^ ^^ " ^oV^ kPvs -3 o METHOD INSTRUCTING CHILDREN RATIONALLX, IN THE ARTS OF WRITING AND READING. ^. BY J. NEEF. PHILADELPHIA : PRINTED rOR THE ALTHOU. 1813. H PREFACE. IT is customary for an author to prefix to his work an elaborate preface, in which he tries to persuade those who read it, of the great advantages they are to derive from his book ; of the superiority it enjoys over all other works on the same subject ; and of the glaring defects he has discovered in the works of others, but which he has thought it his duty to avoid. This fashion, however well established it may be, I shall not follow, and I hope that nobody will be disappointed, should it appear that I do not think according to the common fashion. Whether my plan be good or bad, better or worse than others, is to be decided by those who make a proper trial of it ; and to them I dedicate the fol- lowing INSTRUCTIONS FOR TEACHERS. S TJIE J^IETHOD indispensible that you should use exactly the same words I do ; if you find any of my expressions not sufficiently clear,, you may substitute better. Teacher, What do you call a tree that bears cherries ? Pupils, A tree that bears cherries, I call a cherry tree. T. Very well. But what have I just now done ? P. You have asked a question. T. And what have you done ? P. I have ans^vered your question. T. But what have we done all together t P. We have spoken. T. When, therefore, I ask a question, what do I do? P. When you ask a question, you speak. T. And when you answer a question, what do. you do ? F. When I answer a question, I speak. T. But what have I done before I spoke f P. I do not know. T. Well, do you know what you did before yoii spoke ? P. No, sir. T. Did you not think of cherries and cherry ti^ees before you spoke ? P. Yes, indeed I did, T. And dont you think that I also thought of something before I asked you the above question ? P. It is very likely you did. T. But you told me just now that you thought of cherries and cherry trees before you spoke, can YOU tell me what thinking is- — or, what you do when you think I P. No sir. T. Do you now see cherries or cheny treos ? OF TEACHING. 7 P. No sir. T. But have you ever seen cherries and cherry trees before this time ? P. Yes sir. T. If you never had seen cherries, do you think you should know what cherries are ? P. I think I should not. T. Then you think we know such things only as we have seen ? P. Yes sir. T. Do you know what taste sugar has ? P. O ! yes. T. Have you ever seen the taste of sugar? P. No : You cannot see the taste of a thing, T. You know, therefore, something which you have never seen ? P. Yes : but I have seen sugar. T. I agree. But is it by looking at the sugar you become acquainted with its taste ? P. No: I know the taste that sugar has, be- cause I tasted sugar. T. Very well. Consequently we know those things which we have either seen or tasted. Do you know any other way in which you became acquainted with things ? P. No. T. Do you know what sounds are made with a bell or with a drum ? P. Certainly. T. And could you always distinguish the sound of a bell from that of a drum ? P. Yes sir. T. But do you know those sounds because you saw or you tasted them ? P. (laughing.) No, I know them because I heard them. 8 THE METHOD T. Well, how many diiFerent ways have we then in which we may become acquainted with things ? P. Three : seeing, tasting, and hearing. T. Could you distinguish the smell of a scented violet from the smell of a plumb pudding ? P. Yes sir. T. But whenever we can distinguish two things from each other we know them. You know there- fore the smells of scented violets and plumb pud- dings. And how did you come by this knowlege ? Is it by seeing, hearing or tasting ? P. Neither way : it was by smelling. T. Very well. But please to tell me again in how many different ways we may become acquaint- ed with things ? P. In four ways. By seeing, tasting, hearing, and smelling them. T. But if a blind man should come into the room, how would he be able to distinguish my pencil from my slate ? P. I do not know. T. (Shut your eyes.) Can you tell me which is my pencil and which is my slate ? P, No ; but if you let me touch them, I will tell you. T. By touching them you suppose you would learn to know them ? P. Yes sir. T. So it seems. Then how many ways do you now know in which we may become acquainted with things ? P. Five : seeing, hearing, tasting, smelling and touching. T. And do you know any other way in which we can learn to know a thing ? OF TEACmNG. ' 9 P. No sir, T. But are you acquainted with any thing, which you have neither seeti, nor touched, nor heard, nor smelled, nor tasted ? P. No sir. T. The means bywhich we learn to know things are called senses. Can you tell me now how many senses you have ? P. I have five senses. T. Which are they ? P. The sense of seeing, the sense of hearing, the sense of smelling, the sense of tasting, the sense of touching. T. Very well. Our five senses are also called sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch. But what ^o you see wiUi ? P. With my eyes. T. What do you hear with ? P. With my ears. T. What do you smell with ? P. With my nose. T. What do you taste with ? P. With my tongue. T. What do you touch with ? P. With my hands. T. But can^t you also touch with your feet ? P. Yes, sir, T. And so you can with every part of your body. But whenever you touch any thing you are said to feel the thing you touch ; or rather the thing you touch causes a feeling or sensation in you. Thus when you touch water, a stone, wood, or any thing, the thing touched causes in you a sensation. And if you are attentive to the setisations things cause in you, you perceive that 10 THE METHOD they are different from each other. If, for in- stance, you touch with your fingers' ends a pane of glass and a piece of wood, the two things will produce in you two different sensations, and if you pay attention to the two sensations, you will feel that they differ from each other ; you will distinguish them from one another. But do things cause sensations in us only by the touch ? P. I do not know. T. Cant you distinguish a star from the moon ? P. O yes ; a star appears a great deal smaller than the moon. T. But whenever you distinguish two things from each other, you do nothing but feel that the sensations which the things produced in you are different from one another. The star and moon, which you say you distinguish from each other, must therefore have caused sensations in you. — But how did they produce those sensations in you ? P. By my vision or sight, I suppose. T. You need not suppose it, for you must be. fully certain of the fact : for you have certainly seen them ; which means nothing else but that you felt them with your eyes, or that they have caused sensations in you through the medium of your eyes. But dont you receive sensations in any other way ? P. O yes ; by hearing, smelling and tasting. T. Very well. In how many different ways do we learn to distinguish things from each other ? P. In five ; by touch, smell, taste, sight, and hearing. T. Th^ is to say, things cause sensations in us through the medium of our five senses. But a eF TEACHING. 11 great many things have produced sensations in you. Dont you remember any of those sensa- tions ? P. O yes ; a great many, T. You have, therefore, a great many ideas. For to have an idea of a thing means nothing else than to remember the sensation the thing caused in us. And when you direct your attention to all the different sensations a thing caused in you, or in other words, if you try to recollect them, you are said to think of that thing. You see, therefore, that to think means nothing else but to recollect the various feelings things cause in us. But we are not merely able to feel, to distinguish our feel- ings, and to remember them, but also to tell to one another what we feel, or to communicate our feel- ings to each other. Thus when I tell you that snow is white and cold, I do nothing else but commimicatp thp feeling wKich something that wc call snow has produced in me. And as this very thing has produced in you sensations similar to mine, you understand the meaning of my words ; you know what sensations the thing has caused in me. When I told you that snow is white and cold, did you hear any thing ? P. Yes sir. T. And what do you call what you feel with your ears ? P. Sounds. T. Very well. It is consequently by means of sounds that I communicated to you what I thought of snow. But where did those sounds proceed from? P. From your mouth. T. Very true. But sounds that proceed from the mouth are called oral sounds. By what means? 12 THi: METHOD therefore, do we communicate our feelings to each other ? P. By means of oral sounds. T. But oral sounds are also called vocal sounds. Do you know what the voice of a person means ? ?. (hesitating) Yes, sir. T. Well, what does it mean ? P. I dont know. T. When we say that a person has a fine voice, does it not mean that he or she is able to utter fine sounds ? P. Yes, sir. T. You see, therefore, that the voice of a man IS nothing else but his ability to utter sounds. Do you know what an instrument is ? No, sir. T. A hammer is an instrument for striking, a needle for sewing, a knife is an instrument for cut- ting. Can you no-vr tell mc ^rhat An Instrument means ? P. It is something by which we can produce some effect. T. Very true. But there are two kinds of instruments. Those instruments which do not make a part of my body, such as knives, hammers, Scissors, are called tools ; but such instruments as make a part of my body, and by means of which I perform my various functions, are called organs. How many organs of sight or of seeing have you got? P. Two. T. What do you call them ? P. Eyes. T. But how many vocal orgaas have you got-E F. One. OF TEACHING. IS T. Do you know any parts of your vocal organ and can you name them ? P. Yes, sir. T. Well, let us hear you name them. P. The mouth, the tongue, the teeth, and the lips. T. Very well. But besides these, there are several others. The nose, windpipe, glottis, and the palate, are also necessary to utter and modify our oral sounds. But can you tell me how our oral sounds are formed ? P. I dont think I can. T. Well, then, I shall endeavor to tell you. You know that when we breathe, some quantity of the air that surrounds our bodies alternately enters and comes out of our mouths. But the air does not merely enter the mouth, it penetrates also through the windpipe into the lungs. Now when this air is expelled from the lungs, it passes through the windpipe ; and if the glottis be contracted, the expelled air forcing itself through the narrow pas- sage produces a shock which causes it to vibrate with more or less rapidity ; and this vibrating or sounding of the air communicates its vibrating motion to the surrounding air to a greater or lesser distance. You see, therefore, that v/hen we hear a sound we feel the shock or collision of two bodies, not immediately but by the medium of the surrounding air. If we could be placed in a space void of air, we should hear no sound, we could not become aware of the shock of two bodies. But the shocked and vibrating bodies communicating their vibratory motions to the surrounding air, and this vibrating air coming in contact with, touching, and moving our auditory nerves, produces or causes in us that sensation we call a sound. But do you think our oral sounds are all alike I B 14^ THE METHOD P. No, sir. T. And why do you think that they are not all alike ? P. Because I can distinguish them from each other. T. Let us now see in how many ways sounds can differ from each other. (Uttering the sound 0, and making it pretty long; then uttering the same sound o and making it short,) what difference do you remark between those two sounds ? P. The first was longer than the second. T. Two sounds may consequently differ from each other in duration. (Uttering the sound o and making it very loud ; uttering then the veiy same sound but making it less loud.) AVhat difference have you remarked between the sounds you have heard ? P. The first was louder or stronger than the second. T. (Uttering again the sound o but making it pretty acute ; uttering; then the sound o^ and making it grave.) What difference did you re- mark bfitween the last heard sounds ? P. The first was shriller than the other. T. But did you not always hear the sound o ? P. Yes, sir. T. You see then that sounds may differ in du- ration, loudness, and elevation. But do you think that the sound o and a (as we hear it in fate) are also different? P. Most certainly, they are quite different sounds. T. So they are, and if you pay a little attention to the action of your vocal organ, you will easily perceive that this difference is caused by the dif- ference of shape in your vocal organ. Let us now OF TEACHmG. 1-^ examine how many sounds we employ in speaking ; such sounds, I mean, whose difference is merely organical. A (as heard in late ;) o (as heard in bowl ;) U (as heard in full ;) e (as heard in me ;) a (as heard in fat ;) 2 (as heard in fall ^) U (as heard in but ;) i (as heard in fit ;) a (gs heard in far j) € (as heard in met.) How many different sounds have you heard I P. Ten. T. And are )'ou certain that thosb ten sounds are really different sounds, I mean organically ? P. Yes, sir. (It is a matter of course that the children must repeat the sounds themselves.^ T. We have still some other sounds such as i (as heard in fly;) oi (as heard in boy ;) and ou (as heard in how.) But each of these sounds is in fact nothing else but two of the preceding ten sounds uttered in quick succession ; i, for instance, is nothing else 3 than « and e; oi is nothing but aw and e; and owis nothing but aw and iiy oo. We shall, therefore, distinguish these two kinds of sounds by calling the first simple sounds, and the second kind, dou- ble sounds. How many different sounds do we use in speaking ? P. Ten. T, How manv double sounds • 16 THE METHOD P. Three. T. Utter the sound bo, and then the sound o, P. Bo^ (7, bo^ c, bo^ G. T. Are those two sounds alike, or do they dif- fer from each other ? P. They differ from each other. T. But how do they differ from each other ? P. When I utter the sound bo, I move my lips, but when I utter the sound o, I do not move them I T. But dont you in either case hear the sound o ? P. Yes, I do. T. And when you utter the sound bo, do you move your lips before or after the sound o ? P. I move them before I utter the sound. T. But which of your five senses apprizes you of the motion of your lips ? P. My touch does. T. Very well. When, therefore, you utter the sound bo, you have two sensations, a tactile sensa- tion, and an auditory sensation. That is to say, one sensation you receive by the sense of touch, imd the other by the sense of hearing. Is it not so t P. Yes sir. T. To distinguish these two sensations from each other in speaking, let us call the auditory sensation, sound ; and the tactile sensation, arti- culation. Any such sound composed of an arti- culation and a sound we shall call an articulate sound. The fact is, that ail our oral sounds are articulate sounds, but when we utter any of those sounds which we have denominated simple sounds, such as a, e, o, u, &c. the tactile sensation, pre- ceding the auditory sensation, is so feeble, that it requires a close attention to perceive it ; for want of a better name we shall therefore call it an inar- ticulate sound, to distino;uish it from the articulate OF TEACHING. 17 sound ; that is, from those auditory sensations which are accompanied by a strong tactile sensa- tion. Let us now examine how many articulations we have in our language : bo, po, mo, wo, vo, fo, do, to, so, zo, lo, ro, or, tho (sharp,) tho (flat,) sho, zho, go, ko, yo, no, ho, ong. How many articulations did you count ? P. Twenty-three. T. How many simple sounds did we utter?, P. Ten. T. How many double sounds ? P. Three. T. These articulations and sounds we shall call the elements of our spoken language. How many elements are there in our language ? P. Thirty-six. T. It is therefore by means of these thirty-six elements that we communicate to each other all our thoughts and sensations. A man speaking for a whole day, does it by means of twenty-three articulations, ten simple and three double sounds. This must be a wonderful thing for you, because you never paid any attencion to the combination of ihese elements. However astonishing this con- trivance may be, men have contrived something- yet more astonishing. By means of the preceding- elements of our language, we ai'e able to apprize each other of our sensations, eidier actually felt or remembered, when we are within hearing of each other. But this means is of no use to me, when the person I want to communicate with is out of hearing. Men have therefore been obliged to recur to some other contrivances, and these I am going to acquaint you with, if you desire it. This means will enable you to tell a man, distant three thou"5and miles from you, whatever vou feel B 9 18 THE METHOD here, with the same ease as you could effect if he was in your presence. Through the medium of our oral sounds, we communicate to each other our feelings and ideas. These oral sounds are^ therefore, signs which represent those feelings and ideas. And those very same oral sounds, or re- presentatives of our sensations, some ingenious mertal has contrived to represent by other signs. Did you ever see the picture of a man, house, bird, tree, or any other thing ? P. Yes sir. T. And when you saw such a figure or picture, did you not by the bare inspection thereof, readily perceive what it was intended to represent. — When, for instance, you look at this figure, (shew- ing the picture of a man) dont you at once perceive that it represents a man and not a horse ? P. (laughing.) Yes, I do. T. Any such figure, which represents a thing or an object, in such away that any body who is acquainted with the object immediately knows that it represents the known object and nothing else, may be called a natural view or a natural representation. But those signs by which men contrive to represent their sensations, and those other signs by which they represent their oral sounds, or the signs of their sensations are not such natural signs or representations. Thus the sound shoe represents for us quite a different thing from that which it represents for French- men. The sound bread represents for us some- thing, but for those unacquainted with our lan- guage it represents either nothing at all or quite a different thing. Such signs, which only by mutual agreement represent cenain thingsj are called ar- l)itrary or artificial signs> OF TEACHING. 19 P. But why did not men, who invented these letters, contrive to represent their sensations and the signs of their sensations by forms or figures more natural. T. Because it was impossible. When )^ou re- present a tree or any other visible object, both the thing represented and the representative sign arc objects of the same sense, of the sense of sight. There is an obvious connexion between the object and its sign. But what connexion is there between the sound cold and the sensation I experience when I touch or grasp a lump of ice. Or what connexion is there between a sound and a mark made on a piece of paper or on a slate? Sounds are objects of the sense of hearing, but their representatives were necessarily to be submitted to the organs of sight. This is the reason why the representative system of our sensations and ideas, as well as that of our oral sounds, must necessarily be artificial. I am now going to acquaint you by degrees with all the various signs by which our different simple and double sounds, as well as their articulations, are represented. You must try to imitate these signs on your slates with exact- ness, so that you and every body may distinguish them easily from each other. In this manner you will learn to write. Can you tell me now what writing is ? P. To write is to represent our oral sounds and their articulations by artificial signs. T. But when you have represented a sound or a number of sounds on your slates, do you think it will be very hard or difficult to utter those sounds I P. (smiling.) No, sir. T. You think then that it will be an easy matter for you to read. 2& THE METHOD P. Yes, sir; if this is what you call reading. T. Well, we shall see that by and by. (Uttering the sound T. (When they know how to make the figure rcpf-esentingthe sound (?, tolerably well, I proceed to the sound a. Such as we hear it in lay, day, &c.) (Uttering the sound ^.) How many sounds have you heard ? P. I have heard one sound. T. What sound have you heard ? P. I have heard the sound a. T. What kind of sound is the sound a t P. The sound a is an inarticulate sound. T. How many elements has the sound a ? PI The sound a has one element. T. By how many letters or signs will you repre- sent the sound a ? P. I will represent the sound a by one letter. T. Why f P. Because it has but one element. T. (showing the letter a.) This is the letter by which people agree to represent the sound a. If, therefore, yo\i make this figure on your slates, you represent the sound a^ Represent it. P. I represent the sound a by the letter a, T. Have you done ? P. Yes, sir. T. What have you done l P. I have represented the sound a by the letter cr* T. Read now what you have written down. P. 0, «. T. How many elements has the sound />« ? P. The sound /;« has two elements^. T. Which is the first? P. A labial articulation. T. Which is the second ? P. The sound a. T. Do you think the labial articulation of the sowwdpa^ differs from the labial articulation of the sound bUy which we have represented by the letter bf P. Most certainly. T. So I think. And let me add, that it is rep- resented by this new sign, which is called pee. By what letters ao you now intend to represent the sound pa ? P. By the letter i3 and the letter rr. T. Why? D 2 -i^ THE METHOIT P. The sound pa is composed of the sound « and an articulation, which precedes the sound a» This articulation is effected by the action of the lips ; it is therefore a labial articulation ; and as, by agree- ment, it is represented by the letter /j I shall repre- sent it by the letter p. The second element is the simple sound «, which, by agreement is represented by the letter a; I shall therefore represent it by the letter a, T, Very well. Represent the sound /?^. P. I represent the sound /?a by the letter j& and the letter a, T. Have you done ? P. Yes, sir. T. What have you done ? P. I have represented the sound pa^ by the letter p^ and the letter a. We examine then and successively represent all the sounds composed of this articulation and such elements as we are already acquainted with. And when we are able to represent and to read them on our slates, we learn also to read them in a book. This being done, we proceed to the articulation represented by the letter T. (Uttering the sound 7na.') What sound have you heard ? P. I have heard the sound ?;7<3. T. How many elements has the sound 7na^ P. The sound ma has two elements* T. Which is the first ? P. A labial articulation. T. Why do you call it so ? P. Because it is effected by the action of th^ lips. OF TEACHING. 45 T. Which is the second element ? P. The simple sound a. T. By how many letters will you represent the sound ma ? P. By two. T. Why ? P. Because it has two elements. T. Do you think the labial articulation of the sound ma differs from that of the sound ba or pa? P. Certainly, I do. T. And so do I. This new articulation is happily represented by a new sign (showing the letter in) which is called the letter m. By what letters do you propose to represent the sound ma ? P. By the letter m and the letter a. T. Well, let me see you do it. P. I represent the sound ma by the letter m and the letter a. T. Have you done ? P. Yes, sir. T. What have you done ? P. I have represented the sound ma by the letter m and the letter a, T. What does the letter m represent ? P. The labial articulation of the sound 7na. T. What does the letter a represent? P. The simple sound of the sound ma. T. Why have we placed the letteii,m before the letter a ? P. Because the labial articulation represented by the letter ???, precedes the sound a, represented by the letter a. We then successively examine and represent the different sounds falling under this head, as they are marked in the book. And we learn to read them also in a book, as a matter of course. How 2 44. THE METHOD the analysis and representation is conducted^ the ^Qxmdpump may serve as a model. T. (Uttering the sound pump,) How many sounds have you heard ? P. One. T. What sound ? P. The sound pump* T. By how many and by what letters will you represent the sound pump? P. I will represent the sound pump by four let- ters ; the letter/?, the letter u, the letter w, and the letter/?. T. Why ? P. The sound pump is composed of the sound and three articulations. It has, consequently, four elements, and as each element is represented by one letter, the whole sound must be represented by four letters. The first element of the sound pump is effected by the action of the lips, it is therefore a labial articulation, which by agreement is repre- sented by the letter/?. The second element is the sound 7^f, which by agreement is represented by the letter «. The third element is effected by the action of the lips, it is consequently a labial arti- culation, which by agreement is represented by the letter 7n ; the fourth element is also effected by the action of the lips, it is therefore a labial articu- lation, which by agreeme^it is represented by the letter p, T. Well, represent the sound pump* P. I represent the sound pump^ by the letter /?, the letter m, the letter w, and the letter p, T. Have you done ? P. Yes, sir. T. What have you done ? P. 1 have represented the sound pump by^ Sjc. OF TEACHING. 4^ Having done with the preceding- sounds and ar- ticulations, we proceed to the articulation repre- sented by the letter W. T. (Uttering the word zva.) What sound have .'ou heard f P. I have heard the sound zva, T. What kind of sound is the sound wa P P. An articulate sound. T. Why do you call it so ? P. Because it is composed of an articulation and the sound a. T. How is the articulation of the sound wa effected ? P. By the action of the lips. T. As it is effected by the action of the lips, what do you call it? P. A labial articulation. T. But does this labial articulation differ from any of those we have learned to represent ? P. Yes, it does. T. Very true. And for this reason it is repre* sented by this new sign, called a double yu* P. This is a queer name ! T. Never mind that. We shall see things more queer yet. But by what letters will you now re- present the sound xva P P. By the letter 7V and the letter a, T. Well represent it. P. I represent the sound xva by the letter w and the letter a, T. Read. P. Wo, After having represented and read on our slates i6 THF METHOD and in our books all the sounds falling under this head, we proceed to the articulation represented by the letter D. T. Uttering the sound do {o always represents the sound heard in so^ lozv^ foe^ roe ; these letters do^ do not therefore represent the sound doOf but the sound doe. Our first representation must be as regular as the imperfection of our system ad- mits. It will be time enough to puzzle them with our unaccountable irregularities, when they know how to represent their oral sounds in this some- what regular way.) Thus the letters o a e u and in the sequel i, always represent their first sounds when not succeeded by an articulation as in bo^ wa, me, yu. Whereas they constantly represent their second sounds when preceding an articula- tion, as in web, rap, sip, &c. &c. What sound have you heard ? P. I have heard the sound do> T, What kind of sound is the sound do f P. An articulate sound. T. Why do you call it so I P. Because it is composed of the sound o and an articulation. T. But how is the articulation of the sound do effected t P. (Considering.) By the combined action of the tongue and palate. T. Very well. Such an articulation is called a palato-lingual or a palato-tonguy articulation. But do you think this articulation different from arty of those we know how to represent t Pw Most certainly. OF TEACHING. 47 T. Very true, and for this reason we represent it by this new letter which is called dee. By what letters will you now represent the sound do P P. By the letter d and the letter o, T. Well, do so. P. I represent the sound do by the letter d and the letter o. All the different sounds falling under this head are then analysed and represented such as they are marked in the reading book ; which being done we proceed to the articulation represented by the letter T. T. (Uttering the sound ta,) What sound have you heard ? P. I have heard the sound i€i, T. What kind of sound is the sound ta P P. The sound ta is an articulate sound. T. Why do you call it so ? P. Because it is composed of a simple sound and an articulation. T. How is its articulation effected ? P. By the combined action of the tongue and palate. T. Since it is effected by the combined action of the tongue and palate, what is it said to be f P. A palato -lingual articulation. T. But does this articulation really differ from any of those we know how to represent ? P. Certainly it does. T. I think so too. This is the sign, (shewing and naming the letter ?) by which this palato-lin- gual articulation is represented. But how will you represent the sound ta P 4.S THE METHOB P. I will represent the sound ta by the letter t and the letter a, T. Why? P. The sound ta is composed of the sound a and one articulation. It has consequently two ele- ments and must be represented by two letters. The first element of the sound ta is effeeted by the combined action of the palate and the tongue, it is consequently a palato-lingual articulation, and, by agreement, it is represented by the letter f. The second element of the sound ta is the simple sound g, which, by agreement, is repre- sented by the letter a. T. Very well. Represent the sound ta, P. I represent the sound ta^ by the letter t and the letter a. After having analysed, represented, and learned to read all the sounds falling under this head, we proceed to the articulation represented by the letter F. T. (Uttering the soundycf.) What sound have you htard ? P. The soundy«. T. What kind of sound is the soundy« f P. An articulate sound. T. Why do you call it so ? P. Because it is composed of the sound a and an articulation. T. How is its articulation effected? P. By the combined action of the teeth and lips. T. Very true^ and, for this reason, it is called ^ dtnto-labial or a tooth-lippy articulation. This sign, (shewing and naming the letter f^) repre- OF TEACHING. 49 sents this dento-labial articulation. But how will you represent the soundya f P. By the letter^ and the letter a, T Why? P. The sound fa is composed of the sound a and an articulation. It has consequently two ele- ments, and must be represented by two letters. Its first element is effected by the combined action of the teeth and lips ; it is consequently a dento- labial articulation, which by agreement is repre- sented by the letter jC Its second element is the simple sound «, which, by agreement, is repre- sented by the letter a, T. Well represent the soundy«. P* I represent the sound fa by the letter/* and the letter a. It is not necessary that every sound to be repre- sented should be analysed so minutely. The only thing of real importance is that the children should acquire, by sufficient practice, the ability of ana- lysing them whenever required. But the utmost attention should be paid to the formation of the letters. If the letters are made in a slovenly, careless manner, it is almost impossible to distin- guish them from each other and consequently to read well. Children must be taught to form their kttersr well, till they have acquired the habit of doing so. — After having represented and read all the sounds falling under this head, we proceed to the articulation represented by the letter V. T. (Uttering the sound va?) What sound have Tou heard ? P. I have heard the sound va. T. What kind of sound is the sound va ^ E 50 THE METHOD p. An articulate sound, T. Why do you call it so ? P, Because it is composed of the sound a and an articulation. T. How is its articulation effected ? P. By the combined action of the teeth and lips. T. Very well. But what name will you give it \ P. I will call it a dento-labial articulation. T. It is the right name ; and this (shewing and naming the letter v) is the sign or letter by which it is represented. But by how many and by what letters will you represent the sound va ? P. I will represent the sound va by two letters, the letter i) and the letter a, T. Why? P. The sound va is composed of the sound a and a dento-labial articulation. It has consequent- ly two elements and must be represented by two letters. The first element is a dento-labial articu- lation, which by agreement is represented by the letter v ; the second element is the sound a, which by agreement is represented by the letter a, T. Well ; represent the sound va. P. I represent the sound va by the letter v and the letter a. After having represented all the sounds falling imder this head, we proceed to the articulation represented by the letter S. T. (Uttering the sound sa,} What sound have you heard ? P. I have heard the sound sa ? T. What sound is the sound sa* P. An articulate sound. T. Why do you call it so ? OF TEACrilNG. 51 P. Because it is composed of the sound a and an articulation. T. What kind of articulation ? P. (Reflecting.) A pahuo-lingual articulation. T. Why do you call it so t P. Because it is effected by the combined action^ of the palate and the tongue. T. ^^ery well. But is this articulation really different from any of those we have learned to represent ? P. Yes, sir. T. So it is, and tlierefore we shall represent it by this new sign (showing and naming the letter ^.) By how many and by what letters will you now represent the sound sa ? P. By two letters, the letter s and the letter a, T. Well, do so. P. I represent the sound sa by the letter s and the letter a. After having represented and learned to read both on our slates and in our books all the various sounds falling under this head, we proceed to the articulation represented by the letter G. T. (Uttering the sound ga.^ What sound have you heard ? P. I have heard the sound ga, T. What sound is it ? P. An articulate sound. T. Why do you call it so ? P. Because it is composed of the sound a and an articulation. T. How is its articulation effected ? Po ^y the tongue and palate. h% THE METHOD T. Since it is effected by the combined action of the tongue and palate, what name will you give it I P. I will call it a palato-iingual articulation. T. But is this articulation really different from any of those we have learned to represent ? P. I think it is. r. It is so^and for this reason we shall represent it by this new sign (showing and naming the letter ^.) How are you now going to represent the sound ga f P. By the letter^ and the letter a, T. Well, do so. P. I represent the sound ^ar, by the letter g and the letter a. (This letter constantly represents in this regu- lar way, the articulation which it represents in the words, give, get, gig, gibbous, geese, geld, go, good, Sec. and not that which it represents in gem, genus, gin, &c. In the latter words ^represents two articulations totally different from the articulation of go, gad, &;c. and therefore it will make its appearance, vested with the latter power, among the irregulari- ties of the consonants. After having learned to represent and to read all the sounds falling under this head, we proceed to the articulation repre- sented by Z. (Uttering the sound 20.) What sound have you heard ? P. I have heard the sound 20. T. What kind of sound is the sound zo > P. The sound zo is an articulate sound, T. Why do you call it so ? OF TEACHING. o3 P. Because it is composed of the sounds and an articulation. T. How is its articulation effected and what do you call it ? P. It is eifected by the combined action of the tongue and palate, and is consequently a palato- lingual articulation. T. Very well. But is it different from any of those we have hitherto learned to represent ? P. Most certainly. T. Therefore we shall represent it by this new sign, called the letter zed. But by how many and by what letters will you represent the sound zo.^ P. By the letter z and the letter o. T. Very well, do so. P. I represent the sound zo by the letter z and the letter o, r. Have you done ? P. Yes, sir. T. What have you done ? P. I have represented the sound zo, by the letter z and the letter o. After having learned to represent and to read all the sounds falling under this head, we proceed to the articulation represented by the letter T. (Uttering the sound ka,) How many soimds have you heard ? P. One sound. T. What kind of sound is the sound ^a ? P. An articulate sound. T. Why do you call it so ? P. Because it is composed of the sound a and au articulation. T, How is this articulation effected ? 5^ THE METHOD P. By the combined action of the palate and tongue. T. What do you call it ? P. A palato -lingual articulation. T. Is it really different from any of those we have learned to represent ? P. Yes, sir. T. We must therefore represent it by this new sign (showing and naming the letter i.) But by "what letters will you represent the sound ka ! P. By the letter k and the letter a, T Well, do so. 1 he children then represent the sound ka^ and by succession all the various sounds falling under this head. Which being done, we proceed to the articulation represented by the letter R, CPreceding a sound. J T. (Uttering the sound ro.) W^hat sound have you heard ? P. I have heard he sound re. T. What kind of sound is it ? P. An articulate sound. T. Why do you call it so ? P. Because it is composed of an articulation and the sound o. T. How is its articulation effected ? P. By the combined action of the palate and tongue. T. What do you call it ? P. A palato-lingual articulation .