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TABLE X.

Words consisting of five, six, &c. letters, viz. « diphthong and the rest consonants, except some few which end in e final.

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RAIL snail trail. Claim. Brain chain grain slain stain train sprain strain. Paint faint saint taint. Raise praise. Faith saith. Heir their. Eight freight weight (height.) Eighth. Voice choice. Broil spoil. Joint point. Noise poise. Moist Quart. Quick Quench. Squib. Squirt. Fraud. Laugh. Caught taught (draught.)

Daunt haunt taunt vaunt flaunt slaunt. Cause pause gause. Bouch pouch vouch crouch slouch (touch.) Cloud croud proud shroud. Cough trough (tough.) Plough slough (dough though) (through.) Ought bought fought nought sought brought thought (drought.)

Mould (could should would.) Ounce bounce pounce. Bound hound pound round sound ground (wound.) Count mount. Mourn. Course. House louse mouse (spouse rouse.) Clout doubt scout shout sprout stout. Trout. Mouth south (youth.) Fourth. Three.

Leech speech. Bleed breed speed steed. Cheek sleek. Kneel steel wheel. Green queer screen spleen. Creep sheep sleep steep sweep. Cheer steer sneer. Cheese (geese fleece.) Fleet sheet street sweet. Teeth (seethe.) Sleeve Freeze sneeze squeeze. Blood flood (stood.) Proof.

Brook shook. School stool (wool.) Bloom broom groom. Spoon swoon. Droop scoop sloop stoop. Floor. Goose loose (noose choose.) Shoot. Tooth (booth smooth.) Each reach preach teach. Dread tread spread knead plead. Sheaf. League. Bicak sneak speak steak squeak.

Realm Dealt. Health wealth. Cream dream steam stream. Clean glean stean. Cleanse. Cheap.

Clear shear smear spear (swear.) Search. Earl pearl. Earn learn. Earth dearth (hearth.) Heart. Fleas please tease.

Cease lease crease peace. East beast feast least (breast.) Bleat cheat treat wheat (great.) Sweat sheĕat. Death breath (heath sheath.) Breathe Coathe wreathe. Heave leave weave cleave, Thach poach roach broach. Broad. Groan.

Boast roast toast. Float throat (groat.) Brief chief grief thief. Niece piece. Fiend (friend.) Fierce pierce. Field yield shield. Priest. Grieve thieve. Guard. Suit fruit, Build. Guide. Guile. Quilt. Juice. Bruise. Brawl crawl drawl. Brawn prawn. Screw shrew strew threw. Throw. Known thrown (brown clown crown drown frown.)

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WILL give thanks to thee, O Lord, with all my heart; and will praise thy name.

I will praise the name of God with a song, for this shall please the Lord.

Serve the Lord with fear, and let your heart stand in awe of him.

He that fears not God, is in the way to death.

LESSON II.

Great is the Lord, and great is his name.

Seek the Lord while he may be found: call on him while he is near.

Trust in the Lord with all thy heart.

In thee, O Lord, have I put my trust, let me not be put to shame; but help me lend thine ear to me and save me.

LESSON IH.

Thou, O Lord, art the thing that I long for: thou art my hope from my youth.

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O let my mouth be full of thy praise, that I may sing of thee all the day long.

Čast me not from thee in the time of age leave me not when my strength doth fail me.

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I will go forth in the strength of the Lord God; and will praise thee more and more.

LESSON IV.

Thou, O God, has taught me from my youth up till now; and I will tell of thy great works.

Great things are they, that thou hast done: 0 God, who is like to thee?

The Lord doth know the way of good men, and the way of bad men shall come to nought.

I did call on the Lord with my voice; and he heard me out of his hill.

LESSON V.

O ye sons of men, how long will ye hate God? know this, that the Lord will choose the man that is good: when I call on the Lord, he will hear me. Stand in awe, and sin not: search your own heart by your self, and be still.

Pour out your praise to God, and put your trust in the Lord.

LESSON VỊ

I will lay me down in peace and take my rest: for it is thou, O Lord, that dost make me dwell in peace.

O hear thou my voice, my king, and my God; for to thee will I pray.

My help doth come from God, who doth keep all them that are true of heart: and for this I will praise the name of the Lord most high.

OF DISSYLLABLES.

TABLE I.

Some easy words accented on the first syllable, whose spelling and pronunciation are nearly the same. brim stone con sul

AB sence

drunk ard

a corn

bro ken

con test

dul lard

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