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CONTAINING THE
PRINCIPLE aid PRACTICE «f ENGLISH ORTROGRiPHI U ORTHOEM
STST E M A TJ C ALL Y DEVELOPED,
Designed to Accord with the • Preheat TXaage. of
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FOR THE "USE OF SCHOOLS AND FAMILIES.
Ky Rev. JOHN NEELY.
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fTBLTSIIED BY A BLEAKLEY, AUGUSTA, GA.
, 1865.
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BY REV. JOHN NEELY.
PUBLISHED BY A. BLEAKLEY, AUGUSTA, GA.
1864.
Entered aor-ording to. Aet of Congress, in the year 18C4,
BT Rev. JOHN NEELY,
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SPELLER AND READER,1
j - ALPHABET.
»A .B: ■€ Di
IE.""','F "G- :H!
I J E L
M N O P
;ft. R S T
; / !
Ift -W. S
i ' :
!Y Z ' & (E1
sma'll alphabet.
[ ROMAN LETTERS.
'A B C I) E F (r II I J K L 3J
:N. OPQRSTUVfll'Z &
'a b c d e f fr h i j k I in n 0 p
<5 r s t u v w x v 7.
1
ITALICS-
A JB.O D E F QHIJKLMNO
PQRSTUVWXYZ& .
a b oil e f g h i j 1c I m ?h o p q r <? t u
v w x y z
EXERCISES ON THE ALPHABET.
h c 1 k li f s p d z j j
l *
p w v ui b i r u t a e
r g u o l"q w f s d cx
Cumma (,) Semi-Colon (;) Colon (:) Period (.)
Hyphen (-} Apostrophe (') Interrogation (?)
Exclamation (!)
Vowels, ti c i o u, and w and y when they
do not begin a syllable." The other letters are
consonants.
CONFEDERATE STATES
| fcift) fo be 0&seH>efi Irf tfriog W$ Sooli:
LET EVERY SPELLING LESSON BE MADE A
READING- LESSON f
EVERY READING LESSON A SPELLING LESSON.
1. Spell each Lesson on the Boole. 2. Read it downward in
»columns. 3. Read it across. Spell it off the Booh.
5. Name any Syllable pointed to. 6. Point out any
Syllable nametl.
Th^ sounds of the vowels Sire unma'rked for franfc of
suitable type.
The soft sound of c (like s), aa in eity, is marked by an
italic letter.
The hard sounjjl (like k) is unmarked-
The soft sound of g (like j), as in gent, is marked by an
italic Tetter.
The hard sound, as in gunT is unmarked.
The soft sound of ch (like foh), as in church, is marked
by italic letters.
The hard sound (like k) is unmarked.
The flat sound of th, as in this, is Inarked by italic letters-
The sharp sound, as in think, is unmarked.
ZF^ZR-T X.
ELEMENTARY PRINCIPLES. 1
SYLLABLES AND "WORDS QF ONE- ANI>-OF
. TWO LETTERS.
No. 1—-I. Syllables. Y^oivel Long.
C before E, I and Y, soft like S. tr before E, I and Y
soft like J. '
iba be b<je bi bo bu by
ca cc oi eo - cu - Cy
da _ - de di do du dy
fa * fe fee fi lb fu fy
,ga f/e </i go gu gy
ha he hi ho hu hyl
SPELLER AND READER.
Ua
jka
jla
jma
na
'pa
;ra
Isa
No. 2—II.
Syllables. Vovzel *Long.
je ,
Ji '
.]*
jy
ke
ki
ko
ku »
ky
le lee-
ii
lo
lu
iy
me
pii
1310 ~
mu
my
ne
ni
no
nu
ny
p4
pi.
po
pn
py
No. 3—ITI. Syllables. Vowel Long.
ta
va
wa
ya
Z(l
No.
re-
se
te
ve
we
ye
ze
see
n
si
ti
vi
wi
yj
zi
ro
so
to
YO
WO
yo
ZO
ru
sn
tu
vu
yu
zu
ry
sy
ty
vy
wyj
zy
a Tah)
ma {mali)
|I go-
Go I ?
I We go. .
Go we?
il do.
-IY. Words token from the Syllables in
the preceding Nos. Vowel long.
oh (o) * no
go * so
ho wo
by
io fy
Exceptions differing in- sound of. Vowel.
be
bee
he
fee
me
lee
we *
see
ye
J
Ye do.
Do wo ?
O ye.
By me.
O mai
la {law)
pa {pah)
No. 5—Y.
To me.
Be ye.
Ye go.
My pa.
I do so.
ha {hah),
do {(doo)
Wo to me !
Do we go?
No : ye go.
Ho ! my ma !
1 go by.
CONFEDERATE STATES ^ ^
No. ti—VI.
Do I go (so ? Do ye so to me ?
• Ha t do ye a« ? • La ! my pa ! he by mo
Ye go by me. Ho ! to me ye do so,
Lo ! I go by. To pa : to ma : to mo.
Do so to me. Ha ! go ye so fry pa ?
Do we go ho? v Da"! S ^o to ma.
O pa! we go, No : we go by to pa.
f3o do I go. My pa ! be by me".
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2Yo. 7—VII. Syllablea. Vowel Short.
ab
eb ebb
ib
ob
ub
ac
ec
it'
oe
uc
ad add
ed
id
od
ud
af
ef
if .
of
off
uf
ag
- eg egg
ig
0 g
.us
aj
ej
y
0}
• W
it0.
8—VIII.
Syllables.
Vowel
Short
ak
ek
ik
ok
uk
al
el ell
il m
ol
ul
am
em
im
0111
um
I an ann en m mil on un
lap " ep , ip op up|
nr er err ir . ' or urf
| No. !)—IX". SylhtlAtt--. Vowel Short. I
as ass es is o,s usl
at t't it , ot ^
av ev iv ov
ax ex ix ox UX|
az ez iz oz U2,
i "wl'eller and reader. 11
No. 10—X. TForJ.s taken from the, Syllables in the
' three preceding Nob.
am
in
or
ann
err
an
itV
ox
ass
ill
a?
it
up
ebb
inn
at
.of (ov)
us
egg
odd
if
on
add
ell
off.
I am up. Is pa up ? Ma is up. I or he. i
Is ho up ? Do go on. So atn I. 4 Ijo ! an ox.J
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No. 11—XI. * ' [
Ck> up to it. " He is at an irm.
Is lie at it'( l>o we err?
It is on me." Is it an egg ?
Wo to tjs I Add it up.
' Do as I do. * See if it is a bee.
Oh f'yl go up. As ma is up, so am I.
Ma! do go by. Oh ! an ox is at it. ' <
La ! I am on. Ha! he is up to us.
Ann is ill. If I am on it, so is he.
If so, if is odd. He or I am up on it.
Ho is off on an' ass. He is to go on it ho.
An ass or an ox Am I to go on it? So is pa.
12-
-XII.
Words of
three Letters.
Vowel Short.
-ab
-ib
fob
cub "
-ic
- pad
cab
bib
hob
•dub
tic
sad
dab
fib
job
hub
-ad •
• wad
mab
nib
- mob
» rub
bad
. -ed
nab
xib
nob
» tub'
gad'
bed
.tab '
-ob
rob
-ac
had
fed
!-eh
bob
. sob
• lac
4a<;l
led
web
cob
-u}>
sac
mad
red
CONFEDERATE STATES
12
No. 13
-id
bid
did
hid
kid
lid
mid
rid
No. 14—XIV. Words of three Letters. Vowel Short
—XIII.
Words of tluree Letters
J^oivel Short
-od
-iid #
liag
beg gig
cod
bud
jag
keg - 'jig
hotf
cud
lag
leg- pig
nod
mud
nag-
peg rig
- pod
# -ag
rag
-ig wig-
rod
bag
lag
big -°g
sod
fag ■
wag
dig bog
tod1
gag •
-eg
fig . cog
dog
hug'
dam
-im
sum
ran
fog/
jug
ham
dim
-an
tan
hog1
lug
jam
him
ban
van
jog
mug
; ram
rim
can
wan
log
pug
sain
-um
dan 0
-enl
-ug
• rug
-em
gum
fan
denl
bug
tug
^em"
hum
man
fen|
dug
-am
,, h£m
rum
t Pan
hen!
No. 15-
-XY.
*
I Jo is my big dogr Wo bid him go to bed.
Tom is to dig. My liog is in .mud.
Bob had a fig in a bag. „ A nag can tug.
Is my pig fed ? A lad had a big jug.
Is not Ilal a wag ? Bo not go in to a fen'.
Tom had rum in my mug. A lug* of a hog or a pig.
lie did my sum for me. My nag is to be fed.
Can we go to bed? A mad dog bit a man.
SPELLER AND READER. .13 #
No. 16—XVI. Words of three Letters. Vowel Short.
%
-en din 4 -on hun gap
ken fin coil . nun liap
men pin "• don pun ' lap
pen -kin -un run map
ten .pin * bun sun nap
. wen sin dun -» tun pap
-in tin fun -ap rap
bin win gun cap sap
No.. 17—XVII. Words of three Letters. Vowel Short.
tap sip -up jar' -ur
-ip tip cup mar cur
dip * * -op pup par fur
hip fop sup tar -as
lip hop -ar war gas
nip lop ^ bar -of . has
pip . mop - car for was
rip pop far nor -is
' No. 18—XVIII. Words of three betters. Vowel Short
his . ,mat . get -it . pit
-us - , rat " jet bit sit
pus' » sat let fit wit
-at vat met hit v -ot
bat -es " net • kit cot
cat yes pet ■< lit dot
fat -et * set mit got
hat bet wet nit hot
lot
* cut
lax
not
hut
tax
pot
jut
wax
rot
« nut
-ex-
sot
rut
sex
wot
put (poof)
vex
-ut
-ax
-ix.
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No. 10—XIX.
CONFEDERATE STATES - " '
Words of three Letter*. Voire! Short.
fix actj
mix aft |
pix and
six ant
1 -ox apt
Tbox ark
fox arm
ifo. 20—XX. ** Words of three Letters. VoiCel Short.
ask
asp
elf
elk
elm
end
imp
ink
oft-
urn -
her (hur)
sir {pur)
son (sun)
ton (tun)
won (wun)
old
Yes : lie won lay box.
No, sir I it is not so.'
He lit a jet of gas.
Mis; it all up in a cup.
A rat has bit his leg.
Was it 9, rat? Oh! no.
Yes : it was a big rat.
A rut has fur on it.
A fir is by his hut.
Put -a wad in my gun.
A big fox is in his lot.
Get a gun to hit him.
Oh ! my son ! do not run so.
It is a hot sun. Do not go,
A big fox has got my fat hen,
Fix on his cap to fit him.
iVh. 21—XXI.
A cup ia of tin.
It was not my pen.
He set me on a log.
My fan is in a box.
Put on. my cap for fun.
Her cap was on his peg.
A fox was in his ne£,
Run on; for pa is in.
Let him go to get his hat.
Oh ! do not hit my cat.
Set his dog on my red fox.
Do not go far; it is wet.
La! he is as fat as a pig.
Put up my map, I beg. ■>
Oh ! do not vex me so.
Do not put a cat on a bed.
His lip is cut
Six or ten men sat in a hut.
It is hot: get me a fan.
His hat is on his peg.
SPELLER AND HEADER. 15
No. 22—XXII. Combinations of Syllables in Nos. 1
(I) to 10 (X), to form an easy introduction to words
of two Syllables..
READ EVERY' SYLLABLE AS IF IT WERE A SEPARATE "WORD.
ACCENT orr THE FIRST SYLLABLE.
do-do E'-li ha'-lo . Ca'-to la'-ie ti'-ar
fV-co Le'-vi Hu'-go 4ie-ro Ba'-al bi'-as
lo'-co ma-gi so'-lo Ne'-ro -di'-al " li'-as
Co'-mo pe-ri Mi'-lo ty'jo vi'-al Cli'-o
He-be Di'-do Ju-no ty'-po re'-al ze'-ro
Ca'-di pa-go Ma-ro da-is li-ar ve'-to
No. 23—XXIII. Two Syllables. Accent on the first.
fi-at • ri-ot du-el al'-um ox-en
di'-et Bo'-az fu'-el at'-om ax'-is
dy-er Bo'-oz po-et po-em ev-er
vi'-ol " -i Jo'-ab su-et ar'-id Ar'-ab
li-on mo'-ab ex-it JiV-an — in-to
jZi'-on Jo'-el . Ad'-am ru'-in un'-to
. ^ 24—XXTV.
,Ma ! am I a ty-i'o ? Do nfrt be tt li-ar."
() la! it is a ri-ot. A cot is by a ru-in.
'Is Ilu-go a li-ar? . Su-et is no di-et.-
Ne-ro is a dy-er. A man on a li-on. ,
Is it Ju-no or He-be ? Ma-ro is a po-et.
It is my dog Ju-no. A li-ar is a bad man.
Is Ca-to a he-ro ? Ju-an met a man in a du-el.
A po-cm is by a po-et. He-be is not my dog.
An at-om of al-um in a vi-al. Let us go in-to his hut.
Ad-am ! go to m-y ox-en. It is an Ar-ab tiag.
20
confederate states
Oh 1 it is sad for men to be sots.
Let sots fly rum and gin, and be free men.
Bees fly j and so do bats too, but not in the sun.
A et$ is for hogs and pigs to be putin.
Ask why Ann sobs so. She has g(Ur ink on her map.
See the sly old fox. He robs us of the hens. ^
An elm is a tree 5 and an ash is a tree^ and a fir is
a tree ;■ three trot s.
A li-on has cubs; and a hog has pigs; and a dog
has pups.
Lu-cy errs, for she did not do as ehe was bid.
JVo. 54—XXXIY.
Words" of three Utters, with the additional syllables
y, er, inc*.
mad
sad
mud
dim
man
fen
fin
fun
sun
hap
nap
sap
pup
jet
fit
wit
odd
apt
mad-ly
sad-ly *
mud-dy
dim-ly
man-ly
fen-ny
fin-ny.
fun-ny
sun-ny
hap-py
nap-py
sap-py
pup-py
jet-ty
fit-ly
wit-ty
odd-ly
apt-ly
job
rob
rub
gad
bid
big .
dig
dim
„tan
sin
win
gun
run
dip
up
sup
hat
cut
job-ber
rob-ber
rub-ber
gad-der
bid-der
big-ger
dig-ger
dim-mer
tan-ner
sinne!!1
win-ner
gun-ner
run-ner
dip-per
up-per
sup-per
hat-ter
cut-ter
sob
sob-bing
wed
wed-ding
dig^
dig-ging
hem
hem-ming
tan
tan-ning
win
win-ning
net
net-ting
sit
sit-ting
cut
cut-ting
tax
tax-ing
mix
mix-ing
fly
fly-ing
cry
cry-ing
add
add-ing
ebb
ebb-ing
en¬
err-ing
act
act-ing
end
end-ing
SPELLER AND HEADER. 21
To be wit-ty and flin-ny is not to be hap-py.
En-vy is not man-ly. No sin ev-er is so.
The ba-b3T was cry-ing for its sup-per.
The net-ting is odd-ly put up. It is too big for the
bed.
An old man was sit-ting un-der the elifi tree, and
his dog was ly-ing by him.
Tom was dig-ging up the lot to put in hops.
It is too sun-ny for us to be run-ning. Let us sit on
the log un-der the tree.
A tan-ner has vats or big tubs for tan-ning.
The hat-ter is mat-ting the fur in-to -a bat.
See my pup-py a.nd Tom's. Tom's is the big-ger of
the two.
X/u-cy is add-ing up her sums-, and Ka-ty is hem¬
ming. " ,
Al-uni is for dy-ers, and so is mad-dor* Al-um is
for fix-ing the dye.
Sam is cut-ting a log for fu-el to get din-ner.
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No, Bb—XXXV..
Words of four and five Letters. Vowel Short, -
blab
dram
snap
quag
class
fall
slab
swam
flat
flax
glass
gall
crab
clan
slat
chaE
brass.
hall
drab
plan
ch&t
staff
grass
mall
stab
bran
th&i
quaff
<?^ar
pall
clad
scan
flag
mall
scar
tall
glacl
sp.'ln
slag
shall
spar
' wall
brad
//zan
brag
bass
star
small
shad
flap
crag
lass
all
stall
clam
slap
drag
mass
ball
swan
sham
trap
snag
pass
call
what
Words printed in italics have more than one pronunciation. Where
they stand, they are-to be pronounced like the words with which they
are classed.
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00 If FEDERATE STATES
SYLLABLES AND WORDS C
|
fquk letteb
1
No.
-XXIX.
Syllables.
bty
ble
bli
bio
cla
cle
cli
elo
fbi,
fl'e
• fli,
flo
gla
gle
gli
glo
pla
.pie
pli
plo>
^la
sle,
sli
slo
bra
bre
bii
bro
era
ere
cri
crt>
No. yo—
-XXX.
Syllable*.
dra
dre
dri
dro
fra
fre
fri
fro
gra
gre
gri
gro
pra
pre
pri
pro
tra
tre
tri
tro
wra
(ra) "Wl'0 (re) %vii
(ri) wro
sha
she
shi
sho
plia (fa) phe (fe) plu if) plio
JVv. 8L—
XXXI.
Syllables.
ska
ske
ski
sko
sma
sme
smi.
smo
sua
snc
sni
sno
spa
KpC
>:pi
~ spo
si a
?te «
i ti
sto
swa
swe
swo
dwa
dwe
dwi
dwo
qua
que
(pi
qilO
THEE R AND
Vowel Long.
blu
clu
flu
gin
plu
slu
bra
cm
Vowel Long.
<lru
fru
gm
pra
tru
ro) wru
shu
bly
cly
%
gty
pty
sly
bry
cry
dry
fry
sTy|
v*y\
try|
wry
shy
Vowel Long
1 «ku
smu
sim
npu
fitu
swu
dwu
sky
smy
sny
spy
sty,
swy
dwy
quy
SPELLER AND READER, 1SJ
No. 32—XXXII, Syllables, Vowel Long.
spla
sera
spra
stnl
thra
spha
shra
fly
p'y
sly
cry
dry
scle
sple
sere
spre
stre
thre
sphe
shre
scli
epli
scri
spri
stri
thri
sphi
shri
selo
splo
scro
fepro
stro
thro
spho
shro
selu
splu
scru
spru
stru
thru
sphii
shru
sely
.^piy
scry
Spry
stry
thry
sPhy,
shry
No. 33—XXXIII.
WORDS TERMINATIONS Y, EE, 00,
fry
•spy
the
coo
pry
sty
"flee
loo
try
why
glee
too,
shy
spry.
* fr«9 .
woo
sky
she
thee
two (too)
•
three
whom{hoo)
A rat was in the tub, and the cat got it.
Oh ! see the big fly in my tin cup,
Ten men had guns in the'lot.
See the eggs in Tom's hat.
An old elm tree was by'the inn 4
Try to get the ants oft" the cupHr
Ask who put the pens in the box,
Dry my cap and hi& hat on the lo^ in the suil.
Her arm was bit by an asp.
Who can get me a tin box for .my caps?
Ann has two nllts, and Tom has three.
Try to get the bees on the buds in the lot.
|My gun did not go off, for it had no cap.
Three pigs in a sty, and the hog was by,
Why did not Ann fry the ham in the pan ?
A sot is not a free man. '
16 CONFEDERATE STAGES
'So. 25—XXV. Two Syllables. Accent on the first.
Y IN THE SECOND SYLLABLE LIKE U IX BUT SHORTER,
Caution.—The "learner must not say u ba'-bay,"
" To '-bay" etc.; but " ba '-bee/' " To'-bee," etc.
ba'~by ho'-ly pu^ny " co-sy ha'-zy
To'-by wi'-ly ro'-py po'-sy - la'-zy
ru'-by du'-ly Ma'-ry • ro'-sy ma'-zy
ra'-cy ug'-ly va'-ry mi'-ty si'-zy
i'-cy ^ on'-ly * wi'-ry du'-ty do'zy
Lu'-cy ti'-ny to'-ry na'-vy za'-ny
la'-dy 'bo'-ny fu'-ry i'-vy pi'-ny
ti'-dy po'-ny ju'-ry en'-vy "Tni'-ry
No. 26-^-XXYI. Two Syllables. Accent on the first.
A IN THE SECOND SYLLABLE LIKE A IN fat.
Caption.-—The learner must not say "la'-ver"
" so'-der,1' etc.; but "la-vah," "so-dah," etc. ~~
A'-sa *
Em'-ma
in'-ca
Ja'-va
Ri-ga
Ab'-ba
Et'-na
Ia'-ma
Ju'-ba
-ca
An'-na
e'-ra
la'-va
Ju-da
so'-da
Ca'-na
El'-la *
Le'-na
Ju'-ra
so'-fa
Cu'-ba
ga'-la
Li'-ma
mi'-ca
to'-ga
El'-ba
Gra'-za
- Ly'-ra.
pi-ca
Ve'-ga
m: 27-
-xxvi r.
Accent on the
second Syllable.
a-do' {doo) de-fy' Ju-ly' * Pe-ru
a-go' * de-jiy' mam-ma" to-lu
al-ly' xlu-et' pa-pa' ^ up-on'
Lu-cy is a ti-cly lu-dy. Pa-pa is oil j u-ry.
It is ug-ly to be in a fu-ry. My ti-ny po-ny, if pu-ny, is wi-ry
Ca-to is in a lo-ga. Le-nab'? a ro-sy ba-by.
El-la is to go to Cu ba. Is it on-iy To-by?
My po em is in pi-ca. " I do on-ly my du ty.
It is re-al la-va of Et-na. It is co-zy to sit on a so-fa.
17
No. 28—XXVIII.
Words of three Letters, with S added.
web
webs
dog
dogs
cap
caps
rib
rib-s
fog
fogs
map
maps
mob
mobs
bug
bugs
iip
lips
rub
rubs
liam
hams-
• cup
cups
lad
lads
dim
dims
cat
cats
lid
lid?
fan
fans
net,
nets
rod;
rods
pin
pins
hit
hits
bag-
bags
gun
guns
lot
lots
beg _
begs
arm
arms'
ant
ants
Pig
pigs
end
ends
art
arts
It is hot- Ju-ba, run for fans to fan
Ma-ry hugs licr ba-by in her arms.
My ox-en can tug ten big logs for fu-el.
If a fog dims a Ju-Iy-sun, it is not so hot.
Tom. dips bis dog Li-on in a big tub, and wets him.
Lu-cy pins 011 her hat, and runs to pen up hogs and „
pigs-
Oh I do fix my guny and get me a box of eaps,
A sot begs for a mug of ruin.
Em-ma hems bags to put rags in.
See Le-na and To-by in a hot sun, ana no hats on.
A to-ry ran for his arms, and I got my gun and hit
. him.
Sam rubs his po-ny, and sets Tom on him to go and
-get a bag of tan.
Ants bit my legs and arms.
1 4*
22 PON^edkrateT STATES ,■
37,. 36—XXXVIr
Words of four and five Letters. Towel Shorty
bled them dell dwell tress blim:
fled glen fell swell glib grim
sled then sell less crib prim
sped wlien tell mess drib trim
shed step well bless slid swim
bred fret smell Cress brig whim
dreg bell spell dress whig grin
stem cell quell press ' slim spin
>0. 37—xxxyIi;
Words of four and five. Letters+ YokpI Short-
thin quip cliff
clip whip whiff
slip this bill
trip flit fill .
drip slit gill
grip grit - hill
cAip quit kill
ship whit . mill
No. 38—XXXVIII.
Words of four, and, five Letters. Vowel Short
from shot cross shrug spur bluff mull
crop trot dross drum1 shut gruff null
drop spot floss plum thus chnlY skull
shop . doff gloss scum buff snuff bunn
slop scoff club c/ium cuff stuff burr
prop doll drub swum huff cull purr
stop loll grub spun luff dull buss
blot loss shrub stun muff gull . fuss
plot moss snug shun puff hull buzz
grot ' toss drug blur ruff lull fuzz
pill
skill
bliss
rill
still
swiss
sill
swill
clod
till
. quill
plod
will
shrill
trod
c/iill
hiss
clog
drill
kiss
flog
frill
miss
frog
23
EXCEPTIONS.
i 0 long.
boll roll • scroll bull
poll toll gross full
u=oo
puss
pull
I see two or three tall lads in the hall.
Let us go and cull the buds on the hill; we -will-get
' hats full and laps full of them.
The bell tolls, and we will go.
Get me my muff, and I will go too. »
Let us pass by the well, and fill the cups.
The big dogs will kill all the rats.
Do not put ink on my doll's cuffs.
I will kiss mj doll, and put her to bed. *
The man gets toll at the mill.
Let puss sit by tis, and she will purr.
Oh! let us run, and roll the balls on the hill.
Tell me who has the bunns for us.
Shall we go to see the ship and the two brigs ?
YeS : we will go in that skiff, and pat up a flag*. J
Ann shall dress: she will be glad to go too.
A swan was shot by a lad at that cliff.
It is a bad plan to sit on the wet grass.
My doll is snug in her crib: do not stir, doll.
This doll frets : shall I whip her if she is not still ?