^ T. Do you think this articulation differs from any of those articulations which we have learned to represent? ^ P. Yes, sir. OF TK ACHING. B5 T. So it does, and therefore we shall represent it by this new sign (showing and naming the letter r.) How will you now represent the sound ro ? P. Bv the letter r and the letter o, T. Well, do so. After having done with the sounds including this articulation, we proceed to the articulation represented by the letter R, C Succeeding a sound ; and the sound a as heard in the xvords^ far, mar, par, tar, ^c,J T. (Uttering the sound a^O What sound have you heard ? P. I have heard the sound ar. T. What sound is the sound ar ? P. The sound ar is an articulate sound. T. How is the articulation effected? P. (Trying.) By the tongue. T. It is consequently a lingual articulation, and is represented by the same sign by which we have represented the preceding articulation. But do you think the sound itself different from any of those sounds we have learned to represent ? P. Yes, sir. T. So it is. It is, however, represented by the same letter by which we have represented the sound a as heard in fate, and the sound a as heard in fat. P. Three different sounds are consequently re- presented by one single sign ! T. This is very true. But we cannot help it.. How do you mean to represent the sound ar P P. Bv the letter a and the letter r. T. Well do so. BO THE METHOB P. I represent the sound oir, by the letter a and the letter r. T. Have you done ? P. Yes, sir. T. What have you done ? P. I have represented the sound ar by the letter a and the letter r. After having done with the sounds falling under this head, we proceed to the articulation repre- sented by the letter H. T. (Uttering the sound ha.) What sound have you heard ? P. I have heard the sound ha. T. What sound is this ? P. An articulate sound. T. How is its articulation effected ? P. (Trying how to articulate.) By a strong as- piration or breathing through the glottis. T. We shall therefore call it an aspiration, or articulation of aspiration. This new articulation is represented by this letter (naming and showing the letter /z). How will you now represent the sound ha ? P. Bv the letter /i and the letters. T. Well, do so. From this articulation we proceed to that repre- sented by the letter L. T. (Uttering the sound la,) What sound have you heard ? P. I have heard the sound la, T. What sound is the sound I^ ? P. An articulate sound. OFTEACillNG, '^^ T. How is its articulation effected? P. Bv the tongue and palate. T. What do you call it in consequence of that? P. A palato-lingual articulation. T. Very well. This new articulation is repre- sented by the letter called el (shewing at the same time the letter /.) How will you now represent the sound la ? P. By the letter / and the letter a, T. Well, do so. P. I represent the sound la by the letter / and the letter a. • i j After having represented all the sounds, includ- ing: this articulation ; we proceed to the articula- tion represented by the letter N. T. (Uttering the sound na,^ What sound have you heard ? P. I have heard the sound na, T. What kind of sound is the sound na? P. An articulate sound. T. How is its articulation effected ? P. By the combined action of the tongue and palate. T. What is it said to be in consequence of its formation ? P. A palato-linguai articulation. T. Very well. This new articulation is repre- sented by this new sign, (shewing and naming the letter n,) Do yon now know how to represent the sound na? P. Yes, sir. I will represent it by the letter n and the letter a, T. Well do so. ^^ J HE M K/r J (OJJ After having represented and learned to read all the sounds incUiding this articulation, we pro- ceed to the sound represented by the letter I. T, (Uttering the sound ^i.) (Z'z/) What sound Iiave you heard ? P. 1 have heard the sound bi, T. What sound is the sound bi (J)ij) ? P. The sound bi is an articulate sound. T. Why do you call it so ? P. Because it is composed of an articulation and the sound i, T. As to the articiUation you know what it is and you know by what sign it is represented. But what kind of sound is the sound i, P. A double sound, composed of the sound rt and e, T. Very well. Now this double sound is repre- sented by the same letter which bears its name. Do you know that letter ? P O yes, the letter i. T. Very true. Represent now the sound hi. P. I represent the sound bi^ by the letter b and the letter ?'., After having represented and learned to read all the sounds falling under this head, we proceed to the articulation represented by the letter Y (In yes^ you,, &c.) T. (Uttering the sound ya,) What soimd have you heard ? P. I have heard the sound ya. T. What sound is thisf OP TEACUIXC. &9 P. An articulate sound. T. How is its articulation effected ? P. By the action of the tongue and palate. T. What do you call it in consequence of its formation ? P. A palato-lingual articulation. T. This articulation is represented by this new letter (shewing and naming the letter y.) How will you now represent the sound ya. P. By the letter y and the letter a, T. Do so. After having done with the sounds, including this articulation, we proceed to the articulation re- presented by TH, (In the^ them, then, with, &c.) T. (Uttering the sound the,) What sound have you heard ? P. I have heard the sound the, T. What sound is it ? P. Ap articulate sound. T. How is its articulation effected ? P. By the tongue and teeth. T. Very true ; and for this reason we shall c^ll it a lingua-dental articulation. But does this ar- ticulation really differ from any of the foregoing articulations ? P. Most certainly. T. Very well. But do you form one or two ar' ticulations when you utter the sound the ? P. (Trying.) I form but one. T. You think then that the sound the is com- posed but of one simple sound and one single articulation ? P. Yes, sir. ^ THE ]METIiOD T. And so do I. However I must tell you that this simple and single articulation is represented by two letters. P. By two letters I One single articulation re- presented by two letters ! and three different oral sounds represented by one single letter ! A won- derful contrivance? indeed ! And which are the two letters ? T. Here they are (shewing t and y^.) Mind only that t must always be placed before h. How are you now going to represent the sound the ? P. By t, h and e, T. Well, do so. P. I represent the sound the by t^ h and e.» T. Have you done ? P. Yes, sir. T. What have you don« ? P. I have represented the sound the by the let- ters ty h and e, T. How many elements has the sound the ? P. The sound the has two elements, an articu- lation and a simple sound. T. As the sound the has two elements, by how many signs ought it to be represented ? P. Why, by two, to be sure. T. Why? P. Because each of the two single elements ought to be represented by one single sign. T. But by how many signs have you represent- ed it ? P. By three. T. And why is the sound the represented by three signs I P. Because one single element of the sound the is, by a custom for which I see no reason, re- presented by two signs. OF TEACHING. 61 After having represented all the various sounds falling under this head, we proceed to the articu- lation represented by TH, (In thin, thick^ bath,) T. (Uttering the sound thin*) How many sounds have you heard t P. One sound. T. What sound? P. The sound thin, T. What sound is the sound thin P P. An articulate sound- T. How many elements has the sound thinP P. It has three elements. T. What are they ? P. The first is a lingua-dental articulation, the second is a simple sound, the third is a palato-lin- gual articulation. T. Is there any of these three elements differ- ent from those which we have learned to re- present ? P. Yes, sir. It is the first. T. But how is this first element effected ? P. By the combined action of the tongue and teeth. T. But our preceding articulation was effected the same way. P. Very true, but it was less strong than the actual articulation. T. You imagine therefore that it ought to be represented by a sign different from _that by which we have represented the foregoing articu- lation ? ^S THE METHOD P. So it ought to be. But the misfortune is that due care is not taken of what concerns every one. T. And in this instance the regulators of Ian- guage have not done what they ought ; for the lat- ter articulation, though evidently different from the former, they have chosen to represent by the very same sign or rather signs. How will you now represent the sound thin ? p. I will represent the sound thin by the letter tj the letter /?, the letter i, and the letter n, T. Well, do so. P. I represent the sound thin by the letter t^ &c. After having represented and learned to read all those sounds falling under this head, we pro- ceed to the articulation represented by SH. T. (Uttering the sound sha,) How many and what sounds have you heard ? P. I have heard one sound, the sound sha» T. What is this sound composed of? P. Of a simple sound and an articulation. T. How is this articulation effected ? P. By the combined action of the tongue and palate. T. It is therefore a palato-lingual articulation, and though a single element, it is again represent- ed by two signs ; (shewing s and A) these are the letters by which people have agreed to repre- sent it. How will you represent the sound sha ? P. I shall represent the sound sha^ by s^ h and a. T. Well, do so. T, (The sound being represented.) By how many letters have you represented the sound sha ? P. By three. OF TEACHING. 63 'i\ Why ? P. Because one of its two elements is, by agree- ment, represented by two letters. After having represented all the various sounds falling under this head, we proceed to the articu- lation represented by NG. T. (Uttering the sound ajig-.^ What sound have you heard ? P. I have heard the sound ang: T. How many elements is the sound an^ com- posed of? P. The sound a7i^ is composed of two elements. T. What are they ? P. The first is the sound «, the second is an ar- ticulation. T. How is the articulation of the sound a?ig ef- fected ? P. By the action of the lower jaw. T. In this case we must call it a maxillar articu- lation» But this single articulation ought to be re- presented by how many signs ? P. By one sign, to be sure. T. So it ought. But, unfortunately, it is repre- sented by two, which, however, are already known to you (showing n and ^) ; these are the two signs by which people have agreed to represent this maxillar articulation. How are you now going to represent the sound ang P P. By a 71 g, T. Very well, do so. After having learned to represent and to read the sounds falling under this head, we proceed to the articulation, which, if there was any analog^^ fi* THE METHOD ill our incongruous alphabetical system, ought to be represented by ZH. T. (Uttering the sound z/za.) (zh representing the flat note of the sharp sh,) What sound have you heard ? P. I have heard the sound zha, T. What sound is it ? P. An articulate sound. T. How is its articulation effected ? P. By the combined action of the tongue and palate. T. Very well. This articulation, differing froni any of the preceding articulations, ought to be re- presented by a new sign. But we have unhappily no new, no particular sign to represent it, we shall therefore represent it by z and h. How will you. now represent the sound zha f P. By 2 and A and a. T. Well, do so. P. I represent the sound zha by the letter z, the letter /i, and the letter a. After having done with the sounds including this articulation, we proceed to the double sound represented by OU, (In loiid^ mouthy south ^ &c.) T. (boiiS) What sound have you heard r P. 1 have heard the sound bou. T. What sound is the sound bou ? P. An articulate sound, T. Why do you call it so ? P. Because it is composed of the sound on and an articulation. OP TEACHING. 65 T. By what sign will you represent the articu- lation ? P. By the letter b. T. But what kind of sound is the sound ou^ or the second element of the sound bou ? P. A double sound. T. Very well, and this double sound is repre- sented by the two letters o and ii. Consequently, how are you going to represent the sound bou ? P. Bv the letters b^ , e, /. T. Read now. P. Meltings propel. T. How many syllables has the v^ord propels P. Two. T. As the word propel has two syllables, what is it said to be ? P. A dissyllable. T, Which of its two syllables is uttered with the greatest stress ? P. The second. T. What is therefore its second syllable said to be? P. Its second syllable is said to be its accented syllable. T. (Uttering the word repel.) How many syl- lables has the word repel ? P. But what does repel mean ? T. It means to push back. P. The word repel has two syllables, re 2aid peL T. What is it said to be ? P. A dissyllable. T. Which is its accented syllable ? 7% THE METHOD P. The second. T. Write it down. P. i?, Cfp, e^ L T. Read. P. Meltings propel^ repel. After having written down and examined and ascertained the meanings of our dissyllables, we proceed to the TRISY1I.ABLES. T. (Uttering the v^ or 6. frustrating.^ How many sounds have you heard ? P. Three, friis^ tra, ting. T. Have these three sounds, taken together, any meaning ? P. No, sir. T. When I intend to do or to gain something and you hinder me from realising my intention, then you are said to frustrate my design or my in- tention. As you know now the meaning of frus- trating, what is it ? P. A word. T. Write it down. P. Ff r, w, *, t, r, a, t, i, n, g. ^ T, How many syllables has this word ? P. Three. T. Which is its accented syllable I ' P. The first. T. (Uttering the word reprehend.') How many sounds have you heard t P. Three, rep^ re, hend. T. Have these three sounds united a meaning for you i P. No, sir. T. When you do something which displeases me and which of course I ordered you not to do, don't I blame you for it ? «1^ TEACHING. 73 P. Yes, sir. T. Well, to blame and to reprehend have the same meaning. Reprehend has now a meaning for you ; what is it now said to be ? P. A word. T. Well, write it down. P. i?, 6", /?, r, e^ /i, e", 72, d. Read, Frustrating^ reprehend, T. How many syllables has the word reprehend ? P. Three. T, What is it said to be ? P. A trisyllable. T. Which is its accented syllable ? P. The third. T. (Uttering the word unmindfuL^) How many sounds have vou heard I P. Three. ' T. Have those three sounds united, a meaning for you ? P". No, sir. T. Whenever you do not pay attention to a thing, you are unmindful. When you do not mind what you are told, and of course soon forget it, you are said to be unmindful. Since these three sounds united have a meaning, what do you call them ? P. A word. T. How many syllables has this word ? P. Three. T. What is it said to be t P. A trisyllable. T. Which is its accented syllable ? P. I'he second. T. Why do you call its second syllable accented r P. Because it is pronounced with more stress than the remaining two. 7f THE METHOD T. Write it clown. P. f7, 72, 772, ?\ 7Z, ^,yj 7^, /. T Read. P. Frustrating^ reprehend, unmindful. From the trisyllables we proceed to the TETRASYLLABLES aiul PENTASYLLABLES. T. (Uttering the word iinavoided.') How many sounds have you heard ? P. Four. T. Have these four sounds joined together a meaning for you ? P. No, sir. T. When you are afraid that something might hurt you, you shun and avoid it, you try to escape it. Unavoided mtims not avoided ; when you have not tried to avoid, to escape a dangerous or hurt- ful thing or situation, then it is unavoided. Since unavoided has a meaning, what is it said to be t P. A word. T. How many syllables has the word una- voided? P. Four. T. Which is its accented syllable ? P. The third. T. Write it down. P. U^ 72, 12, V^ 0, Z, T. HoM^ many different sounds are represented by the letter o ? P. Two. T. Which are they ? P. The sound o and the sound ». T. What is the meaning of the word mistrust ? P. I do not know. T. When you doubt whether I shall do what I promise or engage to do, then you mistrust me. To mistrust a man is not to trust him. But what is the meaning of the word benevolent? P. I do not know. T. A man who is willing to please you, who in- tends to do good unto you, is said to be a bene- volent man. Is it reasonable to be benevolent ? P. Yes, sir. T. Why ? P. Because, if I try to do good unto you, I shall induce you to please me, or to do good unto me. T. Very well. Do you now understand the meaning of your first phrase ? P. Yes, sir. T. Let us now examine another and a very im- portant point. The above phrase is made up of eight words, and these eight words are absolutely necessary to express what I want to say. If you take any one word away, the meaning of the remainder will be either totally changed, or it will be impossible to understand it at all. The words mutually determine and modify each other. The c; 2 r S THE METHOD first word then is determined by the word must ; the word 7?iiist is determined by ?iot^ and by mis- trust ; mistrust is determined by man ; 7nan is de- termined by a and benevolent^ and benevoleJit is de- termined by so. In order therefore to learn to speak and to write correctly, you must pay all possible attention to the meaning of each word you employ, and to the position it occupies with re- spect to the others. If you neglect these two points you will neither understand yourselves nor be understood by others. It is in this way we write down, read, examine and analyse each'of the phrases that you will find in the first part of this book, you will easily remark that these phrases are made up of such words only as are spelled according to the plan laid down. This is what I might call the regular mode of spelling, though for obvious reasons it little de- serves this name. In the second part )^ou will find phrases including successively all the irregu- larities of the sounds. There for instance, you will find the sound represented in the first part by 0, as in the word so^ successively represented by ocif oru^ oe^ eau, ough^ ou^ &:c. But the misfortune -is that many words include two, three, four, nay five irregularities. Such words I was obliged to reserve for the chapter where the last irregularity occurs. The word brexver for instance includes two sounds irregularly represented. This word therefore I could not make use of before I reach- ed the irregularities of the sound lu You will find all the irregularities classed and distinguished from each other. I shall now give some specimens of the further manner of proceeding, which will en- able vou to follow my track as closely as you please. OF TEACHING. 79 T. We know now how to represent words and phrases, but there are still a great many words which we do not know how to write. Hitherto we liave represented the sound o by the letter o ; but this very same sound is represented in many other ways. In those words which we shall first learn to write, the sound o is represented by oa. P. By oa ! and of w^hat use is the a in represent- ing the sound o ? T. You want to know more than I can tell you. People represent the sound o by the letters o and a I this is the only reason I can give you for re- presenting this sound thus. How will you now write or spell, as people say, the word ajioat ? P. By a, f, 1, 0(7, t. T. (Uttering very distinctly.) I told them that the ship must be set ajioat* — /, told^ tliem^ that, the^ ship^ must^ hey set^ afloat, [The phrase being written down in the way al- ready explained. I order them to read.] P. / told them that the ship must he set ajloat. T. How many words is your first phrase com- posed of? P. My first phrase is composed of ten words. T. How many monosyllables does it include ? p. My first phrase includes nine monosyllables. T. How many, dissyllables does it include t P. One. T. Which is it ? P. Afloat. T. Which is its accented syllable I P. The second. T. How many different sounds are represented by the letter e P P. Two. T. Which are they ? cSO THE METHOD P. The sound e and the sound e * T. How many different sounds are represented by the letter i? P. Two. The sound i and the sound i . T. In how many different ways is the sound o represented ? P. In two different ways. By the letter o in the word told, and by oa in the word afioat. T. By what word is the word /determined ? P. By the word told. T. By what words is told determined ? P. By them and that. T. How is that determined ? P. By all the words that follow iti T. How is ship determined ? Pi By the and must. T. How is must determined ? P. By be. T. By what word is be determined ? P. By set. T. By what word is set determined • P. By afoat. T. Does the word ship represent a sensation or a cause of sensations ? P. The word ship represents a cause of sen- sations. T. Does the word told represent a sensation or a cause of sensations ? P. A sensation, he. &c. [After having written down and analysed those phrases which include the words where the sound is represented by oa, we proceed to those words where the sound o is represented by ow.] T. I shall now make you acquainted with those words which include the sound o represented OF TEACHING. 81 by ow, (Reading.) I told him that the boat must be beloxv. How do you spell the word beloxv ? P. B^e^ /, {?, zv, T. Very well. All the other words you know how to spell. Write the phrase down. P. /, told^ hiniy that^ the., hoat^ must^ be^ beloxv. T. (The phrase being written down and read.) How many words is your first, second, or third;> &c. phrase composed of? P. My first phrase is composed of nine words. T. How many monosyllables does it include ? P. Eight. T. How many dissyllables does it include i" P. One. T. Which is it? P. The word below. T. Which is its accented syllable ? P. The second. T. How many different sounds are repres^ented by the letter i ? P. Two. T. Which are they ? P. The sound i and the sound i. T. In how many different ways is the sound o represented ? T. The sound o is represented in three different ways. T. Which are they t P. By the letter o, by the letters o and «, and by the letters o and xv. T. How many elements is the sound boat com- posed of? P. The sound boat is composed of three ele- ments. T. What are they ? 3ii THE METHOD P. The first is a labial articulation, the second is a simple sound, and the third is a lingua-palatal articulation. T. Since the sound boat has three elements, hj hew many signs ought it to be represented ? P. Bv three. T. By how many is it represented ? P. By four. T. Why ? P. Because the simple sound o^ which is one of its elements, is represented by two signs or letters^ by and a. T. What does the word boat represent ? P. A cause of sensations, &c. &c. T. What does the word /represent? P. The word / represents the cause which pro- duced the sensation represented by the word told. T. What does the word told represent ? P. The word if (5/<^ represents the sensation pro- duced by the being represented by the word /, and perceived by the being represented by the word him^ &c. &c. T. How are the words determined by each other ? P. The word /is determined by told; told is, determined by Am and ?/z6f?; that is determined by the boat must be below ; boat is determined by the and rnust ; must is determined by be^ and be is determined by beloxv. It is in this way we analyse and examine every word and phrase which we write down. Whenever you find one of the following expressions, ough '^ 0^ ai = a^ exv = ?/, &c. you have only to tell your scholars : In the following new v/ords the sound will be represented by the letters oiigh^ or the sound a will be represented by the letters ' eF TEACHTN6. S3 fii, or the sound u (po) will be represented by ew ; and then before you dictate the phrase you single out the word including the specified irregularity and cause it to be spellt d. After we have done with the irregularities of the sounds, we proceed to the articulations irre- guhirly represented. You will then find gh = y; p/i = f; c = k ; c -= s ; c = z ; s = sh ; s = zh ; u = I ; tt =^ t. These expressions mean that the articulation represented by the letter^in the words Jbe^ full-, &c. is represented by gh in the words laugh., cough^ &c. &c. that the same articulation is represented by ph^ in the words prophet^ philo- sophy^ philanthropy f &c. &c. K I have no doubt but many will enquire how and when grammar is to be taught, and what gram- mar is preferable. Before I answer these enqui- ries, let us examine what is to be understood by teaching grammar. To teach grammar means nothing else than to teach how to speak and write grammatically or correctly. But what does that mean, to speak correctly ? What do 1 do when I speak correctly, and first what do I do when I speak ? When I speak I communicate to beings organized like me, my feelings either actually per- ceived or remembered. To effect this purpose, I make use of certain signs, either audible or visible, called words. These words must therefore repre- sent either my feelings or the causes which pro- duce my feelings. But for what purpose do I speak ? To be understood. And how can I be understood I By representing my feelings and their causes by such signs as, by mutual agreement, those I speak to, would use to represent them with. I feel, for instance, a certain disagreeable sensation, I feel that a being, organized like myself, is in pos- Si THE IVIEI'HOD session of something which I know by my experi- ence is capable of freeing me from my disagreeable sensation ; I feel an inclination to communicate to that being my sensations, and I say : I am very hungry, give me that bread you have in your hand. If the signs I employ to express my feelings are the very signs which the being that perceives them would make use of to represent the very same sen- sations, which 1 intend they should represent, the being who perceives my signs, will understand them, and will thus be able to satisfy my wants. To speak correctly means nothing else but to speak intelligibly ; it means, to speak so that all those who perceive my signs, readily understand their meanings. If, therefore, you want to teach me speaking and writing correctly, intelligibly, and gramaiatically, you must teach me the signs by which a certain set of beings who feel like me have agreed to represent their feelings and the causes of their feelings. Thib is the most important point, but unfortunately this all-important point is too little attended to. The second point which I must know, in order to speak correctly or grammatically^ is the place I have to give to each sign which I employ. If you teach me by what signs I have to represent my feelmgs, and what place I have to give to those signs, you teach me to speak correct- ly, to speak intelligibly, or, if you choose, to speak grammatically. *"•• But is it not necessary to know that there are 8, 9, or 10 parts of speech, called nouns, pronouns, modifiers, adjectives, verbs, ad- verbs, conjunctions, propositions, interjections ; that a verb may be in the infinitive, subjunctive, indicative, potential, or imperative mood, &c. &c. &C. f " No. If you are wise, if you want to con- sult the welfare of the children intrusted to your OF TEACIIiNG; SS care and tuition ; teach them instead of this arti- ficial and unmeaning series of indefinite terms, di- rect their attention to the sensations which they re- ceive, and to the causes of their sensations, teach them the signs by which these feelings and their causes are represented ; teach them how to place them correctly either in speaking or writing; teach them how to utter them and to write them cor- rectly, and you will have taught them every thing they want to know and you can teach them. " But what shall we do with the numerous systems of grammar ?" You may make a bonfire of them if you please, or preserve them for a wiser posterity as a monument of errors overcome. In one word em- ploy them as you please, but be sure not to pester and befool your scholars with them. **■ But is it possible to learn to speak and to write correctly without the assistance of grammar, without study- ing grammar ?" Let us try. I want to tell you that 1 am thirsty. And do you imagine that in or« der to tell you so, I must know that /is a per- sonal pronoun, of the first person, in the singular number; of the masculine, feminine or neuter gender; nominative case; making i« the genitive cf?ney in the dative to me; in the accusative ?w^/ having no vocative ; but making in the ablative from me ; that we is its plural number; must I know that am is a verb, making in the infinitive mood be ; that it is the first person, in the singular number ; that k is a substantive verb ; that it ;s in the indicative mood, in the present tense ; an aux* iliary verb; that thirsty is an adjective or an attri- bute which by the copula a7n is married with^^ the word I? Do you imagine that I must know alle this obscure and confounding jargon in order to bc'o able to tell you that I am thirsty. Or do you fancj^f K Sb THE RfETHOD that if I know all the vocabulary of fanciful and arbitrary terms used in all or any of the various theories of grammar, that I understand the bet- ter what I want to tell you ? If therefore you want to treat your children like parrots, or learned hogs, you may teach them your grammars (let their au- thors be whom they may) in the usual manner, and begin therewith as soon as you please, and you will most assuredly effect your purpose. But if you want to make of them rational beings, take a ra- tional method and success will be your reward. ** But am I to explain to my pupils the meaning of each term or sign which they employ ?" Yes, This is your duty, and if you are not able to do this, you are not fit for the station of a teacher of 1 rational beings. Improvements in every art or science, and al- terations in any habits of thinking or acting, long established, are sure to meet opposers. Perhaps it is not useless that it should be so, since it is bv examination and experience, real improvements may be distinguished from the merely imaginary, the solid from the unsubstantial. This contri- vance for the teaching of children to write and read, is composed for children and teachers exclusively. If I could be assured it would not fall into other hands, it would not be necessary for me to form this introduction. But as it will very probably^ fall into the hands of persons who are adverse to any alteration of the long established forms of schools, and manner of teaching ; who may think the old metlK>ds as having reached the greatest til degree of perfection; and who on that account ii^(Wili be disqualified from forming a judgment on a gjj^subject, which will by the force of their prejudi- suiCes, be kept too much aloof to be within the bounds OF TEACHmO, S7" of their comprehension ; I shall follow the prii= dent advice of an intelligent friend, and try to obviate at least some of the cavils and quibbles oi" these aristarchs. The syllabic lessons may perhaps be considered at the first as novel and unusual ; the phrases will perhaps be subjected to the additional imputation of triteness and singularity ; and the propositions may be treated as awkward, puerile and unfamiliar. But as tlierc is no judging correctly of any- subject vv'ithout well understanding it, this con- trivance of mine must be taken in the manner and in the spirit of its purpose, in order to knov/ how suitable or unsuitable it is to the accomplishment of the end for which it was composed ; and this introduction is prepared out of complaisance even for prejudices, and with the view of giving some explanation of certain peculiarities in the method, which upon a little acquaintance, would cease to appear under any of the unfavorable points of light to which its difference from the usual forms of teaching subjects it when taken in a partial lights It may be asked, whether the end of teaching according to the method I pursue, could not be obtained without those exceptions made to the manner ? my answer is decidedly in the negative ; and every teacher who takes up my track, and pur- .sues it with a little patient resolution, will soon perceive that there is not only great utility^ but an absolute necessity of pursuing the course I have laid down. My intention, in this little work, is to provide a rational method by which children may be taught to write and to read ; to render the task easy^ the progress snref and the occupation pleasant. To effect this purpose, I began with an examination of SS THE SIETHOD what writing and reading really consisted of ; and then to discover the manner in which they may be best taught these parts of necessary knowlege. After mature investigation, I perceived that the art of writing was to communicate thought, and con- sists in knowing how to represent by certain figures and their combinations, the simple and double orai sounds, and their articulations. Those figures or visible signs are called letters, and they are the forms of letters received in the language and agreed on to represent those sounds. I perceived that reading consists in the utterance of the oral sounds, which are represented by the written letters ; and that if I wish to instruct chil- dren in the art of writing thoughts, and reading them aloud, I must first make them acquainted with the elements of our oral language, and then with the signs or letters by wdiich those who have pre- ceded us in the formation and use of the language, had agreed to use as the representatives of those elements ; that I must enable my pupils by prac- tice or exercise to imitate those visible signs, and to utter the sounds which are represented by them ; and that finally these exercises must be congenial with all the proceedings of the Pestalozzian school. I mean to say, they must be minutely gradual. If the alphabetical system were regular, as it oug:ht to be^ if the same element of our oral Ian- gua,o-e was invariably represented by the same visible sign ; any child of common capacity could be easily taught writing and reading in the course of two or three weeks. For it would have only to learn to make thirt3'-six signs and to remember their meanings, a task which might certahiiy be performed in a very small space of time. But the truth isj and it is aYnisfortune, that there is hardly OF TEACHING. 89 any thing under the sun more irregular and more preposterous than this system. The same element is frequently represented in eight or ten different ways ; take, for example, the sound which you. hear when pronouncing the words, bold, foe, beau, loxv, soul, though, owe* door, hautboy, shew. Now in all these words we hear the very same sound ? which is consequently represented in ten different ways : by o in bold, by oe in foe, by eaii in beau, by ow in low,, by on in soul, by ough in though, by oxve in flowed, by oo in door, by aut in hautboy, and by ew in shew. Whereas the very same sign. very often represents four or five different ele- ments. Take, for example, the words man, fote^ mar, halt, xvoman, many, village. In each of these seven words the letter a represents a totally differ- ent sound. Instead, therefore, of learning to represent thirty-six elements by thirty-six signs^ children are doomed to learn the representation of j)erhaps more than twenty-thousand words indi'- v I dually ^ a task so tedious, so disgusting and laboi-ious, that out of one hundred children, ninety- nine perhaps have neither time nor capacity •enough to perform it. That we are compelled to learn to write every word of the language indivi- dually, will appear evident from the following consideration. Let us suppose a person should know how to write every word of the language except the word cough. Is it to be imagined that his previously acquired knowledge v/ould enable him to write this word in the usual way ? Let us examine. The word or rather the sound cough is composed of three elements, one of which is a sound, and the two remaining ones are articula° tions. The first articulation, in this word repre= sented by Cp is in other words represented by i, ck^ H 2 90 THE METHOD c/z, qu^ che^ and que ^ for instance in the words bleak, black, echo^ liquor^ ache^ and anitqiie. The second element of the sownd coiigh^ represented by ou^ is in many words represented by c, in others by aw, in others by oughf m others by augh, in Kome by au^ in others by oa, by ow, and by aL J^ook for instance at the words, nor, paw, sought^ taught^ author, broad, knowledge, falL The last element of the sound cough represented by gh^ is in many v/ords represented by /", in others by^ in others by /j/z. The first articulation might therefore be represented by seven, the second in nine, and the last articulation in four different ways. Now, I defy the best guesser in New England to guess the exact manner in which contrivers of this alphabetical system meant to represent the sound cough. But it is useless to dwell on the absurdi- ty of the prevailing alphabetical system. What I have said may be sufficient to convince every rational being that any scheme for teaching the use of such a defective instrument must necessarily partake of its defects, and where there is so much absurdity, that the means to overcome it may likewise appear to partake of it. Let me now briefly state what road I have taken and what difficulties I had to contend v/ith. I began first to ascertain all the various elements of the spoken language, and called them according to their na- ture, simple SQundS'i double sounds, SLud articulations. Next I acquainted my pupils in due succession with the visible signs by which every element is represented. But in order not to bewilder them, we represented in our first course every sound and articulation throughout by the same sign. Thus the sound a, which you hear in pronouncing ya^e, pail J great ^ he, we always represented by the letter OP TEACHING. 