"No, surely not', but my intellect was aroused and enlightened. How this was effected', I do not pretend to say. I have never since found any difficulty in literary pursuits'; the exercise of my mind is my most pleasurable employment'. I gained the medal with great applause; and was sweetly rewarded by the praises and kisses of my mother.

19. "How happy she was'! too happy for this world. I fear the alternations of grief and joy, had an injurious effect on her health. She passed away in a few months, and left me an orphan indeed. But her memory can never pass from me, while my reason remains. To her I am indebted, for all my enjoyment of intellect. I have no doubt, that, had a severe and chilling discipline been pursued with me at home, as it was at school, I should always have been a dull and ignorant being, perhaps an idiot. To a good, faithful, intelligent mother, what gratitude and respect do not her children owe! I shall always tvindicate the cause of

woman."

LADIES' MAGAZINE.

QUESTIONS. Give Judge B- 's description of himself when a child. Describe the circumstances which seemed to lead to the development of his faculties. Did his subsequent improvement show any change of faculties, or only their more vigorous application? To whose influence was all this owing?

In the 13th paragraph, which words are in the nominative case? Which in the possessive case? Which in the objective case? Which nouns are in the singular number? Which in the plural? Which verbs are in the infinitive mode?

ARTICULATION.

Give a full and distinct sound to the consonants that are italicized.

Bow, dare, fame, g-ave, h-orse, j-ew, k-ite, lord, m-an, no, pit, queer, row, sir take, v-ow, w-oe, y-e, those, th-umb, wh-at, sh-ow, ch-urch.

PRONOUNCE correctly.-Oft-en, pro. of'n: for-ti-tude, not for-ti tshude: fort-une, not for-ten, nor for-tshune: Prov-i-dence, not Provi dunce: con-grat-u-la-ting, not con-grat-ty-la-ting: sit-u-a-tion, not sit oo-a-tion, nor sit-shu-a-tion: stim-u-la-ted, not stim-my-la-ted, nor stim er-la-ted, nor stim-ew-la-ted, but stim-yu-la-ted.

1. Dis-as'-ters, n. unfortunate events. In-tre-pid'-it-y, n. courage, fearless

2. Triv'-i-al, a. trifling, small.

3. Rift'-ed, p. split open.

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Ten'-drils, n. the claspers of a vine.

Sol'-2., n. comfort in grief. Re-ces'-ses, n. retirement, secresy. 4. En-thu'-si-asm, n. warmth of feeling. 5. Re-trieve', v. to repair, to restore to a good state.

THE WIFE.

1. I HAVE often had occasion to remark the fortitude with which women sustain the most overwhelming reverses of fortune. Those disasters which break down the spirit of a man, and prostrate him in the dust, seem to call forth all the energies of the softer sex, and give such intrepidity and elevation to their character, that, at times, it approaches to sublimity.

2. Nothing can be more touching, than to behold a soft and tender female, who had been all weakness and dependence, and alive to every trivial roughness, while treading the prosperous paths of life, suddenly rising in mental force to be the comforter and supporter of her husband under misfortune, and abiding, with unshrinking firmness, the most bitter blasts of adversity.

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3. As the vine, which has long twined its graceful +foliage about the oak, and been lifted by it into sunshine, will, when the hardy plant is rifted by the thunderbolt, cling around it with its caressing tendrils, and bind up its shattered boughs'; so it is beautifully ordered by Providence, that woman, who is the mere dependent and ornament of man in his happier hours, should be his stay and solace, when smitten with sudden calamity'; winding herself into the rugged recesses of his nature', tenderly supporting the drooping head', and binding up the broken heart'.

4. I was once congratulating a friend, who had around him a blooming family, knit together in the strongest affection. "I oan wish you no better lot'," said he', with enthusiasm', "than to

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have a wife and children'. If you are prosperous', there they are to share your prosperity; if otherwise, there they are to comfort you."

