says Burke, to exaggerate these frigh/ful evils, and
he purposely avoids a SHOW of eloquence in laying these facts
baRe to the worLd. 7. And, cer/ainLy, we who read ac<;oun/s
of the torren/s of human blood which were sned by the fieRce
men of OLd, are bound to agree that exaggeration is not needed
to increase the hoRROR of the recital. (308)
EXERCISE 121.
The Halving1 Principle (continued).
See Note at the head of Exercise 116.
Mr. Edward Smart.
Dear SiR, — We enclose invoices in duplicate for the paten/
bed quiL/s kindly ordered on the fourth of October. We sen/
them /o-day, packed as you desiRed, to the Eas/ Dock, for
snipmen/ peR steameR " Madeline." We also enclose state-
men/ for the goods, discoun/ deducted, as requested. We
trust the quiL/s will have a rapid sale, resul/ing in a good profit,
and we hope the presen/ will be followed_by many similaR
transactions. YOURS faithfully, Alfred BroadhuRst and Sons.
(82)
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EXERCISE 122.
The Halving- Principle (continued).
See Note at the head of Exercise 116.
MCSSRS. Kelle# and Woodward.
Dear SiRs, — YOUR SHipmen/ of soft fel/ hate invoiced on the,
25th uL/imo came duly to hand, and as the goods exac^Ly
suited our customeRs we made very rapid sales and cleaRed
the \ot at good prices. We enclose our sight draft on Lloyds
Bank, to settle the amoun/ of youR account, and we shall be
obliged if you will kindly forward receipt peR return mail.
Referring to youR esteemed favor of the 20th uL/imo, we are
wai/ing on our friends who inquiRed abou* the emblazoned
prin/s, and we trust the pa/ferns you /orwarded may be found
to please them. We will write you the result of our efforts
in a few days. Will you kindly note that the twiLLed snee/s
as peR our indent, No. 56, need not be insuRed on youR side ?
YOURS truly, Maddox and Greenwood (145).
EXERCISE 123.
The Halving1 Principle (continued).
(a) HALF-SIZED t OR d is ALWAYS DISJOINED WHEN IMME-
DIATELY FOLLOWING THE CONSONANT t OR d.
In the following words, the syllable which is to be disjoined
is preceded by a hyphen : —
1 preci pita-ted, perpetra-ted, prostra-ted, protru-ded,
2 obtru-ded, oblitera-ted, tra-ded, tro-tted, trea-ted, ti-ded,
3 tou-ted, tri-den*, ta-tooed, too-ted, stru-tted, straigh-tened,
4 stri-den/, titra-ted, tigh-tened, atti-tude, toa-died,
5 situa-ted, da-ted, do-ted, edi-ted, doub-ted, do-tted,
6 drea-ded, dea-dened, de-tained, devasta-ted, denta-ted,
7 desidera-ted, dicta-ted, die-ted, die-teric, di-eterical,
8 depreda-ted, agita-ted, extra-dife, credi-ted, expectora-ted,
9 crepita-ted, crusta-ted, cogita-ted, expedi-ted, oxida-ted,
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10 sequestra-ted, frustra-ted, filtra-ted, effectua-ted, felicita-
11 ted, fluctua-ted, foreda-ted, vegeta-ted, estrea-ted,
12 imita-ted, amputa-ted, maltrea-ted, necessita-ted, anteda-
13 ted, inunda-ted, annota-ted, intru-ded, entrea-ted, intimida-
14 ted, illustra-ted, liquida-ted, elucida-ted, resuscita-ted,
15 rota-ted, retrea-ted, irrita-ted, rehabilita-ted, hesita-ted,
16 hydra-ted, super-abound, super-abundan/, super-
17 abundance, stra/i-fy, stra/i-fied.
(b) HALF-SIZED STROKE s MAY BE WRITTEN UPWARD AFTER
THE -/tOW HOOK WHERE NECESSARY, AS IN THE FOLLOWING
WORDS : —
1 liberationism, Salvationist, fashionis/, restorationis/, excur-
2 sionis/, progressionist, educationist, eLocutionis/.
The half-sized stroke s is written downward in the following
and similar words: —
1 passionis/, abolitionis/, prohibitionis/, evolutionist, revolu-
2 tionis/, obstructionist, protectionist, insurrectionist
(c) HALF-LENGTH UPWARD r MUST NOT STAND ALONE, NOR
WITH A FINAL CIRCLE ONLY ADDED.
The stroke t must, therefore, be written in such words as :—
1 rate, wrote, write, writes, rat, rats, roots, wrought, rout,
2 irate, orate, orates ;
But the half-length upward r may be employed in words
like the following : —
1 spor/, support, blurt, tart, start, satura/e, satura/es, satura/-
2 ing, dart, darts, darting, jura/, care/, skirt, skirts, clare/,
3 squirt, squirts, squirting, wheel-wrigh/, impart, imparts,
4 imparting, import, fort, forts, flirt, flirts, avert, averts,
5 averting, assort, assorts, assorting, sort, sorts, sorting,
6 mar/, mar/in, merit, merits, demerits, alert, lacera/e,
7 lacera/es, exhilara/es, ulcera/es, exert, exerts, exerting,
8 parro/, parro/s, Barre//, turret, indurate, exaggera/e,
9 chlora/e, garre/, garrets, ierret, ferre/s, smarten, smartened,
10 cellaret, collaret.
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(d) HALF-LENGTH UPWARD r MAY BE USED FOR rd IN
MONOSYLLABLES WHERE THE DOWNWARD FORM IS NOT
CONVENIENT, AS IN:—
1 Ian/, lain/, lured, leered, gored, gourd, glared, geared,
2 slurred.
(e) A HALF-LENGTH STROKE MUST NOT BE JOINED TO
ANOTHER STROKE UNLESS THERE is AN ANGLE AT THE POINT
OF JUNCTION.
In words like the following, the t or d must be written in full : —
1 popped, peeped, propped, pooped, probed, probate,
2 probatory, bobbed, bribed, judged, adjudged, cooked,
3 crooked, cracked, kicked, creaked, cricket, croaked,
4 caked, caulked, clicked, eclectic, clacked, croaked, cloaked,
5 clucked, cogged, clogged, quaked, squeaked, segregate,
6 gagged, fagged, flagged, flogged, fact, effect, suffocate,
7 pacificatory, afflict, deflect, flaked, infect, effectual,
8 fagot, navigate, vacate, evict, revoked, thicket, liked,
9 looked, licked, lacked, locked, slaked, select, dialect,
10 dialectic, dialectical, dislocate, disliked, silicate, sulked,
11 shelled, shield, milked, mulct, relict, frolicked, bulked,
12 bilked, harried, horrid, hurried, abhorred, adhered,
13 reheard, dehort, roared, reared, upreared, mirrored, weird,
14 award, worried, wearied, wired, propound, mapped,
15 mopped, mobbed, imbibed, masned, mesned, smasned,
16 lashed, slashed, polished, famisHed, ambusned, unblem-
17 isned, denote, slip-knot, topknot, obstinate, minute,
18 emanate, effeminate, laminate, abominate, promenade,
19 dominate, incriminate, discriminate, fuLminate, ruminate,
20 animate, inanimate.
(/) FINAL / OR d, WHEN FOLLOWED BY A SOUNDED VOWEL
MUST BE WRITTEN IN FULL : —
1 pity, pretty, putty, body, tattoo, treaty, dado, daddy,
2 chatty, Judy, Jeddo, Cato, Kitty, cotta, cutty, giddy, goody,
3 greedy, fatty, flighty, fruity, fifty, lofty, mufti, throaty,
4 hasty, smutty, mighty, middy, meadow, muddy, knotty,
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5 snanty, lattice, alto, party, dirty, charity, security, forty,
6 verity, variety, authority, assertive, temerity, hilarity,
7 rarity, wordy, weighty, witty, yeasty, absentee, needy,
8 windy, bandy, agenda, candy, SHindy, hardy, brandy,
9 sandy, haughty, jollity, unwieldy, quota, tardy, Florida.
(g) THE CONSONANTS l-d AND r-d MUST BE WRITTEN IN FULL,
IF A SOUNDED VOWEL COMES BETWEEN THE LETTERS : —
1 pallid, pillowed, ballad, bullied, outlawed, dallied, delayed,
2 delude, jellied, collide, collude, gullied, followed, valid,
3 valued, volleyed, invalid, sullied, solid, stolid, swallowed,
4 wallowed, willowed, shallowed, malady, mellowed, melody,
5 inlaid, unload, unloading, lad, led, lid, allowed, loud, lied,
6 rallied, relaid, waylaid, Valladolid, hallowed, hollowed,
7 holiday, High-road, parody, parried, burrowed, buried,
8 borrowed, tarried, tirade, deride, carried, corrode, scurried,
9 chloride, curried, gloried, furrowed, flurried, varied,
10 thyroid, Ethelred, arrayed, erode, sorrowed, storied,
11 serried, charade, married, narrowed, inroad, lurid, salaried,
12 pilloried, galleried, wearied, worried, queried, preparedness.
(h) MISCELLANEOUS WORDS IN WHICH THE HALVING
PRINCIPLE is APPLIED :—
1 widowed, Walford, Thwaifes, Tennan^, snetland, Portland,
2 Presco#, Nugent, mountain, Merton, Mainland, Madely,
3 London, candLe, scandaL, ChesterfieLd, Broadway, Bedford,
4 Atwood, Antony, zoned, yawned, recount, recoun/s, wooded,
5 worsnipped, wont, witnessed, withered, wickered, whooped,
6 whipped, watched, dead-weight, blood-hea/, volumed,
7 vivified, rarefied, visited, answered, visored, officered,
8 voidance, vindicate, vindicated, vendetta, veldt, invent,
9 inventory, Vandyke, valved, vaun/, vapid, vapidity,
10 vapored, vaciLLate, used, uttered, usurped, upstart,
11 uproot, behaved, upheaved, untutored, upbraid, unsound,
12 unsupported, unscathed, unraveled, relent, pestilent,
13 unpaved, unoffending, explained, undimmed, estimate,
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14 estimated, unshackled, twiLLed, twitched, toddled, turreted,
15 started, thwarted, twisted, tugged, tubed, turbid, turbidity,
16 trucked, trudged, traveLed, trawLed, trafficked, attracted,
17 sported, pirated, dirtied, skirted, garroted, tor/, retort,
18 distort, toned, entitled, thrashed, thrived, threaded, clapped,
19 thoughtful, though/Less, rivet, riveted, tattered, tasted,
20 attend, attendant, retained, distrained, attentive, atten-
21 lively, tumbled, stumbled, resembled, grumbled, replete,
22 risked, masked, whisked, talen/, Solen/, talented, tamarind,
23 unturned, taunting, taun/ingLy, symmetry, system, sys-
24 tema/ic, systema/ical, energetic, synthetical, syringed,
25 fringed, aRRanged, disaRRanged, strapped, strict, stric/ly,
26 swopped, swoRd, swoRdsman, switched, swif/, swif/Ly,
27 inked, blinked, clinked, banked, swaRmed, swathed,
28 suspend, appoint, appoin/ing, respiRed, suRmoun/, SUR-
29 mounts, sustained, survived, surcharged, supped, sunLi/,
30 suggested, succumbed, succored, subvert, subsisted, submit,
31 submitted, submerged, subjoined, subiugate, stemmed,
32 struggled, stopped, stocked, starched, parched, marched,
33 birched, squiRmed, speckled, spent, spend, spends, solved,
34 snoRt, snoRts, assoRtmen/, smiLed, slobbered, snapped,
35 smelted, pillaged, sleet, slightly, snu^ing, snouted, sheltered,
36 shaved, severed, serrated, sergeant, sergeants, sequestered,
37 servan/, observant, servants, infan/s, seceded, saved,
38 deceived, relieved, rodent, rodenfe, pardoned, riband,
39 resumed, presumed, aRRested, resignedLy, reputed, reseated,
40 report, reported, reporting, reports, rectify, rectified, reflect,
41 reflected, regimen/, regiments, ra/ify, gra/ify, gra/ified,
42 punt, pound, procuRed, problematic, portend, plastered,
43 posted, pacified, overcrowded, neighbored, muske/, mortaL,
44 maudlin, libera/e, liberated, knit, knitted, accoun/an/,
45 ingrained, insert, inserted, impolite, penitent, penitents,
46 habited, gripped, gladdened, genteeL, fortified, facilitate,
47 except, excepted, eliminated, e]ect, ejected, driLLed, delved,
48 decked, vanished, coRked, coasted, sampled, trampled,
49 acted, gutted, breadth, bounded, grounded, rounded,
50 wended, bigoted, SHun/, snun/s, approved, braved.
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(t) THE CONSONANTS m/> AND wg CANNOT BE HALVED
UNLESS THEY ARE HOOKED.
In the following and similar words the t or d must be written
in full :—
1 impute, ambit, ambidexter, embattle, embayed, embed,
2 embedding, embitter, imbued, crumpet, trumpet, gambit,
3 stampede, snampooed, pronged, banged, tongued, stringed,
4 clanged, fanged, thronged, hanged, longed, belonged,
5 prolonged, ringed, wronged, harangued.
EXERCISE 124.
The Halving1 Principle (continued).
See Note at the head of Exercise 116.
1. Not even the wisest and most prudent merchant can
predict an absolute certainty of gain for a new venture. 2. He
cannot be exac/Ly certain that things will faLL out just as he
hopes, and that s ales will result as readily and as profitably as
he may desiRe. 3. In short, he must risk a great deal in spite
of all his foresight, and without risk he cannot hope to succeed.
4. We are told that some of those gifted and successfuL men
toward whom we turn for guidance and advice have been
guilty of the same business CRRORS that we have faLLen into ;
but they learned to avoid them, so that they could not be caugh/
repeatedly in the same snaRe. 5. And this is one of the great
Lessons we are catted upon to learn from these cleaR minded
men, who have made their way and won fortunes in spite of
obstacles that might easily have daunted men of less ability
and breadth of mind. 6. In fact, / daRe say it is true to
state that the successes of some of these men were ac/ually
scoRed through, OR on account of, the very obstacles which
appeaRed to baR their way, but which their resolute heaR/s
deteRmined should not stop their forward career. 7. They
ielt a positive cleligh/ in measuring their poweRs against the
troubles that rose up in fron^ of them ; and they conquered
these troubles, not so much on account of the wealth they migli/
WRITING EXERCISES 139
gain there-by, but for the reason that they declined to admit
that they could be beaten at the first effort to climb the ladder
of fortune. 8. To parody an oLd saying, " It is better to have
tried and ia.ii.ed, than not to have tried at all." (290)
EXERCISE 125.
The Halving1 Principle (continued).
See Note at the head of Exercise 116.
1. A certain professor has pointed out that a baby learns
more rapidly than the most gifted schoLar, trained and educated
in the Highes/ seminaries in the land. 2. Is it not amazing
in how short a time Baby gets to know a great deal about the
mighty worLd in which he has so recency landed ? 3. He
finds he is surrounded by friends whom lie does not know,
and by things which are enflRely strange to him. 4. Yet he
and his friends are soon acquainted, and he seldom faiLs to
greet them on their appearance. 5. His eyes are turned
swif^Ly backward and forward, upward and downward, in the
room in which he is placed. 6. He has some/imes an appa-
ren/ly though/ful look, as though he were mentally noting the
many and varied articles presented to his view. 7. He sees and
knows his paren/s the moment they step into the room, and his
\\tt\o, hands are lifted upward toward the one who should lift him
from his cot. 8. He will just as readily resent the attentions
of those who have, as he thinks, intru-ded upon him, OR trea-ted
him unkindly. 9. Then, as the professor has intima-ted, Baby
must learn to find his way in safety about the stree/s of the
town OR the lanes of the country place in which he lives. 10. All
the things he sees must be written indelibly upon his mind,
named and ticketed, as *'/ were, rooted a«d fixed so fiRmly
in his brain that they will remain there while memory enduRes.
11. Try to estimate the quantity of facts which Baby Aas to
get hoLd of ; note the short time in which he does it ; and then
imagine the state of mind of a grown man who was obliged to
face the same task. (294)
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EXERCISE 126.
The Halving- Principle (continued).
See Note at the head of Exercise 116.
MCSSRS. Stamford and Martin.
Dear SIRS, — We are greatly obliged by youR favor of the
10th instant, and, as requested, we enclose a copy of our
illustra-ted ca/alogue of our patent short wind watches in
plated metal cases. We cannot say how deeply we regret
that our traveLLer has not yet called upon you, and that you have
been put to the trouble of writing us. We have told him to call
upon you without faiL on his visit to youR town toward the end
of October. He could easily have snown you samples of the
goods named in the enclosed list, and you could have judged
better the value of them, had he called last month, as we oRdered
him. We shall be pleased to forward you an assoRtmen^ of
any of the watches included in the list, and we can assuRe
you that they are absolu/ely reliable goods. YOURS faithfully,
Godfrey Maddox and Sons. (156)
EXERCISE 127.
The Halving- Principle (concluded).
See Note at the head of Exercise 116.
Mrs. Wood.
Dear Madam, — We regret that we cannot supply a match for
the High grade tea service referred to in youR note of Saturday
last, at such very short notice. We can readily manage it
toward the end of the present month, if you can aRRange to do
without it un^L then. Our Mr. Blackwood called on the makers
last Monday, and urged upon them the necessity of the case ;
but he was told that it was simply not possible to make the
plates sooner. We have great faith in the expressed desiRe
of the fiRm to oblige us, as the transactions beAveen them and us
are very extensive. If you are in town to-morrow we shall be
glad if you will kindly give us a call. We are, Madam, YOURS
faithfully, Blackwood and MayfieLd. (136)
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EXERCISE 128.
The Double-Length Principle.
In this Exercise, and in Exercises 129 to 133 inclusive, the
italic type indicates (in words other than grammalogues
or contractions) the letter or syllable which is to be
doubled in length.
(a) CURVED CONSONANTS ARE DOUBLED IN LENGTH FOR
THE ADDITION OF tr, dr OR thr (HEAVY) : —
1 fatter, fetter, fitters, father, fatherly, /ather-in-Law, father-
2 land, /atherless, floater, flatter, flitters, flutter, fluters,
3 sifter, sifters, swifter, softer, fighter, freighter, fritter,
4 voter, voters, thither, thitherward, aster, asters, faster,
5 easterly, ylwsterlitz, oyster, oysters, sister, sisters, sisterly,
6 sisterhood, sister-in-Law, Zuyder Zee, snatter, snatters,
7 scattering, snutter, snooter, snooters, matter, matters,
8 swatter, smattereR, meter, meters, motor, motors, matter,
9 mt'tre, switer, mowther, mother, motherly, mothers, neater,
10 knitter, natter, wither, neuter, another, enter, enters,
11 centre, centres, entering, centering, centraL, centralize,
12 centralizing, centralization, centric, centrical, enteritis,
13 enteric, saunter, saunters, sauntering, sunder, SunderLand,
14 sender, senders, cinder, CindereLLa, senator, lighter,
15 lighters, loiter, loiters, latter, letter, letters, litter, later,
16 litre, slighter, slater, s/aters, s/aughter, s/aughters, alter,
17 alters, altering, alterable, altarcloth, psalter, Walter,
18 welter, welters, wilder, w'/derness, swelter, halter, order,
19 orders, orderly, ardour, sorter, sorters, herder, hoarder.
(6) DOUBLE-LENGTH CURVES (CONTINUED) : —
1 shifter, lifter, lifters, laughter, re/wter, renters, grand-
2 father, provider, providers, coveter, coveters, invader,
3 invtter, invt'ters, elevator, elevators, excavator, riveter,
4 riveters, sem'tor, Zoroaster, peashooter, pulsometer,
5 diameter, gas-meter, chronometer, cyclometer, thermometer,
6 remoter, remitter, grandmother, stepmother, godmother,
7 grand/ather, presenter, pleasanter, absenter, dissenter,
8 dissenters, decentraLize, decentraLization, accentor,
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9 eccentric, eccentrical, dysenteric, declinator, declinators,
10 venerator, re-enter, re-enters, palter, pa/ters, spe/ter,
1 1 po//wter, bui/der, bui/ders, bolder, bi/ateral,ti/ter, tabu/ator,
12 idolater, idolaters, diluter, adulator, dilator, ]olter, collator,
13 scai-der, gilder, gilders, fa/ter, fa/tering, fa/teringLy,
14 defau/ter, vaulter, revo/ter, stockho/der, leaseho/der,
15 househo/der, scrip-ho/der, gas-ho/der, stipu/ator, stimn-
16 lator, smelter, mutilator, moulder, smoulder, smou/dering,
17 beholder, accumu/ator, dissimu/ator, emulator, modulator,
18 insulator, insulators, insulter, annini/ator, re/ater, holder,
19 qui/ter, ambulator, porter, supporter, exporter, importer,
20 barter, border, borderer, borderers, boarder, Tartar,
21 tartaric, starter, darter, disorder, charter, charterer,
22 assorter, smarter, snorter, hurter, imparter, assertor,
23 resonator, wasH-/eather, Jacobs-/adder, mis/eader, breech-
24 loader, muzzle-Zoader, ringleader, backslider.
(c) DOUBLE-LENGTH CURVES (CONTINUED ) :—
1 fender, fenders, offenders, fonder, founder, finder, bell-
2 founder, vendor, vendors, inventor, inventors, lavender,
3 thunder, thunders, thunderer, asunder, snunter, snuntcrs,
4 mender, mentor, mentors, iomenter, cementer, minder,
5 reminder, reminders, remainder, mounter, suRmounter,
6 anomter, anotnters, lander, islander, islanders, slander,
7 slender, cylinder, cylinders, cy&ndric, cy/tndrical, engender,
8 calendar, calendered, Highlander, low/ander, impounder,
9 imponderable.
(d) STRAIGHT LETTERS, WHEN FINALLY HOOKED, ARE
DOUBLED IN LENGTH FOR THE ADDITION OF tr OR o> :—
1 painter, painters, pander, panders, spender, spenders,
2 planter, splinter, splinters, supplanter, splendor, ponder,
3 ponderable, pounder, pointer, banter, banters, bantering,
4 oanteringLy, oantereR, oender, binder, bounder, brander,
5 blunder, blundereR, Wwnderbuss, 6/wndering, Wwnderhead,
6 blender, absconder, taunter, taunters, tender, tendering,
7 ft'nder, attainder, slander, s/anders, Tranter, dander,
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8 chanter, chanters, gender, jointer, canter, canters, kinder,
9 counter, counters, seconder, gander, ganders, grander,
10 granter, grunter, squinter, squander, squanders, squandering
11 squandereR, ranter, ranters, render, surrender, surrenders,
12 surrendereR, rounder, rounders, wander, wandereR, wanders
13 winter, winterly, winters, wonder, wonders, winder, yonder,
14 hunter, hunters, hinder, hindereR, hindermost, hinders,
15 haunter, depender, decanter, engender, encownters, African-
16 der, suspender.
(e) STRAIGHT LETTERS, WHEN FOLLOWING ANOTHER STROKE,
ARE DOUBLED IN LENGTH FOR THE ADDITION OF tr OR dr : —
1 paper-ctttter, paritor, apparitor, play-writer, play -writers,
2 porterage, preceptor, predictor, presfryter, prevaricator,
3 procurator, prognosticate^ projector, propagator, pros-
4 pector, protector, protectors, protractor, operator,
5 operators, backbiter, banqueter, barrator, bespatter,
6 abnegator, abductor, abstractor, obstructer, objector,
7 objectors, obturator, tractor, transactor, twitter, twittering,
8 typewriter, typewriters, attractor, educator, dedicator,
9 defecator, dejector, deprecator, depurator, dessicator,
10 detractor, dictator, disputer, dissector, disswader,
11 distributer, diverter, duplicator, adapter, adductor,
12 adulterator, eductor, edulcorator, chapter, chaff-cwtter,
13 gesticw/ator, adjudicator, cantor, curator, castigator,
14 extractor, exhibitor, acceptor, executor, exonerator,
15 exacfer, expurgator, explicator, expecter, garroter, glass-
16 cwtter, fabricator, fore&oder, averter, vindicator, stricter,
17 spectre, speculator, subjugator, subtracter, supplicator,
18 suspecter, aspirator, moderator, mitigator, man-hater,
19 masquerader, em&roider, emena'ator, imitator, emancipator,
20 nectar, news-writer, nomenc/ator, numerator, annotetor,
21 anticipator, inceptor, indicator, inductor, inflicter,
22 instigator, investigator, inspector, inspectors, lubricator,
23 letter-writer, liberator, celefcrator, liquidator, eLector,
24 eLectoraL, aLLigator, elaborator, illustrator, reflector,
25 rector, rectors, reiwtter, recuperator, refrigerator, rejecter,
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26 reverter, roMor, aRbitoztor, eRector, wood-cutter, stone-
27 cutter, Hector.
(/) IN COMMON WORDS -ture MAY BE INDICATED BY MAKING
THE PRECEDING STROKE DOUBLE-LENGTH :—
1 feature, features, future, futures, signature, adventure,
2 adventures, adventureR, adventuresome, adventurous,
3 adventurously, adventuress, picture, pictures, picture-book,
4 picture-frame, depicture, disru/>ture.
(g) THE CONSONANT mp is DOUBLED IN LENGTH FOR THE
ADDITION OF r. THE CONSONANT ng is DOUBLED IN LENGTH
FOR THE ADDITION OF kr OR gr : —
1 pamper, pimpernel, pumper, plumper, bumper, Bam&er,
2 tamper, temper, timber, attemper, attem/>erment,
3 temperament, distemper, damper, cham&er, chamberlain,
4 cham&ermaid, jumper, camber, Cumberland, vamper,
5 thumper, simper, simpereR, sombre, stumper, stamper,
6 amber, am&ergris, ember, umber, Hum&er (tick h), snrinker
7 (shring-ker), snanker, (shang-ker), longer (long-ger).
(h) AFTER INITIAL /, dr OR thr is EXPRESSED BY THE
HOOKED FORMS ] , ) , AND NOT BY DOUBLING THE LENGTH
OF THE /. SIMILARLY, AFTER /, sh, m, THE SYLLABLE dr is
EXPRESSED BY ], AND NOT BY DOUBLING THE LENGTH OF
THE /, sh OR m.
The double-length principle, therefore, is not used in the
following or similar words.
1 alder, alderman, elder, elderly, Alderley, older, ladder,
2 leader, louder, slider, lather, leather, Lowther (/ up),
3 Luther (I up), feeder, fodder, SHedder, madder, Modder.
(*') THE PAST TENSE OF VERBS ENDING IN tr, dr, thr, mpr OR
IS EXPRESSED BY THE HALVING PRINCIPLE : —
1 en-tered, cen-tred, ma-ttered, mu-ttered, pond-eRed,
2 pand-eRed, splint-eRed, bant-eRed, tend-eRed, engen-deRed,
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3 cant-eRed, squand-eRed, encount-eRed, fla-ttered, fea-
4 thered, floun-dered, thun-dered, sun-dered, sna-ttered,
5 smo-thered, saun-tered, cin-dered, al-tered, fal-tered,
6 smoul-dered, sland-eRed, calend-eRed, oR-dered, disoR-
7 dered, chaR-tered, rend-ered, surrend-ered, wond-ered,
8 wand-ered, wint-ered, hind-ered, Hec-tored, pam-pered,
9 tam-pered, tem-pered, tim-bered, sim-pered, advent-tmed.
(See Exercises on the Halving Principle for further illustra-
tions.)
(/) THE DOUBLE-LENGTH PRINCIPLE CANNOT BE EMPLOYED
IN WORDS LIKE THE FOLLOWING, WHERE FlNAL Y IS
FOLLOWED BY A SOUNDED VOWEL : —
1 pant-ry, splin-tery, pal-try, bound-ary, chan-try, gen-try,
2 second-ary, quand-ary, fla-ttery, fea-thery, vo-tary,
3 invent-ory, thund-ery, sun-dry, sen- try, cin-dery, mo-thery,
4 smoul-dry, en-try, dysen-tery, pleasan-try, lott-ery, sul-try,
5 desult-ory, ul-tra, wint-ry, hunt-ress.
EXERCISE 129.
Double-Length Principle (continued).
See Note at the head of Exercise 128.
1. Small matters sometimes turn men into disputers and
debaters, and once started they may linger 1-onger than is
desirable on awkward topics. 2. Then they do not like to
surrender their notions to counter aRguments. 3. / have
often encounteRed instances of heated discussions, the results
of which mattered not a straw to anybody. 4. In the case
of ill-tempered people, these debates may soon engender a
disposition to quaRRel, and change the debaters into fighters
willing to slaughter one another. 5. It is easily done, if one
man looks upon another as a starter OR instigator of trouble.
6. A muttered syllable ; a half muttered retort ; even an
altered tone of voice — may act like a spark faLLing on gun-
powder, and cause an explosion. 7. Then may follow charges
io— (27)
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of slander ; accusations of blunder, and possibly of plunder
OR of pandering to others ; and the result is disorder and upset
all round. 8. You can readily picture to youRself how such
trouble might begin in the discussion of a very simple watter.