Put that Qflf in this stall: I will get him bran and
slops.
Old Torn has a small shop in that shed.
Drag the sled up to the steps till we get on it.
She shall spell in his class, and then she shall get a
plum.
I had a glass pen : it had no slit in it. I will get a
quill pen : that is not so stiff.
A hog can not swim well; but a dog tan.
24
CONFEDERATE STATES
No. 39—XXXIX.
Words of four and five tetters, with the additional
syllables, er and ing. To be spelled and read acioss.
brim brim-nier brim-ming
blab blab-ber blab-bing
plan plan-ner- plan-ning
scan scau-ner sean-ning
span span-ner span-ning
flap rtap-per flap-ping
slap slap-per slap-ping
snap snap-per snap-ping
cAat cAat-ter e/iat-ting
brag brag-ger-brag-ging
drag drag-ger drag-gin g
spell spett-er spell-ing
dwell dwell-er dwell-ing
dress dress-cr dressing
clip
slip
trip
ship
stop
blot
plot
trot
clip-pi ng-
slip-ping
trip-ping
ship-ping
etop-ping
blot-ting
plot-ting
Arot-ting
swim swim-mer swim-ming
spin spin-n^r spin-ning
clip per
elip-per
trip-per
ship-per
stop-per
blot-ter
plot-ter
trot-terv
drum di'um-mer drum-ming
shut shut-ler shut-ting
She is fipell-ing and
Em-ma can spell in my class,
add-ing-
Le-na was in to see us. She is get-ting to be a tall
la-dy.
See the flag flap-ping on the top of that tall crag.
Lu-cy was dress-ing her doll, when I was trim-ming
my dress.
My po-ny is pull-ing the sled. Do not whip liim.
As I was pass-ing the mill, I fell in the mud.
See what a big bug I trod on. Tom is kfll-ing it.
That old man has snuff in a box.- See; he is snuff-
i ng.
It is ug-ly to be loll-ing. Do not be so la-zy.
The bell is toll-ing. Let us get siyp-per and go to
bed.
El-la was toss-ing her ball, when she fell jn the wet
grass.
|Sam is call-ing us to din-ner. Let u,s all dress and g;o.
Get logs to prop that Avail. It is fall-ing.
I was fill-ing my tin cup from the dip-per at the well
Fan-ny ia hem-ming her frill bad-ly. She is in
hur-iy.
The mif-ler was sell-ing grits and bran at the mill
SPELLER AND READER.
25
. JNo. 40.—*
Words of two Syllables,' accented oti the first. Two
Consonants between the Syllables. The Vowel in
the accented Syllable short.
ad Mer far* ther mut ter stam mer whis per
af ter *
al der
am ber
ant ler
arc/i er
ban ner
bail ter
bar ter
bat ter
bet ter
bit ter
fes ter
fet ter
fil ter
flat ter
* fhit ter
fod der
for mer
frit ter
gar ter
g-ea der
gin ger
blad der glit ter
num. ber suf fer
of fer sum mer
or -der sun der
pat ter sup per
pep per sut ler t
pes ter tat ter
plun der tat tier •
pon der tem per
pot fer ten der
prof fer
pros per
quar ter
tet ter
thun der
tim ber
tin der
biis ter * ham mer raf ter
blub ber ham per ram bier tot ter
blun der hih der ren der trig ger
bor der
but^-ter
dmv ter
ch&t ter
lad der
let ter
lini ner
lit ter
rud der turn bier
scam per ul <?er "
scat ter um'ber
wil der
win ner:
win ter
won der
(wun der)
beg gar
col lar
* dol lar
gram mar
med lar
mor tar
tec tar
pil lar
/ stel lar,
vul gar
cob bier"" lub ber
cop per lum ber
cor ner
cum ber
dag ger
dap per
dif fer
el der .
en ter
fal ter
doc tor
ror
fac tor
shel ter un der mir ror
"shud der up per .par lor
shut*ter ush er pas tor
sil ver ut ter rec tor
sim per ver ger. spon sor
ves per sculp tor
vint ner . sue cor
wan der vie tor
min ster slum ber war bier li quor
mon ster smat ter war-der (lick er)
mur der scpian der wel ter mur mur
mas ter
mat ter
mem ber slan der
mer cer slen der
mil ler slip per
26
COKKEftERATB STATES
VV-0. 41.—XLt *
The cob-bler sits In his stall, and ham-mers on and on.
He stops but to get Ms din-ner or supper.
I will try not to blunder when I
Go and get fod der for the ox-en. Jf an ox is not
well fed, the far mer's crops will suf fer.*•
The men will mus-ter in the big lot at the eor-ner,
in 01* der to en-ter the ar-my.
The man who equan-ders will be a beg gar.
A stag has an-tlers, but an ox has not.
Do not pull the trig-ger of that gun. It will -go off.
A gram-mar can not be got for a quar ter of a dol-lar.
See the tall mir-ror on the wall in the par-lor.
Get the ham-pers from the shed, and put the win-ter
fod-der in them.
Let us go and cut tim-ber»for raf-ters. and get mor¬
tar to plaster the shed.
Do not stam-mer and fal-ter so in spell-ing.
Lu-cy had a blis-ter or her arm. TRo doc-tor put it
on, and she suf-fers from it.
Do' not hinder him. He will blun-der in* spell-ing
his letter, and blot it.
What a small slip-per Em-ma has I It is too small
for her. * *
See tbe> big fly in that sil-vcr <?up. How he is buzz¬
ing.! \
What num-ber of tum-blers'has Tom-my got in that
_ bio-ham-nf>r V
big ham-per ?
I bail ner ban 'ners
cor ner
|fet ter
.ham mer
ilet ter
mem ber
mer <?er
num ber
of fer
quar ter
cor ners
fet ters
ham mers
let ters
mem bers
mer oers
num: bers
of fers .
quarters
scat ter
shel ter
ut ter
won der -
beg gar
pil lar
rec tor
spon sor
sculp tor
mur mur
scat ters
shel ters
ut'ters . .
won ders
beg gars
pil lars
rec tors
spon sors
sculp tors
mur murs
SPELLER AND READER.
JVo. 42.—XLII,
27
Words of two Syllables accented an the first. Two
consonants between the Syllables. The Voicel in
the accented Syllable short.
at'-tic-
bal'-lot
bar'-ren
bas'-ket
bil'-let
bod'-kin
bon'-net
buf-fet
cam'-let
cob'-web
erim'-son
eul'-prit
des'-pot
ar'-my
ban'-dy
bel'-fry
ber'-ry
can'-dy
clergy
elum'-sy
dit'-ty
ed'-dy ,
en'-vy
fer'-ry
fif-ty
flim'-sy
^ip'-sy
jel'-ly
joi'-iy
lob'-by
mer'-cy
moss'-y
pal'-sy
pan'-try
parity
pet'-ty
pret'-ty
(prit-ly)
prox'-y
put'-ty
qnar'-ry
quin'-sy
sean'-ty
seur'-vy
sen'-try
six'-ty
sor'-ry
aul'-ly
"sul'-try
sun'-dry
■ swarth'-y
tal'-ly
tar'-dy
tar'-ry
thirsty
tip'-sy
twen'-ty
ves'-try
wher'-ry
fren'-zy
gris'-ly
griz'-zly
hur'-ry
ae'-cent-
ad'-vent
ar'-dent
er' rant
ex'-tant
flip'-pant
galMant*
in'-staot
mor' dam¬
pen'-nan t
quad'-raut
com'-naent rani'-pant
eon'-vont reg'-nant
eres'-cen t rem'-nant
current ser'-vant
fer'-ment sex'-tant
gar'-ment siag'-nant
lam'-hent ver'-dant
pun'w/ent war'-rant
scg'-ment hus'-band
ser'-pont- bar'-rel
sol'-vent can'-eel
stria^fent cAan'-cel
tangent cAan'-nel
tor'-menfc dam'-sel
tor'-rent fen'-nel
vest'^mentflan'-nel
ar'-rant fun'-tiel
eon'-stant gos'-pel
des'-cant ken/-nel
dis'-tant ker'.nel
dor'-jnant mar'-vgl
min'-strel
mor'-sel
paiy-cel
quar'-rel
satch'-el
sor'-rel
Squir'-rel
tram'-rnel
tun'-nol
tim'-brel
ves'-sel
her'-bal
mar'-shal
men'-tal
mor'-tal
ras'-cal
rent'-al
sig'-nal
ver'-bal
veronal
vestal
an'-vil
fos'-sil
nos'-tril
pen'-cil
ton'-sil
gam'-bol
pis/-tol
sym'-bol
Get a bil-let from the bas-ket, and put it on.
What a pret-ty bon-net Ma-ry has got I
Fan-ny has a cam-let dress.
Flan-nel is for win-ter gar-ments.
A cob-web is wo-ven by a spi-der.
28
confederate gtates
]Sfo. 43—XLIH-
A single consonant between- the J ^tillable
Syllables. TU Vowel in the accented byllaUe
short.
Caution.—tDo not, spell cop-py for cop-y
for" bod-y, etc?i
bod-dy\
ev'-er
nev'-er
sev'-er
clev'-ei1
leg'-br
giv-'-er
liv'-er
qviiv'-er
riv'-er
shav'-ey
primmer
propter
cov'-er
hov'-er
lov'-er
plov^-er
mth'-mr
t&th'-er
neth^er
te^-er
weth'-er
wh eth'-er
hi£&'-er
whifA'-er
oth'-er
■ moth'-er
hroth'-er
aeph'-yr
scuol'-ar
vic'-ar
.rig'-or
Tailor
"vig'-or-
vis'-or
lev'-y
Ver '-y
lil'-y
pit'-y
-bod'-y
eop'.y
cem'-ent
patient
pres'-ent
tal'-ent
ped'-ant
ten-'ant
preb'-end
^er'-und
cam'-el
cAis'-el
"c/iap'-el
gr.iv'-el
bev'-el
lev'-el
mod' el
nov'-el
pan^el
rav'-cl
rev'-el
tray'-el
cuv'-il
eivMl
per'-il
vi^'-ilj
eorv-alj
medial i
met'-al
mortal,
ped'-aij
oai^-ol:
ered'-it
hah'-it
lim'-it
tspir'-it
crit'-ic
J '
jTell the ser-vant to kill the big tur-key for din-ner,
I Do not tar-ry in go-ing on an er-rand. *
We will cross the fer-ry, and we can car-ry a Jbar-
Yel to get grav-el for the gar-den.
Af-ter a rev-el is a^quar-rel, when the par-ty get
tip-sy on whis-key.
A man from fif-ty to eix-fy is get-ting old.
Twen-ty is two tens; thir-ty is three tens; six-ty is
fix tens. -
Cov-er the prim-er, or it will get too dir ty.
Tom-my will kill a pquir-rel, and we will get it for
dm-ner. %. °
I had rath-er be a gip-sy, and wan-der free if but a
?n?Agrf«'+.!llfn -f^e ser"vant of a ty-rant, and be
in con-stant per-il from his tem-per.
It is a pit-y to see a sehol-arand a man of tal-ent ffo
to ru-ni by h-quor. eui6u
Speller aso reader.
29
Set me a oop-y, and let me get a pen-cil or ink and a
pen, and try what I can do.
Do not. swim in the ehan-nelof the riv-er. Seo.how
the cur-rent runs. It can car-ry off the skiff, if
we let it go.
The gal-lant flag is flv-ing on the fiag-staff in the
zeph-yr.^ . " " ^ <
Mor-tar is*the eem-ent for walls; but it will not do
for glass.
In " cem-ent/* if we put the ac-eont ou cem, what is
t it? Cem'-ent. Bat if we put theac-centon merit,
what is it?^ Ge-ment*
i\To. 44—XLIV.
Silent E lengthens the freceding Vowel.
lad
mad
sam
can
fan
man
pan
.\:an
cap
nap
tap
bay
lade ! car
made ; far
same mar
cane
fane
mane
pane
vano
cape
nape
tape
bare
par
tar
bat
fat
hat
mat
pat
rat
bid
eare
fare
mare
pare
tare
bate
fate
hate
mate
^>ate
rate
bide
hid hide
rid ride
dim dime
din dine
fin fine
kin kine ,
pin pine
win wine
rob robe
nod node
rod rode
top tope
con
hop
mop
for
dot
not
rot
cub
tub
tun
cur
cut
cone
hope
mope
fore
dote
note
rote
eube
tube
tune
cure
cute
Tell the lad to lade the nag.
The hot sum-mer made the dog mad.
Sam is not the" same lad that he was.
Can I not get a cane to whip the po-ny ? ,
The man was cut-ting the j>o-ny's mane.
That pan is made of tin. . A pane is made of glass,
Tom had a fur cap, and a cape.
I hid my box of eggs. Ann Can hide hers.
I hate to put on an old hat.
Lu-cy rode the nag, and she had no rod.
I had not got-Ann's note till it was too late.
30
confederate states
No. 45—XLV. " .
Silent E lengthens the jjrebeding Vowel and softeni
0 and -
babe
ace
face
lace ,
mace
pace
race
brace
grace
place
game
lame
name ,
same .
tame
blame
flame
frame
shame
bane
maze
graze
glebe
eke *
theme
scheme
scene
here
mere
sphere
space
trace
fade
jade
wade
blade
glade
grade
shade
spade
dane
lane
sane
•wane
crane
ape
crape
scape
grape
shape
these
mete
eve
S'ibe
bribe
tribe
scribe
ice
dice
mice
trade
safe
cAafe
age
cage
paoe
rage
sage
wa ge
bake
" flake
pale
cake
shake
sale
lake
snake
tale
mak6
slake
vale
rake
ale
scale
take
bale
stale
sake
dale
whale
wake
- gale
came
brake
hale
dame
drake
male
fame
No. 46—XLYI.
scrape
dare
hare
glare
scare
share
snare
spare
square
base
case
chase
vase
phrase
ate
date
gate
late
crate
plate
"No. 47—XLYII.
nice
rice
vice
price
slice
spice
splice
trice
twice
thrice
side
tide
wide
bride
cAide
glide
prid«
slide
stride
fife
grate
prate
skate
slate
cave
gave
lave
nave
pave
rave
life
wife
strife
like
pike
spike
strike
bile
file
mile
save
wave
brave
crave
grave
shave
slave
stave
gaze
haze
pile
tile
vile
wile
smile
while
style
lime
time
cAime
SPELLER AND READER.
31
clime
prime
slime
crime
dime
lime
mine
nine
pine
vine
probe
ode
bode
code
mode
strode
do#e
coke"
joke
poke
chose
prose
those
moCe
vote
smote
quote
brine
cMne
shine
spine
thine
whine
swine
twine
slirine
pipe
woke
yoke
broke
cAoke
smoke
spoke
, stroke
hole
mole
pole -
cove
rove
wove
clpve
drove
grove
stove
No. 48—XLYIII.
ripe
type
wipe
gripe
stripe
snipe
dire
. fire
hire
are
[bade
sape
have
give
live
gone
shone"
mire
No. 49-
sole
dome
home
toihe
bone
hone
lone
tone
zone
drone
No-
s trove
throve
doze
froze
truce
spruce
rude
sire
tire
wire
quire
spire
squire
lyre
rise
wise-
bite
-XLIX.
pi-one
stone
throne
cope
pope
rope
grope-
seope
trope_
ore
50—L.'
hu^e
duke
luke
mule
rule
fume
plume
Exceptions pronounced
. nearly as they would
1 be without the silent E-
• cite
mite
rite
site
smite
spite
trite
quite
white
sprite
bore;
core
gore
lore
more
pore
sore
tore
wore
yore .
spume
june
lune-
prune
dupe
lure
pure
dive
five
1 rive
drive
strive
thrive
size
prize
4obe
globe
score
shore
store
swore
dose
close
hose
hose
pose
rose
sure
(shoor)
use
muse
lute
mute
flute
buy. (by)
been {bin)
O like U in Vs. ■
eorae none
.some dove
one glove
(wun) love
done shove
Words Unclassified
you (w)
your (ure)
O like XI in Full.
lose move
whose prove
M like A in Fate.
ere where
there
ewe (u)
eye (i)
32 CONFEDERATE STATES
i t2Vo* 51—LI.
Will you sit here,-while we go to the well there?
Shall we not get some fire for the stove ?
Oh! it will be nice to havp a slide- on the ice.
If you have youn skates, let u3 skate there like
those men.
No: do not be §o" brave 7 for you will fall in a trice.
- Will you strive to shake, off some of those ripe
grapes ? *
O yes ! come and I will give you one or two of them.
!"Where are. your gloves? Your ma bade you put
them on.
,See the stars and bars on that flag.
(A score is two times ten2 or twice ten.
] White makes a nice.dress in the hot sum-mer.
jFive times six and three times ten are the same.
|The smoke fs bad for one's eyes.
"Will you buy me some twine.to fly my kite?
jYiee can make a man like a brute. -1 *
-Cloves and mace are spice.
Why did yon strike the mule on th& nose ? •
The ram is the male of the'ewe.
Whose store shall we go to, to buy a grate ?
Come and see the li-on. ' You have not been there.
Prove your love by acts.
-M. 52—LII.
—ED and■ —INGj to be read and spelled across.
Caution.—Make the final d very distinet.
wa<70
seale
name
tame
blame
frame
shame
wane*
wa^ed
scaled
named
tamed
blamed
framed
shamed
waned
wa'-^ing
sca'-ling
na'-ming
ta'-ming
bla'-ming!
fra'-nyng!
sha'-miuir
dare
scare-
shave
spare
pave
save
crave
gaze
dared
scared
shaved
spared
paved
saved
craved
gazed
da'-ring
sca'-ring
shading
spa'-ring
pa'ving
salving
cr&'-ving
ga'-zing
spelt.ett and header.
33
bribe
tile
pile
sihile
cMme
liiie
twine
hire
tire
face -
lace
pace
race
ibrace
j grace
'place
trace
bake
•rako
fade
jade
wade
shade
trade
date
face
lace
pace
race
brace
grace
place
space
No. 53—LIII.
bribed bri4)i»g
filed fi-iing
piled pi-ling
smiled smi-ling
c/iimed c/ii ming
lined li ning
twined tvvi ning
hired hiring
tired ti ring
No. 54—LIT.
bore
bored
pore
pored
close
elosbd
rove
roved ^
doze
dozed
rule
rule^l
prune
pruned
lure
lured
use
used
bo ring
po-ring
clo sing
ro ving *•
do zing
rn ling
pra ning
lu ring
u sing
faced
laced
paced
raced
braced
graced
placed
traced
baked
raked
fa cing
la cing
pacing
ra cing
bra cing
gra cing
pla cing-
tra cing
ba knig¬
ra king
faded fa-ding
ja ded ja ding
wa ded wa ding
-sha ded shading
tra'ded tra ding
da ted da ting
P=t.
•
jj wake
, shape
1 scrape
■ chVLSQ "
"slice
spice
stripe
joke
smoke
grope
No. 55—LV.
. plate
.prate
skate
mete
glide
quote
S making an additional
fa ces
trace
tra ces
U ces
age
a ^ea
pa-ces
cugo
ca ges
ra ces
PH<76
pa ges
kra ces
stage
sta ^es
gra ces.
case
ca ses
pla ces
vase
va ses
$pa ces
phrase'
phra ses
waked
shaped
scraped
ceased
sliced
spiced
striped
joked
smoked
groped
pla ted
pra ted
ska ted
me ted
gli ded
quo ted
jllable.
vice
price
slire
Spice
dose
no$e
truce
use
wa king
sha ping
sera ping
cAa sing
sli cing _
spicing
stri ping
joking >
smo king
groping
pla ting
pra ting
ska tin g^'
meting
gli ding
quo ting
yi ces
pri ces
sli ces
spices
do ses
po-ses
tru ces
u ses *
34
■CONFEDERATE STATES
No. 5G—LTV I.
safe
sa^e
lame
late
brave
grave
nice
wide
ripe
wise
sore
close
rude
hxuye
pure
sure
fine
ER,
sa-fer
sa-^er
la-mer
ba-ser
la-ter
bra-ver
, gra-ver
ni-cer
wider .
ri-per
wi-ser
so-rer
clo-ser
ru-der
hu-^er
pu-rer
su-rer
fi-ner
;est, LY,
sa-fesfc
sa-^est
la-mest
ba-sest
la test
bra-vest
gra-vest
ni-eest
wi-dest
ri-pest
wi-sest
so-rest
clo-sest
ru-dest
hu-yest
pu-rest
su-rest
fi-nest
m. 57—LYII.
safe-ly
sa^e-ly
lame-ly
base-ly
late-ly
brave-ly
grave-ly
nice-ly
wide-ly
ripe-ly
'wise-ly
sore-ly
close-ly
jrude-ly
hu^e-ly
pure ly
slirely
fine-ly
The ba by wakes: see, it is smi ling.
The ox-en are gra-zing in the lot. Let us drive
them home.
These cakes are nice ly baked. "Will you have
some ? '
Tell Lu cy to cut some sli ces of ham for sup per.
Tom ska ted o ver the lake on the ice.
We have spell ed ten pa ges in no long time.
In old times there were nine Mu-ses, and" three
Grra ces, and three Fates.
Sure ly it is wi sest to be sa ving in tjjne, .go as to
i have some thing if we are spared to be old.
The man that pa hired has been pru ning the grape
vines, and we shall have more grapes.
SPELLER AND DEADER. 35
Do not sit so close by the fire"; j+our dr&ss is smo¬
king. _ ^
If you can spell tame, you can sure-ly spell tamed,
and ta-mer, and ta-ming, and tame ly.
See the "white swan gli-ding to the shore of the
laket note its grace as it mov^s.
I will ask ma to buy me that ti ny doll that moves
its eyes so: and then I will dress it, oh I so
nice ly.
Do not pull the grapes. Let them get ri-per.
You must not blame oth ers for your er-j-ors.
♦
' No. 58—LYIli.
Two Syllables. Accent on first.
m
' Caution.—The last syllable must be distinctly
uttered. Do not say fa-tl for fa-tdl, or pu-pi for pu-
pil, orie'-vah for fe'-ver. Distinguish the words in ey
from those in y.
•
sha-dy hartley mon'-ey cri-er ve-nal
gra-vy cAim'-ney {man) pli-er fi'-nal
cra'-zy eovVey - mon-key go'-er spi'-nal
que'-ry {]&uv) . {mung)~ pri'^or pa-pal
bri-ny gal'-ley pars-ley cru'-et spi-ral
spi-cy hack'-ney pul'-Iey qui'-et mu'-ral
sli-ly hon-ey . tur'-key ne-gro ru'-ral
sli'-my (hun) val-ley fo'-cal su'-ral
cro'-ny jer'-sey vol'Jey * lo=cal cru-ral
sto-ny " ~ jock-ey whis-key vo-cal plu'-ral
glo-ry kid-ney flu-id du'-cal na-sal
s-to'-ry lack'-ey cru'-el ti'-dal fa'-tal
fcru--ly. lam'-prey gru'-el - bri'-dal an-y ^
ab'-bey med'-ley bru'-in* . le'-gal {en)
al-ley mot'-ley -fri'-ar' re'-gal man'-y
par-ley pal'-frey bri-er pe-nal {men)
36
na'-tai
pe'-tal
vi'-tal
to'-tal
o'-val
na'-val
ri'-vaL
ba'-bel
la'-bel
li'-bel
pu'-pil
e'-vil
mi-se*
ri-ser
ca-ter
gra*ter
sla-ter
gra-ver
sla-ver
sha-ver
wa-ver
qua-ver
JSTo, 59-
hu'-maji
pa'-gan
'sa'-tan
ce'-dar.
r '
su-gar
{shoo)
mo'-lar
po'-lar .
so'-lar >
lu'-nar"
la'-zar
so'-ber
^FEDERATE STATES
^
-I,IX. EB=UU.
tu'-ber
di'-^er
pa'-cer
ra'-eer
gro'-cer
ci'-cter
ri'-der
spi'-der
fi'-fer
wa'-fer
tra'-der
ti'-ger
wa'-^er
ba'-ker
ma-ker
ra'-ker
qua'-ker
po'-ker
jo'-ker *
bro'-ker
fi$/-mer
ca'-per
pa' per
ta'-per
No. 60—LX.
ine-ter
fe-rer
le-ver
e-ther
di-ver
dri-ver
ci-pher
o-ver
ro-ver
clo-ver
dro-ver
do-nor
ma-jor
stu-por,
ju-ror
tu-tor
ra-zor
i-tem
o-men
re-bus
pi-lot.
cu-bic
cu-bit
tu-lip.
lu-cid
niu-sic
stu-pid
hu-mid
c^am-ber
danger
dra'-per
scra'-per
ti'-ler
mi'-ner
pi'-per
vi'-per
to'-per
- tu'-ner
ru'-ler
sche'-mer
lov'-er
(luv)
manner
ranker
stran-ger
tip-pier
fid-dler
sad-dler
sol-dier
isole-jer)
W-er
{looz'-er)
Oh ^ what a fine fat ba-by ! Let me kiss it.
Set it on the po-ny to take a ride.
Drive to the sha-dy lane; and we will sit on th(j
grass.
J)o not take the la-bel off that vi-al.