9i a. This first part might therefore be styled the regular part of the business ; though for obvious reasons it little deserves this name. After they had learned to represent every element of our spoken language in the regular way, I proceeded to make them write words of one, then two, then three syllables, and so on. For this purpose I selected such words as are spelled according to the above mentioned regularity. All the other words, whose elements are represented irregularly must of necessity be kept out of sight, because the children having yet to learn them, know nothing of them, and would needs have spelled them wrong. For instance let us take the word bought. By analysing this sound they would have found that this sound is composed of three elements, and as they had been taught to represent the first elem.ent by ^, the second by o, as in nor ^ for ^ and the third by f, they would have represented this sound by hot, haugh^ they would have spelled laf; cough they would have written kof^ &c. &c. But to avoid this incongruity w^hich is in the language, a course adapted to the correction of this incon- gruity must be pursued ; and in this will be found an explanation of the apparent oddity of the classification of syllables and phrases. From writing single words we proceeded to write whole sentences. These sentences again contain no others but such words as are spelled according to our regular waij^ that is, excluding what is not simple and regular ; and for the same reason. In- stead, therefore, of the usual word rapture^ I was compelled to make use of the term enravishment^ The vulgar term to swop^ usurped the place of the more elegant word to barter, or to exchange* As I could not use the word peely I employed vhe 9% ^ THE MGTHOB word ski?i. The usual word you^ in the commmi dialect of civil life, I could not employ, and there- fore I made use of the word thoii^ of the grave dialect. Instead of saying as we usually, say : She did not forbid me to erase it ; or, She did not forbid my erasing it ; I was compelled to employ the obsolete or unusual form, She did not forbid me erasing it. As I could not employ the word dislike^ I was obliged to say detest. This is the reason why the same words recur so often. Instead of the usual aghast^ I was compelled to use the unusual agast^ which latter spelling is however authorisecl by the elegant Walker. From this exposition it is evident that to construct my first phrases, containing no other terms but such as are spelled regularly, I had perhaps not above three hundred words at my command. Those, there- fore, who would, be tempted to censure the appa- rent awkwardness of my regular sentences, have only to attempt the construction of a dozen phrases, under similar restrictions^ and I am confident that they will discover the difficulty. And to render the task more easy to them, I am about to select a dozen words for them, on which they may base their construction : fllm^Jish^ pond^Jiash^ ground^ ■mornings fur^fund^ prohibit^ insult^ fing^ spring. " But why did you not give single words instead of sentences, if it was impossible for you to make better ones ?" Because children have not merely the faculty of learning, but also of forgetting. After we had done with this regular representa- tion, we proceeded to the irregularities of the sounds. On every word in which one or more sounds are represented irregularly, I constructed again a phrase. The irregularities were again OF TEACHING. 93 kitroduced in due succession ; all the unknown words were continually kept out of sight. Thus, in the first chapter of the irregularities, where we learned to represent the sound o by oa; I could not employ any other words but such as are spelled regularly, and such in which this sound is repre- sented by oa. Those very words which included the sound o irregularly represented, such as the wordcca^, but in which there were besides some other irregularities with which we had not yet be- come acquainted, were to be kept out of sight. This word coat will only make its appearance in the chapter where k is replaced by c as in cold, cough, &c. After we had by degrees, become ac- quainted with all the whimsical ways in which the sounds of our words are represented, we proceed- ed to the representation of the articulations liable to irregularities. These irregularities form the third part, and second volume of the work, which will follow the first as speedily as possible. A careful inspection of the phrases, making up the second part of the first volume? will convince every one that my phraseology grows better and better the farther I advance. This is natural enough. The range of v^ords at my command becomes wi- der and wider at every step, and I have conse- quently less trouble in saying what I mean to express, and I can assure all those who perceive oddity or awkwardness in the commencement, that before they shall rea^^h the end of the second vo- lume they will be served with very elegant senten- ces, witty sayings, poetical effusions, harmonious constructions, v/ell rounded periods, and a great many other nice things too tedious to enumerate, *' And why did you not leave the phrase-making business to the teachers themselves ?'' 'm THE SIETIiOD Because I am confident that not one out of ■& hundred would have a sufficient share of patience or laboriousness to undertake and to perform so tedious a job, '' But will not your queer phraseology lead children into a wrong path ?" No, sir. Because this phraseology will be abandoned as soon as practicable, and replaced by a more rational one. Thus the grave and solemn ihou will be exchanged for the fashionable yoUf as soon as we reach the chapter where the sound you hear in you^fool^ rue^ &c. is represented by ow. Af- ter that period this solemn word thou will only be resorted to in the future tense. Because the word zvill or shall being irregular in its articulate repre- sentation will compel me to say, thou ruilt ; instead of saying, you tuilL And as soon as we reach the chapter in the second volume where we shall learn to represent the last articulation perceived in will or shall by U,, the word thou will be totally banished. " But why did you contrive this new method ? Why did you not follow the old beaten track ?" if you understand any thing about our alphabe- tical system, you must be convinced, as I am, that this instrument for representing our oral sounds is very defective ; that to learn its right use requires a very long period of time. Now I have observed that few men who have learned to handle this instrument, know any thing about its numerous and glaring defects ; most of them are, on the contrary, wisely of opinion that it is a very clever thing, and that it would be a great pity to ex- change it for another. This notion of theirs is, in my opinion, owing to the defective and prepos- terous method by which they are taught its use., ©F TEACHING, 9o And this is the true reason that induced me to abandon the beaten rack and to introduce this new scheme. And I have not the least doubt but the next generation, if taught to write and to read after this new ntethod, will be fully convinced of all the defects of our present alphabetical system, and unanimously reject it in order to adopt a rationai one. THE IVIETHOB PRACTICAL WRITING ^ READING LESSONS. SECTION I. Containing the simple sounds of the language in all their variety^ considered as sounds only. a e o n A E O U ba be bo bu Ba Be Bo Bu ab eb ib ob lib Ab Eb lb Ob Ub bab beb bib bob bub Bab Beb Bib Bob Bub pa Pa pe Fe po Po pu Fu ap Ap ep Ep ip op Op up up pap Pap Bap Pab pep Pep Bep Peb pip Pip Bip Pib pop Fop Bop Fob pup Pup Bup Fuu ^- Ma Me Mo Mil ma me nio mil am em im um om Am Em Im Urn Om mam mem mim mom mum Mami Mem •^Mim Mom Mum OF TEACHING. bam bem bim bom bum Bam Bern Bim Bom Bam mab meb mib mob mub Mab Meb Mib Mob Mub pam Pam pem Pern pirn Pirn pom Pom pum Pum map Map mep Mep ntip Mip mop Mop mup Mup mamp Mamp memp Memp mimp Mimp momp Momp mump Mump Pamp Pemp Pimp Pomp Pump pamp Bomp pemp bamp pimp bimp pomp bump pump i bemp Wa We Wo Wu \va we wo wu wab web wib wob wub Wab Web Wib Wob Wub Wam Wem Wim Wom Wum warn wem wim worn wum wap Wap wep Wep wip Wip wop Wop wup Wup wamp Wamp wemp Wemp wimp Wimp womp Womp wump Wump. do de da "^ du Do De Da Du ad ed id od ud Ad Ed Id Od Ud Dad Ded Did Dod Dud Dab Deb Dib Dob Dub bad bed bid bod bud Dam Dem Dim Dom Dum M;ad Med Mid Mod Mud Dap pod Dep peri Dip pud Dop pad Dup pid 97 98 THE METt lOD Dabd Dibd dobd dubd debd Wad Wud Wod Wed Wid wabd Webd wobd wibd wubd Damp demp domp dump dimp ■j pamd pemd pomd pimd puma Dwa Dwe Dwo Dwu Dwab Dweb Dwib Dwob Dwub Dwem Dwim Dwom Dwum Dwam Dwep Dwip Dwap Dwup Dwop ta te tu to Ta. Te Tu To Tat Tet Tit Tot Tut at et it ot ut bat bet bit bot but tab teb tib tob tub pat pet Dit X pot put tap tep tip top tup mat met mit mot mut tarn tern tim torn turn Twa Twe Two Twu Twap Twep Twip Twop Twup Tad tid tud tod ted dat dit dut dot det Tamp temp timp tomp tump wapt wept wipt wopt wupt tapt tept tipt topt tupt dapt dept dipt dopt dupt Twapt twept twipt twopt twupt Fa Fe Fo Fu fa fe fo fu af ef if of uf fef fef fif fof fuf feat bef bif bof buf tm. feb ^ fib fob fub OF TEACHING. paf lap maf pef fep mef pif mif pof fop mof puf fup muf fam fem iim fom fum waf wef wif wof wuf daf def dif dof duf fad fed fid fod fud taf tef tif tof tuf fat fet fit fot fut baft beft . boft bift buft paft maft peft meft pift mift poft moft puft muft woft weft wift waft wuft doft daft deft dift duft loft taft teft tuft lift Va Ve Vo Vu va ve vo Vll vat vet vit vot vut vab vob veb vib vub vam vem vom vim vum Way wev wov wiv wuv bav bov biiv biv bev tav tev tov tiv tuv dov dev dav duv div vad ved vod vid vud vat vot vit vut vet vamp vabd vemp vobd vomp vebd vump vibd vimp vubd vapt fav Vept fev vopt fiv vipt fov viipt fuv vaf vef vif vof vuf vaft veft vift voft vuft Sa So Se Su •as es lis is OS 99 lOU THE METHOD sas sus SOS ses sis bas bes bus bis bos sob sib sub seb sab pas pes pis pos pus sup sop sip sep sap mas mos mis mes mus sum sem slm som sam was wes WOS wis wus das des dis dus dos 6ad sed sid sud sod tas tes tis tus tos sat set sit sut sot fas fes lis fos fus suf sof sif sef saf vas ves vus vis vos sov SUV siv sev sav ust est ast ist ost sta ste sto stu sast sest sost sist sust stus stes stos stas stis bast best bist bost bust stab steb stib stob stub past pest pist post pust stup stop stip step stap mast inest must mist most stem. stem stum stim stam wast west wost wist wust dast dest dust dist dost stod stid stud sted stad tast test tust tist tost Stat stet stut stit stot fast fest fust fist fost staf stef stuf stif stof vest vest vust vast vist stov stev * stuv stiv stav smab smeb smib smob smub OF TEACHING. smep smip smop smup smap. swip swop swap swep swup Sfep Sfip Sfop Sfap Sfup bests bosts bists busts basts pests posts pists pusts pasts mests mists *mosts masts musts wosts wusts wests wists wasts vosts vists vusts vasts Vests fosts fists fusts fests fasts dosts dists dusts dasts dests tests tists tusts tasts tosts sosts sists susts sasts sests Smit smut smat smot smet Swet swot swit swut swat Swift swoft sweft swuft swaft Sift Soft saft suft seft Sifts softs sufts safts sefts Swept swopt swapt swupt swipt Swepts swopts swapts swupts swipts Swemp swomp swimp swump swamp Swim Sworn swam swum swem. Stump Stamp stomp stemp stimp Stamps Stumps stomps stemps stimps Stampt Stumpt stompt stempt stimpt Stopt Stept stupt stipt stapt Spot spet sput spat spit Ga ge go gu ag eg ig ug og gag geg g^g gog gug gab geb gib gob gub bag beg big bog bug pag peg pig V^S pug gap gep gip gop gup mag meg mug mig mog gam gem gum gim gom 101 I 2 id% THE METHOD wag- weg WOg wig Wug dag deg dog dug dig gad god ged gud gid tag tog teg tug tig gat got get gut git vag veg vig vog vug gav gev gov giv guv fag fog fig fug feg gaf gef gof gif guf sag seg sog sug sig gas ges gus gis gos bogd begd bugd bigd bagd pogd pigd pugd pagd pegd mogd megd mugd migd magd wogd wagd wegd wugd wigd sagd segd sogd sugd sigd dogd degd dugd digd dagd tagd tegd tugd tigd togd Smag smog smeg smig sjnug stag steg stig stog stug Swog swag swug swig sweg twig twog twug twag tweg Zo Za Ze"" Zu az ez iz oz • uz zaz zez ziz zoz zuz baz bez buz biz boz poz pez puz paz piz maz mez miz moz muz zam zem zim zom zum zop Zap zup zep zip vaz vez viz voz vuz waz wez wuz wiz woz doz dez duz diz daz zad zed zid zed zud foz fez fuz fiz fax OF TEACHING. zof zef zuf zif zaf saz sez soz suz siz zas zes zos zus zis toz tuz tez tiz taz zot zet zut zit zat goz gez guz giz gaz zag zeg zig zug zog simz sumz semz somz samz stagz stegz stigz stogz stugz zast zest zust zist zost bedz bodz budz badz bidz spedz smedz spodz smodz spudz smudz spidz smadz spadz smidz zamp Swebz zomp swobz zimp swubz zump swibz zemp swabz twez Twoz twiz twuz twaz Stedz Stodz studz stidz stadz gadz gedz godz gidz gudz twigz twogz twagz twugz twegz pegz Sfegz pigz Sfigz pogz sfogz pugz sfugz pagz sfags Smegz Dabz smogz debz smagz dubz smugz dibz smigz dobz damz demz domz dimz dumz Samz Semz somz simz sumz fibz fobz febz fubz fabz gagz Swodz gegz Swedz gogz swudz gigz swidz gugz swadz Swogz digz Swigz dogz Swugz dugz swegz degz swagz dagz pamz pemz pomz pimz pumz Spamz dadz Spemz dedz Spomz dodz spimz dudz . spurns didz Sivz Sevz Sovz Savz Suvz davz divz devz dovz duvz givz gevz govz gavz guvz 403 104 THE METHOB wedz wodz wadz widz wudz Ko ke ka ku ok ek ak uk ik kok kek kak kuk kik bok bek buk bik bak kob keb kubi kib kab pak kap mak pek kep mek pik kip mok pok kop mik puk kup muk kum kem kam kim kom wak wek wik wok wuk duk dik dek dok dak kad kid ked kud kod Tuk tek tik tok tak kut kit ket kot kat vak vik vek vok vak kav kev kiv kov kuv Sok Suk Sik Sek sak kuf kef kif kof kaf kas kos kus kis kes gek kug zik gak kag zok gok keg zek gik kig zuk guk kog zak kaz kuz kez koz kiz Skab Skeb Skob skib skub baks beks boks biks buks Skap paks Skim Skep peks skam skop poks skem skup puks skom skip piks skum miks maks meks moks muks duks daks deks doks diks Skid Sked skid skod skad Smak smek smik smok smuk Skuf Skef . . skif skot skaf Skut Sket skot skat skit OP TEACHIN&, tiks toks tuks taks teks Skev Skiv skov skav skuv zuks ziks zoks zeks zaks kegz miikt kag2; mekt kogz mokt kugz mikt kigz makt wekt wokt wikt wukt wakt Skipt dakt Skept dikt skopt dokt skapt dukt skapt dekt Stakt stekt stokt stukt stikt bakt bekt bokt bukt bikt bakst bekst bukst bokst bikst Spikt Skimd spokt skomd spukt skumd spakt skemd spekt skamd kist kost kust kast kest kists kosts k lists kasts kests goks gokt kamp kats geks gukt kemp kets guks gekt kimp kots giks gikt komp kuts gaks gakt kump kits Skeks skoks skiks skuks skaks Spuks zdoks spoks zdeks speks zduks spiks zdiks spaks zdaks Ra Re Ro"" Ru ra re ro ru bra bre bro bru pra iVa pre fre pro fro pru fru tra tre tro tru spra spre spro spru stra stre stro stru brat bret brit brot brut prat pret prit Drot prut ram rem rom rim rum brim brem brom bram brum strip strap strop strap strep. 105 106 THE METHOD rast rest rost rust rist frat fret frit frot frut gret grot grut grit grat ramz remz rimz romz rumz ravz revz ruvz rivz rovz from Irem frim frum fram kro kre kru kra krot kret krut krit krat sprad dred spred drad sprud drod sprid drid sprod drud tred trad trod trid trud stript frets strapt frits strupt frots stropt fruts strep t frats brimz bramz bromz bremz brumz rasts rests rusts rists rosts brests brosts brusts brists brasts pre St rafts prost refts prast rifts prust rofts prist rufts krek krak krok kruk krik grek grak grak grik grok grog drug drugz frog frogz greg dreg dregz freg fregz grug drag dragz frig frigz grig dng drigz frug frugz drog drogz frag fragz sprig spreg sprug sprag sprog sprigz briks sprogz breks spregz broks sprugz braks spragz bruks strok strik struk strak strek tredz trodz tridz trudz tradz grets grots gruts grits grats strim Strom strum stram strem fred frid frod frad frud fredz fridz frodz fradz frudz Rat ret , rit rot rut rats rets rit§ rots ruts OF TEACHING. strut strat stret strot strit struts strats strits strots struts rag reg rig rog rug ragz brag bragz regz breg brer-z rigz rogz brig brog brigz brogz rugz brug brugz ar rar bar par mar war far var dar tar sar zar gar kar star spar smar art rart bart part mart wart fart vart dart tart sart zart gait barm kart parm start arm spart smart darm farm dark park ark sark mark fark tark gark wark hark stark start starm sparm storm Burd vorm purd sporm murd torm wurd vurd furd surd turd gurd kurd turf torf tarf surf sorf burk bork bark burks barks surk fork purk stork murk furks gurk sturks ha he ho hu hab heb hib hob hub hap ham hop hem hip him hup hom hep hum hav hiv hov huv hev haf hef hof hif huf had hod hed hid hud hat hot het hit hut his hos bus has hes hiz hoz huz haz hez hog hag heg hig hug dior 108 THE METHOD hok hek hik huk hak har hor hur hard hard habd hebd hubd hibd hohd hopt hemp hedz hept hamp hodz hipt homp hudz hupt hump hidz hapt himp hadz hets hits hots hats huts hast hest host hist hust hasts hests hosts hists busts hasp harz hesp horz husp hurz hisp hurts hosp harts hogd hakt hugd hukt hegd hekt higd hikt hagd hokt harp horp hurp harps hurps La Le Lo"" La al El II Ol ul lal lei lil lol lul bal bel bil bol bul lub lob lib leb lab pal lup mal pel lop mol pil lip mil pol lep mel pul lap mill lam lorn lim lem lum wal wel wil wol wul val vel vil vol vul lav lev liv lov luv fal fel fil fol ful luf lif lof lef laf dal del dol dil dul lud lid lod led lad lat let lit lut lot tol tul til tel tal las les lus lis los sol sel sul sil sal laz lez * ^ llz loz luz OF lEACllING, 2el zol zil zal gal log kel gel leg kll kul gul lag kai lek lok lik luk rel ril rol rul lor lur lard lord hel hil hoi hul held hild hold huld belt hilt holt hult helk hilk hoik halk bold buld bald held bolk bulk balk belk bult bilt bait belt sle slo slu ble bio blu brel bril brol brui flit folt fult fait keld kild kold kuld reld rild rold raid hilm holm hulm halm Pie Plu Plo Flag Plagz lurk Pleg Plegz lork Flog Pligz larks Pllg plogz lurks skilk skolk skelk skalk molk melk malk mulk skel skol skul skal dral drel drol drul spil lasp speM gild melkt spol lesp spald gold mulkt spal losp spold geld malkt spul lusp spuld gald molkt stel stol stul stal i09 110 THE MET! lOB limps ladz lamps ledz lumps lidz lemps Icdz lomps ludz glad blots gled blets glid blits glod bluts glud blats blod bled blid blud- blad Kla klo kle klu glim rilm glam rulm glom rolm glum ralm glem relm milts malts molts melts mults wilt wolt welt wult wait swelt swilt swolt swult swalt dwelt dwilt dwolt dwult dwalt drilz drelz drolz drulz dralz blest blist blost blust blast Fla fle flo flu fled fiod flud flid flad flit flat fiot flet fiut flits fiats flots flets fluts flom fium Aim flam flem fiamp flimp flomp flemp flump Na ne no nu an en in on un nun nan nin non nen Ben Bin bon ban bun nib nob nab nub neb pen pin pon pun pan nap nip nop nup nep men man mon mun min nim nam nom num nem wen win won wun wan dan din don dun den nod nud nad ned nid ton tun ten tin tan OF TEACHING. lii nat fun naf not fan nef nit fen nif nut fm nof net fon nuf van ven von vin vun nuv nev niv nov nuv sun son san sen sin nis nos nus nes nas zun zan zon zin zen nez niz noz nuz naz Sno Snu Sna Sne gun nag kan nuk gin nig ken nek gen neg kin nik gon nug kon nok gan nog kun nak run nar hin lun nil Band ren nur hen len nol fand rin nor hun lin nal land ron nord han Ion nel sand ran nard hon Ian nul hand naps fund neps hunt nips grunt nops brunt nups sunt Snip snips nupts snapt nuft snap snaps nipts snipt nift snup snops nepts snopt naft snop sneps nopts snept noft snep snups napts snupt neft rest bent send nist lent bend nost sent lend nust pent spend nast tent tend Bi ri li wild mi fi ni find pi wi si vi ki gi wind hind bind rind pint mind zi hi di kind tl% THE MEIHOD ski sli^ smi swi dwi tWf dri bli sni kri tri gri pri bri skri stri pli Sti spi wind nind lind tind Ya Ye Yu ""* Yo yes yab yis yib yos yob yus yub yas yeb yest yist yost yust vast yem yim yom yum yam yap yep yip yop yup yar yad yor yed yur yid yarn yod yum yud yet yek yel yef yit vik yil yif yot yok yol yof yut yuk yul yuf yat yak yal yef yev yard yiv yurd yov yord yuv yardz yav The tho tha thu thi Thru thro thra thre ath eth ith oth uth hath beth bith both buth thrap math threp meth thrip mith throp moth muth thum tham them thom thim geth thug weth gith thig with goth thag woth gath theg wath guth tho^ w uth penth Lenth panth linth pi nth lanth punth lunth iath leth lith loth iuth hath heth hith both buth yeth icith yath thar yoth thorp yuth reth yith ruth OF TEACHmG. vath veth vith voth vuth fath feth foth fith futh path thak pcth thek poth thik pith thok puth thuk kath kith koth kuth keth plinth Snath plonth sneth plenth snith plunth snoth snuth smith smath smeth smuth Swith swath swuth sweth greth strath grith streth groth strith gruth struth grath spruth breth sprath broth sproth bruth sprith brath brith dwith dwoth dwuth dwath This thes thos thus thas thust thost thest thast theft thift thoft thuft thaft thefts thifts thofts thufts baths beths biths boths buths paths fifths peths fafths piths fufths poths fefths puths tenths tanths tonths tinths twelfths twelfths twilfths siksths saksths seksths suksths Tho thu thi "" tha the Than then thin thon thun lath leth lith loth luth neth nith noth nath nuth bathz bethz bothz bithz buthz Thelf thalf thulf thilf Wathz wethz withz wothz With woth weth wuth wath rathz rethz rothz rithz brothz briithz breth z brithz gurthz garthz gorthz R 2 113 llli THE MEI HOD hethz hothz hathz hithz Thum thorn them tuiiii tham Thag yethz sathz theg yitbz setbz thig yothz siithz thog yuthz sithz thug sfethz sfathz sfothz dwethz dwithz dwothz dwathz freth fruth froth fruth She sho shu shi sha Shre shro shru shri shra ash esh ish osh ush shash shesh shish shush bash besh bush bish bosh sha b sheb shub shib shob shop pesh sham shep posh shem shup push shim ship pash shorn shap pish shum mash mesh mish mosh mush wash wesh wish wosh wush dash desh dish dosh dush shad shed shid shod shud lash tesh tush tish tosh shot shet shat shut shit sash sish sosh sush sesh ■shas shes shis shos shus shaz sheK shiz shoz shuz zush zesh zosh zash zish fresh frash frosh frish vash vesh vosh vush vish gash shag kash gesh sheg kesh gish shig kish gosh shog kosh gush shug kush shuk shek shik shak shok shar shurk short shark yaish resh rish rush rosh OF TEACmNG. hash hesh hish hosh hush yash yesht yish yush yosh 11 ash nesh nish nosh nush shaiit shent shun shin shon thash thesh thish thosh thush shath sheth shith shoth shuth shal shel shul shil shol lash lesh lish lush losh skish slish slesh slash slosh brush brusht flush flusht rush rusht gusht husht shipt shapt disht wisht fisht slasht masht shuts trash thrash thrush shedz Shrimp shrift shalt rusht Ang ing ong ung eng bang rang sang twang hang song thong throng strong dong sing thing ring bring wing hung rung sung dung bung thingz bringz stringz ringz strung klung fang ding bing bang bong bungz beng king sling string swing length strength long pang hangz kingz stringz slingz Zha zhi zho zhu zhe dzhe dzha dzhu dzho dzhi dzhim dzhem dzham dzhar ladzh Udzh lodzh ludzh grudzh fudzh budzh dodzh Sou mou hou kou foul koul toul moul boul found 115 116 THE METHOD wound hound round ground Sound bound pound mound mount poutsh koutsh our hour sour krout hous mous lous sous flour rout hout bout loud klouc Shout shouts klouts shroud z moi boi hoi loi toil moil broil soil foil goil spoil boil oil toilz soilz spoil z boilz oilz voil void poiz toiz toild boild oild spoild broild foild soild point oint droit Doints oints dzhoint koil 3oif koif SECTION II. Containing sounds considered as words of one syl- lable or monosyllables. Drug drag led ring bush wind gun Sound bets lad Sum shrug stag bred bring rush bind fun pound pets shad Star mug lag bed hug flag fed bug hag sled king brush sing fish string dish find wild mind shun run Sun hi)und round sets rats hats mad hut mud Start hard broil OF TEACmXG. long short fit with bit lid kid bid rid mid dim skim brim him men pen pin pan pun pang iir SECTION III. Including' polysyllables. Mindful avoid fishing beset Being Re grant fatal Demand despot distil Bathing Depending demanding astounded Astragal Disembarking Unaspiring undisturbing Unbenevolcnt Unpliant brimful amount hunting forget habit regret natal demit flaming bemoil bashful sinful around mounting befit postil refit nestful demur naming bereft barshot aground befoul portal remind nestling depend bespit forgetful demanded adopted disembark unforgiving benevolent unimportant uninhabited unplanted unmindful reminded adhering dishevel unanointed unlamented unprinted 118 THE METHOD SECTIOlSr IV. Comprehendmg such phrases as contain words in ■which the elements are represented regularly*, He let me go out. Did he let me go out ? We did not let him go out. Did she not let us go but? Let us go to him. We had a hot spring. She did not sing for him. He did not bring it to me. He sold me a bad gun. Did not the living fish swim. The fish swim in the pond. Thou must go to the left hand. She told me the truth. Thou must get a string for him. I forgot to send it to them. Thou must not harm them. She intended to hurt us. Our fat dog bit him. Our old hog grunts loud. The old men did not shout. The old man had the gout. J'hou shalt set out in the morning. I found a bag in our yard. The sun did not burn me. We left him in the yard. We durst not go to him. She sold me this red hat. Thou blamest him for it. Hast thou not found out its basis yet ? Thou tradest with a bad man. Thou bravest a bdld and strong man. OF TEACHING. 11 S> He did not forbid me hating a bad man. Did he not detest so bad a thing ? He sets up for a fatalist. We did not mind that bravado. Did she not punish the brat ? Thou bakest it for them. Thou makest for the best port. Thou bathest in the pond. Art thou pasting or basting it? Hast thou wasted or tasted it? I did not dab him. Yon artist told me the truth. Thou makest a solid dam. Thou must dam it up. He darted from the yard. Our fat dog did not bark. The old lark did not sing. A shark hit our bark. Vv^e wish him to darn them. Thou shalt not grasp this dart. He went a hunting last morning. Thou art blind or I am so. Thou likest it dark. Hast not thou beheld this dash. Thou defamest me without ground. Thou hast not defended them. Thou defilest the finest thing. I lost It in that wild forest. He left us without defining it. That artist degraded himself. I intend to dehort them from going out. He did not dig it up himself. Thou hast deluded them, but thou shalt not out- wit us. Hast thou not demanded it yet ? Hast thou a mind to demur it? 120 THE METHOD The deponent departed this morning. I did not wish for that department. He did not depend upon us. Art thou dependent or independent ? Thou deplorest our ruin. He laments our deportment. We must prevent him from depraving us. Did he not devour it, without depluming it^ Thou deprivest me without deriding me. We did not bid him distil it. He left us without dining whh us, I did not sup with that bad man. Thou shalt not ding them. Hast thou dinted it, or wilt thou ding it ? Our ship lost its masts. That ship must be unmasted. At last we found a mastful spot. Hast thou a mind to swop this mat. Did he intend mazing us ? Thou takest the melwel for a fish. If thou meltest it, thou makest it soft. W^e lost our memorandum, hast thou found it ? I did not prevent him from memorizing it. Hast thou not begun yet to mend them I I met him not far from the yard. To mesh fish, thou must get a mesh. Hast thou not derided that methodist I I lost them both amid the throng. The left metatarsus did not hurt me. If thou metest it, thou wilt find its length. We did not swim in the midmost pond. We lost ten midshipmen. Thou must transplant this milfoil. Hast thou not bid me milk them. An old milkman sold me this sour milk. You must get a milk pan to put this milk in. OF TEACHING- 121 I found no milt in the pond. Thou likest a mindful lad. He did not prevent me from mining it. Thou wilt find mint in that marsh. I found but ten mintmen at the mint. Did he not punish me for misbehaving ? He did not lament our mishap. He misled me, but he did not outrun me. Thou hast no ground for misliking us. I did not punish him for misnaming me. He wasted it and we mispent it. Thou hast misrelated the event. Thou wishest me to misreport it. Thou mistakest him for an artful man. If thou hast told it so, thou hast mistold it. We did not mistrust so skilful a man. The flamen did not absent himself. Thou wilt find an abrupt ground. Hast thou a mind to abash that lad ? I did not prevent them from abasing it* Hast thou not abated it yet ? We intend to abolish it. Thou abidest with a skilful artist. I sold him an absorbent. The skin did not absorb the oil. Thou hopest for an abundant harvest* Hast thou a mind to adopt this plan. This lad must be adroit and skilful. You must not set them adrift yet. I admit that he did admonish m^. Thou hatest an admiring throng. I am not adult yet, but thou art so. He left us without adumbrating it. We must punish them afresh. Did he not stand agast. Hast thou a mind to set them agoing ? L i^2 THE METHOD That ship must be aground or stranded. I am toid that thou art agonizing. Hast thou not toid it to me a moment ago ? Thou art agog, but I am aland. I did not intend to alarm them. Hast thou related this alarming event to them ? Thou hast long kept us in the dark. We must run to our alarm post. Hast thou tasted this alish ituid ? He kept himself aloft. We wish him to get along. I bid him transplant this amaranth. Did so amazing a thing not astonish him ? It amated me v;ithout amazing me, I did not prevent him from ambling along. We intend to avoid that ambush. This pot lost its amel. Hast not thou a mind to amend it ? Thou likest this amendment and votest for it. Thou shalt send them this amomum. Hast thou not found out its amount yet? The skilful anatomist detests that anagram. He did not prevent me from deriding this anathema. Thou must punish him without anathematizing him. I did not prevent him from anatomizing it* Hast thou not anointed them yet ? Thou hopest that thou wilt find them anon. I found a living ant in that bed. Thou hast met with a stout antagonist. We did not intend antedating it. Hast thou not sung this anthem yet ? Thou hast not prevented them from antagonizing. I found no antethesis in it. You must put it upon the anviL OF TEACHING. 123 Thou wilt find the aorta stopt up. Hast not thou a mind to set this apart? Thou anteponest this apartment to that. I did not prevent him from aping me. Hast thou not prevented them from apostatizing ? We intend to start in April. Thou art apt to forget us. We detest and abhor this arbitrement. He did not prevent lis from meting its ambit. We intend to arm them with darts. A skilful arborist sent me this arboret. The arbalists did not iind the alarm post. Our arbitrament did not astonish themr Thou art far from being armipotent. A sun-burnt ground must be arid. Our ark swam in this pond. Our armament left port this morning. Did not he run around the yard ? She did not prevent us from aromatizing it. Thou likest our arts, but thou hatest our artists^ I found no shaking asp in yon forest. Thou must get this aspalathus transplanted* Did not the frost hurt our asparagus. This event did not alarm our aspiring hero. Our astonishment did not last long. Wilt thou swop an atlas for an atabal? If thou makest this atheroma vanish, thou art a skilful man. W^iit not thou send this athanor to him ? We detest a deist, but we abhor an atheist. He did not intend atoning for this sin. I did not put them into that bag. This bandit did not belong to that band. We kept a bandog, but he got mad, and we shot him. We did not punish him for baning our rats. J^24 THE METHOD I found a torn bandrol on the ground. This baptist found a bantling in the wild forest. We must shut out our barb from the barn. Hast thou a mind to bar them without a bar ? He did not bid me barb them. The old king sent for the proud bard. I did not prevent him from barking this aspeii. She did not bid us burn this bark. A dog barks, but larks sing. That bashful lad basks in the sun. A bar-shot hit our topmast. I found no bartram behind that bush. Thou hast no ground for naming him a bastard. I hit an old bat v/ith an aspen bat. She flung a batlet at me. Hast not thou sold a bayard to him ? We must punish him for bedashing it. I told him to dust it, but I did not bid him t© bedust it. We went out to hurt a behemoth. Thou hast not minded our behests. Thus thou wilt not be behind hand with them. The old bellman did not beg our help. Hast thou begun to mend that belt? Thou must punish them for bemoiling it. Thou art then bent upon asking a benefit. Thou wilt not benet them without a net. Wilt not thou benefit so benevolent a man ? Thou shalt not prevent me from importing benzoin. Hast thou a mind to beset us, I bet that thou wilt not get the best. She had a mind to betroth me. We did not bilk our landlord. Martin flung it beyond that bush. Thou must prevent him from soiling this bib. Must it be bifid or bifold ? OP TEACHING. ^12£^ Thou hast no ground for naming us bigamists* I told him to send me a big bilbo. I did not bind him, but he bound me. Thou hast got a brutish biped for an antagonist. T hou wilt find no bistort in that marsh. Hast not thou a mind to bit our wild bayard ? Thou hast no ground for blaming us. Our blandishments did not win him. She did not forbid our blandishing them* Hast thou not felt the blast f The frost did not blast our plants. Hast thou not prevented it from blazing. I pretend that thou hast not bled him. Hast thou not forgot our blemish yet. I did not forbid him blending them. Thou art blind, but thou shalt not blind me* We blind-folded and then left him. We blotted, but we did not blot it. Wilt not thou swop this bluish thing? Thou art a blunt lad, but thou hast not blunted it> Wilt thou behold that blur without blushing. Did he not blush at blasting it ? I am told that she did not bob him. Wilt thou not send for a bobwig? Did she not wish for an elegant bodkin? I shot it not far from that bog. Hast thou not a mind to boil them ? Thou art not bold, but thou art stout. Hast thou not beheld that bolis ? He prevented me from taking this bolus* He did not bid me lift this bolt. Wilt thou bolt it without a bolt? We shot a bonasus last morning. Hast thou lost our bond ? I am told that thou art no bondman. I found a bonum magnum on the grouii4»^ 126 THE METHOD Boreas blasted this elegant plant. I did not prevent him from boring it. This botanist fomid both plants. He kept himself within the bound. Thou wilt not prevent them from bounding. Hast not thou lost a brad in the yard ? He told me that he did not brag. Big Sam sold me this bran. Hast thou fed the old brambling ? Kast thou a mind to brand this artist? I found a brandling on the ground- He did not bid me brandish this dart. That bravado did not astonish me. Thou blamest me for braving our antagonist. Hast not thou a mind to bilk that bravo ? I did not prevent them from brazing it. I bred this fat pig and that hen. He did not forbid me bribing them. Art thou not going to mast our brig? (He told me that it must be brimful. She must be both fat and brinded. Thou wilt not bring it about. A brisk lad sent me this brinish fluid. k beheld a shad and a brit. Hast thou a mind to broil this fish ? Hast thou not felt so violent a brunt? I had no brush nor did I brush it. We must prevent them from brutalizing* I shun both a brutal man and a brutish lad. Plants begin to bud in the spring. I found a bug on that bud. Thou wilt find out its bulk, if thou metest it. Thou shalt not behold its bulb. I did not prevent him from hiding this bumpr. Hast thou invited so brutish a bumpkin I I had BO bung, nor did I buHg iu OF TEACHING. 127 Thou wilt find a bunting in that biint. Thou must prevent him from taking up this bur. That burn did not hurt me long. She prevented them from burning our old barn. Old Pvlartin did not bid me burnish them. Thou wilt not prevent it from bursting. She told me to broil this hurt. I lost a brush behind that bush. She sent me a strong busk last morning. I lost a buskin ; hast thou not found it ? The artist hid a bust in that bush. A dipsas bit our fat dog. ,,^ Our antagonist did not disembroil himself,^ Hast thou a mind to disembark them ? We intend to disforest this land. Thou likest this dish without tasting it. She did not prevent me from dishing it up% I am going to dishabit them. Thou hast a mind to dishorn them. We intend to dispark this ground. He did not bid me dispart them. The sun did not dispel the mist. He left us without dispensing them. Thus, thou wilt not dispirit them. Art thou going to displant them ? If thou displodest it, thou wilt disport us. Thou must not disregard them. We detest a disregardful lad. He did not return from that distant land. Thou must not bend it, but thou must distend it. The king did not bid us distil it. Hast thou not prevented him from distorting it ? We did not distrust that bigamist. Thou must shun so distrustful a man. I told him so, but it did not disturb him. Did he wish me to broil this dodman. 12S THE METHOD She did not bid me dog them. Thou must not admit this dogma. Hast thou not beheld that dog fish yet ? Thou must not prevent that dogmatist from dog-- matizing. Thou givest me but a doit. \V"e intend doling them anon. Hast thou not beheld the dogstar yet ? I intend waking that dormant dog. Wilt thou swop this dorn for that trout r Thou hast forgot to put a dot upon it. Sanajl ^ d not wish me to dot it. She aid not prevent him from doting upon me. Thou must avoid that old dotard. I did not prevent him from dozing. Thou must turn out that drab. Thou hast not sent him this draft. Margaret did not bid us drag it. Thou hast torn our best dragnet. Thou must grant them a dram. That dramatist sent me an elegant drama. Hast thou not drest the shad yet ? Thou shalt not spend the driblet. This drift did not astonish me. We intend driving them out anon. She did not bid me drip it. If ihou dronest, thou art a dronish man* Hast not thou a mind to drop it ? She did not bid me drug it. An old druid inhabits that forest. I sold him a drum for a drum-fish. Hast thou a mind to dub him an artist ? He dug it up for a dumpling. Thou art this morning both sad and dumpish.^ 1 did not dun them, nor am I a dun. I toid, him that it must be dim and dark* OF TEACHING. 