O, it is looks and tones of love
From those I love the best,
That follow) me when I do right:
These make me happiest

LESSON XVIII.

CONSONANT SOUNDS IN COMBINATION.

rbz as in garbs, herbs, orbs, disturbs.
rd as in bard, herd, cord, absurd.
rdz as in bards, herds, cords, words.
rdzh as in barge, charge, large, urge.

I told him of it, (not uv it.) I speak of him. I heard of them. It came from her, (not frum her.) I heard from him. I called for it, (not fur it.) He came for them.

Dr. Franklin's First Entrance into Philadelphia,

I HAVE entered into the particulars of my voyage, and shall, in like manner, describe my first entrance into this city, that you may be able to compare beginnings so little auspicious with the figure I have since made.

On my arrival at Philadelphia, I was in my working dress, my best clothes being to come by sea. I

was covered with dirt; my pockets were filled with shirts and stockings; I was unacquainted with a single soul in the place, and knew not where to seek a lodging. Fatigued with walking, rowing, and having passed the night without sleep, I was extremely hungry, and all my money consisted of a Dutch dollar, and about a shilling's worth of coppers, which I gave to the boatmen for my passage.

As I had assisted them in rowing, they refused it at first; but I insisted on their taking it. A man is sometimes more generous when he has little, than when he has much money; probably because, in the first case, he is desirous of concealing his poverty,

I walked towards the top of the street, looking eagerly on both sides, till I came to Market Street, where I met a child with a loaf of bread. Often had I made my dinner on dry bread. I inquired where he had bought it, and went straight to the baker's shop, which he pointed out to me.

I asked for some biscuits, expecting to find such as we had in Boston; but they made, it seems, none of that sort in Philadelphia. I then asked for a threepenny loaf. They made no loaves of that price. Finding myself ignorant of the prices, as well as the different kinds of bread, I desired him to let me have threepenny worth of bread of some kind or other. He gave me three large rolls. I was surprised at receiving so much. I took them, however, and, having no room in my pockets, I walked on with a roll under each arm, eating a third.

In this manner, I went through Market Street to Fourth Street, and passed the house of Mr. Read, the father of my future wife. She was standing at the door, observed me, and thought, with reason, that I made a very singular and grotesque, appearance.

I then turned the corner, and went through Chestnut Street, eating my roll all the way; and, having made this round, I found myself again on Market Street Wharf, near the boat in which I arrived. I stepped into it to take a draught of the river water; and, finding myself satisfied with my first roll, I gave the other two to a woman and her child who had come down with us in the boat, and was waiting to continue her journey.

Thus refreshed, I regained the street, which was now full of well-dressed people, all going the same way : I joined them, and was thus led to a large Quakers' meeting-house near the market-place. I sat down with the rest, and, after looking around me for some time, hearing nothing said, and being drowsy from my last night's labor and want of rest, I fell into a sound sleep.

In this state I continued till the assembly dispersed, when one of the congregation had the goodness to wake me. This was consequently the first house I entered, or in which I slept, at Philadelphia.

LESSON XIX.

CONSONANT SOUNDS IN COMBINATION.

rk as in bark, dark, hark, lark.
rld as in curl'd, furl'd, hurl'd, world.
rm as in charm, farm, harm, alarm.
rmd as in arm'd, charm'd, harm'd, alarm'd.

The Cataract of Lodore.

How does the water come down at Lodore?
Here it comes sparkling,

And there it lies darkling;
Here smoking and frothing
Its tumult and wrath in,
It hastens along, conflicting strong,
Now striking and raging,

As if a war waging

Its caverns and rocks among.

Rising and leaping,

Sinking and creeping,

Swelling and flinging,

Showering and springing,

Eddying and whisking,

Sporting and frisking,

Note to Teachers. - Words ending in ing are frequently mispronounced; as mornin for morning, soundin for sounding, &c. The above lesson is inserted with a view to correct this error.

Turning and twisting

Around and around;
Collecting, disjecting
With endless rebound;
Smiting and fighting,

A sight to delight in,

Confounding, astounding,

Dizzying and deafening the ear with its sound;
Receding and speeding,

And shocking and rocking,
And darting and parting,
And threading and spreading,
And whizzing and hissing,
And dripping and skipping,
And whitening and brightening,
And quivering and shivering,
And chilling and spilling,

And shining and twining,

And rattling and battling,
And shaking and quaking,
And pouring and roaring,
And waving and raving,
And tossing and crossing,
And flowing and growing,
And running and stunning,
And hurrying and skurrying,
And glittering and flittering,
And gathering and feathering,
And dinning and spinning,
And foaming and roaming,

And dropping and hopping