Make the ne-gro kill'that spi-der.
Get me a ru-ler to rule that pa-per. .
Wa-fers are for elo-sing let-ters.
speller and .reader. 37
It is fa-tal to a tra/der to be a li-ar.
It is sa-fer nev-er to tell a sto-ry.
►A li-on is bra-ver tban a ti-ger.
Do not be so la-zy: it is a fa-tal vice.
A gro-cer sells su-gar, and a ba-ker makes cakes.
A di-al tells- the time by the sun.
Take the po-kei* and rake that fire., ✓ »
An o-val is-of the shape of un egg.
Add ly to qui-et, and you make qui-et-ly,
We will see if you can spell some more like it.-
*
" .No. 61—LXl.
Easy Words of three Syllables.. Accented on the first.
Caution.—Say lo-cal} not 1 o-kl; o-rail not o-rl;
not fa41, etc.
fa-tal
cru-el
cru-el
qui-et
lo cat
vo-cal
le-gal
re-gjtl
pe-nal
ve-nal
fi-nal
am-ity
bar-on -y
com-i-ty
dim-i-ty
eb-o-ny
ev.er-y \
fi ner-y
gun-ner-y
cru-el-ly
^cru-el-ty
qui-et-ly
lo-oal-ly
vo-cal-ly
' le-gal-ly
re-gal-ly
pe-nal-ly
ve-jial-ly
fi-nal-] y -
*
hom-ily
nov-el-ty
par-i-ty
pu-ri-ty
qual-ity
ra-ri-ty
san-i-ty
u-ni-ty
o-ral "
spi-ral
ru-ral '
fa-tal
vi-'tal
total
ri-val
mi-ser
stu-pid
hu-mid
ani-u-let
a-pri-cot
ben-e.fit
cab-i-net
lev-er-et
min-a-ret
par-a pet
pa-tri-ot
o-ral-ly
spi-ral-ly
ru-ral-ly
fa-tal-ly
vi-tal-ly
to-tal-ly-
ri-val-ry
mi-serly
stu-pid-ly
hu-mid-ly
bar-o-net
ban-ner-et
cas-ta-net
cfa-i-ot
cov-er-let
{Jcuv)
cor-o-net
el-e-ment
No. 62-
L0I1=LSH; Is 011=
Caution.—>Be careful to
say bah for 'band, etc.
-LXII.
-N8H*t TGII=T8H.
sound the final d. Do not
band wind wing ^
hand bond bring
land fo*nd cling
sancl biond fling
bhmd fund sling
brand held sting
stand gild thing
strand herd swing
gland . curd spring
grand surd * string
bend bulb long
lend curb song
mend pelf prong
rend self ' thong
send shelf throng
tend turf strong
vend scurf bung
wend king hung
blend* ring lung
spend sing rung
There is a bunch of nice grapes on that shelf„
The finch sings his song on the perch of bis cage.
The sol-dier's life, in the time of war, is ar life of
dan-ger.
You can save mon-ey, and not be mi-ser-ly.
A ci-pher af-ter a num-ber makes it ten times more.
A fine schol-ar is rare-ly a ped-ant.
Ev-er-y hu-man be ing is mor-tal.
Mon ey is, in man-y ca ses, more than a ri-val of God
sung
clung
flung
slung ,
stung
sprung
strung
swung
rich
whi^A
muc/j
su<?A
belch
filch
milch
branch
cranch
stanch
bench
blench
clench
drench
quencji
trench
finch
linch
pinch
winch.
clinch
flinch
bunch
lunch
munch
punch
laroA
march
par ch'
starch
per ch
tor ch
scorcA
lurcA
church
' batch
catch
• hatch
latch
match
"patch
thatch
snatch
scratch
fetch
sketch
stretch
ditch
fetch
hitch
pitch
witch
SPELLER AND READER.
39
flitch
flash
stitch
trash
switch
smash
twitch
sptash
sylph
mesh
nymph flesh
botch
fresh
notch
dish
blotch
fish
clutch
wish
crutch
gush
cash
hush
dash
mush
gash -
rush
hash.
blush
lash. *
brush-
mash
crush
rash
flush
sash .
bath
clash
hath
crash
Iath-
sept
wert
wept
sort
crept
short
slept
hurt •
swept
best
tempt
lest
crypt
nest
pert
pest
No. 63—LXIII.
path c^eck
aepth 'speck
pith
lick
wiM
nick
frith *
pick
myth
rick
smith
sick
filth
tick
plinth
wick
tenth
brick
length
click
strength quick
troth
stick
moth
trick
broth
chick
froth
thick
eloth
dock
'beck
lock
deck
mock
neck
rock
peck
sock
m. 64-
-LXIY,
rest crest
test drest
vest fist
west list
zest mist
qyest midst
blest cost
chest lost
block silk
clock bulk
crock hulk
flock link
frock pink
shock sink
stock " wink
buck blink
duck brink
luck ink
suck link
tuck , pink
cluck drink
pluck slink
stuck think
struck shrink
chuck drunk
elk slunk
welk trunk
whelk shrunk
milk jerk
tost
rust
frost
% -Crust
dust
trust
bust
burst
gust
durst
just
minx
lust
(mangles)
must
lynx
(t'iujks)
40
-
confederate states
«•
No* 65-
—XiX V **
A in ask, spasm, jpani, and similar w
ords, is between
XI
in far and a ii* fat.
*clerk
curl
help
thump
belt
pent
cork
furl
scalp
stump
fell?
rent
fork
hurl
gulp
spasm
m6lt
sent
stork
purl-
pulp
chasm
pelt
tent
lurk
* chm\
camp
lisp
dwelt
•vent
turk
elm
damp
crisp
smelt
went
ask
helm
lamp
cusp •
gilt
spent
bask
film
clamp
fact
hilt
dint
caslc
term
cramp
, tact
quilt
hint
mask
sperm
tramp
tract
tilt
lint
task
fern
hemp
'sect
wilt
mint
desk
stern -
imp
strict
cant
tint
disk
born
limp
duct
pant
flint
risk
corn
crimp
heft
rant
print
brisk
-horn
pomp
left
e/>ant
squint
frisk
morn
romp
lift
grant
stint
whisk j
scorn
bump
" sift
plant
font
dusk
urn
dump
drift
scant
hunt
husk
burn
lump
loft
slant
blunt
musk
turn
pump
soft
bent
brunt
rusk
<?Aurn
clump
croft
cent'
kept
tusk#
• spurn
plump
tuft
lent'
celt
A vi-per is a small snake. The sting of a bee is not
so bad as the bite of a vi-per.
A moth will cut* holes in cloth, and ru-in it.
An ox is fond of clo-ver j but a li-on or a ti-o-er ia
fond of flesh. .
[•-« Clerk and Sergeant are uniformly pronounced Clark and Snr-
geaoit by the English orthoepists; but in this country it is very com¬
mon to pronounce them, in accordance with their orthography with
the sound of the e as in jerk."-~worcester.] '
41
, The land which jve till is rich; it brings corn for us,
and for the ne-groes, and for a herd of mules;
I think a tu-lip has much fi-ner tints than a j-ose;
but then it has no smell like the rose.
Get me a long rod with a long string at the end of
it, and let me catch fish^—rock and pe*ch. I like
them so much, and it will be such fun. '
A bunch of grapes hung o-ver me, and I sprung up
to catch it,—but X on-ly tore my dress.
I wish I were not so late a ri-ser; it make^ me so
stu-pid.
f jVo. 66—LXVI.
Haft, gasp, past, and similar words, have the a be¬
tween a in far and a in fat. In fir and the words
following, i=e in men. ,
bang
frank
track
past
carp
hark
fang .
plank
haft
vast
harp
lark
gang
prank
raft
blast
sharp
mark
hang «-
• shrank > waft
barb
cart
park
pang
thank
craft
.garb
dart "
shark
rang
back
draft
bard
hart
spark
sang *
hack
graft
card
mart
stark
clang
lack
shaft
. guard
part
fir
slang
liack
gasp
; hard
tart
(fer)
twang
pack
grasp
lard
Mart
dirk
bank
rack
clasp
yard
smart
kirk
dank
* sack
bask
scarf
start
smirk
hank
i tack
cask
marl
lar eh
quirk
lank
black
mask
snarl
mar ch
gird
rank
crack
task
farm
par^
girl
sank"
quack.
cast
harm
- stared
whirl
tank
slack
fast
cAarm
harsh
twirl
blank
snack
hast -
bam
marsh
firm
crank
stack
last
dam-
lark
<?7^irp
drank
, smack
mast
tarn
dark
"skirt
42 * "CONFEDERATE STATES
No. 67—LXYII>
Intthe first five words, i=e in men. In the nine
following words, i=u in fis.
squirt
doth
dwarf
bold
port *
birth
dost
swarm
cold
sport
firth-
does
hash
fold
host
girth
(duz)
asp
hold
post
mirth
worth
hasp
sold
most
sir (sur) thrall .
grasp
told
-g(h)ost
stir
squall
wasp
wold
pork
bird
bald
cl^sp
scold .
both
third
scald
wast
poll
loth
shirt
halt -
watch
toU -
sloth
spirt
malt
quash
(k)noll
forth
bircA
salt
mild
droll
por ch
first
want
wild
stroll
quoth
thirst
swan
<?Md
scroll
word
ward
bind*'
bolt
world
sward
find
colt
work
wart
hind.
dolt
u as in full
wort
quart
kind
jolt
put
wont
thwart
mind
ford
puss
front
warm
rind
fort
bush
worm
warn
wind
torn
push
monk1
warp
blind
worn
ruth
month
wharf
grind
sworn
truth
My old Iiat is bad-ly worn, but I am loth to part
with it. r
See the i-vy: it runs all o-ver the porch.
We want some ri-per grapes than these. Let us
stroll qui-et-ly back, and placlc them off the vines
Oh ! what a fine pa-cer that colt will bo '
That stu-pid ne-gro girl folf in the dirt with the child.
* : <
SPELLER AND READEIt. 43
A hog ran past, and gave her a push when she was
off her guard.
Put a scarf on my neck, and I will be a po-ny, and
trot in the yard.
Put on a white shirt and a mask, and you can be
a ghost when it is -^ark.
I will not do such a thing; for that is cru-el sport.
It will be bet-ter fun to march to mu-sic, and we can
halt and form a line on the sward in front of the
gate.
No. 68—JLXVIII,
|E. softens the preceding G or G. In dance^basque,'
| and similar words, a is between a in far and a in
fat.
dance
sense
wed^e **
hin^e
mosque'
lance
tense
dredge
plunge
(mosk)
glance -
lapse
mid^e
bar^e.
valve
chance
glimpse
ridye
lar^e
delve
pounce
parse
bridge
charge
twelve
trance
sparse
dodye
mer^e
solve-
fence
terse
lod^e
seiye
.carve
hence -
verse
bud^e
ver^e
starve
pence
corse
fudye
dir^e
nerve
thence
horse
jud^e
(durge)
serve
whence
curse
drudge
basque
sponge
min^e
nurse
grudge
{lash)
(spunge)
since
purse
sin^e
casque
tongue
wince
badye
tin^e'
{cash)
■{tung)
quince
edge
cringe
bosque
swerve
sconce-
fledge
fringe
(bosh)
curve
dunee
pledge
twinge
gor ge
false
farce
sledge
trudge
urge
once
copse
hed^e
bil^e
pur^e
\wunse)
corpse
led</e
bul^e
sur<7e
worse
manse
sed^e
dinye
nicAe
(wurse)
44
^CONFEDERATE STATES
Vowel long.
ba the
\?dhe *
scaMe
swathe
ran/e
change
strange
U prevents the silent E from softening
the G- - *■
haste
paste
taste
waste
cJmste
vague
plague
scarce
bYithe
(w)ri the
scythe
force
"borne
rogue
"brogue
# fugue
cliqlie
(cleek)
pique
{peek)
frize
{freeze)
shire
{sheer
or
shi-er.)
No. 69—LXIX.
Two Syllables. Accent on first.
Caution.—Bo not say u gi-vnt," " cli-unt" " basc-
munt" etc,; " eli-ewf/'." base-mewf," etc.
gi-ant
pli-ant
tru-ant
va-cant ^
va-grant
flagrant
fra-grant
ty.rant
cli-ent .
flu-ent
de.cent
re-cent
tri-dent
pru-dent
stu-dent
a-^ent
re-^ent
co-^ent
si-lent
mo-ment
base-ment
whee-dle
case-ment
i-dle
•pave-ment
bri-dle
pa-rent
ri-fle
la-tent
sti-fle
po-tent
tri-fle
fre-quent
o-gle
move-ment
bu-gle
a-ble
ma-ple
ca-ble"
sta-ple
fa-ble
stee-pie
ga-ble
ti-tle
ta-ble
bee-tie
sta-ble
sa-bre
fee-ble
fi-bre
no.ble
a-cre
ni-ble
lu-cre
la-dle
me-tre
cra-dle
mi-tre
nee-dle
ni-tre
li.vre
fe-male
do-ta^e
va-cate
cli-ftiate
pri-mate
pi-rate
pri-vate
vi-brate
cu-rate
4fi-nite
le-vite
safe-ty
nine-ty
sure-ty
e.gress
re-gress
cy-press
ba.sis
the-sis
SI'Kl.LER AND READER.
-ZVb. 70—LXX,
45
Ttvo Syllables.
Accent. on Jirxt.
a-pril
a-zu,re
pre-cept
a-corn *
ba-bel
i-dol
ca.ret
cam-brio
i-4A
brace-let
e-dict
mi-nor
sa-chem
e«pact
vi.and
dra-ina
e-qnal .
cli.max
* a.^ed.
e-ra
hy-dra
sa-creel
de-ist
o-vert
ha-tred
de-ism
fo-ritm
ail-gel
de.mon
co-Ion
ha-ven.
se-cret
re-script
a-pex.
te-nure *
to-paz
m.sis
pa-thos
fo-cus
bo-lus
mif cus
\va-(/e.y
ba-sin
ma. son
ma-tron
pa-tron
a-pron
(a-pti.rn)
Nine times ten make nine-ty.
A rose is fru-grant, that is, it ha's a grate-ful smell;
but it is fa-ding.
Fe-males do much work with the nee-die. •
A ra-zor haa a sharp edge. It is for sha-ving with.
We hang a large bell in a stee-ple, and it rings for
church. - , % ► -
A watch is ver-y use-ful to tell the time. So is a
clock.
The clock, strikes twelve. It is time for us to be go-
* ing home,„
A ca-ble is«a strong thick rope for hold-ing fast a
ship.
A purse.full of gold is the on-ly i-dol of the mi-ser.
An i-dle man ia*6till in dan-ger of be-ing in want.
It is the sa-crfed du ty of a oliild to be kind to Bis
pa-rents in old age. - ' ^
A pi-ratc is%a bold, bad man. He spends his time in
cha-sing ships, whi^h he robs.
Let not sloth tri-umph o-ver you. The sloth-ful
man is of no use in the world. •
46
CONFEDERATE STATES
No, 71-LXXI.
Two Syllables. Accent on Second.
Silent E-preceded by a single consonant and a single
v owe It The vowel in the accented syllable having its
long or name sound. "* *
de-face
ef-face
dis-grace
cas-cade
pa-rade
de-grade
un-safe
as-sua^e
en ga^e
in hale
re-gale
de-fame
in-sane
pro-fane
en-snare
a-ware
be-mire
e-i*ase
de-bate
e-late
en-slave
o-paque
(pake)
a-wake
amaze •
ac-cede
eon-cede
re-cede
se-cure ~
ex-treme
su-preme
wim-phene*
se-rene t
ad-here
cohere
se vere
cora-plote
im-bibe
ad-vice ~~
en-tice
suf-fice
(fize)
con-fide
^e-ride
de-cide
di-vlde
dis-like ~
un-like
be-guiie
de-file
com-pile
ex-ile
cal-cine
com-bine
eon-fine
re-pine
de-eline
sa-line
in-cline
su-pine
di-vine
o-bliquef
de-sire
as-pi re
in-spiro
in-quire
re-quire
re-tire
at-tire
ad-mire
ad vise
<?Aas-tise
de-vise
de-spise
pre-cise
in-vite
sur-priie
re quite
de-spite
po-lite
revive
sar-vive
a-live
eon-nive
de-prive
con-trive
as-size
a-bode
ex-plode
cor-rode
in-voke
pro-vojfe
re-voke
con-sole
a-lone»
de-throne
pro-rogue
adore
"be-fore
im-plore
ig-nore
de-pose
ex-pose
im-pose
a-rose .
de-note
re-mote
de-vote
al-lude
-de-lude
con-elude
re-buke- -
mis-rule
as-sume
con-sume
pre-sume
de-nmre *
re-fute
com pute
dis-pute
T—E long
an tique
(fee/i)
cri-tique
u-nique
fa-tigue
(teeg)
in-trigue
po-lice
va-lise
fas-cine
ma rine
ra-vine
sar-dine
ton-tine
ma-c/tine
Bra-zil
cha-grin
nan-kin
0=0 0A
ap-provo
re-move
dis-prove
re-prove
be-hovet
as-sure
{shoor) O=short V
re-fuse a-bove
* Not cam-phine, at least not so in our dictionaries
t Often pronounced o-bleek.
f Sometimes spelled be-hoove.
47
No. 72-LXXTI.
•
Be-ware of u-sing pro-fane words. - * .
Let us go and see the sol-diers pa-rade in the square.
A fas cine is a fag-ot or bun-die of sticks,
¥ou must a-wake at sun-rise to stud-y your les-son-
In-quire be-fore you de cide.
Be po-iite to your Com rades {hum), and you will se¬
cure love in re-turn,
Some girla are fond of'sty lish at-tire.
When you have made a prom-ise, s6e that you ad¬
here to it. You will be de-spised if you do not
» hold to your word. *
To con-nive at tire e-vll done by olh-ers is as bad :iH
to as-sist in do-i»g it.
An-tique gems and mcd-als are high-ly px*ized.
tt is tire-some to go o verthe same les-sons time af¬
ter time ; but you "do it, to im prove.
We re-quire re pose af-ter la-bor; but we mu.^t not
de-vote too much time to it.
We must not con-fine chil-dren to stud.y. A child's
* bod-y re-quires form-ing, as well as Its mind. j
Nan-kin is sl buff cot-t(>n cloth, first made at Nan-'
w kin, in Chi-un, whence its name.
It is un safe to fill a cam phene lamp while.it is burn¬
ing. The eam-phene in the can, as well as that in
the lamp, may catch fire and ex-plode. Man-y per¬
sons have lost their lives in this man-ner.
" De-spise" is some times used for " dis-like." This
is not a prop-er use of the word; and, be-sides, it
is an ug-ly word when so used.
You must not de-face the desks or ta-bles at which
you sit.
Bad ad-vice ru-ins man-y a man. Do not let it de¬
lude you.
Noth-ing (nuth-ing) en-slaves a man so much as e-vil
liab-its.
We must try not to re-pine at ill for-tune; but rath-er
strive to get the bet-ter of it.
Do not de-ride the mis takes of otVers: see that you
, do not fall iu-to like mis-takes your-s'elf..
•confederate states
No. 73.—LXXlII. .
EE***E iii me ; 00 as in LOO.
Caution.—Do not drop the B in door and floor*
and say doe and Jio'ev
eel
peel
peer
food
gloom
roost
deed
reel
seer
good
groom
boo'A
feed
creel
veer
hood.
. noon
smoo ih
heed
steel ,
cheer
#mood
soon
.sooth
meed
whefcl
queer
rood
spoon
soo^e
need.
deem .
sheer
wood
swoon
troth
reed
seem
sneer
brood
coop
gopse
seed
teem
steer
stood
whoop
loose
weed.
keen
beet
hoof
loop
moose
bleed
seen
feet
loof
droop
noose
breed
green
meet
roof
scoop
ch me
creed
queen
fleet*
woof
sloop
groove
greed
sheen
greet
proof
stoop
foot
speed
screen, sheet
look -
troop {oo shorter)
steed
spleen
sleet
cook
swoop
blood
beef
deep
sweet
hook
hoop
{bind)
reef
keep
street
look
boor
flood
leek
peep
beech
nook
moor
{find)
meek
weep
leech
rook
poor
door
reek
creep
speech
took
boot
{(lore)
seek
sheep
teeth
brook
hoot
floor
week
sleep'
fleece *
crook
moot
{fl>>re)
chee k
steep
geese
boom
root
bi-en
creek
sweep
cheese
loom
soot
{bin)
sleek
beer
sleeve
room
shoot
breech
feel
deer
breeze
bloom
boon
{britch)
heel
leer
freeze
broom
moon
SPELLER AND READKR.
49
No. n—LXX1V,
Derivatives of two Syllables, ending in Y, -JjESS,
-JtfjtfSS, "-IjtfG, "JED, ~ER. Accent on the first Syl¬
lable.
heed y -
reed y
weed y
greed y
speed y
meek ly
week ly.
seem ly
keen ly
queen ly
deep ly
queerly
sweet ly.
need ful
cheer ful
heed less
needless .
sleep less
peer less
cheer less
speed* less
meek ness
keen ness
green ness
steep ness
meet ness
fleet ness
sweet ness
3
feed ing
heed ing
need ing
bleed ing
reek ing
seek ing
feel ing
deem ing
seem ing
teem ing
screen ing
keep ing
weep ing
creep ing
sleep ing
sweep ing
peer ing -
veer ing
cheer ing
sneer ing
meet ing
fleet ing
greet ing
sheet ing
frfeez ing
heed ed 4
need ed
greet ed-
feel er
keep er
Weep -er
sweep er
mood y
wood'y
roomy
gloom y
wool ly
coolly
poorly
smoo/A ly
loosely
wood en
wool len
loos en
fool ish
boor ish
roofless
boot less
foot less
tooth less
good ness
cool ness
smoo^ ness
brood ing
roof ing
cook ing
look ing
cool ing
bloom ing
swoon ing
droop ing
stoop ing
swoop ing
foot ing
shoot ing
roost ing
sooth ing
smooth ing
loos ing
choos ing
hood ed
wood ed
root ed
soon er
coop er
troop er
poor er
roost er
smoo^ er
oo*=zu in us
blood y
blood less
flood ed
flood gate
50
CO^EbERAtE STAtE3
,2s o. 75.—LXXV>
Two Syllables. Accent on second
con-^ee
de-cree
de-gree
fa-see
gran-dee
les-see
tnar-quee
•(kee)
o-see
a-gree
a-sleep
be-seecA
be-tWeen
can—teen.
ca-feer
com-peer
dis-creet
es-teem
ex-ceed
gen-teel.
in-deed
pro-ceed
suc-oeed
mo-reen
tu reen
ve neer
set-tee
trus-tee
a-loof
bal-loon
ba-boon
bas-soon
be hoof
buf foon
cat-toon
co-cooii
dra-goon
fes-tooH
har-poon
latn-poon
tnon-soon
pla-toon
pol—troon
pon-toon
rac-coon
sa-loon
un-moor
bam-boo
hal loo
ta boo
cue koo
three Syllahlm.
Aceent On first.
ap-o-gee
fil-a-gree
ju-bi-lee
ped-i-gree
per-i-gee
Antent tm third,
ab-sen-tee
dev-o-tee
ep-o-pee
leg-a-tee
pat-en-tee
ref-u-gee
rep-ar-tee
mac a roon
pan ta loon
pic a roon
JSTo. 76.—LXXVI.
One goose, two geese, three geese, and twelve state-Iy
Swans with long, white necks, swim fine-ly on the
smooth lake.
The fleece of the sheep is wool. "We cut it off the
sheep's back to toiake wool-len cloth.
The charge is put in-to some rr-fies at the breech.
It is shame-ful to have all that dirt on the floor.
Sweep it off quick-ly with u broom.
See that ti*i-fling tru-ant: he is there, roll-ing liis
hoop,-when all the rest of his dass are in school.
A groom takes care of a horse. He gives him his
food in a man-ger^in the sta-ble.
Cheese is made from rich milk. Poor milk will not
make good cheese.
51
The hoof of a horse or a'po-ny is like horn. It is
cut when the Tiorse or the po-ny is shod.
Oh ! Spring is a cheer-ful time Then, the grass
" and the trees 'are green; and the bi*ooks, which
the cold had fro-zeu so hard, are loosa from'i-cy
bonds once1 more.
Sponge is full of pores. Yoii wash your slate with
a sponge; and it is a ve-ry nice thing to wash
the skin with.'
There has been a gust. Look I the -streets are
flood-ed.-
Swine.feed on a-cornd in the woods, and on the mast
which drops from the- beech trees.
A leech suekS blood; and, when- it is full," it will
loos-en its hold and drop off.
A coop er makes tubs of ce-dar wood. He keeps
the staves from get-ting loose by bind ing them
with wood-en hoops.
Strive to be cheer-ful. You will find that no one
likes gloom-y looks.
Twelve o'clock is what we call noon.
If you are rich in this world's goods, think of those
who are poor and nefcd-y, and give free-ly what
God has lent you ; so shall your sleep be sweet.
You will nev-er suc-ceed in do-ing an-y thing w6rth
do-ing, un-less you la-bor.