129 We intend to clung this land. Thou hast lost our dung fork. Thou seest that mad dog behind that dunghill. Thou wilt find the dunghill in the dung yard. We durst not go out in the dusk. I durst not run about in the dust. He told me to dust this vest for him. If thou egotizest, thou art an egotist. I shot a fat egret with this gun. I am told that thou intendest eking it. I did not prevent him from elaborating it. He did not forbid me elating them. Hast thou not forgot its elements yet ? He did not prevent me from elevating it. The elf prevented me from eliding them. A wild elk hid itself behind that elm. I prevented the elops from eloping. Thou intendest eluding our grasp* Wilt thou not help that elumbated old man ? I prevented him from embaling it. We intend to shut and embar it. The embargo prevented us from embarking. I did not forbid them emblazing it. A skilful emblematist invented this elegant em- blem. Hast thou a mind to embroil and disturb us t He found an emerald in the sand. We intend to emit it this morning. She did not forbid us empaling it. Thou must end it, if thou hast begun it.. I did not forbid him endorsing it. I detest both an enigma and an enigmatist. Thou must engrasp it, but thou shalt not englut it. Jlast not thou prevented me from engraving it ? I enlisted but ten men this morning. 130 THE METHOD Thou wilt not enmesh them anon. She left them without enrobing them. The emblematist bid me enrol it. Hast thou not shut up the enrolment. We prevented him from enslaving us. Hast thou a mind to entoil or to entrap them ? Thou hast no ground for naming me an epi^ tomist. She did not forbid me erasing it. We did not intend evading them. We did not prevent him from evaporating it. Thou hast forgot its most eventful moments. That sad event prevented our embarking. He did not intend evolving this emblem. Thou must prevent him from fabling. Hast thou not beheld that fading plant ? I did not ask for a fag end. Thou art a stout lad and wilt not fag anon. Hast thou a mind to famish them ? This event must bring about famishment. He had no fan, nor did he fan me. If thou hast no fang, thou wilt not fang them. Thou wilt find them nat far from our yard. I am told that this fardel did not belong to him. We sold hira our farmost farm. Hast not thou a mind to farm this land? We did not fast, nor did we run fast. So fatal an event did not astonish the brutish fatalist. I sold him this fatling for a trifiing sura. Hast thou not found this felt in that fen ; Hast not thou a mind to fend them ? We shun fetid plants, but v/e avoid bad men. He did not grant me the fifth part. I sold him a fig igr a farthing. This figment did not entrap us. OF TEACHING. 131 I did not forbid him filing it. I intend to split that film. The filth prevented us from going in. He did not forbid us filtrating it. That old fish lost a fin. We intend fining him for it. If thou hast begun it, thou must finish it. We intend to fish in yon fish pond. He did not bid us fit it up for him. Pie prevented me striking this shark with a fizgig. We hunt for a flag, but we begin to fag and to flag. Hast thou not beheld our flaming barn ? Wilt thou flap them without having a flap ? I did not dash nor did I flash. Thou must hold this flask for me. Must the sound be flat or sharp ? Hast thou not tasted its flesh ? We found the fleshpots in that apartment. Our antagonist began to fling out. Thou hast hunted for the flint, hast thou found it? Hast thou a mind to lash or to flog them ? That florist sold me this floret for a florin. I sent him the best fl.our we had. We flouted him, but he did not mind our flout. Must it be fluid or solid ? Hast not thou a mind to flush them ? The sun did not dispel the fog in the morning. Thou hast a mind to foist this figment upon us. Wilt thou fold them without having a fold. I am told that he foments them. Hast thou a mind to insult our fondling. Thou must finish the font this morning. Thou hast no gi'ound for naming him a fond old 'fop. ±S% THE METHOD Hast not thou a mind to prohibit gaming ? Thou must forget that I am forest-born. He did not forbid me forgiving them. I am a forlorn man, wilt thou not help me ? This fork lost its best prong. Did I not bid him finish this form. Thou blamest me for naming him a formalist. We burnt the fortin, but we did not burn the fort. Must the forum be round or oblong ? She did not prevent me from laving this foul lining. We founded our tenets on a solid basis. Thou art a foundling, but thou art not forlorn. Thou hast got but a fragment. Let me behold that fragrant plant. Did he not prevent us from framing a solid plan ? Did he not ask for fresh milk ? Thou namest me a fretful man, and yet I did not fret. I am not brisk, but I am apt to frisk and to skip. Our brig ran aground in a frith. I am told that he did not skip to and fro. The frog began to sing in the spring. Thou wilt find frog-bit in yon forest, and frog- fish in that pond. Hast not thou worn a frontlet ? Thou mistakest froth for a hard and solid thing. I am told that thou art a frugal man. We frump a man, but we frush a thing. Our antagonist had not frustrated our plan. Thou takest a plump lad for a fub. Hast not thou a mind to fulfil it ? Thou hast not prevented them from fumbling. Thou makest fuik without liking it. Thou must not spend our fc^nd. OF I'EACHING. 133 Did I not bid him furbish, polish, and burnish them ? It must be distant about a furlong from that forest. I did not bid him furnish this furfur. He did not gad, but he hunted for a gad. If thou metest its fust, thou wilt find out its length. He detested that gabel, and so did I. Hast thou a mind to gag him without having a gag ? He sold me this galbanum for a florin. Hast thou not run the gantlet with him ? Wilt thou not stop up that gap ? I did not prevent him from gargling himself. Hast thou worn a garland in so bad a garb ? That garboil prevented me from garbling them. Did he not fling our garments in the pond. Thou wilt find no garnets in that sand. Hast thou a mind to garnish them ? He detests both our ornaments and our garnish- ments. He had a gash, but I did not gash him. Our gasping did not gast them. Thou blamest me for gazing at him. I sold him a fat pig for a gazet. I am glad that he did not return. Thou shalt not split this gland. He told me that it must be both glib and hard* Did I not forbid them gliding this morning? Thou hast no ground for glouting. Thou blamest them for glozing. We intend gluing them this morning. Hast not thou a mind to glut them I Thou takest the goblet from him. Thou adorest a benevolent God. Thou takest a goblin for a godling. I sold him a godwit for a florin. 21 13* THE MEl HOD We find no gold in our land. Thouilikest a golding without being a goldsmith. We left the gormand in the gondola. We founded our tenets on the gospel. Did he not abhor our best gifts ? He hid himself behind that gig. Hast not thou a mind to gild them ? I punish him for spoiling this gilding. Thou hast lost a gimlet and I found it. Thou blamest him for giving me this gimp. Hast thou not prevented him from gormandizing. Thou shalt not go out, for thou hast the gout. Thou propagatest plants without grafting them. It must be both a grand and splendid thing. We beheld a grampus from our ship. Our grandam did not grant it to us. We lost our grapnel in the frith. Thou likest a harsh and grating sound. He did not grasp it, nor did I. I did not gravel our yard, for I had no gravel. Wilt thou prevent a dog from grazing ? Hast thou beheld that grim hero ? Thou hast not prevented them from griming it. Our grimalkin bit our fat dog. Hast thou not ground our grist yet ? If thou smilest, thou wilt not grin. Thou wilt find no sand in that grip. I prevented him from griping this griskin. Did he ask for grist or for grit ? The dart did not hit its groin. He prevented me from groping along. We ground our tenets on the gospel. We found an elegant grot in the foreet. Thou wilt find no groundling in our pond. Wilt thou get no^rout for our hog ? She did not bid me grub that fragrant shrub. OF TEACHING. 135 We had no fur, nor did we fur it. This did not prevent them from grumbling. This hog grunts without being a gruntling. Our ship stranded in the gulf. I had no gum, nor did I gum it. Thou must prevent him from gulping it. We kept our ship within gunshot. Our old gunsmith sold me a bad gun. It run but it did not gush. Thou likest a gustful bit. Thou art not gifted with gust. She did not bid me gut this hen. Thou blamest me for having so bad a habit. Hast not thou a mind to habit them ? Hast thou beheld the splendid halo around the sun ? He started this morning from our hamlet. Hast thou a mind to hamstring me ? W^e must get them hand to mouth. Wilt not thou grant me a handful ? He did not forbid me handling this hand gun. If thou bitest me so hard thou wilt hurt me. Hast thou not forgot our hardships yet? He did not hark, but I did; Hast not thou got this harl from me ? If thou harmest so benevolent a man thou must be a harmful lad. Thou hast prevented our harmonizing its parts. She did not harp, for she had no harp. He sold me this hartshorn for a florin. We shot a fat hart this morning. We must get in our harvest. Thou hast got but ten harvest men. I did not prevent him from hashing it. Thou must shut it with a hasp. He sold me the harslet for a song. 136 THE METHOD Thou must get a hat band for this hat. Thou must not depart in this hebdomad. I prevented him from hebitating them. That hebraist hath not hurt us. Wilt thou hehn our ship without a helm ? He did not ask for our help, nor did we help him. Hast thou not a mind to hem them in ? We import no hemp from that land. We must prevent him from bending it. Thou must transform this heptagon into a tetragon. Thou wilt get it if thou hiest. We shot the stag but the hind fled. I kept the hind part for the hindmost. He hinted at it, but thou hast not felt the hint. He burnt himself from the leg up to the hip. He told me that thou art hipshot. I told him thou hast not hit it. I did not forbid him hiving them. The hobgoblin did not punish them for it. The hodman hunts for a hod in our yard. He did not prevent me from hoeing it. I held it up, but he held it fast. Thou must avoid that holdfast. Thou hopest that thou wilt find hops. I am told that he did not hop. The departing sun left our horizon. Thou takest a horn for an instrument. Thou mistakest a hornet for a horn fish. Did we not repel the invading host? We must transplant them into a hotbed. Wilt thou skin this hot potato ? The hotspur flung the pot at me. Wilt thou hunt hound fish with a hound I Did she not hug a brutish dog? He did not bid ua burn its hulk. The proud artist detests our hum. OF TEACHING. 157^ Thou blamest me for having a hump. Hast not thou elated our huntsmanship? An old huntsman found our hunting horn. Hast not thou flung this hurlbat at him ? We did not hurl our darts at them. Hast not thou a mind to hush him ? Hast not thou prevented me from husking them ? Did not the hotspur bid us burn that hut ? We must prevent them from idolatrizing this god- Thou hast not forbid him idolizing me. Thou must prevent him from idling. The man that hath no idea, must be an ignorant man. If thou ignorest this, then thou art an ignoramus. I did not prevent him from imbibing it with milk. Hast not thou a mind to imbound it ? Let us prevent him from imbruting this lad. Thou hast prevented our imps from harming him. Did he not bid us impark this ground? Thou blamest me for imparting it to them. The gout impeded me from going out. We must not impel them, but we must repel them. Thou deplorest our impending ruin. Hast thou not impetrated it yet ? We intend impeding its impetus. He prevented me from impignorating it. Thou shalt not implant them in it. We must get our implements mended. Thou hast prevented him from imploring our help. Wilt thou ruin so important an establishment? Wilt thou insult so impotent a man ? Hast not thou a mind to impound them ? Hast thou not imprinted it on the bark ? I prevented him from improbating our plan. This improvided event prevented our embarking*. yi2 "^^^ THE METHOP Thou mistakest him for an imprudent man. I am told that thou hast not indagated it. Our indented lad fled from us. Thou art both independent and indevout. Our indignant antagonists did not hurt us. Wilt thou prevent so indolent a man froip* ruining himself? Hast thou a mind to ask for an indulto ? We sold our inelegant harp last morning. Thou art not inept, but thou art a triiiing lad. I prevented him from infaming them. Our infanta lost an infant this morning. A mad dog infests our hamlet. Did he not forbid us inflam^ing them ? We must find out our informant. He did not intend to inform us. We must send this ingot to the mint* We intend to ingraft our plants. We inhabit an elegant hamlet. Thou hast prevented me from inhaling it. I am told that thou intendest to inhibit us. Thou drivest us from the inland. The timid dog hid himself in the inmost grot ^ We must prevent him from inshrining it. The goldsmith did not insist upon it. He did not forbid us insolating them. I am insolvent, but thou art insolent. Thou wilt not prevent our inspiring them. He must return in an instant. He burnt himself from the hip to the instep. Thou art instrumental in making them sharp. The intendant did not intromit us. Thou hast not prevented him from intruding up« on us. Thou must not intrust him with it. He invaded us, but we durst not repel him* OF TEACmXG, 139 Tiiou wilt not be invested with that post. Our hist winter invigorated them. Thou must fit up this investment for me. Thou shalt not prevent me from inviting them, ' Thou likest to be inumbrated. He did not prevent them from invoking us. Me did not forbid me involving them. I am going to inurn our grandam. Thou hast not sent me the keg yet. Thou hast intended to kidnap us. This thing must be within our ken. Wilt thou swop this kelp for that keg? Thou hast not prevented him from kindling it. We abhor a king and we detest kingship. Thou mistakest a kid for a kit. We must be kind to them without being akin to them. He got this labdanum from a fragrant shrub. Thou hast torn the label from it. We did not prevent them from lading it* I am told that he did not lag. We punish them for laming him. I lament that he did not depart. He sold me this lamp for a florin. He did not prevent our landing. Our landlord hath set up this landmark. Did not the lapdog lap the milk? I lament that he did not prevent our lapsing. We had no lard, nor did we lard him. Thou wilt find larkspur without beholding a larkl^ Did not so fatal an event alarm him ? I did not lash him, but he intended to lash me. Hast thou, at last, found the lost last? If thou hast, thou wilt not be belated. Hast not thou a mind to lath it ? If thou waste St a thing thou art a lavish mat!* 140 THE METHOD We spent it but we did not lavish it. We must punish a lazing lad, but we must not ab- hor a lazar. Thou hast hurt its left leg. He did not bid me transplant this lentisk. Thou mistakest a lentil for a big thing. 1 must shun it lest I get hurt. Thou shalt not libel so benevolent a man. He prevented me from librating it. Hast not thou split the lid ? Hast not thou lifted it from the ground ? Thou must bind them with a strong ligament. He did not forbid me liming them. Thou hast torn its lining. Wilt not thou punish him for making a lip ? I hid no lint upon the lintel. Thou must not punish him for lisping. He did not list to depart from the list. Thou shalt not prevent our taking that living from him. The lizard hid himself in the ground. Thou hast not prevented its tumbling from the loft. He sold me this big log for a florin. Thou shalt not get this loin for so trifling a sum.. I did not long for so long a winter. Did not our kind king dub him aloud ? Thou must not grant him this lordship. Our lordling sold me this lot. Our dog did not bark loud. He detests this loutish garment. I prevented him from inviting that lout. Thou must not lug them so far. Thou hast a mind to lump it. Wilt thou mesh so lumpish a lumpEsh. It did not hit its left lung. ©F TEACHING, 1*1 I am told that lie lurks in that grot. If I lust for a thing, I am a lustful man. Did not I shun that madman ? We found a big magnet in that grot. We shun and detest malignant men. Hast not thou a mind to man this fort ? Did he not ask for a mandamus ? Thou likest a bold and manful lad. I did not forbid him mantling it. Thou wilt find our hamlet on that map. Hast thou a mind to mar our plan ? I did not prevent him from marbling it. Wilt not thou rub out that mark ? We got this marl from a marlpit. Thou likest marmalet, but thou hatest turnips. Did not the marshal bid us marshal our men? He ran from a marsh to a fen and from a fen to a bog. He left the mart without having sold them. The martlets return in the spring. I found a martingal behind that bush. That event did not astonish him, nor did I marvel at it. He did not prevent me from mashing it. Our brig lost a mast in the last storm. I am glad that thou art mending. Thou mislikest our misliving. We mispend our best moments. We detest a misreport, and punish him that mis- reports a thing. Did not the morning sun dispel the lurid mist ? We must prevent him from mistiming it. Our antagonists intend to mob us. Thou hast not beheld this model yet. She detests both a modish and a loutish man. Hast thou a mind to toil and moil sq long ? 1^2 THE METHOD I detest a moist, wet, and damp garment. Thou hast not molested us. If thou monopolizest it, thou art a monopolist, and wilt be hated for it. If I mop a thing, I rub it with a mop. We must prevent him from moping them. Hast not thou forgot the moral yet ? Wilt thou prevent our moralists from moralizing ?- Hast thou a mind to run about with this morbid leg? !No mortal durst prevent him from restoring it. Wilt thou harm the most unharmful man t Thou mistakest a boud for a moth. Thou shalt not slop its motor yet. I did stand on that elevated mound. Hast not thou a mind to mount this elevated gun ? He granted me but a mouthful. It did not shut its mouth for a moment. Did not I bid you mud that fiuid ? Hast thou lifted this mug from the ground ? Thou art a multivagrant lad. We must prevent him from mumbling and grum- bling. Thou mumpest but I am not in the mumps. The shining star did not dispel the murk. We did not murmur at our lot. Thou hast got this musk in our shop. Thou likest must, but thou mislikest dust. I prevented him from riding on our nag. He prevented me from taking a nap. Hast not thou lent him a napkin ? He did not bid me transplant this nard. Hast thou beheld the naval hero in the ncf ? Our negro found a nest on that shrub. Thou hast torn @ur best net. ©id not the frost nip our plants ? OF TEACHING. 1^3 Hast thou beheld that nitid star ? The proud man did not nod to me. Hast thou a mind to nonplus me ? I am told that thou art a noted artist. Thou hast prevented the benevolent nun from nur- sing me. We found no nuts in that forest. Wilt thou swop this nutmeg for a nut ? Thou must not obtund this sharp instrument. Hast thou a mind to omit that. I did not hurl this orb so far. "We must prevent him from spoiling our organ. Our organist detests this ornament. He did not form this elegant orthogon. We must ask for an orthoepist. We intend to oust that lumping lout. He did not outbid our antagonist. An outbound ship got aground. She prevented us from outbraving our bold an- tagonists. Thou takest an outlet for an inlet. Our antagonists did not outwit us. Hast thou not sung a pagan song? If thou adorest a pagod, thou art a blind pagan. Thou hast beheld a palish and a nited star. The pad found no panada in the pan. She felt an agonizing pang. Hast not thou panted for a lordship ? Papa fed the infant with pap. Hast thou not sold it at par ? I shot him from behind the parapet. This parasol shaded me from the burning sua. Did I not bid him parboil it ? He durst not establish himself in our parish. He fed us with parsnips and milk. I intend to part with it anon. 144 THE METHOD We must prevent him from parting it. Hast not thou got a patent for it ? Did I not bid them patrol around the forest ? We did not mispend our pelf. I had no peg nor did I peg it. Hast not thou petted them with turnips ? I had no pen nor did I pen that instrument. She lost a pendant in the yard. Wilt thou transform this pentagon into a tetragon ? If thou hast a pen, thou must pen them up. He did not pet me, nor am I a pet. I did not prevent him from planing it. We must marshal our men on the platform. A fatal plethora prevented me from going out. He did not plot our ruin, nor did he ruin us. This pluralist sets up for a poet. I did not forbid him poking it. Wilt thou polish this pointed instrument. Thou likest pomatum, but I detest it. The king put a stop to our pomp. Did he not abhor our popish tenets ? He lost a popgun, hast not thou found it ? Did he not bid me postil this poem ? Did not he forbid us postponing it ? We detest that potent king. Must I grind or pound this potash ? If we thrust out our lips, we pout. Thou art a prating and a trifling being. He did not merit that punishment. I did not prevent him from priming it. We did not prohibit him from probhig it. He did not prevent me from solving the problem. Did he not v/ish for a profit. Wilt thou debar that profound dogmatist from dogmatizing | Hast thou fo^'got so elegant a prolepsis ? OF TEAGIII^^G. 145 Thou must not prompt so prompt a hotspur. Thou must get a prop and prop it up. Thou intendest to propel it, and I intend to repel it. I'hou shalt not debar him from propounding it. Tho^i hast at length prostrated this proud an- tagonist. I protest that I did not intend protruding it so far. Wilt thou debar us from providing for them. We must prevent him from provoking us. Our prudish grandam did not publish it. Thou takest the skin from the pulp. Thou mistakest a desk for a pulpit. Hast not thou a mind to pulvil this apartment. XVilt thou punish him for making a pun ? We must get our old pump mended. The winter prevents it from purling. We must debar him from purloining them. Hast thou not beheld its purplish skin? Thou wilt not find out its purport. Wilt thou put up with this insult ? Plants put forth and sprout in the spring* Wilt thou not shun that rabid dog ? Thou hast a mind to purloin this radish. He bound a rag around its left leg. We met with a rambling ram in the forest. If thou hast a mind to rasp it, thou must get a rasp. Did not the rebel redemand them ? Thou wilt not prevent me from relenting. Thou wilt shun it provided thou remarkest it. Wilt thou debar him from renovating it. Wilt thou repast this renegado ? If thou rentest it, thou wilt repent it. I did not reprehend him for replenishing it. Thou blamest me for respiting them. Behold that nitid and resplendent star. N 1-*^ THE METHOD Let us grant no rest to our proud respondents. If thou retardest me, thou wilt repent it. Hast thou not merited that sharp and pointed retort ? Hast thou not a mind to stop up that rift. Did he not bid us rig the brig? Did not ten men standing round form a ring. I reprehend him for not rinsing this goblet. Let us be bold and run the risk. Our rivalship prevents him from trusting me. Wilt thou debar that robust man from handling the rod? Let us repel and rout the bold invading host. Hast thou not a mind to rub the romp with this pliant rod ? He began to sap our rotundo. Thou likest the saraband, but I detest it. Did not the king reprehend the lavish satrap ? We abhor sloth and detest a slothful man. If thou smeltest it, thou shalt smart for it. ,OF TEACHING. Vh7 PART THE SECOND. INGI.UDING ALL THOSE WORDS WHICH COXTAIX SOLTNDS IRREGULARLY REPRESENTEB. SECTION I. Including the irregular representations of the sound o. OA = O. I told them that the ship must be afloat. I had a bezoar last week, but I sold it, I am going to inform him that the left leg bloats. We shot but a boar, but he shot a stag and a boar* Hast thou a mind to board that Danish ship ? Must he not detest so swinish, so brutal, and so boarish a deportment? He did not board v/ith us last April. Did she not blush at our boasting? Am I to board with so boastful a man ? ]^id we not send for the old boatsman ? He swam in our pond, but he did not float. Did he not swop a hen for a foal ? I dug up a foalbit in that damp ground. Did not he froth, and did not she foam ? I told them that he did not gloar. If he gloats, he must be bashful, I did not goad them, for I had no goad. The sportsman did not turn round the goal. This goar must be put on that plush. Bid not that wild goat swim in our pond? 1*S THE MtlTHOD I detest so sad and groanful a being. That old man wept, but he did not groan. Had we not a hoar frost last morning ? He must be a madman to hoard gold. Did not ye load that handgun for him ? The loadstar must be far beyond the sun. Did he not bring us a big loaf? Did we not load it with loam ? So artful a man did not bring about so trifling a loan. I am loath to part with this foal. He laments that we did not moan w^ith them. We had a mind to moat our long yard. Did we not bid them dig a moat around it ? Did I fiing a nutmeg at that doltish oaf? This doltish man bid me burn that solid oak. 1 sold that oakum, but I did not swop it for hemp, I told that oafish dotard to get me a long oar. "We had sworn, but he forgot our oath. We fed our pig and hen with oats. V/e did not find them on the old road. I am roving, rambling, and roaming about in the forest. Did not this roan foal belong to him ? Hast thou a mind to boil it, or wilt thou roast it ? Did the storm roar so loud without waking them ? Did he not strand our best and stoutest ship on that shoal ? I sold him ten big and stout sloats for a song. Did not I bid him soak the oats in milk ? This soap must be put on that sheif. Did he mount without soaring, or did he soar without mounting ? Hast thou found this big toad in that tod ? We intended to mesh a big toadfish ? Did not she bid ma burn the toast ? If thou hast not transplanted our woad yet, thou miist transplant it this morning. OF TEACHING. liS I grant that that inroad did no harm to them. We found no froth upon its throat. ow = o, I told him that the boat must be below. Did not she bestow this benefit upon him? Did not a violent wind begin to blow at sunset? He did not avoid so fatal a blow. That old ship lost its bowsprit in the last storm. I found this bow on the turf behind that blowing oak. We had an old bowl that held ten pints. Did not he throw this big bowl at me ? That bowman twisted this long bowstring. We punish him for having flown or fled from the ground. Its growth did not long astonish us* No plants grow in so bad a soil. This oak hath grown a yard last spring. Thou hast no ground for being so lowspirited. If it must not be aloft, then it must be below. The sun did not burn up the lowland. Did not our landlord bid me mow it? It must be owing to him or to me, if not to both* that she did not get it. Did we not defend our own land ? I am going to inform them that I own it. Must I row this old boat up the pond ? Did not this riding garment belong to that elegant widow ? The plants that stand in this row must be trans-: planted ? Did I not bid him shut that window ? We punish him for having shown it to them. Its slow growth did not prevent oie from % ihS* planting it. 150 THE METHOD I transplanted that snowdrop this morningv We oft get snow and frost in ApriL I told him that thou hast not sown the oats yet. She did not sow that seed this morning. Bid not I bid him stow it last morning ? I durst not throw the bov>d on the ground. We must transform this hemp into tow. Did not ten boats tow in that unmasted ship r That old man did not hurt himself. I trow. Did not that forest grow up unsown ? OIJ -= O. Did not God bestow a soul upon man ? I did not spoil this mould, nor did I bid him spoil. it. This old hen hath not moulted yet, I trow. Am I not to punish them for spoiling so elegant ?^ moulding ? We must not forget so mournful an event.. I met* this m.orniiig, with that mourning widow. I am told that that grand mourning did not last long. A rapid bourn limits that forest on the west. I did not bid him transplant that gourd. I sold him four oaks and ten wild goats. I did not ask for the tenth, but for the fourth ? Did she not merit a fourfold punishm.ent? She must boil four poults in that tin pot. We did not troul, hnt did not she turn about? 00=0. Barlow did not stand long on that floor. He went out but he did not shut the door. OE = O. Did not our big dog outrun that old doe ? We must withstand and repel our brutal foe. Did not she bid him, show me that sour sloe i OF TEACHING. 151 Pid not I dig it up with a hoe ? Did not that fatal blow bring forth a mortal throe ? IMust I wind it around this or that toe ? OUGH = O. Wilt thou lash and thrash them both, though thou hast no thong ? Did not he spurn at so short a furlough ? He sold me this dough for a florin. EO = O. That old yeoman told me that we had a strongs hoar frost last morning. EW = O. I did not sew it, but I am going to sew it. I did not bid him shew them that blowing oak. We did not strew the ground with violets. Hast not thou shewn this shad to our landlord ? OWE = O. We own that we owe our ruin to our bad deport- ment. He owed me four but she owed me ten. Hast not thou mowed it for me ? She showed me into the btst apartment. He sowed it long ago, but it did not grow up. EAU =-- O. We found but a beauish stripling on the floor. That apish fop insulted a glowing beau. Put this portmanteau upon that old nag. Did not I bid him put out that flambeau. OH = O. Oh, that I did not forthwith punish them for it ! WO = o. The sword fits the hiU and the hilt fits the sword* I met this morning with four sworded men. W^e beheld an old shark devour a big swordfish* That swordman insulted us, but he repents lU ^.52 THE METHOD SECTION II. Containing' the Irregular representatiGns of the sound a. AI = A. I am not afraid to part with this flour. Did not I oft bid him abstain from going out about dusk ? I wish that I had shewn him this agnail. He did not help us, nor did she aid us. I told him that she did not ask for our aid. So aidant and helpful a man found no aid then^ This agnail did not ail me last morning. That trifling ailment did not last long. Did she not help that ailing infant ? I did not aim at it, but I am going to aim at it. We found no flints on that sloping ait. I pretend that he did not hit it amain. Did not she bail that trifling and ignorant atomistf I did not bait it, for I had no bait at hand. I told him to paint that old bedpost. Long did he bevv-ail that fatal blow. She did not form this long and elegant braid. I intend to blow out its brain with this handgun. Did not that brainish shrimp spoil our best apart- ment ? I did not shew them that brainpan. Its ailment must be owing to this blain. Did not she bid me depaint him ? He did not deraiii it, but I am going to derain St for him* OF TEACHING. 153 Thou hast related it without detailing it. This detail did not long detain me. She told me that I must distain them amain. I told him that we did not distrain that lot. This distraint did not disturb them. If we dig a drain, it must be for draining our yard. She did not entail it upon us. If thou failest, thou wilt ruin us. Did not we remark that failing long ago. I am not fain to part with so faithful a man. I told him that she did not faint. Our fainting did not disturb them. We owe our ruin to our faintling deportment. Did we not, at length, grant him our faith ? I did not thrash our grain, for I had no flail. Did he not shew them this elegant frail ? I did not intrust so frail and trifling a man with so gainful and important a post. We must aim to gain that distant spot. So slow a gait befits an old man. Did it not hail last morning in yon forest ? We did not hail that Spanish ship. I run amain ; but it did not avail me a fig. She laid the smiling infant upon a soft bed. We had lain hid behind the hiding bush. That beauish stripling insulted the mourning maid. The trifling postman lost the mail on the road. Did not I forbid him to maim them ? We roam about on the foaming and roaring main. He stranded our best ship, not far from the main land. Did not we finish four mainmasts this morning? A violent wind split our mainsail. Did he not get four men hung from the main yard ? 154 THE METHOD Did not this oakum drop from the main top ? He told me that she mislaid that elegant milk bowl. I told our milkmaid to get me a blowing milfoil. I intend to swop this milk pan for that milk pail. I told him last morning to nail that old door fast. I paid him for pruning this shrub. I sold him a pailful for an old song. We must get a pail to put this milk in it. It felt a sharp pain in its left arm. To be thus retarded must be a painful thing. Did that potent painim throw so sharp a dart at us ? Did not I bid him paint this desk red ? Had he no paint to finish that elegant painting? Four old oaks stand in that vast plain. Our plaint did not disturb so plaintful a widow. Art not thou going to plait it with me ? I did not ordain him, but I am going to ordain him, I did not aim to prevail upon him. I laid a long rail upon that short post. She prevented me from railing this lot ; but she did not rail at me. Did not he shew me that elegant rainbow? We owe our best raiments to that old shopman. It did not oft rain last spring. Did not a violent storm bring forth the last rain ? He lost a florin, but did he not aim to regain it I He did not remain long at that post. He did so, but I paid and repaid him for it. Did not I plait and replait this plush? He told us loud ihat we must restrain them. So malevolent a restraint did not last long. Barlow sold it tame, but I retail it. C?io and ask him, if he did or did not retain them. ©F TEACHING. IBir The said bold men did not sail but swim up that vast pond. He did not hit the sail, but the sail yard. This sainted deportment befits so vain a saint. Our antagonist did not aim at saintship. We did not punish him for having slain that bold varlet. Did not I find this slow snail on the bark ? Did it sprain its left arm or its left leg ? This painful sprain prevents me from throwing the dart. It prevented him from remarking our staid de- portment. Did not she stain four shifts this morning? Did not she bid me strain this milk? He told me that I must find out a strait. If I prop it, I hold it up ; and if I hold it up, I sustain it. This trifling swain mislaid our most elegant milk pail. I found a long tagtail not far from that tamarisk. Did not God furnish the stag with a short tail ? I told him to taint it with milk. Did not we trail a wild boar and a doe ? Did not I train them up for this ? Did not we import our best train oil from Lap- land ? We did not remark so bold a trait in him. This wild hog lost its twain long tusks. We did not vail so vain and trifling an anta- gonist. That old shopman sold me this wagtail. In vain did we wail, moan and groan j she did not grant it. That wailful widow did not wait for them. Did not I bid them load that wain with tow ? i56 THE METHOD The pointed dart hit him below the waist. EI = A. I intend to swop this rein for a flail. An elegant veil hid the finest form from us. We did not veil so vast and important a plan, I told him to stop up the vein. AY = A. He did not inform me that he went astray. I told Sal to shut that bay window. That bay dog did not bay at us. Four Spanish ships sail up our bay. Did not he bid them belay our bay ? This prevented us from betraying our trust. Did not this blay swim up the pond ? I told him this morning to bray it. If the sun sets, the day departs. Must I furnish this apartment with a day bed ? Did not I pray him to shew me the day star ? I sold this old dray to that stout drayman. We did not throw our pelf away. Did not this ship set sail from Spain with a fay on board ? Did not the brutal lad flay a living dog ? So violent a fray did not fray us. He told me to show this gay beau that eiegani: rainbow. We had a gray that had a grey tail. We found but a grayling in our net. Did I not swop our old hay for a dray ? Did not he bid us inlay this floor ? Our latinizing antagonist lay on a day bed. We did not intend to display our real strength. Our old hen did tiot lay this morning. Did not that la}niian lay up this old hay ? OF TEACHING. tot He forgot to load the gun. May I swop this rein for that flail? He durst not demolish this old hut last May. Did not she mislay that elegant veil. I durst not demand, nay, I durst not pray for it. We must not forget the last pay day. Must I then await this payment. He did not play with us last morning. She did not play with so playful a lad. We owe this last play to our best poet. Did not she play with us on our last play day ? I pray to God that she may gain it. Did not she bid me portray him ? Did not the red ray turn to the le^ Hast not thou paid yet for that relay ? I sav that he hath not thrown it away. Hast not thou forgot that old saying? We did not intend to slay him. Did not this robin sit and sing on that spray? Must not our stay depend on our deportment? I w^ish that he may long stay with us. Did I not pray him to delay a moment? I wish that he may stray from so bad a road. That old stray dog must be mad. He did not long sway so sharp and pointed a sword. We did not play at tray trip. Did not I lay it upoa that tray? He may go this way, or that way. Did I not prevent you from waylaying that impru- dent man ? Did not I bid them put or set up a waymark on yon elevated spot ? AYE = A. Though I am unwayed, yet I arn going to depart this moment. o 15$ THE IVIETHOD Our foal strayed last morning from our yard. 31.ast spring we oft played with him. That big dog bayed at us in the hind yard. Four men inform me that thou hastbetrayed them. He did not sing, but he brayed. I wish that he had not prayed me for it. That brutal hobgoblin flayed a living dog. The storm had grown so violent that, at last, it frayed us. I wish that we had not displayed our real strength. I portrayed it, and sold its portrait for a florin. I stayed with them but a moment. A strong and long rain delayed the harvest. With the left l|^nd he swayed a pointed sword. EY = A. The old bey went away about dusk. Did not the dey bid us admit that Danish ship into our port ? That old varlet shot our best greyhound. Pray did he not prey upon it 'i They went out this morning and they did not re- turn. I wish that thou mayest get a trey. They did not obey our mild behests. Did not they bid me purvey them ? I did not bid him survey our land. Must not they finish this survey ? EYE = A. Our fat dog preyed upon that poult. Thou hast not obeyed our mild behests. We purveyed them last spring. They surveyed our lot this morning. EA = A. I punish him for breaking this bowl. I did not depend upon so great a man. He told me to hand him this steak. OF TEACHING. 