5. And, indeed, I have observed, that a married' man, falling into misfortune', is more apt to retrieve his situation in the world than a single one; partly', because he is more stimulated to exertion by the necessities of the helpless and beloved beings who depend upon him for subsistence'; but chiefly', because his spirits are soothed and relieved by domestic endearments, and his self-respect kept alive by finding, that, though all abroad is darkness and humiliation', yet there is still a little world of love at home, of which he is the monarch'. Whereas, a single man is apt to run to waste and self-neglect, to fancy himself lonely and abandoned, and his heart to fall to ruin, like some deserted + mansion, for want of an inhabitant.

W. IRVING.

QUESTIONS.-What is said of the fortitude of the female sex? What effect is produced on the mind by the view of this trait? To what natural object is it beautifully compared? Why should a man have a family? What is apt to be the case with the single man, as to character and comfort? Give rules for the inflections.

N. B.-The teacher will find it profitable to the pupil, to examine him frequently upon the subject of inflections and emphasis, whether these are marked in the lesson or not. Indeed, the few questions inserted upon these points, are intended merely as a specimen of that manner of examination which, it is believed, will be found useful.

ARTICULATION.

In the following words, sound the last consonant distinctly. (After such exercises as this, it will be necessary to guard against a drawling style of reading.)

Or-b, ai-d, fa-g, Geor-ge, a-ll, ai-m, ow-n, li-p, war, hi-ss, hat, gi-ve, add, song, breath, tru-th, pu-sh, bir-ch.

Mo-b, la-d, ru-f, ha-g, ca-ge, ta-ck, fi-ll, ri-m, si-n, ho-p, far, pa-ce, ai-t, ha-ve, has, pa-ng, bank, soo-the, pi-th, wi-sh, ri-ch.

LESSON XIX.

PRONOUNCE Correctly. Guilt-less, not guilt-liss: mortals, not mor-tuls: pen-ance, not pen-unce: up-ward, not up-wud.

[Addressed to two swallows, that flew into Church during Divine Service ]

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GAY, guiltless pair',

What seek ye from the fields of heaven?

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Ye have no need of prayer',

Ye have no sins' to be forgiven.

Then spread each wing,

Far, far above, o'er lakes and lands,
And join the choirs that sing

In yon blue dome not reared with hands.

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Above the crowd,

On upward wings could I but fly,
I'd bathe in yon bright cloud,
And seek the stars that gem the sky.

8. "I were heaven indeed,

Through fields of trackless light to soar,

On nature's charms to feed,

And nature's own great God adore.

SPRAGUE.

UESTIONS. On what occasion was this poem written? We address letters to our friends: was this addressed to the birds in the same sense? discover any beautiful expressions in this lesson? Point them out. Give the rule for the rising inflection at "pair." For the falling inflection at "heaven." For the rising inflection at " "prayer and "sins." (Rule VI, 28, Note.) What inflections are proper at the two questions in the 2d stanza ?

LESSON XX.

REMARK. Take care not to let the voice grow weaker and weaker, as you approach the end of the sentence.

ARTICULATE correctly. Full-est, not full-es: suf-fer-ing, not suf rin: surest, not sur-es: un-feel-ing, not un-feel-in: friends, not fren's: beau-ti-fui-iy, not beau-ti-fl'y: ga-zing, not ga-zin.

PRONOUNCE distinctly. Vi-o-lets, not vi-er-lits: ag-o-ni-zing, not ag-er-niz-ing: fea-tures, not fea-ters, nor fea-tshures.

1. Mod-i-fi-ca-tion, n. a particular form

or manner.

Vi'-tals, n. parts of the body necessary to life.

Av'-e-nue, n. an entrance, a way. 8. Heo'-tic, a. habitual, constitutional. 2. In'-va-lid, n. a person who is sick. 9. Par'-ox-ysms, n. severe turns or fits. 4. Fran'-tic, a. characterized by vio- E-vinc'-ed, v. made evident. lence and fury. 11. Ghast'-ly, a. deathlike, pale. i. E-merg'-ed, v. reappeared, came out 14. Wail, n. loud weeping.

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THE INTEMPERATE HUSBAND.

1. THERE was one modification of her husband's +persecutions, which the fullest measure of Jane Harwood's piety could not enable her to bear unmoved. This was unkindness to her feeble and suffering boy. It was at first commenced as the surest mode of distressing her It opened a direct avenue to her heart.