The cuc koo de-rives its name from its note.
A mar-quee is a tent made of strong can-vaS, to keep
off the sun and the wet.
Win-ter is fast creep-ing up-on us. It will bq cheer¬
ing, in the cold win-ter time, to have plen-ty of
wood to make fires. If you are so hap-py, help
oth-ers who are not.
Think of the cheer-less a-bod<J of the poor.,* who, in
this gloom-y win-ter, have 1 it-tie or no fire to
warm them,, and pit-y them if you can do noth¬
ing else,"
If you can spell meek, you can soon spell meek-er and
meek-est, and meeh-ly, and meek-ness.
Let me see if you can spell these words. You do
not think these hard words to spell, da you? i
!«52
CONFEDERATE STATES
No. 77—XiXXVII.
Words of two Syllables, and their derivatives of three,
accented on the second.
a ^orn adorn ment
al lot al lot ment
a tone a tone ment
at tacA at tacA ment
bom bard bom bard ment
al ly
de fy
re ly
ac quit
ad mit
re mit _
as sist i*
re sist
re pent
per form
ac cord '
ab hor
ad here
e mer^e
pre cede
re cur
sub sist
a. gree
al lure
a maze
a base
a but
ad just
al li ance
de fi ance
re li ance
ac quit tance
ad mit tance
re mit tance
as sist ance
re sist ance
re pent ance
per form ance
ac cord ance..
ab hor renco
ad he rence
e mer g&ncQ
pre ce dence
re cur rence
sub sist ence
a gree ment
al lure ment
a maze ment
a base ment
a but ment
ad just ment
de file
de part
de pend
de port
de scend
de tacA
en camp
en dorse
en force
en ga^e
en hance
en lar^e
en tice
e quip
im»pend
in duce^
in form
in vest
de file ment
de part ment
'de-pend ent
de port ment
, de scend ant
de taeft ment
en camp ment
en dtfrse ment
en force ment
en ga^e ment
en hance ment
en lar^re ment
en tice ment
e quip ment
im pend ent
in duce ment
in form ant
in yest ment
A be-gin-ner can-not be ex-pect-ed to go on un-less
he has as-sist-ance.
The re-pent-ance of an of-fend er does not can-cel
his of-fence. Re-morse will not a-tone for sin.
En-tice-ments to de-part from du-ty must be met
with firm re-sist-ance.
An ad-he-rence to the ex-act truth marks the con¬
duct of all who have re-spect for theni-selves.
Troops who en ter a State with hos-tile purpose, are
in-va-ders. Let all who are able> take up arms to
drive them back.
He who is re gard-less of the per-form-ance of his
du ty, must ex-pect; soou-er ox* la ter, to meet with
se-vere re qui tal.
SPELLER AND READER.
53
Of all that left the en-camp-ment to take part in
the en-gage-ment, not more than one hun-dred
sur-vived. *
A dis til-ler makes strong drink from corn.
A'large de-tach-ment was sent to share in the bom¬
bard-men t of the fort.
The word a-muse-ment is formed^ from the word
a-muse by add-ing -merit to it. If you can spell
a-muse, it is not hard to spell a muse-ment.
All u-surp-ers are not op pressors." Some of them
have ruled wise ly and well.
Which of us is not de-pend ent? Can a man ex ist
a lone ? JSTot on-ly are we all de-pend ent on God,
but, no man can live, un-less he has the as-sist-ance
of men like him self.
No. 78—LXXYIII.
re fine
re tire
ob serve
tran scend
re spond
a bet
be gin
de sert
dis sent
dis.til •
im port
in spect
in vade
in vent
ob ject
of tend
op press
pro ject
re cord
re form
sur vive
trans late
u surp
re fine ment
re tire ment
ob serv ant
tran scend ant
re spond ent
a bet tor
be gin ner
de sert er
dis Sent-er
dis til ler
im port er
in spect or
in va der
in vent or
ob ject or
of fend er
op press or
pro ject or
re cord er •
re form er
sur. vi vor*
trans la tor
n surp er
de ny
de spite
dis tress
dis trust
for get
ne gleet
de part
in close
a lert
ab rupt
de mure
ex act
for give
mi nute
pro fane
re gard
re miss
re morse
a muse
de spond
dis close
re quite
re spect"
de ni al
. de spite ful
dis tress ful
dis trust ful
for get ful
r ne gleet ful
de part ure
in clo sure
a lert ness
ab rupt ness
de mure ness
ex act ness
for give ness
mi nute ness
pro fane ness
re gard less
re miss ness
re morse less
a muse ment
de spond ent
dis clo sure
re qui tal
re spect ful
* S ,metimes spelied'tw-vt-wr.
diphthongs and triphthongs.
A diph-thong (dip-thong) is the union, of two< vow¬
els forming one syllable. ? • r « i
A triph-thong- ■(trip-thong) is the union of three
yowels forming one syllable.
54
CONFEDERATE STATES
No. 79—LXXIX
Final ie=i Jong.
die, died, .dies
Trie, . hied, '
lie, lied, lies
vie, vied, vies
ply, plied, plies
cry, ■ cried, cries
dry, dried, dries
fry, * fried, fries
pry, pried, pries
try, triad, tries
spy, spied, spies
fly, flies
sty, ' sties
Two Syllables.
Accent on first.
cAief tain
fierce ly
griev ance
priest lyi
priest hood
iron tier *
field piece
fierce ness
griev ous
priest ess
priest craft
thiev ish
IK
ie=e long.
fief shield
lief f fiend
f brief priest
grief niece
thief piece
cAief . grieve
bier thieve
* pier* ■ fierce
tier pierce
shriek tierce
field siegre
wield frieze
yield lie^e
IE—E long J
Accent on second.
a piece
ag grieve
re lieve
re trfeve
re lief
A1 giers
a c/iieve
be lieve
re prieve
be lief
be sie^e
cash ier
( . IE=a=E longf
Three Syllables. Accent on third.
un be lief brig a dier cor de lier cui ras siet
buc a nier* can non ier* fin an cicr (kwe)
car bi nier* cav a lier fa si lier gon do lier
ehan de lier cheV a lier gren a dier d.is be lieve
(shan) (sJiev} bass re lief dis be lief
** Sometimes spelled with eer; and bua-a-nier with two c
SPELLER AND READER.
• IE=E" short
friend friend ly
(/rend) ^ friend less
IEz=sI short.
sieve mis cAief , kel* chief
(siv) (tshif) (tshif)
No, 80—LXXX.
55
friend ship
span iel
Final 0E=0 long.*
doe, does sloe, sloes
foe, foes throe, throes
hoe,hoed,h&esfe! ioe
roej roes mis tie toe
toe, toes (miz zte toe)
floe, floes OE— XT short, shoe
does
No. 81—LxXXI. UE.
UE=U LONG.
Two and three Syllables.
Accent on first. •
hand ker chief
{hang kur tshif j
OE.
OJE—E long.-f .
Oe ta * foe tus
phoe .nix an tod ci
OE—E short.
Oed J pus Poec i lo
\ OE—OO.u
cue cues
<lue dues
hue hues. .
rue rued rues
sue sued sues
flue flues
glue glued glues
clue clues
blue
true
a gue
ar gue
eon strue
is sue
(isA)
lis sue
(tish)
res cue
etat ue
val ue
vir tue
{ver)
Tues day
av e nue
bar be cue
res i due
ret i nue
rev e Hue
.ca noe
Acct on sec'd.
ac crue
en sue
im bue
im brue
en due
put sue
sub due
un true
con tin ue
No. 82—LXXXII.
E U—E W—IEU—IE W—OE U—EA U.
EU=U long. P^eu- r* BY neu ra* 9* a
deuce feud feud a tory Deu ter on o my
Europe feudal IETJ=U long.
neu ter neu tral lieu ^ pur lieu
eu lo gy eu pho ny a dieu k lieu ten ant||
* In English ■words, f At the end of accented syllables in
words derived from. Latin. % Wheft followed Toy a consonant
in the same syllable. || Oftener lev-ten-ant.
■CONFEDERATE STATES
EW=V long.
dowj dews
hew, liewed, hewn, hews
mew, mewed, mews
new, news
pe\p, pews
yew, yews
brev^, brewed, brews
cAew, cAewed, chews
clew, clews •
crew, crews 4 »
stew, stewed, stew's
screw, screwed, screws
few, few-er, few-est
blew
flew
slew
drew
beau ty
beau ti fill
beau
beaus
. or
beaux
goad
load
road
toad
woad
oaf
loaf
oak
soak
HAU=
MAT?*
* grew
he brew
• ew er 1
pew ter
skew er
IEW—Ulong,
view viewed views
re view
in ter view *
JEW^O long.
sew ,
(so)
shew
(sAo) t (
"strew
* (stro)
0ETJ=*00>
ma nceu vre
: V long.
beau teous
(bnte yus)
:0 long.
bu reau •
flam beau
ron deau
port man teau
•No.
83—LXXX1II.
0A=0 long.
OA.
cloak
loan
oats
throat
coast
croak
moan
boat
coax
roast
coal
roam
coat
hoax
toast
foal
groan .
goat •
oath
coacA
goal
soap
moat
loath
poacA
shoal
oar
bloat
loafAe
roaeA
foam
boar
float
board
broacA
loam
roar
gloat
hoard
coarse
roam
soar
shoat
boast
hoarse
SPELLER AXD READER.
57
Two
Accent on first.
load star
load stone
oak um
oat meal
poacA er
rail road
Syllables.
Acct on sec'nd.
a board
a float
ap proacft
be moan
en croacA
broad side
OA-.
AW
* broad
groat
a broad
broad cloth
re proacA
broadsword
boat man
be zoar
cAar coal
eo coa
hoar bound
hoa ry.
A- brew-er makes beer, and*ale, And por-ter. These
are all made frpm m51t, which is$ it-self, made
from bar-ley.
The soot in the flue of a dhim-ney some-times
eatch-cs fire, and then th«re is dan-ger of the
roof's be ing set .on fire by the sparks.
When' all the guns on one side of a "ship of war are
fired at once, it is called a, broad side.
Char-coal for fuel is mado. by pi-ling up logs two or
three fetet long and three inch ea thick, and cov¬
er ing ffie pile with turf. A few holes are made
at the bot-tom of the pile, by which to ap-ply the
fire, and a few al so at the top, to let the smoke
e-scape. The wood thus cov-ered# is left to burn
for a week or two, and it is left to eool be-fore the
turf is re-moved.
The men on board a ves-sel, who work the ves-sel as
they are or-dered, are called the crew.
u Swear not at all." Some lads are fond of this sin¬
ful- prae-tice of swear-ing, for they think it-is
man-ly. It is a sad thing that so man-y men
swear, as to make this hate-ful siir a sup-posed
proof of man hood. ' An oath must nev-er be ut
tered ex-cept when you are called up on as a wit¬
ness in a tti-al.
The load-stone,. or nat u-ral mag-net, is an ore of
i-ron (i-urn) met with in the mines of Swe-den and
Nor-way, in the isl-and (i-land) of El-ba, and else¬
where. It has the prop-er-ty of atf-tract-ing i-r6n
or steel; and, when formed in-to a bar, hung by
its centre, and left free to move, it al-ways set¬
tles al most North and South. It will give its
own prop-er-ties to a bar of steel by rub-bing.
58
CONFEDERATE STATES
Zfo. sl—Sxxfv.
AI—AY—EI—£ Y.(
AI, AY; EI, EY=A LONG.
bay play laid
day pray maid
fay slay paid
gay stay raid .
hay spray I) raid
jay tray staid
lay stray 1 waif
may 'sway bail
nay bey faif
pay dey hail
ray bey , jail
say wey mail
■way prey nail
bray they pail
clay trey rail
flay whey sail
dray aid tail
fray ail wail
Derivatives,-etc.
dai ly rail er
gai ?y sail or
main ly tai lor
frail
quail
snail
trail
maim
claim
fairi
gain
lain -
main
pain
' rain
Tain
•wain
blain
"brain
cAain
drain
plain
slain
stain
train
strain
swain
twain
bait
gait
wait
plait
-trait
strait
faith
faint
paint
saint
taint
j>lajnt
quaint
plaice
raise
praise
maize
veil
rein
vein
skein
feint
seine*
air
fai'r
hair
lair
pair
their
yain ly
plain ly
fair ly
saint ly
play ful
gain ful
pain ful
faith ful
aim less
air less
play ing
stray ing
sway ing
aid ing
ail ing
aim ins:
trai tor
may or
pray erf-
waLfc er
paint er
maid en
claim ant fail ing
lay ing
pay ing
say ing
brain less bray ing
faith less flay ing
gain er fray ing
Two Syllables. Accent in first"
pray ing * strain ing air pump
faint ing Cray on
aid ed fail ure
braid ed" rai sin ■
paint ed bail stone
faint ed bai liff
eh air man eai, tiff
braid ing lay man plain tiff
paint ing claim ant* plain tive
ail ment cAil blain
hail ing rai ment es say "
mail ing way ward cor sair
wail ing dai ry por trait
flail ing fai ry gain say
quail ing * ey rie way lay
frail ty hei nous
chain ing
* The dictionaries give the pronunciation sene.
f Prayer, a petition, is ona syllable—prair.
SPELLER AND READER.
59
Two Syllables. Accent on second.
al lay
ar ray
af fra5'-
a stray
be tray
de cay
de lay
de fray
■con vey
pur vey be wail con strain
sut vey de tail ^de tain
dis may en tail "dis dain
dis play un veil dis train
mm lay a* main plain
por tray at tain main tain
as sail <^om plain (man tane)
avail co A plaint re frain
pre vail eon tain re gain
4
Al, EX=J short.
re mam
re strain
re straint
de claim
de spair
af fair
un fair
.re pair
a wait
' !
Caution.—Bo not say tap-tin, cer-Vn,'cur-tin, etc. j
but cap-tin, cer4in, cur-tin, etc.
bar gain cur tain mur rain tjuat rain for feit
cap tain c/iap lain plan tain quin tain sur feit!*
■cer tain £&ief tain quar tain vil lain coun ter feit
Caution.—Bo not say1 a-gain, a-gainst, with the
sound of long A in the second syllable, or a-gin,
a-ginst, with the sound of short If but a-gen, a-genst,
with the sound of short E.
Al, EI—E short
said
saith
says
a gain
a gainst
waist coat
(wes kut)
heifer
AI—A short.
plaid,
EI, EY—E long.
ceil
seize
teil
weird
key
icon <?eit
de ceit
con ceiv^
de ceive
per ceive
ei thev
nei ther
lei sure.
(lee zhoor)
in vei gle
wains <;ot rail ler y oeil ing re- ceive
Note.—The termination pronounced eeve, when
preceded by <•* is spelled with ei; as, con-ceive, de¬
ceive : but when preceded by any other letter, it is
spelled with ie; as, grieve, relieve. So also the de¬
rivatives j "as, con-ceit, de-ceit, grief, re-lief.
60 •CONFEDERATE STATES ^
Do all you can to gaii\timej for if yoti are not a
fain-er on time, time soon be a gain-er on you#
en the mail does not come dai ly, we wait for it
some-times with keen-ly pam-lul fecl-ings.
The life of a sail-or is pure ly a try-nig one. lie
may meet with foes in the shape of cor-sairs, or
pi-rates, who lie in wait for rich pri zes; or storms
may come, and winds may rave; and while his
ship is fly ing swift ly in the gale, it may be
dashed up-on a rock, when no eye can see, and no
hand can help. Who has more need to pray to
God than the poor sail-or?
When you have done' say-ing your spelJ-ing, come,
and we will look at the ne-groes hoe ing the corn.
A floe is a small sheet of ice, Floes are fre-quent in
the north-em hays and in lets; and there is much
dan-ger to a ship in meet-ing with them.
When you are in the school-room, keep your place,
&nd be si-lent.- When you are called, come at
once, and do not keep a class wait-ing for you.
A spray is a small branch of a tree,. The white
edge of a tali wave is named spray too. You see
the same word is net al-ways used in. t,he same
sense. * *
A dai-ry is a p}ace in which to keep milk, but-ter
and cheese. It must be cool. Some dai-ries have
a stream of wa-ter to cool them.
Hail is fro-zen rain. It falls in mass-es called hail¬
stones, which are some times fer-y large, and do
much harm to the' crops.
Some persons have chil-blains on their hands and
feet m win ter. They are ver-y pain ful.
When things do not go on as we wish, we must not.
com-plain, or give way to de-spair, but strive to
meet all that be-falls us cheerfully and hope-ful-ly.
" Kf-sing in yon-der sky of Llue,
While yet the grass is -wet with dew,
Blithe sings the lark his mat-in song
In notes of glad-ness sweet and long*
Like him, oh! hail the sun's first tavs
And grate-ful sing thy Ma-ker's praise'
SPELLER AND READER.
No. 86—LXXXVI. A TJ—A W.
ATT, AWf lih^A in fall,
61
caw
saw
daw
iaw
haw
claw
jaw
craw
[aw
draw
maw
flaw
paw
thaw
raw
straw
hawk"
awl *
bawl
brawl
yawl
crawl
clrawl
shawl
scrawl
sprawl
jlawn
fawn
lawn
pawn
yawn
brawn
Derivatives, etc. Two /Syllables,
law ful
law less
caw ing
paw ing
saw ing
draw ing pawn ing
thaw ing yawn ing
hawking daub ing
bawl ing laud ing
brawl ing haul ing
crawl ing maul ing
drawn maul
prawn fault
spawn vault
daub sauce
gaild pause
laud cause
fraud clause
haul ^ gauze
Accent on first.
Iau rel
mau gfe
pau per
plau dit
sauce pan
sati cy
saw yer
saw dust
saw pit
taw dry
taw ny
drawl ing vault ing a u* spice
scrawl ing pats ing aus tral
sprawl ing cans ing att thor
dawn ing laud ed &w ful
fawn ing au burn awk wafd
au dit bau ble "
au ger cau die
aug ment cau eey
au gur caus tic
au gust gau dy
au lie haw thorn
'A U~A in far.
aunt jaunt hauncA gaunt let laun dress
daunt # taunt launch # jaun dice saun ter
gaunt ' vaunt pauncA jaunt y a slcaunt*
haunt flaunt crauncA laun dry a vaunt
AIJ—A long/ gau^e, gau^-et,
AU=0 long; haut-boy-(Ao).
tfo. 87—LXXXVII. EA.
EA=E long as in ME. ^
pea freak cream fear neat east
sea sneak dream gear peat beast
tea speak gleam hear seat feast
flea squeak- scream jiear " bleat least
* Spelled also without tlie'«.
32
confederate states
plea
streak
stream
rear
che at
yeast
bead
deal
bean,
seas *
treat
ease
Uad
lieal
dean
tean
wheat
tease
mead
meal .
lean
yea t
ea ch
please
read
pe,al
mean *
shear
bea ck
cease
.plead
seal
wean
cleat:
pea ch
lease
leaf
veal
clean
drear
teacA
crease
sheaf
weal w
glean
smear
reach
leave
beak
zeal
heap
spear
bleacA
weave
leak
steal
l6ap
eat
breach
.heave
peak
beam
reap
beat
preacA
cleave
weak
ream
cAeap
feat
leash
greave
bleak
seam
ear
heat
heath
breazfAe
creak
team
dear
meat
% sheath
beard
*
Syllables.
Accent
on. first.
bea con crea ture eas ter mea sles treat ment
bea die dea con east ern , rea son treat y
beak el1 drea ry fea ture sea son weak en
beat en ea gev hea then trea son wea sel
bea ver ea gle mea gre treat ise clean ly
■Two Syllables, Accent on second.
Caution.—Do not say ap pare for ap-pear, ar-rart
for ar-rear, etc. The sound is "that of ee.
an neal
ap peal
con ceal
con geal
re peal
re veal
be speak
de mean
ap pear
*-&t rear
be smear
en dear
ap pease
de cease
de crease
dis ease
dis please
re lease
de feat
en treat
re peat
re treat
be reave
im peacA
be xiQSkth
EA=E short as in met.
dead
head
lead
read •
bread
dread
spread
tread
thread
stead
deaf
threat
sweat
meant
death
breath
wealth
health*
stealth
earth
earl
pearl
realm
earn
dearth
heard
breast
searcA
yearn cleanse
clean ly
ear }y
heav y
read y
stead y
stealth-y
wealth y
a head
be head
SPELLER AND READER.
Two Syllables. Accent on Jirst.
63
feath er
leai/j. er
weafA er
heav en
leav en
threat en,
weap on
jeal ous (us)
%zeal ous (us)
peas ant
pheas arit
pleas ant
meas ni*e (zh)
pleas ure (zh)
treas ure(zh
break fast
ear nest
earl dom
mead ow
^eal ot
JLccenij on second.
be stead
* jn fetead.
EA~A long.
break steak pear" wear
great bear tear swear
re hearse
re searcA
EA=A in far.
heart hearth
hearty hearken
. JVo.* 88—LXXXYIIL
"Wheat rKpens in June. It is pleas-ant to see the
reap ers cut-ting it;. They be gin al most at the
dawn of day, and work hard till sun-set. When
the grain is well dried,„it is ta ken to the mill, and
there the mil ler grinds it to make bread for us
to eat.
Let us go to the mead ow> and look ai the hay
ma-kers. Some are cut-ting the grass with a long
scythe; while some are spread-ing it to the sun.
When dry, the grass is called hay. It is then
built up in-to hay-stacks and left in the field, or
hauled home and stored in the barn to ieed the
cat-tie du-rir.g the bleak weath-er of win ter, when
no green food is to be had.
It be-gins to threat-en rain. The vault of heav-en
is darkening. Do you not hear the thun-de^*?
"We shall have a heav y* gust be-fore we can reach
home. Let xis hur ry to soma shel ter where .we
can stay till it clears—
" The haw-thorn whi-tens ; and the groves
Put forth their buds, un-fold-ing by de-grces,
1 Till the whole leaf-y for-est stands dis-played
64
CONFEDERATE STATES
For, it is Spring,—Spring, of £11 the sea sons of
the year most cheer ful. Then, the earth wakes
from the cttea ry sleep of Winder, and bo gins to
clothe her-self in her love ly robe pf green. « Tlfe
birds sing, con-cealed." ."The mountains* lift
their green heads 4o the sky1." The brook leaps
mer-ri-lyo ver its peb bly chan-nel, and " chat ters
-^-chatters, as it flows to join the brim ming
riv-er/' 'E ven. Vrevi ving sif?k-ness lifts his lan
guid head." All na-ture smiles, and sends up a
song of praise to the great Cre a-tor. *
Feath ers are the cloth-ing of birds. Some of them
are of the most gau-dy and va ried col ors, as those
of the par-rot j while oth-ers- are of very so-bor
'.col ors, as those of the com.mon barn-yard fowl.
The feath ers are fixed in the skin by a quill. In
" the wing of the larg er birds, these quills are of
great size; and those of the goose's wing are made
in:to pens to write with*
Eas ter comes in March or A-pril, at the end of the
sea-son of Lent."
Peat is a soft spongy earth. In some pla ces it is
cut in-to small squares, and dried in the sun to be
used as fu el. It is put up' in stacks which are
thatched to keep off the rain.
The fur of the bea ver is used in ma king hats.
A ream of pa-per con tains twen-ty quires.
Hap-py the man, whose wish and care,
A lew pa-ter-nal a-cres bound,
Con-tent to breathe his na-tive air
In his own ground.
"Whose herds "with milk, whoso fields with bread,
"Whose flocks sup-ply hira with at-tire,
"Whose trees in suin-mer yield him shade,
In win-ter fire.
The pheas-ant is a na-tive of A-si-a (A-zhe-d); so
al-so is the pea-cock, and so are our com-raon fowl.
Moth-er-of-pearl is the in-ner coat-ing of the shell to
which pearls ad-here.
It is pleas ant to rise ear-ly in sam-mer, and take a
stroll o-vqr the fields be-foro break-fast.
SPELLER AttD READER.
65
No. 89—IiX^XXIXr OTJ—OW.
OtTl OW±=Ah and 00 combined.
cow scowl •
how down
now gown
vow" town
brow thrown
prow, crewn^
crowd drown
owl browse
cowl blowze
fowl olur
howl out
growl oust
prowl cloud
pi;oud
shroud
foul
sour
flour
scour
bout
gout
pout
rout
clout
flout
scout
shout *
snout
spout
trout
stout
sprout
gou^e.
douse
house
mouse
rouse
souse
.spou-se
chouse
grouse
hound
found,
.hound
mound
pound
round
sound
wound
ground
count
fount
mount
coucA
crouch
slouch
mouth
south
ounce
bounce
pounce
flounce
trounce
route
lounge
- Two Syllables.'