9. If, then, you are a participator in a debate look to youR
temper, and take care not to be a snouter OR brawleR. (189)
EXERCISE ISO.
Double-Length Principle (continued).
See Note at the head of Exercise 128.
1. The rector appeaRed to ponder a while, and as he pondeRed
his features relaxed into a kinder and milder expression.
2. Then he spoke as follows : The man who can restrain his
temper and curb his anger is a greater victor than the fighter
who is able to subdue his physical foe. 3. And so, let not
thy temper prevaiL over thee, but smother it eRe it blaze
forth to thy sname. 4. Pander not unduly to thy tastes ;
for many a man's hopes have been SHattered through his
appetite being stronger than his will. 5. It takes but a tiny
stimu/ator to restart a fiRe that is smou/dering. 6. BaRter
not thy future peace for a present folly. 7. A prudent liver
will be a provider for the future, as well as a spender for the
present. 8. The instigator of plunder is as guilty as he who
has plundeRed. 9. A tender appeal may touch a wandereR
as foRcibly as an ill-tempered threat. 10. A disoRdered
house will not win a man from his club. 11. The neater the
home, the swifter will be the return of the husband. 12. Not
everyone who has loitered has delayed. 13. LaugAter does
not always prove joy ; nor does a teaR in all cases SHOW pain.
14. Seven feet of earth will prove enough at last for the biggest
househo/der. 15. The loudest SH outers are seldom found
in the centre of a fight. 16. He who has slandeRed his neigh-
bour is a defrauder of the worst kind. 17. He who has blun-
deRed, and not seen his fault, has blundeRed in vain. 18. The
wheels of life run more smoothly if assisted by the kindness
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of one toward another ; for sympathy is a rare lubricator.
19. He who surrenders his will to an evil habit is fettered in the
strongest chains. (291)
EXERCISE 131.
Double-Length Principle (continued).
See Note at the head of Exercise 128.
1. The first month in the calendar derives its name
from Janus, an ancient king of Italy, who was raised to the
altar by the leaders of the Romans (upward R) and worsnipped
as a god by those ido/aters. 2. He was said to be possessed of
attributes of a nigh o#der, and was snown seated in the centre
of a dozen altars. 3. His statue had a couple of faces, one of
which was supposed to be that of an elderly sage, who, in the
winter of his days, loitered for a while 1-onger between
the worLd of the past and the world of the future. 4. The
Romans were great fighters, and were the subjugators of many
peoples ; they possessed in their senators men whose names
were rendered famous by their wisdom ; yet they were very
credulous in matters of worsnip. 5. They rarely pondeRed
upon the absurdities put forward by the instigators OR origina-
tors of new foRms of heathen worsnip, but surrendered their
minds without hesitation to their leaders in such matters.
6. They thought the god Janus looked back to the worLd
as it was CRC the thunders and rain of the deluge had snattered
its splendour and for a time turned it into a wilderness and
disorder. 7. The other face of the statue wore another
expression. 8. It was smoother and milder in appearance,
suggestive of a youth who looked forward eagerly and hopefully
to the /«ture. 9. This was to indicate the poweR of the god
to foresee events which were yet to happen. 10. And so the
Romans turned to Janus as their defender against future
disasters, as well as their protector in present encounters.
11. He was the ho/der of the key by which aLone entrance
could be obtained to the other gods ; so that all prayeRs to them
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were tendeRed through him. 12. His chamber was the
temple of peace. 13. Its dooRs were closed in times of
peace, and open at other times. 14. The temper and military
ardour of the Roman people may be judged from the fact
that the temple of Janus was onLy SHut three times in seven
centuries. (347)
EXERCISE 132.
Double-Length Principle (continued).
See Note at the head of Exercise 128.
MCSSRS. Poster and Bawoer.
Dear SIRS, — In answer to youR /etter of the 2nd instant, re
MCSSRS. Anderson and Chambers, we are happy to be able to
report most favourably of our friends. The fiRm is a tho-
roughly well-founded one. They are inventors of the well-
known automatic knitter which beaRs their name, and in
which they do a big business as exporters. They are also
patentees of macninery for /etterpress printers and type
mou/ders. Mr. Anderson is a snaReho/der in a bui/ders'
and decorators' supply stoRes, in Cumberland. Mr. Chambers
is part proprietor of the immense wharf on the river side heRe.
The signature of either of them is good enough for faR more
than you name. We have seldom encounteRed kinder OR
more straightforward people. YOURS faithfully, Hunter and
Mather. (132)
EXERCISE 133.
Double-Length Principle (concluded).
See Note at the head of Exercise 128.
Mr. Walter Winter.
Dear SiR, — YOUR /etter re Mr. ARthur Tranter duly received.
We had a couple of small orders for lettered counterpanes
from him last winter, and in both cases he paid ready casn.
We wonder why he gave you our name, and, we think he has
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blundeRed in referring to us, instead of to others who may
have known him 1-onger. We regret we are unable to render
you more assistance in this matter, but on such sender grounds
we cannot say more about Mr. Tranter. We may possibly
do better on some future occasion. YOURS truly, Wiwter-
bourne Brothers. (101)
EXERCISE 134.
Contractions.
\ objection, \ destruction, V better than, '^ more
than, ^^ rather than, ^^ rather or writer, I difficulty^
L doctrine, ' * impossible, ^f inconsistent, ^f inconsistency,
)
influential, --^^ uninfluential, ^ information.
My dear Alexander, — Do you know anything of the doctrine
that there is latent in all men a love of conquering difficulties,
and that this more than anything else accounts for the victories
achieved by writers and others against seemingLy impossibl
odds ? If you are aware of this doctrine, it is rather strange
that you do not try to aRouse the latent foRce, and strive to
master youR objection to regular habits of study. You should
give up youR inconsistency, and endeavour in the future to
avoid those inconsistent ways which have maRRed youR efforts
in the past, and which can onLy result in the destruction of
youR hopes to occupy an influential position in the worLd.
You should make any sacrifice rather than allow youRself to be
mastered by every little difficulty that you may encounter in
youR attempts to increase youR information and extend youR
knowledge. Besides, you know it is rather dangerous to acquiRe
irregular habits ; for they grow upon one, and the longer
they are indulged in the greater' will be the difficulty of conquer-
ing them. Try then to rid youRself of the lethargy which now
troubles you, and which keeps you in an uninfluential position.
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The task is not an impossible one, and the triaL will serve
better than anything else to SHOW the metal you are made of.
Success will mean a good deal to you. It will eaRn for you
the respect of others ; it will strengthen youR character ; and
it will certainLy brighten youR prospects in life. Very truly
youRS, Walter Winter. (260)
EXERCISE 135.
Vocalization of PI, Pr, etc.
A small Circle is used to indicate the vowels ah, d, e, a, e, i,
between a stroke consonant and the / or r expressed by an
initial hook. In this Exercise the italic letter indicates
that the vowel should be expressed by a smair circle.
(a) FIRST-PLACE VOWELS ah AND a : —
1 palpable, palpitate, palpitation, paragraph, paragraphic,
2 parallel, paralleLed, parallelism, Paramatta, paramount,
3 parcel, parceLed, parley, parleyed, parloR, parquetry,
4 parsley, partake, partaker, partner, partnersnip, partook,
5 barley, barm, barometer, barometric, barometrical, target,
6 targeteer, Tarleton, Tarporley, dark, darken, darkness,
7 darkened, darkener, darker, darling, depart, department,
8 departer, departuRe, durbar, challenge, challenged,
9 challenger, charm, charming, charmed, charlock, charmeR,
10 charnel, charcoal, jargon, jargonelle, Jacquard, calcify,
11 calcine, calcination, calcinable, caligraphic, caligraphy,
12 calisthenics, Calvinist, Calcutta, Caldscott, Calvary,
13 Calvert, kaleidoscope, chaldee, carbon, carbonic, carboni-
14 ferous, carbuncle, cardinal, cardinalate, caricatuRe,
15 caricatuRed, caricaturist, carmen, carnage, carnation,
16 carnival, carnivorous, carpenter, carpet, cartage, carter,
17 cartoon, incarcerate, incarnation, recalcitrant, galvanic,
18 galvanize, galvanized, garden, gardener, ungwarded, regard,
19 disregard, gargle, gargoyle, fgarlick, garland, garment,
20 garner, garnisn, garniSHee, garter, varnish, varnishing,
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21 varnisner, snark, snarp, snarpen, snarply, snarp-sighted,
22 cnarlatan, amalgam, amalgamate, amalgamation, marl,
23 marlaceous, marline, marmalade, marmot, martyr,
24 martyred, martyrdom, martyrology, analytic, analytical,
25 narcissus, narcotic, narrate, narrated, narration, narrative,
26 narrator, anarchy, anarchic, anarchist, gnarL, gnarLed.
(b) SECOND-PLACE VOWELS a AND e : —
1 perambulate, perambulator, perceive, perceptible, percep-
2 tion, percolate, percussion, peregrinate, peregrine, perfect,
3 perfected, perfecter, perfection, perfectly, perfidy, perforate,
4 perforation, perforator, perimeter, perjure, perjurer,
5 permanence, permanent, permit, permission, pernicious,
6 perpetrate, perpetra-ted, perplex, perquisite, persevere,
7 persist, persistent, person, personate, personator, personal,
8 personalty, perspicacious, perspire, persuade, persuasion,
9 pervade, perverse, perversity, perverter, Belgrade, Belgrave,
10 Berlin, Berksnire, Bermondsey, Bermudas, Bernard,
11 Bernardine, telegram, telegraph, telegraphed, telegraphic,
12 telegraphy, telephone, telephonic, telescope, telescopic,
13 term, terminus, termagant, terminable, terminal, terminate,
14 termination, delegate, delegated, delegation, deliberate,
15 deliberation, deliberative, deliberator, delicate, delicacy,
16 derelict, derogate, derogatory, dermal, Chelsea, Che/msford,
17 Cheltenham, cherub, cherubim, chirp, chair, chaired,
18 chairman, careless, carelessly, Jeremy, Jeremiah, Jericho,
19 Jerome, Jersey, germ, German, Germany, Germanic,
20 GeraRd, germane, germinal, germinate, germicide, kernel,
21 kerchief, Kersey, Kersnaw, Kirkdale, Kirkby, kirtle,
22 experiment, gird, girder, girdle, girdled, girl, girlisn,
23 Gertrude, ferment, fermentation, fertile, fertility, fertilize,
24 fertilization, fervent, fervour, verb, verbal, verbose,
25 verbosity, virgin, virtue, virtuous, virulent, virulence,
26 verduRe, verger, vermin, verminous, versatile, versify,
27 versus, vertebra, vertebrate, vertical, averse, thermometer,
28 thermoscope, thermic, thirsty, thirstily, Thirsk, shelf,
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29 shellac, shelves, egg-shell, oyster-shell, book-shelf, nut-
30 shell, snirk, snerbet, mercantile, merceR, mercury, meretri-
31 cious, mermaid, Knaresborough, nerve, nervous, nervousLy,
32 enerve, debonair, doctrinaire, atmospheric, atmospherical.
33 hemispheric, aRm-chair, easy-chair, elbow-chair.
(c) THIRD-PLACE VOWELS e AND i : —
1 pilgrim, pilgrimage, pyramid, pyramidical, pyrometer,
2 dilapidate, dilapidation, dilapidated, direction, director,
3 directorate, directory, children, chilblain, chirrup,
4 chirruped, cheereR, cheerful, cheerily, cheerless, Kilkenny,
5 KildaRe, Kilmarnock, engineer, engineered, engineering,
6 veneer, veneered, veneering, buccaneer, CHiffonier,
7 scrutineer, Belvedere, mutineer, atmosphere, hemisphere,
8 photosphere, philosophy, philosopheR, philosophic, Thirl-
9 mere, Windermere, Tranmere, enshield, nearness, rebwild,
10 Aboukir.
EXERCISE 136.
Vocalization of PI, Pr, etc. (continued).
To show that a dash vowel is to be read between a stroke
consonant and an initial hook, write the vowel -sign through
the consonant. Where necessary a first-place vowel may
be written at the beginning, and a third-place vowel at the
end of the stroke consonant. In this Exercise, the italic
letter indicates that the vowel is to be treated as here
explained.
(2) FIRST-PLACE DASH VOWELS : —
1 porcelain, politic, political, politician, tolerate, tolerated,
2 toleration, tolerance, tolerant, intolerant, torment, tor-
3 menter, tormented, torture, tortuRer, dormant, dormeR,
4 dormitory, dorsal, George, Georgetown, collaborate,
5 collaborator, collect, collector, collective, collection,
6 collectively, college, colony, colonize, colonization, corduroy,
7 corner, cornet, cornice, Cornisn, corollate, corporal, corpora-
8 tion, corporate, corpulent, corpulence, correct, correction,
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9 corrective, correlation, correspond, corresponded, corre-
10 spondent, correspondence, corridoR, corrigible, incorrigible,
11 corroborate, corrupt, corruption, corruptible, Golgotha,
12 gorgeous, gormandize, GorgonzoLa, Gordon, forbad, forsake,
13 former, formerly, forwarder, forwardness, vortex, vortical,
14 vorticel, Althorp, snort, snorten, snortened, SHortening,
15 SHorthand, SHorthoRn, snort-lived, snortness, SHortsighted,
16 moral, morality, moralize, Morley, Mormon, mormonite,
17 morsel, mortar, mortgagee, mortgagor, Minorca, remorse,
18 remorseful, north, normal, abnormal, Norman, Norseman,
19 northerLy, northern, northerneR, northward, north-west,
20 Norway, Norfolk, Northallerton, Northampton, Northrop,
21 Norwood, Northumberland, Norwich, auRiform, cubiform.
(o) SECOND-PLACE DASH VOWEL : —
1 portray, portrait, portraituRe, purblind, purchase, purga-
2 tory, purl, purlieu, purloin, purloineR, purple, purseR,
3 tubipore, pulmonary, pulse-glass, repulsive, repulsing,
4 burgess, burgher, burglaR, burglary, burgomaster, Bur-
5 gundy, burly, burlesque, Burmese, bursaR, bursary, bold,
6 boldLy, bold-ness, Baltimore, tuberculous, tubgrculaR, Turk,
7 Turkey, Twrkisn, turmoil, turner, turnip, turpentine,
8 turpitude, turtle, matador, dulcify, deport, deportment,
9 church, churchman, churl, churlisn, churlisnness, journal,
10 journalize, journey, joztrneymen, coarse, coarsely, coarse-
11 ness, coarser, coarsest, curdle, curdy, curly, curLed,
12 curmudgeon, curricle, curriculum, cursed, cursory, cursive,
13 discursive, curtail, curtaiLed, curtain, curtsey, curtly,
14 court, courtly, curve, curved, curvet, scurvy, scurvily,
15 scurrile, scurrilous, scurrility, scurf, courage, courageous,
16 discouraged, encourage, colonel, colonelcy, coldisn, colder,
17 coldly, coldness, culminate, culprit, culpable, cultivate,
18 cultivator, cultivation, cultuRe, culvert, sculptor, occur,
19 occurrence, recourse, inculpate, goldsmith, goldplate,
20 marigold, gurgle, fulgent, fulgency, vulnerable, vulture,
21 forepart, fore^nore, snoreditch, forestall, forefather, fore-
22 taste, forethought, forge, forger, furbish, furL, furnace,
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23 fwrnisH, fwrniture, fwrze, farther, furthermore, bifwrcate,
24 bifurcation, thwrl, Thursday, seasnore, leesnore, mwrder,
25 murdered, mwrdereR, rrmrmur, murmured, Blackmore,
26 Dunmore, claymore, sycamore, counciL-board, nwllify,
27 nwllity, nullification, penwltimate, nwrse, nwrsery,
28 nwrseLing, nwrsed, splasn-board.
(c) THIRD-PLACE DASH VOWEL : — •
1 whirLpool, school, schools, schoolmate, schoolman, school-
2 girl, school-board, boarding-school, foolscap, fwlftl, fulfilled,
3 fwlMment, baSHfwl, brocnwre, cheertul, cupfwl, swre,
4 swrety, troubadowr. •
(d) DIPHTHONGS, TREATED IN THE SAME WAY AS THE
DASH VOWELS : —
1 child, childhood, clw'ldisH, childisnly, chzldisHness,
2 prefecture, temperatwre, lectwre, lectwred, literature,
3 limatwre, legislatwre, moistwre, armatwre, nomenclatwre,
4 strictwre, structwre, nwrtwre, nwrtwred, scwlptwre, scwlp-
5 twred, fixtwre, textwre, impostwre, mixtwre, admixtwre,
6 arboriculture, horticulture, horticulturist, floriculture,
7 cwrvatwre, captwre, captwred, raptwre, enraptured, figwre,
8 disfigz^red, figuration, rupture, ruptwred, featured, fracture,
9 fractwred, pictwred, ligatwre.
EXERCISE 137.
Vocalization Of PI, PP, etc. (continued).
See Note at the head of Exercises 135 and 136.
1. He who is most fond of challenges may be the most
vulnerable in the fight. 2. Father Time is the most remorse-
less mortgagee, who cannot be smrked, and who forgets not
the day of reckoning, persuade him how we may. 3. The
worLd is indeed a haRd school, and a man needs to be watchfwl,
OR he will faLL to the bottom o/ his class. 4. And yet in the
midst of all the cowrtly varnish we see there is to be found
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a great deal that is honest and genuine. 5. In a great measure,
we make the atmosphere through which we regard others, and
we may be the culprits sometimes though we blame them.
6. Illusions are but charming toys for children of all ages,
from the child on nwrse's knee to the oLd man in the corner.
7. And so every burly boy may be a hero, and every delicate
gtrl may be a beauty. 8. It is perfectly true to say that many
a man's failuRe may be traced to a win on a racecourse. 9. A
heaRt that is proof against the charms of literature may be
touched by the charms of vocal music, if rendered by a culti-
vated singeR. 10. Those who say they have no scope for the
exercise of their energies have either little energy to exercise,
OR little courage to exercise it. 11. An able man will not
tolerate the torment of inactivity. 12. No fact that we learn
is ever utterly forgotten. 13. It is parcelled up, in a manner
and put away ; but the mere mention of some person OR place
may be enough to unpack it and bring it to our mind as fresu
as ever. 14. And so the time spent in study is not lost.
(286)
EXERCISE 138.
Vocalization of PI, PP, etc. (continued).
See Note at the head of Exercises 135 and 136.
1. The philosophic study of political history SHOWS that
some of the most intolerant cold-blooded tyrants have begun
their reigns peacefully. 2. But the possession of paramount
poweR darkened tlieir minds, and permitted the repulsive side
of their character to assert its influence. 3. Then, as a certain
cultivated author says, their heaRts were corrupted by the
flatterers who crowded their courts, so that even deliberate
murder perpetrated by a poweRfwl king was regarded as no
crime. 4. Base favourites have often persuaded a tyrannical
monaRch that the murmurs and ferments which were the results
of his pernicious misruLe were but signs of disloyalty, and
have urged that the correct course ze>as to capture and execute
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the persons whom they termed the ringLeaders. 5. Thus the
fiRe of passion has been nwrsed and fanned wto a fwrnace,
and he who might have been a tolerably faiR ruLer has been
changed into a remorseless tyrant, a tormentor of his people,
and a curse to society. 6. Happily the days of enormous per-
sonal poweR are over in most countries, and virtuous men
are not called upon to suffer as their forefathers did from the
jealousy of blackguardly favourites. (191)
EXERCISE 139.
Vocalization of PI, Pr, etc. (continued).
See Note at the head of Exercises 135 and 136.
1. Mariners regard the snark as their fieRcest and most re-
morseless enemy. 2. And no wonder ; for by the aid of his
six rows of teeth, SHarp as the snarpest knife, he can crunch
up a man's body as easily as you can break an eggshell. 3.
Few men will deliberately tackle a snark in his own eLement.
4. Those whose personal cowrage cannot be doubted admit
that the thought of venturing near one of these monsters is
enough to make the blood cwrdle in one's veins ; while the
mere sight of a snark causes the heaRts of nervous OR delicate
persons to palpitate for feaR. 5. Even upon dark nights the
sailoRs can sometimes tell that a SHark is near their vesseL,
for the scaLes of this fish throw off a faint light. 6. The men
are then very careiuL to incwr no risk of faLLing overboaRd ;
for they know that should such an accident occur no one could
prevent a fataL termination, as a snark can swim so quickly
that he can captwre a man long before a boat could be put
out for the rescue. 7. The white snark often measures thirty
feet in length, and though the blue snark is not so big, he is
just as fieRce. 8. The snark is very voracious. 9. He will
swallow greedily any articles from a snip, such as coarse ropes,
charcoal, garlic — in fact, there is scaRcely a thing from a
twrtle to an open knife that he will not gulp up. 10. Yet,
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strange to say, he refuses to touch a feathered creature of any
kind. 11. Fortunately, these repulsive monsters are unknown
near our own seaSHores, and I am swre we do not want them to
cultivate a fancy for our neighbourhood. (286)
EXERCISE 140.
Vocalization of PI, PP, etc. (continued).
See Note at the head of Exercises 135 and 136.
MCSSRS. Caldecott and North.
Dear SIRS, — We regret to have to challenge the accuracy
of Mr. Charles Darlington's statement in regard to the fwrniture
forwarded to him on the 28th uLtimo. Our Mr. Twrner saw
personally to the finishing of this lot of goods, and his recollection
is perfectly cleaR that the SHade of the polish was exactLy as
ORdered, neither lighter nor darker. We have cultivated this
department of our business so carefully as almost to preclude
the possibility of such a blunder as is alleged. You know that
we have every SHade of varnish and polish ready for mixing,
so that there is absolutely no inducement for us to change a
SHade deliberately. We are sorry that Mr. Darlington should
be so much perturbed about this matter ; but we feeL sure
that if he will refer to his directions to us he will find that the
fault is not ours. We can, of course, repolish the fwrniture if
desiRed ; but we should have to charge for the trouble and
expense. YOURS truly, Twrner and Blackmore. (178)
EXERCISE 141.
Vocalization of PI, PP, etc. (concluded).
See Note at the head of Exercises 135 and 136.
MCSSRS. Charles Macarthy and Sons, Ltd.
Dear SiRS, — In reply to youR inquiry of the first instant,
we hope to forward the whole of the carbolic acid not later than
Thursday, the 6th inst. The delay has aRisen through the
breakdown of a vertical shaft at the distillery, which threatened
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to upset all our calculations. We are glad to say the macninery
has been put all right again, and there will be no fwrthei
trouble in forwarding oRders. We trust that the explanation
of this unfortunate occurrence will satisfy you that there has
been no cwlpable negligence on our part, and we rely on youR
cowrtesy to excuse the delay in this instance. YOURS faithfully,
Partridge and Norton. (118)
EXERCISE 142.
W and Y Diphthong's.
These diphthongs axe represented by a small Semi-Circle,
written in the same positions as the simple vowels. In this
Exercise and in Exercises 143 to 147 inclusive, the Semi-
Circle should be employed (in words other than gramma-
logues or contractions) for the representation of the
combinations printed in italic.
(a) FIRST-PLACE DIPHTHONGS wah AND wa : —
1 beeswax, eaR-wax, packwax, paxwax, sealing-wax, Zouave,
2 thwack.
(6) SECOND-PLACE DIPHTHONGS wa AND we : —
1 arqwebuss, assuage, asswager, asswasive, boatswain,
2 cordwainer, elsewheRe, freqwent, frequently, frequented,
3 freqwenter, freqwenting, frequency, haRdwaRe, overwheLm,
4 somewheRe, subsequence, subsequent, subsequently, tide-
5 waiter, twelve, twelfth, twenty, twentieth, Biggleswade,
6 Boswell, Bothwell, Bwenos Aires, Bui well, faRewell, BulweR,
7 Clerkenwell, Cromwell, Crosthwatte, HaRwell, (tick h),
8 Holy well (tick h), Merry weather, Oswestry, Postlethwaite,
9 snadwell, Upwell, W^aReham, Terra del Fwego, Ash-
10 Wednesday.
(c) THIRD-PLACE DIPHTHONGS we AND wi : —
1 appwi, asquint, bailiwick, dwindle, dwindled, dwindling,
2 eaRwig, ARdwick, HaRdwick (tick h), Brunswick, ember-
3 week, whit-week, forthwith, heRewith, hoodwink, hoRsewAip,
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4 ill-mil, ill-wisHer, mansw<?tude, non-seqwiter, pasqwin,
5 pasquinade, periwig, periwinkle, Pickwick, pigwidgeon,
6 pursuivant, Ipswich, sandwich, sea-w£0d, tweak, tweaks,
7 tweaked, tweed, tweedle, tweezens, twig, tagged, twinkle,
8 twinge, twinged, twixt, wherewith, wherewithal, heRewith,
9 therewith, whippoorwill, wisner, wisHful, wistonwisH,
10 withal, withdraw, withdrawing, withdrew, withdrawn,
11 within, withhoLd, withheLd,-withholden, withstand, with-
12 stood, Baldwin, Bastwick, Bathwick, Chadwick, Droitwich,
13 FitzwiLLiam, Giggleswtck, Kildwick, Middlewich, North-
14 wich, Nantwich, Osw^go, Painswick, snapwick, Twileries,
15 VenezwtfLa, Winckworth, Zwmgle, bewilder, bewildered,
16 bewildering, Sleswi'ck, Sedgwick, Bedowin, big- wig.
(d) FIRST-PLACE DIPHTHONGS waw AND wo : —
1 taR-water, bilgewater, breakwater, lime-water, rain-water,
2 rose-water, sea-water, Broadwater, Bridgewater, backwater,
3 cut- water, bulwaRk, caterwawl, cnamois, demoiselle, devoir,
4 eastwaRd, frowaRd, frowaRdly, heavenward, hitherwaRd,
5 mod wall, patois, abattoir, boudoir, rouge-et-noiR, escri-
6 totre, seawaRd, sneeRwater, SHop- walker, snwanpan,
7 throatwoRt, twaddle, twaddler, twaddled, twattle, Vaudois,
8 windwaRd, wisny-wasny, Cornwall, Cornwallis, PFaRk-
9 worth, PFaRminster, memoiRs, churchwarden.
(e) SECOND-PLACE DIPHTHONGS wo AND wu : —
1 woRk, woRkable, woRk-bag, woRk-box, woRk-day, woRked
2 woRker, woRkhouse, woRking-day, woRkman, woRkmanLike
3 woRksHop, PFoRksop, WoRkington, day-woRk, clockwoRk,
4 counterwoRk, brickwoRk, breastwoRk, co-woRker, frame-
5 woRk, fretwoRk, glass-woRks, gas-woRks, groundwoRk, task-
6 woRk, outwoRk, overwoRk, fiRewoRks, guesswoRk, handiwoRk,
7 needle- woRk, handwoRk, head work, journey- woRk, patch-
8 woRk, piece-woRk, open-woRk, cane-woRk, copper-woRk,
9 presswoRk, woodwoRk, stonewoRk, shell-woRk, woRd,
10 ze'ORds, WoRdsworth, woRdiness, woRdily, by-woRd, catch-
1 1 woRd, watchwoRd, Hemsworth (tick h), liverwoRt, lungwoRt,
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12 woRm, woRm-eaten, woRmed, woRming, woRmlike, woRm-
13 wood, woRmy, wirewoRm, slow-woRm, book-woRm, ring-
14 woRm, earth-woRm, misquote, misquotation, misquoted,
15 mugwump, seaworthy, unseaworthy, blameworthy,
16 Wentworth, WallwoRk, Walworth, Wandsworth, WtRks-
17 worth, WoRlington.
(/) THIRD-PLACE DIPHTHONGS woo AND woo : —
1 backwoods, backwoodsman, lamb's-wool, Chatwood, East-
2 wood, SHeep's-wool, touchwood, driftwood, woRmwood,
3 Ethelw«lf.
(g) FIRST-PLACE DIPHTHONGS yah AND yd : —
1 Abyssinian, academtan, amtable, antiquarian, appreciable,
2 apiary, ARabian, ARcadian, ARian, Asian, Asiatic, aRteriaL,
3 associable, Ass}Tian, Athenian, Augustinian, Australian,
4 Austrian, auxiliaries, Babylonian, bacteria, banian,
5 barbarian, baroniaL, beatify, bienniaL, Bodleian, bor^aL,
6 Brazilian, breviary, brilliant, bronchial, Cambrian, cardiac,
7 Carthaginian, Castilian, Caucasian, ceR^al, ciliary, cognac,
8 colloquiaL, CoLumbia, cordial, corporeaL, criteria, crusta-
9 cca, Cumbrian, curia, custodian, cyclopedia, Cyprian.
