Thou grappl'dst with the king and trampl'dst him under foot.

R,b,d,s,t.— disturb'dst, curb'dst.

Now thou curb'dst passions fierce.
R,d,zh, d. urg'd, scourg'd.

By a haughty will urg'd on, he scourg'd himself alone. R,k,t,s,t.-hark'dst, lurk'dst, bark'dst, mark'dst. Thou lurk'dst in the dark and hark'dst for a footstep. R,1,d,s,t. — curl'dst, whirl' dst, snarl'dst, hurl'dst. Thou whirl'dst thy hand and hurl'dst the bolt.

R,m,d,s,t. — charm'dst, harm'dst, farm'dst, form'dst.
Thou arm'dst the man, and harm'dst thyself again.
R,n,d,s,t. — burn'dst, scorn'dst, turn'dst, learn'dst.
In vain thou turn'dst, if thou scorn'dst thy friend.
R,t,s,t. — dart'st, start'st, girt'st, hurt'st.
If thou start'st thou hurt'st thyself the more.
R,t,sh,t.starch'd, perch'd, arch'd, march'd.
They arch'd their necks and march'd with pride.
R,v,d,s,t.-nervd'st, starvd'st, curv'dst, swerv'dst.
If thou swerv'dst from duty, thou starv'dst thy soul.
S,k,s,t.mask'st, task'st, risk'st, husk'st.

Ask'st thou, and risk'st thou so much?

Th,d,s,t. smooth'dst, bath'dst, sheath'dst, breath'dst. Thou smooth'dst thy brow before thou sheath'dst thy sword.

Tl,d,s,t. settl'dst, nettl'dst, whittl'dst, rattl'dst.

Thou startl'dst thy victim when thou rattl'dst his chains.

T,sh,t. watch'd, slouch'd, touch'd, snatch'd.

He was carefully watch'd and tenderly touch'd.
V,d,s,t. lov'dst, liv'dst, sav'dst, wav'dst.

To him thou unrav'll'dst the startling story.
Z,1,d,s,t. puzzl'dst, dazzl'dst.

Thou dazzl'dst mine eyes with such beauty.

EXERCISES IN ARTICULATION.

IN Africa are vast wastes and deserts. Not waste sand deserts.

How do you like this sport?
Goodness centers in the heart.
They boasted of a luxurious soil.

Not this port.

Not goodness enters.
Not luxurious oil.

I cannot believe that such a notion ever existed. — Not such an ocean.

He would like to obtain either one or the other. Not obtain neither one nor the other.

I caught him taking a nap under an apple-tree. - Not an ap under a napple-tree.

He sent me the same arrow that I left in the garden. Not same marrow.

This is the same eel John took from the brook. - Not same meal.

He stood forth, bound hand and foot. Not boun' han' an' foot.

He went to his closet evening and morning and at nooï. - Not evenin' an' mornin' an' at noon.

Thou hast ten thousand foes to fight. Not has', thousan', &c.

All manner of beasts and creeping things were found there. Not o' beas' an' creepin', &c.

Can there be an aim more lofty ?
Can there be a name more lofty?
Whoever heard of such a notion?
Whoever heard of such an ocean?
I saw the Prince without emotion.
I saw the prints without emotion.
I saw her rise over the pier.
I saw her eyes over the pier.
He could pay nobody.
He could pain nobody.

The cricket kept creeping across the crevices. - Not

kep' creepin', &c.

Where the whitest lilies blow,
Where the freshest berries grow,

Where the ground-nut trails its vine,
Where the wood-grape's clusters shine.

Amidst the wildest, fiercest blasts,
He thrusts his fists against the posts,
And still insists he sees the ghosts.

Perchance the bald old eagle,
On gray Beth-peor's height,
Out of his rocky eyrie,

Looked on the wondrous sight;
Perchance the lion, stalking,

Still shuns that hallowed spot;
For beast and bird have seen and heard
That which man knoweth not.

I love my country's pine-clad hills,
Her thousand bright and gushing rills,
Her sunshine and her storms;
Her rough and rugged rocks that rear
Their hoary heads high in the air,

In wild fantastic forms.

When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw, The line, too, labors, and the words move slow.

Round the rough rocks the ragged rascal ran.

The hidden ocean showed itself anew,
And barren wastes still stole upon the view.

Wagg'st thou thy tongue at me?

Tho' liv'st — liv'st did I say?— Appear'st in the Sen

ate.

He twists the texts to suit the several sects.

He stumbled'st on amidst the mists.

When a twister, a twisting, will twist him a twist, For twisting his twist he three twines doth untwist ; But if one of the twines of the twist doth untwist, The twine that untwisteth, untwisteth the twist.

The sounds of horses' hoofs were heard in the distance.

How sweetly slow the liquid lays

In holy hallelujahs rose.

I seek thy bags of gold and gifts no more.
I love the groves where God's fir temples are.

Up a high hill he heaved a huge round stone.

Peter Prangle, the prickly prangly pear-picker, picked three pecks of prickly prangly pears from the prangly pear-trees on the pleasant prairies.

A big black bull-dog bit a big black bull.

The icy, shiny, glassy glaciers gleamed in the glowing light.

What wak'st thou, Spring? Sweet voices in the woods, And reed-like echoes that have long been mute.

Thou bring'st back, to fill the solitudes,

The lark's clear pipe, the cuckoo's viewless flute, Whose tone seems breathing mournfulness or glee,