1^9 AIG = A. I wish that he may deraign it. EIG = A. I wish that our bsicl king may not reign long. They feign a great longing for staying with us. He did not deign to grant it to me. AIGH = A. I told him that it must be straight. EIGH = A. I did not weigh it. pray go and Aveigh it for me. Did he neigh? No, he did not neigh. They inform me that it had not its weight. Did not eight shopmen break last morning? We intend to freight eight ships and ten boats. He may inveigh or not ; we must return iti EIGHE = A. Hast thou not weighed it yet ? Wilt thou punish a nag for having neighed ? They inveighed, but we did not mind it. SECTION III. Compreheiidhig the irregular representations of the sound e. EE = E. I found him asleep not far from that old oak. Did not a v;ild bee sting him? I found three nests on that blowing ash. We sold our fresh beef to that lad. We must get strong beer for them. I am going to plant out fourteen or fifteen beets. I say that it did not beseem them, The spring must be betv/een this bush and that oak. i69 thou must prevent him from antagonizing. Thbu must not mind that armorial trash. I did not forbid thee aspirating this sound. Did not he get the bastinado for having forsworn liimseli? She did not prevent me from bastinading him. Thou hast forgot that it must be bifidated. A bountiful God bestowed this great gift on man- kind. He sent me this brambling from Brazil. Am I not to punish them for this delirium ? Thou must, punish him for having denigrated us. May we not agree about a thing without denomi- nating it ? May not I keep it without dilaniating it ? Did not I inform thee that we go on dilapidating r If thou dilatest it thou wilt spoil it. Thou must get it diluted with sweet milk. The diluvian ark stopt on yon elevated peak. Thou mayest diminish it without degrading it. Did not the great king bestow this diploma on me ? It must be divided into three parts at least. Thou mayest strip them if they divest thefe. This, then, thou denominatest the dividend. I did not prevent thee from divining it. I did not ask forthe fiftieth but for the eightieth part* OF TEACHING. ITl This emigrant must be an eminent artist. Did I not shew thee that ensiform leaf? Bast thou forgot so elegant iin epigram. lam going to read this elegantepithalamium to thee. Art not thou going to send him this epithem? Thou must not bestow so low an epithet upon them^ They went away without estimating the land. We intend to set out on the last estival day. I did not forbid him evestigating it. It must be evident to them that I durst n:ot avoid it« They did not prevent me from evitating it. Did I not forbid him fatigating our fat steed? I did not prevent them from holding that festivaL. He sent it to me without having foliated it. Pray put this folio on the lowest shelf. He durst not grasp this fulminant gun. I did not prevent him from fuhiiinating us. I did not forbid thee fustigating that varlet. Though I am no habitant thou hast no ground for insulting me. If thou art not gifted with great hardiment thoix must avoid this hardship. iVIay our lord or our holidam help thee. I told him that it must be straight and horizontal. Did not our host beat and defeat the imperialists f Did not she put the imperial infant to bed ? She did not prevent me from impropriating it. At least they seem to be inanimated. We sold our Indian indigo this day a week. The thing must be inevident, indeed ! He did not forbid me denominating him an infidel.. Hast thou not prevented me from inlapidating it ? Our intestinal pain lasted three or four weeks. Thou hast intimated this event to us ten weeks ago* He went away without intimidating our antagonists. We intend to prevent him from invalidating this deed. 17'2 THE METHO» They yet go on sifting and investigating It. Must it be labial or labiodental ? He went to bed without delineating this labiated leaf. Did not a thin lamina remain in the bowl ? Did not he send thee that laminated thing? II thou laniatest it, thou wilt spoil it. They went away without lapidating the saint. I admonish thee not to trust that artful lapidist. May we not feel latent or jatitant heat ? We lavish latria upon our saints. Did not he ask for a lenient drug and did not I' send it to him ? I told him that it must be roundish or lentifornr. They did not pay me for levigating it. The litigants did not adopt this agreement. Hast not thou paid him for litigating for thee ? Did not that mad brain read this elegant madrigali This grandee played with that eminent lapidist. It must be manifest to thee that 1 did not mani,- fest it. Did not our raving king publish a long manifesto ? Last year we sold manifold lots to them. This manikin durst insult so great a man. Send this blowing marigold to our grandam. Last week we transplanted our mariets. He left us without blaming our marital deportment. Did they not display or reveal our mariiimai strength ? Thou hast forgot the most material point. Ten materialists held a meeting at our hotel. Hast thou not prevented him from materializing our soul ? They separated without investigating this matri- monial point. Did not our mediating help a great deal ? Hast not thou meditated this point for three wrecks OF TEACIUKG. ±7Q I fear that tKou wilt not hit upon a fit medium, I did not prevent him from meliorating it. Did not I bid thee hand me that memorial ? The memorialists did not forbid me memorizing the memorial. They intend to avoid this menial toil. Our methodists shun the militant toil. Thou shalt not send that minikin milksop. Thou shalt be paid for having mitigated its pain. Did he not spurn at this mitigant medium. Thou hast seen the mufti without speaking to him. This musketeer navigated the roaring main. Thou wilt be paid for not obviating this fatal evento I did not forbid thee tasting this olio. It must not be omniform but it must be multiform^^ So weak and doltish a plan ominatedits own ruin.- Did not our opium put him to rest for three or four weeks ? Did not he read this drama with an oratoriaL strength ? Did he hear so elegant an oratorio without admi- ring it ? May be he forgot to read this ordinal. This origan must be an oriental plant. Did he not eat an oviform plum ? This opium prevented its palpitating. I esteem that palisado to be fifteen or at least four^ teen feet long. They did not forget to punish us for not palisading our fort. Last week we sold our patrimonial mead and barn«r I weet that they spurn and sneer at our pedigreCo Am I to finish this pediment this week ? Must this penitent return to the meeting? This penman left out the penultima. It may be malignant without being pestilent^ p- a 174 THE METHOD They teld me that they found no petrolium on It. Did I not prevent thee from hiring so pitiful a penman ? Our harvest men say that an abundant and plenti- ful harvest repaid our toil. He durst not depart on that pluvial day. Art thou relating an antidiluvian or a postdiluvian event ? They say that God has predestinated us. If thou prevailest thou wilt be prevalent, but if thou predominatestj thou wilt be predominant. Did not he seem to fear this prevenient step ? This prodigal grandee did not throw away the sum that he bestowed upon that spendthrift. The provident artist did not forbid me promulga- ting this fatal event. Did not the prurient maid long for this gleeful event ? Blind men feel/without seeing, the radiant sun f or, at least, its burning heat. He did not hurt himself, if he did not break the" radius. Did he not long and ask for ratafia. That eminent king did not mind trifling regalia. They did not pay me for this retiform skin. Did not the dog gulp the meat without rumina- ting it ? I did not forbid thee salivating them. I told him to shew thee a salival gland. Thou v/ilt get no salmagundi though thou mayest ask for it. They pretend to be great and sapient men. They wish me to keep the sediment for the satrap. It must not be fluid but it must be semifluid. I shewed thee a semilunar leaf, hast not thou seen it? * I fear thou wilt nbt long keep this senatorial seat* of TEACHING. 175 They separated without agreeing about the seminal elements. They say that he inhabits that unventilated apart- ment. They durst not upbraid our votarists with so mean a sentiment. We esteem or deem its brain to be its sensorium. The sentinel let us go on without firing at us. This did not prevent it from septentrionating. The shining sun prevents us from seeing Sirius. They went away without spoliating our votarists. They need not wait for this stabiliment. Did not I forbid thee sublimating it ? He did not read our testimonial, but I am going to read it. Did not our despot forbid us transmigrating. We met with a transmigrant gang near that forest. The Lord did not forbid us forgiving a venial sin. Did not they prevent me from ventilating it ? Y= E. They went away so abruptly that I did not see them. I wish that they may avoid so great an absurdity. He absurdly insisted upon our going away. He abundantly provided us with beer and mead. Our antagonists hardly admit its admirability. Our admiral granted me a sword for behaving so admirably. The admiralty did not admit our plea. She played admirably and she sang adorably. We had not the least ground for upbraiding him with advoutry. I wish that the agony may not last long. Agreeably to this sapient behest we prevented him from disturbing thee. ±T6 THE METHOB I deem that they long but for its alimentary parts,- Hast thou forgot both altimetr}/ and trigonometry ? Thou wilt astonish them if thou speakest so amazedly. Did not our fleeting steed run amazingly fast ? Hast thou not a mind to let him go amblingly ^ We did not prevent them from returning to the ambrv. I did not intend to depaint its amazing amenity. Did not she treat us both kindly and amiably ? They may depend upon our lasting amity ? Did not the king forbid us promulgating an am- nesty ? They provided us amply with garments and ali- ments. We owe our finest arts to analysis. I did not study anatomy with him in Italy. Our anility 4)re vents us from speaking loud and fast. At last they agreed about its animality. This mishap we owe to our doltish animosity. We must prevent him from remarking this triflings anomaly. We must depend upon our anteriority. Did not I upbraid them with this antinomy? I say that he did not remark our antipathy.^ Our apathy prevents us from disturbing them.^ The apiary must not be far from that lofty oak. I fear that thou wilt not return aptly. They did not bestow upon it an arbitrary meaning. We found an arborary leaf on the melting snow. I plainly see that they ardently long for our amity. We intend to freight that empty argosy. Our aridity must be owing to our apathy. Did not they defeat our best army last year ? A fatal arteriotomj prevents me from meeting OF TEACHING. 1^7 Bid he not study astronomy with us ? I v/ent away without having seen an atomy. Thou may est push it but thou wilt not push it availably. Did not she play with so smug a baby ? He laments that thou hast so badly hurt him. '1 he}^ told me that she did not return into thfe balneary. Did not he lend thee this bandy ? Did not I see them bandy it about. Did not I forbid thee shewing them its bandy leg. Hast thou not forgot our barbarity yet ? Thou must not forget pounding its barky parts. Did I not bid thee throw this barmy beer away ? He treated me dastardly, but I repaid him for that treatment. Hast thou not pointed at that beamy star ? So beasdy a treatment befits so brutal a man. Let me only transplant this betony. She told me that she had not seen that bevy. Bigamists admit bigamy to be legal. He told me bigly that I must return within three weeks. You may depend upon it that it must be binary at least. They did not go a hunting on so bleaky a day. If thou trustest blindly thou wilt be deluded. We biithly play away our best moments, I told him bluntly that he must depart within four weeks. Wilt not thou show me that blushy leaf. They boastingly "pretend that we durst not meet them. I am not gifted with a great bodily strength. Did not he forbid thee anatomizing this animal body ? *^S THE METHO© Am I to rear this plant in this bolary soil ? Did not we boldly own our enmity ? Hast not thou found this bony bend on the floor? Did not he bid thee return to that bosky ground ? Did I not forbid thee shewing them its boundary ? Thou hast not yet forgot our imperial bounty. We found him hid in a braky den. We must prevent him from tasting this brandy. I did not forbid thee imitating this elegant brevity. They sold me this brimstony drug in that shop. Thou must not turn the left hand so briskly if thou wishest me to see it. They sent me this brisdy skin last week. Did not I bid thee throw this brushy thing away^ Must she not abhor and detest our brutality ? We only prevent them from living brutishly. I did not forbid them taking avv^ay this bulky trash. This bumkinly lad must return within three weeks. Did not they hang him for burglary ? I see that they did not shew thee the burly beast. Hast thou got this bad hay from that bushy mead ? We sold our bushy land last week a year. I see him daily at our hotel in Foitrth-street. if thou treatest them so daintily thou wilt spoil them. Did not Eliza bring thee this dainty? They intend to sin damnably, but thou must pre- vent them. They seem to be very dampy this morning. Thou needest not upbraid us with our dastardy. Our dastardly admiral durst not sail this morning to meet the foe. He sold it dearly and we paid dearly for it. Bodily debility itiust beget mental debility. I did not bid him load this boat so deeplv. OF TEACHING. 179 Am I to punish him for not divining its rapid de- flagrability ? If he paints him deformedly thou must not pay him. Its great deformity did not astonish me. The bountiful deity did not deign to grant it. Did not that event demonstrably prevent our ruin ? I told him that he must diminish its density. If thou trustest him blindly thou vi^ilt be deplora- bly deluded. Did he not strongly upbraid us with our depravity ? I plainly see that we must submit to our destiny. To speak the truth, thou hast treated them detest- ably. If thou prayest devoutly for it the deity must grant it to thee. He did not see, I ween, this elegant dialysis. They roam about without keeping a diary. The grand dignitary forgot to grant thee that living. He left us without demonstrating its astonishing dilatability. We did not intend to treat them so diminishingly. We sold our best and finest dimity last week. They see but dimJy and feel but weakly. Hast thou not seen that plump and sleek maid with the dimply skin ? They see our disability without deriding us. Thou wilt find a great disparity between them. Did he not return from our empty dispensary ? Our grand dignitary did not study divinity. Thou may est swop this doily for that dimity. He dotingly waits for the blushing maid. Thou shait not devour so doughy an aliment. Did the maid put our dozy brats to bed ? A painful dropsy keeps the old man in bed. Did they bid thee paint it do duskily ? 180 THE METHOD I prevented him from riding out on that dusky morning. I durst not put it on so dusty a shelf. They sent me this ebony from a distant land. We abhor ebriety and we detest ebriosity. On the eighteenth we lost eighty-eight men. Did she not sing and play most elegantly ? I fear that we must disagree about its elementarity. Thou wilt not prevent me from admiring its ele- mentary parts. We did not wish him to see this embryo. Thisanimalmustbe eminently harmful to mankind. We owe our ruin to that fatal empyrosis. Did not I forbid thee emptying that bowl. Did not our army beat and defeat the enemy last year? The unfeeling enigmatist did not mind our ardent entreaty. Perhaps she lost the ring in the entry. They envy our weal, but we must not mind this envy. Did not our drug instantly remedy the most vio- lent epilepsy ? I see evidently that thou wilt not return to the army. If I push thee but faintly thou wilt hardly feel it. Must not they abhor and detest our fastidiosity ? Mortal man, thou must submit to blind fatality. We owe lasting fealty to our great king. 1 am told that they play featly and run nimbly. Did our most violent fedary push them so feebly I She played elegantly and sang feelingly. I plainly see that he feignedly trusts us* Did we not at last ov/n our feminality ? Did we not treat them with great festivity? Fifthly, thou shaft send us fifty pots on the fifteenth. OF TEACIIINrr. 181 It may be he did not see that fdmj web. Thou art a filthy and nasty animal indeed. We did not shew him our linary.. They pretend that it must be a fishy animal. They not only must return, but they must return fitly. Did not the shiny sun melt that flaky snow ? It may be burning, I ween, without being flamy. Did she not forbid me deriding so flashy a plan ? I am told that he did but flatly gainsay thee. A body may be fleshly without being flesh}^ Hast thou a mind to prevent us from admiring its floridit)^ ? I ween that the)^ did not remark its fluidity. She told me to throw this foamy milk away. He fondly went to meet the deluding maid. I did not forbid him shaping it forkedly. Thou hast, I ween, not seen that forky twig. They abhor our apish formality without deriding it. They sent me this fragmentary bed last week. She did not forbid me forgiving this frailty. They roam freakishly and hunt for violets that blow fragrantly. If thou art a freeman thou must speak freely* Did not the wind blow freshly from the east ? Thou wilt hardly admit its friability. Thou needest not upbraid us with our frivolity. We must send them this frisky lad. Did not the last week set in frostily ? If they boast frothily thou must sneer at the frothy boasts. He did not prevent thee from admiring and imi- tating our frugality. Did we not eat frequently on that frosty day ? Did the old maid sew this shift so fumblingly ? I did not bid him dig up so furzy a spot. 182 THE METHOD Did not I forbid thee eating that fusty meat? Thou goest gaily out, but thou wilt not so gaily return. They may feign gaiety without being gay. They gainly sent us this gear last morning. I did not prevent thee from hiding its glabrity. I gladly adopted so prudent a plan. Did not he throw this gleby lump at me ? I did not shew thee its gleety leg. I deem that he plainly demonstrated its globosity. That fatal defeat did not diminish our glory. Devout and godly men glory in piety. Did not the gouty dogmatist ask for me ? I found this grainy body behind our granar}'. Did not our old harp sound gratingly ? He did not upbraid me with this gravity. He entreated me with the utmost gravity to hand him the dish with the gravy. They greatly esteem our benevolent landlady. Did not that greedy hog greedily devour its meal ? Our dog retreated, but grimly did he bark at them. If he speaks groundedly thou mayest trust him. At last she grumly granted our demand. The wind prevents our leaving this gulfy land. We durst not sail on so gusty and stormy a day. But they did not remark our hability. He told me that the haily rain did not last long. Did not the old gunsmith shut the door handily ? They say that thou art a skilful and handy gun- smith. I haply met him this morning in Fourth-street. Did so hardy a seaman fear a gusty tempest? She played on the harp, but she had no ear for harmony. Did she not turn the harpy out into the street? They speak harshly, but they mean no harm» OF TEACIirNTG. 1S3 Thou wilt repent and lament so hasty a step* I did not so hastily admit its truth* We did not start on that hazy morning. Must we load this boat with that heapy hay? I sold this heathy land to a doltish Irishman. They upbraid us with our hebdomadary stay. He granted it, but he granted it heedily. We did not part M'ith our hereditary land. I say that they hold this old hut hereditarily. Did the}^ forbid thee imitating our hilarity. Our hoary grandam prevented me from going out. Thou must keep it holily, until I redemand it. The holy man left us without reading the homily. Must they not detest our Iiomonymy. I bet that thou wilt break this horny hilt. Did not I study hbrometry with him ? That benevolent lord did not treat us hospitably. I told them that they may depend on our hospi- tality. Did they not seem to fear our hostility ? If thou seekest for it so hotly thou wilt not find it. I bet that the hurly burly did not finish the deed. Thou shalt not shew him that husky thing. I did not remark so plain and evident an identity. I wish that he may speedily remedy this idiopathy. I say that they spent the day idly. Did not the Lord our God forbid idolatry ? We say that thou hast treated us ignobly. They say that he durst not prevent our ignominy* If he Insulted thee he did so ignorantly. Did thev not inibody our army last v.eek ? They durst not depend on our imitabitity* Did he not remark its impenetrability i This body must be impenetrably hard. I am told that thou livest impenitently. Did not the Deity punish us for our impiety T ^^^ THE METliOB He left us without demonstrating its imporosity» That fort, I ween, must be impregnably strong. Its improbability must daily diminish. Did he not demean himself v/ith great impropriety ? We durst not plead our total inability. They probably did not remark its inanity. I am told that they study indefatigabh^. We must demand indemnity for the past. Let us speak independently and v/ithout fear. Did it not rain last week indesinently ? Thou borest this indignity but thou borest it in- dignantly. We must indispensibly go and see them. Let us not speak so lazily and read so indolently. They may, without the least risk;> depend on our industry. If we speak ineptly thou m.ust not mind our saying. May be they did not remark its inevitability. Thou wilt inevitably defeat so weak an antagonist. Wilt thou not prevent them from promulgating our infamy. The enemy did not defeat our infantry. This infestivity may last three or four weeks. They durst not upbraid him with infidelity. Its infinity must be demonstrated. May be he did not see its informity. Our landlord did not treat us inhospitably. Hast not thou a mind to upbraid him with inhos- pitality ? They separated without debating its inimitability. They sing and pla)- on the piano inimitably. We did not prevent them from divining our inly sentiments. I wish that so harsh a remedy may speedily dispel our inanity. '^■^ Thou hast no ground for fearing our insensibility. OF TEACHING. 185 I see that they gain fast, though insensibly, upon us. i^id not our inseparability seem to alarm them ? I sn T Zf 1 '" ^f f ^"^^^'t ^^it^^^^t IH-i^g inseparabiv. 1 say that he did not treat us insipidly. I did not see but I felt its insipidity, rhey need not upbraid me with insobriety. He insolently told me that he did not beat thee. 1 hou mayest depend upon its instability. Thou wilt find him if thou seekest him instantly. lie must, at least, admit our instrumentality. Ihey boast insultingly that they defeated our in- lantry. I see that thou hast not defended us insurmountably. Ih^y may, without the least fear, depend on our integrity. Thou mayest depend upon it that thou wilt see its intensity. If thou wishest to study thou must study intently. Did not our infantry defend that post with the utmost intrepidit}^ We must intrepidly meet our boasting antagonist. 1 wish that they may remedy its invalidity. Let me entreat thee to keep it inviolably. If he speaks invitingly thou must not trust him. He met him, I admit, but I say that he met him involuntarily. I did not forbid thee forgiving an involuntary misdeed. ^ Thou wilt not prevent this ivy from mounting along that oak. ° Thou must not reprimand them so keenly. If they speak kindly to thee thou must treat them Kindly. So mean a varlet durst insult our kingly dignity. Thou art a real king if thou behavest kingly. grant it loathly ? I intend to speak loftily without provoking thenio %4ohy sentiiaents be£t so great a hy zany in a sulky fit,, OF TEACHING. 201 EI E. Did not I forbid thee inveigling them? If thou layest hold on a thing, thou seizest it* Am I to reprimand him for a legal seizin ? IE=E. Three men hoisted the body and laid it on a bier. If they put thee on a bier, thou wilt not long for beer. A grenadier must be far from feeling fear. Hast thou a mind to insult our belamie ? The most violent grief must end at length. We must avoid grieving so Godly and benevolent a man. They told me grievingly that the enemy had de- feated our grand army. If thou meetest them, thou must put on an intre- pid mien. The fourth pier must be distant from the fifth at least eighty-four feet. I see that they spurn at our priestly dignity. We may be godly and holy men without being priests. Though I did so, yet I feel no relief. If thou believest him, thou wilt repent it. I did not prevent thee from reprieving them. He told us a long story, but he told it briefly. Thou hast only to read this brief epigram. I see that thou askest for a brief j but 1 fear that thou wilt not obtain it. Our belief rests upon the most solid ground. He related a story to us without believing it him- s If. Thou believest then that I am going to obtain this fitrf. Did not eighty men remain «n the field? s^i THE MEIHOD ^ Thou wishest for a field bed without being fieldfed. A man may be an admiral without envying a field marshal. We deem it prudent to flee from so potent a fiend. Did not our disbelief astonish the sainted priest ? Thou wilt not prevent our disbelieving this story. Wilt thou shield us from our fiend without a shield ? Thou believest then that thou wilt obtain the shrievalty ? A man may hear a shriek without shrieking him- self. If thou stealest, thou wilt be denominated a thief. If thou thievest, thou wilt be found out. Thou mayest obtain it, I ween, without taking it thievishly. Hast thou trusted a man with so thievish a mien ? If thou retrievest it, thou wilt owe it to me. Thou wilt find it in the eighteenth tier. I say that not believing and unbelieving go hand in hand. Did he not sharply reprimand us for our unbelief? A thing may be bulky and weighty without being unwieldy. Thou wilt see him wield along and weighty spear? A spear may be both weighty and wieldy. Must they not^ at last, yield to our entreaty? 1E = E We need no reigning king, but we need a parlia« ment? The king durst not insult our parliamentary dig* nity. UY=E. Thou art a plaguy lad, if thou teazest us. Thou hast to deal with a roguy and wily man. (i>r TEACHING. 203 UI=E. Hast thou a mind to detain them so plaguily long. EY=E. Thou shalt not prevent them from grazing In this ley. I mislaid my key, hast not thou seen or found it ? If thou strikest this key, thou wilt hear a sharp sound. Hast thou sown barley or hemp in that sloping field? We must submit this medley to analysis. Thou strivest in vain to avoid the motley throng, We must hold a parley with our antagonists. I sold him a fat turkey for a trifling sum. Did not they parley three weeks without forming a treaty. We must wait till they return from the tobey. EO=E. They left the land without peopling it. We did not forbid them repeopling the suburb. We may empty a land without dispeopling it. They intend to prevent our grand army from dis- peopling the land or from driving away its in- habitants. AY=E. Hast not thou seen him last Sunday a week ? We intend to hold a weekly meecing on Friday. We deem Saturday to be a s^curnian day for us* EG--E. I had a mind to impregn it with alura. ^Q^ THE METHOD SECTION IV. Including' the irregular representations of the sound u. oo=u. We may keep aloof, without keeping alow or aloft. Thou must see, I ween, that they intend to befoot thee. They intend that they did it on our behoof. Most plants bloom or blow in the spring. We must prevent him from tnmsplanting that bloomy shrub. I took this magnum bonum from that booby. Thou wilt not book it, I ween, if thou hast no book. A man may be bookful without being bookish. Thou mayest be a bookman without being a bond- man. We feel a violent wind boom without seeing it. Am i to depart without striving to break so weak, a boom. May not a man be gay without looking boon. Thou wilt not obtain the boon thou wishest for. A man may demean himself boorishly without be- ing a boor. He may be a good man without having a boorish look. We must gram him our boots to boot. If I benefit thee, wilt not thou boot me ? Wilt not thou waits, until I am booted? We must avoid burning this booth. Thou hast no ground f SECTION V. Including the irregular representations of the sound 0, AW = 6. An av/fal storm shook the trembling forest. Hold this pointed awl with your left hand. I prevented him from taking the awning from the boat. Did you not see that trifling and bawbling animal? A pimp and a bawd seem to be near akin. If they speak bawdily, you must turn them out. You must punish them for so bawdy a deportment. Thou wilt not prevent him from bawling. We saw an old bawsin, but we did not shoot him. We brawl very loud, but they do not mind our brawl. If I am not naked, thou wilt not see my brawn. An arm may be fleshy and brawny without being too bulky. If I had a loaded gun, I would shoot that old daw. Did it not begin to dawn at four in the morning? Did not the king bid us draw up the army on this plain ? Draw your sword and defend your own body. He went away smilingly without looking at your drawing. You may speak, I ween, in a slow way, without drawling. He would fawn upon you, if I did not prevent him. Be not so proud for having shot a poor fawn. Did not I bid you turiiing out that gawk? Thou v/ilt be reprimanded fornot having seen this flaw. 214 THE METHOD This sportsman flew a hawk at a trembling lark. Am I to hawk your books m the miry streets ? Thou wilt find hawkweed in that sloping field. You may flaw a bowl, without breaking it. I do not prevent your removing this flawy dish. I found this haw in the burning sand. I did not bid him root up this hawthorn. We may speak slowly, without hawing and draw- I durst not impawn it with my greedy landlord. Thou wilt hear a rook haw in that gloomy forest. Do you deem a lampoon to be a lav^ful thing? Do we not belong to the lawgiving party ? They would prevent you from publishing this law. We may see it without leaving this shadowy lawn. If an animal should hurt its maw, it would not grow very fat. Did I not forbid your removing this mawkish food? Do you not blush for out-fawning him? They do not pretend you to be an outlaw. Let us outlaAV the rook, wirhout delay. We must prevent them from promulgating our outlawry. Did I not see your hound wildly paw the ground ? Did he not prevent your pawning this book ? He left us abruptly without restoring our pawn to us. I saw a prawn and a shrimp in your net. Do you not forbid them eating green fruit and raw meat? Thou wilt be reprimanded for planing it so rawly. We must pay him for sawing this board. If I had a good saw, I would gladly saw this wood for you. Thou wilt find sawdust in that deep sawpit. OP TEAGHrNG. MSf He told me that you would lend me youi* shawm. We saw an old sawfish in our bay. If they send us spaw, must we not pay for it. Did I not see you spawl behind the desk ? I told Eliza to brush away this spawl. I found this spawn in the deep fishpond behind yon forest. Do not fish spawn in the spring? I' you wish to get straw, you must goto that farm, I did not prevent him from sleeping on this strawy bed. I send you this skin and beg you to taw it. I lost a taw in the yard ; did you not find it ? We found two tipsy men, sprawling on the wet ground. Hast not thou worn a tawdry garment last year? She had a wild look and a very tawny skin. We had a strong thaw three or four weeks ago. The sun began to thaw the snow in February. AWE = 6. Thou believest that we intend striking them with awe. I did not awe them, nor did they awe me. He reprimanded me for having flawed this dish. He hawed without drawling, but he hid not drawl without hawing. They outlawed him about two weeks ago. If your hound pawed the g^round, he smelt a rat» I do not reprimand you for having sawed this board. If he tawed this skin for vou, you must pay him for tawing it. The sun thawed the deep snow in about two weeks* 216 THE METHOD 2 A=0. He took a wad and threw it on the floor. I found two or three walnuts behind that bush. Thou wast wan last week, but thou art not so this week. Did you not hold a wand in your left hand ? I do, indeed, not v/ant to see you in want. This wantwit, I ween, wants to thwart our plan. Thou mayest go to war, but thou wilt soon repent f it. We do not intend to war with the Spanish king. I say that thou art bound to ward him. He told me that your ward inhabits the fourth ward. Do you not want to see your wardship at an end ? Thou must not run so fast on so warm ii day. You speak warmly, but you do not insult me. You defended him too warmly and they derided your warmth. You plainly see that I did not warn you too soon. He did not mind our warning, but he soon repent- ed it. I see that he mistook the warp for the woof. Look at that beam and thou wilt see that it warps. I pretend that I saw a wart on your left hand. Did not you shew hina your warty hand ? I see that you did not wash your nasty feet. Do you feed your hog wkh bran or with wash? May not a thing be damp wuhout being washy ? I say that a wild bee or a wasp «tung you. She must be a waspish slut, inde-^d, if she speaks so waspishly. Albeit we did not insult thee, yet thou art our foe. Do not two or three brooks iiow through that swamp ? OF TEACHING. 217 Lend me your swab, that I may swab our floor. Do you intend to go through that swampy forest? He did not look at it, although I entreated him to do so. Did not an old swan swim about in the fishpond ? I wish that you would hand me that swanskin. jVlay we not do it hastily without doing it swaD ? I sent you this sward to rub your rusty saw with it. Thou wilt find a great swarm in the yard. Thou believest then that wasps and hornets do not SM'arm. May not a thing be tawny or swarth without being gloomy ? You do not want, I see, to shew me your swarthy arm. Do you hear the hail and rain swash on the roof? Did not your tipsy king drop from the faldstool ? Did he not prevent your promulgating this falsity r I had almost forgot to read your book. I, also, sav/ him sneak away from the play ground. I saw a bald old man stand at the door. Did not I see you halt on the road ? The wily despot intended to inthral mankind. If thou makest malt, thou mayest be truly deno- minated a maltman. A goldsmith may melt gold and platina without spalt. I told you to brush the malt dust from the malt- fioor. Do you intend riding out on your palfrey? We sold our last Bengal about two weeks ago. I admit that you should not regret so paltry a sum. You must not fovgtt to reward him for it. I would not wait a moment for so paltry a reward. You forgot to salt your soup. T 318 ^HE METHOD A fish may be very good to eat without being a halibut. Did not you swop your salt for our saltish fluid? I told you that you should go withal. Did I not pay the fourth instalment three weeks ago? We intend to reinstal him in eight weeks. AL = 6. You may walk without talking and talk without walking. If you walk behind a stalking pony^ they say that you stalk. Must I repeat, that I do not intend to balk you ? They say that they found all our men fast asleep. You may find a ball, I ween, without going to a ball. Do not bawl so loud for your paltry ball. I did not fear that so great a mishap would befall you. He told me that they did not fall out. May we not spoil a thing without galling it ? Hast thou got this gall from an animal body ? Thou wilt probably find the king in the great hall. You did not prevent that malkin from walking into the withdrawing room, I told you that he would soon outwalk you. If you want to see it, you must lift the pall. So galling a defeat did not pall our army. If you keep your pony in a stall, it must be stall- fed. He told me that thou hast not seen a swallow yet. I fear that thou wilt not prevent him from swal- lowing it. If thou hast no small beer^ thou must get brandy. OF TEACHING. 2X9 The tall tree, that you see on yon peak, must be a poplar. If we thrall thee, thoa Vv'ut be our thrall. AU- 6. Avaunt, I do not want so nasty a thhig. He did not speak audibly ; for we did not hear him. I do not find fault with your audit. If you diminish a thing, you do not augment it. May we not find it out without auguring ? I see that thou takest an augur for an august man. We plant in April? sow in May, and reap in Au- gust. I plainly see that he wanted to aumail it. I did not want to let him see this aurelia. A man may be a skilful aurist without being an augur. Last week a year we saw a splendid Aurora Bore • alis. If you bring the fruit from the south, it must be an austral fruit. Did not you say that your authority lasted but three weeks - Do you intend authorizing him to do so? We hold an autopsy to be the best proof. If thou likest autumnal fruitj thou rnayest get plenty. Sb<- told me that she got it for a baubee. Did not you punish him for bedaubing this wall? Did he not bid me throw this dauby drug out at the window I I see that thou mistakest daubing for painting, I did not prevent your punishing so great a deiault. If you defraud a man, may vfe not say that you rob him ? 