10 Daltonian, Danubian, demoniac, Devonian, dictatoriaL,
11 diluvian, Dorian, eLysian, enc\Tclopedia, enunciatory,
12 episodial, equestrian, ERastian, ether^aL, ether^alize,
13 Etonian, fami/iarize, fenian, fiacre, fiasco, fuchsia,
14 funereaL, fustian, gambogean, geniaL, gladiatoriaL, gre-
15 gorian.guaiacum, guardian, habdas-corpus, halliard (tick/i),
16 hans^atic, ALexandria, historian (tick h), humanitarian
17 (tick h), hysteria, ideality, memoriaL, imperiaL, India-
18 rubber, industrial, insomnia, invariably, radiance, klepto-
19 mania, lanyaRd, lariat, librarian, lineal, luxuriant, malaria,
20 manageriaL, matrimoniaL, meander, meandeRed, medial,
21 Mediterranean, meniaL, miniatuRe, ministeriaL, Moravian,
22 muriatic, myriad, neuRalgia, notariaL, oceanic, palliative,
23 pancreas, pariah, Parisian, patriarch, pecuniary, Philadel-
24 phian, piazza, pianoforte, plagiarize, pneumonia, poly-
25 anthus, poniaRd, proverbial, reality, reanimate, ruffian,
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26 secretarial, social, socialist, suppliant, Syriac, terrestrial,
27 theatrical, tutorial, Utopia, Vesuvian, Wesleyan, Adrian,
28 Adriatic, Christiania, Georgia, Virginia, YaRmouth.
(h) SECOND-PLACE DIPHTHONGS yd AND ye : —
1 abbreviate, abbreviator, acquiesce, alien, alienate, appre-
2 ciation, appropriate, asphyxiate, associate, balliage,
3 barrier, brasieR, burier, caLumniate, carrier, collegiate,
4 collieR, colliery, copieR, courtieR, create, creative, creation,
5 creator, croupieR, lawyeR, crosier, dead/ieR, defoliation,
6 delineate, delineation, delineator, denunciate, denunciation,
7 depreciate, depreciation, deviate, deviation, differenTiate,
8 obedient, obedience, dissociate, domiciliate, easieR,
9 ebulliency, emaciate, emaciation, embodieR, foliage,
10 emolliate, emollient, enunciate, enunciation, envi^R,
11 radiate, radiation, excruciate, excruciating, exfoliate,
12 expaTiate, expatriate, expatriation, experience, expiate,
13 expiation, expropriate, fancier, faRRier, foliaceous, fo/ia-
14 tion, fortieth, funnieR, funniest, furrier, gaudiest, ghastlieR,
15 giddieR, giddiest, glacier, gladiator, glazier, gloomieR,
16 gloomiest, goodlieR, goodliest, grimieR, hacienda, handieR,
17 happieR, happiest, hardiest, hardieR, harrieR, haughtiest,
18 homeliest (tick h), humiliate (tick h), hygienic, ideation^
19 inexpedient, infuriated, initial, iniTiation, kindliest,.
20 laureate, lazieR, lenience, liveliest, luxuriate, mediate,.
21 mediation, nastieR, nauseate, nauseation, muriate, nego-
22 Tiate, ninetieth. noviTt'ate, obviate, officiate, opiate, oRielr
23 oRiental, osieR, palliation, paltrieR, permeate, plucki^R,
24 premieR, recipient, repudiate, resilience, retaliation,
25 saTiate, saucieR, sawyeR, seemlieR, spaniel, terrier,
26 triennial, uncreated, variegated, verbiage, viriate, wear-
27 test, Damietta, Dieppe, Liege (upward /).
(i) THIRD-PIACE DIPHTHONGS ye AND $7 : —
1 babyisH, bandying, bod>-ing, bullying, burying, carrying,
2 caseic, copying-press, copyist, courtesying, currying,
3 dandyism, dandyish, disembodying, atheist, atheism,
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4 atheistic, atheistical, ditheist, ditheistic, dowdyish, eddying
5 embodying, gipsyism, Hackneying, harrying, hurrying,
6 journeying, minuti^, mutinying, oLeic, oleiferous, oLein,
7 pantheism, pantheist, parleying, parodying, Puseyism,
8 Puseyist, quarrying, reissue, reiterate, scurrying, sullying,
9 dallying, theistic, varying, wearying, whinnying, worrying,
10 marrying, tarrying, toadying, sallying, rowdyism, assoihie.
(/) FIRST- PLACE DIPHTHONGS yaw AND yd : —
1 accordion, question, admixtion, ameliorate, anterior,
2 aReometer, axiom, bacteriology, bastion, bibliography,
3 bullion, cabriolet, canon, carrion, centurion, champion,
4 clarion, criterion, cross-question, curiosity, decillion,
5 deoxidize, deoxidate, digestion, disunion, dominion,
6 ecclesiology, Ethiop, excelsioR, exhaustion, exterior,
7 gabion, galiot, galleon, ganglion, geographer, geography,
8 geology, geologist, geometer, geometrician, hagiography,
9 haliography (tick A), halcyon, heliocentric, heliotrope,
10 homeopathic (tick h), hyperion, idiom, idiot, idiocy,
1 1 idiomatic, idiosyncrasy, impecuniosity, infeRior, infeRiority,
12 million, millionaiRe, meliorate, meteoR, meteorite, meteor-
13 ology, medallion, mullion, Napoleonic, neology, oblivion,
14 oliograph, onion, opinionated, paleolithic, pantheon,
15 patriot, pavilion, periodical, pillion, pinion, posterior,
16 senioR, seniority, stereotype, theocracy, theodolite,
17 theology, theosophy, trunnion, vermilion, Elliott, Montreal,
18 tatterdemalion, mignonette, Marion.
(k) SECOND-PLACE DIPHTHONGS yd AND yu :—
1 abstemious, acrimonious, aLkalious, alluviwm, aquareous,
2 aqueows, aRboreows, beauteows, bilious, bounteous, calcium,
3 cameo, caseows, censorious, ceRemoniows, copious, corneous,
4 courteous, coyote, cranium, curiows, curioso, delirious,
5 deliRiwm, deodorize, deviows, dubious, dubiously, duteows,
6 effluvium, Elysium, embryo, folio, emporium, encomium,
7 enviows, equilibrium, eRRoneous, Ethiopian, exordium,
8 fastidious, felonious, foliows, furious, gaseous, gramineows,
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9 grandiose, gregarious, gymnasium, gypseous, haRmonium,
10 ignominious, illustrious, impecunious, imperious, indus-
1 1 trious, ingenious, ingeniousLy, insidious, invidious, iridium,
12 haRmonious, extemporaneous, nefarious, gloriously,
13 gladiole, discourteous, vicarious, stramonium, stamineous,
14 laborious, melodious, millennium, miscellaneous, misyoke,
15 misyoked, mustacnio, mysterious, nasturrium, nauseous,
16 notorious, nucleus, oblivious, obsequious, odious, odium,
17 opium, opprobium, osseous, pandemonium, parsimonious,
18 perfidious, petroleum, piteous, premium, raiio, righteous,
19 sodium, instantaneous, studious, supercilious, symposium,
20 victorious, Borneo, Holyoke (-tick A), Junius, Keogh,
21 Yokonama, impervious, hideous.
(/) THIRD-PLACE DIPHTHONG yod : —
1 obtuse, absolutory, abusive, acidulous, actuary, adducible,
2 assume, attune, avoirdupois, bibulous, burin, cachou,
3 caLumet, capsule, casuist, celluloid, chasuble, coiffuRe,
4 copula, corduroy, corpulent, creatwRe, credulous, cubicle,
5 cupid, cupidity, deduce, deluge, depute, diffuse, disputa-
6 tious, dissimulation, disunite, effectual, emu, emulate,
7 ensued, epicuRe, erudite, estuary, euphemism, expostulate,
8 extenuate, exuberant, exude, fabulous, flatulence, fraudu-
9 lent, gesture, globule, good-natuRed, habitude, importu-
10 nate, incubus, insuperable, issueR, masculine, munificent,
11 nebula, newest, non-suit, occupation, oculist, oppugn,
12 overture, penury, postulate, remunerate, retribution,
13 spurious, stipulation, utility, voluble, £uclid, dutiable,
14 producible, populaR, petulantly, feudalism, depopulate,
15 cucumber, astute.
(w) JOINED DIPHTHONGS : —
1 watcher, water, waterage, waterbutt, water-cart, water-
2 course, watercress, watered, waterfaLL, water-fowL, wateri-
3 ness, watering-place, waterish, water-lily, water-logged,
4 waterman, watermark, water-melon, water-mill, water-pot,
5 waterproof, water-rot, water-rat, watershed, waterspout,
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6 waterway, waterwoRks, waterwoRt, watery, Waterbury,
7 Wateriord, Waterworth, wasner, wasnerwoman, Welsn-
8 woman, war, Warbcck, warble, warbleR, warbling, War-
9 burton, Wardleworth, barton, war-cry, ward, warden,
10 war-dance, warded, wardenry, warding, warder, wardrobe,
11 wardroom, warfaRe, waixike, warLock, warm, warmed,
12 warmer, warmest, warmhearted, warm-heartedness, warm-
13 ing, warming-pan, warmly, warn, warned, warneR, warp,
14 warped, war-paint, war-path, warrant, warrantable,
15 warranty, warranter, warred, warren, warreneR, warring,
16 warrior, war-song, Warsaw, wart, wartwoRt, war-whoop,
17 war-worn, wax, waxed, waxen, wax-end, wax-woRk,
18 waxy, week, weak, weaken, weakened, weakening, weakeR,
19 weakest, weak-eyed, weekly, weakly, weakens, weakness,
20 wick, wicked, wickedly, wickedness, wicket, Wicklow,
21 wake, waked, wakeful, waken, wakened, wakener, wakeR,
22 walk, walkeR, walking-stick, Wakeford, wag, wagged,
23 waggery, waggisn, waggishly, Wagstaffe, wagon, wagonage,
24 wagoner, wagonette, wagtail, wig, Wiga.n, Wigton,
25 wigwam, wimple, wimpled, woman, womanhood, womanisn,
26 womanLy, women, Wemyss, WiLkin, Wiikins, PFiLkinson,
27 WiLks, WiLLiams, PFiLLiamson, PFiLmington, WiLson,
28 wamble, wampee, wampum, wombat.
(«) W AND Y DIPHTHONGS BETWEEN A STROKE CONSONANT
AND AN INITIAL HOOK. [See Exercise 136 par. (d).]
1 eqwality, equalize, equalization, equalized, equalizing,
2 qualify, qualified, qualifiable, qualification, qualifieR,
3 qualitative, disqualify, disqualification, disqualified, soldier,
4 soldierly, soldiering, foot-soldier, healthier, wealthier,
5 loftier, worthier.
(o) JOINED VOWELS.
The italic type indicates that the vowel should be joined to the
consonant.
1 alder, alderman, aldermanic, all-fooLs" day, all-fouRS,
2 all-hail, all-hallows, all-souls' day, allspice, alter, altar,
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3 altar-cloth, altar-piece, alterable, alterant, alteration,
4 alterative, altered, altereR, altering, also, Albany, Alcester,
5 Alderborough, Alderbury, Alderney, Aldersgate, Alder-
6 shot, Alderson, Alderston, Aldridge, Althorp, Alton,
7 Alston.
(p) JOINED LOGOGRAMS : —
1 all-wise, almighty, almost, a/though, already, whatsoever,
2 whoever, whoso, whosoever, eye-salve, eye-servant, eye-
3 service, eye-soRe, eye-tooth, too-decker, two-ioLd, too-legged,
4 too-lobed.
[See also Exercise 13.]
EXERCISE 143.
The W and Y Diphthong's (continued).
GRAMMALOGUES.
beyond, c with, c when, 3 what, 3 would, f will.
See Note at the head of Exercise 142.
1. Some wag has described the man who walks aLong the
street with a lady on each aRm as " An ass between a couple
of pannieRs." 2. // would appeaR thai the Italians also are
troubled with these weak men and women, for they liken the
man who takes up the footpath in this way to " A pitcher with
a paiR of handLes." 3. Beyond all question such behaviour *'s a
sen'ows breach of good manners, for what chance have other
people to walk with ease when three persons occupy so much
space ? 4. It is not easy to awake weak men to a sense of the
ridiculous. 5. There will always be fooLs and mam'acs in the
worLd in spite of the Lessons of superior minds. 6. Librarians
of vartows nations agree in supposing that there were almost
a quaRter of a million books in the great library of Alexandria,
which is said to have been burnt in the seventh centwry by the
ARabian soldiers in obedience to the imperiows oRder of their
barbarian leader. 7. OnLy an educated man OR woman can
appreciate the loss caused by this act of fieRce incendiarism.
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8. It was a wicked and idiotic crime to destroy so glorious
and miscellaneous a collection of books, woRks of genius,
a memoriaL of the wisdom and experience of the ancient sages.
9. How frequently does a thoughtLess OR an ignorant act
produce overwhelming trouble to others ! (232)
EXERCISE 144.
The W and Y Diphthongs (continued).
See Note at the head of Exercise 142.
1. Beyond all question it is easieR to criticise an oLd plan
than to foRrrmlate a new one ; yet serious men will frequently
indulge in a lot of twaddle about what they call the faulty WORK
of others. 2. It would be well if men who cannot appreciate
the efforts of others would stand aloof and leave the woRkers
aLone to do their best. 3. What is more annoying than to be
lectured on our supposed fainngs by a person of quite mediocre
ability, but with a supercilious, censorious aiR of superiority ?
4. It is always haRd to accept a rebuke with goodwill, even
if we are blameworthy ; but it is doubly haRd when we are
rebuked by a person of decidedly infeRior talents, and when
we know there is no fault to warrant the punisHment. 5. In
such cases a weak man will buRst forth into warm deniaLS of the
charges, let the result be what it will ; but the strong man will
restrain the woRds which rise to his lips, and will wait for a
happieR occasion to prove the misquotation OR remove the
misapprehension. 6. And experience SHOWS that his method
of refutation is the best. (193)
EXERCISE 145.
The W and Y Diphthong's (continued).
See Note at the head of Exercise 142.
1. " There is no evil that cannot be enduRed save dishonor,"
said a great man in the fourth century, and his woRds are
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beyond question as true /o-day as then. 2. What would human
society be like if it were not for the regard which men have for
their reputation ? 3. " The pwrity and haRdness of the dia-
mond belong to the very first particles which unite at its heaRt's
coRe ; the others which the mysterious laws of the Crmtor
attract aRound these to increase and perfect the beautiful
crystalline mass, must needs SHaRe the qualities of the former."
4. So, if a man takes but a right view of what is honorable,
and strives always to follow that view, no matter what may be
the result, he is not likely to deviate from the path of dwty
OR to be guilty of behaviowr in any way unworthy of an honest
man. 5. If you look aRound in the various walks of life, you
will see that it is those who have a nigh notion of what is honor-
able, whether they be statesmen OR warriors, woRkmen OR
employeRS, wealthy OR pooR, who hoLd the esteem of their
fellows ; whose woRks are invariably read with attention, and
whose counseL is followed with obedience. 6. The superior
man is almost invariably one with a right appreciation of
what is just. 7. You may be industrious ; you may be inteL-
LectwaL ; you may be wealthy ; but you cannot be illustrious
in the right sense of the woRd, and you will faiL to ingraxiate
youRself in the heaRts of youR fellows, unLess you are an
upright and an honorable man. 8. " All wickedness is
weakness," and if this excuse would serve, the most notorio?«
villain might urge it. 9. Cultivate a sense of honor, and you
will soon have the ability to resist a dishonorable suggestion.
(301)
EXERCISE 146.
The W and Y Diphthongs (continued).
See Note at the head of Exercise 142.
MessRs. WakefieLd and WiLLiams.
Dear SiRs, — Referring to the oRder for various lines of
haRdware and cutlery with which you favored us through our
Mr. WalkeR, we have forwarded all the goods by raiL to-day,
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and now enclose heRewith our invoice for the same. Will you
please note that the price for the dinner knives is 18/6 peR
dozen, not 17/6 as given in youR oRder ? If Mr. WalkeR gave
you the last named figwre when he called upon you, it was a
misquotation, which we trust you will overLook. We would
add that we have no wish to withdraw from a quotation named
by our traveLLer, and if you are in the least dubious about
the matter we shall be pleased to accept youR figwre. But
we assuRe you that this quality of knife has a/ways been sold at
18/6 peR dozen. It is warranted to be made of the finest mater-
ial, and is beyond all doubt superior to what is offered by other
fiRms at very much more money. YOURS truly, Crossthwaite
and Wiggins. (182)
EXERCISE 147.
The W and Y Diphthong's (concluded).
See Note at the head of Exercise 142.
MessRs. WameR and Ward.
Dear SIRS, — In reply to youR inquiry, we are pleased to
state that our experience of MCSSRS. Conway and Farnworth
extends over twenty yeaRS, and that our relations with them
have always been of the most cordial kind for the whole of that
period. They are geniaL and industrious men, with whom
it is pleasant to deal, and we have reason to know that they
will not permit the slightest deviation from straightforwardness
in their business. // is beyond question that they do a good
ColoniaL business as clothiers and hosieRS, besides being
snippers of miscellaneous goods. What we have said about
this fiRm would, we have no doubt, be corroborated by all
who have dealt with them. You will be quite warranted
in extending to them a credit for the amount you name. We
appreciate youR kind offer, and shall not hesitate to remind
you when we requiRe similaR assistance. YOURS faithfully,
IFardlow and T'FiLson. (160)
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EXERCISE 148.
Contractions.
I establish-ed-ment, — ^ immediate, ^-^T immediately,
^ interest, ^ interested, L, disinterested-ness, ~f uninteresting,
•f understood, f understand, v/^ enlarged, ~* mistaken,
~^~f acknowledged, y. natural-ly, £ satisfaction.
Dear SiR, — It may interest you to know that we have recentxy
enlarged our establishment in Broadway, and thai we are now
prepaRed to forward immediately from stock any of the goods
named in the catalogue enclosed. Any oRders you may be
kind enough to send us will receive our immediate and careiuL
attention. We are naturally desirous of obtaining a triaL
oRder from you from the fact that we have not hitherto been
favored by you. We think we are not mistaken in saying
that you would be interested in seeing our new extension and the
great variety of goods we are offering at prices that will surprise
you, and which are acknowledged to be very much below those
charged by other fiRms. We assuRe you that such a visit as
we suggest would not be uninteresting to you, and while we
do not pretend to be absolutely disinterested in this invitation,
it may be understood that we shall not ask you to buy anything
should you favor MS with a call. Though we do not tax youR
faith by any statement of alleged disinterestedness, we yet claim
to understand our business perfectly, and we take a natural
pride in the reputation we have established for straightforward
dealing. Should we be fortunate enough to establish business
relations with you we feeL certain that it would be to our mutual
satisfaction. Awaiting youR kind favors, We are, Dear SiR,
YOURS faithfully, Matthew Butterworth and Sons. (245)
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EXERCISE 149.
Disyllabic Diphthong's.
The angular signs for these diphthongs are written in the same
places as the simple long vowels, and they are employed
for the representation of a long vowel followed by an un-
accented short vowel. In this Exercise and in Exercises
150 to 154 inclusive, the angular signs should be written
(in words other than grammalogues and contractions)
to express the combination of letters printed in italic type.
(a) FIRST-PLACE DISYLLABIC DIPHTHONG ah-i, ETC. :—
1 assai, Caaba, maestoso, sahib, Tippoo-Sa/zib, serai, Haggai.
2 Hawaii (upward h), Isaiah, solfaeR, naiad.
(b) SECOND-PLACE DISYLLABIC DIPHTHONG «-/, ETC. :—
1 abeyance, abeyant, aerate, aeRation, aeRified, aeRolite,
2 aeRolitic, aeRology, aeRometer, aeRostat, aeRostatics,
3 aeRostation, aeRography, aeRonaut, aeRonautic, algebraic,
4 algebraical, algebraist, aLcaic, aoRist, assayeR, aRRayeR,
5 ARamaic, Baal, bayonet, betrayer, betrayal, brayeR,
6 cacao, caique, chaldaic, choleraic, clayisn, clayey, cocaine,
7 Cyrenaic, decaygR, eLaine, flay^R, say^K, gainsay^R, sooth-
8 sayeR, gayest, gaiety, hebraic, Judaic, laic, laity, layeR,
9 slayeR, mayonnaise, mayoR, mayoRalty, mayoRess, mosaic,
10 obeyeR, payeR, payable, phaeton, pharisaic, playeR, crayon,
11 portrayal, portrayer, preyeR, prosaic, prosaical, Ptolemaic,
12 purveyoR, purveyance, ratepayer, sayest, sayeR, seance,
13 spondaic, sprayeR, stanzaic, stayeR, strayeR, surveyoR,
14 taxpayer, voltaic, wheyey, wheyisn, Archelaz^s, Baalim,
15 Biscayan, weighable, \\eigher, waylayeR.
(c) THIRD-PLACE DISYLLABIC DIPHTHONG e-i, ETC. : —
1 agreeable, agreeableness, agreeably, apotheosis, apotheosise,
2 ARamean, aReola, aReoLation, athen^wm, augean, auReola,
3 Ave Maria, ideal, beatific, caffein, Chaldean, chorez^s,
4 Circean, codeine, colosser^m, coLossean, creosote, cuneifoRm,
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5 Cytherean, decreeR, decide, defied, deity, deism, deist,
6 diaphaneity, diarrhea, dyspnea, empyrean, eocene, eon,
7 eozoic, eozoon, epicurean, adamantean, Etnean, fealty,
8 foreseeing, seeR, ioreseeR, ireeR, freest, Galilean, geocentric,
9 geocentrical, geographic, geographical, geological, geoman-
10 cer, geometric, geometrical, gigantean, heterogeneity,
11 homogeneity, howbeit, hymneaL, hymnean, idealist, ideal-
12 istic, idealize, idealization, ideograph, incorporeity, leonine,
13 lethean, lycewm, Maccabean, Manichean, musewm, Nea-
14 politan, Nemean, neolithic, neologian, neologic, neophyte,
15 neozoic, nereid, nuclei, nymphean, oRphean, pean, pana-
16 cea, pandean, Parseeism, peon, peony, peonage, peritonewm,
17 peroneaL, petrean, phariseeism, pheon, pigmean, plebeian,
18 pleonasm, polypean, polytheism, polytheist, preamble,
19 pre-engaged, prytane^m, Pyrenean, Pythagorean, ratafia,
20 reabsorb, readdress, readjusting, readmit, readmission,
21 reaffiRm, reaL, really, realism, realist, realistic, realize,
22 reannex, reappeaR, reappearance, reappoint, reapportion,
23 rearrange, reascend, reassemble, reassign, reassuRe, re-eLect,
24 re-eLection, re-enact, reinfoRce, re-enfoRce, re-engage,
25 re-examine, re-export, reimburse, reinsert, reinstall, rein-
26 state, reinsuRe, reinvest, roseola, rubeola, Sabean, Saddu-
27 cean, seest, seeR, sheol, sight-seeing, sight-seeR, spontaneity,
28 stearine, stearate, Tarpeian, thearchy, theory, theoretic,
29 theoretical, theorem, theatre, theine, theism, theocratic,
30 theologian, theological, theosophic, theorist, unseeing,
31 zeolite, zeolitic, Action, ylRimathea, Asmodews, Beatrice,
32 Boadicea, Canea, Cleopatra, Corea, Crimea, Galatea, Galileo,
33 latakia, Theodore, Zacchews, Judea.
(a") FIRST-PLACE DISYLLABIC DIPHTHONG aw-i, ETC. : —
1 draweR, gnaweR, wiredraweR, withdrate»er, withdraz^al,
2 nawy.
(e) SECOND-PLACE DISYLLABIC DIPHTHONG o-i, ETC. : —
1 azoic, beawisH, bellot£>eR, benzoic, benzoin, bestower,
2 bestowal, billowy, bloweR, borrower, bowie-knife, boa,
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3 coadjust, coadventure, coalesce, coalesced, coaLescence,
4 coaLescent, coalition, coalitionist, coally, coaptation, co-efn-
5 cient, coeternal, coessential, coetaneous, coexist, coexistence,
6 coexistent, coextension, coincide, egoist, egoism, eozoic,
7 eozoon, epizoa, epizoan, grower, heroic, heroical, heroism,
8 heroine, hylozoic, introit, knowable, knoweR, loweR,
9 lowest, lowered, meadowy, moweR, narrower, Noah, Moab,
10 noological, oasis, oolite, oolitic, oological, Owen, Owenite,
11 palaeozoic, playgoeR, poem, poet, poesy, poetess, poetaster,
12 poetry, polyzoan, proa, proem, protozoa, protozoic, soweR,
13 rower, snowy, sloweR, slowest, snowy, snoweR, SHowily,
14 SHowiness, stoic, stoicism, stoicaL, stowage, stowaway,
15 throweR, towage, towaRdly, untowaRd, walloweR, widoweR,
16 willowy, winnoweR, yelloweR, yellowest, yellowisn, rowable,
17 Zoilism, zoolite, zoophyte, ALgoa, Genoa, Boadicea, Chloe,
18 Goa, Lowell (upward /), NoweLL, Alloa, Samoa.
(/) THIRD-PLACE DISYLLABIC DIPHTHONG oo-i, ETC. : —
1 abluent, afflwent, afflwence, afflwency, archdrm'd, bivoziac,
2 blwey, blwisn, blwshly, breweR, brewing, brewery, bruin,
3 crewel, gruel, crwelly, crwelty, cruet, deobstrwent, evil-doer,
4 doing, doings, drm'd, drwidism, drwidess, efflwence, emwent,
5 ewer, fluent, flwentLy, fluid, flwoR, flz^orine, flworide,
6 hallooing, Hebrewess (tick h), Hinduism (upward h),
1 imbrwing, jeweL, jeweLLer, jewelry, Jewisn, Jewess, Suez,
8 lowis-d'oR, melliflwent, melliflMOMS, mooing, obstrwent,
9 reflwence, reflwent, ruin, ruined, ruinous, ruinate, ruination,
10 sanguifluous, SHoeing, snoeR, SHrewisn, sluing, truant,
1 1 undoing, well-doeR, well-doing, wrong-doeR, yewen, £wart,
12 Ewing, Lewis (upward I), Ruabon (upward r), wooing,
13 wooingLy, wooer, altrwism.
(g) SEPARATE VOWEL SIGNS.
Separate vowel-signs must be employed for the representation
of the vowels printed in heavy type : —
1 eoLian, COLIC, aeRial, iodate, iodine, iodize, iodous, iolite
2 ion, Ionian, Ionic, iota, Onio, Louisiana (upward 1),
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3 Ixion, Josiah, Elias, Maria, Siam, Uriah, riot, pious,
4 biology, O'Brien, diameter, dialogue, diaper, diarist,
5 diatonic, enjoyable, fiat, phiaL, vioL, violence, violinist,
6 violation, miasma, liable, HaR, allowance, alliance, royaL,
7 royalty, royalist, roweL, hiatus, quietus, quietude, quietest,
8 quiesce, quiescence, quiescent, impiety, oology, perpetuity,
9 perspicuous, picayune, pioneeR, preoccupy, poetic, pliable,
10 reaction, re-enter, re-echo, re-eligible, satiety, residuum,
11 situate, strenuous, triangle, ebriety, sobriety, duumvir,
12 dueLLo, dubiety, druidical, fatuous, hyena, evacuaiion,
13 fortuitous, duodecimal, fluoRic, lion, notoriety, nocuous,
14 vacuous, newiSH, moiety, Judaism, Jesuit, hypochondriacal ,
15 HeweR, hyacinth, gratuity, gratuitous, giant, genii,
16 Genoese, fluidity, avowaL, attenuate, buoyant, boyisn,
17 casuistic, chaos, chaotic, coercion, coincident, coincidence,
18 co-action, coagulate, co-heiR, co-aid, coevaL, co-adjutant,
19 clairvoyant, cardiacal, co-ordinate, Creole, cyanide,
20 demoniacal, ingenuous, ingenuity, diuRnal, dewy, drawee,
21 employee, employeR, aRduous, aRgueR, annuity, alloyage,
22 voyagei, aguisH, aloetical, diabolical, prioR, priority.
EXERCISE 150.
Disyllabic Diphthongs (continued).
See Note at the head of Exercise 149.
1 . The triumphs of ingenuity in the application of scientific
theories to everyday needs are often the rewards of genuine
haRd toil and the defiance of an inclination to despair. 2.
Success in these things, as in all others, is, as a TULC, onLy
won by long wooing, many rearrangements of ideas, with-
drawals and alterations of plans, a frequent deniaL of self,
and, above all, a steady loyalty to the end in view. 3. All
this may sound disagreeably prosatc, perhaps, but it is really
necessary to dweLL upon these eLementary facts ; to assert
and reassert them again and again, in oRder that you may be
encouraged to face the obstacles which beset you. 4. The
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quiet student in his study may be as truly heroic as the heated
soldier in the turmoil and rusn of the fieLd of battle. 5. Have
a worthy ideal, and pursue it faithfully, though you may be
called an idle dreameR and a fooLish theorist. 6. Picture to
youRself how mankind would be situated now if it were not for
the woRk of former theorists and their coadjutors, and what a
museum it would take to hoLd even samples of the fruits of
their labours. 7. Such thoughts will encourage you to perse-
vere untiL you reach the goal of youR ambition. (210)
EXERCISE 151.
Disyllabic Diphthong's (continued).
See Note at the head of Exercise 149.