*
Caution.—Be .careful not to drop the e, in such
words as tow-el, eow-er, etc.
jLceent on firsts
dow ry
drow sy
row el
tow el
vow el
trow el.
cow er
dow er
lo w er
pow er
tow er
flow er
show er
pow der
owl et
prow ess
cow ard
dow las
down cast
down fall
down vard
town clerk
towns man
boun ty
coun ty
foun dry'
coun sel
ground sel
spous al
coun cil
coun ter
foun der
floun der
trou sers
count ess
mouth ful
out let
out line
out raye
out ward
south ward
thous and
foun tain
(tin)
moun tain
(tin)
found ling
ground plot
'66
confederate states
a vow
al low
en dow-
re nown.
de vour
c^> loud
a bout
de vout
Accent"
"with jout
ac count
a mount
dis count
re count-
re mount
sur mouni
a bound
OT^ and QW-.
on second k
m *
a round
fts tound
ex pound'
pro found
re bound
re sound
gur round
ca rouse
e spouse
an nounce
de nounce
re nounce
pro nounce
a vouc/j
vou^A safe
sou cAong*
.0 long as in No.
owe
blow
show
mown
growth-
mourn
bow.
flow
snow
sown
soul *
court
low
glow
stow
'flown
four f
poult
mow
slow
strow
grown
pojirf-»
source
row
crow
throw
shown
mould
course
sow
grow
bowl
strown
gourd
fourth
tow
trow
own
thrown
bourn
moult
Two /Syllables. Accent onjirst.
Cautions.—Avoid pronouncing the final cw like
er j as, win-der for win-dow, wid-der for wid-ow.
Avoid accenting towards on the second syllable—-
t'o-wards'. , *
own er snow drop hal low hoi low mor row
low er mead ow sal low ar row sor row
tal low bar row- whit low
shal low far row poul tice
swal low bar row • poul try
bel low mar row four fold
fel low nar row* ^ four teen
fol low spar row four score
bow 3Ter (med)
mould er shad o"w
tow ards el bow
bow man win dow
bow sprit win now
snow ball wil low
* The more common pronunciation of this word is soo-shong
+ The pronunciation rhyming with our is seldom, if ever
heard ; andjptill less frequently that rhyming with your.
toucA
young
scourge
joust
coun try
bou.se*
croup
group
soup
SPELLER AND READER.
OU«=U short as in US.
<?oup let
cour agQ
cous iii
cou pie
dou ble
p
tour
you
your
wQund
90-
doub let
trou ble
jour naf
jour ney
flour ish
=00.
youth
. cou(l)d
< wou(l)d
shou(pd
XC. OI—OY.
OU,
67
npur ish
south ern
toudh stone
house wife
* {liuz wif)
I
a paour
con tour
sur tout
un couth
No.
^ 01^ 0 Y^=A W and BE combined.
Caution.—Avoid the vulgarism of pronouncing
01 like the long I;, as, He for oil, jine for join; pint
for point. t,
void
coin
boy
coy
j°y
toy
cloy
oil
boil
coil
foil
soil
toil
hroil
spoil
coif
join
loin
foist
hoist
joist
moist
voice
choicQ
noise
Accent
boy ish
boy hood
joy ful
coy ly
toy shop
voy a#e
loy al
roy a I
coin a^e
on 'first.
joint ure
broid er
poison
oint ment
clois ter
oys ter
moist ure
in voice
con voy
groin
joint
point
Two Syllables.
Accent on second.
al loy a droit
an noy 4 ex ploit
de coy de spoil
poise
quoit
(hoit)
choir
{quire)
buoy
(boo oy)
re join
re joice
a noint
de stroy em broil ap point
en joy re coil bour geois
employ adjoin (bur joice)
sa voy con join purjoin
a void dis join a roint
de void en join un coil
68
CONFEDERATE STATES
JSfo, 91—XCI. Ul.
UI=
bruit
fruit
bruise
cruise
sluice
00, and XT long.
juice®
suit
jpur suit
re cruit
jDLui sance
UI—I long*
buy •
guide
{gyjde}
guile
Xgyile)
UI—I short as in Pin.
build bis cuit
guild cir cuit
built con duit
guilt Ian guid
guin ea {Jang gwid)
* 2 Vo
EO—E long.
peo pie.
10=0 long.
yeo man
yeo man ry.
lan guish
san, guine
an guish
lin guist
guil lo tipe
92—XCII. ED.
EO^AW."
G^eorye
Geor $<ie
(reor g\ a ,
guise
(gyize)
dis guise
\diz gyize)
UI^WE.
suite
{sweet)
* cui rass
(kwe)
pur siji vant
EO=E short
Leon ard
-leop ard
jeop ard
jeop ard y
M. 93—XCIII. OUS.
fa mous
gle bo'us
fi brous
vi nous
glo bous
no dous
po rous
Two Syllables,
ous—us.
mu cous
cal lous
cum brous
fun gous
gib bous
jeal ous
zeal ous
Accent on first.
tows and eous
=yus.
bil ious
beau teous
joy ous
mon strous
ner vous
pom pous
schir rous
vis cous
won drous
du teous
cour teous
(fcur)
boun teous
ri(gh)t eous
SPELLER AND READER.
69
geous=jus ; cious, scious, tious, seous—shus ;
ocious=k-shus.
spe cious cau tious
vi cious fac tious
(vish us) nau seous
con scious *anx ious
cap tious - nox ious
Three Syllables. Accent on first.
ous==us.
rav en. ous bois ter ous
res in ous tim o rous
glut ton ous cred u Ious
poi son ous em u Ious
vil lain ous fab u. Ious
dan ger oiis scrof u Ious
dex ter ous sul phu rous
gen er ous Yen tu rous
on er ous mis chiev ous
pon der ous {tshiv)
pros per ous quer u Ious
ious, eous=ee-us.
en vi ous pit e ous
ob vi ous vit re ous
per vi ous uous=u-us
pre vi ous t ar du ous
a que ons con gru ous
fer re ous stren u ous
hid e ous sump.tu ous
♦ ig ne ous unc tu ous
lac te ous vir tu ous
o chre ous {per)
Accent on second.
gorgeous
gra cious
lus cious
pre cious
{presh us)
scan da Ious
li bel Ious
per il ous
in fa mous
bias phe mous
post (h)u mous
ven om ous
lu mi nous
glu ti nous
mu ti nous
ru in ous
du bi ous
o di ous
stu di ous
co pi ous
cu ri ous
glo ri ous
se ri ous
spu ri ous
va ri ous
de vi ous
de co rous
so no rous
CONFEDERATE STATES
Accent on second,
geous, gious—jus } ceous, cious, tious—slius ;
xious-k-shus. ^ %
t preceding the terminations •*-cious, -flows, has its
shont sound, and 'Combines with the sound sh,
making -\cious, ~itious=ish-us.
cour a geous
(Jcur)
out ra geous
um bra geous
con ta gious
li ti gious
re li gious
ere ta ceous
pre da ceous
tes ta ceous
au da cious
ca pa c.ious*
fal la cious
lo qua cious
ra pa cious
sa.ga cious >
te na cious
in nox ious
ob nox ious
aus pi cious
ca pri cious
de li cious
ju di cious
ma li cious
of fi cious
am bi tious
facr ti tious
fie ti tious
nu tri tious
fa ce tious
a tro cious
fe ro cious
in fee tious
No. 94—XCIY.
The snow-drop is one, of the ear-li-est spring flow
ers. It some times makes its ap-pear-ance when
the ground is cov ered With snow, whence prob-a-
" bly its name. i '
What a pure white is the col-or of the snow 2 jt
falls in flakes; and, in cold cli-niates re-mains on
the ground for a long time. When' melt-ed, it is
wa-ter; but, if you till a ves sel with snow, and
let it dis solve, the ves-sel will not bo filled by ^he
wa ter. The bulk of new full-en snow is ten or
or twelve times great-er than the bulk of the wa¬
ter ob-tained by mclt-ing it.
What sport the boys and girls in cold conn-tries
have in win-ter, in thi'ow-irig snow balls at each
oth-er, and roll-ing each oth-er in the snow !
Sou-chong is the kind of black tea most com-mon ly
im-port ed in-to this coun-try from Chi-na where
it grows. There are two oth-er kinds of black
tea, be-sides threo kinds of green tea. Tea is the
SPELLER AND READER. 71
» leaves of the tear plantdried on f-ronXi-Urn} plates.
Sev er-*al tri-als have been made to pro-duce tea In
oth-er cottn-tries than Chi-na, but with-out suc-cess.
Sa gar is pro-duced in the West In-di-es, and in our
own South-ern States. It is made from the" juice
of the su*gar cane which is pressed t)ut by crush
ing the cane in a mill. This juice, after boil ing
and oth er treat-ment, yields brown sugar, mo-
lass-es, white or loaf sugar, and su-gar can-dy.
Hext to their pa-rents, chil-dren have rea-soii to be
most grate-ful to their teach-ers, who la- bour faiths
ful-ly to in-strict them, so that, when they grow
up to be men and wo men (wim-men), they may be
good men and "wo-men, and use-ful to them-selves
. and oth-ers.
Tal-lOw i$ the melt-ed and strained su-et of the ox
" and «heep,w It is made in to cafl-dles and soap, be
sides be-ing used ifl dress-ing leath-er, and in va-
fi ous proc ess es^in the arts.
A crown ia the sym-bol of roy-al-ty, placed on the
head of a king or queen on com-ing to the throne.
A crown is al-so a Brit-ish coin or piece of mon¬
ey, in val-ue a lit-tle more than a dol-lar.
The word*5-tt-o-y some per-sons find hard to pro¬
nounce. The u is like 00 ; so, we pro-nounce the
word, hoo-oy, or bwog, but not, as we some-times
hear it, boo-e, or' bvoee.
O Thou, to whom all crea-tures bow -
Within this earth-ly frame*
In all the world how great art ThoU,
How glo-ri ous is Thy name! *
In Heaven Thy won-drous acts are sung,
Nor ful-ly reck-oned there?
And yet Thou mak'st t"he in-fant tongue
*Thy bound-less praise de-clare.
In the be-gin-ning of this cen-tu-ry there was not a
steam-boat or a rail-road in the world. -Now,
steam-boats nav-i-gate all wa-ters, and rail-roads
traverse near-ly ev-er-y coun-try; and now, we
can trav-el by land or by sea, a dis-tance in a few
hours, which, six-ty years a-go, would have re¬
quired as man-y days.
72
COKKEDCUATK STATfcS
VARIABLE CONSONANT SOUNDS *
Ois soft, that is, it sounds like 8, before E, I, and
Y, In all othep situations it ia hard^ that is, it
souiids like
The following list contains examples or both
sounds. Let the learner point them out.
m. 95—xcy. a
cem ent cit ron cen o taph sac ra metttf
ceil sure civ ic cic a trice sic ci ty
cen sus cy cle {iris) eel i ba cy
cen to cy cloid - cic a trize cem e ter y
ce rate cym bal cin na mon cen te nary
ces tusv cyn ic cir bum flex cer e mon y
cin der cy press -cir <?iHn stance ce leb ri ty
cir cus fiac cid cit a del cen tit rion
cit rine eel e brate cit i zen ce ru le an
(rin) eel er y civ il ize cir cum fer ence
No. 96—XCV1. G.
0
& is generally soft, that is it sounds like*/, before
E, J, and Y, In all other situations it is hard, that
is it sounds as in gun.
gel id
ge nus
gib bet
gin ger
gin seng
gip sy
gal Iowa
(ins)
gos pel
glob ule
gran detir
sug gestf
gal ax y
gal ler y
gem i m
gen e sis
goose ber ry
ges tic u late
garrulous exaggerate^
* The preceding pages necessarily contain mafty examples
of these variable sounds, some of which may possibly be in¬
advertently repeated here,
f Not sa-era-ment.
% Both CTg are soft in exaggerate; only the last In sug-gest,
though we sometimes hear the pronunciation eud-jest.
rag
scrag
^ SPELLER AND READER. JfJ
In the following words, G is hard before M and Jr
gear gilt dag ger fin ger big gin
geek giipp stag ger lin ger , pig gin
geese gird swag ger ^ gib ber nog gin
get girl trig ge*r gib bous drug gist
gift girt ti ger gid dy be gin'
gig girth an ger ginrletv for give'
gild give m ea ger gir die mis give'
gill gew gaw au ger giz zard for get'
G is also hard in the terminations -ged, -ger, -gy,
-ging, -gish, when annexed to words ending in G.
snag snag ged dog dog ged fog fog gy
crag ged dig * dig ger crag , crag gy
rag ged rig rig ger rig rig ging
scrag ged bog bog gy wag wag gish
•ifo. 97—XCYII.» CS.~ ,
CH has three sounds, lj It is soft, like tsJi, in
English words; as church, chide. 2. It is hard, like
K, in words derived from the ancient languages)
as chord, scheme. 3. It sounds like JSH, in words
derived from French, and in the* terminations -Ich,
■nch, 4ch; as chaise, filch, bench, witch,
CH soft=TSIf.
ch'al dron cher ub chas ti ty
(chawiy nr chin chas tise ment
chalice • champion cherubim
chap let chan ti cleer choc o late
CH hard=K.
sehed ule chrys o lite
sehol ar eu cha rist
schoon er hi erarch
o chre mon ar «hy
1 an ar chy pen ta teuch
an cho ret a nach/ ro nism
. cat e chism cha lyb' e ate
chem'i cal cha me' le on
chol er a chro nom/. e ter
chor is ter ino narch' i cal
<jhron o gram pa ro7 chi al
ache
chasm
chyle
scheme
an arch
cho ral
chris tian
cfyris(t) mas
ep och
mon. arch
stom ach
4
u
CONFEDERATE ESTATES
ARCit.
Areh, when it is ft prefix to English Words, has eh
soft; as atch-deddon ; but when it forms a part of a
word derived from Greek, it has ch hard j as archi¬
tect.
The prefifc Arch:
arch duke
arch wise
arch dea con*
arch prel ate •
arch bish op
arch duch ess
arch pres by ter
arch bish op rick'
arch dea coil ry
Arch in Greek words.
ar chives
ar. chi tect
, /ar che type
ar chi trave
ar cha urn'
arch an' gel
ar chai ol' o gy
ar chi e pis' co pate
ar chi di ac' o nate
No, 98—XCVIII.
In the following reading, lesson, let the learner point
out C} G, or CH, soft or hard, wherever antf of them
occurs, and give the reason of the sound.
(Te-og-ra-phy can-not be well stud-ied with-otit a
map.
It is grate-ful to the feel-ings to see ft cexn-e-ter y
well ta-ken caro of.
A cen-tu-ri-on in the Ro-man ar-my com-mand-ed a
hun-dred men. He was e-qual in rank to a cap
tain in our ar-mies..
The sky, when free from clouds, is of a ce-ru-le-an
hue.
The elob-ules of dew glit-ter in the rays of the ri
sing sun.
The cin-ders of bi-tu-mi-nous coal make a ver-y hot
fire. * f
A speak-er should not ges-tic-u-late too much.
The skin of the cham-ois (sham-oy') fur-nish-es leath¬
er of which gloves are made.
Chess is a ver-y dif-fi-cult game to play well.
8PEU/EH AND READER, 7# \.
A car-pen-ter fre-quent-ly adds to his oc-cu-pa-tion
that of an ar-chi-tect.
A news-pa-per is a chron-i-cle of pass-ing e-vents.
A-rith-mc tic is the low-est de-part-ment of mathe-
mat-ici.
The cha-me-le-on clings to the branch-es of trees,
and there waits to catch the in-sects on which it
lives. It is said to change its col or at pleas-ure.
Choc-o-late is mado from the ker-nel of the co-coa-
nut.
Al-most ev-er-y art has tech-ni cal terms pe-cu-li-ar
to it-self. . ,
The first five books of the Old Tes-ta-ment are
' called the Pen-ta-teuch.
The moon be-tween the half moon and the full moon
is said to be gib-bous.
The gip-sies are a wan-der-ing race of peo pie who
in-fest the old world; roving a-bout with-out reg¬
ular em-ploy-ment, and sup-port-ing them-selves
by theft, rob-ber-y, and for tune-tell-in g.
A Geor-gic is a po-em on ru-ral af-fairs. Vir-gil
com-posed four books of Geor-gics.
A cat-e-chism is a se-ri-es (se-re-eze) of ques-tions
and an-swers on an-y sub ject.
Drugs and min-er-al wa-ters con-tain-ing i-ron are called
cha-lyb-e—alei. <
A chro-nom-e-ter is a watch of pe-cu-liar con-struc-
tion and great per—fee—tion of w#rk-man-shipused '
at sea,.and some-times on rail-roads, and wher-ev—er
it is nee-es-sary to ineas-ure time with ex-treme ac-
eu-»-ey.
The word u chas—tise " is ac—cent-ed on the see-ond syl—
la-ble; but its de-riv-a-tivtf "chas-tise-ment" is
ac—cent—ed on the first j and be—sides, .the I of the
* prim-i-tive is short-engd ifi the de-riv-a-tive. You
must learn to ob—serve such things.
The word " chor-is-ter " is some-times pro-nounced as if
spelled " quir7is-ter," prob-a-bly be-cause its prim-i-
tive " choir " if pro—nounced " quire."
Bo not for-get that ev-er-y read ing l§s-son is to be
' a spell-ing les-son* This is a dif-fi-cult les-son,and;
it should be read sev-eiMil times.
"CONFEDERATE STATES
JSTo. 99—XCIX. S.
S lias two sounds, ohe sharp and hissing as in us,
thud; the other flat like-z, as in hiSf4s*
In the following words, and their derivatives,
dis=dte. Other words beginning With this prefix
have the S sharp.
Lis—Diz. ,
dis"(h)on est
dis (h)on or
H dis loy al
dis man tie
dis mem ber
dis mor(t) gage
dis or.der
dis val lie
disburden disinterested
isb, -ose, -usetf have the 8
re cluse
ob struse
ob tuse
dis mask
dis may
dis miss
dis mount
dis solve
dis vouch
dis a ble.
dis as ter
dis arm clis grace-
dis band dis guise
dis bark dis gust
disburse disjoin
dis bern dis junct
(dis zern) dis like
dis dairi dis lim(b)
dis ease dis lodge
dis gorge dis maj
Words in -ase, -ese,
sharp; except wise, guise, these, and those.
a base pre cise mor bose mo rose
o bese glo bose jo <3ose ■ pro fuse
concise verbose rugose diffuse
"Words in -sive have the .3 sharp,
per sua sive de ri sive con clu sive- pre lu sive
dissuasive abusive" exclusive illusive
ad he sive dif fu siye e lu sive a mu sive
co he sive in f^ sive de In sive in tru sive
de ci sive£ in c& sive al lu sive ob .tru sive
Words in .sary and -sory, except ro-sa-ry, have the
S sharp.
dis pen sa ry com pul so ry re spo#so ty
per pua so ry r in cen so ry dis cur so ry
in ci so J*y com pen so ry e lu so ry
de ri £o rjr sus pen so ry il lu so ry
In the termination -esce, the so is pronounced as ss.
ac qui esce co a lesce ef fer vesce ev a nesce
* It would be impossible here to give rgles for the sounds
of S.~ Only a few important lists are given, all containing
words liable to mis-pronunciation.
t Generally adjectives or nouns. Verbs of these endings
have the S flat; a-basey however, is an exception.
- % de-ciz-ive.
SPELLER AND HEADER. - 77
No. 100—C, X
X has.two sounds;1 one sharp, like ks} as ip. ex¬
cuse, the other flat, like gz, as in ex-ist.
It lias almost always the sharp sou,nd k$." The
flat sound gz is found only in*the words 1 • ^
^ lux u ri ant ¥ 1 anx i e ty
lux u ri ate ^ ex em pla ry -
lux u ri ous , (
and in the prefix ex when, followed by ail accented
syllable beginning with a vowel o?
v Exz=Egz.
Caution.—Hfollowing ex must not be silent. Do
not say ex-ort}. but ~ex-hortf aspirating th^ H.
Accent on second Syllable.
ex ^ct 'ex ist ex ot ic ex em pli fy
e£ alt ex ult ex us tion ex ig u ous
ex empt ex am ine ex hil a rate ex on er ate
ex ert ex am pie ex an i mate ex or bi tant
ex h^le ex an tiate ex as per ate ^x os se ous
ex haust ex.em" plar ex ec fa tive ex1 u ber ant
ex hort ex e sion ' ex ee u tor ex u vi ae
ex ile , ex hib it ex eo u trix 'ex or di um
When X begins a word, it sounds like 2; as1 in
Xerx-eS. ' .
No. 101-^CI. &K.
Gh in the beginning of a word or syllable drops
the If; "as in ghost, ghast-ly, a-ghast} gher-Mn. '
At the'^nd of words, when not silent ' • f
' ? . Gjf=^F. .
laugh" trough slough e nough
tlajf) (itroff). {stuff) (e mff \
draught clough rough ' GH=s.K.
{draft) (Jcloff) (ru/Y hdugh
cough . chough tough (Koch)
(hoff) {chuff) (t«m , lough
\locfc\
_ CONFEDERATE BTATES
No. 102—CII. N.
N has the sound of ng when it precedes & or £ in
the same syllable, as link, minxj or, when it ends an
accented syllable followed by g hard, k or q; as
an-gle, an-kle, ban-quet, pronounced an-glf an-kl,
\bang-kwet.
N—NG.
min gle
sin gle
tin gle
shin gle
tin kle
an ger
bank er
fin ger
lin ger •
long er^
hun ger
mon ger
strong er
young- er
clan gor
lan guor
con quer
sprin klo
bun gle
jun gle
mon- grcl
tran quit
eon cord
long est
strong est
young est
lar ynx
syr inx
« pha lanx
■* dis tinct'
ex tinct"
de lin'' quent
dis tin' guish
ex tin' guish
re lin' quish
e Ion' gate
con quest
an gle
dan glo
fan gle
jan gle
man gle
tan gle
(w)ran gte
span gle
stran gle
in gle
jin gle
* " No. 103—pill. Til and PH.
Th has two sounds j one sharp, as in thin, think;
the other flat, as jn this, these.
Th in words derived from Greek, and at the be
ginning or end of English words, is aharp, as throng,
bath, thesis, the-a-tre.
pa thoa
• e thcr
eth ics
meth od
tHe a tre
the o ry
the o rist
ap a thy
eym pa thy
leth ar gy
a the ist
am e thyst
ep i thet-i
Th sharp.
thank
thieve
slieath
thatch
thrum
tooth
thaw
thrust
teeth
theft
thwart
truth
theme
thrush*
health
thick1
bath
wealth
thief
birth
stealth
thitt
death
worth
thing
breath
youth l
think, •
• cloth
myth
third
doth
bis muth
thirst
earth
L ze nith
thong
faith
the ism
SPELLER AND READER.
79
thorn
thrall
thrash
thread
threat
three
thrice
thrive *
throng
hath
lath
loth -
moth
month
mouth
oath
path
quoth
the sis
thim ble
thir teen
thir ty
thresh old
thurs day
thral dom
au thor"
ba-thos
or tho dox
cath. o.lic
pleth o ric
syn the sis
mis an thrope
hy a cinth
"mm a ranth
lab y rinth
thir ti eth
The following English words have the initial and
final th flat.
this thee tiien those
that * their thence thou
than . .them these thus
the there they thy
Thy in the middle of pure English words, is also flat,
fath er ^ ' hea then Bmoth er. neth er
,
thine
seeth
booth
smooth
gath er
lath er
rath er
heath ei
feath er
leath er
hitli er
"thith ^r
with er
whith er
oth er
moth er
broth er
ei ther *
nei ther
breth ren
fath om
far ther
far thing
north ern
south ern
worth y
weth er
to geth er
Silent E added to words ending in th sharp, ren¬
ders the th flat; as it always is in the. termination
-the, except in withe, which has th sharp.
loath loathe blithe
cloth clothe tithe
sheath sheathe scythe
sooth soothe writhe
B added also frequently softens the final th.
bath bathe
lath lathe
swath swathe
breath breathe
bath hatha path paths
lath laths
oath oaths
mouth mouths
truth' truth's
With.
With and its compounda in which with is placed
first, have the th flat. >
with I with al
with in J with draw
with out I with stand
cloth cloths
yguth youths
with hold
here with al"
there with al
80 CONFEDERATE "STATES
♦ But th<i Compounds in which with oomes last have
the- th sharp • as
forth with here with there with wher% with
"PIT.
Ph has tjie"*Bound of F; except in nejph-ew and
Ste-phen} in which it sounds like V. *
phan torn phar ma cy phys i cal phre net7 ic
phi a} phil o mel' phi lip/ pie al pha bet
phil ter phil o math phi lis' tine .cen o taph
pftys ics phos pho rus ' phleg m&t' ic por ph^r ry
phoenix phototype phlo gis'ton apli o rism
pha e ton pho to graph' pho net'ic eph .0 rus
1 . * 2So. .104.—CIV.
*
It is* dis-grace-fujl for a man to he dis-loy-al to his
coun-try.
A per-Son of mo-rose dis-po-si-tion makes him-self
un-hap-py, and dis-gusts tjiose a-round him-
We must not "ex pect to he en-tire-ly ex-empt from
suf-fer-ing. Af-flic-tiouat some time and in some
shape is the lot of hu-man-i-ty»
Let your con-duct be ex-em-pla-ry„ that is, cal-cu-la
• ted to make you an ex-em-plar to oth-ers.
It is lia"rd to con-qucr a hab-it; there-fore we must
take care not to ac quire bad ones. [
A cough is fre-quent-ly th<J symp-tom of se-ri-ous
dis-ease.