220 Tim jHIETHOB Thou hast worn epaulets without being a miiitaiy hero. I would bet that they hid it behind that epauhnent. I told you that he would find fault with j-our de- portment. You need not upbraid us with speaking faultily. We must punish thee, if thou art found faulty. The blind pagan took Faun for a rural god. Do you ween that this Vv^ould prevent them from finding out your fraud ? I fear that thou hast trusted a fraudful man. I do not forbid your gauding at our defeat. A garment may be good without being gaudy or showy. We must haul it through that sloping field I do not want you to await the last haul. We found no haum in your old barn. Oft did we laud that saint, but he did not mind our laud. You may speak laudably, without behaving laud- ably. You may fall asleep without taking this laudanum. Hast not thou lost it on that sloping laund ? We saw a maudlin man behind your old barn. I'hou mayest beat and hurt him^ but thou shalt not maul him. Not far from yon lofty poplar, thou wilt see an old mausoleum. I wish that you would shew him your nautilus. It you should see Paul, would you inform him that I wait for him. They had hid it in a dark vault ; but, notwithstand- ing this, we found it out at last. Hast not thou a m.ind to vault our mausoleum ? Nobody sa\Y so astonishing a vault without ad- miring It. OF TEACHING. 321 I left him vaulting in the old vaulted liall. You vaunt your great strength, but we do not mind your vaunt. If thou speakest vauntingly, thou wilt be denomi- nated a vauntful man or a fool. AUGH= 6. This man taught me to speak, to read and to draw. If thou deemest it naught, thou must throw it away. He did not look sharply, and thus he saw naught. For aught I hear, you did not wait for him. Thou hast not the least ground for believing me to be a naughty and ungodly man. I am told that thou speakest and behavest very naughtily. If thou speakest haughtily, thou wilt be denomi- nated a haughty, proud and insolent man, OUGH = 6. He sought to harm me, though I did not seek to hurt him. I thought that your antagonist would defeat you. Methought that I saw a man etand behind the wall. If you owe him this sum, you ought to pay him. She told me that she bought this bengal in your shop. I thought that you fed and brought them up. At length, I see, thou hast brought about our ruin. I fought him last week, but he beat and defeated me. I besought our admiral not to set sail this week. You set at nought the very thing that I esteem most. T 2 THE METHOD" 2 I thougiit that he v/ould not pay two groats for it. He told me broadly that I ought not to wait for you. A fishpond may be broad without being deep. We did not prohibit him from going abroad. SECTION YI. Including the irregular representations of the 2 sound a. AI = A. I bought this plaid in your shop^ about four weeks ago. UA := A. The Swedish kingboundhimselftobeourguarantee. We intend to guaranty this treaty, at all events. SECTION VIT. including the irregular representations of the 3 sound a. AL = A. If thou takest a fourth from a half, a fourth must be left. I did not prohibit your halving the land. Did not this palm tree grow two feet and a half last year ? OF TE ACHES G. 323 You ought not to palm so foolish a story upon them. I thought that this balm would be a good remedy. A thing may be soft and soothing without being balmy. AU=A. I saw your aunt hold a small ant in the left hand. If thou hauntest bad folks, thou must be a bad man. He invited me to sleep in the haunted hall. I thought that you would draw them askaunt. We derided him for flaunting in so foolish away. May not a thing be flaunt without being foolish? Did you not see the blooming maid go into the laundry ? Thou wilt find it a hard thing to daunt so intrepid a man. Your speaking so boldly and undauntedly bespeaks a bold and undaunted mind. He may be thin, lean and gaunt, without living leanly or gauntly. You durst not throw your gauntlet on the floor. If you want to wash your shift you must go to the laundry. This empty maund may weigh about half a pound. I hear with the utmost grief that thou blamest me for having taunted so naughty a man. Thou speakest very tauntingly, but thou wilt soon repent it. You taunt us, for aught we see, but we do not mind your taunt. EA = A. I wish that you would not sit on the hearth. You may feel your heart beat, though you do not see it. 224b THE METHOD If you do not mind our grief, you must be a hard- hearted man. You sleep soundly, for aught I hear, and eat hear- tily. I did not eat so hearty a meal for three weeks past. UA = A. You must not only guard it, but you must also de- fend it. If they owe your guardian this sum, they ought to pay him. I thought your guardianship had ended in August. We left the port and put t© sea, without seeing your guard ships. SECTION VIII. Comprehending the Irregularities of the sound ^* 2 AI = E. If the said man said so, it must be true. Your guardian saiththat we ought not to pay them. We may hear a thing agam and again without be- lieving it. We should guard against grief and fear. Do you intend to maintain this post against your enemy ? You must prevent this airling from taking an airing with your aunt. You may air a r^om, I ween, without having an air pump. OF TEACHING . 225 Do 5-011 feel the air rush through this airshaft ? Durst this airy, vain and trifling lad insult that fair and blooming maid ? If you want to see the dairy maid, you must go to the dairy. This event augments our grief without making us despair. Your speaking so despairingly begot our own des- pair. Thou wilt return from the fair without a fairing. The naughty fairy did not fairly deal witK you. Hast thou a mind to let its hair grow ? We bought this wild and hairy beast from your aunt. Wilt thou maintain that they did not impair our land ? The intrepid laird durst not go near its lair. I had a pair, not long ago^, but I sold them to your aunt. Hast thou not a mind to repair this old hut ? Hast thou not seen the blooming pair smilingly repair to the inviting iawn. EI = E. I would not sv/op this nonpareil for your walnut* I say that their defeat would not diminish their glory- HEI = E. We did not prevent you from naming and making him your heir. EB=E. Do you ween that I am going to pay your debts ? Thou believest them to be indebted to me for their prosperity. 226 THE METHOD He ought not? 1 repeat it again and again, toindebt himself. A = E. Thou wast not bound, I ween, to trust so wary a man. I did not prevent you from varying it. In this way thou v/ilt soon find out its area. You may get through it without baring your feet. He may be a bold and daring man without daring thee. I did not forbid you paring this nail. I see that he mistook a raree show for a rarity. Thou sparest him, though he did not treat thee with pity. Thou mayest be a sea-faring man without being a good seaman. Thou hast seen many men j but hast thou seen any good men ? EA= E. Did you not see three mtn v/alk abreast in the road ? Three ships sail ahea.d and three abreast. Hast thou seen him already, or art thou going to see him ? Would you not beg him to bespeak a bedstead for me ? We do not behead a man for stealing, but we hang him. We may bespawl, bespeak, bespot and bespread a thing. Hhst thou a mind to- bestead that thief? Wr had bread, "Vieat, tea and fruit for our break- fast. OF TEACHING. 227 Its breadth must be at least forty-eight feet and a half. Do you not breakfast at eight in the morning? A pointed sword may go through your breast with- out hurting your heart. This breasthook must be at least twenty-eight feet long. May you not swim without keeping your breath > Did not eighty-eight men remain dead on the field? If thou hatest us deadly, thou art our deadly foe ? I am not deaf, but I do not want to hear you. If you fear death, you must not go to war. He may be a deathsman without being a hangman. This day a year, we had a dreadful day indeed ! I wish you would lean your head to the left. May not a man lead an army through a forest with- out heading it? I lost a green headband in the yard ; did you not find it? Our seamen saw a headland at four in the morning. A man may be headlong without diving lieadlong into a pond. Did not you yield the headship to so prudent and great a man ? The tipsy groom threw the headstall into a nook. So headstrong a man ought not to head our army. I would not deal with so rash, hasty and heady a man. I told you that you would ruin your health at last. A man may inhabit a healthful spot without being healthy. If thou llvest healthily, thou needest not long for health. A man may walk heavily, without speaking hea- vily. It must be a hard thing to lift so heavy a lump. 328 THE :^IETHOD He must be a foolish man, if he did not swop lead for gold. He leant against that lofty oak weeping and groan- ing aloud. Do we not get all our best hay from that long meadow ? I did not say so, but I meant to say so. Hast thou read this book, or wilt thou read it ? I readily agree v/ith you that I am a weak, and oft a foolish man. I am ready to go with you to the haunted hall. A king may be without a realm and a realm may be v/ithout a king. We may spread a thing without spoiling it. I thought it would be best to put this in its stead. May not a man speak steadfastly, without being- steadfast? I wish that you would hold your tool steadily. If you find a steady and prudent man, you may send him to me. ,We punish men for stealth and theft, but we do not punish them for swearing. A deed may be stealthy without being unlawful. On a hot day a man may sweat without toiling. We do not oft see sweat on a bleak day. I wish that you would wash your sweaty body. Yo'jr aunt bought this green thread in our shop. She told me repeatedly that she would not thread it. A man m.ay be threatful without being hurtful. We threated him repeatedly, but he did not mind our threats. I did not intend to tread on your gouty foot. We did not prevent you from saving vour v/ealth. May not a v/eai^hy man be a great fool ? OF TEACHING. 223 IE = E. I am ready to depart with you and your friend. You ought not to grant your friendship too readily. Hast thou ah*eady forgot our friendly warning ? UE = E. Your guests do not seem to relish your roast meat. SECTION IX. including the irregular representations of the sound i. Ai = i. Our toil and travail did not avail us the least thing. Did not we travail many a day without hoping any reward ? I thought that plantain would graw in a hot land only. Thou believest that oaks do not grow on so lofty a mountain. If you want to see mountain plants you must re- pair to a mountain. If thou livest on a mountain, thou art a moun- taineer. I thought that you had a fountain, or, at least, a spring, in your yard. 2 EI = I. I am told that thou grievest for so trifling a for- feit. IT 230 THE METHOB We maintain that we did not forfeit any thing. He thought that so trifling a surfeit would not ruin your health. He wanted to surfeit me, but I defeated so naughty a wish. EIG = I. We ought to be on our guard against this foreign foe» IE =i. I thought that you had studied law with him. He envied me ; though I did not envy him. He wanted to insult me, but I only pitied hime UI = I. I built a small hut, and he burnt it in a mad fit. This building must be at least forty-eight feet long and twenty-four feet broad. I thought that so naughty a lad would only glory f^ in guilt. I am told that they did not find him guilty. I bought it for a guinea, but I sold it for two and s. half. y ==i. Thou wilt find a deep pond in a small glyn. You hymning your saints without adoring your God. I thought that so trifling a mishap would not hyp him. You may see a great many meh without seeing a myriad So plain a thing did not want your mysterizing it. Ignorant meia hold many a thing to be a mystery. OF TEACHING. 231 A very small man may be denominated a pigmy or a dwarf. Thou hast naught to fear from that pygmean breed. I see that you mistook a pyramid for a polygon. A spot may be shady without being sylvan. I see that thou likest symbolizing any thing. He did not forbid us sympathizing with you, though he did not grant aid or help to us. Your sympathy did not avail us any thing. Thou hopest in vain for our syndrome. I do not forbid your admiring synthesis, though it would be best for you to adopt analysis. Thou mayest form a system, but thou shalt not impel us to adopt it. I plainly see that he mistook a tympanum for a tymbal. We must find out a remedy for your tympany. E = I. [f I had only two rivets, I Vv'-ould rivet it solidly. I hold a helmet to be a small helm. I invited your friend to travel with, me, but he would not. Di d you not pay him half a guinea for a panel. I bought this Irish linen from your aunt. O = i. I met three women in the street, talking aloud. 332 THE METHOD SECTION X. Comprehending the irregular representations of the sound u. O =U. Your wealthy friend sold me this money bag last Monday a week. A monied or a wealthy man may be a very igno- rant and foolish man. We do not want a shovel, but we want a shovel board. We got an oven built for baking bread in it. If thou livest slovenly, thou wilt be denominated a sloven. We esteem your wit, but v/e abhor your slovenry. I am told that thou dealest with, and livest amongst bad folks. If thou takest a bombard for a great gun, thou art near the truth. A ship may be blown up without being bombarded. Did not, a mad dog run through our borough, last Monday, without biting any body \ She doth not seem to be smit with him. Dost thou intend to stay two or three v/eeks in our borough? I told him to get a dozen or two for me. May not a lion or a wolf outrun an unwieldly dromedary? Thou art not very bold, if thou darest not front so weak an enemy. He durst not remain in the front, and so he went to the rear. ^"^ I told him to wait for me in the front room. OF TEACllINC. 2o5 Do you want bread and honey for your breakfast, i thought that he would return within three months but I begin to fear that I mistook. We invited you to our monthly meeting, but you did not deign to repair to it. Did not your eldest son play a solo on the violin. I did not say that it weighed a ton, but I said that it held a ton. We do not prevent you from proving your son-ship. I wish that you would keep your word. He wanted me to word it ; but I told him that I would not do it. You must be very unskilful, if you do not tho- roughly foil him. You seldom see a thorough sped thief hung. I wish that you would do your own work. If thou workest hard and steadily, thou wilt finlsli it within three months. We durst not punish him for working on a work- ing day. A good and steady workman would do it in two weeks. If thou lovest money and wealth, thou wilt not seek for glory. He would not hurt a worm, living In the dust. If you work slowly and privily, may we not say that ¥ou worm ? We do not envy you for your workmanship. A thing may be workmanly and a man may be skilful. If thou hirest workmen, thou must also pay them. Nobody wants to depart this world, though all must depart it. A mortal, set upon profit, may be said to be a worldling. If thou art bent upon this world, we may say that thou art a worldly man. U2 23* THE METHOD I see that you want to show us sweet wormwood. Wood may be wormy without being wormwood. I wish that your worship would speak the naked truth. You worship the sun, but we bask in it. You may worship your God without being wor- shipful. I fear that thou hast not seen the worst yet. The best men do seldom worst the worst men, I thought that you had not transplanted your wort yet. He may be a very good worthy man, without be- ing worth a >roat. I did not prevent you from shoving your old leaky boat. If you do not want to reward him worthily, do not reward him at all. A man may be very wealthy without being un- worthy. It ought not to astonish you, to hear that so mean and unworthy a man treated us so unworthily. If you hold our method for good, you ought to adopt it. A king may be without a kingdom and a kingdom may be v/lthout a king. I trust that so proud and bold an amazon would not obey a timid king. A man may go a fishing without seeing any tur- bots. I wish you would repeat the last period but two. The last platoon ought to turn on the left pivot. I would, without fail, pistol him, if I had a loaded pistol. He wants to work a pump without a piston. If you do not re^it our penalty, you do not par* don us. OF TEACmNG. 235 I ask your pardon, I did not mean to tread on your foot. They fought and bled to establish and to maintain their freedom. If thou likest honied bread, thou must not repent spending money for it. If you want to hit it, you must not throw at ran- dom. Your abandonment did not astonish your friend. We ought to abandon a land, held to be good for nothing. If thou walkest so slowly, thou wilt not see Tren- ton this morning. I wish that you would transplant this milkwort. E = U. I saw her behind that bush, but she did not see me. I wish to see either her or her aunt. I neither saw your son nor your daughter at the ball. Our baker must be either a fool or a thief or both together. His sister lost a garter in the yard, did you not find it ? I want to speak neither to your father nor to your mother. Do you intend to barter your silver for our gold- You did not administer a groat to your son. She treats her admirer very kindly, if thou takest his word for it. If you admonish us, you may be said to be our admonisher. I thought that wealthy silversmith to be your adorer. I overtook your adorer after sunset. 236 THE METHOD I never did hear an uglier proverb than this. Thou hast no ground for dreading so weak and slothful an adversary. I wish that you would advert to our workmanship. I pray to God that so great an adversity may ne- ver befal you. We sold our aftermath to your eldest brother. I am to meet your father this afternoon at the lov/er tavern. Your prudent afterthoughts avail us nothing. Perform your task and you may play afterward. I ought to punish you and your kind aider. Did this leaf drop from a hazel or from an alder r I thought that an aldern bov/ would be good for nothing. Our gouty alderman departed this world yesterday afternoon. We do not find the least fault with your alderman- ly deportment. May not a man be alert wkhout being prudent I I thought that your brother would turn out a very kind almoner. Your plan being good for nothing, nay, being even hurtful, you ought to alter it without delay. We found gold alternating with silver and lead. We do not want any further proof for establishing their alternity. On a spot, not very far from the river, we found amber and flint. I wish that you would melt this ambergris for me. If you need money, you must part with your am- bler. Thou hast a very bad memory for an amplifier. A hunted stag may break an antler against a tree*, You ought to perform a bad deed neither apertly nor privily. OF TEACHING. 337 If thou goest into the armory, thou wilt find the armorer in it. I see that you mistook a vein for an artery. I left him hvmting for an asker, or a small lizard living in the water. A man with an asper temper ought not to shun an asper road. Every body must abhor and detest your asperity. I want to prevent you from aspersing your friend. I saw, but a moment ago, our midshipman astern. Never did a peril, let it be ever so great, astert our hero. An astronomer looks at a moving star to find out its bulk. I see no great harm in keeping them asunder. A man may be an augur without either having or wanting an auger. They say that you did aver it ; but I want to see your averment. He animadverted with great severity upon this fatal war. Thou strivest in vain to avert the impending evil. Away with this balderdash ; we do not want it. The timid balker hid himself in the balneary. Do you permit this bantling to banter you in this way? The baptist shut up the banterer in the baptistery. The barber left the room without shaving the bar- barian. If thou makest a bargain with me, thou art said to be the bargainer and I am said to be the bar- gainee. If thou takest the bark from a tree, thou mayest be said to be a barker. I intend to suspend this barometer in our great hall. 238 THE METHOD The tipsey baron threw the beaker against the wall. Did you not foolishly barter away your barony? A baronet ought to be denominated a barterer, if he hath to do with bartery. A baron may be baser and viler than a bashaw. If you keep a bear, you must also keep a bearherd* I did not forbid the bearer informing your lord- ship, that I am bed rid. At last that dreadful beater got beat himself, and nobody pitied him. A hat may be very good and elegant without being a beaver. A man may be a good bedmaker without sleeping in a good bed. She told rae weeping and groaning that thou art a bedswerver. If you behold a thing, may we not term you a be- holder? I found the old belfounder sleeping in the belfry. You glory in being a true believer and so do I, Our big belwether swam over a deep stream. Did you ever see a gay or a playful bemoaner? Do not let him bemonster the finest thing in the v/orld. Thou strivest in vain to bend this rod w^ithout a bender. I hunted for bertram in your meadov/, but I did not find any. If thou bespeakest a thing, thou mayest be said to be a bespeaker. Every body ought to abhor and to detest a be- traver. I sought to prevent her from bewildering herself. Our bookbinder, far irom being a bigot, detests bigotry an (^bigoted men« OP TEACHING. 239 If thou blamest every body, thou wilt be denomi- nated a blamer. A man may be a blazer without understanding blazonry. Had you not last week a blister on your left foot ? You want to blister me, but I do not want you to do so. I do not find fault with your blundering, though I animadvert upon your blunder. I told the blunderhead that he would spoil it. A great blunderer ought not to upbraid other folks with blundering. Do you Jiear the storm roar and bluster ? Thou makest a great bluster about nothing. Do not you want your boarder to help you ? May not a man be a boaster without being a blus- terer ? I wish you would set that empty boiler on the hearth. A man may be bolder than another without being- older. If I had a bolster I would gladly bolster your head. May not meal be separated from bran without a bolter. Every land hath a border, and if thou livest on the border, thou art said to be a borderer. They say that thou art the best bowler in this bo- rough. Thou makest a very strong bow for so weak a bowyer. You wish to be thought braver than me, show them your bravery. So boastful a brawler ought not to shun a brawl. A man may want a brayer without being a printer. A violent breaker would soon upset so small a boat. S40 THE METHOD A hen may be a good breeder, without being very fat. I would not be a brewer for any thing in the world. Inform your master that we detest bribery and ab- hor a briber. I wish your father would root out that brier. A booted man should not avoid walking in a briery path. This pond must be at least twenty feet broader than that. I wish your skilful sister would broider this gar- ment for me. A man may be a broker without being a thief. You prefer this broidery, but I prefer that. We neither fear you nor your brotherhood. You ought to entertain no other but brotherly sen- timents for your brother. If you paint with a brush, we may term you a brusher. Thou art the most skilful builder in our kingdom. You glory in emptying a bumper, but I do not envy your glory. Let us go and see our old gouty burgomaster. Go to our bookbinder and beg him to lend me a burnisher. Your butler treats your other servants with great severitv. Do you intend to betroth your eldest daughter to so pitiful a dauber ? Thou dost not remember that thou wast dealer af- ter me. If thou debasest any thing, thou wilt be denomi- nated a debaser. They say that thou art the most skilful debater in our borough. This pit must be far deeper than that. OP TEACH1N(>. 241 You ought to detest so malignant a defamer. You ought not to defend so unblushing a defaulter. We had a skilful defender, but it did not avail us any thing. Let us defer our intended walk until four in the afternoon. Thou art a bold defier, indeed; but thou hast to deal with a bold antagonist. Hast thou a mind to uphold so mean a de filer? A man may be a skilful definer without being a lawyer. Every defrauder ought not to be hung, but he ought to be prevented from defrauding worthy and trustful men. I would rather be a dehorter than a defrayer. You do not wish, I trust, to be held for a delayer. A violent fear prevents us from deliberating. Our shoemaker sold me this leather for a pound and a half. If thou leavest or forsakest me, I may term thee a leaver or forsaker. Hast thou a mind to turn money-lender ? Thou takest or rather mistakest every hawk for a lentner. In order that thou mayest lift so heavy a weight, thou must get a very strong lever. I shot a poor leveret, at four in the morning, but I did not find it. You may be a very liberal man, for aught 1 wot but you did not shew any liberality to us. Your father went away without liberating us. May not a thing be hmber without being pliant ? A bad limner may envy a good painter without hurting him. Did so foolish a lisper pretend to stop your mouth ? w 24>2 THE METHOD Your brother thought, I did not understand its literal meaning. Many a literary hero thought fit to nonplus him- self with its literality. They say that a man may be a good liver without having a sound liver. You may be a livery man without having ever worn a livery. If thou lookest upon a thing loathingly, we may term thee a loather. I paid twenty-seven groats and a half for this lean lobster. May we not term you a loiterer, if you loiter away your best moments ? If you want to be a looker-on, you must pay ten groats. You lost your lorimer and I found it on the road. If you want me to hear you, you must speak loud- er. Your lover related a long story without believing it himself. The peak, we stood on, must be a good deal lower than that. I told you, long ago, that you ought to lower it. I shot the hindermost and your brother wounded the lowermost. If thou art a fat and bulky man, moving heavily along, thou dost not walk, but thou dost lumber. I did not pay for the lumber that I bought yester- day. A man may be a lurker without being a thief. I am not her maintainer; but I am her ardent lover. Let us devoutly worship our bountiful Maker. If thou repliest malapertly, thou art a malapert lad. % A lady may be malapert without being malevolent. OF TEACHING. 243 A malster wants a good malt floor and a brewer wants good malt. You dread a maneater and I dread a manslayer. We do not hang a man for manslaughter. Thou takest every baboon for a mantiger. If thou rovest about for plunder, thou art a ma- rauder. If you put a mark upon any thing, may we not term you a marker ? I hunted for a marshelder in that swampy ground^ but I did not find any. If you revel in a mask, we may term you a masker. If thou art thy own master, thou hast a very foolish master. If thou hopest to master him, thou hopest a very foolish thing. If thou workest masterly, thou art a skilful work- man. Thou wast our master formerly, but thy master- dom did not last long. I never pretended to be a masterly workman. I see that you want to let us feel your mastership. Our mastery must be evident to every body. If thou art a tender mother, thou hast a maternal heart. You may do this without degrading your mater- nity. A man may be lean and meager without starving. Thou wilt find a limpid stream meandering through the forest. A man may be a melter without having ever melt- ed either gold or lead. You got shot in your left superior member. An unskilful mender may be a very bad improver. That foreigner told us that he had seen a mermaid not far from Dover. Q.. ** THE METHOD Thou takest or rather mistakest every hawk for a merlin. We intend leaving our farm after midwinter. Our milker told me that we must get another milk- pail. Do you prefer a spawner to a milter ? This body must belong to the mineral kingdom. We sent a minister to Sweden and another to Spain. Thou art fit for being a minter j but thou art unfit for being a mintmaster. We intend punishing the misdoer, if we find him out. An unbeliever ought not to rail at a misbeliever. You say that you infer it from our doing j but I say that you misinfer it. May you not misinterpret a thing you do not tho- roughly understand ? May the Lord deliver us from this misleader. If thou mislikest a person or a thing, thou art a misliker. I thought that you would found your plea on this misnomer. So orderly a man ought hot to upbraid us with misorder. If thou misspendest our money thou art a mis- snender. We may not only remember, but we may also mis- remember a thing. Do you intend to temper or to mistemper this steel? If you term your parson a godly, sober and holy man, you misterm him thoroughly. Speak plainly and openly if you intend to prevent all misunderstanding. You thought that'you understood him ; but I plain* ly saw that you misunderstood him. OP TEACHING. 245 If thou moderatest a meeting, thou art a modera- tor. Thou likest to read modern books and so do I. You ought not to publish this book without mo- dernizing it. If thou wantest to be hated, thou hast only to turn out molester. If you do not want to deliver it to your brother, you may deliver it to your sister. Do you not wish that I should deliver you from your malady ? Your own interest ought to impel you to reward your deliv^erer. An eminent orator ought not to find fault with your elegant delivery. An impostor, a deluder and a beguiler, seem to be near akin. Thou art a bold denier, though not a bold deman*- der. If thou departest silver from gold, thou mayest be denominated a departer. You ought to treat so worthy a defender with the utmost lenity. A mourner ought not to rail at a deplorer. You ought to guard your daughter against that noted depraver. A man may be a detainer without having a de= tainder. He departed this world without determining any thing. An intruder may soon meet with a detester. If you eat a great deal you may be said to be a devourer. The diameter ought to be fourteen feet and a half long. This napkin must be broader than that diaper. w 2 246 THE METHOD If they diaper it elegantly, thou must reward them nobly. Our blue-dyer bought this paltry hovel from your grandfather. A body may be a diluter without being a dilator. Your worship ought not to depart without disper- sing the mob. A dispenser may be wanted ; a dispeopler ought to be detested, and a disperser may be hurtful. If thou art not guilty, thou hast no ground for dreading a disprover. A vi'olent distemper prevented me from reading your work sooner. You ought not to permit grief to distemper your mind. We must look out for a good and bold diver. Thou wilt soon find out a great and striking diver- sity between them. May not an animated play be a good diverter. I wish you would divert your brother from this foolish plan. A man may find this out without being a diviner. A man may be a great talker, v/ithout being a great doer. You seem to be an eminent dogmatizer but a very bad demonstrator. We do not want a doorkeeper for our paltry hovel. Hast thou not seen our old doter this afternoon? Hast not thou a brother that wants to be a draper? Did you ever see a bust with so elegant a drapery? If thou leavest the room, do not forget to shut that drawer. Thou mistakest, if thou takest me for a dreader. An idler ought never to rail at a dreamer. May not a moist or wet body be a good drier? 0F TEACHING. 2*7 If you find a heedful and sober driver, I beg you to send him to me without delay. I bought this morning a fat heifer from a drover. I upbraid thee with vulgarity for denominating this man a drugster. If you dread the dysentery, you ought not to eat any pork. Thou art too eager, if thou wishest too ardently for a thing. We hunt eagerly for a thing, and we look sharp at a thing. I intend to sail for London three or four weeks after Easter. I prefer the eastern to the western parts. If we had an easterly wind we should soon be in Norfolk. May not a man be frugal without hating a great eater ? Every priest ought to be an edifier. I told our negro to root out the elder in our sIopli:j^ meadow. An elderly lady ought not to be seen at a ball. He did not pay the least regard to our seniority or eldership. If you do not understand embalming this dead body, you must send it to a skilful embalmer^ Would you not embroider this red shawl for your sister ? You need not send for the embroiderer j for he steps through the yard. If you want to polish steel you must get emery. I wish your sister would finish her embroidery this afternoon. A wealthy man may impoverish himself^ but not a poor man. 24 § THE METHOD If you bold war for an impoverisher you ought to avoid it. If you do not pay, your endorser must pay me. I wish you would prevent him from enerving himself. I am thoroughly bent on going to law with our en- graver. Every body ought to detest an enslaver. Perhaps you forgot entering it on ^^-our books. I entertain a great esteem for your father. Hast thou a mind to be our entertainer this after- noon ? I am your esteemer, if you merit esteem. You bring into peril your temporal weal without promoting your eternal weal. Ether must boil a good deal sooner than water. If you find an evergreen, be so kind and bring it to me. Am I everlastingly to bear with your insults ? A man may be an evil doer without everting any thing. Thou hopest in vain to reform an old evilworker. If thou dost not speak the truth, thou art a fabler. It would be fair on your part not to uphold him at all. He may be guilty without being a falsifier. Did not every body remark your faltering. In order to be a good farmer you ought to mind nothing but your farm. You see farther than I, but I speak louder than you. I did not forbid any body farthering your plan. A man maybe a great faster without being a saint. Nobody wanted to father so ungodly a book. Thou hast no ground for hoping fatherly help. Thou hast to deal with the meanest fawner in ouf- borough. ©F TEACHING. 249 A very wealthy man may be a great fcaster with- out growing poor. I would not sleep on a soft feather-bed for any thing. We do not intend to tar and feather, but to pump him. I shot a feathery and wounded a hairy animal. I want a skilful feather driver; but he must be sober and steady. A man may be a good federalist, without reading or taking a federal paper. A man may be a keen feeder without being a keeA feeler. Every body may see that thou art a very unskilful feigner. Your father sold me this fender for a guinea and a half. This must began to ferment yesterday morning. I found no fern in that forest, though I saw a great many other plants. Our soil wants nothing to farther its fertility. A farmer may water a bad soil without fertilizing it. A fervent devotee and a bigot seem to be near akin. I besought them fervently to desist from their vio- lent deed. Let a fluid be ever so fervid, I do not dread its fervidity. A deep wound may hurt you without festering. I had a very violent fever two or three weeks ago This trifling feveret ought not to prevent you from going out. Your departed friend had a hot and feverish tem- per. Your fevery sister wants to see and to speak to yow. 250 THE MEl HOD If thou likest filberts, speak and thou shalt get plenty. We want a skilful filer; but he must also be steady and sober. I order you to filter this fluid instantly, do you un- derstand me ? Did I not order you to throw this nasty filter away? I am the finder, but I do not ask for any reward. Men long for glory and women for finery. I own a fish pond and a fisherboat, though I am but a bad fisher. This foolish treaty did not farther our fishery* A good fisherman ought to dread neither water nor bad weather. Thou art no real wit; but only a pitiful flasher. I bought this skin from a flayer, for half a guinea. Every body ought to shun and detest a fleerer. You may run after a flier without overtaking him. Your brother may be the best flinger in our bo- rough for aught I wot. He saw me flounder ; but he would not help me. A flounder must be but a poor breakfast for a stork. Hast thou a mind to fluster us with tea ? He must be a fool or a flouter, or both together. You had not the least ground for believing me to be your foiler. If you had no fondling, you would be no fondler. We want you neither for our fomenter nor for our helper. You ought not to punish so heavily a sheer foolery. The greatest forbearer must get mad at length. A kind forester guided us through the wild forest. I bought this hay frc^m your former tenant. I grant that I did not esteem him formerly. OF TEACHING. 251 It would be best for you to forget your unkind forsaker. Every forswearer ought to be hung. A man may be a good fortifier without being a great forwarner. I do not intend to foster your intended revolt. Your foster brother bought the painting you ask for. You ought not to insult your kind fosterdam. I thought your foster father had taught you read- ing and drawing. Do not you want me for your fosterer ? Your foster mother sleeps on a soft feather bed in the nursery. Did your foster son set out this morning for Bos- ton ? A man may understand founding, without being a lounder. In this way you may prevent your ship from foun- dering. Do not rail at this law ; I am its framer. You departed without giving me your fraternal hug. I say that you do not belong to our fraternity. I never had to deal with a greater freebooter. A man may be a very good and sober man without being a freeholder. Did you not order that the freighter should pay for it. If thou art a frisker we ought not to trust thee. Your lady did not order me to send for a frizler. That tree must be a good fruit bearer. Thou wilt find the fruiterer in the fruitery. I would not play with that fumbler for any thing. You want me to furbish it, but I am no furbisher. I wish you would send for a furbisher. 