1. Gaiety is agreeable and enjoyable so long as it is really
ingenuous and not theatrical ; but the least betrayal of the
playeR's aRt in the laugh OR smile, would, in reality, be fatal,
to our genuine enjoyment. 2. / do not, of course, mean to
assert that the fluent jests and mock heroism of the stage are
disagreeable in all cases — faR from it. 3. The playeR is a
kind of purveyoR of fun to his audience, and if the article he
provides is really of a good class the playgoeR is more than
reimbursed for his outlay in attending the theatre. 4. But
it will be admitted that the Highest perfection of the playeR's
aRt is to make his woRds and actions appeaR real, ; if he
succeeds in this he has achieved a genuine triumph. 5. But
the gaiety which follows the use of the breweR's cup is hollow
and, as a ruLe, disagreeable also. 6. // is often a pooR
attempt to reinvest some stale joke with a new foRm, and it
onLy ends in the betrayal of the effect of the breweR's fluid.
7. Such jokes are as like to reaL wit as the noise of a brayeR
is like to music. 8. Punning has been said to be the lowest
foRm of humour ; but, really, / do not entiRely agree with
this idea. 9. /am faR from tabooing puns, if they are good
ones. 10. They serve to brighten our prosaic lives a little,
and rouse MS to a feeLing of buoyancy, when, perhaps, we are
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inclined to mope. 1 1 . No, / should give a really smart punster
ireeR scope for the exercise of his gaiety, with the proviso that
cruel puns, OR those likely to huRt anyone's feeLings should be
avoided. 12. Wit is no excuse for a superfluous insult. (295)
EXERCISE 152.
Disyllabic Diphthongs (continued).
See Note at the head of Exercise 149.
1. Take Lewis (upward I) Owen, the breweR, to the Athen-
, and SHOW him the portrait of the herotc poet, who brought
the remfoRcement to the garrison in the camp. 2. The soldiers,
it appeaRS, kept up their gaiety to the last, though their stock
of provisions was at the lowest. 3 They were stotcaL enough
to enduRe patientLy the troubles they could not remove, and
their meagre allowance put their stoicism to a seveRe test. 4.
It was disagreeable to have to act on the defensive, and they
longed to be allowed to make a bayonet charge on the cruel foe.
5. But the Colonel, knowing how hopeless it was for such a
small foRce to attack the enemy, whose diabolical cries rang
in his eaRs, declined to countenance the idea. 6. To him it
looked like a betrayal of the trust reposed in him, and though
he admiRed the loyalty of the men, he refused to give an oRder
which simply meant ruin to them. 7. The Colonel's poetic
friend, who was in the camp, offered to go for assistance. 8. He
was an agreeable youth, whose snowy linen and slim figure were
more suitable to a theatrical hero than to one who acted in the
steRn theatre of real. warfaRe. 9. But a braver OR trueR-
hearted fellow could not be found. 10. He managed to get
through the enemy's line, and soon re-appeaRed at the head
of a foRce strong enough to scatter the foe. 11. TTtesituaxion
was speedily changed. 12. The besieged soldiers were able
to reassert thepoweR of civilized man, and joined in the bestowal
of a Lesson to the enemy which they are not likely to forget for
a long time. (276)
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EXERCISE 153.
Disyllabic Diphthongs (continued).
See Note at the head of Exercise 149.
Mr. John Murray.
Dear SiR, — We desiRe to call youR attention to the enclosed
price lists of our Diamond A erated Waters, and trust to receive
youR kind oRder for a triaL lot. You will find them agreeable
in taste and appearance, and ireeR than any other make from
the fault of being put up in awkward bottles. We may mention
that we already supply the City Athen^wm and the chief
theatres with our derated Waters, and that the demand for them
is rapidly increasing. They are an ideal drink for the hot
weather, while, as you will see, the list, includes a beverage
for the winter. We have added a new wing to our brewery,
and in this we prepare all the mineraL waters we supply. We
have secuRed the most modern appliances which the ingenuity
of the engineers has been able to invent, and we shall be pleased
to SHOW you over the works any time you care to give us a call.
YOURS truly, Theobald ]ewett and Sons. (170)
EXERCISE 154.
Disyllabic Diphthong's (concluded).
See Note at the head of Exercise 149.
Mrs. Brem's.
Dear Madam, — / regret to have to notify you that youR
daughter Beatrice faiLed in the geographical portion of the
examination heLd last week. We did our best to give heR
a sound theoretical preparation for the examination ; but the
extreme gaiety and buoyancy of heR disposition, and heR
dislike to what sne thought a prosaic Lesson, proved a barrier
to heR success. We had hoped that heR fluency of speech and
expression might have been turned to good account in the
examination, but we were disappointed. I trust that on heR
re-appearance in the school closer attention and more loyalty
to the ruLes will produce better results in the future. YOURS
faithfully, Maria PoweLL. (117)
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EXERCISE 155.
Prefixes.
(a) Con- EXPRESSED BY A LIGHT DOT : —
1 concave, conceal, concealed, concede, conceit, conceive,
2 concentre, concentrate, concentrated, concentric, concep*
3 tion, conceRn, conceRnedly, concert, concerted, concertina,
4 concession, conciliate, conciliation, concise, conclave,
5 conclude, conclusion, conclusive, concoct, concoction,
6 concord, concordat, concrete, concur, concurrent, concus-
7 sion, condemn, condemned, condense, condensation, con-
8 denser, condiment, conditional-, condole, condolence,
9 condone, conduce, conduct, conductor, conduit, confabulate,
10 confectioneR, confederate, confeR, conference, confession,
11 confetti, confide, confider, configuration, confiRmation,
12 confiscate, conflagration, conflict, confound, confraternity,
13 confronted, confutation, congeal, congeniaL, congestion,
14 conglomeration, congratulate, congratulator, congregate,
15 congress, congruity, conjecture, conjectural,, conjoint.
16 conjugal, conjugate, conjugation, conjuRe, connected,
17 connector, connive, connoisseuR, connubial, conquest,
18 consanguinity, conscience, conscienTious, conscious, con-
19 scription, consecrate, consecutive, consent, consequence,
20 consequential, consequently, conserve, conservative, con-
21 servatory, considerably, consign, consignoR, consist, con-
22 solation, consonant, consort, conspicuous, conspiRe, con-
23 spirator, constant, constancy, constitute, constituent,
24 constituency, constrain, constructor, construe, consultation,
25 consume, consummation, contagion, contaminate, contango,
26 contemplate, contemporaneous, contended, contents, con-
27 text, contiguous, continuity, contouR, contra, contracted,
28 contradiction, contradistinction, contrariety, contravene,
29 contributary, contrivance, controvert, contumacious, con-
30 tused, convalescent, convention, conventional, converge,
31 conversation, convex, convoy, conviviaL, convocation,
32 convuLse, convuLsion.
la— (a?)
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(b) Com- EXPRESSED BY A LIGHT DOT :—
1 combat, combative, combination, combustion, comestible,
2 comfit, comfortable, comforter, command, commander,
3 commandment, commemorate, commemorative, commence,
4 commendable, commendation, commensurate, comment,
5 commentator, commination, commingle, committal, commute,
6 commix, commodious, commodity, common, commoner,
7 commonplace, commonwealth, commune, communion,
8 communication, community, compact, companionable, com-
9 pany, compaRe, comparable, comparative, compassion,
10 compassed, compatible, compel, compendious, compensate,
11 competent, competitor, compilation, complacent, compli-
12 ment, complex, complexion, complicate, component, com-
13 posite, composure, compound, comprehend, comprehensive,
14 compress, comprised, compromise, compulsion, compulsory,
15 computable, computer, comrade, composedly, comport,
16 compositor, complicity, completed, commodoRe, common-
17 Law, committee.
(c) Con-, com-, cum-, OR cog- INDICATED BY WRITING THE
FOLLOWING SYLLABLE OR WORD UNDER OR CLOSE TO THE
CONSONANT PRECEDING Cow-, ETC. : —
1 preconceit, preconceive, preconception, preconcert, pre-
2 contract, subcontract, subcommittee, subconscious, bicon-
3 jugate, decompose, decomposition, decompound, deconse-
4 crate, decwmbence, decwmbency, decwmbent, discomfit,
5 discomfiture, discommode, discompose, discomposure, dis-
6 concert, disconcerting, disconnected, disconnection, dis-
7 consolate, discontent, discontinued, discontinuance, con-
8 comitant, concomitance, excommunicate, excommunication,
9 accompliSH, accommodate, accommodation, accommoda-
10 tor, accompany, accompanist, accompanying, accomplice,
11 misconstrue, misconceive, misconception, misconduct, mis-
12 compute, miscomputation, malcontent, uncomfortable, un-
13 common, uncomplaining, uncompromising, unconceRn, un-
14 conceRnedly, unconditionaL, uncongeniaL, unconnected,
15 unconscionable, unconscious, uncontrollable, uncontroLLed,
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16 unconverted, encompass, encompassed, incombustible, in-
17 commensurate, incommode, incommodious, incommunicable,
18 incommunicative, incommutable, incomparable, incom-
19 passionate, incompatible, incompetent, incompetence, in-
20 competency, incomplete, incomposite, incompliant, incom-
21 prehensible, incompressible, incomputable, inconceivable,
22 inconclusive, incongruous, incongruity, inconsequence, in-
23 consequent, inconsiderable, inconsideration, inconspicuous,
24 inconstant, inconstancy, inconsumable, incontestable, in-
25 controvertible, inconvenient, inconvenience, inconvertible,
26 incumbent, incumbency, non-combatant, noncommis-
27 sioned, noncommittal, non-conductor, non-content, incog-
28 nita, incognito, ill-conditioned, ill-concealed, well-conducted,
29 well-conditioned, iRReconcilable, reconcile, reconcilable,
30 reconciliation, recognize, recognition, recognizable, recog-
31 nized, recognizer, recombine, recommence, recommend,
32 recommendation, recommending, recommit, recommitment,
33 recompense, recompose, recondite, reconduct, reconsider,
34 reconstruct, reconvert, reconvey, overconfident, overcon-
35 fidence, semi-conscious, semi-complete, semi-conjugate,
36 circwmduct, circumference, circumflect, circumfluent, cir-
37 cumjacent, circumlocution, circumnavigation, circumscribe,
38 circumspect, circumvallation, circumvent, circumvention,
39 circumvention, locum-tenens. Be constant, be confident,
40 have confidence, in confidence, in conclusion, in consequence,
41 my confidence, shall consider, shall continue, their control.
(d) Inter-, intro-, OR enter- EXPRESSED BY HALF-LENGTH n.
Join the prefix in the following words : —
1 interchain, interchange, interchangeable, interdependence,
2 interdict, interdiction, interfeRe, interference, interfuse,
3 interject, interjection, intercourse, interpellate, inter-
4 pellated, interpellation, interpolate, interpolation, interpose,
5 interposed, interposition, interpret, interpreted, interpreter,
6 interrogate, interrogation, interrogatory, interrupt, interrup-
7- tion, intertie, intertwine, tntervaL, intervention, interviewed,
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8 interweave, interwoven, introduce, introduced, introduceR,
9 introduction, introductory.
Disjoin the prefix in the following words : —
1 intercede, intercedent, interceder, intercept, intercession,
2 intercessoR, intercommune, intercommunicate, intercostal,
3 interlace, interfacing, interlard, interleave, interline, inter-
4 lineaR, interlink, interlock, interlocutor, interlope, inter-
5 loper, interlude, intermarry, intermeddle, intermediate,
6 intermedial, intermezzo, intermingle, intermittent, intermix,
7 intermuraL, international, interplead, interpleader, inter -
8 speRse, interstellar, interstice, introspect, introspection,
9 introspective, introversion, enterprise, enterprising, enter-
10 tain, entertainer, entertained.
(e) Magna-, magne-, OR magni- EXPRESSED BY DISJOINED
m : —
1 Magna Charta, magnanimity, magnanimous, magnani-
2 mously, magnetize, magnetized, magnetizeR, magnetizing,
3 magneto-electric, magnetometer, magneto-motor, magnific,
4 magnificat, magnificent, magnificence, magnificentLy,
5 magnify, magnified, magnifieR, magniloquent, magnilo-
6 quence, magnitude, demagnetize, eLectro-magnetism.
(/) Self- EXPRESSED BY DISJOINED CIRCLES :—
1 self -confident, self-conscious, self-control, self-deience, self-
2 deniaL, s^//-esteem, s^//-evident, self-help, self-interest,
3 self-love, self-made, self-possessed, s£//-possession, self-
4 reliance, s0//-reliant, s^/-righteous, s^/-same, self-will,
5 self-willed, se//-abasement, s^//-absorbed, se//-accusation,
6 self- ad justing, s£//-applause, se//-satisfied, s£//-collected,
7 s^//-command, s^//-complacent, s^//-conceit, s£//-condemna-
8 tion, s^//-congratulation, s^/-contained, se//-convicted,
9 se//-deceit, s^//-delusion, se//-depreciative, se//-distrust,
10 s^/-exaltation, s^//-existent, self-feeder, self -flattery, self-
11 forgetful, s^/-glorious, s^/-imposed, s«//-indulgence, self-
12 mastery, se//-pity, se//-praise, s^//-pride, self- protection,
13 se//-registering, sg//-reproach, s^/-sacrifice, se//-seeker, self-
14 support, se//-taught, s^//-trust, s0//-worsmp.
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(g) In- EXPRESSED BY A SMALL FORWARD HOOK BEFORE
THE CIRCLED LETTERS Spr, Sir, skr, AND THE STROKE h I —
1 inspiration, inspirations, instruct, instructor, instructed,
2 instructress, instrument, instrumentation, inscribable,
3 inscriber, inscriptive, inscroll, inscroLLed, inhabit, in-
4 habitable, inhabitants, inhabiter. iwhaLe, inhalation,
5 inhaLed, inhere, inherent, inherency, inherence, inher-
6 entLy, inherit, inherited, inheritable, inheritance, inheritor,
7 inheritrix, inhibit, inhibition, inhibited, inhibitory,
8 innuman, inHumanLy, innumanity, innume, i«Humation,
9 innumed, innuming.
THE STROKE n MUST BE WRITTEN IN WORDS LIKE THE
FOLLOWING : —
1 inseparable, insuperable, insupportable, insuppressible,
2 inscrutable, inhospitable, inhospitably.
(h) Trans- is CONTRACTED BY OMITTING THE n, WHERE ITS
INSERTION WOULD BE AWKWARD, AS IN THE FOLLOWING
WORDS : —
1 transfer, transference, transiereR, transformer, translate,
2 translation, translated, Iranslative, translator, transmarine,
3 transmigrate, transmigration, transmission, transmit, trans-
4 mittance, transmitter, transmute, transmutation, trans-
5 parent, transpire, transplant, transport, transpose, trans-
6 position, transportation, transportable.
(i) II-, im-, in-, un-.
Repeat the I, m, or n in negative words where these prefixes
are followed by the same consonant, as in the following
words : —
1 illaudable, illegal, illegible, illegibly, illiberal, illicit,
2 illiterate, illegitimate, immaculate, immaterial, immatuRe,
3 immeasurable, immiscible, immobile, immoderate, immoral,
4 im/nortaL, immovable, immutable, innavigable, innocuous,
5 innoxious, innumerable, innutrition, wnnamed, unknown,
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6 unnecessary, wnneighborly, unnerve, wnnoticed, unnoted.
7 EXCEPTIONS : — iLLimited, iLLimitable.
(/) IY-. REPEAT THE FIRST r IN THE FOLLOWING WORDS :—
1 irradiate, irradiated, irradiance, irradiation, irrational,
2 irreclaimable, irredeemable, irreducible, irrefragable, irre-
3 futable.
EXERCISE 156.
Prefixes (continued).
In this Exercise, and in Exercises 157 to 160 inclusive, the
hyphen before con-, com-, cum-, or cog-, indicates that the
prefix should be expressed as shown in par. (c). page 178.
1. Try to retain youR -composure in the face of contradic-
tion. 2. He who exhibits confusion and dis-composure at the
slightest mis-construction of his words is s£//-condemned as
unfitted to ruLe others. 3. It is in-conceivable that anyone
should be -competent to direct others who is in-competent to
control his own feeLings. 4. There is considerable foRce in
the saying that an Ambassador should a/ways wear spectacles,
take snuff, and, at an interview, stand with his back to a
window. 5. The reader may not concur in these -conclusions
at first ; but re-consideration will -convince him that their
apparent in-congruity may be re-conciled. 6. / do not propose
to interpose with an interpretation of the saying. 7. That would
interfeRe with my purpose, which is to entertain as well as
instruct the student. 8. Besides, it is self-evident that he
must learn to be sg//-reliant, and if he does not trust to self-help
in a small matter like this, how can he hope to succeed in a case
where, the task is magnified ? 9. If he has inherited a love
for investigation, he will have little trouble in answering any
interrogation as to the meaning of the saying / have interwoven
heRe. 10. If he has not inherited such a love then / would
re-commend him to cultivate it now, lest his mental horizon be
cir-cwmscribed in an \\n-common measure. (224)
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EXERCISE 157.
Prefixes (continued).
See Note at the head of Exercise 156.
1 . It is considered that more brain foRce is used in the effort
to render a new impression permanent and s0//-sustaining than
for any other kind of mental exercise. 2. So that those who
by the exercise of a considerable amount of self-deniaL and
self-control, ac-complisH the s0//-imposed task of fixing a good
many new ideas so -completeLy in their minds that they are
interwoven into their oRdinary affaiRS of life, have used up an
amount of energy which it is scaRcely possible to magniiy.
3. Every instructor knows that there are times when the pupil
appeaRs to be unable to concentrate his attention upon an
explanation OR an interpretation of a fact OR a theory, and
that at such times all efforts to communicate new notions are
wasted. 4. It is wiser to dis-continue the Lesson in such a
case, and re-commence when the pupil's mind has recovered its
poweR by an interval, of rest. 5. The attempt to compel
a tiRed brain to woRk, just to ac-commodate the convenience
of the teacher is an interference with natural laws which witt
be resented. 6. Yet / consider it a serious CRROR to interrupt
one's studies for a lengthened intervaL, and I should not
re-cowmend a complete dis-continuance of woRk for more than
a few weeks. 7. We should continue consistency the course
we have inscribed in our scheme of Lessons. (228)
EXERCISE 158.
Prefixes (continued).
See Note at the head of Exercise 156.
1. "Consols" is a contraction -commonly employed to
convey the complete meaning of the term " Consolidated
Annuities." 2. The loans made at various times to the State
constitute the National Debt. 3. These loans were -con-
solidated for -convenience into one -common loan. 4. Since
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the conversion OR -consolidation the fund has bjcn known by
the concise term of " Consols." 5. An in-competent speaker
soon loses his composure and self-control in the presence of a
considerable -company, and in his dis-composure makes
statements which may easily be mis-construed. 6. His sen-
tences grow more dis-connected and in-complete the longer he
continues to talk, and often enough he is compeLLed in
hopeless -confusion, to dis-continue his speech and lapse into
silence. 7. OnLy -continued perseverance will enable such
a person to conquer his weakness. 8. It is fooLish to entertain
the idea that it is in-cwmbent upon one to interieRe OR interpose
in every dispute one witnesses. 9. A man may be treated
as an interloper for intermeddling in a quaRRel between persons
unknown to him, and may possibly be unfortunate enough
to intercept and receive a blow intended for another. 10. It
is good to be magnanimous ; but we should not magnify our
duty, OR lose our self-possession. II. It has been noticed
that some persons appeaR to have an inherent desiRe to instruct
everybody they meet. 12. A musical instrument ; an
inscribed tablet ; an inscroLLed message — almost any article
OR any incident is enough to serve as inspiration to them, and
at once they -commence to instruct the company upon the
subject. 13. It is a disagreeable habit, and should be conquered.
(260)
EXERCISE 159.
Prefixes (continued).
See Note at the head of Exercise 156.
Mr. Constantine Connell.
Dear SIR, — I have carefully -considered the proposal you made
at the recent -conference in Conway, and while / gratefully
re-cognise youR -considerate and even magnanimous tone at
the interview, I have -concluded no^ to entertain the idea, further.
There are what I consider inherent defects in the proposed
enterprise which forbid my inscribing my name on the list of
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SHaReholders in the company. / feaR it will not be the instru-
ment of profit which you anticipate. / am -conscious of all
YOUR kindness towards me in -connection with the scheme
you have introduced, and I desiRe to express my gratitude for the
hospitable reception you gave me. I can but repeat my
appreciation of the great self-control you exhibited in spite of the
interruptions to which you were exposed in the course of youR
speech at the conference. YOURS faithfully, Conrad Connor.
(147)
EXERCISE 160.
Prefixes (concluded).
See Note at the head of Exercise 156.
MCSSRS. Congreve and Compton.
Dear SiRs, — Referring to our interview with youR Mr.
Magnus on the proposal to introduce into our works the new
se//-feeding and self-controlling spool winder, will you kindly
forward us a detailed statement of the benefits claimed from
the use of the patent ? // occurred to us that these were magni-
fied at the interview ; but we are open to be -convinced of the
utility of youR invention, and we shall be pleased to instruct
our manager to give it a triaL. If the benefits are so s0//-evident
as Mr. Magnus appeaRed to think, we shall adopt the patent.
7s the attachment easily dis-connected when it has ac-com-
plisned its purpose, and can the woRker readily ac-comwodate
heRself to the use of the instrument ? YOURS faithfully, Deacon
and Cummings. (134)
EXERCISE 161.
Suffixes.
In this Exercise, and in Exercises 162 to 166 inclusive, the
hyphen indicates that the suffix should be disjoined.
(a) -ing EXPRESSED BY THE STROKE ng .' —
1 baying, braying, sobbing, enabling, disabling, aiding,
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2 dying, drying, deriding, residing, presiding, writhing,
3 wreathing, saying, sighing, sawing, sowing, easing, using,
4 throwing, snowing, usnering, pusning, casHiwg, crasning,
5 ruSHing, wasning, dashing, polishing, aiming, seeming,
6 steaming, swimming, consuming, presuming, assuming,
7 resuming, mowing, murmuring, booming, deeming, snam-
8 ming, naming, owning, awning, sinning, staining, swooning,
9 designing, chastening, glistening, christening, fastening,
10 knowing, singing, swinging, stinging, clinging, winging,
11 aiLing, sailing, swelling, stealing, wailing, whiling, lying,
12 laying, lowing, swallowing, following, bellowing, f aiLing,
13 reviLing, scaLing, queLLing, yeLLing, ruLing, rowing,
14 rueing, borrowing, sorrowing, weighing, swaying,
15 roaring, rearing, wailing, whiling, stamping, swamping,
16 basing, Leasing, dozing, chasing, rejoicing, casing, kissing,
17 creasing, increasing, grazing, glossing, facing, freezing,
18 fleecing, voicing, revising, conversing, ceasing, unceasing,
19 saucing, massing, missing, promising, amusing, amazing,
20 grimacing, noosing, commencing, snoozing, recognizing,
21 mincing, evincing, Lacing, Loosing, Lessing, aRousing,
22 aRising, eRasing, pieRcing, racing, rising, rousing, terroriz-
23 ing, perusing, carousing, housing, quizzing, acquiescing,
24 whistling, embossing, whizzing ; placing, pressing, bracing,
25 blazing, tracing, distressing, addressing, jesting, adjusting,
26 digesting, encasing, taxing, fixing, vexing, annexing,
27 cruising, closing, enclosing, disclosing, glazing, disguising,
28 confusing, diffusing, refusing, suffusing, dusting, testing,
29 protesting, pining, spraining, puffing, paving, Browning,
30 rebuffing, tanning, straining, striving, diving, dining,
31 dawning, chafing, chaffing, canning, cleaning, skinning,
32 crowning, sickening, thickening, beginning, groaning,
33 gleaning, bargaining, fanning, feigning, frowning, conven-
34 ing, thinning, assigning, moaning, manning, mining,
35 summoning, eaRning, disceRning, conceRning, quickening,
36 impugning; panting, sprinting, bending, tending, strand-
37 ing, drifting, Dinting, counting, discounting, seconding,
38 squinting, granting, grounding, fainting, finding, founding,
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39 fronting, flaunting, vaunting, venting, inventing, mount-
40 ing, cementing, lamenting, demanding, remanding,
41 impounding ; pandering, pondering, splintering, bant-
42 ering, tendering, cantering, encountering, squandering,
43 thundering, snattering, meandering, entering, centering,
44 sauntering, altering, loitering, sweltering, bewildering,
45 faltering, smouldering, scenting, resenting, dissenting,
46 consenting, netting, personating, ousting, hasting, SHout-
47 ing, snooting, waiting, hating, heating, parting, darting,
48 smarting, concerting, sorting, distorting, assorting, fashion-
49 ing, provisioning, motioning.
(b) -ing EXPRESSED BY A LIGHT DOT : —
1 paying, praying, playing, tapping, dipping, chipping,
2 coping, groping, moping, nipping, lapping, ripping, weep-
3 ing, hopping, eating, pitying, beating, dating, doating,
4 rating, trying, straying, staying, etching, pitching, beach-
5 ing, teaching, catching, snatching, reaching, bewitching,
6 edging, paging, budging, dodging, gauging, converging,
7 waging, cawing, pecking, breaking, talking, decoying,
8 checking, joking, smoking, sneaking, raking, looking,
9 Hacking, growing, begging, dragging, smuggling, ragging,
10 lagging, frying, fraying, flowing, fleeing, vying, purveying,
11 surveying, conveying, thawing, aiRing, soaRing, steeRing,
12 sweaRiwg, paRing, beaRing, teaRing, daRing, jeeRing,
13 injiming, conjtiRing, scaRing, secuRing, squaRtng, feaRing,
14 veeRing, smeaRing, snoRing, loweRing, Hoeing, Haying ;
15 plotting, plating, budding, brooding, upbraiding, celebrat-
16 ing, treating, prostrating, illustrating, devastating, rotat-
17 ing, frustrating, doubting, dreading, radiating, inundating,
18 crediting, chatting, cheating, fidgeting, cutting, skating,
19 dissecting, transacting, attracting, detracting, protracting,
20 secreting, grading, degrading, emigrating, migrating,
21 fighting, flitting, floating, fretting, avoiding, evading,
22 inattz;/^, permitting, promoting, consummating, letting,
23 lighting, pelting, bolting, tilting, delighting, smelting,
24 welting, emulating, SHiRting, quitting, squatting ; poRteriwg,
25 boRdering, chaRteriwg, fluttering, flattering, frittering.
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26 muttering, smothering, oRdering, disoRdering, rendering,
27 surrendering, wandering, wondering, wintering, hindering ;
28 chanting, enchanting, grafting, shunting, anointing, land-
29 ing, lending, rending, rounding, surrounding, rafting,
30 wanting, wending, wounding, winding, unwinding, wafting,
31 hunting, haunting ; coughing, scoffing, craving, graving,
32 engraving, grieving, raving, roving, reefing, waving,
33 weaving, serving, preserving, observing, deserving, reserv-
34 ing, conserving, starving, swerving, spurning, burning,
35 turning, adorning, churning, adjourning, scorning, morning,
36 mourning, learning, leaning, lining, maligning, running,
37 raining, winning, waning, whining, yawning, yearning,
38 heaving, behaving, snining, ensHrining, enthroning,
39 cautioning, apportioning ; prancing, pouncing, dispensing,
40 bronzing, bouncing, entrancing, distancing, condensing,
41 chancing, ensconsing, cleansing, rinsing, wincing, silencing,
42 glancing ; pasting, posting, plastering, bolstering, coasting,
43 casting, fasting, flustering, mastering, mustering, cluster-
44 ing, resting, roosting, requesting, aRResting, buRsting,
45 wasting.
(c) -ingS EXPRESSED BY A LIGHT DASH : —
1 chippings, clippings, scrapings, sweepings, etchings, cut-
2 tings, fittings, meetings, paRings, boRings, beaRings,
3 winnings, burnings, engravings, turnings, mornings,
4 learning's, yearnings, wanderings, renderings, diggings,
5 carvings, misgivings, livings, leavings, twistings, castings,
6 postings, droppings, drippings, sittings, searchings, takings,
7 mooRings, wonderings, twitchings, plottings, windings,
8 makings.
(d) -ality, -ility, -arity, ETC., INDICATED BY DISJOINING THE
PRECEDING STROKE.