Do not laugh at the mis-takes of .your school-mates,
but rath-er help them to cor.rect them.
On the coast of Ire-land an arm of the sea is called
a lough. • „
Man-y poqj people who live in large cit-les can
hard-ly pro cure e-nough to sat-is-fy hrfn-ger.
A withe jis made of some tough wood, to bind poles
to-geth-er with, to make seaf-fcld-ing, and for oth¬
er pur-po-ses which re-quire a strong band.
The depth^ of wa-ter is meas-ured in fath-oms. A
fath-om is two yards or six feet.
SPELLER AND READER.
81
The most north-ern and the most south~ern points
of the earth are called the poles.' Kei-ther of
them has ev-er been reached by man.
The in-hab-it-ants of the parts of the earth which
are un-der the e-qua-tor* have the sun ex-act-ly in
their ze-nith or the point di-rect-Iy o-ver-head, qn
the twen-tweth of March, and the twenty-third of
Sep-tem-ber. "We nev-er .have the sun in our ze¬
nith.
The Jew-ish SaT)-bath is Sat-ur-day;the last day of
the week. The Chris-tian Sab-bath is San-day,
the first day of the week.
Be-neath a rough ex-te-ri-or we some-times find kind
and ten-der feel ings. v
Ath-ens was for-mer-ly the most re-fined eit-y in
Eu-rope. *
Oh, 'tis a love ly thing for youth
To wa(l)k be-times in Wis-dom's way;
To fear a lie, -to speak the truth,
That we may trust to all they say.#
SILENT LETTEES.
No. 105—CY.
1. M is sileDt when it follows m or precedes t in
the same syllable; as lamb, debt; also in the word
sub-tie. 'Exceptions.—In rhomb, ac-cumb, and suc-
, cumb, the b is distinctly pronounced.
2. G is silent before m or fl ii* the saine^ syllable;
as phlegm, feign.
3. If is silent after G or B at the beginning of a
word; as ghost, rhyme: after R at the end of a
word; as myrrh; and after a vowel at the end of
a word; as oh, Shi-loh, Sa-rah.
4. K is always silent before N in the same syl¬
lable; as knot, knob.
5. L is silent in the terminations -Ik, -Im following
a or o in the same-syllable; as balk, balm, folk; also
in could, would, and should, pronounced cood, wood,
and shood.
. 6. Nis silent in the terminations In and mn; "as
kiln, hymn. 1
82
COKFEDERATE STATE8,
7. P is silent when it precedes 5 or t in the same
syllable j as psalm, pti-san) also between m and f)
as emp-ty, tempt.
8. jTis silent in ihe terminations -tie and -ten fol¬
lowing s, the e being also dropped i^as,. cas-tle, fas-ten,
pronounced cas'l, fas'n. Th ls^silent in clothes
Exception.—In pes-tle the t is sounded.
9. W is always silent before r, and before h fol¬
lowed by a long o; as wry, whole. ^
- 10. Both letters of the diphthong ue are silent at
the end of words after g and q, except in a-gue and
ar-gue.
No. 106—CY}.
B silent. »
jamb bomb tomb . debt
lamb (bum) (toom) doubt
limb comb " numb re doubt
climb H (kome) . crumb sub tie
{clime) dumb plumb debt or
O and Ch silent.
czar drachm
cza Ti na schism
(;ree)
Wed nes day
(wenz)
yacht
(yot)
D silent.
!hand some
Cron'stadt
G silent.
vie tuals
(vit tlz)
in diet
(dite)
Darm stadt
stadt hold or
Caution,
sauv-er-tn,
phlegm
gnat
gnarl
gnash
gnaw
feign
reign
sign
deign
—Do not say
but suv-er-in.
im pregn*
con dign
be nign
ma lign
as sign '
de sign
con sign
re sign
ex pugn
de-zign, but de-sign; nor
I
poign' ant
seign' or
se ragK io
in tagK io
di' a phragm
par' a digm
for' eign ap' o (ph)thegm
gno' men gov7 er eign
gnos' tic (suv-er-in)
im pugn
op pugn
pro pugn
ar raigrr
cam paign
bagn' io
* In this and the following eleven words, the silent g
Wngtheni the preceding vowel. •
~ -J •• -1 ■' f ' 1 " " 1 ■ ■■'
SPELLER ANB READER.
II silent.
83
burgh
ghost 4
heir
herb
hour
myrrh
0ner\
rlieum
(room)
Rhine
Rhone
rhomb
rhyme
thyme
sor' ghum
fketV ma
burgh' er
lath' mus
diph/ thong*
(dip)
triph' thong*
{trip)
ghasf ly
ghee' kin
heir' esa
herb' age
hon' est
hon' oi
hum' blef
hu' mor
Baph' tha
(nap)
rhu' barb
Jeph' thah
Jo' nah
<Mi' cah
No7 ah
Sa' rah
Thorn' as
hon' es ty
hos' p; talf
hu' mor ous
oph' thai my Zeph a ni' ah
(op) hallelu'jah
rhap' so dy „ (loa yah)
rhet' o ric
rheu' ma tism
(roo)
oph thai'' mic
(op)
A bi'jah
E li'jah
J o si' ah
Hez e ki' ah
Jer e mi' ah
Ne he mi' ah
Zech a ri' ah
Caution.—Do not drop the h after- w, when it:
should be strbngly aspirated. To guard against
this, pronounce the h before the «?,• thus, pronounce
what hoo-at, whet hoo-et. m
■ Practise reading and spelling the following words:
what wat
when wen
whet wet
wheel weal
knack
knave
knead
knee
where wear
whey way
whig wig
whicA witch
whin win
whit wit
whist wist
while wile
whine ' wine
white wight;
why ,wye
wheth er weath er
K silent. '
kneel knight knoll know
knell . knit (nole) . knap' sack
knew knot knob kaowl' edge
knife knock knout. kniic' kle
* This is the pronunciation given "by Walker and "Worces¬
ter, and sanctioned by general usage. "Webster gives dij-thong
and trif-thong. . x. ,
I Hum-ble and hos-pi-tal are.sometimes heard with the h
aspirated. *
. , - « ,——.—i—«
84 4 CONFEDERATE STATES
"L silent.
Note.—A before Ik is like a in alt; before Im geiw
erally like a in far, sometimes like a in fat.
alms halve talk ' could palm y
balm palm walk would (p)salm ist
calf (p)salm cAalk should palm er
calve qualm etalk calm er salm oti
calm" balk folk calm est
half calk \foke) malm sey
' Instead of-yolk {yoke), we generally find yety.
M and if silent.
kiln hymn col umn con demn mne mon ics
limn solemn autumn contemn
P and Ph silent.
pshaw psalm is if pti <?an per emp to ry
psalm psal ter ex emp tion pKtbi sis
prompt .. {saul) • con sump tion (thi sis)
tempt at tempt pre sump tion # or
emp tyt con tempt pneu mat ics {te sis)
semp stress ex «mpt psalm o dyf ap 0 phthegm
symp torn re ceipt rasp ber ry ' phthis ic
pseu do (seet) pre 6ump tu ous {tiz ic)
S^silent.
aisle sous , corps isl and de mesne
isle v(soo) (/core) 'vis count a propos
* Avoid. pronouncing this word with th^ accent on the
second syllable instead of*the first; atill more, avoid proJ
nouncing the first syllable pre instead of per.
f Psalmist and psalmody are pronounced either with or
without the L; the latter generally with it.
SPELLER ANQ READER.
cas tie
ties tie"
tres tie
(w)res tip
this tie
whi« tic*
Jbris tie
gris tie
jos tie
thros tie
bus tie «
jus tie *
rus tie
a pos tie*
e pis tie*
fas ten
has tea
chas ten
silent.
lis ten
glis tea
chris ten
mois ten
of ten*
^hesfc nut
christ mas
morfc gage
hos tier
85
. p
cnr rant
mi£ tie toe
gout
{goo)
ra gout'
(goo) I
Jiaut' boy
• {ho)
W silent.
Wrap Wrenc/i wrought
wrack wretch wry
wrath wright sword
wreak wring wroth
wreath wrist „ who
wreck write - (hoo)
wren wriitfie whom
wrest wrong ( (hoom)
W is no;b silent in whoop.
CAtTiON.—Do not drop the
lable of awk-ward. Awk-erd is
whose wres tie
{hooz) wrig'gle
wh.ole wrin kle
whole some a wry7
tow ard be wray'
tow ards an swer
frow ard
wran ale"
to in the second pyl-
a vulgarism.
Hague
vague
plague
league
fugue
rogue
vogue
brogue •.
pro rogue'
col league' -
VB
ogue^og
ec logue
proi ogue
•ap p logue
cat a logue
di a logue
dec a logue
dem a gogue
ep i logue
mon o logue
silent.
ped a gogue
syn a gogue
qu*=^lt; i^es
cinque
mosque
-masque
o paque
o blique
bur lesque
gro tesque
pic ta resque
pique
cri tique
u nique
fa tigue
in trigue
tongue
(tang)
ha rangue
* We sometimes hear apostle and episile with the t, perhaps
to show their.Greek origin. It has also become fashionable
to sound the t in often. All these pronunciations aryinonra-
lous, and none of them is authorized or even noticeu by any
of tfur lexicographers. • t
86
CONFEDERATE STATES
Gil silent.
gh, -nigh
long,
high
nigh
sigh
bight
dighfc
fight
hight
light
might
night
right
sight
tight
wight
bright
fright
(w) right
blight-
flight
plight
slight '
height
sleight
eigh=s.a
long.
neigh
sleigh
eight
■Weight
freight
eighth •
neigh bor
tod
in veigh
ough*=
through
through out
ough=so
dough
<Aough
fur lough
bor ough
(bur)
thor ough
(thur)
al though
ailgh, ougk—
aught. -
caught
naught
taught
fraught
daugh ter
. haugh ty
us que baugh
ought
bought
fought
nought
sought
brought
"wrought
thought
ough=
bough
plough
slough
am
• m. 107—cvir.
Point out 'the words which have silent letters.
No hon-est man will in-cur a debt, un-less he knows
he will be a-ble to pay it.
Bough ought to be thor-ough-ly wrought, so as
to make bread light.
Lis-ten to the mock-ing bird whis-tling on that
bough.
It is wrong to-fright-en chil-dren by tell-ing them
sto-ries about ghosts.
Af-ter a great bat-tie has been fought, the hos-pi-tals
with-in reach are filled with wound-ed sol-diers
(sole-jers).
Sal-mon is a de li-cious fish to eat'j but it is not
• caught in our south ern wa-ters:
The pain of rheu-ma-tism is of-ten so se-vere as to
de form the limbs.
John fell in-to a slough, and got out in a sad plight.
Fas-tep a hal-ser to the yacht, and haul her a-shore
. that we may have her calked to make her seams
tight.# •
Myrrh is ar gum im ported from Tur-key. The best»
rhu-barfc. is al-so called Tur key rhu-barb; but all
our rhu;barb is cul-ti-va-ted in Chi-na. 1
The knout is an in stru ment of pun-ish-ment used
inRus-sia. It is made of a strip of hide har-dened
by eoak-ing it in milk and dry-ing it in the sun.
Sev-er-al sys-tems of mne-mou-ics have been in
vent ed, ap-plied chiefly ta chro-nol-o-gy; but
none of them has an swered its pur-pose so well
as to be ♦ brought *in-to gen-er-al use. A good
mem-o-ry can "do its work with-out them j and
a bad one is on-ly per-plex:ed by them.
A gen-er-al of-ten ha-rangues his sol diers be-fore
lead-ing them in to the fight.
The love of God and of our neigh-bor is the} sum^of
all the com-mand-ments' con-tained in the Dec-a
logue.
" A soft an-swer turn-eth away wrath/'
Chalk is found in a-bun dance in the chalk hills in
the south of En-gland (Ing-gland), and flint is al¬
ways found with it.
Christ-mas is the bjrth-day of Christ. It comes in
* the middle of our win-ter; and is ob-served
ev er-y where as a day of feast-ing and re-
joie-ing.
Be hold, a rain-cloud hangs in the 6ky, and the sun
is look-ing up-on it from the oth-er side of heav-en;
and now, a lof-ty arch of man-y col-ors ap-pears to
our view. That cloud is made of rain drops; and
the beams of the sun, shi-ning on them and turned
back to the eye, seem like a bow paint-ed on the
cloud.
Look up on the rain-bow, and praise Him who made
it. The hands of the Most High have bent it;
and there it hangs, a faith-ful wit-ness of the truth
of God.
" I do set mjp bow in the cload, and it shall be for a
to-ken of a coy-e-nant be-tween me and the earth.
And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud
; o-ver the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the.
» cloud."—{Pictorial Tract Primer. ' <'
88 CONFEDERATE STATESi
upa-HT? II-
APPLICATION AND FURTHER DE¬
VELOPMENT OF ELEMENTARY
PRINCIPLES. .
-No. 108—CYIII.
Tho learner may now begin to" analyze, a Few
words in each lessor ptating the vowel sounds
and the variable consonant tsounds, with the
reasons as far as he is acquainted with them.
A table of these sounds is annexed.
VOWEL SOUNDS.
A has four sounds. ^ *
1 The lpng a, as in fate, with its ghoi'tened sound
as in va-cate.
2. The Italian a, „as in far, with, its shortened
SQund as in grasp.
3. The broad a, as in all, with, its shortened sound
as in was.
4. The short a, as in fat. *
JEJ has two sounds,
1. The long 6, as in me, with its Shortened sound
as in re-vere, *
I 2. The short e, as in met.
I has two sounds.
' 1. The long diphthongal i [ah-ee), aS in pine.
2. "The short i-, as in pin.
0 has four sounds.
1. The long open o, as in wo/with its shortened
sound as in pro-mote.
2. The long close o, as in move.
8. "The long broad o, as in nor.
4. The short broad o, as in not.
SPELLER AND READER,
89
U has three sounds. .
1* The l,ong diphthongal u (ee-ooj as in tuke} with
its shortened sound as in fu-tupe. m
2. The short, ttj as in tub,
, ,3..The middle or obtuse u »s in lull? with its
shortened sound-as in lush.-
"The diphthong oi is compounded of the sounds
aw and ee—the broad a and the long e, as in pil.
tEhe diphthong ou js compounded of the sounds
a«j.and oo—the broad a and the obtuse it, as in thou.
C is soft like s, as fn city.
, hard like k, as in card.
G is soft like j, as in gin.
hard as in gurt,
>5" is sharp as in this. ^
flat as in is. ^
Ch is soft like ish, as in church,
hard like fc, as in chord.
Th is sharp, as in thin,
flat, xq this.
X is sharp like As, as m exit,
flat like gz, as in exist.
No. 109—CIX.
&ULES.
The-following rules may be committed to memory,
or they may be merely referred to. , Frequent refer¬
ence will soon render them familiar.
1. A vowel ending.an accented syllable has its
long or name sound; as, pa-perK to-per»
2. A vowel followed by a single consonant and a
silent e, has it$ long or name soi*ndj SLS,tame,time}
tune. ■ »
3. A ending ,an unaccented-syllable sounds like a
.in fat; as, a-bout, <a-rourtd; with a few exceptions;
as, Is-ra-el. The article A should never be pro¬
nounced like ay unless it is accented, or empha^c.
Do pot say " ay book/' but " ah book."
£. I or Y (ending an-unaccented syllable, sounds
like the long e; "as, lev-i-ty {lev-e fe); except in the
termination fy; as, grat-i-fy.
90
CONTEDERATB ETXTBS
5. C and Q are generally soft, before e, i and y,
and hard in other positions / as, eit-y, carter; ^in,
gurf.
6. The prefix ex has x flat like gz, when followed
by an accented syllable beginning with a vowel or
h ; in other positions sharp like k&; as, ex-ist (egz-
ist), ex-hort (egz-hort), ex-it {eks-ity
The following is an example of the analysis of
words which may now be required of the learner.
Ec-cen-tric. E, e—ec; c, e, n—cen; ec-cen ; t, r, », e
—trie; ec-cen-tric; accent on the second syllable cen
First syllable—e short sound as in met, e hard be¬
cause not followed by e,«, or y. Second syllable—c
soft because followed by et e short sound as in met.
Third syllable—i short sound as in pin, c hard be-
cause not followed by e, i, or y.
Those teachersv who have not tried this exercise,
will find it much easier, even to very young learn¬
ers, than might at first be supposed. Its great
utility and advantage are manifest.
•
No. 110—CX. 4ionf sion, etc.
-Cion, *tion, and -sion, are pronounced shun (not
shin) ; and -xion is pronotinced k-shun.
But -tion- after s or £ is pronounced tyun; and
■sion after a vowel is pronounced zhun.
Two Syllables. Accent on first,
die tion
na tion
sta tion
lo tion ,
ma tion
no tion *
po tion
cau tion
aqgtion
fac tion
frac tion
pac tion
sec tion
fic tion
auc tion
sane tion
unc tion
junc tion
men tion
cap tion
op tion
por tion
man sion
scan sion
pen sion
ten sion
spon sion
ver sion
pas sion
ces sion
ees sion
mis sion
scis sion
(siz zhun)
fal chion
(faul shun)
hal cyon
flex ion
flux ion
ax iom
fash ion
Cush ion
vi sion
(yizh un)
fu sion
(zhun),
ques tion,
mix tion
BPBLLBR AJfD RBADKB.
91
(?», Ge—Jj
Two Syllables.
e gion lun cheon
re gion pun cheon
dun geon styg ian
dud geon cap tious
gud geon cau tious
)i geon gra cious
wid geon* spa ciou3
bour geon spe cious
[bur) Jus cious
sur geon con scious
stur geon anx .ious
scutch eon nox ious
So. 1X1—CXI.
No. 112—CXII. .•
Three Syllables.
r» .
Tition=ish-un.
ad di tion pe ti tion
am- bi tion po si tion
at tri tion Be di tion
con di tion sue) pi cion
con tri tion tu i tion
den ti tion ven di tion
e di tion vo li tion
ig ni tion -ision—ish-un
in si tion al li sion
ma ni tion col li sioh
nu tri tion de ci sion
par ti tion de ri sion
Ci} Ti, Sci=Sh. •
Accent -on first.
con science pa tient
mar tial " tran sient*
par tial {sheht)
nup tial spe cies
v cru cial (sheze)
so cial o cean
spe cial (o shan)
{spesh al) fus tian
an cient
{ain shenf) T)es tial
quo tient {tyal)
[hwo shent)
■ition, -ision, ician, etc.
Accent on Second,
di vi sion -tionafter*and#
© li sion ' ad mix tion
ex ci sion) ad us tion
in ci sion^ com bus tidh
pro Vi sion com mix tion
revision congestion
xion=k.shun. di go a tion
com plex ion ex haus tion f
con nex ion f sug ges tion
ician—ish-an.
lo gi cian
ma g\ cian re li gion
phy ai cian' e ly flian
* Not iran-zhewt.
f Remember that tha II19 aspirated. Pronounce eg^huus-^
tyufi, not egs-aus-iyun. ' Seo Caution, No. 99. '
92
CONFEDERATE STATES
ifo. 113-^0X111. -tion, -sion.
'hree Syllables ; primitives iwo* Accent on Second.
at tract
con tract ,
de tract
eXt tract
ex act
trans act"
re fract
sub tract
collect
cor rect
de tect
di rect
dis seqt
e lect
in fec£
In spect
ex cept
^x empt
af flict
<pon vict
pre diet *
re strict
dis tinct
in vent
pre v6nt
cqp. struct
in struct
pb struct
ad opt
con tort
dis tort
ex tort
ab sorb
con, tend
in tend
Cre ate
re late
trans late
com plete
at trac tion
con trac, tion
de1 trac tion
ex trac tion.
ex ac tion
trans aq tion
re frac tion
sub trac tion
col lee tion
cor rec t\on
de tec tion
di rec tion
dia sec tion
e lec lion
*ii^ fee tiontk
in spec tion
ex cep tion
ex emp tion
a'f flic tion
cpn vie tion
pre dfc tion
re strio tion
dis tine tion
in ven tion
£re yen tion
con struc tion
in strucrtion
ob struti tion
ad op tion
con tor tion
dis tor tion
e2?tor tion
ab sorp tion
. con ten tion
in ten tion
ere a tion
r& la tion
trans la tion
^jom pie tion
' de ser tion
«x er tion
pre sump tion
re sump tion
de due tion
re due tion
. pro due tion
eon ven tion
de pep tion
per cep tion
re .cep tion
de ten tion
re ten tion
de struc tion
eon fes sion
di gres sion
pro gres sion
dis cuts sion
pos ses sion
oj> pres sion
de sort
ex ert
pre sume
re «ume'
de duce
re duce
pro duc«^
con vene
>de ceive
per /eeive
re ceive
de tain
re tain
de stroy
con fess
di gress
pro gress
dis euss
pos sess
op press
trans gress trans gres sion
.ad mit
re mit
a soend
de scend
ex tend
pre tend
sus perid
a vert .
per vert
dis perse
im merse
com mit
de cline
se cede
/pro ceed
sub merge
propel •
r^ peld
ad mis sion
re mis sion
£t seen aion
de seen sion
ex tension
pre ten sion
sus pen sion
a ver sion
per ver sion,
dis per sion
im mer sion
"com mia sion
de clcn sion
se ces ^ion
pro ces sion
sub mer sion
pro pul sion
re pul sion
SPELLER AHJ> READER.
re plgte
se crete
de vote
pro mote
pollute
a scribe
con scribo
sub scribe
as sume
con sume
as sert •
re pie tlon
se ere tion
de vo tion
pro mo tion
pol lu tion
a scrip tion
con scrip tion
sub scrip tion
as sump tion
con sump tion
as ser tion
■sion after
ad here
co here
al lude
delude
per suade
ox plode
pro trude
re scind
ab scind
co erce
93
a vowe\=zhun.'
ad he sion
co he kion
at lu sion
de lu sibn
per sua sion
• ^ ex plo feion
pro tru SiOn
re scis sion
ab scis si6n
co er cion
No. 114—CXIYj,
Ac-cqnt is the stress of" voice placed on one syl-la ble of
a word a-bove the oth-er syl-la-bles; and the syl-la ble
so. marked is called the ac-cent-ed syl la-bler
In the words in -tion and sion giv-en in the two -pre-ce
ding num bers, the ac cent is on the sec-ond syl-la-hle
as'it is in all words of three syl-lables with these end¬
ings. In some such words the ac-cent of the primi¬
tive is changed, but not in man y; as, lo'-cate, lo-ca'-tion;
pei*-feet, per-fecf-tion.
Some-times rail-road cars Irun-ning rap-id-ly in opposite
di-rec-tions come in-to col li-sion with each oth er.
Of-ten, on such oc-ca-sions, man y lives are lost, and
of the sur-vi-vors- man-y are dis a-bled- How great
care should tie ta-ken to pre-vent such dis-ttess-ing
ac-ci-dente! - 4
A-void de-cep-tion. De-cep-tion is'in4end-ed to make
oth-ers be-lieve some-thing which is not the truth
All de-cep-tion, there-fore, wheth-er In word Or deed,
is, in plain terms, ly-ing. Read what the Bible gays:
" What man is he that de-si-reth life, and lov-eth man-y
days, that he may see good ? • Keep thy tongue (tung)
from e-vil, and thy lips from speak ing guile. De-part
from e-vil, and do good: seek peace, and pur-sue it.
Steam, if ad-mit-ted in-to a ves-sel whence it can-not
have free out-let, will force its way out, and thus pro¬
duce an ex—plo—sion, as in the boil—ers of steam—en—
. gines in which steam is, from any cause, gen-er-a-
ted too rpp-id-ly.
. I. • •• . ■ , J-V^y ■ jgr i • «;■ * '*
. 94 * COHFHDHRATH STATB3 ,f
To pre-dict is to fore-tell} that is, to tell the com-ing of
an e-vent whieh is yet fu ture. No man could p^dict
tru-ly un-less God re-vealed the com-ing e-vent to him,
or, in oth-er words, un-less he were in-spired, as were
the old proph-ets whose pre-dic-tions you will read in
the Ho-ly Scrip-turcs wheft you shall have learned to
read well. If you can-not read ea-si-ly and cor-rect-
ly, you are de-priVed of read-iug good books, and you
can learn noth-ing else, for read-ing ia the key to all
learn-ing.
The Earth on'which we live is one of the plan-ets of
what we eall the So-lar System. It moves round the
Sun in a track or path called its or-bit, and so marks
the year j while at the same time it moves .round its
own ax-is, as & top moves round when you spin it, and
by this mo-tion it marks the day.
Cre-a-tion is ma king some-thing out of noth ing. It is
call-ing in-to be-ing that which did not ex-ist in an y
shape be-fore. Man can change the forms of the ob¬
jects which are a-round him; he can make the square
round, and the round square; he can com-bine the sub-
stan-ces which are in his pow-er, so as to pro-duce oth¬
er substan-ces new to him: but to bring in-to be-ing
one at-om of mat-ter which be-fore had no be-ing, be-
t longs on-ly to God. He alone u spake and it was done;
he com-mand-ed and it stood fast." *
A pen-sion is a /al-a-ry or year4y pay ment for past
ser-vi-ces.