252 THE METHOD You ought not to go further without speaking t© your friend. If thou furtherest a riot, thou art a very bad fur- therer. If thou art gainer he ought to pay thee. Thou hast to deal with a harsh and persevering gainsayer. A man may gambol without being a gambler. Your oldest gander flew over the river. A foolish gaper stood behind the gap, railing at us. I bought this transparent garnet from a gambler. I did not forbid you storing up your grain in our garner. You ought to thrash your barley and garner it. I would fain garter it, if you w^ould lend me a garter. I do not wish you to gather our walnuts. Every provident gatherer ought to pray for good weather. You ought to prevent her from reprobating our gaudery. If thou lookest intently and eagerly at a thing thou art a gazer. We ought to establish a gelder in our borough. I bought this oats yesterday from a poor gleaner. If thou movest swiftly and smoothly along, thou art a glider. She wtnt away without glomerating her thread. Our glue boiler wants a skilful workman and our gluer wants a maid servant. A good goer may outrun a bad rider. If thou hast no gold, thou dost not want a gold- beater. 1 wouid not be a gold finder for any thing in the world. OF TEACHING. 35S You would not glory, I trust, in being thought a great gormandizer. We want no pilot to steer or govern our ship. Do not all federalists abhor our government and its form ? If you meet with a skilful grafter, you may send him to our farm without any delay. A man may be a grandfather without having a grandson. Your grandmother wants to see and to speak to your aunt. Hand this heavy grater to that strong grasper. The graver asks for gravy with the utmost gravity. A man may be great and great-hearted without being tall. I had a grinder drawn yesterday morning. A man may be a grower without either growing hemp or barley. A man may be a grumbler himself without liking your grumbling. If you run against a strong grunter, he may over« turn you. Hast thou a mind to be her guarder for ever. Did you grant him a guerdon for obeying your behests. At four in the morning we began rambling about in the mountain, but we lost our best guider* We took him for a guiler^ but we mistook our man. A poor haberdasher may be v/orthier our esteem than a wealthy lawyer. An intrepid halberdier, wieldmg a weighty hal- berd, fought v/ith eight men. I see that thou mistakest a halser for a halter. If you want to hamper them you must get a ham- per. We took no money from our hanaper last Sunday^ X 25^ THE METHOD You ought to deliver this money to a hander. You may draw your hanger to astert them j but I forbid you striking them. I thought silver to be harder than lead. If thou playest on a harp, thou art a harper. A man may throw a harpoon without being a har- pooner. Do not forget to put on your hauberk. If thou headest a nail or a pin, thou art a header. If thou restorest her health, thou art her healer. You want a heaper or a man fit for throwing your hay on heaps. i thought you to be a haunter in that tavern. A man may be a hawker without having ever shot a hawk. We want no haymaker in November ; but we want a thrasher. Every hearer ought to pay half a guinea at least* This heater must be a good deal heavier than that. I sold him a good heeler for twenty-two groats. Do not you wish to get him for a helper ? If you establish a heraldry, you must keep a he- rald. A man may keep a herbal, without being a her- balist. Pray, show this herbelet to a skilful herbarist. I want to barter this hcrbid field for a woodland. Your brother saw an old wolf rush upon your un- guarded herd. Good men ought never to herd with bad, ungodly folks. If you keep a herd you must also keep a herd- groom or a herdman. I thought that she had forfeited her hereditament. Your heresy ought not to prevent him from pro- moting you- OF TEACHING. 255 A fatal hernia prevents him from riding out. An old hermit showed us the way through the fo- rest. A heron breakfasts upon fish and a dog upon meat. A hibernal day may be milder than an autumnal day. Thou art hider and I am seeker. I am going to hinder you from speaking, without preventing you from breathing. I wish you would shorten the hinder part a foot or two. Thou believest that a hinderer must soon meet with a hater, and so do J. The hindermost man ought to turn to the left. An animal you deem good for nothing, you may term a hinderling. If you want to be hired, you must find a hirer. I wish you would step hither, lest you get hurt on that spot. The hithermost man ought to step to the left. I should not wonder that a hiver should get stun go Yoxi vv^ant me to sing, though I am rather hoai*ser than you. A man may be a fool without being a hoarder. You may be a holder forth, without being a holder* Put your loaded pistol in your holster. Our hooper bought a dozen hoops this very morn- ing. I maintain that a great hoper must be a great blunderhead. If thou workest in horn thou art a horner. D' not you see them hovering around the fort? If thou art proud thou wilt meet with a snarer. Your brother mav be the best hunter in our be- rough without having a hunting horn. 256 THE METHOD I understand that thou wast formerly a very skilful hurler. A man may be an idler without being a hurter. I term you an impertinent booby for your speaking so impertinently. You may be an importer without being a potent implorer. A step may be very imprudent without being im- proper. I say that you yield this important point very im- properly. You glory very properly in being a skilful im- prover. An animal may be inert v;ithout being hurtful. From this you may properly infer that they did not mean to insult you. Did you ever hear such an infernal uproar ? We do not disagree any further about its inferti- tility. If thou art blazing thou dost not want an inilamer. Do you not admit that your informer may be an impostor ? Your being an old inhabiter rather augments your guilt. Thou art not forbid inhersing this dead body. I inherited nothing from my grandfather but a small farm. Your brother told me that 1 am her inheritor. Many an old inlander departed this world without beholding the sea. I wish you would insert it in your own paper. This very mishap may be inservient to further our plan. Did he not vehemently upbraid you with being her insnarer. I told you already that we do not want any inspires OF ^f'EACHmG. Ui}7 We ought to detest an insuiter and to punish an instigator. I am going to pat your insuperability to the test. You inherited your intemperanient from your fa- ther. It would be very hard to inter a dead man on board a ship. I plainly see that you do not understand your own interest. Thou hast related a ver}^' interesting though not a true story. You ought to prevent him from interfering with your interests. We intend to ford the interfluent river, if they do not prevent-us. You must do it in the interim between Monday and Saturday. t intend to roast this meat after having interlard- ed it. I vv^ish you had not forgot interleaving your book. I did not forbid you interlining it. Thou hast neither ground nor authority for inter- loping. I wish you would keep a good look out for this noted interloper. I wish you had seen the interment I saw last week. You ought to prevent him from interpolating it. I do not dread a foreign foe, but I detest an inter- nal enemy. You had no authority for interpreting our order in this way. If thou art an interpolator we ought to punish thee.. If they do not understand you, you must seek for an interpreter. I did not hinder you from interspersing them. I wish von would inters ert them without any delap i258 THE METHOD If you had prevented him from intertwining them they would not be intertwisted. We met them in the interval between the river and the mountain. You ought to hinder your testy brother from in- tervening. Two intervenient weeks may alter her sentiments* 1 did not prevent him from interweaving blue and red yarn. He insulted your mother intolerably, but he got a beating for it. This ought not to be tolerated from so intolerant a man. I did never hinder your brother from introverting it. You ought not to trust that wily intruder. Ought we not to repel so insolent an invader ? We need no law for punishing an inveigier. If thou inveniCst an art, thou art its inventor* I told your sister to repeat it invertedly. I see no great harm in inverting the thing, I forgot every thing our kind inviter told me. In the spring the weather may be keener than in the winter. If you hunt for a keepership, you want to be a^ keeper. Many a poor kern may get shot in along war. The kernel dropt on the floor and you look for it on the roof. If thou findest any kernelwort in this marshy mea- dow, bring it to me. This kilderkm may hold about twenty-four pints. We ought to get a kindler for kindling it, A mourner ought never to rail at a lamenter. A sailor may be a very good seaman^ without failing at a landloper* OF TEACHING. 259 I told liim to hangup the lantern in the entry. It mast be very hard to keep rats from a larder. If thou hast a larder, thou must keep and pay a iarderer. I bought fifty-four larks from a larker for half a guinea. Thou fearest a lasher, though thou likest to lash other folks. I overtook your brother, though I started a good deal later than he did. Thou wilt soon find him, if he did not stray from the lateral path. If you want lather, you must get soap and water and beat them together. I did not forbid your lathering, but I forbid your shaving him. I wish you would transplant this lavender after the rain. A man may wash himself without a laver. Do you glory in being a lavisher or a spendthrift? A man may be a good lawgiver without making a bad law. A foolish lawyer ought not to rail at a great law- maker. A bigrat or, perhaps, another animal, wounded.our best layer. Dost thou admit every thing our leader told us? Thou art a great deal lazier than an old fat dog. Thou never hast been in a monastery, but hast thou ever seen any ? You may send him word that we do not want him for a monisher. Thou takest him for a monster, but thou art great- ly mistaken. A poor shoemaker may be a worthier man than the most skilful mooter. ^60 THE BIETHOD A man may be a great moralizer without being a very moral man. You may do this without degrading your mother- hood. If thou forgivest him, thou wilt show that thou hast a motherly heart. Botanists term this plant motherwort^ if I am not mistaken. Ought we not to let the mover speak and defend himself ? Every moulder, let him be ever so skilful, must sooner or later moulder. If thou grievest, thou art a mourner> but if thou mountest, ihou art a mounter.. If thou hast no meadow, thou needest no mower. Did I not order you to put the multiplier under the dividend? I do not wonder at your not understanding that mumbler. Thou art the only modest mumper in this borough. May not a man be a great military hero vvithout being a great murderer ? If thou dost not murder him, thou wilt not get hung for murder. A murmurer and a grumbler seem to be very near akin, I did not muster fifty men three or four weeks ago* If I should see the muster master I should not fail talking to him about the last muster. Thou art not a nailer for nailing a door fast. If thou namest a person, thou mayest be taken for a namer. Thou art a great deal naughtier than thy brother. If thou ownest no neat, thou needest no neatherd. If thou needest nothing, thou art no needer? but if thou wantest every thingj thou art a great need= er indeed^ OF TEACHING. 261 Did he not threaten us with burning our nether barn ? A nobler and worthier man never trod the tented field. A navigator sailing from Boston to Norfolk wants a northerly wind. We intend removing to the northern frontier in August or September. If thou heedest or notest any thing, thou art a noter. Do they not term November the eleventh month ? Yes, they do. If you want to wis their number, you must num- ber them. If thou hast a great many sheep, thou needest a numberer to number, and a marker to mark them. A man may be a nurser without having ever been in a nursery. Did not your master punish you for obliterating it. If thou obtainest any thing, thou art an obtainer. If thou obtemperatest us, thou wilt be nobly re- v/arded. An obtruder and an intruder seem to be very near akin. A fendgazer ought not to rail at an ogler. If thou makest a good opera, thou shalt be nobly rewarded for it. I told him that, without the least delay, he ought to send for a skilful operator. Must not a priest be a bishop in order to be an ordainer ? I wish your father would order us to return. If thou art an orderly man, thou needest no or- derer. T.ast winter this small stream overflowed our long meadow. ^2 THE METHOD I rather fear, thou hast overloaded this boat. We do not want your brother to overpay us. May not the best overseer oversee many a thing ? Your brother hit the mark, but you overshot it. If he took it overtly, he did not steal it. I found the outer door shut, and thus I went away. Your brother ought to let them feel our over- weight. You pretend to be its lawful owner, without prov- ing your ownership. Thou takest or rather mistakest every pilgrim for a palmer. If thou understandest palmistry, thou art a palmis- ter. If I do not palter, thou hast no ground for terming me a palterer. You may pamper a man with nuts, meat, or any other food. So noted a pander ought not to rail at a pimp. Would you not pantj if a w :ld panther should run after you ': If thou hast no pantry and no bread thou needest no pantler. I thought, that you intended to paper this room. I am going to furnish thee with paper, if thou hast a pen. I thought your eldest brother would go to law with the papermaker. Do you intend paring that nail without a parer ? If thou hast no park, thou needest no parker. Thou hast a mind to be a partaker without being a payer. If thou partest or repartest two men, thou art a parter. '* I told you already that I want to talk with your partner.. OF TEACHING. 263 If you should do this, it would not be degrading to your posterity. A man may be a father without having a paternal heart. I told you yesterday, and I repeat it this morning, that you ought to send for a paver. A pauper ought not to upbraid a poor person with poverty. A man may be a pawnbroker without being a thief. We do not want a paymaster without money. We do not want a plunderer, but we want a peeler. If thou wantest to be hated, thou hast only to turn peeper. A potent man may entertain a peremptory wish or longing. We ought to punish you for your perfidy. Dost thou intend perforating this board without a perforator. I wish you would perform your own part. We formerly held your brother for our best per- former. I order you to stop him, at your peril. May not a tender plant perish in a frosty spring ? Thou wilt find vervain or peristerion in our mea- dow behind the old barn. Perhaps a pea perforated your peritoneum. If thou art old and bald, thou must wear a warm periwig in the winter. A perking beau ought not to rail at a perking lady* If he wants to build a permanent wall, he must be a fool. I permit him with all my heart to go and see her. You must obtain a permit for vending your brandy. If you weigh a thing in your mind? you perpend it. If thou perpetratest a wilful murder, thou wilt be hung. 26* tHE ISIETHOD I do not forbid your persevering in your worship. Do you persist in your sentiments ? Yes, I do. Do you term this word a personal or an imper- sonal verb ? Thou perspirest every day, and so do I. A lad may be smart and brisk without being pert. I say that they pertain to me and not to your bro- ther. If you speak pertinently, your saying must be per- tinent. So trifling a mishap ought not to perturb your mind. If thou goest through a forest, thou permeatest or pervadest it. Every body detests you for your perversity. If thou pervertest a man, maid, or a thing, thou art a perverter. Did not Peter bet a piaster with your brother ? This pilaster must be about twenty-three feet and a half long. We intend hiring a piler for piling our wood. We do not hang a man for pilfering but we hang him for murdering. Your being a pilferer yourself, ought to prevent your punishing pilfery. I found nothing but a withering pimpernel in your garden. I had to pay the piper, and you had all the fun. If thou hast nothing to be plaited, thou needest no plaiter. After having been a lawyer, silversinith, pawn broker and brewer, he at last wants to turn plan- ter. If you overlay a wall with plaster, they say that you plaster it, and term you a plasterer. OF TEACHING. 265 May not a man be a good player without being an idler? If thou dost not want to fee a pleader, thou must not go to law, or plead thyself. If you would lend me your gun, I would shoot that fat plover. In order to look fat, you must wear a plumper in your mouth. A man may be a plunderer without being a thief. We sold all our plunder to an old pawnbroker. I permit your plundering him, but I forbid your murdering him. I agree with you that your brother may be a poet- aster without being a fool. I bought this pointer from an old sportsman and paid a guinea for him. I saw that he intended to fling the poker at your head. A man may understand polishing steel or any other metal v^nthout being a polisher. Do you intend bartering your pomatum for this pomander. I am going to ponder over your plan and sift all its parts. Your brother may feel its ponderosity without be- ing a ponderer. A man may abhor and detest popery without being either a deist or a protestant. You may be a great pork eater without having ever fed a porker* A man may be a very good porter without liking or tasting porter. Your brother may travel hastily, without being taken for a porter. Thou hast probably forgot to shut the postern* 266 THE JklETHOD If thou bringest about so great a work, thou wilt benefit the latest posterity. A man may sit or stand on a post without being a postmaster. If thou hast no pots, thou needest no pothanger. Thou makest a great pother indeed for so trifling a fault. Dost thou want him to pother us about it every day ? I told the poulterer that you want a turkey and three poults. A pear may be a pounder without weighing a pound. I taught him a very long prayer without having a prayer book. If thou talkest without weight or meaning thou art a prater. If thou preparest a breakfast or any other thing thou art a preparer. If thou wantest to be hated, thou hast only to turn preventer. A wild beast may be a dreadful preyer without being a lion. He taught me to read Greek in three months without a primer. If thou printest books or stampest linen, thou art a printer. If thou ratest or prizest a thing, thou art a prizer. If thou violatest a holy thing, thou profanest it and thou art a profaner. Do you want to transform that surly prohibiter into a hard-hearted punisher ? We must repel and defeat the invader or abandon -^ all our property to him. If thou art a falterer thou art not fit for being a prompter. OF TEACHING. ^61" 1 am told your brother did not want to furnish any provender. Did he want to stop your mouth with this foolish proverb ? We detest your prudery without liking herproter- vity- This rafter may be about eighteen feet long. Do \'ou want to eat this rasher without bread ? Ought not the readership to be bestowed upon the best reader? If we refer it to thee, thou wilt be a referee. Your brother may be a skilful sailor without taking your ship for a good sailer. Do you intend to establish a saltern on this spot I Thou wilt seldom or never see a living serpent in the winter. Am I not your most obedient servant and most faithful friend ? With this broad sv;ord he intended to sever your head from your body. You ought to push it along with your left shoul- der. May not a man be a priest without being ashriver. Every man ought to prefer death to slavery. Did you not prevent the enemy from slaughtering our van ? A slender thread may suspend a heavy weight. In a modern army you see neither slinger nor bowman. You must walk softly in order not to disturb her sii:mber. I bought it for a pound sterling and sold it for a gum: a. May not a building be superb without being lofty ? If thou art a swearer thou art a fool ; though thou mayest be a fool without being a swearer. -o5 THE METHOD May not a man be a great fool without being a versifier? oo = u. You do not find warm blood in every animal body» Ought we not to punish wilful bloodshed with in- stant death ? You ought not to wonder at our adopting so bloody a law. Last November v/e had a flood that devastated this field. ou = u. Your brother may be a doubler without having a doubloon about him. Did I ever forbid you doubling this trifling sum ? We intend doubling that promontory this very af- ternoon. If thou wearest a doublet, thou wilt keep thyself doubly warm. May not a sound or even a song be analagous to another ? We do not intend troubling your father any fur- ther. Many an ordinary event may seem wondrous to an ignorant man. A man may be valorous without admiring your valour. Thou likest odorous or odoriferous plants, and so do I. Good water ought to be without either a good or a bad odour, I mean to say that it ought to be inodorous. If thou spreadest a rumour abroad^ thou art a ru- mourer. A fluid may be either serous, salivous, or salinous. May not a roan speak seriously without having a '^^erious look ? OF TEiVCfflNG. 2(^9 If thou art a wary man, thou art timorously px'u- dent. Old men ought to be serious and young men ought to be modtrst. If thou wantest a soporiferous drug, thou must get opium. A somniferous seimon may be very good for fur- thtring our slumber. This portentous event ought to deter yon frorii pursuing your steps. I permit you to glory in so glorious a deed. A body may be porous without being globous» If thou avoidest labour and toil thou art no iabo^ rious man. I granted ten groats and a half per day to every labourer. If thou workest industriously thou art an indus* trious workman. Hast thou a mind to deal with this infamous de» frauder ? They say that thou art famous for skating ok dumps. Our troops did not show any superfluous ;irdour» That star lost its fulgour about three or four weeks ago. So great a splendour did not astonish the barbarian. I never did harbour any friendship for him in my heart. Your ship left our harbour on the twentj^-seventhu A violent north wind overthrew your arbour yes- terday. A plant may be ligneous without being arborous. Their teeth show that they do not belong to the granivorous kind. A man may be old without ever having beeci amorous^ T 9 370 THE METHOD I would not ask for this favour for any thing* in the world. Do you not intend to punish them for this felo» nious deed ? I detest your brother for not revealing sooner this traitorous plan. A man may be barbarous without being a barbarian. He told me that you pursued your aim with too great a iervour. If you want to be taken for a modest man you ought neither to brag nor to vapour. On a frosty day a dead body emits no fetid vapour. The weather may be various without being either damp or hot. The wind blew variously, but it never blew from the north-, A fungous body may float in oil or in water. If thou behave St piously, thou wilt be taken for a pious man. You ought not to trust this youngster with so im- portant a plan, A kingdom may flourish without having a very prudent ruler. Plants draw their nourishment from the soil they stand in. i wish you would broil three or four gournets for our breakfast. If you want to sail from south to north, you want a southerly wind. If you distil brandy or rum, you distil a very de- leterious drug. A man may be delirious without hurting any body*. A = U. If thou art a lier thou dost no harm to any body ; but if thou art a lidf thpu wilt harm thyself and other folks^ or TEACHING, 371 Men feeling their own dignity ought to abstain from beating a woman. If thou lovest or likest a woman, thou art no wo- man-hater. Your eldest daughter ought to pay regard to her womanhood. I neither do nor ever did envy your womanish ta- lents. A person may be a woman-hater without slander- ing all womankind. I bought this vinegar three or four weeks ago from your brother. I = u. If I had a good gun, I would shoot that wild bird. You may go a birding without having any bird- bolts. Did you not pay twenty groats for this fat bir- gander ? If thou go est every day a birding, thou wilt be taken for a birder or a birdman. We begin breathing at our birth, and we end breathing at our death. Ilast thou got any birthwort in thy garden? Has thou no other wood than fir for firing? I say that you ought to firk him for breaking this firkin. I did not prevent their trading under this or any other firm. Thou mayest be a firm and steady man w^ithout having a firm step. The sun and moon seem to wander or travel along in the firmament. Thou wilt not deter them from it without speaking firmly to them. You may be the first man in this land without ms- riting our esteem. 27^ THE METHOD I thought at first that your brother wanted to sport with us. Thou thoughtest it to be a firstling, but thou wast mistaken. A girl may be a flirt without being a slut. You rnay throw any thing without flirting it. You forgot both to gird your sword and to put on your hat. The girder, this floor rests on, may be about twenty-two feet long. You may hinder a tree from growing without gird- ing it. Hast not thou a mind to girth this portmanteau. Our girdler did not long remain a widower. If thou spcakest girlishly, thou wilt be taken for a girL A man may be infirm without having ever been in an infirmary. This infirmity lasted about a year and three months. Would it not irk you to hear this plaint everyday? I do not see any ground for your being so mirthful. A n3.n puts on a shirt but a girl puts on a shift. Sir Peter Parker lost two ships and a great many men. We lost seventy men in a skirmish with the enemy. I told you that you would dirty the skirts You seldom see an old surly man smirk. You may spirt water or any other fluid without taking it first in your mouth I do not wish you to stir them up. Must I stir it on the third or on the fourth day? Thirdly, you mast send a third borough to our ta- vern every other day. You say that you thirsty from this I infer that yoix do not want to eat. OF TEACHING. 273 You need not get any water or milk for me ; I am not thirsty. This girl may be about thirteen months old. Your eldest sister may be about in her thirteenth year. Did you send him the thirtieth or the thirteenth part? We lost but thirty-three men in our last skirmish. You pretend to be a virtuoso, but you do not shew any virtu. EA=U. If this dearth should last a year it would ruin us. If the king wants to dub you an earl, he must be- stow an earldom upon you. A man may get up early without going to bed early. Every labourer may earn at least twenty-two groats a day. If thou makest fun, thou art not in earnest. Thou art far from being the most ignorant man on earth. Thou mayest break an earthen bowl without throwing it at the wall. An earthworm may be trod upon by any animal having feet. We do not find any earthnuts in our neighbour- hood. I saw your sister play on the piano and heard her sing. Any man may learn a thing without being taught. You may be taken for a learned man without speaking learnedly I never saw a pearl, nor do I wish to see any. A girl may be amorous without having pearly lips. If thou rehearsest this story every day thou wilt never forget it. ^7^ THE METHOD Thou art not invited to its rehearsal, but never mind that. Thou wiit not prevent them from yearning and grieving for it. IO=U. If thou belongest to our parish, thou art our pa« rishioner. Hast thou ever seen so foolish a fashion ? If thou hast a mind to fashion it thus, thou mayest do so, A man may eat and talk fashionably without being a fool. If I say that thou art a fashionist, I only speak rhe plain truth. SECTION XI. Comprehending' the irregular representations of the sound i. — 1 You ought to multiply seventy-eight by eighty- three. I am go-ng to start by and by. I fought with him, though I did not defy him. A person may be athirst without being dry May not I get over this rapid river dr};' shod ? He did not liy out though you let fly too soon. You seldom see a living fly in the winter. If you roast a^^fish in a pan. you fry it. Put this fry in that empty trving pan. Hast thou ever seen a hydra ? If thou likest hydromel^ thou shalt get plenty. OF TEACmNG. 2^5 We bought a hydrometer though we do not under- stand any thing about hydrometry. We get many a hyemal day in the spring. We shot a wolf, a hyena, and a lion, on that lofty mountain. In a very dry land you may do without a hydro- meter. Hymen blest them with a son about eleven months ago. , I see that you mistook a hyberbola for a hyperbole. If you dread a hyperborean winter, you must not go to the north. ^ A leaf may be hyperboliform without being green. Your own interest ought to prevent you from lying. Thou believest that I feign myopy, but thou art mistaken. , We must try to prevent him from prying into it. I wish you would try to ply my boots. I do not understand this foolish ryder, nor you neither. A young lad may be shy without being ignorant. Thou likest to see a blue sky, and so do I. Hast thou ever seen or shot a skylark? Every body ought to mistrust a meanly artful, alias, a sly man. You ought to stop that man, for he may be a spy. I hinder you neither from paving nor from floor- ing your sty. If thou stylest him a poltroon, thou art greatly mistaken. YE = I. We did not sow any rye this year. Did you not wear a sky-dyed vest last week. I prefer rye bread to any other bread ; but you do not. 276 THE METHOD IE=I. Hast thou not seen him throw that die on the floor ? You may die any thing, but any living being must die. If thou intendest overtaking thy brother, thou must hie. Hast thou a mind to feed thy magpie with this pie ? An old man may get a bald head, and a pony may be piebald. If thou breakest this tie asunder, thou wilt free thyself. Do not tie my feet so hard, for you would hurt me. Dost thou intend to vie with me in skating ? My mother died about thirty-eight or thirty-seven months ago. The enemy fortified that post, after we had left it. Your brother notified it to me yesterday morning. Thy brother told me that thou hast vilified my fa- ther. Thou hast denied thy father and mother. Thou hast fought with him, but thou hast not defied him. You told us that they tied your feet, but you told us a lie. They say that they lie on the frozen ground and they do not lie. IGH-=I. A person may emit a sigh without grieving at any thing, I heard your father sigh and I saw your mother weep. A speaking man without ahead vvould be, indeed, a wonderful sight. Snow may be a sightly thing to you, but not to her. OP TEACHING. 277 Thou mayest eat thy breakfast, without moving either thy right or left foot. If I remember rightly, thou wast formerly a sailor on board our ship. Hast thou not a right to punish that roister ? We had a tremendous fight with the enemy, this day a year. A man may be a great fighter without being val- orous. Do you intend to fight us on cur ovv'n ground ? A slight wound may be very painful. If thou art but slightly wounded, thou wilt not die* We do not slight your favour, though we do not seek It. If thou speakest slightingly to a man, thou wilt be taken by him for a slighter. I wonder that so poor a wight, durst slight your friendship. We had many a bright morning and fair day in February. Hast thou seen the rusted, steel brighten under my hand. I wish you would alight, and spend a day or two with us. You must endeavour to do aright, and let m.en talk. If thou dealest uprightly with every body, thou art an upright man. A garment may sit tightly upon a person, without being neat. Thou blamest him rightly, for making it so tight. Did not my father order you to tighten it? They seem to work at it with might and main. Thy' mighty hero hath at length been overthrown* You might inform him that my aunt lost her law- suit. I told him that you intend to deny this favour to him, but he took it lightly. 278 THE METHOD This glaring light must hurt your sight. Thou hast a light foot but a heavy hand. You ought first to enlighten yourself, and then try to enlighten mankind. He wanted to light us without having a light. I heard it thunder^ but I did not see it lighten. We must send a lighter to that heavy ship, in or- der to unload it. Three lightermen went in a heavy boat, to bring in that leaking brig. A man may be lightfoot, without liking lightfoot. A person may be lighthearted, without being light- headed. Neither thunder nor lightning, did frighten my brother. A girl or woman may be lightminded without be- ing light heartedp I did not order you to fry, but to broil the lights. This would but augment her fright, I do not remember that I ever had so frightful a dream. Our sentry stood nigh a frozen river. My aunt had nighly lost her foot by the frost. Did you not hear our dog bark last night. A man may be a night brawler, without being a night walker. If thou dost not hie^ thou wilt be benighted in this forest. IG = I. Your design maybe benign, without being prudent. Your father did not speak benignly, though he did not look very stern neither. If you ratify a thing by hand or seal, you sign it. Did you not see the sign hanging at the door. If thou bearest an ensign, thou art an ensign bearer^ We may do both a good and a bad thing design- edly. OF TEACHING. ^79 I did not design this garden for growing oats or rye in it. If I malign any body, thou hast a right to term me a maligner. Might not this remedy prevent a malign fever. EYE = I. You may open your left eye, but keep your right eye shut. So glaring a light, must spoil your eye sight. If you keep your eye on a thing? they say that you eye it. Thou mistakest an eyelet for an eyelid. EIGH = [. We posted our troops on two neighbouring heights. separated by a small brook. I did not order you to heighten this door* Would you vilify yourself by so mean a sleight ? Ul = I. If thou guidest me through this labyrinth, thou shalt be rewarded. I thought your brother would be a very good guider. We dread a bad guider but we detest a wily guilen Do you not intend beguiling your fleeting moments ? UY = I. Hast thou a mind to buy this flyblown meat? Thou wilt wait so long that at last thou wilt find no buyer. IC =- I. We ought to indict your brother for felony. I wish you would send tliis indictment to your father. IS = I. if thou livcst in sin island thou art an islander* THE METHOD SECTION XJ Comprehendhig the irregular representations of the sound o'l. OY == You must endeavour to be a good boy. Did you ever try to learn this art in your boyhood ? Thou lovest a manly boy, and hatest a boyish man. If thou wert a boy, thou mightest speak so boy- ishly. ^^our brother died last Friday, on board our hoy. A frost would destroy all our fruit in a night. Nothing would hmder the stern destroyer fromt destroying our borough. If you keep a man at work, you employ him. Did not your brother learn to play on the haut- boy ? Did your employer order you to heighten it ? ^-^st thou no other employment than this ? The emperor did not deign to send an envoy to Spain. To weigh bread and gold we employ troy weight. I found neither savoy nor parsley in your garden. You ought to buy a toy for this young girl. Hast thou a mind to play and toy with my daugh- ter t If you want to buy a toyish thing you must go to a toyshop. OYE. Your father employed seven or eight workmen last year. The frost destroyed all our fruit last night. He toyed with your sister, but she did not toy with fklTXl, Of TEACHING. 281 SFXTION XIII. Comprehending the irregular representations of the sound ou. OW = OU. How many feet high may that oak be ? Do you wish to depart now, or do you mtend to wait until Friday ? If thou avowest thy sentiments freely, thou shall be rewarded. You ought to bow to that lady. Blind women do not mind your low bow. Let us enter this bower to avoid the burning suUt Your sister burnt her right eye brow. If you look sternly at a man, you brow" beat him* A man may be in a brown study, without having brown hair. Thou lovesr this dowdy for her dowser. My aunt bought this dowlas at the last fair. A man may sleep soundly without lying upon down. He skated up and down the pond, without tumb- ling down. Do you not punish her for her downright perfidy? I never did empower your brother to do so. The first frost destroyed many a flower in our gar- den. Many plants do not flower in the spring. My brother lent thee this flowery poem, but thou hast not read it yet. A man may be a sportsman, without being a fowler. Hast not thou a mind to buy this fat fowl for this trifling sum ? Did not your frown deter hini from S{)eaking out^ fPQ0 Tim METHOD A military hero ought not to frown upon a gown- man. I told you that yoia would stain and dirty your gown. Thou bt-havest very badly, indeed ; however, I am going; to trv to reform thee. I he?.idyour ho^iiid bark^ your dog howl, and your hf>g grunt. Soon after the sun had set the sky began to lower. If thou storest thy hay or grain in a mow, thou mowest it« Tv'70 weeks after we had put our wet hay in our mow, it began tomowburn, A bird may fly about in the night without being an owl. The ship from its prow to its stern may be about seventy eight feet long Wild beasts wandering for prey by day or by night, may be said to prowl. y brother never bought any gunpowder in your shop. My sister found an empty powder horn in our meadow~- We neither dread your power nor ask for your fa- vour. The most powerful man must die sooner or later. Truly great men do not endeavour to gain renown. He did not repair to that bower to shelter himself from the shower. Thou shalt not depart on this showery day. If thou learnest to swim and float on the water^ thou wilt hardly drown. I saw a wild boar and shot a wild sow. I wish you would wash this dirty towel. If this tower stood on a high mountain, it might be seen from afar. We may say that very lofty heights tower in the sky. -i\ OF TEACHING. 