The hyphen indicates that the following stroke is to be
disjoined : —
1 absorba-6i/i/y, accepta-6i/i^y, acquiRa-bi/i/y, adapta-
2 bility, addi-bi^y, admira-bi/i/y, admi-r^y, admissi-bi/i^y,
3 advisa-bi/tVy, affa-bi/^y, effecti-bitoy, agreea-bi/iJy,
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4 aLiena-b*7*7y, altera-b*7»7y, amena-b»7t7y,
5 amica-b»7t7y, associa-bt'/tVy, attaina-b*7t/y, attracta-bi7t7y,
6 audi-b»7»7y, avaiLa-bt7t7y, bar-banVy, capa-bt7»7y, incapa-
7 bility, car-ru?/t7y, chargea-b*7t7y, combusti-bi/i7y, com-
8 mensura-bt7t7y, communica-b*7t7y, comnmta-b*/t7y, compati-
9 b»7t7y, compressi-bi7*7y, condensa-bt7t7y, conduci-b*7*7y,
10 conduct!- bilily, contracti-b«7tVy, contrac-tt7*/y, convi-
1 1 violily, converti-bilily, corrigi-b»7t/y, corrupti-bt/t^y, culpa-
12 bility, credi-btWy, crimi-nolity, stability , insta-b*7*7y,
13 dura-bttoy, lia-b»7t/y, excita-bt/t/y, hospi-tolity, foR-molity,
14 pr'mci-polity, bru-tolity, porta-bility, mo-bility, no-bility,
15 ina-b»7*7y, disa-b«7»7y, popu-larity, ia.-tality, iu-tilily,
16 mi-norities. feasi-bi7t/y, lusi-bility, v\-laLity, deduci-b«7tVy,
17 defensa-bi/f/y, demisa-bt7t/y, desira-btWy, destructi-bility,
18 diftusi-bility, digesti-btft/y, distensi-bt7t<y, dissimi-lanVy,
19 divisi-bility, duc-tility, eligi-bi/tVy, equz-biliiy, eRec-iiltty,
20 exchangea-bi7t/y, expansi-bt7tVy, extensi-b»7tVy, falli-b*7*7y,
21 fermenta-b&fy, fi-nalily, inflamma-bt7tVy, fLexi-bility,
22 foRmida-b»7*7y, fra-g*7»7y, fria-b*7«Vy, iri-volity, gene-rality,
23 gulli-b*7»7y, hos-t*7*Vy, ilTegi-bt/*/y, legi-bility, illi-bero/t/y,
24 \i-berality, ille-go/tVy, le-galtty, imita-b»7*7y, immisci-
25 bt7t7y, \mmo-bility, immor-ta/t7y, immova-bi7t7y, muta-
26 bility, immuta-bt7t7y, impalpa-b»7t7y, imparti-b*7*7y,
27 impassi-b«7i7y, impecca-b»7*/y, impenetra-bt7t7y, implaca-
28 bility, impondera-bt7t7y, impossi-bt7»7y, impregna-bt7»7y,
29 inaudi-bi7*7y, incompressi-bi7i7y, inconverti-bt7t7y, indeli-
30 bility, indissolu-bt7j7y, ineRRa-bt7t7y, infalli-bt7t7y, infoR-
31 mality, inhospi-tfl/t7y, inscruta-bt/«7y, insatia-bt7*/y,
32 insepara-b«7*7y, wsolu-bility, insupera-bt7t7y, invaria-b«7t7y,
33 invinci-b*7»7y, }ocu-\arity, mallea-bt7t7y, modifia-bt7*7y,
34 mor-tality, naviga-bt7t7y, nota-bt7t7y, ostensi-bt7t7y, palpa-
35 b*7«7y, penetra-bt7t7y, perfecti-bt7*7y, permissi-b»7»7y, plu-
36 ra/t7y, practi-ca/»7y, rata-b*7t7y, recepti-b»7*7y, remova-
37 bility, repeala-b»7t7y, resisti-b»7t7y, revoca-bt7t7y, risi-
38 bility, sana-b*7t7y, separa-bi/t7y, ser-v*7«7y, seve-ra//y,
39 simi-lan7y, singu-lan7y, angu-lan7y, solva-bi7t7y, suscepti-
40 bt/*7y, tangi-b*7*7y, taxa-b»7t7y, tena-bt/*7y, tensi-bt7»7y,
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41 tracta-bility, transmissi-bi/tfy, transporta-bt/i/y, volu-bility,
42 vendi-bility, vulnera-bi/tVy, regularity, iRRegu-lanVy, juve-
43 nility, gen-tility.
(e) -ment EXPRESSED BY nt : —
1 announcement, pronouncement, denouncement, advance-
2 ment, ascertainment, assignment, confinement, consignment,
3 commencement, refinement, pavement, imprisonment,
4 deiacement, efiacement, resentment, aLignment, achieve-
5 ment, enlightenment, abandonment, enchantment, enList-
6 ment, preierment, reappointmew/, reassignment, accompani-
1 ment.
(/) -mental OR -mentality EXPRESSED BY DISJOINED ment : —
1 instru-men/a/, instru-mentality, iunda-mental, regi-mental,
2 regi-menlals, docu-mental, recrc-mental, senti-mental, senti-
3 mentality, rudi-mental, sacra-mental,' monu-mental, excre-
4 mental, detri-mental, supple-mental, experi-mental, depart-
mental.
(g) -ly EXPRESSED BY DISJOINED / : —
1 astutely, distantly, bland-/y, blind-Zy, blunt-/y, cogent-/y,
2 diffidently, friend-/y, unfriend-/y, coincident-/y, com-
3 petent-/y, incompetent-/y, confidently, constantly, in-
4 constantly, instant-/y, persistently, compliant-/y, jointly,
5 conjointly, contingent-/y, flippant-^y, obedient-/y, dis-
6 obediently, diligent-/y, indulgent-/y, urgent-Zy, impudent-
7 ly, imprudently, improvident-/y, providently, evenly,
8 unevenly, vain-/y, ancient-/y, expectant-Zy, latently,
9 fervent-Zy, fond-/y, faint-/y, impotent-/y, inadvertently,
10 triumphantly, incipient-/y, inconsistently, indoLent-/y,
11 insoLent-/y, antecedently, negligently, potently,
12 precedent-/y, prudent-/y, radiantly, stringent-/y, sloven-/y,
13 tender-/y, steRn/-y.
(h) -ship EXPRESSED BY sh : —
1 rector-ship, advocate-ship, abbot-ship, augur-ship, author-
2 ship, comrade-ship, captain-ship, censor-ship, chairman-
3 ship, chanceLLor-ship, chaplain-sA^, chief tain-ship, cham-
4 pion-ship, citizen-ship, clan-ship, c\eRk-ship, collector -ship,
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5 guardian-ship, commander-sAt/>, companion-sAt/>, con-
6 trolleR-sAt/), counseLLor-sAt/>, court-ship, trans-ship, lady-
7 ship, lord-ship, haRd-ships, head-ship, town-ship, stewaRd-
8 ship, apprentice-ship, schoLar-ship, deacon-sAt/>, dictator-
9 ship, disciple-sAt/>, draf tsman-ship, editoR-sAt/>, envoy-ship,
10 librarian-sAt/), Messiah-ship, mid-ship, penmanship, pre-
11 centorship, premieR-ship, proconsuL-ship, proiessor-ship,
12 seamanship, squiRe-ship, survivor-ship, trustee-ship, ward-
13 ship, associate- ship, heiR-ship, acquaintance-sAt'^>.
(*') -lessness EXPRESSED BY DISJOINED Is : —
1 aRt-lessness, beaRd-lessness, blame-lessness, bound-/«ss«^ss,
2 care-lessness, cheer-lessness, hope-lessness, grace-lessness,
3 sleep-/£ss«£ss, taste -lessness, iaith-lessness, daunt-lessness,
4 dread-lessness, ianlt-ltssness, iean-lessness, iriend-lessness,
5 iruit-lessness, ground-less Jiess, guile-lessness, haRm-lessness,
6 heaRt-lessness, heed-lessness, }oy-lessness, \aw-lessness,
7 \ist-lessness, \iie-lessness, piti-lessness, prayeR-lessness,
8 sname-lessness, sight-lessness, stain-lessness, thought-
9 lessness, tiRe-lessness, use-lessness, worth- lessness, reck-
10 lessness.
(/) -fnlneSS EXPRESSED BY DISJOINED /S : —
1 aRt-fulness, bale-fulness, bant-fulness, basH-fulness, bliss-
2 fulness, boast- fulness, bounti-f 'illness, care-fulness, cheer-
3 fulness, hope-fulness, grace- fulness, rest-fulness, youth-
4 fulness, peace- fulness, diRe-fulness, dole-fulness, duti-
5 fulness, iaith-fulntss, ior get- fulness, fright- fulness, fruit-
6 fulness, guile- fulness, joy- fulness, haRm- fulness, health-
7 fulness, huRt-fulness, law-fulness, unLaw- fulness, mirth-
8 fulness, play-fulness, plenti- fulness, pray eR- fulness, right-
9 fulness, sin-fulness, skiL-fulness, sloth- fulness, spite- fulness,
10 sport- fulness, thought- fulness, trust- fulness, use- fulness.
EXERCISE 162.
Suffixes (continued).
See Note at the head of Exercise 161.
1. An aiR of cheer- fulness should be cultivated by all who
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labour amidst the absorbing, bothering, wearing ruSH of
business life. 2. It will help them to beaR more patientLy the
tantalizing, annoying troubles that anise from the vul-garity,
hos-tility, OR excita-bitoy of those they meet in business.
3. Not onLy so, but it will add very considerably to their
grace-fulness of personality, and impart an aiR of perennial
youth-fulness and hope-fulness that must preserve them from
even an appearance of incivility to anyone. 4. Thus, their
popularity will be increased, and they will acquiRe a name
for amia-btf&y that will assuRedly assist them in extending
and solidiiy-ing their business connections. 5. Anyone who
has an extensive acquaintance's/^/) must know one OR more
persons who have an habitual aiR of hope-lessness, help-lessness
and hst-lessness, and who are constant-/)/ whin-mg about some
more OR less imaginary ha.Rd-ships which they are called upon
to enduRe. 6. They do not, apparently, realise how detri-
mental such senti-mental nonsense must be to their health, OR
that it is likely to induce feeLings of resentment in persons of
refinement and enlightenw<?«^. 7. A friend-/;y warn-wg,
with such a statement of these facts as would put the case
cogent-/}1 before them, might be successful, in altering such
silly ways. (205)
EXERCISE 163.
Suffixes (continued).
See Note at the head of Exercise 161.
1. A great authority on the aRt of teach- ing says that a
moderate exhilaration and cheer-fulness grow -ing out of the
act of learn-wg is certainly the most genial- and the most
effectual means of cementing the unions that wedesiRe to foRm
in the mind. 2. This, he says, is meant when we refer to the
schoLar as hav-ing a taste for his pursuit, hav-ing a heaRt in it,
learn -*'ȣ with love. 3. The fact is perfectly well known, he
adds ; the CRROR, in connection with it, lies in dictat-twg OR
enjoin-t'wg this state of mind on everybody in every situaxion,
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as if it could be commanded by a wisn. 4. There are some
teachers, though not a ma-jonVy, who possess the knack of
inspiR-twg their pupils with this cheer-fulness which is so
helpful to them. 5. The a.ffa.-bility and amia-bi/tVy of these
teachers has not onLy the effect of keep-tng the pupils bright
and cheerful, but it helps to maintain them in a proper state of
docility and attention. 6. Such instructors have no need to
address a schoLar fieRcely OR violently. 7. They can keep a
class diligently and constantly occupied, and yet the woRk
proceeds pleasantLy and smoothly the whole time, from the
commencement to the end of the Lesson. 8. Everyone feeLS
that the teacher is keenly desirous for the advancement of his
pupils, and there is no resentment OR jealousy at the success
of any pupil in the class. 9. The leader-ship OR guardian-s/w/>
of such a teacher may be instru-mental in the promotion of
good citizenship and good fellowship in those entrusted to his
care. (262)
EXERCISE 164.
Suffixes (continued).
See Note at the head of Exercise 161.
1. A small mi-nority of people, hav-ing a rare credi-bility ,
think there is a fa.-tality in all things, and that it is an impossi-
bility that events should occur otherwise than as they do.
2. This theory, it should be said, does not affect their attracta-
bility, hospi-tality, OR jocu-lanVy, and their socia-b»/t/y is just
as great as that of the ma-jonVy of those wlio cannot see the
accepta-be'toy of fatalism. 3. It is positively provok-ing to
a schoLarly man to see the amazing facility with which many
men will commence what they impudent-/y call the study of
some department of literature, and then as suddenLy break it
off to take up some other fad. 4. FaR from regard-twg this flitt-
ing about as a sign of inteLLectuaL refinement OR versatility,
the reaL student looks upon it as a mark of imbecility,* a
mere senti-mentality OR aimless wander-ing, highly detri-mental
13— (a?)
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to anyone eager to learn. 5. He who aspires to a leader-ship
in the worLd must woRk haRd from the commencement, and be
prepaRed for the abandonment of iri-volity, insincerity, and
undue convi-viality, indulgence in which would make
advance ment an impossi-bi/i^y for him. 6. All tendency to
heed-lessness OR sloth-fulness must be steRn-/y checked, and the
course as marked out must be pursued diligently and hopefully,
and with confidence in the right-fulness of the cause in which he
is wonk-ing and studying. (223)
EXERCISE 165.
Suffixes (continued).
See Note at the head of Exercise 161.
MessRs. Canning and Cunningham .
Dear SIRS, — Hav-ing heaRd that you are in want of an
enterprising agent for youR tracing papers and other goods.
/ beg to offer you my services. / have some exceedingly
strong connections in the printing and engineering businesses
in this locality, being well known to the majority of the best
fiRms, and I think that through my acquaintance-s&i£ / could
readily introduce youR specialities into the fiRms / call upon.
7 am regarded as a man of considerable origi-na^y in my
conduct of business matters, and I can give you ample evidence
as to my ability, help-/w/n£ss, ana7 the standing / have in the
district. Of course, / should be willing to give you a n-delity
guarantee to any amount (at youR expense), ana1 I shall be
glad to enter into an experi-mental aRRangement with you,
if you prefer it. I may add that I have been instru-mental in
introducing many no-velties into this neighborhood, ana*
/ confidently assert that I should be just as successful, with
youR goods. / shall be happy to discuss terms with you.
Awaiting youR kind reply, / am, YOURS faithfully, Alexander
Mottram. (193)
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EXERCISE 166.
Suffixes (concluded).
See Note at the head of Exercise 161.
Mr. Thomas SelleR.
Dear SIR, — We have youR letter containing various oRders
and we are attending to these immediately. Referring to the
oRder from Mr. John Bailey, while we are faR from
doubt-ing this man's capa-bi/i/y of pay-ing for the goods, we
should feeL more satisfied if you would make further inquiry as
to his credi-bility and business reputation. It is our funda-
mental ruLe not to execute first ORders without perfectly good
reports as to the sta-bi/i/y of the customeR. We do not mean
to impute care-lessness to you, but you will permit us to remind
you that the guardian-sAi^> of our interests, as faR as youR
ORders are conceRned, is entrusted to you, and we look to you
not to faLL into \\st-lessness in this regard as we might be
landed into a serious position in consequence. YOUR expenses
have been grow-ing lately, ana" we venture to suggest that you
might curtail youR hospi-to/i/y to some extent. YOURS truly,
Crosby ana7 Mortimer. (163)
EXERCISE 167.
Contractions.
\ probable-bly-ility, ^\^ improbable-ly-ility, /^ republi-
^> can,
\ publication, ^\ remarkable-y, /\ represenl-ed,
representation, *\ practice-d-cal-ly, *\— * practicable,
~*\ impracticable, W phonographer, \^— phonographic,
"(, instruction, 'V parliament- ary.
Dear SiR, — We have youR letter of yesterday, offering to
represent us in the district in which you reside, but as we are
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already represented by Mr. Brown of Gateshead, who has
been our representative for some time, youR suggestion is at
present impracticable. It is probable that we shall cut up the
district in a while, and if you are then open to take the position
we should probably appoint you. In all probability the division
will be made about October, and as it is improbable that you
will have left the locality by then, we shall expect to heaR from
you about that time, with a view to youR commencing the
representation of our fiRm in an aRea to be fixed. If practicable,
we should like you to give us a call, so that we can give you any
instructions which may be necessary. We are sorry you are
not a phonographer. Perhaps you could aRRange to learn the
phonographic aRt meanwhile ? If you practised every day
you might obtain a practical knowledge of the system by October.
It is practically out of the question that you should have any
difficulty in finding a teacher. There must be many in so busy
a place who practise the phonographic aRt, and it would be
remarkable if you had trouble in secuRing the services of an
instructor. The improbability is altogether too great to be worth
further consideration. We are rather quiet just now on
account of the parliamentary recess ; but when parliament
re-opens we expect business will be remarkably brisk, through
the publication of the debates, etc. Our Mr. Smith may not
improbably be in youR neighborhood before long, and if you
have not called upon us meanwhile, he will try to see you. YOUR
republican ideas would not interfeRe with youR duties as our
representative. YOURS faithfully, (309)
EXERCISE 168.
Gram m alogues .
1. My dear student, — May I deliver to you an opinion upon
the advantage to be derived from private or extra study, taken
from the remarks of one who was himself a student of more than
ORdinary ability, and whose usual plan it was to think for
himself and do the best he could on every opportunity to find out
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the truth with regard to any particular question in whicJi- he felt
any curiosity ? 2. Shall I take it that you are willing, and
that you have no objection to a Lesson, so long^s it improves yon
and adds to your pleasure ? 3. / will, and, oh, I do hope
that of the number who read this page very many may be found
who will be numbered among those who are called schoLars.
4. The habits of literary occupation, says this gentleman,
confer cheerfulness, even upon men of common minds ; but
if they are joined to the possession of great native talents,
then they can accompany men in their faLL from the Highest
offices to the most absolute retiRement, as they did in the
case of Lord Bacon, who, though he was degraded from his
position in the court over which he had so long presided, yet
at once assumed a nigheR place in another spheRe, through the
talents he had cultivated by stud}'. 5. How much better it
would have been for some gentlemen known to you and to me,
if they had studied, say, Phonography, in their leisure hours !
6. Had the}- done so they would now have a better spirit and a
more improved mind than we see they have. 7. I shall be happy
to think they may see these words, and may use them to their own
advantage. 8. What a great difference we should see in them !
9. I think we owe it to our fellows not to be disagreeable, moody,
or dull ; and 1 am certain that if we care to use the poweRs given
to us by the Lord God, we can do much good to others, and we shall
not be accused of such faults as I have referred to. (351)
EXERCISE 169.
Grammalog-ues (continued).
1. My dear Principal, — You and I know that there are a
great number of things in Nature which we cannot account for,
if we are to be true to the language of truth ; because these things
are quite above and beyond you and me. 2. The Lord has
numbered them according to His will, and He can account for
them ; but we cannot. 3. Nor are we called upon to do so.
4. Shall I call them in one word too difficult for us ? 5. Eh ?
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6. Ay, and though we may not care to be told this it is the mere
truth, arid the more we think it over the more we see the truth of
my remark. 7. There is no use in calling it by any other
word. 8. This has been my opinion from the first hour that I
could think at all ; and I think I shall have this opinion for ever.
9. Mr. Grey, who has been my dear doctor during the year,
thinks with me in this, and his opinion is quite equal to that
of any gentleman I know. 10. It is very important that we
should remember this truth when we come to deliver an opinion
on the things we see in Nature. 11. In short, it should be
remembered by every member and by all gentlemen who use their
words according to the spirit of truth, and whose usual principle
it is to use the truth on each and every opportunity, general and
particular, that may come to them. 12. As for myself, I do
not care very much whether I know all these things or not. 13. It
is difficult for me to see in what spirit we should be improved, or
what great advantage it would be to us, if we could see through
them all, and account for them to each and every one who might
call upon us for an opinion on them. 14. After all, there -would
be no great difference in the pleasure we should have in using
them, however much we might use them ; nor should we be
more happy if we could go down and give a true account of them
at any hour during the year. 15. Are those who know the
importance of these things more happy on that account ? 16. //
our pleasure in these things had to be given up because we could
not give an opinion of them, it would be quite different. 17. But
it is not so. 18. Why, therefore, should we be put out because we
cannot give an opinion on all that may come under the eye ?
19. Yet there are two gentlemen near me who cannot see the truth
of this — Oh, that these two gentlemen could see how much we all
owe to the good God, who has delivered these things to us I 20. It
was He himself who delivered them to us. 21. We have them
from His hand, and principally for our improvement and that
we might be improved. 22. It is according to His word and
under His will that we have all these things. 23. Shall we not
go toward Him, and thank Him as He should be thanked, in a
spirit of awe and with the language of truth? 24. / threw
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out this remark a while ago to a large number of gentlemen who
are down with me, and I think the delivery of my words has done
them good. 25. Remember, I remarked, we could not have any
of these things without God. 26. // was principally for your
improvement that He has given them to you. 27. You could not
buy them from anyone. 28. Ah, thank Him, therefore, gentle-
men, in as true a spirit as you can. 29. / have put these words
down in Phonography, my dear Principal, that you may see
them and use them for advantage and improvement. (631)
EXERCISE 17O.
Grammalog'ues (continued).
Mr. ERnest Rivers.
Dear SIR, — We have been inquiRing into the statement you
reported to us some time ago as made by a gentleman in your
district, and we can come to no other conclusion than that he has
uttered language which he himself knows to be faLse in spirit and
in fact. There must be many people near your place who know
the absurdity of the thing, and who, from the nature of the case,
will know that the statement of Mr. D, is a mere fabrication
of his own. We do not, however, see any use in taking further
notice of him, nor shall we use any other means than that of
mere silence in dealing with the case. We have turned the
matter over in every snape, because we were at first inclined to
go through the courts with it ; but, after all, we threw out that
idea as we were convinced that when our standing in the
business worLd ze>as remembered, no member of the community
whose opinion we valued would think us guilty of carrying out
such a principle as that imputed to us. Our chairman, Lord
Cheesebury, called heRe on the 1st instant, and spent an hour
discussing the matter with our general secretary, and his view
was that, without doubt, the proper course was to ignore the
statement. Those gentlemen who have had dealings with us
know that we have always acted for their good equally with our
own, according to our ability, and we are, therefore, content
to rely upon the good name we have eaRned in the past thirty
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years. We owe the man no grudge, though how or why he
should come to make such a statement, and to use such language,
we really cannot say. So faR as we know, he has not been asked
to buy any of our goods, and certainLy he has not bought
any. We have neither given him, nor shall we ever give him,
just cause for enmity. Yours faithfully, Goodman Bros., Ltd.
(339)
EXERCISE 171.
Grammalog-ues (continued).
Mr. Robert Beach.
Dear SiR, — In reply to your letter of the llth instant, / have
very great pleasure in stating that Mr. Thomas Adams has been
in my employ for the last five years, and has always proved
himself quite equal to any demands that might be made upon
him. He knows his Phonography thoroughly, as / have
myself had occasion to prove very many times. Indeed, he
has been thanked more than once by myself and my partner
for the very excellent manner in which he has done this part of
his woRk. / have remarked, too, that he is very willing to
improve himself in any way, and to cultivate the gifts which
God has given him. He has, therefore, gone about his woRk
in a true spirit, and has very much improved during the period
he has been with me. I think I have not had to address a single
remark of a condemnatory nature to him all the while he has been
in this office. / cannot say whether his acquaintance with
accounts is deep enough for your purpose ; yet I feeL quite
certain that if it is not, and you will give him the opportunity,
he will do his best to meet all your requiRements in this par-
ticular. He has a great reverence for the truth, and a proper
sense of awe toward authority, and I am quite satisfied, therefore,
that what he does will be done to the best of his ability. / may
add that I am personally very sorry to lose his services, but
I feeL that I should not stand in his way when he has a good
chance of improving his position. I shall be very happy to
give you any other particulars you may desiRe. Yours faithfully,
ARthur Speakwell. (301)
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EXERCISE 172.
Grammalog-ues (continued).
Dear Mr. Smith, — Referring to your call upon me on the
1st inst., / have had the particular matter of delivery of the
goods before my principals, and I am now prepaRed to guarantee
to deliver a large portion of them by the end of March, and the
remainder toward the middle of April, if that will suit you.
I shall be very happy, also, to have the goods put up in the short,
flat boxes you liked so much when you were heRe, and for which
we shall not charge extra, though each of them costs us a trifle
under a penny. It is quite true, as I told you at the time, that
we are more than usually busy with an important contract
for these goods, the bulk of which has to be delivered this spring ;
but we are engaging a large number of extra hands, so as to
get the woRk out in good time. Difficult as it is to fulfil several
oRders of such importance, and to be in time with them all, I
have no doubt we shall be able to manage it. I thank you for
your great courtesy in waiting for an answer, and I trust to
have the pleasure of heaRing from you that we may go on with
the woRk at once. Yours truly, Wilfrid Mather. (225j
EXERCISE 173.
Grammalog'ues (concluded).
MessRS. Baker and Burnside.
Dear SiRs, — We take this opportunity of calling your atten-
tion once more to our different patterns of prints which we sent
you during the eaRly part of this year. You may remember
that we asked you to notice particularly the number of important
improvements which we had introduced in the general finish
and make-up of these goods, and which in our opinion rendered
them extremely suitable for your market, above all others. We
made these changes principally on the recommendation of two
or three gentlemen who know your market very well, and on
whose word we felt we could rely, and we are convinced that it
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will be to our mutual advantage if you will permit us to make a
triaL snipment. We have done so well with these goods in
other directions that we are quite satisfied you would find an
experimental lot profitable beyond your anticipations. It is
not our usual plan to snip on joint account, but as we cannot
doubt the result in this instance we should be willing to forward
a small lot on joint account with yourselves, if you care to do so.
Trusting to heaR favourably from you, we are, Gentlemen,
Yours faithfully, Manning and Martin. (208)
EXERCISE 174.
Omission of Consonants, etc.
In this Exercise, and in Exercises 175 to 179 inclusive, the
letter'which should be omitted (in words other than
grammalogues or contractions) is indicated by italic
type.
(a) P OMITTED BETWEEN m AND t OR sh .'—
1 pumped, plumbed, prompt, promptly, promptitude,
2 promoted, promoter, bumped, bumpkin, bum/>Tious,
3 bum/mousness, tempt, tempter, tem/>table, contempt,
4 contemptible, contemptuous, temptation, tempted, at-
5 tempted, temptress, attem/>table, trammed, stamped,
6 stumped, damped, champed, jumped, cammed, encamped,
7 unkempt, scamped, crammed, clammed, crimped, vamped,
8 thumbed, swamped, limbed, romped, hummed,
9 exempt, exempted, exemption, presumption, presumptive,
10 presumptuous, pre-emption, consumption, consumptive,
11 assumption, assumptive, assum/>tively, resumption, re-
12 sum/>tive, gumption, redemption, redem/>tible, redem^>-
13 tioneR, pre-em/>tor.
(b) T OMITTED BETWEEN CIRCLE S AND ANOTHER CONSO-
NANT : —
1 pos/age, postal , pos/boy, posf-cap tain, pos/-card, posz-CHaise,
2 postdate, postdating, postdated, postdiluvian, pos/-entry,
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3 poste restante, pos/fix, pos^-hoRse, postman, postmark,
4 postmaster, postmortem, postmeridian, pos^-office, pos/-
5 paid, postpone, postponed, postponement, postprandial,
6 pos/script, posMown, breastpin, breas/plate, blastfurnace,
7 blas/-pipe, tasteful, tastefully, tasteless, tes/ament, tes/a-
8 mentary, testimony, testimonial,, toastf-master, trustworthy,
9 trustful, trustfully, chastely, adjustment, textbook, tex^-
10 hand, fas/-day, mos^Ly, hones/Ly, dishones/Ly, lastly,
11 lis/less, lis/lessly, res/less, res/lessly, waste-book, wastefuL,
12 wastefully, waste-pipe, westward, wis^fuL, wisrfully, wais/-
13 coat, waistband, Wes/phalia, Wes^port, Wes/land, Wes^-
14 Indies, Wes^fieLd, Westeott, Wes/bury, Wes^bourne,
15 Pres/bury, manifes^Ly.
(c) K OR g BETWEEN Hg AND t OR sh.
Note that n. when it precedes the sound of k or g, is almost
always pronounced as ng : —
1 punctate, punctated, punctilio, punctilious, punctual,
2 punctually, punctuality, punctuate, punctuated, punctua-
3 Tion, puncture, punctured, tinct, tincture, tinctured,
4 strongest, junction, conjunction, disjunction, injunction,
5 conjunctive, disjunctive, adjunct, adjunctive, extinct,
6 extinction, instinct, instinctive, instinctively, distinct,
7 distinctly, distinction, distinctive, distinctively, distinct-
8 iveness, precincts, succinct, succinctly, function, function-
9 ary, functional, perfunctory, defunct, sanctity, sanctuary,
10 sanctum, sanctification, sanctified, sanctify, sanctimonious,
11 sanction, anxious, anxiously, anxiety, compunction, com-
12 puncTious, anguisn, languisH, languisned, languisning.
(d) TICK the :—
1 (Downward) up-the, be-the, by-the, if-the, for-the, have-the,
2 know -the, in-the, are-the, to-the, of-the, all-the, and-the,
3 should-the, as-the, has-the, is-the, think-the, call-the ; (upward)
4 a.t-the, had-the, which-the, so-the, see-the, was-the, will-the,
5 oR-the, on-the, but-the, from-the, toward-the.