An auc-tion is a pub-lic sale of goods to the high-est bid¬
der. You hear the auc-tion-eer cry "go-ing, go-ing;"
} but when he Bays "gone," no more bids will be re¬
ceived for that ar-ti-cle. ♦
The con-struc-tion, that is, the put-ting to-geth-er, of
a sen—tence, must, not be de-stroyed by the read—in g
of it. First: be well as-sured that you know all the
words in the sen-tence be-fore you pre-tend to read it,
that you may not be o-bliged to stop to find out what
the next word is; then, read to-geth-er, with-out paus-
* ing be-tween them, those words which are con-nect-ed
. with each oth-er in the sense.- (
I. ....... I..I rt ■ ■ Mm I I I I»L .'..u..!.! I,I
SPELLER AHD READER*
95
2?o. 115.—CXY". ~tt, -it, -otf -en, -in, -ont etc.
Accent on fifst
com fcat
ban quet
car-pet
eir clefc
cors let
ores sot
crotch et
doub let
drag get
dul cet
ea glet
fan cet
fer ret
fil let
fVolit let
gaunt let
gib bet
gira let <
gus set
Batch et
.nor net
in let
jack et
jfen net
lan cet
lap pet
lin net
lock et
mal let
mar ket
mil let
4nul let
off set
on set
out set
rab bet•
Tnoo Syllables.
cut let
pack et
pellet *4
plum met
pock et
proph et
pul let
pup pet
rock et
rus set *
sig net
skil let
tab let
tar get
thick et
■"* tick et
tip pet
> trip let
tur ret
vel vet
wick et
com fit
com fort
her mit
plau dit
rab bit
trans it
u nit
car rot
in got
par rot
er got
guar dian*
or gan
tar tan
0 men
asp en
bar ren
chick en
hy men
by phen
kitch en
lent en
lin den
lin en
sy ren
war ren t
bod kin
bus kin «
dau "phin
dol pliin
fir kin
gob lin
grif fin
<jer kin
mar g\n
muf fin
mus lin
nap kin
pip pin
ur f Ain
vir <jin
bea con
cat dron
can non
can ton
ca pon
com mon
de mon
mam mon
mor mon
ser mon
gal Ion
gam mon
gor gon
pa tron
sci on
Bex ton
squad ron
ster non
ay phon
ten don.
bit tern
cis tern
east ern
Jan tern
pat tern
pos tern
quar tern
slat tern
stub born
blan dish
bran dish
bur nish
churl ish
girl ish
fur bish
fur nish
gar nish
pub lish
elf ish
self ish
Bkir mish
skit tish
tar nish
var nish
book ish
boor ish
* Pronounced also in three syllables—gar-de-aa; but not
gar'deen/ ' - » -
96
CONFEDERATE STArES
tfo. 116—CXYI.
The following have the
lable short, though followed
vowel in the Accented syl-
by a single Consonant only.
car at
due fit
civ efc
clar et
clos et
com et
cov et
plan et
priv et
spin et
deb it
des ert
di^ it
mer it
prof it
tac it
>vis ii
big ot
epTg ot
^at en .
plat en
cab in
cum in
lat in
mat in
rav in
rob in
ros in
sat in
bar on
can on
-drag on
eb on
fel on
flag on
her on
lem on
mel on
tal on
ten on
wag on
weap on
cav era
tav era
ban ish
blem ish
cher ish
fam ish
fin ish
lav ish
par ish
pol ish
pun ish
rad ish
rel ish
van ish
Note.—A°men and fare-well are accented en both
syllables.
JVo. 117—CXYII. -en, -on^'n.
ba con
bat ten
beat en
bid den
bla zon
bra zen
bro ken
but ton
cAea'p en
clo ven
cot ton
cous in
coz en -
dark*en
dead en
dpep en
doz en
eartli en
e ven
fat teji
flat ten
gar den
glad den
glut ton
gold en
hap pen
ha ven
hea then
heav en'
kit ten
lead en
leav en
less en
les son
light en
li ken
loos en
mad den.
maid en
ma son
miz zen'
molt en
mut ton
oak en
ov en (uv'n)
par don
poi son
per son
pris on
quick en
rai sin
ra ven
rav en
rea «on
reck on
sev en
sad den
seas on
sharp cn
ox en
sick en
slov en
(sluv'n)
smit ten
sod den
sweet en
ta ken
thick en
threat en
treas on
vix en
. wax en
weak en
writ ten
hard en
SPELLER AND READER.
9?
No, 118—CXV1II.
Silent E preceded by a single consonant and a single
v&ivel. '
s Two Syllables. Accent on first, ' *
Shortened sound of the long^a; -ace, -age, -ate, etc.*
fur nace
men ace
pal ace
pref ace
pur chase
ter race
ad aye
bag gaye
)an daye
)on daye
car naye
car r(i)aye
cot taye
dam aye
for aye .
fruit aye
horn aye
hos taye
coin aye
cour ag$
non age.
rav age
sel vaye
1m aye
lan guaye
leak aye
man aye
mar r(i)aye
mes saye
mes suaye
out raye
pas saye
peer aye •
pil laye
plu maye
pound aye
pres aye .
sav aye
stow aye
suf fraye.
til laye
cord age
pack age
sal vage
sau sage
van taye
ton naye
urn braye
vin taye
vis aye
\oy age
ag ate
ce rate
cu rate
ill trate,
frig ate
frus trate
in nate
leg ate
man date
mess mate
nar rate
or nate
pal ate
cog nate
mi grate
pi rate .
pro late
ship mate
prel ate
pro bate
quad rate
sen ate
stag nate
va cate
vul gate
com rade
(hum rade)
dec ade
bel dame
mem brane
war fare
wel fare
con cave
-con clave
¥, col leye
•ves tiye
oc tave
pul sate
pri vate
, sol a ce
spin aye
• * In many of these words, this sound is given in our dic¬
tionaries as that of the short i; .probably because, when we
give the a its proper sound, as in the second syllable of va¬
cate, it approaches the short i in the rapidity of pronuncia¬
tion. ~~
1 '5 . '
98 ' * * , ' Confederate states.
iaey isezz=.is$
aus pice .
bod ice* -
chhl ice
cop pice
cor nice
crev ice
jus ti<?e
lat tice
mal ice
nov ice '
poul tice
(pole) ^
prac tice
pum ice
ser vice
sol stice
an ise
mor tise
prac tise
-ice, -tse> -H
£rom ise
ilet=dll
ag ile
doc ile
due tile
fac ile
feb rile
fer tile
flex ile
fu tile
gra<? ile
mis sile
Hu bile
rep tile
ser vile
sex tile
sub tile
ine=inn
alp ine
des tine
6, 4ne, -ive, etc.
doc trine
*en gine*
jas mine
pria tine *
rap ine •
san guine
• vac cine
ive=.iv
fes tive
fur tive
mas sive'
~ mis sive
mo tive
na tive
pas sive,.
plain tive
sport ive
vo tive
i long
e dile •
ex ile
gen tile
se nile
vir ile
pas time
quin inef
bon fire
em pire
um pire
. sat iref
con trite
fi nite
le vite
gran ite
sam phire
! ' (fer)
sap phire
(saf fer)
'con crete
Consonant before E doubled. Accent. on second syllable.
ga zelle
ion quille
(Jun kivil)
qua drille fi nesse
(Jca dril) bru nette
par terre
(;par tare)
du ressej
co quette
(co ket)
cor vette
ga zette
lu nette
ve dette
vig nette
(vih yet)
* Not in-jine but enrjin. "
f The ordinary pronunciation is given..
Dictionary. -
J Spelled also without the e.
See "Worcester's
SPELLER AITD READER.
99
a zure
fea ture
fig ure
fix ture
frac ture
fu ture
in jure
junc ture
lee ture
lei sure
{lee zhoor)
meas ure
mix ture
mois ture
na ture
nur ture
pas ture
per jure
pleas jire
rap ture
scis sure
(siz zhoor)
scrip ture
sei zure
stat ure-
strue ture
tex ture
tine ture
ton sure -
tor ture .
treas ure
ven ture
yer dure
ves ture
prQd uce
prel ude
del u^e
ref u<7e
per nke
glob ule
pus tule'
sched ule
cos tume
per fume
for tune
ref use
stat ute
trib ute
let tuce
. (&0
min ute
m
ful some
in come
irk some
loath some
noi some
tire some
therefore*
No% 119—CXIX.
A lit-tie-boy had two pet rab-bifci, and it af ford-ed* him
great pleas-ure to feed them sev-er-al times a day, and
to have them come to him when he called, Cl bun-ny,
bun-ny." But they e-scaped some how, or per haps
were sfco Ien. At all e vents, he could nev-er find
them a-gain.
What a han(d)-some car-pet that is! How much it will
im-prove the ap pear-ance of the par-Ior, when it is
tacked down on the floor. ■ '
In old times, be fore the in-ven-tion of gun-pow-der, at
least be-fore it came in-to gen-er al use as a means of
de stroy-ing life, men of war wore cors lets,, or close-
fit-ting coats made of steel - or brass, to de-fend them¬
selves a-gainst the at-taclcs of their en-e-mies.
See the live-ly lit-tte kit-ten, how it frol-ics. It will run
af-ter a ball, or play with a piece of thread) and now
.it is try-ing to catch it& own tail.
* Not thair-fore, but ther-fore, e as in men.
100 CONFEDERATE STATES
A tav-ern i$ a place where they sell whis-key, and rum,
and beer, and oth er drinks to, make uien drunk. I
hope, my dear boy, you will never be a vis-it-er of
tav-erns.
Did you eV-er gee a pup-pet ? It is a lit-tle doll or im¬
age of a man or wo-man, moved by wires. Sev-er-al
of these pup-pets are shown for-mon ey, by a per-son
who moves them and speaks for them, and so makes a
great deal of fun. They per-form a mock play. Per
haps you may ^some time have a chance of see-ing
" Punch and Ju-dy."
A jen-net is a lit-tle Spanish pony. "Would you not
like to have one to ride on with a nice sad-die and
bridle? '
A crotch et is a mu si-cal aote. Some- times it means a
whim or odd no-tion.
The in-side of a watch-glass is con-cave j the out side is
cdn-vex. , '
You can not read well, or do an y thing well, with-out a
great deal of prac-tice. It js an old ad age that "prac-
, tice makes per-fect." Prac tise, there fore, what-ev-er
you wish to do per fect-ly.
There is fre-quent ly much more hap-pi-ness in a cot tage
than in a pal ace.
In Sep tem-bgr you may see the ne groeS pick-ing cot-ton.
Hark ! how mer-ri-ly they sing as they ^ick the white
cot-ton-from the pods, and throw it in-to the bas-ket.
These ne-gvoes are Well fed, and well clad, and well
cared for when they are sick. When their task is
■ done, there is noth ing to trou-ble them. Which ofi
us that li.ves to an-y pur-pose, has not his task tp do, as
well as the ne-gro?
Can you tell the dif-fer-ence- be-tween a voy age and a'
^ jour-ney? If you can not, find it out, and you will'
nev-er for-get it.
Gran-ite is a hard rock used for build-ing. The fronts of
man-y stores have gran-ite pil-lars. See the small
specks in it that glit-ter so. - Those lit-tle specks
are mi-ca.
Com-ets are not the same as plan-ets. Per-h"aps you may
have seen a com et. They are seen but rare-ly, and
yet they are ver-y nu-mer-ous.
"" 111—1 ' "Si.1
SPELLER AND HEADER.
101
No-. 120.—CXX. •-tion, -sion.
y?our Syllables. Accent on third.
Primitives three Syllables. Accent' on first.
a<7#tate
con gre
con j u gate
cul ti vate
ded i cate
des o late
de vi ate
ed u cate
ex tri cate
fas ci nate
fa mi gate
gradji ate
grav i tate
im i tate
ira mo late
in ti mate
le<? is late
lit i gate
me di ate
med i tate
ag i ta -tion
con gre £a tion
con j u ga tion
cul ti va tion
ded i ca tion
des o la tion
de vi a tion
ed u ca tion
ex tri ca tion
fas ci na tion *
fu mi ga tion -»
grad u a tion
grav i ta tion
im i ta tion
im mo la tion
in ti ma tion
le<7 .is la tion
lit i ga tion
me di a tion
med i ta tion
mod er ate
mod u late
nom i nate
op er ate
os cil late
per fo rate
prop a gate
reg u late
ren o vate
sep a rate
spec ulate
ter mi nate
tol er ate
un da late
vac ci nate
veg e tate
yen ti late
con sti tute
ex e cute
sub sti tute
mod er a tion
mod u la tion
nom i na tion
op er a tion
os cil la tion
pet fo ra tion
prop a ga tion
reg- u la tion
ten o va tion
sep a ra tion
spec u la tion
ter mi na tion
tol e? a tion
us du la tion
vac ci na tion
veg e ta tion
ven«ti la tion
con sti tu tion
ex e cu tion
sub sti tu tion
Primitives three Syllables.
com pen sate com pen sa tion
con fis cate ' con fis ca tion
con tem plate c«n tem pla tion
de mon strate* de mon stra tion
ex tir pate ex tir pa tion
con trib ute con tri bu tion
Accent, on second.
dis trib ute ' dis tri bu tion
di min ish ' dim i nu tion
e Ion gate* el on ga tion
ex tir pate ex tir pa tion
il lus trate il lus tra tion
se ques trate* se ques tra tion
Primitives three Syllables. Accent on third.
ap pre hend ap »pre hen sion
com pre hend 4 com pre hen sion
con de scend con ,de seen sion
in ter mit in ter mi^ sion
in ter vene in ter, ven tion
in tro duce in tro due tion
man u mit man u mis sion
mis con ceive mis con cep tion
pre pos sess pre pos ses sion
rec ol lect rec ol lec tion
rep re hend rep re hen sion
in ter sect in ter sec tion
* The learner should be led to notice that in the words marked witli a,n
asterisk, ,he long vowel in the first syllable of the primitive Decomes
short in the first syllable of the derivative. „ . - * ,
It may also be observed, as a cautionary remark, that the first five and
the last but one of the primitives of three syllables, accented on the
second, are liable to mispronunciation by removing the -accent to, the
first; as, com'-pen-sate, for eom-pen'-sate, etc.
102
CONFEDERATE STATES
Primitives two Syllables, Accent on second.
ac cept
ac claim
ac cuse
ad apt
al le^e
ap ply
com bine
com mute
conceal
de claim*
de rive*
dis pense
fer ment
in dine
in spire ,
mo lest*
afr cep ta tion
ac ela ma tion
ac pu Aa tion
ad ap ta tion
-al iq ga tion
ap pU ca tion
com bi na tioil
com mu ta tion
con ge la tion
dec la ma tion
der i va tion
dis pen sa tion
fer men ta tion
in cli na tion
in spi ya tion
mol es ta tion
o "bli^e
or dain
pro claim*
pro lotig*
re £air*
trans form
trans port
U surp
ad ore
'af firm
ex pect
-pro yoke*
dis solve
e volve*
in volve
re- solve*
ob li ga tion
or di na tion
proc la ma %>n
prol on ga tion
rep a ra tion
trans for ma tion
trans por ta tion
u sur pa tion
ad o ra tion
a£ fir ma tion
ex pec ta tion
* prov o ca tion
dis so lu tion
. ev o lu tion
in vo lu tion
res o lu tion
Five Syllables. Accent on fourth. •
' Primitives four Syllables. Accent on second.
ab bre vi ate
ac eel er ate .'
a6 cen tu ate
ac cu mu late
al le/d ate
an ni bi late
an tic i pate
Ap pre ciate
ap prox i mate
as sim i late
ca pit u late
com mem o rate
con cil i ate
con sol i date
co op er ate
cor rob o rate
de lib er ate
de pop u late
de pre ci ate
e ma ci ate
—a tion
—a tion
-a tion
—la» tion
-a tion ,
—la tion
-pa tion
*-a tion
-ma tion
—la tion
r-Ia tion
—ra tion
—a tion
-da tion
.-action
-ra tion
-a tion
—la tion
—a tion
—a tion
e nun ci ate
e vap or rate
ex ag ger ate
fa cil i tate #
fe lie i tate.
^es tic u late
in cor po rate
in,sin u ate
in ter ro g^te
in tQx i cate
i-ii vig o' rate
ne go ii ate
ob lit er ate •
o rig i nate
par tic i pate
pro eras ti nate
pro pi ti ate
re it er ate
sub or di nate
vi tu per ate
-a tion
-ra tion
—a tion .
-ta- tion •
—ta tion
-la tion
vra tion
-a tion
—ga tion
-ca tion
-ra tion
-a tion
-a tion
—na tion
-pa tion
-na tion
-a tion
■-a tion
-na tion
-a tion
Six Syllables.
al co hoi i za tion
be a tif i ca tion
cir cum nav i ga tion •
con sub stan ti a tion
de te ri o ra tion
ex com. mu ni ca tion
in dem ni fi ca tion
in ter lin e a tion
SPELLER AND READER.
ioa
Accent on fifth.
, person i fi ca tion
ra ti oc.i na tion
re ca pit u la tion
rec on eil 1 a tion
su per er o ga tion
tran sub stan ti sl tion
Seven Syllables.
spir it u al i za tion
ab o li tion
ac qui si tion
ad mo ni tion
am mu ni tion
ap pa ri tion
op po si tion
co a li tion
com po si tion
def i ni tion
dem o li tion
-ition—ish-v,n.
dep o si tion
dis po si tion
eb ul li tion
er u di tion.
ex hi bi tion
pro hi bi tion
ex pe di tion :
ex po si tion
sup po si tion
trans po si tion
No. 121.—CXXI.
im po si tion
in qui si tion
op-po si tion
* prep p si tion
prop o si tion
rec og ni-tion
rep e ti tion
re qui si tion
(relc we)
cir cum pi sion
We have iiow ar-rived at words of four, five, and six syl¬
lables* The spell-ing les-sonB must be read care-ful-ly
and fre-quent-ly, as read-ing les-sons. Read four
words, and then four J»ore, and so on, end-ing each
time as if you were read-ing a1sen-tence. See that
you leave out no let ter and no gyl-la-ble that should
be pro-nouneed. Read slow-ly, and do not let the syl
la-bles run in-to each oth-erj but ob-serve the ver-y
gim-ple rule, " Fin-ish each syl-la-ble and each word,
be-fOre you be gin anoth-er syl-la-ble or an-oth-er
word," and you will soon read dis-tinct-ly.
CONFEDERATE STATES
de ceive the ad mo ni tions of your teach era with re-
* spect and sub mis sion. They are, for the time, in the
place of your pa-rents j and you should be have to¬
wards them*as to wards those who are anx-ious to
do you ser-vice.
The two words fa cil i-tate and fe lie i-tate are ver y like
each 4)th-er i but words which re semble each oth er
Ver-y mnch in sound, frequent-ly dif fer great ly in
.'meaning. Fa cil i-tate means " to malce easyas,
" Fre-quent repetition will fa-cil i-tate your pro¬
gress." Fe Ijc-i-tate means " to ex press pleas ure to
a friend on ac-count of some for-tu nate thing that has
hap' pened to him."
To put off or de fer what you should do now, till to-mor¬
row ; a»d then a gain till the next day, and so on, is to
^.pro-eras ti nate. " What-so ev-er thy hand find-eth to
do, do it with thy might." One of our po ets says—
" Pro-cras-ti-na-tion is the thief of time:
Year af-Jer year it steals, till all are fled." .
When a wit-ness comes for-ward on a tri al in a court of
jus tice, the law yers* in-ter-ro gate him, some-times
ver y strict ly, that is, they ask him a' great man:y
ques tions.
A phy si cian is not the same as a sur-gebn. If a man is
wound-ed, or if, by some ac ci-dent, his leg or his arm
is bro ken, a sur-geon is sent for to treat the wound or
the frac-ture. But if one has an-y dis-ease, as fe-ver
and a gue or bil ious fe-ver, his treat ment must be
placed in the hands of a phy-si-cian.
Punc-tu-a-tion is the proper pla-cing of the points or
stops used in read-ing, as the com-ma (,), the* pe-
ri-od (.), and-so-forth, whieh you will find in the
be-gin-ning of this bdok. It requires an in-ti mate*
ao-quaint-ance with gram-mar to en a-ble one to punc-
tu-ate cor-rect ly.
The pe-ri-od marks the end of a sen-tence, and is the
long-est stop, while the eom-ma is the short-est. At
the com ma you pause till you can count one j at the
semuco-?on If) till you can count two; at theco Ion (:)
,a lit-tle long-er than* at the sem-i-co Ion; and at the
pe-r'-oil, the in-ter-ro-ga-tion point (?) or the tx-cla-ma-
tion p int (!) till you can count four.
car
cop
dal
en
fan cj
glo ry
hur ry
lev y
SPELLER AND READER.
105
Final
No. 122
ys=e; -ies—eze;
0/ Me
Two Syllables.
J
iy
vy
car nes
top ies
dal lies
en vies
fan cies
glo ries
hur ries
lev ies
car ried
cop ied
dal lied
en vied
fan cied
glo ried
•hur ried
lev ied
-CXXII.
~ied=ede—Shortened sound
long E.
Accent on first.
mar ry mar ries mar ried
pit ies pit ied
tal lies ral lied
sal lies sal lied
stud ies' stud ied
tal lies ial lied
tap ries tar ried
wor ries wor ried
Three Syllables.
ec sta sy ec eta sies
era bas sj em bas sies
her e By. her e sies
leg a cy Leg a cies
com e dy com e dies
rhap so dy rhap so dies ,
tray e dy trag e dies
et e gy el e gries ■
ef fi gy ef fi gies
prod i gy prod -i #ies
fam i ly faoi i lie?
en e my en e mies
com pa ny com pa nies
lit a ny lit a nies
tyr an ny tyr an nies
proy e ny pro<? e nies
ag o ny ag o nies
bal co ny bal co nies
eu pho ny eu pho nies
cal 11m ny cal um nies
can o py can o pies
con tr$ ry con tra ries
pity
ral ly
sal ly
stud y
tal Jy
tar ry
wor ry
Accent on first
glos sary
gran a ry*
li bra ry
sal a ry
vo ta ry
his to ry
the o ry
vie to ry
bis tour y
ar te ry
bat ter y
for ger y
gal ler y
mys ter y
cen tu ry
in ju ry
lux u ry
gai e ty
quan ti ty
pen al ty
am nes ty
gal ax y
glos sa ries
gran a ries
ii bra ries
sal a ries
vo 1a ries
his to ries
the o ries
vie to ries
bis tour ies
ar te ries
bat ter ies
for //er ies
gal ler ies
mys ter ies
.cen tu ries
in ju rie6-
lux to ries
gai e tiesf i
quan tidies
pen al ties
am nes ties
g&I ax ies
* Not grain'-a-ry.
f Spelled also with y.
Note —In-qui'-ry is not found here. It is improperly ao
cented on the iirst syllable.
106
CONFEDERATE STATES
Four Syllables. Accent on first.
-acyz=3za$-sy.
in tri ca cy
v ma g is tra cy _
-ary=ar-ry.
"Caption.—Bo not pronounce a-ry, ai-ry or er-ry.
Do not say. ad-ver-sai-ry or ad-ver-ser-ry, but ad-ver-
sar-ry.
em is sa ry
es tu a ry
ex em pla ry
Feb ru a ry*
Jan u a ry*
lap i da ry
lit er ar ry
mer ce na ry
- mil i ta ry
nee es sa ry
or di na ry*
• plan et a ry
try; ory—u^ry.
dil a tor y
"dor mi tor y
in ven tor y
mi gra tor y
mon i tor y
nu ga tor y
per emp tor y
con tu ma cy
ef fi ca cy
l ver sa ry
an ti qua ry
ar bi tra ry
a vi a ry
cap il la ry
com men ta-Ty
com mis sa'ry
cor ol la ry
cus torn a ry
die tion a ry
drom e da ry
{drum)
ob du ra cy
ob sti nacy
pul mo na ry
sal u ta ry
sake tu a ry
' san gui na ry
sep re ta ry
sed en ta ry
sta 'tion a ry
sub lu. na ry
sump tu a ry
tem po ra ry
vol un ta ry
«em e ter y
dys en ter y
mil li ner y
pres by ter y
sta tion er y V
alJe gor y
am a "tor y
ap o plex y
con tro ver sy
hi er arch y
pred a tor y
pref a tor y
prom is sor y
prom on tor y
' rep er tor y
ter ri tor y
r* trans i tor y
ig no mm y or tho dox y
mel an chol y or tho e py
nec ro man cy- pyr o tech ny
* Avoid the pronunciations ex-em'-pl&r-ij, Feb'-u-er-ry,
Jen'-ny-war-y, or'-na-ry, and per-empf-io-ry.
SPfiLLBR AND READER. . 107
JVo. 123—CXXIII.
JVhat a lux-u-ry it is to have ac-cess' to ajarge and
well se-lect-ed li-|bra-ry!
A glos-sa-ry is nec-es-sa-ry, to ex-plain man-y ^ords
which we meet with in authors 'of three or four
cen-tu-ries past.