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(e) THE PHRASE of the INDICATED BY WRITING THE TWO
WORDS WHICH IT CONNECTS CLOSE TO EACH OTHER '.—
1 price (of the) carpet ; size (of the) room ; depth (of the)
2 cellaR ; cost (ol the) books ; features (of the) plan ; irameR
3 (of the) hill ; cause (of the) war ; growth (of the) business ;
4 phase (of the) struggle ; strengthening (of the) girders ;
5 laying (of the) foundation stone ; passing (of the) measure
6 for-the benefit (of the) natives ; capture (of the) guns
7 (of the) enemy ; distance (of the) house from-the centre
8 (of the) town ; leaders (of the) various parties ; result
9 (of the) poll ; re-eLection (of the) president (of the) society ;
10 crossing (of the) Alps ; measurement (of the) ground ;
1 1 names (of the) snips ; titles (of the) books ; last (of the)
12 natives ; buriaL (of the) faixen ; love (of the) beautiful ;
13 signs (of the) times ; meaning (of the) passage quoted ;
14 defeat (of the) enemy and capture (of the) foRtress ;
15 surveillance (of the) police ; countries (of the) woiLd ;
16 home (of the) brave ; close (of the) session.
EXERCISE 175.
Omission of Consonants, etc. (continued).
See Note at the head of Exercise 174.
1. He who is really anxious to be exempt from-the fault
will turn promptly from-the temptation, on-the assumption
that prevention is better-than CURC. 2. This is manifes&y
the wisest plan, for unLess there is a punctual, almost an
instinctive resistance, even-the strongest may faLL. 3. Lay
this injunction, then, distinctly before your pupils, and bid
them not to languisH in their efforts for-the extinction of evil.
4. Point out to them, also, that a perfunctory effort will infallibly
end in failuRe, and that-lhe careless resumption (of the) courses
that have previousLy occasioned anxiety is presumptive
evidence of a weakness in-the inclination to resist. 5. Mere
lis/less attempts cannot be considered as trus/worthy signs of a
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genuine desiRe to acquiRe self-restraint. 6. Such attempts
are more likely to be regarded as manifestations of a restless
disposition, whose owner will not achieve great distinction
in-the worLd. 7. // is useless encouraging a fooLish, trustful
hopeo/ success in tJwse who evince no anxiety to deserve success.
8. Finally, it should be borne in mind that-the longer we persist
in our habit, the haRder it is to escape from it. (190)
EXERCISE 176.
Omission of Consonants, etc. (continued).
See Note at the head of Exercise 174.
1. Be prompt and punctual in your engagements ; postpone-
ments are disagreeable, and they are mostly brought about by
lack of system. 2. The methodical man is always res/less
when he is compeLLed to wait for an unpunctual person. 3. /
say distinctly there is no redemption (of the) time that is once
lost, and it is a presumption for anyone to waste precious
moments that cannot be recalled. 4. No position is nigh enough
to sanction the assumption (of the) right to waste another
person's time. 5. Look at-the facts hones/ly, and remember
that if you are anxious to get on in-the worLd, your best testi-
monial, will be a reputation for punctuality in-the dispatch
(of the) business entrusted to you. 6. // your anxiety to
achieve distinction is reaL, you will cultivate promptitude
untiL it becomes an instinct with you. 7. Let no-one tempt
you to claim exemption from-the niLe that-the man who is
punctual in-the adjustment of his own affaiRS will be equally
prompt in-the adjustment (of the) affaiRS entrusted to him
by others. 8. He is-the man who will have business matters to
adjust. 9. Remember, too, that few men have jumped t'wto a
habit at once ; on-the contrary, habits grow upon us by degrees,
and they are sometimes stamped upon us before their presence
is dreamed of. 10. Many a man has crammed himself, and lost
in-the race of life through giving way to-the temptation to
procrastinate. 11. The playeR who loiters between-//**
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wickets is certain to be stumped. 12. The manner (of the)
Lesson may amuse you ; but if you take possession (of the)
facts / have put before you in-the course (of the) i.essons, and
try to model your plan of woRk at-the beginning (of the) day
upon-the lines / have laid down, I shall be satisfied, and at-the
end (of the) year you will be benefited. 13. Thus, we shall
both be pleased at-the result (of the) labour we have spent upon
these shorthand exercises. (336)
EXERCISE 177.
Omission of Consonants, etc. (continued).
See Note at the head of Exercise 174.
1. He who is anxious to be exempt from-the evil must be
prompt to resist-the temptation. 2. The foRce (of the)
temptation may easily be forgotten in-the pleasure (of the;
moment ; but-the strong man is distrustful of his poweR,
and is careiuL not to estimate it too Highly. 3. The punctual
man economises time by being prompt in all things. 4. The
head (of the) fiRm should be a model of punctuality to
everyone (of the) fiRm's servants. 5. It is manifesfr-y beyond
us to make up at night the time lost during-the day. 6. He
who sanctions wrong-doing cannot claim exemption from-the
guilt (of the) crime 7. The owner (of the) money does not
always carry the puRse. 8. Remember, too, that "It is an
empty puRse which is fuLL of other men's money." 9. Pass
not a lis/less youth ; for-the woRk (of the) Spring will be repaid
in-the Autumn. 10. Many an honest man has been ruined
by-the res/less tongue of an idle neighbour. 11. Assumption
of wisdom is often the sign of a fooL. 12. // is-the function
(of the) pupil to obey the directions (of the) trustworthy teacher.
and thus gain distinction. 13. The failuRe (of the) fiRm was
distinctly due to-the perfunctory manner in which-the men did
their duty. 14. The actions (of the) minister aRoused the
contempt (of the) people (of the) country, who anxiously
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called for his dismissal. 15. The parks surrounding the
residences (of the) nobility are an inviting feature (of the)
EngLish landscape. 16. Many rivers (of the) country are
important factors in-the commerce (of the) nation, as their
mouths foRm havens where seaports are situated and a large
carrying business is conducted. 17. The city of London
is-the capital (of the) Britisn EmpiRe, and-the centre (of the)
money markets (of the) worLd. 18. New York is-the business
centre (of the) American Republic, and-the port does more-than
half (of the) foreign commerce (of the) country. (325)
EXERCISE 178
Omission of Consonants, etc. (continued).
See Note at the head of Exercise 174.
MCSSRS. PeeR and Bates.
Gentlemen, — I thank you for your letter (of the) 24th inst.,
and I am much obliged for -the copy (of the) correspondence
which has passed between you and-the heads (of the) depart-
ment in London. As faR as / can see you are exempt from
blame in-the matter (of the) postage accounts. You are quite
correct in-the assumption that we deal with these . accounts
in-the same way heRe. / can assuRe you that I should be
tempted to promptly resent any letters (of the) tone of those
addressed to you, were such sent to me. I have-the strongest
and most distinct recollection, too, that-the matter (of the)
pos/age accounts has been considered before, and that-the
present mode of keeping a record (of the) payments for postage
is-the result of a recommendation by a most trustworthy
accountant. Criticism (of the) kind expressed in-the letters
to you can onLy bring about a restless, uneasy feeLing in-the
minds (of the) agents (of the) company, and I hope we are
not to be annoyed with a repetition (of the) methods you so
properly condemn. Yours truly, James Matthews. (198)
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EXERCISE 179.
Omission of Consonants, etc. (concluded).
See Note at the head of Exercise 174.
Mr. Charles Lewis.
Dear SiR, — I thank you for your prompt response to my
application, and I will enter-the boy as a student of your
school on-the resumption of classes in-the new year. I think
he will do well under your guidance. He has been a little
crammed for opportunities in-the school he has been attending,
but I have great hopes that he will achieve distinction in a
place where his talents have a chance of developing. //
you will kindly obtain the whole (of the) textbooks he will
requiRe, and leave the adjustment (of the) account for-the
same untiL the close (of the) term, / shall be greatly obliged.
You have my sanction to direct the boy's studies as appeaRs
best to you. I am very anxious that he should be taught the
value of a punctual fulfilment of his engagements. Yours
faithfully, Jonathan More. (152)
EXERCISE 180.
Contractions.
Dear Charles, — I am pleased to acknowledge your phono-
graphic skiLL and I feeL certain you will never regret that
you are a phonographer. It is a mistake, however, to think,
and you are altogether mistaken in thinking, that anything in
the way of information is uninteresting to-the representative
of a newspaper or magazine. He may have a natural dislike
to-the display of his interest. He may appeaR entiRely dis-
interested, and his disinterestedness may be obvious to a stranger
or even to a boy messenger. Nevertheless, he is interested,
or rather the public for whom his articles are published are
interested, in practically everything that is going on in-the worLd,
and they naturally expect him, and have always expected him,
to publish information of a satisfactory character on every
subject, of whatever nature, and on every remarkable event
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whenever it may have occurred, from-the destruction (of the)
great SpaniSH ARmada to-the doctrine (of the) new Parliament-
ary leader and-the 'prospect of Licensing reform in-the next
session of Parliament. That is-the object for which they
subscribe to-the magazine or paper which is represented by-the
writer, and they would, in all probability, transfer their sub-
scriptions immediately if it were not more-than probable that
their object would be attained, if-the characteristic style (of the)
writer were unsatisfactory in any respect, or if he were to
represent in a wrong light some peculiarity in-the character
of a peculiar man whom they respect. It is very improbable
that any regular writer would make such a mistake. It would
be so irregular and inconsistent that it may be said to be impos-
sible in-the case of a writer who understood his woRk, and
you will understand that in such a case the improbability or
inconsistency may be put down as an impossibility. No one
knows better-than the author of manuscripts or transcripts
for-the press how essential it is that he should have catholic
tastes in reading and study. He must know something about
everything. Not even-the most unexpected subject must come
as a surprise to him. He may be asked unexpectedly to write
an article that will give instruction to readers all over-the kingdom
on-the representation (of the) republican party in-the great
republic of America ; or a notice (of the) death of an architect
famous for his architectural genius and as-the designer of some
Peculiar specimens of architecture. If there is to be an imme-
diate publication (of the) article, the writer has no time to think
(of the) difficulties (of the) task he has to perform. It must
be performed immediately, notwithstanding any objection he may
have to-the hurry. And so nothing must be neglected if he is
to give satisfaction to his editoR. He must take an enlarged
view of things, and neglect nothing that will enlarge his knowledge
and influence and render-^ performance of his woRk more
satisfactory to himself and others. It is impossible to deny
that occasionally his woRk 'is dangerous. I am thankiul to say
that he is seldom influenced by the thought of-the danger,
and it is not improbable that he would face any danger
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rather-than faiL to obtain information which would be useful
to-the public. He knows-the influence (of the) press on public
opinion and-the establishment of domestic prosperity, and as
faR as practicable it is his uniform practice to assist the reverend
gentlemen in his neighborhood in-the promotion of temperance
reform and-the government of reason. I know he thinks some
(of the) plans for-the reform of criminals are altogether imprac-
ticable, and-the improbability of success is onLy too apparent
to his practical mind. He is especially carei\\L to point out
to-the reformers that if criminals are to be reformed they must be
SHown how to govern their inclinations when-the temptation to
transgress comes upon them. OnLy yesterday, I met a writer
who desiRes to establish or to see established a society whose
members will take an especial interest in-the instruction (of the)
remarkably low class of men whose lives have been remarkable
for-the uniformity with which they have practised essentially
vicious habits ; who cannot govern their evil dispositions,
and who are unwilling to be governed by others. We were joined
by an uninfluential member of a dramatic society. We
conferred together and were unanimous in thinking that-the
proposed society was worthy (of the) support of all influential
men, and that not improbably we should be able to persuade
others (of the) importance (of the) movement. There was
perfect unanimity, also, in our decision to attempt to carry
the transaction to a satisfactory conclusion, so that-the trans-
gressions (of the) unfortunate people referred to might be
curtaiLed. Will you join the society ? Yours truly, (908)
EXERCISE 181.
Contractions (continued).
MessRs. Barker and Bradley.
Gentlemen, — We have to acknowledge receipt of your letter of
yesterday, together with-the proofs (of the) transcript (of the)
address on " Modern Architecture." We note that you
expect this to come out better-than anything that you have done
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for us before, and we are glad to think there is a prospect of
improvement in-the character (of the) binding. Kindly let MS
know immediately the book is ready for publication, and we
will send a representative with instructions for-the despatch
(of the) bulk (of the) oRder. We cannot under stand-the
inconsistency of your attitude respecting the transfers for-the
manuscript magazine sent you by messenger yesterday, and we
cannot but regard your explanation as altogether unsatisfactory.
We have done everything possible to meet your objection to a
uniform size of character ; but-the other proposals you make
were quite unexpected, and are altogether impracticable. Neither
do we see what object would be gained by adopting the dangerous
policy you suggest. From-the information at our disposal
we can assuRe you that such an irregular proceeding would be
resented by all-the regular readers (of the) magazine throughout-
the kingdom. It must, therefore, be cleaRly understood that we
shall have nothing whatever to do with-the proposal, and that
rather-than associate our names with such an inconsistent
policy, we shall retiRe from-the business altogether. We do
not know-the writer you mention. We rather think he is-thc
sub-editoR of a Catholic newspaper, in which case there should
be no difficulty in finding his address. Yours truly, Moseley
and WiLd. (269)
EXERCISE 182.
Contractions (continued).
Mr. William Heaton.
Dear SiR, — / have seen-the architect with reference to-the
architectural designs it is proposed to publish in-the "Repub-
lican Gazette," and he will probably be able to do something
for us next month. He is extremely busy just now, and without
neglecting his business it would be impossible for him to give
immediate attention to-the scheme. Nevertheless, he will
keep it in mind, and whenever he can find an opportunity he
will give us-the benefit of his great knowledge (of the) subject.
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This was as much as I expected ; indeed, / thought it more-
than probable that he would refuse altogether, especially as I was
an entiRe stranger to him. Yours faithfully, Peter Farmer.
(121)
EXERCISE 183.
Contractions (continued).
MessRs. Digby and Cowley.
Gentlemen, — We regret to have to notify you of-the total
destruction of our Chesnire premises by fiRe on Monday last,
so that it will be impossible for us to perform our part (of the)
contract with you in-the time specified. We are, however,
making practicable aRRangements for-the transfer (of the)
woRk to our other branches, and notwithstanding-the difficulty
in a peculiar business like ours, we think it is improbable that
we shall be more-than a couple of months behind with-the
delivery (of the) goods. We venture to hope that this will be
satisfactory to you. We are naturally desirous of publishing the
facts in our own way, so that we may not suffer from a faulty
representation (of the) case. We have-the satisfaction, too, to
know that so faR our customeRs have been unanimous in their
expressions of sympathy, and we trust that you will snaRe
in that unanimity. You know that we have always claimed
it as a peculiar characteristic of ours that we have practically
never before faiLed in-the performance of a promise, and we
are thankful that in-the present instance we cannot be charged
with a transgression of good faith. We should be more-than
sorry to transgress in this way. We venture to think it is
remarkable that in a business like ours, \vhere-the premises are
remarkable subject to destruction by fiRe, we have always per-
formed our promises and given satisfaction to our clients. We
shall take-the opportunity of enlarging our Chesnire woRks,
and we hope that in-the enlarged factory we shall be able to
influence a still greater snaRe of patronage. We shall be glad
to heaR that we may rely upon your kindness in-the present
trouble, and on your influential support in-the future.
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We trust we have established a claim to your especial considera-
tion, and we assuRe you that in-the new establishment we shall
endeavour to establish a still more solid character for-the punctual
fulfilment of all oRders entrusted to «s. Yours faithfully,
Burnett and FraseR. (352)
EXERCISE 184.
Contractions (concluded).
Rev. ARthur Acton.
My dear SiR, — / should have acknowledged your interesting
letter eaRlieR, had not-the Government unexpectedly invited
me as a temperance reformer to give evidence before a Parlia-
mentary committee, just beiore-the prorogation of Parliament.
You will not be interested in details which must be uninteresting
to any outsider ; but as I know you to have a disinterested
anxiety for-the reform of inebriates, / think it can be no mistake
to tell you why such an uninftuential man as I was called to
London. You know that I am influenced by a desiRe to carry
wto public, as well as private and domestic life, the doctrine
of temperance in all things, which is an essential part (of the)
education of a man, if he is either to govern himself or others,
or if he is to submit to be governed by others and to a.void-the
danger of being led away by mistaken men, with little or no
practical knowledge (of the) subjects on which they speak so
lightly. / trust / was able to represent my views in such a
manner as to convince the committee of my disinterestedness,
though it is improbable that-the members will subscribe entiRely
to my statement. / should think no committee ever yet sub-
scribed absolutely to-the views of any witness, no matter how
well those views may have been represented to them. As a
phonographer I was interested in-the phonographic skiLL (of the)
repoRters present. The ability displayed in-the performanc
of their duties was remarkable. Surely, no performer on a
musical instrument requiRes more delicacy of touch than these
gentlemen, who must have practised well to attain to such
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dexterity. Good heaRing must be essentially important in
their case, as a single word missed would in all probability
disturb the run of a whole sentence. / was so impressed by
their performance that I shall not improbably renew my sub-
scription lo-the phonographic magazines before / leave for-the
great republic across-/A<3 Atlantic. / should like to have a
verbatim speed, but-the improbability of my secuRing this is
obvious when I think (of the) little time / have for practice.
// practicable I will call on you on Friday morning next,
when we can discuss-the outlook in temperance affaiRs more
fully. Yours very truly, Thomas Drinkwater. (393)
EXERCISE 185.
Phraseography.
1 I -have-no-doubt, that-you-are already convinced (of the)
benefits to be derived from a practical knowledge o/-phraseo-
graphy, and-I-think you-must-have-seen by-this-time that-
ihe judicious use of -this principle not-onLy materially increases
2At> ease and-speed with-which-you-may write, but-that-it also
adds to-the legibility of-your writing. 2. 1-a.m-sure that-you
recognise-//^ truth of all-this ; and-yet /-am venturing to-
tell-you again, so-that you-will-be less likely to-iorget it. 3.
" He who-would-be wise must-fo willing to be taught " is a
proverb which-you-may-remember reading in- one- of -your phono-
graphic text-books. 4. You-must-not-be annoyed, therefore,
if I-tell-you that-which-you already know 5. It-is-not possible
to know-the ruLes (of the) system too well ; and, of -course,
it-should-be your aim, and-the aim of-every phonographer, to
know them as-well-as they can-be known. 6. I-think-you-will
admit that-it-would-be a good thing if all phonographers looked
at-the matter in-this-wa.y. 7. This-is, perhaps, too-much
to hope for ; but-you and-/, who-are owr-own masters in-this
affaiR, are deteRmined, I-think, that-we-shall obtain as good
a knowledge (of the) ruLes as-it-is possible for us to obtain.
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8. Is-not-that our case ? 9. /-aw-sure it-is, and-it-is a
pleasure to-me to-think-so. 10. You-will-do well, then, to
practise phraseography diligently, taking as your models
the phraseograms which-are given in " Pitman's Journal "
week by week. 11. Of -course, it-is-not suggested that-you-
should memorize the foRms ; but it-is-important that-you- should
under stand-the principles upon-which-the best phraseograms
are made, and-it-is advisable that-you-should acquiRe a good
style now, while you-are young in-the- system, if I-may put it
in-this-way. 12. It-is for-these-rea.sons that /-am recom-
mending you to-copy the shorthand matter given in-the " Jour-
nal," and-I-am-sure you could-not-have better practice. 13.
Yew-must excuse me, however, if I-tell-you to beware how you-
employ this fascinating principle. 14. There-are-some begin-
ners in-the-a.Rt who do-not use it as-it-should-be used. 15.
Therefore, /-say to-you. do-not-be led into-the CRROR of joining
too-many words together, or of joining words simply because-
ihey-will join. 16. If-you-will but follow my counseL, and
copy good models, you-will soon acquiRe a, correct an^-gracefuL
style which-will-be of-great assistance to-you in-your application
(of the) winged aRt to-the purposes of-your business or
profession. (468)
EXERCISE 186.
Phraseography (concluded).
My-dear student, — I-think-you-will-agree with me that-we-
have-had a pleasant journey together through-the pages (of the)
first part (of the) " Instructor," or-the " Manual," and-that-the
knowledge you have gained will-be interesting as-well-as useiul
to-you in-your future life. I-think-it-is-not likely that-you-will
ever regret any trouble which-you-may-have-had during-the
course. Of-course you-could-not expect to-master the subject
as-it-should-be mastered without trouble. I-think I-shall-be
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excused if /-say it-would-be wrong for-you to-think that-you-can
acquiRe knowledge without some difficulty. There- are-some
pupils who-would-be-gl&d to-think in-this-way ; but, of-course,
we-are both aware, for our-ov/n reason will-convince us, that-
it-is-not possible for-them to-do-so. I-do-not expect that-you-are
yet able to-write very rapidly. W e-cannot-expect that at-
present. But-we-can and-we-do expect that-you-will persevere
in-your practice (of the) aRt so-that you-will-be in a position
eRe long /o-report a speaker as-well-as any phonographer
you-are acquainted with. I-have-no hesitation in saying
that if-you-will practise every-da.y you-will achieve a measure
o/-success that will-be-satisfactory to-you as-well-as to-me.
But, of-course, you-nmst-not dream of neglecting} your regular
practice, or-you-cannot hope to-do well. I-have-done all-that-
you-can expect me to-do for-you, and-it-is a pleasure to-me
to-think that-you have-done your best also. And-now, if-you-
will-permit-me, I-will give-you one piece of advice which-you-
will-do well fo-follow when you enter upon-the study (of the)
second part, or-the " RepoRter," as, of-course, you-will imme-
diately. It-is-this : See that-you-learn. all-the grammalogues,
awa"-contractions thoroughly, so-that-you-can write them
without-the least hesitation or difficulty. This-is important
for-this-Tea.son : You-will-find that-the-ma.]ority (of the)
words spoken in an oRdinary passage are included in-the
list of grammalogues aw^-contractions, and, of-course, you-
must-see from this that if -you master the list perfectly you-will-
have-the outlines /oy-^-majority of -words you-willhea.Rat-your
finger-ends. Do-not, then, neglect your practice. See that-
you-are doing all-that-you-can to advance in dexterity with-the-
system, and you-will-be-surprised to find what you-can-do with-
it. It-is-said that " Practice makes perfect." Of-course it-is-
true that-it does, and-it-will make you perfect as a phonographer
if-you-will but practise aw^-persevere. And who-would-not
persevere to-the end when-he-was as near -the goal as you-are,
especially when perseverance means the possession of an
ability which-cannot faiL to be of-great service to-him that-has-
it ? Yours- truly. (524)
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EXERCISE 187.
Punctuation, etc.
" This world, after all our science and sciences, is still a
miracle ; inscrutable, magical and more, to whosoever will
think of it. That great mystery of time, were there no other ;
illimitable, silent, like an all-embracing ocean-tide, on which
we and all the universe swim like exhalations, like apparitions
which are and then are not : this is for ever literally a miracle,
a thing to strike us dumb — for we have no word to speak
about it. This universe, ah me — what could the wild man
know of it ; what can we yet know of it ? That it is a Force,
a thousandfold complexity of Forces ; a Force which is not we.
That is all ; it is not we ; it is altogether different from us.
Force, Force, everywhere Force ; we ourselves a mysterious
Force in the centre of that. ' There is not a leaf rotting but
has Force in it : how else could it rot ? ' Nay, surely, to the
Atheistic Thinker, if such a one were possible, it must be a
miracle too, this huge illimitable whirlwind of Force, which
envelops us here ; never rest whirlwind, high as Immensity,
old as Eternity. What is it ? God's creation, the religious
people answer ; it is the Almighty God's ! Atheistical science
babbles poorly of it, with scientific nomenclatures, experi-
ments and what not, as if it were a poor dead thing, to be
bottled up in Leyden jars and sold over counters ; but the
natural sense of man, in all times, if he will honestly apply
his sense, proclaims it to be a living thing — an unspeakable,
godlike thing ; towards which the best attitude for us, after
never so much science, is awe, devout prostration and humility
of soul ; worship if not in words, then in silence." — From
Carlyle's " Lectures on Heroes." (300)
EXERCISE 188.
Punctuation, etc. (concluded).
" Look there! The bloom of that fair face is wasted, the
hair is grey with care ; the brightness of those eyes is quenched,
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their lids hang drooping, the face is stony pale, as of one
living in death. Mean weeds, which her own hand has
mended, attire the Queen of the World. The death-hurdle
where thou sittest pale, motionless, which only curses environ
has to stop ; a people drunk with vengeance, will drink it
again in full draught, looking at thee there. Far as the eye
reaches, a multitudinous sea of maniac heads, the air deaf with
their triumph-yell ! The living-dead must shudder with yet
one other pang ; her startled blood yet again suffuses with
the hue of agony that pale face, which she hides with her
hands. There is there no heart to say, God pity thee ! Oh,
think not of these, think of Him whom thou worshippest,
the crucified who also, treading the winepress alone, confronted
sorrow, still deeper ; and triumphed over it and made it
holy, and built of it a ' Sanctuary of Sorrow ' for thee and
all the wretched ! Thy path of thorns is nigh ended, one long
last look at the Tuileries, where thy step was once so light —
where thy children shall not dwell. The head is on the block ;
the axe rushes — dumb lies the world ; that wild-yelling
world, and all its madness is behind thee." — From Carlyle's
" French Revolution." (241)
EXERCISE 189.
Writing- in Position.
(All the following Exercises are counted in 20 "s. )
The staid student should try, by every means in his poweR, to acquiRe
the ability to pursue a train of \ thought steadily and without wandering
from the plain plan he has set before himself. How can he hope to heap |
up a multitude of facts, if he is continually hopping, as it were, from
one branch of knowledge to another, | not stopping long enough to gather
the fruit from one branch, CRC he stoops to examine another ? Let a
youth | but think a moment of such loose methods, and he will see that
they amount to a mere loss of (1) time, and, it may be, of temper also.
Now, it is fooLish to experiment or tamper with that which we \ cannot
repaiR ; and it is well that we should recognise that a moment once gone
is gone for ever. We \ may regret the time we have lost, but there is
not the least hope of recalling it. Let us but \ feeL the fuLL foRce of this
remark, and, if we have wasted the golden moments in the past, we shall I
follow another and better plan in the future. // is, of course, right to
say that there is no royaL (2) route to the well of knowledge and the fount
of wisdom, and that he who would sound the depths of I the one, and
drink the waters of the other, must pass atong the same rugged ways
by which wise men I of all ages have travelled before him. He will,
to be sure, find difficulties in his way, and he may \ have many a bitter
fight eRe he reaches the goal of his ambition. But these will onty fit
him for \ braver feats, and each victory will leave him stronger and
better prepaRed for further effort, should such be necessary. Let (3)
him but keep up his courage, and he may hope to cope successfully with
any obstacle that may appeaR to I baR his progress. But, as we have
said, it is above all things necessary that the student should be able I
to fix his mind upon his subject, and keep it there ; that he should be able
to occupy his thoughts I and focus his poweRs upon one point, to the
exclusion of all others for the time being ; that, in a \ word, he should
have the poweR of applying himself to the mastery of the difficulty before
him, and of refusing (4) to be drawn aside from his task upon any plea,
no matter how plausible. And, if the student has not \ this poweR
of attention, he should try to acquiRe it by every means at his command.
Let him set to I woRk in eaRnest, and he will find that the acquisition
is not the utter impossibility which, at first sight, it I may appeaR to be.
He can, at any rate, choose the right time and the right place to study,
and I he can also do his best to chase away thoughts that would distract
him. Patience and perseverance will woRk wonders. (500)
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EXERCISE 190.
Writing1 in Position (continued).
The vcwels marked in italic should be inserted.
There are many advocates of the theory that life is fuix of ample
opportunities for all who care to seize I them and employ them, and that
where men make an awfui, failuRe in life it is because, through some
fault I or defect in their own character, they have not taken fuLL advan-
tage of the valuable chances that have been available I to them time after
time, but have allowed their opportunities to melt away without an
attempt to emulate the example I of their successful, neighbours, and
turn their chances to good I account. If, say the theorists, these men
had tried to (1) adjust their ways to the position when the chance came,
they would have succeeded just as well as others have I done, and their
affaiRs would have prospered as the affains of others with more foRce of
character have prospered. But \ the chances were missed, and the
unfortunate ones are amazed at their failuRe. They affect to blame
their want of I luck, when, as a matter of fact, their failuRe is the effect
of their own carelessness. Now, it is remarkable \ that those who are
most voluble in amRming the necessity for foRming a rapid judgment
and taking immediate action when (2) favourable opportunities occur,
are invariably successful, men who have, in most instances, attained an
affluent position by dint of haRd I woRk and industry, or, as they
declaRe in their own fluent way, by reason of putting into practice the
theory I we have just explained. Without, however, seeking to advance
a defence of laziness or SHCCR incapacity, it may be doubted I whether
all who faiL to amass wealth, or attain even to a competency, are to be
blamed for their want I of success. There are, alas, too many men
who appeaR to be utterly unable either to devise their own means (3)
of advancement, or to follow the advice of others who are better qualified,
and of such weak persons perhaps the \ less said the better. But there
are others whose want of success can be attributed to no fault of their \
own. They have not had equal chances with others. The conditions
of their eaRly life, from which they could not \ escape, have doubtLess
affected their bodies, their minds ana' temperament, and no amount of
energy or zeal on their part I would enable them to extract as much from
their opportunities as might be extracted by others reared under more
favourable (4) conditions. There is no denying the influence of environ-
ment in giving tone to the mind, and it is very difficult I in later life to
atone for the mischief done by unhealthy surroundings or a banefuL
atmosphere in childhood and in \ youth. But, however much opinions
may differ with regard to the inequality of the chances offered to men,
and the \ manner in which one's surroundings may operate in the foRma-
tion of character and thus affect the part played by the \ man, it will be
agreed that everyone has some opportunities, and that, if he desiRes, he
can create others. (500)
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EXERCISE 191.
Figures.
Very much more interest may be derived from the study of figures,
such as the Board of Trade Returns, than I at first sight appeaRs likely.
// does not requipe a very great effort of imagination to suppose that
behind these \ figures there may be stories of self-deniaL, suffering and
misery, undreamt of by the thoughtLess reader. Lord Russell of \
Killowen produced in 1898 facts and figures to prove that in seven years
£28,000,000 had \ been lost in company liquidation, and that of this
amount £20,000,000 had been lost by snaReholders and over ( I ) £7,000,000
by creditors. Is it unreasonable to suppose that these great losses were
the immediate cause of much \ suffering and haudship that the outside
worLd never heaRd of ? Or, take the statement that in 1894 the I capital
invested in limited companies in this country atone amounted to more
•than £1,000,000,000, being £315,000,000 I more than was invested
in the companies of France and Germany combined. Is it not likely I
that a large part of this enormous sum represented the fruit of care,
industry, and perseverance on the part of (2) many men and women
whose names were unknown to the worLd anound them ? And wherein
lies the secret of \ EngLand's superior wealth, whereof these figures
offer such convincing proof ? HeRein, surely, is food for profitable
reflection, and heReon might I be based many interesting discourses
wherewith thoughtful men would be both edified and instructed. Or,
again, who can faiL to \ be both interested and amused at the statement
of the Registrar of Limited Companies, that, in 1891, a \ company was
registered with a nominal capital of £10,000, divided into 9,600,000
snaRes of ±d. (3) each, and that the total subscribed capital was IJd. ?
The Act of 1862 requiRes I that at least seven snaRes shall be subscribed,
and is it not interesting to see how scrupulously the strict letter | of the
law was complied with ? Further, cheques and bills of exchange
amounting to not less than £20,000,000, I and often exceeding
£40,000,000, pass through the London Bankers' CleaRing House every
day. What labour of brain and \ muscle is represented by these figures !
To what distant parts of the earth will the fruits of that labour be (4)
/orwarded ! Tis an enormous sum. What an amount of good might
be done therewith, whereat thousands would rejoice, and whereof I
the worLd might feeL proud 1 Lastly, the value of the Britisn imports
fortheiovR months ended 30th April, 1903, I amounted to £117,385,167. I
The commodities represented by this sum were supplied by peoples of
various hues and customs in different parts I of the worLd. Picture
to yourself the gathering and /orwarding of these commodities, and you
cannot faiL to be interested. (500)
EXERCISE 192.
Negative Prefixes.
The italic type indicates that both consonants must be written.
Many {//iterate persons, and others who can onLy be described as
i//iberal-minded, appeaR to be immovably convinced that there I is no
advantage to be derived from the study of such a subject <w astronomy,
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and that any attempt to I number bodies which are admitted to be innu-
merable, or to measure space which is simply immeasurable, is but a
waste I of time and energy. Such a view is at once irrational, illogical,
and immoderate. Indeed, it is almost iRReconcilable with the spirit
of the age in which we live. The conclusion is iRResistible that persons
who hoLd such opinions are (1) in an almost irredeemable state of
ignorance as to the value of mental training. None but the most irnma-
tuRe intellect I can for a moment suppose that the contemplation of the
illimitable space above and aRound MS, with the innumerable crowd I
of unnamed and unAwown staRs, can be anything but beneficial to any
man, or can faiL to irradiate the mind I of the observer and render him
better fitted for the performance of even the ORdinary duties of life.
No man I will be unneighbourly because of his study of the immutable
laws of nature. He is much more likely to be (2) known as an iRRe-
proachable member of society ; moderate in his views ; matuRe in his
judgment ; kind ana* generous to his I fellows. But apart from these
considerations, it has been snown that from a purely legal point of view
the study I of astronomy is faR from being an unnecessary branch of
learning. Thus, there is recorded an instance of a man I who was
summoned to appeaR at a court of law heLd in Carlisle, and punctual
to the minute, according to \ the local time, he was in his place, onLy to
find that the court had met according to Greenwich time (3) before his
aRRival, ana* had decided the case against him. The decision was
afterwards declaRed to be illegal, and there I was another triaL. More
over, as a direct result of the i //egality of the first triaL an Act of Parlia
ment was \ passed with the object of preventing such a haRdship in the
future. // Aas been proved beyond a doubt that \ were the labours of
the astronomical observers suspended for any length of time, innu-
merable inconveniences ana* immeasurable, indeed, iRRetrievable
mischief I would speedily result. The running of railway trains, now
so marvellously methodical, would become quite immethodical ; long
sea voyages, now (4) so common as to be unnoticed, would have to be
abandoned, ana*, in consequence, much of the merchandise now readily I
movable from any one part of the woixd to another, would become
practically immovable. In other directions, also, there would I be an
almost inconceivable disaRRangement of the affaiRS of life. Such
considerations should serve to strengthen our conviction that no I branch
of human learning can truly be said to be utterly useless, and should
result in nerving us to greater \ and better efforts towards seli-improve-
ment. Learning does not necessariLy bring all happiness, but it certainLy
helps to alleviate much misery. (500)
EXERCISE 193.
Reporting* Grammalogues.
/ do not know that you will approve of my contention, but I have special
reasons which lead me to \ speak as I do, and the strength of my opinion
ought not to be influenced by any objection which you \ may take to my
belief. I believe then, ana* / have always believed, that curiosity is a very
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much stronger I feeLing in the minds of most of the men 7 have met than-
perhaps, they would be willing to own. \ I believe that it is this feeLing
which has sent adventurous men in every generation to exploRe regions
of the (1) worLd whither man had not traveLLed before. / have no
doubt that it is the same feeLing that impels men I to the study of history,
that they may find out the religious and political views of their predeces-
SORS on this \ earth, the struggles they had, and the sufferings they
enduRed for the sake of religion and the Holy Scriptures ; that \ they may
trace the rise and progress of Christianity in the days when the word
" Christian " was taken to signify \ a traitor to the State itself ; and
that they may learn something of what was signified by the downfaLL
of (2) heathenism, the gradual dawn of freedom of worsnip, and the
growth of a larger measure of liberty to practise the \ teachings of the
Saviour. When I speak thus, however, I do not intend that my words
should be taken to \ signify that this curiosity is in any sense to be depre-
cated or blamed. On the contrary, / glory in the I possession of a larger
snaRe of the feeLing than most young men can lay claim to. Indeed,
/ go so I faR as to say that the great men of the past, who have glorified
the age in which they lived, (3) were remarkable for the possession of this
quality of curiosity ; and the same may be said of the men who I are
likely to glorify the present age. Tell me, ye doubters, what led SiR
Isaac Newton to the discoveries which I have revolutionized the scientific
worLd, both as regards theory and practice ? What induced SiR Isaac
Pitman, when a mere youth, I to devote himself to the study of phonetics,
and brought him, at last, to invent a system of shorthand that \ is now
practised by hundreds of thousands in all parts of the EngLish-s/>ea&ing
worLd ? What was the feeLing that (4) first impcLLed Edison and
Marconi to experiment, and, uLtimately, to woRk such wonders with the
subtle foRce of eLectricity ? Was I it not, in all these cases, a feeLing
of laudable curiosity to know more than they previousLy knew, which
prompted I these men to studies which have had such striking effects
upon the worLd at large ? A nd if we look at I the most prominent men
in the House of Commons, we shall find that they, too, have turned to
advantage this I feeLing of curiosity which is inherent in us all. It is the
indulgence of an idle curiosity that is blameworthy. (500)
EXERCISE 194.
Reporting: Grammalogoies (continued).
According to the general opinion or belief, a country cannot be defended
with any great measure of success by a \ population that has been, on
whatever account, degraded. " They who are to resist with success,"
says one high authority, " must I first be moulded by equal laws into a
due sense of national pride and personal importance." It was from
the I lack of these feelings of pride in their nation and in themselves that
the Britons suffered during the Roman occupation, I 50 many generations
ago. It is quite true that after the Romans had been catted away to tht
defence of (1) their own capital, the Britons made a much more stubborn
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resistance to their new enemies than the latter could have \ thought or
believed possible, yet there can be no doubt at all that the Britons lost their
liberty a second I time, and feLL under the sway of the men from the
northern nations, because the sentiments which had animated those \
who met the first invaders of our island had died away and given place
to a sense of infeRiority. When \ the very principles of freedom — which
should be the life and spirit of the manhood and youth of the country (2)
— when these are broken, there is but little hope for the future glory of
the nation. It was thus with \ the Britons. Their young children and
youths of both sexes, had been accustomed, year after year, and generation
after generation, \ to accept without a word of reply the assumption of
superiority by their conqueroRS, the Romans, whose residence heRe,
while I it improved the face of the country and tended to improve the
minds of its native inhabitants, certainLy destroyed in \ them those
principles of liberty to which I have referred. They, therefore, cared less
than they ought to have cared (3) what might be the result of their struggles
with the fresH invaders. It is not difficult to believe that this \ lack of
true spirit affected somewhat the issue of the struggle. What might not
have happened if the Britons had \ but preserved in all its strength that
spirit o/jjfreedom which did so much to glorify the deeds of their \ prede-
CCSSORS ! How different it might all have been ! And what a difference
it would have made to us and to \ the wortd at large I Let us think
over these things in this way for a short time, and we shall (4) see how
significant may be our own actions, and what significance they may have
for generations yet unborn. Remember, ye \ students upon whose eaRs
these words may faLL, that if you are to receive the fuLL weight of the
advantage \ and improvement which may be drawn from the important
Lessons of history, you must know what those Lessons signify to \ you,
and what they have signified to your forefathers. This is a truth that
must ever be remembered by every \ member of society who desiRes to be
able to speak with special knowledge of the great importance of historical
study. (500)
EXERCISE 195.
Reporting1 Grammalogaies (continued).
A gentleman, who was himself the principal manager of one of the most
important railways in this country, once remarked \ that the secret of good
management in any business or trade was to attend strictly to one thing
at a | time. He never tried to do two things at once, and we are told that
he resisted, too, any attempt I on the part of other gentlemen to make him
alter his ruLe. // he had a meeting with one person, I whether that person
was a chief of a department, a medical doctor, a scripture reader for some
religious society, or (I) an advocate for some new woRk of the Christian
religion — it mattered not ; he would see no one else untiL I he had done
with the business in hand. If others called they had to wait till the first
visitor went \ away, which might be in ten minutes or in half an hour ;
or they could call again upon a more \ favourable opportunity. " One
at a time, and let each take his turn " was the ruLe he put down for
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himself, \ and by following it steadily he got through an amount of woRk
that I believe would have been altogether above and (2) beyond the poweRs
of most gentlemen. The number of people who interviewed him each
week was almost incredible, and though \ they did not all go away equally
n '< // pleased with themselves and with him, yet they seldom faiLed to thank \
him for his courtesy of manner and language, and (hey never accused him
of want of thought. To be sure, \ he would not always see eye to eye with
those who came to meet him, nor could he approve of \ the methods of all
who woRked near him. In several instances he was known to send out
for an official (3) that he might tell him his duties, and give him a warning
if he had done wrong. He never made I light of a serious offence, but
no man was ever called upon to explain a mere slip, and no one \ was sent
away, however serious Aw fault might be, till it was impossible to doubt Aw
guilt. The manager usually \ took particular pains to SHOW the
culprit that if it was necessary to punisn him, the evil was brought about I
by his own fault ; that it was owing principally to a want of care on the
offender's part ; and that (4) it gave Aw superior no pleasure to have
to use the authority he had for the purpose of chastisement. " Why \
will you not apply your mind to study, and so build up a future for
yourself ? " was a question he \ often put to the cleRks in the building
wherein Aw office was situated. And he would continue : " Won't
you now | decide to make use of the poweRs which have been given you
to help you toward a better and more \ happy life ? Whither do you
go after the day's woRk is over ? Is it your usual plan to take the (5)
chair at some convivial meeting, or do you usually keep out of such
societies and spend your time in your \ own house, effecting improve-
ments in one direction or another ? Use your time wisely and well, for
it cannot be extended." (540)
EXERCISE 196.
Reporting Grammalog-ues (concluded).
My dear Mr. Green, — It may not be out of place to remind you, and
I am sure you will \ pardon me for doing so, that though one may have
difficulty in eaRning a good character, it is quite an \ easy thing to lose it,
as has been done over and over again by men specially lacking in strength
of I will. I do not wish to deliver a seRmon, or to suggest that my remark
applies to you personally. Oh, \ dean no ; I should owe you an apology,
if / even thought of such a thing. I threw out the ( 1 ) remark merely to
remind myself, as well as you, that it requiRes prudence to guard the
good names we have \ won among our fellows. Our faiR names are
prized by us both, and had not we deserved them we should \ not possess
them. The oLd epigram is as true now as ever, and it puts the same
truth in a I different way, thus :
See thou thy credit keep ; 'tis quickly gone ;
Tis gained by many actions ; but 'tis lost by \ one.
This epigram should be delivered to every student of Phonography a third
and a fourth time ; aye, and repeated (2) till it is deeply graven in his
15— (27)
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mind and heaRt. The delivery of a truth like the one contained in \
the couplet just quoted may not appeal to him who has his ideas confined
within a narrow circle, and who \ looks with a cold eye upon anything
requiRing a larger mental scope. But it will appeal to the healthy, able \
man who looks with awe and reverence upon everything that is good
and holy and sublime. And, surely, his is \ the right attitude of mind,
according to the tenets of Christianity and the teachings of the Saviour,
now glorified in (3) heaven. A good name is his by right, and as his
actions have deserved, it is generally given to him. \ Ah, my friend,
not every lord is a noble man, but every pooR man woRking at his art
or trade \ may cheer himself and child with the thought that it is the manner
of using the faculties given him by \ God that makes the true man and the
gentleman. The possession of gold in itself is of no use. It \ may even
do haRrn by haRdening a man's kind nature. Remember, thou wealthy
man, thou canst buy a house, a (4) hoRse or a cart ; but thou canst not
buy a good name. Thou canst build thyself a house with thy \ gold
which shall not be equalled by any, and fashion it according to thy desiRe ;
but thou canst oni/y build \ up a good name by good deeds, and the
laboureR in thy yard may have a better name than thou I hast. Ah,
remember these truths, and thou shalt bs happy ! Proceed upon prin-
ciple ; give all the weight of thy influence I to the furtherance of truth,
religion, and justice ; and thou shalt be thanked and blest by all who
know thee. (500)
EXERCISE 197.
Reporting- Contractions (Section 1).
A brief observation or inspection is sufficient to SHOW anyone, irrespect-
ive of his professional standing, that productive and non-productive
wages I respectively requiRe special treatment from the efficient book-
keeper. OnLy an inefficient accountant, deficient in the organization
of financial affaiRs, and \ imperfect or defective in his knowledge of
commercial matters, could make the mistake of supposing that it would
be sufficient \ in every circumstance to regard both classes of expense
as of the same description. No controversial discussion can be heLd I
on the point, which is beyond controversy. Generalization in the preserva-
tion of accounts may be termed unconstitutional, from the point (1) of view
of anyone who has organized or knows how to organize a set of accounts,
whether relating to passenger \ traffic or any other business. Such
generalization would denote inefficiency in the book-keeper, and would be
prejudicial to the interests \ of his fiRm. It would be destructive of
accuracy, and it might result in substantial loss and the consequent
indignation \ of the management or executive, who would naturally be
indignant at a deficiency in their profits brought about by the \ insufficient
knowledge of anyone under their •jurisdiction or subjection. Imagine
their large prospective dividend reduced to an insignificant or unsub-
stantial (2) amount, and you will understand the signification of such a
mistake as I have mentioned. I feaR they would cross-examine \ the
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inefficient book-keeper on his inefficiency, and when they had cross-
examined him '^sufficiently , the result., of the cross-examination would
probably \ be that the executive would exercise their prerogative, and,
without prejudice to his personal character, would dismiss him for his \
want of proficiency. He might plead abstraction on his own part, or
obstruction on the part of another as a \ reason for the insufficiency of
circumstantial detail in his book-keeping ; but this would not cover the
imperfection of his knowledge (3) of the construction of accounts. The
chaRtered accountant must have undergone an examination, both subjective
and objective, in the theory | of accounts. After his credentials
have been inspected, he must inscribe a foRm of adhesion to the constitution
of the | association, and when this is inscribed the inscription is taken
as binding upon him. He must be a constitutional member \ and must
never behave in an unconstitutional way. He must act constitutionally
himself and must restrain others from acting unconstitutionally, \ or so
as to lead to the degeneration of the association. He need know nothing
about perspective or the doctrines (4) of transubstantiation, regeneration,
•jurisprudence, or the transmission of energy ; but he must be proficient in
accounts ; must know how to \ draw up a deficiency account, explain
the insufficiency of the debtor's funds, and how there might have been a
sufficiency \ instead of an insufficiency. His assistants must woRk
efficiently, too. He must check anyone whose woRk is inefficiently done,
who I is insubordinate himself, or whose conduct leads to insubordination
in others. The apparent insignificance of obstructive tactics must not
deceive I him, and if he can transcribe shorthand and make an accurate
transcription on the writing macnine so much the better. (500)
EXERCISE 198.
Reporting Contractions (Section 2).
Among the distinguished personages present at the thanksgiving service
in a metropolitan church last January was an archbishop ; a benignant I
Nonconformist preacher, with benignity in every feature ; a professor
of Nonconformity from a neighbouring Tabernacle ; a benevolent Presby-
terian, famous for \ his benevolence, especially to those connected with
Presbyterianism ; a leading Episcopalian and several members of the
Episcopal bench, and a philanthropist, who in philanthropy and
philanthropic zeal sets an example of unexampled unselfishness to the
worLd. There was also an ecclesiastic, \ whose name / was unable to
ascertain, but whose dignified, yet melancholy, appearance attracted me.
A fine, tall man he ( 1 ) was, in whom every baseR feeLing seemed extin-
guished. Holiness and dignity snone in every line of his face. The
majesty \ of his figure helped to dignify his whole appearance and stamp
him as an ecclesiastic incapable of selfishness or meanness. I A man
with a high appreciation of the dignity of the sacred ministry ; who would
not hesitate to remonstrate with I any offender against ecclesiastical
orthodoxy, and who would insist upon an orthodox observance of the
ecclesiastical laws with all the \ poweR which he was evidentLy capable
of snowing, should occasion requiRe it through a breach of orthodoxy
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by anyone subject (2) to his jurisdiction. The strong resolute mouth of
the stranger convinced me that he was an administrator who would demon-
strate I his strength of will in any tribunal over which he might be called
upon to preside. / could well imagine I him to be a man who would
discharge the duties consequent upon his appointment, regardless of any
disappointment or displeasure \ he might give either to a plaintiff or a
defendant. DoubtLess then his present aiR of resignation and content-
ment would I give place to dissimilar appearances, and he would simply
be the judge and administrator of the law as he found (3) it. CleaRly,
he was a man who would distinguish himself in any position, either as a
plenipotentiary representing a poweRful I cabinet in an arbitration, or
as an executor and trustee for a deceased friend. For th attainment
of a worthy I object, or the atonement of a supposed fault, that man would
relinquish any position and extinguish any private ambition. / I
should like to heaR him preach on the resurrection and the celestial enter-
tainment waiting for all who give up selfish \ ways, and live henceforth
a life distinguished for virtue. / noticed, also, Lieutenant-Col. Smith,
Captain Brown, and a non-commissioned (4) officer who has been promised
a lieutenancy as a reward for bravery in the rieLd last November and
December. Near \ them was an evangelical minister, formerly connected
with Methodism, and also a statesman who was baptized a Baptist and
hoLds I strong views regarding Baptism and the right to baptize infants.
He addressed a public meeting last February, and is to I speak in Man-
chester next September. I observed, also, Lady Nemo, who is an
administratrix and executrix under the will of I a lady whose estates
were so heavily mortgaged that she could obtain no further mortgage
upon them under any circumstances. (500)
EXERCISE 199,
Reporting1 Contractions (Section 3).
SiR Isaac Newton, the extraordinary mathematician whose wonderful
and unquestionable genius astonished the wortd and raised him from
obscurity into \ a position proportionate to his talent, and whose name
has the singular poweR of aRousing th.e enthusiasm of all enthusiastic \
lovers of original and independent research, was the son of a farmer,
who was devoted to agriculture and agricultural pursuits. I Isaac
Newton was always an enthusiast as regards mathematics, and was able
to astonish those who assembled in his father's I house by the imperturbable
and impregnable patience he exhibited, and by his skiLL as a mechanic
in the manufacture of (I) mechanical toys. His life was a perpetual
study of subjects which are repugnant to most men. He felt no repug-
nance \jor them, however, and he was perpetually exercising his intelli-
gence in attempts to reduce the expenditure of energy, to make I the
foRces^o/ nature subservient to man and applicable to every contingency,
and to substitute mechanical poweR for manuaL labour. I It is un-
questionably true that the applicability of many of the inventions used by
the manufacturer at the present day, I though he may not suspect it, is
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due to the preliminary experiments of Newton. His name is among
the highest (2) in the aristocracy of the scientific worLd. Both the
aristocratic statesman and the democratic leader advocating the cause
of the I democracy owe a debt to the indefatigable labours of Newton.
Magnetism and magnetic phenomena attracted him, and we are informed I
that the simple observation of an apple failing in a perpendicular direction
was sufficient to inform him of a universal. | law. He was the great informer
of the worLd of science. He manufactured no theory without care, and
no ChanceLLor I of the Exchequer could bestow more pains on his Budget
than Newton bestowed on the statement of a discovery. To (3) the
inconsiderate and extravagant individual devoid of sensibility, to whom
expensive attiRe and extravagance in living are indispensable, the inde-
scribable I simplicity of Newton's life is not intelligible. Indiscriminate
expenditure of his revenue was antagonistic to his sensible, well-propor-
tioned and \ intelligent nature, and intemperance was never suspected in
him. Indeed, it found in him an antagonist whose antagonism was
proportionate \ to his enthusiasm for learning. He recognised his
responsible position and the responsibility attaching even to his extem-
poraneous utterances, and \ not in his most familiar moments, and
with those whose friendship and familiarity he prized, would he sanction
intemperance. He (4) would superscribe no suspicious recognizance,
and, though he liked journalism, he did not favour it as an investment.
His superscription \ on any indenture or certificate was sufficient to
advertise its genuineness. He never advertised himself at an assembly,
and he \ resented advertisement by others. Isaac Newton, Esquire,
was title enough for him, but Queen Anne bestowed on him the honour I
of knighthood, and, certainLy, his merits were no more than proportion-
ately rewarded. The magnetism of his example, and the magnetic \
influence he exercised, were extraordinary. He died in 1725, at the ripe
age of eighty-five. (500)
EXERCISE 200.
Advanced Phraseography (Section 1).
I -am about to say something which I-hope-you-will~not take as-if-it-
were meant to be I disrespectful to-the authors whos woRks yon-love,
and-the accuracy of whose opinions I-a.rn.-not disputing — a<-a//-event<?,
not for-the-moment. I -can quite understand that I -may-be wrong ;
7-caw«o*-hope to be right I a*-a//-times ; but, at-the-same-time, you-
should-not, you-must-not, and-I -\\ope-you-will-not, I condemn me un-
heaRd. I-cannot-be led to-believe that-you-are so unfaiR. /-trust-no/,
and-I-shall- (1) be disappointed if-it-is proved that 1-a.m-mistaken.
I-did-not, and-I-do-not, expect to-find I thai 7-am. I-shall-be-glad, then,
if-you-will-tell-me if-it-has occurred to-you that- \ there-are-some readers
who never take-the trouble to veriiy-the statements which they see from-
time-to-time I in-the books they read ? I-do-not-say — 7-canwo/-say —
that-they-believe a statement because-they-think \ that-the book in-which-
it-has-s.ppea.Red is an inspiRed voLume ; for, as you-must-be-aware,
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here-is- (2) onLy one such vomme. But I-do say, and-I-think-you-will-
not deny it, that, at-any-rate, I they act as-if -they -thought so. I-
may-not-be right, but I-think I-shall-not-be mistaken \ in saying that-
you-must-have come across instances of assertions in books of-which-
it-must-be-said, and \ of-which-it-has-been-said repeate:lly, that-they-are
absolutely incorrect. You-will, I-think, agree with me that- \ we-have
all, at-some-time in-the-course of-our reading, met such instances.
Moreover, you-should-not-be (3) unwilling to allow that for a reader to
accept every -statement of an author as-if-it-were heresy to- \ doubt
it or to-check it, is, and must-be, opposed to common-sense and-the
right use of -one's \ reasoning poweRs. If -the statement is found to be
correct, surely you-v?eRe-not wrong in proving its truth. If- \ it-is-not
proved to be accurate, then you-cannot-be blamed for avoiding the trap
into which-you-weKe I so very nearLy faLLing. The faculties by-which-
it-was possible for-you to-diszover-the inaccuracy were given to- (4) you
in-order-to-be used, and you-can scaRcely be wrong in wsing them.
You-may-not have-thought \ of-this before, but /-trust that /or-some-time
to-come you-will watch more closely the statements you- \ read, and-
if-it-does happen that-you-can verify them I-hope-you-will. You-may
then say 7- I was-not wrong, and-that I-had reason for-these remarks.
I-had-not thought o/-ex tending this chat to- \ such a length, and I-cannot-
do better-than conclude now. I-shall-not trouble you again for-some-
time. (500)
EXERCISE 2O1.
Advanced Phraseography (Section 2).
I-think-there-will-be few, or-rather, I -know-there-will-be few, who-will
deny that if-there- \ is-one thing more-than-another upon-which some-men
pride themselves beiore-their friends whenever-there-is a chance I of-
doing-so, it-is what in-their-own-language they-call their liberality
of -thought and extent of information. \ As-soon-as a subject is started
in-their-presence, they-are anxious to-prove how-much they know
about I it ; what, in-theit --opinion, should-be-done or avoided ; how,
in-their-case, hey would-have acted z»-such (1) and-such a way; and
so on. And, as -we- have-seen, they expect their heaRers to be interested
in- I Z/zezV-statements, and fo-accept them as authoritative. We-know-
their-ways as-well-as-can-be, and-we-have- \ their names before our
minds just-now, have-we-not ? Now, I-am-sure-there-is always a desiRe
on- I the-part-of sensible people to-heaR a schoLar speak on a subject
which he knows as-we//-as-possible ; I j or -there-is sure to fee-something
said that-is-worth Listening to. Such-men are decidedly worth heaRing
for- (2) their-own-sake, and for-the-sake-of-the wisdom which faLLS
from-their lips. But, I-wish-there-wene I more-men who realized that
though-there-is such a desiRe as I-have-mentione^, it-is restricted to-the \
utterances of-those whom we-call thinkers. I -know-there-is a deep-
rooted antipathy in most-men to-be- \ told-that, after-all, their knowledge
is very limited ; but, then, I-hnow-there-is-not-one of us who- I can truth-
fully^assert that-he possesses fuLi, information even on-the most simple-
matters, and-I -think-there-is-no (3) haRm in reminding ourselves
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sometimes o/-some (of the) things about which-we neither know anything
nor can readily get I to know anything. For-instance, I -see-there-is a
statement that \viLcl ducks will readily follow a red dog I as-soon-as-
they see it. Why is-this ? There-may-be an answer, but, if-there-is, I
confess I 1 ' -do-not-know it. Again, I-think-there-will-be-some of-my
heaRers who-will-have noticed in- \ their country walks that-the scarlet
runneR always twines to-the right, while-the honeysuckle as invariably
twines to-the (4) left. If-you-are as-well-as-usual in-the-mornmg
we-will go out and-veriiy-the statement. Can- \ you explain these
simple facts ? TVzere-t's-another-instance which /-may-refer to, while
we-are on-this- subject. \ A s-soon-as-the spring comes, we-know as-well-
as-can-be, that-the swallow and-the cuckoo will \ come *o-/Ats-country,
as-we-have-seen-them come in-the past, and as-soon-as-they feeL that I
autumn is upon them they-will leave MS again. What brings them, and
how do they find their way heRe ? (500)
EXERCISE 2O2.
Advanced Phraseography (Section 8).