Or^tho-e-py is the cor rect pro-nun-ci-a-tion of
words.
; Cal-u'm-ny is false-hood of the most wick-ed kind.
It akns at the ru-in of a man's rep-u-ta-tion by cru-el
mis-rep-re-sen ta-tionS.
A drom-e-da-ry is a spe cies of cam-el.
Jp,n-u-a-ry is the first month of the year. Can you
tell .the names of the twelve months? • -Here they
are—
Jan'-u-a ry, May, Seip-tem-ber,
Feb'-ru-a ry, June, . Oc-to'-ber.
March, - Ju-ly', ' No-vem'-ber,
A'-prilJ Au'-gusfc, De-cem'-ber,
The plan-et-a ry sys-tem, or, as it is called, the. So¬
lar sys tern, con-sists of a num-ber of bo'd-ies like
this Earth of ours, which re-volve round the sun
in pe-ri-ods of time dif-fer-ing ac-cord-ing to their
distances. »
Lit-er a-ry men most com-mon-ly lead k sed-en-ta ry
life.
What a rep-er-tor-y is the En-glish lan-guage! What
rich treas-ures it con tains of wis-dom and knowl¬
edge 1 Let us en-deav-or to make some por-tion
at least of the seim-meas u-ra-ble rich-es our own.
Ob-serve the dif-fer-ence be tween mon-i tor-y and
mon-e-ta-ry, sta-tion-er-y and sta-tion-a-ry, mil-li-
ner-y and mil-le-na-ry; and try. to make the dif-
fer-ence per-cep-ti-bie in your pro-nun-ci-a-tion of
the words. *
t It is mel-an-chol-y to see a youth, and a bove all, a
youth en-dowed with high men-tal ca-pac-i-ties,
wast ing in i-dle-ness and dis-si-pa-tion the season
of his life du-ring which the seeds should be plant
cd of fu-ture uee-fuL-ntffes and dis-tino-tion.
l10P
CONFEDERATE STATES
Do not con-tract a bab-it of be-ing dil-a-tor y in
your mQjre-ments. N
Pul-mona-ry di's-eas-es are tbose which at-tack the
" lungs.
One the most use ful aad im-por taftt stud-ies is
j His-to ry. A bare out-line of its ru-di-ments is all
i that can be ob tained at school. It re-quires years
i of pa-tient ap-pli-^a-tion to make a pro-found his
!- to-ri-an.
jfo. 124.—€XXIY,
| Final y—e; ity, -etyr *
Four Syllables. Accent on Second.
Caution.—-ISb eareful not to drop the i or the e
before ty'. .
vi tal 1 ty a]i thoy i ty
a <?il i ty pri Or i ty
fia <?il i ty eu pid i ty
do cil i ty va lid i ty
cfac til i ty so lid i ty
fa cil i ty ti mid i ty
fer til i ty ra pid i ty
fi del i ty stu pid i ty
gerr til i ty com mod i ty
- hos til i ty ca lam i ty
hu mil i ty ex trem i ty
mo bil i ty prox im i ty
no bil i ty sub lim i ty
scr vil i ty anx i e ty
sta bil i ty r $o bri e ty
ste ril i ty e bri e ty
■ tran quil li ty im pi e ty
as per i ty pro pri e ty
. aus ter i ty ea ti e ty
dex ter i ty bo bri e, ty
stfver i ty bo ci e ty
sin cer 1 ty ' va ri e ty
pos ter i ty an ti qui ty
pros per i ty • iif i qui ty
ma jor i ty ob li qui ty
mi not i ty , u bi qui ty
iau dac i ty
ca pac i ty
lo quae i ty
men dae i ty
ra pac i ty
sa gac i ty
ve rac i ty
vi vac i ty
vo r»c i ty
du plic i ty
fe lie i ty
pub lie i ty
rus tic i ty
*im plic i ty
» troe i ty
ve loc i ty
i a tal i ty
for mal i ty
iru gali ty
le gal i ty
lo cal i ty
mo ral i ty
mor tal i ty
neu tral i ty
plu ral i ty
re h! i ty
a scend en cy
con sist en cy
de lin qtien cy
de spon den cy
je mer ^en cf
in clem eri cy
in sol ven cy
con spir a cy
de moe ra cy
su prem a cy
a pos ta sy
hy poc ri sy
a nal o gy .
au tliol o gy
chro nol o gy
dox ol o gy
ge ol o gy
SPELLRR AtfD READER.
my thol o gy
phi lol o gy
phre nol o gy
tau tol o gy
the ol o gy
mo nop o ly
pd Iyg a my
a cad e my •
a nat o my
as tron o my ,
6 con o my
phle bo$ o my
ma hog a ny
cos mog o ny
* mo not o ny
iir til let y
chi ca ner y
No. 125—CXXY.
109
pliy la^c ter y
3nis an thro py
phi lan thro py
so lil o quy
bi og ra phy
chi rog ra phy
Cos mog ra phy
ge og ra phy
li thog ra phy
or thog ra phy
pho nog ra phy
pho tog ra, phy
st0"nog ra phy
to pog m\ phy
ty pog ra phy
an tip a thy
a pos tro phe
Bi-og-ra-phy is the his-to-ry of the life of a par-tic-
u-lar per-son.
Ge-og-ra-phy is to most chil-dren a ver-y pleas-ant
stud y.
Un-less peo-ple of mod-er-ate means prac-tise e-con-
o-my, they may be re-duced to jpov-ei'-ty.
Ma-hog-a-ny is a val-u-a-ble s^e-clts of .wood. Near
ly all our best fur-ni-ture is made of ma-hog-a-ny
We must not un-der-take too great a va-ri-e-ty of
stud-ies at once. If yon, put too*man-y i-rons in
the fire, ac-cord ing to an old say-ing, some of
them must feool.
Ste-nog-ra-phy is a short meth-od of -wri-ting. It is-
em-ployed in ta-king notes of speech-es- at pub-lic
meet-ings.« "
Nev-er go Co school too late with-out ap a-pol-o-gy.
Try to make to your-self a char ac.-ter for ve-rac-i-ty
'by nev-er de-part-ing from the truth.^
The sa-gac-i-ty of man-y of the in fe-n-or an-i-mals
is sur-pri-sing. Tales are told, of the^ dog, the
horse, and the el-e-phant; which make it hard to
de-ny that threy have the use of rea son.
110
CONFEDERATE STATES
Phi-la n-thropy and mis-an-thro-py are the op-po-
sites of each oth-er. Phi-lan-thro-py is the love
of man-kind. Mis ao-tliro-py is the ha-tred of
man-kind.
No be-ing but God is pos sess-ed of u-bi-qui-ty.
Ra-pid-i-ty of cal-cil-la-lion is a val-u-a-ble ac-quire-
ment.
Rus-tic-i ty of tnan-ners with good-ness of heart, is
. great-ly to be pre-ferred to that pol-ished el-e-
gance which serves on-ly to con-ceal a cold
in-sen-si-bil-i-ty.
Chro-nol-o-gy is an in-di's-pen sable at-tend-ant on
His-to-ry*
Hy-poc ri-sy is an as-sumed ap-pear ance of vir-tues
whith the hyp o-crite does not pos-sess.
That which ap-pears to be stu-pid-i-ty in youn^ peo¬
ple is of-ten on-ly ex-ces-sive ti mid-i-ty.
En-gra-vings"are made on wpod, on cop-per, on steel,
- and on stone. En-gra-ving on stone is called
* li-thog-ra phy.
, . No. 126—CXXVI.
-dcy=as-sy; ary=ar-ry ; ory-w-ry; ity—e-ty.
Five Syllables. Accent on Second.
con fed er a cy
de gon er a cy
ef fera 1 na cy •
in del i ca cy *
in vet er a cy
le g\t i ma cy
a poth e jca ry
aux il i ar y
con tem po ra ry
e pis to la ryk
ex tra or di na ry*
(tror)
her ed i ta ry"
A ag i na ry
in cen di a ry
o bit u a ry
po cu ni a ry
pre- lim i na ry
re sid u a ry
sub sid i a ry
un nec es sa ry
vo cab u la ry
vo lup tu, a ry
con fee tion er y
com mend a tor y
con serv a tor y
con sol a tor y
de clam a tor y
de clara tory
de fam a tor y
dis pen sa tor y
ex olam a tor y
in flam ma tor y
ob serva tor y
pre mon i tor y
pre*par a tor y
"pro bib it or y
re pos it or y
• suppository
I '
* Avoid the pronunciations ex-tror-na-ry and ex-tray-ord
na-ry. '
"SPELLER AXD READER.
11J
Five Syllables.
al i ment a ry *
an ni ver sa ry
com pli ment' a ry
el e ment' a ry "
cor di al' i ty
ye ni al' i ty
yen er al' i ty
hos pi tal' i ty,
irn mo raP i ty,
im mor tal' i ty
in e qual' i ty
lib er al' i ty
per son al' i ty
prin ci pal' i ty
prod i gal' i ty
punc tu al' i ty
sen su al' i ty
ca pa bil' i ty
cred i bil' i ty
dis a bil' i ty
du ra bil' i ty
fal li bil' i ty#
flex i bil' i ty
in a bil' i ty
in ci vil' i ty
im be c\\' i ty
in da cil' i ty.
im mo bil' i. ty
in sta bil' i ty
in u til' i ty
ma ta bil' i-ty.
pla ca bil' i ty
Accent on Third.
par lia ment' a ry
Cf)
sup pie ment' a ry
tes ta ment' a ry
in ge nu' i
per pe tu' i
per spi cu' i
su per flu' i
in ere du' li
* im por tu'-m
op por tu' ni
im ma tu' ri
in se cu^ ri
per spi ca^ i
per ti nac i
au then tic i
ec een trib i
el *ec trie i
mul ti pli<? i
rec i pro<? i
in si pid' i
mag na nim i
u na nim' i
in fi del' i
in sin cer' i
in hu man' i
con tra ri' e
no to ri' er
me di oc' ri
se ni or' i
an i mos' i
cu ri os' i
112
CONFEDERATE STATES
plan si bil' i ty¬
pos si bil' i ty
prob a bil' i ty
sen si Tbil' i iy
sol u bil' i ty
tan g\ bil i ty
trac ta bil' i ty
ver sa til' i ty
vol u bil' i ty
joe u lar* 1 ty
pop u lar' i ty
reg n lar' i ty
sin gn lar' i ty
am bi gu' 1 ty
as si du' i ty
con ti gu' i ty
in con gru' i ty ,
Six Syllables.
ap pli ca bil' i ty
com pat i bil' i ty
di vis i bil' i ty
im mu ta bil' i ty'
im pos si bil' i ty
in sen si bil' i ty
im prob a bil'i ty
in vis i bil' i ty
prac ti ca bil' i ty
re spect a bil' i ty
Seven Syllables.
Accent on Fifth.
com mu ni- ca bil' i ty
im prac ti ca bil' i ty
in com press i bil' i ty
in cor rupt i bil' i ty
<7en «r os' i ty
#con tra die' to ry
in tro due' to ry
man u fac' to ry
val eMic' to ry
in ad ver7 ten cy
phy<? i og' no my
• gen e aT o gy
et y mol' o gy
ich thy ol' o gy
or ni thol' o gy
phra se ol' o yy
phy,? i or o gy
ste re og' ra phy
- u ra nog' ra phy
a er os' co py
an e mos' co py
Accent on Fourth..
re spon si bil' i ty
sus cep ti bil' i ty
con viv i al' i ty
im par ti al' i ty
p§ ten ti al' i ty
pu sil la nim' i ty
plen i po ten' tia ry
su pe ri or' i ty
in fe ri or' i ty
id i o syn' era sy
Eight Syllables.
Accent on Sixth.
in com pre hen si bil' ity
in com mu ni ca bil' i ty
un in tel Tig i bil' i ty
SPELLER AND READER." , 113
iVo. 127—CXXYII.
• A Chair-man of a pub-lic as sem-bly should be well
versed in par-lia-ment-a ry u-sage.
If the el-e-ment-a-ry parts of ed-u-ca-tion are im-
per-fectAy learned, it will be im-pos-si-ble to ac¬
quire ac-cu-rate-ly the more ad-vanced parts.
An o-bit-u-a-ry is a no-tice of a per son's death, with
a short sketch of his charac-ter.
A-void per-son-al-i-ties in your con-ver-sa-tion, if
you do not wish to give of fence.
Man y dfs-eas-es are -he-red-i-ta-ry, that is, they de¬
scend from pa-rents to their chil-dren.
Ec-cen-tric-i-ty: of man-ners is some-times nat-u-ral:
but it may be acquired, and then it is more like-ly
to be of-fen-sive.
Cu-ri-os i-ty, when con-fined to prop-er ob jects, and
. not car-ried to ex-cess, is wor-thy of com-men-da--
tion.
Em brace ev-er-y op-por-tu-ni-ty of do ing good to
oth-ers, and your kind-ness will be a-bun-dant-ly
re-turned.
A plen-i-po-ten-tia-ry is ai» am-bas-sa-do^ in-vest-ed
" wi£h full pow-er.v
The .im-prac-ti-ca-bil-i-ty of at-tain-ing a wish, will
pre-vent our in-dulg-ing it. No man who is in his
sens-es ^ish-es to fly like a bird, or to swim like a
fish.
Few things are more apt to- of-fend.than the pom¬
pous dis-play of su-pe-ri-or-i-ty, wheth-er re-al or
im-ag-i-na-ry.'
Do not seek no-to-ri-fe-ty. It is sel-dom a thing to
.be de-sired.
The great-er your ad-van-ta-ges, the great-er are
your re-spon-si-bil-i-ties. _ ^ "
Be pot con-tent with me*di-oc-ri-ty. Aim at excel¬
lence. - m
The v'o-lup-tu-a-ry, frorti the fre-quent-ly re-peafc-ed
grat-i-fi-ca-tion of his ap-pe-tite, ceas-es to en joy
the pleas-ure he so ea-ger-ly pur-sues.
An ex-ces-sive sen-si-bil-i-ty some-times ex-po-ses us
to un-nec-es-sa-ry pain. '
114 , COXFEDERATE STATES ^
The in-vet-er-a-cy of a bad hab-it is no rea-son for
yield-ing to it with-out ma-king an ef-fort to o'-ver-«
come it.
Pe-cu ni-a-ry loss-es are, with man-y poo-ple, the
loss-es most sin-cere-ly la-ment-ed. *
Cul-ti-vate a hab-it of punc-tu-al-i-ty. There are
oe-ca-sions up-on which the loss of a min-ute
may be the loss of a for-tune or a life.
. In-fan-cy is in tro-duc-to-ry to youth; youth is in-
,tro-duc-to-ry to man-hood; man-hood is in-tro-
duc-to-ry to old age; old age is in-tro-duc-to-ry
, to death; and death is in-tro-duc-to-ry to an-
atji-er ahd a bet-ter life.
In-cre-du-li-ty may be car-ried too far. An in-
cred-u-lous man may' re-fuse to be-lieve that
which has ev-i-dence a-ble to con-vince all
,, oth-er men of its truth; while he re-mains ^n-
cred-u-lous mere-ly put of- sin-gu-lar-i-ty.
Al-a-bam-a is said fo sig-m-fy in the In-di-an
tongue, "Here we rest." The fol-low-ing is the*
sto-ry o# the or-i-gin,of the name. A tribe of
In-di-an s were fly-ing from a re-ldnt-less fbe in
the track-less for-est in the South-west* Wea-ry
and trav-el worn, they reached a no-ble river;
on its banks the chief of the band stuck his tent-
pole in the ground, and ex-claimed "Al-a-bam-a!
Al-a-bam-a!" which means, " Here we will rest!
Here we will rest!"
With-out as-si-du-i-ty no val-u-a-ble ac-qui-si-
tion, can be made.
A val-e-dic-to-ry ad-dress is an ad-dress in which
the speak*er takes leave of his as-so-ci-ates, or
of those whom he has long served po-lit-i-cal-ly,
or whom he has com-mand-ed as a mil-i-ta-ry
of-fi-cer.
Yer-sa-til-i-ty of tal-ent is of-ien high-ly ad'-van-
ta-geous to its pos-ses-sor; but there is some
dan-ger of such a per-son's be-ing led to di¬
rect his at-ten-tion to too man-y sub-jects, a Ad
there-by be-com-ing mas-ter of none.
8PELLER AND READER.
115
LB.
No. 128—CXXTIII.
. . ,
s -cle, -Me, -die] -fie, -glel -pie, -tie, -zle.
%
Two Syllables. Accent on First.
-eld, -Tile.
eac kle
tac kle
shac kle
free kle
spec kle
. fic kle
pic kle
tic kle
coe kle
buc kle
sue Me
ohuc kle
cir cle
(ser)
sur cle
cy cle
trea cle
-die
ad die
pad die
sad die
wad die
med die
ped die
can die
dan die
han die
nee die
fid die
mid dl^
rid die
kin die
dwin die
swin die
bun die
• trun die
hud die
pud die
gir die
cur die
hur die
-fle
baf fle
raf fle
muf fle
ruf fle
ecuf fle
shuf fle
-gle, -hie
n=ng
drag gle
strag gle
gig g^
gog gle
jug gle'
smug gle
r strug gla
ea gle
bea gle
bu gle
an gle
dan gle
fan gle
jan gle
man gle ,
tan gle
span gle
etran gle
din gle
jin gle
min gle
sin gle
an kle
ran kle
sprin kle
twin kle
gar gle
-pie
am pie •
sam pie
tram pie
tem pie
pim pie
Sim pie
rum pie
crum pie
pur pie
ap pie
dap pie
grap pie
rip pie
tip pie
crip pie
tri pie
top pie
sup pie
cou pie
sup pie
-zle,
sta pie
peo pie
stee pie
-tie
bat tie
cat tie
rat tie
tat tie
prat tie
ket tie
met tie
net tie
set tie
bee tie
lit tie
brit tie
bot tie
pet tie
cut tie
shut tie
tur tie
myr tie
pes tie
—sle, -xle
daz zle
ilriz zle
noz zle
guz zle
muz zle
puz zle
ax le
mea sles
116
bab ble
dab ble,
gab -ble
rab ble
squab ble
scrab ble
pob ble
tre ble
dib ble
CONFEDERATE STATES
Me ,not preceded
drib ble ~
quib ble
scrib ble
cob ble
gob ble
hob ble . •
bub ble
stub ble
dou ble
by a or i.
trou ble
baw ble
fee ble
no ble '
foi ble
gam ble
ram ble
bram ble
scram ble
jum ble
.rum ble
turn ble
.crum ble
toar fcle
war ble
trem ble
sham ble
thim ble
Three Syllables. Accent on first.
ar ti cle ves i cle
au ri cle ob sta cle u
cur rr cle or a cle
can ti cle pin na cle
chron i cle tu ber cle
cu ti ele ar bus cle
i ci cle . cor pus cle
par ti cle car bun cle
pel li cle prin ci pie
rad i cle quad ru pie
tu ni cle quin tu pie
ve hi cle sex tu pie
The last four words are often heard with the ac¬
cent on the second syllable.
Accent on Second.
as sem ble en no ble
dis sem ble en sam pie
re sem ble ex am pie
en fee ble en ti tie
Four and..Five Syllables.
par ti ci pie dis so lu ble in dis so lu ble
rec ep ta cle* res o lu ble . ir res (\lu ble
per i win kle in £ol u ble
sep tu pie
oc tu pie
- dec u pie
cen tu pie
pre am ble
sol u ble
vol nble
n—ng
quad ran gle
rec tan gle
tri an gle
sur cin gle
en kin die
en cir cle
em bez zle
in vei gle
* Often pronounced -re-cep'-ia-cle.
SPEI^ER AND READER. 117
No. 129—CXXIX.
-able and -ible.
Three Syllables* Accent on First.
af fa ble
pass a ble
for ci ble
ar a ble
pli & ble
fran gi ble
bla ma ble
port a, ble
fu si ble
ca pa ble
po ta ble
hor ri ble
cul pa ble
prob a Ihle .
leg i ble
cu ra ble
sa la ble*
man di ble
du fa ble*
suit a ble
" mis ci ble
ef fa ble
syl la ble
pas si ble
e qua ble
ten a ble
pos si ble
ford a ble
au di ble
plan si ble
laud a ble
cred i ble
ris i ble
li a ble
cru ci ble
sen si ble
mov a ble*
ed i ble •
tan gi ble
mu ta ble
fal li ble
ter ri ble
no ta ble
iea si ble
vin ci bl§
not a ble
fen ci ble
vis i ble
pal pa ble *
' flex i ble
ven di ble
Four Syllables. I Accent on
First.
ad mi ra ble
ex e £ra ble
s rep u ta ble
a mi a ble
ex o ra ble
rev o ca ble
am i ca ble
ex pi a ble
sea <son a ble
ap pli ca ble '
ex pli ca bje
sep a ra ble
cen su ra ble
fash ion a ble
ser vice a ble
com mend a ble
fa vor a, ble
so ci a ble
com pa ra ble
for mid a ble
(she)
* In movable, salable, advisable, reconcilable, and some other
words in -able, the e of the primitive is often retained, though
contrary to rule, and the words are spelled moveable, saleable,
adviseable, reconcileaSle, etc.
Walker retains the e in moveable, to preserve the sound of
the o; while Webster and Worcester reject it.
118
com fort a ble
(hum)
con- quer a ble
(Jcong leer)
cred. it a ble
de$ pi ca ble
dis pu ta ble
du bi ta ble
en vi a ble
e qui ta ble
{eh lewe) §
es ti ma ble
Four
a do ra ble
ad vi 5a,ble
a gree a ble +
al low a ble
'ap proy a ble
as sail a ble
at tain a ble
a vail a ble
a void a ble
con ceiv a ble •
con form a ble
. con so la ble
de cli na ble
de fi na ble
de lee ta ble
de mon stra ble
de test a ble
ex cu sa ble
im pass a ble
im pla ca ble
CONFEDERATE STATES
hab i ta ble
hon or a ble
bos pi ta ble"
ir ri ta ble ■
lam en ta ble
mal le a ble
o ra ble
mis er a ble
nav i ga ble
prof it a ble
rea son a ble
rep a ra ble
su per a ble
ter mi na ble
trea son a ble
val u a ble
va ri a ble
ve<7 e ta ble
ven er a ble
vio la ble
vul'ner a ble
dep re ca ble
el i gi ble
gi ble
cor ri
Syllables. Accent on'Second.
in ef fa ble - dis cern i ble
in flam ma ble (diz zem)
in scru ta ble
in trac ta ble
ob .serv a ble -
re ceiv a ble
re mark a ble
re mov a ble
re new a ble
re spec ta ble
re triev a ble
ad mis si ble
"com bus ti ble
com press i ble
con du ci ble
con temp ti ble
cor rup ti ble
de du ci ble
de fen si ble
de struc ti ble
im pas si ble
impressible
in Gred i ble
in del i ble
in fal li ble
in flex i ble
in fran gi ble
in fu si ble
in sen si ble
in tan gi ble
in.vin ci ble
in vis i ble
in ras ci ble
os ten si ble
re du ci ble
re flex i ble
re fran gi ble
re spon si ble
mi ■
* SPELLER AND READER. 4 119
Five Syllables.
ap pre ci a ble
(she)
con sid er a ble
dis coy er a ble
dis tin guish a ble
in cal cu la ble
in com par a ble -
in dis pu ta ble
in du bi ta ble
in es ti ma ble
in ev i ta ble
in ex o ra~ble
in ex pi a ble
in ex'pli ca ble
in ex tri ca ble
in hos pi ta ble
im mem o ra ble
in im. i ta ble
Five Syllables.
in con so la ble
in con test a. ble
in de cli na ble
in-dis pen sa ble
in ex cu <sa ble
in sup port a ble
in su'r mount a ble
in ter change a ble
ir re claim, a ble
rec on ci\ a ble
un a void a ble
ap pre h,en si ble
com pre hen si ble
Accent on Second.
in nu mer a ble
in sa ti a ble
. (ske) . ,
in sep a ra ble
in suf fer a ble
in val\u a ble
in va ri*a ble
in vi o la ble
in vul ner a ble
ir ref .ra ga ble
ir ref u ta ble
ir rep a ra ble
ir rev o ca 1:
re cover a ble
re me di a ble
re mu ner a ble
in cor rig i ble
in tel li gi ble
Accent on Third.
con tro vert i ble
in com pat i ble
in cor rupt i ble
in de struc ti ble
- in di gest i ble
in di vis i ble
in ex haust i ble
[egz haust)
in ex press i ble
ir re du ci ble
ir rea ver si ble
rep re hen si ble
120 CONFEDERATE STATES
Six Syllables, -able and -ible. Aegent on Third.
in com men su ra ble
in com mu ni ca ble
in con sid er a ble
in ex tin guish a ble
ir re cov er a ble
ir re me di a ble
Accent on Fourth.
ir rec on ci la ble*
in. com pre hen si ble
in con tro vert i ble
ir rep re hen si ble
* Irreconcilable and immovable are often, perhaps generally^
spelled with the e—irreconcileable, immoveable. ■ t
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