(a) .Dear-Madam, — /w-reference-fo yow-letter (of the) lOth-inst.,
I-have further-considered-/A« point raised, and-/- I am-certain-/Aaf-
you-are mistaken in-your view, /-am-confident that when-the-m&ttei
has-been fully-considered, I and-after-the peculiar-«>ctt>nsfonces in-
conneclion-with-the case have-been taken-wto-consideration, you-will-see
that, having- \ rega.rd-to-the possible consequences, it-will-be better,
under-the-circutnstances, /0-leave-fAe-matter where it-is. On \ further-
consideration you-may think-this an unsatisfactory-conclusion ; but
when you take-iwto-consideration the necessary-consequences o/-legal (1)
measures, which-must-be-considered, I -think-you-will-agree that, all-
circumstances considered, submission will-be-the best. /- I am-inclined-
to-think-that-the peculiar-circumstances-of-the-ca.se w«s/-6e-considered,
awa'-/Ae-matter dealt with in- \ such-a-manner as to avoid a//-further
friction, t'/-possible. ^4/ter-due-consideration of-every-circumstance, I-
Aaz^e-concluded I that-the-course I advise is-the best, a«o*-/-hope that-
/Aa^-conclusion will meet with your approval. What I attitude does-/Ae
local-authority take in-relation-fo the proposed new buildings in Morton
Road ? Ycwrs-truly, ALFRED OLIVER. (200)
(b) .Dear-SiR, — 7-Aaue-received yo«r-letter «/t'/A-reference-/o-/A« dis-
pute about which /-wrote to-you, and-I- \ «;i//-consider-/Ae-matter
carefully before taking action. Every-point shall-be-considered ; every-
possible consequence s/ja//-6e-taken-into- I consideration, before I-
decide. ^/-/Ae-same-time, /-feeL bound to say that /-feaR your counseL
will-not I lead to a satisfactory-conclusion (of the) matter. On-the-
contrary, I-think-it-is a course which-will-be- I considered by-the other-
side as an evidence of weakness in-my attitude u;i/A-relation-/o the
trespass, and-the- (1) contrary result to-the one you-expect is very-likely
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to follow iw-consequence. In-this-manner-the trouble will- \ be aggra-
vated, and-the-pro vocation /-/zave-received in-the past will-be small in-
comparison with what I -may- I be-called-upon to put , up with. However,
1-a.m-very-gla.d /-wrote to-you with-regard-to-this- I matter, and-I-will-
consider your counsel- before going further. With-reierence-to-the
proposed new houses in Morton Road, | I-have-received a letter from-the
surveyoR to-the local-authority, stating that-it-is-considered essential
that I (2) should alter the plans in-several important respects, and-that
with-regard-to-the drainage scheme, the local-authority will- \ be-glad
fo-receive fresn plans, which-will-be-taken-into-consideration, and, if-
possible, approved. I-have-seen my- \ brother *w-relation-/o this-i^etter
and, o/fey-due-consideration, we-have-concluded to abandon-//^ idea,
tw-view (of I the) opposition we-have-Teceived, and-in-this-manner
answer-the surveyoR's letter. You-will-probably remember that I-was \
treated tn-^e-same-manner last-year, awd-i'n-Like-manner /-gave
up-the project. Yowrs-truly, TERESA DRIVER. (300)
EXERCISE 2O3.
Advanced Phraseography (Section 4).
/«-a//-parts-o/-/Ae-worLd educational-authorities are vying with-one-
another in-their efforts to encourage commercial students I to-dive
deeper-awd-deeper into-the theory of business on-the-one-hand, and to-
give more-and-more- \ attention to-the application of-that theory, on-
the-other-hand. /w-point-o/-fact, there-is-now , for-the- \ first-time, a
general recognition (of the) need for preparation for business life. The
fact-o/-tfAe-matter is that- I the-example (of the) foreigneR has set us
thinking, with-the-result that, whether it-be right-or-wrong, the (1)
commercial schools are with us, and it-would-no\v be more-or-less impos-
sible to-close-them. That-they-are \ appreciated af-/Ae-present-day is
proved by-the large-numbers in attendance at-them, notwithstanding-the
comparatively sAortf-space- I o/-time which-has elapsed since-Mey-were
first established. The facts-o/-//ze-case in-their-iavour have-been \ put
forward again-awrf-again by prominent commercial-men, both in-this-
country and on-the-other-side (of the) I Atlantic ; but never more foRcibly
than by " Punch " when-he-said " Incompetency is a gift of heaven,
but business habits (2) can-be acquiRed." This-is-nov? widely recog
nised, and men send their sons and daughters to-commercial schools
quite as- \ a-matter-o/-course. From-first-to-last, all-the-way through-
the course, the students are taught on practical \ lines. Imaginary
transactions are carried on with-clients all-over-the-wor^d, and, by-
the-way, there-is almost as- I much keenness displayed by-the students
as there-is in actuaL business. ^s-a-matter-o/-fact, the rivalry that \
exists between-them accounts tM-a-grea^-measure for-the successful. SHOW
they-are able-to-make, first in-the (3) examinations, and, sooner-or-Later,
in business also. Prejudice, however, dies haRd, and-though-the number
grows less-flwrf-less I every-day, there-are still a few people who-are,
to-a- great-extent, opposed to-the idea of teaching I business methods in
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school. It-is difficult to say what-is-the-matier with-such people.
I-shall-be-glad- \ to-know, in-the -first-instance, or in-the-first-pla.ce, what-
is their objection to a youth learning, say, I the theory of Banking and-the
Exchanges ? In-the-second-place, I would ask " 7J>o-you-mean-/o-say
that- (4) such knowledge will interfeRe with a youth's progress in business
life ? " In-the-third-pla.ee, 7-ask what-would-be- \ the present condition
o/-BritisH trade were it not for-the theories of -thoughtful men in-the past ?
In-the- I next-pla.ee, we-shall-be-glad-to-heaR if-it-has-not-been proved
again-awd-again that ignorance of I theory o«-/Ae-part-o/ merchants
has-been-the cause of /ailuRe ? And-in-the-last-place, / would point- I
out that-the ideal trader, like-the ideal artisan, is-he who most successfully
combines perfect theory with prudent practice. (500)
EXERCISE 204.
Business Phrases and Contractions (Section 1).
(a) Dear-SiR, — 7-aw-m-receipt-o/-yo«r-letter, an^-/-am-instructed
fcy-<Ae-directors to ask why you \ did-not report tt>z/A-reference-/0 Brown's
position eaRlieR ? 7-aw-directed also to-forward you-the enclosed-
letter, and \ to-request an immediate explanation (of the) same. I-am-
directed-fo-state further, that untiL /Aese-matters are cleaRed I up,
you-must-consider yourself suspended from acting on behalf (of the)
company. 7-caw-assure-yow that /-regret I having to-write-you m-such
a strain. I-am-surprised thai-you-should-be-placed in-such a position,
(1) and-I-do-not-understand how it-has come about. 7-hope-you-
will-be-able-to explain what I- I regard as an awkward state of affaiRs.
Vott-may-consider it best to-come fo-London, and-I-think-you- \ may-
as-well do-so as-i.ong-as you-are-at-liberty. Enclosed-please-find cheque
for last-week's expenses. I 7-beg-to-ca//-yo«r-attention to-the deduction,
which 7-regret-/o-state 7-«/a5-obu'ged-to-make, as- I it-is against the
ruLes to allow /or-such items. 7-Aat/e-/o-ca//-yoM^-attention to-the
small cheque (2) dated 15th September, which apparently has-not-been
presented. 7-am-requested to ask-yot* to-present this at-once, I so-that
our books may-be cleaRed. With-regard-to Patterson's oRder, you-will-
be-glad-to-know that-we- I ore-in-a-position to-make delivery next-week.
I-have-the-pleasure to enclose-herewith the particulars yoM-requiRe, I
and-I-hope-you-will-he-able-to clean up-the present-difficulty. Yours-
faithfully. (275)
(b) Gentlemen, — 7-am-t«-receipt-o/-yo«r-favour of -yesterday , and-I-
am-rather-surprised that-you-should consider me \ in fault tfi/A-regard-
to Brown's affaiRs. 7-beg-/o-enclose-herewith /or-yo«r-consideration
copy o/-wy-report (of I the) 2nd August, from which-you-will-see that I
advised caution in dealing with-this man. I-beg-to- I inform-you also,
and-I-think-you-will-be-surprised to-heaR, that I repeated this advice
in-my interview I -with-the-manager last-month. Under-these-circum-
stances, I-do-not-understand-the tone of-your-i avour of -yesterday, and- ( 1 )
7-propose to-wait upon you at-once, so-that-this and-the-other matter
may-be gone into thoroughly. I 7-enclose-occo«nf for expenses to
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date, and-I also enclose-statement snowing that-the items deducted
from last-week's I account were authorized by-the terms of-my agree-
ment. I-have, therefore, included these items in-the-present account.
I- | enclose-cheque for Smithson's account, and-I -hope-you-are-sa.tisfied
with-the-ORders forwarded to-you yesterday, /-am- I rawcA-obliged for-
the-p articular s you sent me. Faithfully-youRs. (190)
(c) Dear-SiR, — I-beg-to-acknowledge-receipt-of-your-letter of-yester-
day, and to confiRm-^e telegram sent you this- I morning, asking you to-
wait instructions. Yowr-letter was considered &y-/Ae-directors at-their
meeting ^'s-morning, and-I- \ am-directed-to-inform-you that-they-
will-be-pleased if-you-will resume your duties forthwith, and leave- the- \
matters requiRing explanation untiL you-are heRe in-the usual course.
7-aw-requested to add that-the-directors have- \ wo-doubt that a personal
interview will satisfactorily cleaR up-the position, /-enclose-invoice
for Grayson and Blackstone, and (I) also cheque for-the- amount deducted
in BRROR from-your last-week's expenses account. Yows-obediently.
(116)
EXERCISE 2O5.
Business Phrases and Con tractions (Section 2).
(a) Dear-Si RS, — /w-reply-fo-yow-esteemed-favour of -yesterday, we-
regret that-we-are-unab\e fo-quote special-rates I for-the quantity of
Petersburg Deals yew-mention, but-we-shall-be-glad-to supply you at-the
oRdinary-rates I if-you favour us with-the-ORder. These-are-the best-
terms we-are-in-a-position to-ofier for- I such a small lot. Our lowest-
terms for 150 standaRds would-be £10 5s. I per standaRd. The goods
are (of the) best-quality, and-if-you-can let-us have an oRder for-this (1)
quantity iy-return-o/-post, or by-\vire-at-once, we-shall-be-pleased to-
make-^e necessary-arrangements to- \ deliver-the deals iw-accordance-
with yowr-requiRements. Kindly give our quotation your eaRly-
consideration, and-oblige us with an \ eaRly-reply, as there-is a brisk
demand for-these-goods, and-we-cannot make this offer fiRm beyond
Saturday next. Referring-fo-yoMr-letter (of the) 5th-inst., the speci-
mens of mouLdings will-be-forwarded to-you fey-parcel- I post as-soon-as
ready, and-we-hope they-will-be-iound suitable for-your purpose. We-
could forward-the (2) quantity yow-requiRe iy-g'ooo's-train ow-receipt
of -your instructions, and-if-you desiRe it we-could send on \ a small
quantity by passenger-train to ALLendale station. We-will-arrange-
the-matter any-way to-meet your convenience, I and, in-any-case, you-
may-rely upon yo«^-oRder being promptly executed to-the best-of-our-
ability. Please I accept our best-thanks /oy-yowr-kind enquiry. — Yours-
faithfully. (270)
(b) Gentlemen, — /M-reply-fo-yottr-letter (of the) 3rd inst., I-will-
forward-the books by-first-post to-morrow, and- \ the bill-o/-sale and
bill-o/-exchange by registered-letter as-soon-as-convenient. The
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balance-SHeet and statement- I of-account are-not-yet ready, but will-be
/onvarded as-soon-as-possible. Referring-fo-yowr-favour (of the) | 26th
ult., I-have-sent Mr. Miles a copy o/-yowr-last-letter to-me, as desiRed.
/-enclose- I herewith copy-o/-wy-last-letter to Brown, together with
postal-order received from-him in payment-o/ '-account yesterday. (1)
/ heaR he-has-been speculating on-the Stock-Exchange, and-has lost
heavily. Rider promises to-send-the balance- I of-your-account at-the
week-end. A ccor ding-to -my notes the balance-due is ^40 10s. Od.
Is- I this correct ? Rider asks me if-we-can supply him with two dozen
pains (of the) vases with tulip decoration, I iw-exchange for an equal
number decorated with a rose, delivered to-him six-months-ago, and for-
which he \ finds he-has-no sale. He-is willing to pay the cost of carriage,
if-you agree to-the exchange. (2) Please instruct me on-the matter, or
v?rite-him direct, sending me a copy 0/-yoMr-reply. The other matters I
yoM-refer to are having my best-attention. Yowrs-faithfully. (230)
EXERCISE 2O6.
Business Phrases and Contractions (Section 3).
(a) Dear-SiR, — W/fi-are-z«-receipt-o/-y0«r-favour (of the) 2nd inst., and-
tn-reply beg fo-quote-you I 3s. 9d. peR-ib. for /irsf-quality, Scotch yarns.
We-could-deliver-the /zrsMnstalment by-the \ 18th-inst.. and-the remain-
der accor ding-to-agreement. We should-be-plea,sed to instruct our \
makers-up to add your I trade-mark to-the labels, but-this would entail
a little additional-expense. We should, o/-course, onty charge you- \
the net amount (of the) additional-cost. Please-let-us-know by Wednes-
day-evening, i/-possible, if-we-may book (1) yowr-oRder on-these terms.
Referring-to-your-favour (of the) Ist-inst., this-is-the first-notice we-
have- I received of any defect in-the-goods, though-we forwarded last-
week over fifty lots to various customeRs, besides fulfilling I a large-
number o/-oRders this-week. In-addition-to-this, we-have-just-received
a large oRder for immediate \ delivery in-the-north. It-is -just-possible
that yours was-the onLy lot affected. We-expect a call from- \ the
finisHer on-the Tuesday-afternoon of next-week, and-we-will take-care
to-go into-the-matter with (2) him. Please-let-us-know fry-Monday-
morning the fuLL extent (of the) damage, together -with any further-
particulars you- \ may-have as-to-the apparent cause. You-will, o/-
course, estimate the loss at- first-cost. If-you-care I to-make-an-appoint-
ment for next Tuesday-morning, we-shall-be very-pleased to see-you
on-the matter. Please- I note-that-the catalogue yow-refer to as having-
been sent last-week is not-yet-to-hand. Yows-faithfully. I (280)
(b) Gentlemen, — /-regret to inf or m-you that Grin-well's financial-afiaiRs
have turned out to be in a worse muddle than \ /-anticipated from-the-
last-report /-received. It-appears-that not-onLy has-he been selling
first-class goods \ at considerably less than trade-price, but-thai, in-
order-to obtain ready money, he-has sold them much under \ first-cost.
This, o/-course, could-not last long, but-the end came, apparently,
sooner-than he expected. The trustee I hopes to declare-o-dividend of
236 WRITING EXERCISES
about 5s. 6d. in-the £. Mr. Grinwell was eLected to- (I) the board -of-
directors (of the) Print Finishing Company, Limited, two-years-ago ;
but he seldom attended a directors' -meeting, \ and-his name onLy
appeaRed in-one directors'-report. He-has-no interest in-the conceRn
a<-Me-present-time. I Please-forward me the necessary authority to-
receive-the-amount of dividend on-your behalf. 7 heaR that-there-is \
likely to be trouble with-the leaders (of the) local Trades-Union heRe.
According-to-their-statement, it-appears-that- \ the EmployeRs' Federa-
tion have-not kept to-the-terms of-their agreement with-the-men in-
regard-/o an advance (2) promised them last spring. I-hope-the dispute
will-be settled amicably, as-the whole district would feeL the effects I
of a strike or lock-out. Yottrs-faithfully. (227)
EXERCISE 2O7.
Political Phrases.
The party-leaders in-the-House-of-Commons met last-week to discuss-
the Act-o/ '-Parliament, or-rather the I A.cts-of-Parliament, relating to
tree-trade with-the colonies, the ireedom-of-trade in-EngLand, and-the
freedom-o/- I the-Press throughout-the Britisn EmpiRe. There-was a
large gathering of right-honourable-geM//ewew from-the House-of-
Commons, I and-one right-honourable-wem&er is reported to-have called
it-the most successfuL meeting of-the kind he had \ attended since he first
entered-^Ae /foMse-o/-Commons as a member-of -parliament many years-
ago. The Prime-Minister, (1) as ~Leader-of-the-House and Leader-of-the-
Party, presided over-the-meeting, and was supported by-the Chancellor- |
o/-2Ae-Exchequer, the First Lord-of-the-Treasury, the First Lord-of-the-
Admiralty, the Secretary-/or-War, and \ other prominent members
(of the) Government. It-is-understood that-the-speech of a well-known
member (of the) House- \ of-Lords, who-is a pronounced free-trader,
was-the-subject of discussion, and it-is rumoured that a bill I will shortly
be introduced in-the-House-of -Lords dealing with-the question of taxa-
tion. The Army-arcd-Navy both (2) came in /or-consideration, and it-is-
said that a Parliamentary-Committee is-to-be appointed to inquiRe
inio-the- \ subject (of the) training of officers for both branches (of the)
service. The Secretary-o/-State is thought to favour- | the appointment
of-members of both Houses-o/ '-Parliament on-the proposed committee.
With a CAaiVman-o/-Committee who-has \ had practical experience of
military or naval affaiRs the suggested committee would-be-]ikely to
achieve beneficial results. As-the \ President-of-the-~Board-of-Trade
said in-his speech at Manchester, very-much-more information can-be
obtained in- (3) committee than-the majority of people would
suppose. Another matter which-is stated to-have occupied the attention
of right- I honourable-members at-the meeting was-the conveyance (of
the) mails to Canada and-the United-States, on-which question I the
Postmaster General and-the Secretary-o/-State-/or-^e-Colonies both
hoLd strong-views. The Leader-o/-/Ae-Opposition I has stated his
intention o/-raising-/Ae question t«-Committee-o/-Supply, and-the
WRITING EXERCISES 237
public will look forward with interest \ to-the next move. The Secretary-
o/-State-/or-<Ae-Home-Department and-the honourable-and-learned-
member for Northwich (4) are said to be drafting a bill for-the more
stringent regulation (of the) tobacco trade, with a view to- I the prevention
of juveniLe smoking. It-is probable that very-little interest will-be
displayed at-the-first-reading (ot the) bill, but a/-/Ae-second-reading there-
should-be a good debate, as-the Anti-Tobacco League are making every
effort to influence the voting upon-the measure. . Those engaged in-the-
trade are of opinion that though-the bill I may pass-the second-reading,
it-will-be so altered that at-the-third-reading it-will-be quite haRmless.
(500)
EXERCISE 2O8.
Law Phrases.
The Articles-o/-Association are-the rui.es for-the regulation of a
joint-stock-company, and-according-to-the opinion \ of a King's-Counsel
(who-was recentLy counsel-/or-*Ae-defence in an important case tried
before-the Lord-Chief- I Justice, in-which-the learned-counsel succeeded
in obtaining a verdict-/or-*Ae-defendant), the Articles-o/-Association
may-be \ produced as documentary-evidence aix>ng with circumstantial-
evidence in-the Chancery-Division (of the) High-Court-o/-Justice, or
even I uj-^Ae-Central-Criminal-Court, should a case anise in-that court.
The Memo randuni-o/- Association, on-the-other-hand, (I) contains a
statement (of the) objects for-which a joint-stock-company is foRmed,
and-the conditions of-its incorporation. I The secretary of a joint-stock
conceRn should make it his business to be acquainted with-the principal
Acts-o/- | Parliament relating to joint-stock-companies, so-that if-he-
should-be called-upon to-give evidence in a court- I o/-justice, he-may
acquit himself well, whether under-the examination-tn-chief by counsel-
/or-//je-plaintiff, or-the \ cross-examination by-the counsel-for-the-
defendant. He should remember that £ULL knowledge gives calmness
and nerve to a (2) witness, and-that-the-man who-knows both-the law
upon-the-matier and-the circumstances-of-the-ca.se need I feaR no question
from learned-counsel. Then-the joint-stock-company's secretary should
also have a general knowledge of County- I Court procedure, so-as-to
know how to enfoRce payment of a debt by-the issue of a judgment-
summons, I should such an extreme method become necessary in-the-
course-o/ business. //-/Ac-company for-which he-is secretary \tis a
manufacturing conceRn, he-should make himself acquainted with-the-
niain provisions (of the) Workmen's-Compensation-Act and-the (3)
Employers'-Liability Act, remembering that at common-law an employeR
is-not liable for an injury to-one-of-his I servants unLess personal negli-
gence on-the omployeR's part is proved to-hove caused the accident.
It-should also be borne I in mind that iw-cases o/-claim for compensation
under-these acts there-is a right of appeal from-the I County-Court to the
Divisional-Court (of the) High-Court-o/-Justice, and-afterwards, by
leave, to-the Court-o/- I Appeal and to-the-House-of Lords. Of -course,
238 WRITING EXERCISES
every business man should-know how to-deal with a dishonoured (4) bill-
o/-exchange, and-the circumstances in-which-the services of a notary-
public may-be dispensed with ; and-as \ Ae-way-requiRe to act under a
power-o/-attorney, he should-be familiar with-the foRm of -this authority. |
The terms bill-o/-sale, personal-estate, real-estate, and reversionary-
bonus, should-be known and-under stood, and-there-should \ also 6e-some
acquaintance with-the-principal duties of an official-receiver. It-will-be
gathered from-the foRegoing that-\ there-are-many things besides actual.
knowledge of-his business which it-is very desirable the commercial man
should-know. (500)
EXERCISE 2O9.
Theological Phrases.
0«-Christmas-Day, followeRS (of the) Ckristian-iaith, whether they be
members (of the) Church-o/-England, the Church-o/-lReland, the Church-
o/-Rome, or-the Episcopal-Church, have-their-attention directed to-the-
great event which-the day I commemorates, and-the whole Christian-
Church, the Church-o/-Christ throughout-/Ae whole worixl, unites in
celebrating with joy the \ anniversary (of the) birth o/-Christ-Jesus, the
Son-o/-God, the Lamb-o/-God, who-came in obedience to \ the will of-His
Heavenly-Father, to establish-the Kingdom-o/-Christ upon earth, to
teach the child ren-o/-God ( 1 ) how to-grow in grace and obtain everlasting-
life in-the kingdom-of-heaven. On-this-day every minister (of I the)
gospel, whether a Roman-Catholic, a Wesleyan-Methodist, or a member
(of the) Established-Church, directs his thoughts and- \ his words to-the
Child who-was born (of the) Virgin-Mary, and who-was destined, in-the-
providence-o/- I God.fo-preach the gospel of-peace,and woRk a stupen-
dous change in-the religious beliefs and practices (of the) nations- I
o/-/Ae-earth. It-is safe to say that on-this-day every ~Rig\\t-Reverend-
Bishop in-the-Church, every (2) preacher in-the United-Free-Church-o/-
Scotland, every Sunday-Scnool teacher, who speaks (of the) Word-of-God,
mentions I the glad-tidings referred to in-the passage-o/-Scripture which
relates the birth of-our-Lord. There-is-not \ a preacher of-Christianity,
whether engaged in woRk on-the home-missions or serving the cause
of-God by spreading- I the knowledge of-His Holy-Word among-the
heathen in foreign-missions, who-could allow this-day to pass without \
congratulating himself and-his fellow-creatures upon-the advent of-
Christ, our-Lord-and-Saviour. In a similaR way, it- (3) is-impossibleto
pass a Good Friday without reverting to-the-Great Tragedy narrated
in-the New-Testament-Scriptures, when- I He who-came to bestow
upon-the. people of-this-\voriA everlasting-life in a \vori.d-without-end,
was himself I put to death. Thus, too, the resurrection-o/-Christ and-His
ascension to-the rigl\t-hand-of-God-the-Father, I reminds us (of the)
doctrine (of the) resurrection-o/-£/te-dead and-the continued existence
(of the) soul in a I future-state. Surely one (of the) great Lessons to be
learned from-the life o/-Christ is-the Lesson of (4) kindness towards others !
Every true believer in-Christ who reads and reflects upon our-Lord's
Sermon-o«-/A«;-Mount must- I be struck with-the beautiful Lessons o)
WRITING EXERCISES 239
charity, mercy, and forgiveness-o/-sins, which it teaches. " When God,"
said a I great preacher, " made the heaRt of man, His first gift to-it
was kindness," and-if-this gift has-not- \ been actively employed pre-
viousLy, it-must-be roused into life by-the reading and consideration
(of the) Lessons of- I this wonderful Sermon-ow-^Ae-Mount. The good-
ness-o/-God appeaRS in every word, and exhorts us, also, to goodness.
(500)
EXERCISE 210.
Intersected Words.
It-is-to-be deploRed that some members of-every political-party
in-the Houses-of-Parliament, whether the Liberal- I Unionist-Party,
the Conservative- Party, the Liberal-Party, or any other Parliamentary-
Party, are too-much inclined fo-make a I party-question of a/most
every proposal that comes before them. I quite believe that party-
government is, on-the whole, I the best system ; but it-has, I-think,
some drawbacks, and-this-is one-of-them. Should-the Government,
for- I instance, ask-the House to-give serious-attention to a
new bill for-the better management o/-some Government-depart-
ment, (1) as, /or-instance, the Local-Government-Board; or
should-they propose a change in-the regulation (of the) shipping-depart-
ment I (of the) nation ; some members of-one or-other (of the) political-
parties in-the-House would treat the proposal I as a party-question,
whereas, as-a-matter-o/-fact, a few-minutes' special-attention given
to-the-matter would I SHOW it to be nothing (of the) kind. Government
officials are conscious of -this defect in-t he-system of English- | -Govern-
ment, and-they hesitate, 7-feaR, fo-suggest improvements in-their-
departments, because-they-do-not wish- their suggestions to (2) be treated
as party-questions. The same flaw exists, I-believe, to-some-extent
in our system of municipal-government. I Thus, suppose-^Aatf some
members (of the) local-authority are tn-favour o/-granting facilities
to-the military-authorities (of I the) neighborhood for exercising-/Ae
troops on ground belonging to-the local-authority ; others — members
(of the) opposite political-party — I object, not-so-much because-they
disapprove (of the) proposal, but because-it originated with-the opposite-
party. They treat- I the matter as a party-question, awd-vote accord-
ingly. Why, if-these methods were followed in-the joint-stock-com-
panies, (3) the steamship-companies, or the railway-companies (of the)
country, these companies would lose many (of the) advantages they now I
enjoy. But it-is-not-so. On-the-contrary , if a railway-official of, say
the Great-Western-Railway-Company I were to-suggest an improvement
in-the-method of signalling, his suggestion would- receive proper-atten-
tion, and, if approved, it- I would-be put into practice, without regard to-
the position (of the) man who-made-the suggestion. Local managers
would- | be instructed to-make-arrangements for carrying out-the idea,
and-when satisfactory-arrangements had-been made the public would- (4)
be informed (of the) change. Why cannot the same method be adopted
in-the-House-of-Commons and-by every \ local-authority ? / raised the
240 WRITING EXERCISES
point at-the recent debate in our SAo^hand-Writers'-Association, but
/-found little support I for-my views. My motion for an inquiry was
seconded by-our president, Major- Jones (of the)Volunteers, merely as -\ a-
matter-o/-form and in-order-that-it-might be discussed. In-the opinion
(of the) majority the methods I o/-procedure in-the-House-of-Commons,
and-in-the various County-Councils and Town-Councils, had reached
fo'g7z-water- (5) mark, as-they put it, and could-not-be improved. Professor-
Morgan and-the Managing-Director (of the) General-Omnibus- I
Company who-came to-he.z.'R-the debate, were invited to-speak, and-they-
were both against me. /w-fact, the \ onLy men who agreed with me
•were-the local managers (of the) Life-Assurance-Company and-the
General-Insurance-Company, | who both spoke very strongLy in-
support of-my views. (570^
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ENGLISH COMPOSITION AND CORRESPONDENCE. By J. F.
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THE ELEMENTS OF COMMERCIAL LAW. By A. H. DOUGLAS,
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GUIDE TO INDEXING AND PRECIS WRITING. By WILLIAM JAYNE
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and similar examinations in the subject of Indexing and Precis
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PRACTICAL PRIMERS OF BUSINESS (continued).
THE MONEY, AND THE STOCK AND SHARE MARKETS. By EMIL
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the somewhat complicated subjects of stock and share transactions.
The author has for many years been actively engaged in the higher
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SHIPPING. By ARNOLD HALL and F. HEYWOOD. This book consti-
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PRACTICAL PRIMERS OF BUSINESS (continued).
ADVERTISING. By HOWARD BRIDGEWATER. The author of
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THE CARD INDEX SYSTEM. Its Principles, Uses, Operation, and
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CLERKS : THEIR RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS. By EDWARD A.
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MODERN LIBRARY OF PRACTICAL INFORMATION
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BUSINESS MAN'S HANDBOOKS (continued).
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HOUSEHOLD LAW. By J. A. SLATER, B.A., LL.B. (Lond.). In
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