283 You might, in this way, transform a hamlet into a town. The federalists held a meeting in our township last Sundav a week. If thou hast lost thy trowel, how wilt thou spread the mortar now ? Dost thou not see that thou hast left a vowel out ? If thou makest a vow, thou must endeavour to keep it. OUGH. You ought to try to avoid that slough. Mind my boy that you ought to speed your plough. The doughty hero wants to frighten old women with threats. May not a boy or man drown on a droughty day ? I am not highly delighted with so long a drought. This tree lost in a stormy night its most power- ful bough. OUB == OU. Thou hast no right to doubt my modesty. This, my dear sir, ought to dispel your doubts. Their defeat may seem to you a doubtful event ; but not to me. SECTION XIV* Including the words in which the letter e represents nothing. E silent. I have no right to insult your enemy. I have been informed by your brother that you in- tend to thwart my plan. ^8* THE METHOD We are ready to start, but you are not. They are invited to start with us ; hut are they ready? Have you a mind to abase yourself by so low a sleight ? Her own father and mother are said to further her abasement. My fear abates ; for I hear that her fever abates* Have you a mind to abide by it ? I see that you mistake the dative for the ablative. Have I not a right to ablegate any man I feel proper? Are you going to abnegate it for ever ? I intend to take up my abode in your town, I wish your abodement may be ungrounded. We have it not in our power to abominate a lovely thing. I do not believe that he remained there above three weeks. If you repeal any law you are said to abrogate it. I give you an absolute power over them. He must absolutely remain here four or five weeks. You may take it, but you ought to absterse it first. — You ought to buy some abstersive powder for your teeth. You have never seen an adamantine wall, nor I neither. So firm a federalist ought to adhere more firmly to the federal party. May not glue be said to be an adhesive body ^ If you regard a thing with wonder, you are said to admire it. Some adore the sun and some worship the moon. I wish you would speak to my adverse party. It advei'sperates ; if, therefore, thou dost not hie^ thou wilt be benighted here* OF TEACHING. 285 They inform me that you intend to adulterate your Burgundy wine ; but I hope you do not. If you shadow out a thing you are said to adum- brate it. The aforesaid widow died three weeks after her brother. I see that you intend to play an aftergame. I like its taste, but I do not like its aftertaste. I went there and found them standing agape. Do you intend to pay more than a guinea for this agate ? So portentous an event might agaze any body. If you own a thing you are said to agnize it. Men bearing any violent bodily or mental pain, are said to agonize. Pray do not go so near that airhole. A true beau or fop ought to eat and to do every thing alamode. I wish you would give me some ale or water i for I am very thirsty. You may find some alehoof near that alehouse. An alehouse keeper ought not to blame an alewife for keeping an alehouse. The brother and sister are alike hated by almost every body. You have inadvertently harmed the best man alive. If you put an alkaline body in water for some time, you alkalizate the water, if I mistake not. You may find an almandine without hunting for it. If alternately you find flint and slate, we say that flint alternates with slate. Do not silversmiths amalgamate silver and gold nov/ and then ? I do not believe that the most violent storm would amate so brave a man. If it amazed you but for a moment, your amazement did not last long. ^86 THE METIIOB I do not protest, nor have I ever protested against her amortizement. Some amove from and some admove to our neigh- bourhood. If you want to ampliate your house you must get more ground than you have. Something may be amygdaline without being amygdalate. I wish you would analyze every thing and believe nothing. The pope had formerly an undoubted right to anathematize every body. Have you not anatomized many a dead body in your life ? A body must absolutely be either animate or inan- imate. You are too animose, my friend ; I am afraid your animosity may lead you astray. Your lady ought to take some anodyne drug with- out delay. Thou shait find me ready at anytime to antagonize against thet. If you date something before the proper time you antedate it. There are found many antelopes in our forests. If he had taken my antidote he would not have died. A drug may be antetebrile without being either sweet or sour. There are neither popes nor antipopes in Vermont. If you ape them, they have aright to take you for an ape. If you apostatize we have a right to style you an apostate. You ought to permit him to open your aposteme. Did you not believe that your foot would aposte- mate ? If you make a thing fit for any purpose, you aptate it. OF TEACHIXG. 287 I believe that you mistake this noun for an aptote. Would you take upon you to arbitrate it ? If you arietate, you imitate a ram. I wish you would order your servants to aroma- tize this room. Have you not a mind to send this boat ashore ? He would have hit me if I had not turned aside. We do not like to hear your asinine talk. My master did not order me to aslake it. I verily believe that you intend to asperate her temper. I swear to you that I do not remember that she did asperse you. You ought to aspirate this sound more strongly. If you pant after something higher, they say that you aspire at it. A prudent seaman ought not to go to sea without an astrolabe. A lady ought not to set astride on a horse. Let us now take up the hyperbole between its asymptotes. If you have done any harm to him you ought to atone for it. You may inform j^our sister that we are satisfied with her atonement. I had no idea that iie ever should try to avale your name and merit. I had never seen her auburn hair before. If you are averse to a thing you are very apt to do it aversely. Parents have an undoubted right to avize their son or daughter. May not a pear be very good without being an aurate ? Her parents seem to be very austere and to treat her very austerely. Did I ever authorize your brother to enter the army? 28 S THE METHOD I believe they are^awake, but if they are not you must awake them. I do not believe that we have sold half an awme yet. You must be more aware than you are, if you do not wish to be taken in. I went to bed after nine in the evening and awoke before three in the morning. I do not believe that thou wilt find any green baize in town. If you had an oven, I should insist upon your baking your own bread. We found neither flour nor bread in your bake- house. If you had foreseen this baleful event would you not have foretold it ? We must send this bale to your father this very morning. We ought to finish the right balustrade by three in the afternoon. If you want to bane your rats, you must buy some rats bane. A plant may be baneful without being banewort or nightshade. Do you intend to barbarize our empire by this everlasting war ? I hope you do not permit him to run barefoot in the winter. You may bare either your right or your left arm. You are very eager to see a bare leg ; have you never seen any ? A man may be a bare bone without being either bare headed or bare footed. To have its afea, you have only to multiply its base by its height. I am not averse to a base sound, nor do I hate a base metal ; but I abhor a base deed and detest a base maue OF TEACHING. 2S9 You have basely betrayed the only real friend you ever had. I have a mind to baste you for it at a tremendous rate . If you dread the bastinade you must not go to Turkey. ml Men that live in everlasting bates may be termed hateful men= I intend to make her bate her demand by this rumour. Do }'ou bathe and swim both in the morning and ev^ening? I would not have a bedlamite for my bedmate. Have you a mind to go to bed before bed time? Your brother ought to have spoken out beforehand. Begone, impious wight, i do not want to hear thee any furtherc You ought not to permit them to begrime their feet. Do you believe thai he did not try to beguile me ? A man ought not to behave like a boy. It behooved your mother to guard against it. It may be very behooveful for you for aught I understand. Tou, belike, do not wish to see her this evening. Your not being beloved by every body ought not to make you weep. You are going to bemire your sleigh. They say that three heavy ships are aground in the river. You may bereave me if you have a right to do so. There were but three men at the meeting beside my father* If you harden or dry any thing in smoke, we ma^ say that you smoke it. If you stride over a thing we may say that yo'^ bestride it. ^ a 290 THE IVIETH0B No sooner had he seen the enemy than tie thought proper to betake himself to the boat. I heartily wish that so great an evil may never betide you. If you want to do it endeavor to do it betime. If thou dost not beware thou wilt undoubtedly get hurt. I had rather bide on a high mountain than in a marshy plain. A man may have more bile than another without having more blood. Do you intend to have your barn bipartite ? You have forgot to dip this twig in birdlime. Perhaps you thought that it would bite you. If vou drt ad its bite you must not play with it. An animal may be bivalve without being an oyster. I have never seen a bizantine nor do i wish to see any. In order that a sword may e good it must have a good blade. If you behave yourself blameably you give us a right to blame you. Ought your parents to be blamed for your leading so blameful a life ? I do not doubt but they are a great deal more blam.eworthy than you. I wish you or your brother had seen its blaze. I do not want your help to make the fire blaze. A girl may be blithe without speaking blithly. Thatbiithsome young lady ought to play on the harp* If you dry a thing by the smoke we may say that you blote it. If you should dishevel my hair, you would trans- form me into a blovvze. I see that vou have a mind to treat me like your liond slave* OF TE .ACHING. 291 Do you take this event for a good or a bad bode- ment ? I wish their defeat may not bode our total rain. A bone may be broken let it be ever so hard. I do not believe that he would boneset for nothing. You must first bone your meat and then salt it. Hast thou ever seen so fine a bonfire in thy life ? You ought to try to make yourself beloved by your bookmates. My father bore firmly the most violent pain. Do you not intend to bore this board. We have borne the greatest hardships without a murmur. I held the bowline with my right hand and fired a pistol with my left. I have a mind to take this brake and hide it in that brake. A man may be brave without braving any body. I have been informed that he did not defend him- self bravely. You must try to braze it in the forenoon. Brave men like you do not need any breastplates. If they do not breathe any more they must be dead. I wish with all my heart that a breeze may spring up from the south. They intended to bribe her, but she would not take their bribe. If you wish to see the bride you must take your stand there. The bridegroom and the lovely bride intend to take a brazing ride. Would you not take mv brother for a brideman and mv sister for a bridemaid? There were more than thirty-seven men on board our brigantine. S'92 THE '^lETHO'D Do you intend to impregnate this v/ater v/ith brim- stone ? Thou wilt find neither brine nor brine pits in our ne i ghbou rh oo d . No horse likes to be stung by a brise or a 2'ad %. The sloop gave us the first broadside^ but we re- turned it without delay. He broke about two months ago ; and now he broke s. I like fresh and limpid water, let it be brook lime or not. Have you ever met with a brute like her father? I went to the burse to look for your brother, but I did not find him therCo 1 have a mind to barter her dame for a young and vigorous horse. I dare say tha.t you would not dare so dareful a man. I have a mind to dare larks, on the first darksome day. Your brother brought a note from you without a date. You must make haste if you w^ant to get there in day time. Your own father ordered me to de alb ate them. We must try to wake her, and to break her death- like slumber. Her father tried in vain to debase her heart and mind. You have to blame your own parents for your men- tal debasement. If you did understand the points you are debating, your debate would be soon at an end. If you make or render a man debile, you debilitate him. OF TEACHING. 293 You may defatlgate a man without defaming him, and you may defame him without defatigating him. You ought to have employed a defensative. If you make a defensive war, you keep yourself on the defensive. If thou hast defiled our fountain, thou shalt be rewarded for it. He ordered our brigade to take post in a defile. If you define a word, you render its meaning de- finite. This point may be defined in our definitive treaty. Have you not ordered us definitely to invade low- er Austria ? Have you a mind to degrade yourself by so mean a sleight ? If thou wishest to deintegrate it, thou shalt be at liberty to do so. If we delegate thee, thou wilt be our delegate. I should be very glad if you would delete my name, I wish that you would deliberate, before you take this step. If you speak deliberately, we may term you a de- liberate man. I wish you would delineate so delightsome a grove. He ordered me to delve this meadow, and to make a delve all around it. They try to beguile you, and you try to delude them. We do not want you to demonstrate so plain a truth. Did not your father order us to denigrate it ? Thev thought proper to denominate it so. This treaty denotes a great depravity in our gov- ernment. Water must be a great deal more dense than air.- A a 2 ^Si THE METHOD If ou make a man poor, you depauperate him. We deplume a bird, and we deplore a mishap. Your brother deponed a guinea, without our ask- ing for it. We do not wish you to deprave this young man« You first depredate their property, and then you deride them. Have you derived any profit from that bargain ? A fatal fever desolates our island every year. They say that you are desperately in love with her. You ought not to be despiteful, for you derive no benefit from your despite. They inform nie that you intend to desponsate them before my return. Your father destinates this book for your improve- ment. Do you destine this fine army to perish by famine ? I wish 3^ou would determine our fate without delay. A good king may be dethroned, but a bad king ought to be dethroned and hung. It would be very hard for you to detonize brim- stone. If you thrust a thing down, you detrude it. You are going to devastate Poland, and plunder its inhabitants. I wish that you w^ould develope our plan to your brother. If you deviate from the right way, you go un- doubtedly astray. Do ;,'OU intend to devolve your task upon me ? Your mother devotes her life to your ioiprovement. May we not term a king a diademed fool ? A wolf dilaniates a sheep, without the least re- morse. If you should enter a dark room your iris would dilate. OF TEACHIKG. 295 You must dilute this powder with fresh water. If you do not believe a story, you are said to dis- believe it. We must try to dispense with their help. We must endeavour to defeat and to disperse the invading army. Set fire to that powder, and thou wilt displode it in an instant. You must endeavour to disprove this infamous tale. Somethin?^ that distastes you may be termed dis- tasteful. The air may be either temperate or distemperate. They like to bathe and to swim, but they do not like to dive. If you talk the same way, you do not talk diversely. It may be a divertive play, though you do not like it. You ought to divide seventy by five, and multiply ninety by eight. You may be a great divine, without divining any thing. I neither do nor ever did dogmatize, therefore I am no dogmatist. There would be no great wonder in finding a dog- louse in a dog hole. If thou art doomed to dole it;, thou wilt have a dole- ful mien. How dolesome you look this morning, are you in a brown study ? The enemy endeavoured to destroy our elegant dome. The western wind dominates beyond that lofty mountain. Do you not intend to bribe my father with this do- native ? W6 THE METHOD A dormouse sleeps through the winter, but awakes early in the spring. I do not belie""e that they have done any harm to you. I do not want to take bark, and therefore you need not dose any for me. You have got your dose, I see, but I have not got mine. I verily believe that your parents begin to dote. I found this dough in our dove house. You have a mind to douse me, have you ? You are in love with a dowered woman, or rather with the dowery. Men that are half asleep, are said to dose or to^ slumber. Do you intend to buy a drayhorse ? We must endeavour to drive the enemv from that height. An idling and trilling man, may be said to drone, or to be a drone. We drove the enemy before us, but we lost a great many men. If you bring up and feed an infant without the breast, you are said to be a dry nurse. If you spin out or lengthen a thing, you are said to eke it. How many months must yet elapse, before we see you again ? If you do a thing elaborately, we may say that you elaborate it. 1 do not like to read that elaborate poem. Every defeat we sustain must elate our enemy. Do you intend to elevate that man to so' important a dignity. If you break a thing, learned men would say that you elide it. OF TEACHING. 397 You say that you have seen my brother, but have you seen noboby else ? They say that your wife had a mind to elope from your board and bed. Thou mayest elope, but thou wilt rue thy elope- ment. The enemy endeavoured in vain to elude our pur- suit. Did he order you to elute or to elutriate it? The order I give you, emanates from an authority" far higher than mine. By trying to embase my name, you embase your own. I see that your lady wants to emblase every room. If you leave your native soil, you are said to emi- grate. If you do not like to be empaled, you must not go to Turkey. I wish you would make the dovetail broader than that. You must embale this wool, and then send it to my brother. Our states are destined to be in a short time the greatest empire in the world. If you want to be endenised, you must stay here a year and two months. Ha-\'e you a mind to endite my brother for murder ? I wish your father would endorse this paper. I foretold you that your endorsements would ruin you. A young man like you, ought not to enervate him- self. The pursuing enemy overtook our flying brigade in an enfilade. I took it to an engraver and told him he must en- grave it within two weeks. 29a THE METHOD If you are an enlightened man, you have a right to set up for an enlightener. Have you a mind to enlumine every house in our street ? Have you a mind to enrobe me without having a robe ? It would be hard work for you to enslave so brave a man. They told the tyrant boldly that their enslavement must end sooner or later. If you enthrone a man you invest him with sover- eign authority. Dou you intend to admit an enthymeme, without understanding its bearing? If you want to keep this estate entire, you must not divide it. I have learned it formerly, but I have entirely for- got it. I want some brown paper for an envelope ; have you got any ? In order not to tire us with this episode, you must not make it too long. We must endeavour to erase this Spanish word. By this erasement we prevented the enemy from taking shelter. I ardently hope that thou wilt see thy fond mother ere long. If a man should live alone in this world, he would be an eremite. If you v\^ant to see a living ermine, you must not repair to a warm land. This drug I thought would erode your v»^art in two weeks. An ermined man may be a greater fool than a naked man. OF TEACHING. 29.9 I do not esteem your erudite mother for her learning but for her piety. This esplanade may be about eighcy-nine feet broad or wide. I sold my estate before I Icr^ft my native soil. Do you not intend to eternize your name and your fame ? Your brother would have evaded this peril if he had been more prudent. In hot weather water or milk evaporates in a short time. The eve before a holiday maybe termed holy eve. He eventerates a hog or a dog without the least remorse. I wish your brother would eventilate this grain. If men demolish a house or a town they are said to everse it. In order to understand a thing you must evesti- gate ir. I should prefer being evil favored to being evil minded-. A thing we do not like we ought to evitate. Wk must t ndcavor to unfold or to evolve their plan. Any thing you do not like to see may be termed an eye sore. Men and brutes grow old and die, but plants fade or wither and then die. If you want to do a good deed you must do it fair and promptly. A false friend may do more harm to you than an open enemy. Falsehearted men are very apt to say a falsehood. You did not speak the truth, and, therefore, you spoke falsely. You are a famed man, but I do not envy your fame. Have you laever seen a vane on a fane i 300 t-HFj iviethob An animal may Kurt you without being fanged. How do you fare, my friend ? you look very gloomy. You have it in your pov/er to avert our fate, A man must be a great fool to fatigate a poor horse to no purpose. You might have favored me with a reply ere now. The feathered tribe begin to sing early in the spring. You are said tofreaze a rope if you untwist its end. We must endeavor to diminish her febrile heat. This law would not be adopted by the federate states. If the enemy had feigned a retreat they would have taken us in. I do nut deny the tiger to be a f line animal. I have told you already that I do not v/ant a female Servant. A being may be feminine without being either soft or tender. It would be hard work for you to fertilize so bad a soil. If you hire a lifer you must also get or buy a fife for him. If you want to sharpen your saw you must get a good file. Foul water may be made good if you filtrate it. If thou workest on a Sunday thou wilt have to pay a heavy fine. An ugly woman may be a very good fine drawer. Have you a mind to fine so fine a young lady ? Your daughter ought to learn to fine draw, to spin and to sow. You may set a house on lire without throwing a firebrand on it. If you have neither firg; wood nor fire stone you do not want a fire shovel. I did not find any five leaved plants inyourmeadow* OF TEACHING. o9i I wish you would transform this wool into flakes. There may be fire without flame, but did you ever see flame w^ithout fire ? An animal may be flap eared without being asinine. They foredesigned the war and forearmed their youth. You rub \'our forehead to no purpose. You have not forfeited your money, but you have forfeited our esteem. If you have not harmed me, I have nothing to for- give you. Your brother harmed me inadvertently, but I forgave him. I hope that thou wilt not forsake thy poor old mother. We do not find any freestone in our neighbourhood. Did you ever see the water freeze on a hot day ? I wanted to buy some frieze but I did not find any. We had twelve men w^ounded on board our frigate. Have you a mind to frustrate our best hopes ? If you want the powder to fulminate? you must set 4t on fire. If you boast fulsomely we may term your boasting fulsome. Some term this plant gorse, bat we term it furze. Our two ships parted in a heavy gale. If you like to game you are a gamester. From'your speaking so gamesomely we infer that you are a gamesome man. You begin to gape or to yawn, and therefore you ma}'^ go to bed. If you understand gardening, you may be termed a gardner. The gate vein transmits the blood to the liver. Have you a mind to drive your gig through this gateway ? B b 302 TIJE METHOD If you look intently and earnestly at a thing, y6u gaze at it. If you yield any thing to me, you are said to give it up. This glade may be about seventy eight feet wide. If you are delighted with any thing, you are said to be gladsome. I only want the yelk, and you may throw away the glair e. May not the sun, at noon, be said to glare ? I believe that you mistake a glave for a sword. I wish you would find somebody to glaze this room. We seldom see a glede sit upon the glebe. If you glide, you move swiftly and smoothly along* I have determined not to mind her foolish glike. Many learned men believe the earth to be a globe* Do you not take the sun to be a globose body ? I wish your sister would begin to glomerate her thread. Tou must mistrust men that glose or fawn upon you My sister found a green glove behind our garden. Her father may be a very good man without being a godlike man. They were here some time ago, but I believe they are gone now. I see some gore on that goar ; you must wash it out. You ought to provide your daughter with a governante. Do you take any grained body for a granite ? You may find very fine granate in our neighbour- hood. If you are my grandson, I must be your grandsire. A grape, i believe^ must be either sweet or sour* OF TEACHING. 30^ If you inib any thing on a hard body, you are said to grate it. He ought to be grateful, if you have bestowed so many benefits upon him. May not the grave be termed our last and ever- lasting abode ? If you delineate a thing on any hard body, you are said to grave. A man may have a grave and serious look without being either. Do you permit your horse to graze in our meadow? If you want to have this grease melted, you must put it over the fire. After we had done talking, your brother went up that greese. A good grenade ought to burst about two feet above ground. I wish that your father would make this old razor gride. If you are in pain for something past, you are said to grieve at it. How wilt thou free thy feet from the grime with- out soap ? If you hold a thing fast with your right or with your left hand, you are said to gripe it. You may get the gripes without eating sour grapes. Did not I order your brother to make a groove in this pine board ? If you want to find your v/ay through a long and dark room* 3''ou must grope along. Let us enter that grove and take a walk in the shade. Do not you see that grouse on yon lofty oak. We must try to hire a guide, if we want to get through this forest in so dark a night. I believe that you have to deal with a wily and guileful man. ^^* THE METHOD You may find some haberdine in our fish market before May. We have it not in our power to habilitate your brother. A man may be hale or healthy without being stout or strong. Draw a straight line and halve it. If you either make or retail hardware, you are a hard ware man. A man may be harebrained without having ever seen or shot a hare. I do not believe that you have it in your power to harmonize them. If thou dost not make haste, thou wilt be overtaken by the storm before thou hast done. I defy you to love a hateful man or to esteem a varlet. We see a great deal further in a haze than in a fog. Thou wilt take thy last ride on a hearse like other folks. If you pant or breathe with pain you are said to heave. You do not find any helmed men in a modern army. The helve ought to be at least five feet and a half long. Thou wilt find some henbane behind yon pear tree. We never see any geese hereabouts. If thou hast felt it heretofore, thou wilt remember it hereafter. We must now abandon our heroine to her fate. If you withdraw any thing from my sight, you are said to hide it from me. I wish you would hand me that hide. If you believe this horse to be hide bound, you ought not to buy him. OF TEACHING. 305 You have got your hire, I believe, and so you may start. It must be very hard for a hireling to be a good historian. Our house may be distant from the hithe about. half a mile. We found a great many wasps in this hive. You hear that I am hoarse and you want me to sing ? If you want to get through this wall, you must make a hole in it. If you have no home, you may go abroad without leaving your home. A plain and rude man may be said to be a home- bred man. You may find many a homely woman in our ele- gant metropolis. If you want to sharpen your razor, you must buy a good hone. I ardently hope that thou wilt find him at home. Do you not take your eldest son for a hopeful boy ? Thou wilt find some very good hornstone about a mile from our house. This hornpipe may be delightful for young folks, but I'detest it. You say that you have tasted horse flesh, but how did you like it I A nian may make a very good horse shoe without being a good horseman. Tender plants must be kept and reared in a hot house. A man may get tipsy without going to a house warming. If you idolize or idolatrize a woman, you may be said to be an idolater. If you set a house or any other thing on fire, a learned man would say that you ignite it. 2 B b $06 THE MEIHOD We Ignore many a thing that we oughtnot to ignore. You ought to prevent your lovely daughter from imbibing all that nonsense. If you would let him imbibe all this nonsense, you would undoubtedly imbrute him. An animal that imitates another maybe termed an imitative animal. If you would bestow this favour upon me, you would imparadise me. If he wants to go there, you must try to impede him. My brother would only sneer at your imperative tone. I went there this morning and found the wall imperforate. If you obtain any thing by entreaty, you are said to impetrate it. Have you a iTiind to impignorate your estate? If you had implored our aid, we should have granted it to you. Might not a bat be termed an implumed bird ? I should not like to have to deal with so rude and impolite a man. I believe that you ought to impregnate this brandy with alum. I thought that your father had a mind to impro- priate my house. Xhe soil did not seem to be very fertile, but we must try to improve it, if we should buy the land. I believe that you are not very eager for making improvements in your state. We feel its impulse and we must try to destroy it. Without an impulsive power there would be no impulse. A stone or any other mineral may be termed an inanimate body. OF TEACHr5fC;. SOT Yon draw an indefinite line, if j^ou do not deter- mine its length. That indeliberate step brought on your ruin. I verily believe that you have formed the design to inebriate me. It woi-.ld be high time for you to forget your infan- tine deportment. Do you believe that we dread their infinite power? A sore throat might be more properly termed an inflamed throat. I repeat it over again that we do not want you to inflate it. May not the spring be said to infoliate plants ? To inhale the fresh and fragrant air you must get up with the sun. An event may be inopinate and a wish may be inordinate. Insensate men ! are you going to inshrine this inanimate body. I do not see how this imprudent step would inserve your purpose. They have endeavoured to insnare us, but we have defeated their purpose. If you dry meat or any other thing in the sun, you may be said to insolate it. Do you believe that God would inspire an impostor ? Have you ever read a more insulse and insipid poem than this ? If you make a thing soft or tender, I say that you intenerate it If you eat intemperately you ought to be termed an intemperate man. If you do not like an intense heat, you must not heat your stove so intensely. I told him that my father would never interfere with so foolish a plan. 305 THE MEIHOB I neither ordered you to interleave nor to interline my books. The time flowing between any tv/o events may be termed,an interlapse. I plainly saw that he had a mind to interlope, but I hindered him from doing so. The play highly delighted us, but we did not like the interlude. They say that the pope ordered them to interpolate this foolish story. You must endeavour to intertwine the greening sprouts. Many dreadful events may intervene between two distant events. If thou makest thy testament, thou wilt not die intestate. We are infested with a foreign and intestine war at the same time. If you inthrone this man, you give him a right to reign over you, or rather to enthral you. If you trust me with your thoughts, you take me for your intimate friend. Ought I merely to intimate my design, or ought I rather to point it out plainly and openly ? They at first endeavoured to intimidate me by their threats. You may try to intrude your tenets upon other men without being a priest. Every body hates and detests this intrusive wight. The enemy durst not invade the northern states. They intend to invalidate this deed, but I hope thou wilt prevent them from doing so. I believe that any invasive army would be destroyed in a short time. We must try to investigate the mystery. - Our inveterate enemy again makes war upon us. OF TEACHING. 309 I have borne great hardships but they did not invigorate my body. We must try to transmit our rights entire and inviolate to our posterity. I did not invite your brother to side with us. You invoke in vain heaven and earth ; you must die. Have you not a mind to inweave this red yarn ? You are an ireful man, but we do not dread your ire. Have you not a mind to end your irksome talk ? A woman talks irksomely, if you do not like to hear her talk. Are you not glad to leave our frozen isle ? If you do a thing over again you are said to iterate it. He insulted the seamen and they keelhauled him for it. I thought that he would poke it into the keyhole. The keystone must be more elevated than the remainder. If you have a kibe on your left foot, you are kibed indeed. You may find kitesfoot in our garden without seeing a kite. I believe that they have not begun yet to lade our ship. I thought that we had more than thirteen ships on the lakes. I wish that you would take your lambative yourself, A lazy man may work lamely without being lame. Have you a mind to lapidate this holy man ? Every body may lapse, therefore you ought not to mind so trifling a lapse. If thou sowest late thou wilt imdoubtedly harvest late. Have you not lately bought a very fine lathe ? Do you not latinize in order to shew ws that vou are a learned man • olO THE METHOD We do not intend to lave our foul linen, before we get fair and warm weather. Do you not want to let me this house by lease ? I wish that you would give me leave to leave this room. The oaks are not leaved yet, but thou wilt see them leaved in a short time. I believe that the alderman ought to legalize your deed. Oar holy father wants to send a legate to Smolensk©. This lenitive would soon dispel your pain. Perhaps they belong to the leonine tribe. If you rub or grind any thing to a very fine powder, you levigate it. A man may be a good Hebrew without being alevite. You hope in vain to liberalize a tyrant. I never intended to liberate so great a libertine. If you i make him king, you must give him a life- guard. Divide this horizontal line into two or three parts. If you want to litigate my hereditament, you must hire a lawyer. May not this bough be lithe without being live ? A young lad ought to be more lively and brisk than an old man. Hast thou a mind to barter a diamond for a load- stone ? You have eaten meat to satiety and you wonder that you loathe it ! You may find a thing loathsome without being very fastidious. Your friend informed me that the sword went through your right lobe. You do not like to be lone in a lonely house. Every evening they repair to a lonesome dale to vent their grief there. OF TEAemi^^G. oil A sermon we do not like to hear may be longsome or tedious without lasting long. Do you mean to satisfy your father with this loop- hole t If you do not let me loose I must try to break loose. You ought to be more grateful for the important lore he imparted to your son. Beloreyou throwyourspear, must you notlibrateit^ A man may speak lovelily without being lovely. A man may sing a love song or relate a love tale, without having ever been foiled in a love suit. A louse may live and feed on any animal body. Milk, moderately warm, may, I believe, be termed lukewarm. If you defend me lukewarmly, you are but a luke- warii. defender I have hunted for som.e lupine, but I did not find any. You may lute a pot or any other thing without your having ever seen or played on a lute. Do not forget to buy some lutestring before you leave the town. A famous Italian master taught her to play on the lyre. Though I am your intimate friend, I do not permit you to make free with my money. I told you already that we do not want any make- weight. I do i^ot say that you are malapert, but I maintain that you are a makebate. If you have bought a male, you must also buy a female. I do not doubt but he would find fault with your manlike deportment. H.:ve you not a mind to part with your old mare '? He bought some very fine margarites for our mar- grave. I S12 THE METHOD A man may be a good marine without being a good mariner. I do not believe that we have any thing to fear for our maritime states. The word matadore must have a meaning, I w^een, for a gamester. If you do not want to be alone, you must take a mate. You need not try to maze me, I am already in a maze. If you intervene between us, you mediate and you are our mediator. Do not the federalists aid our insulting enemy mediately. If you revolve any design in your mind, you are said to meditate it. I have bought a very paltry farm, but I mean to meliorate it. If the membrane infolding your heart should be seriously hurt, you would not live long. If 5'ou memorize any events, you may be termed a memorialist. If you want to wis its length, you must mete it. A woman may understand midwifery^ without being a midwife. 'The river may be distant from our house about a mile and a half. I met your brother near the first mile stone. If thou takest him for a milklivered man, thou wilt ere long find out thy mistake. I see that you have not forgot yet to play the mime. This hat, I ween, must be either mine or thine. A mi^n may be a good mineralist v/ithout having ever (iug a mine. A man may be mirthful, though he v/alks in the mire. A gloomy evertt may misgive you, but it never ought to misguide you. eF TEACHliNfei. SIS If you had not misbehaved, they would not mislike you. I do not believe that we have any mithridate ia our shop. He delights in transforming every mite into a lion. The governor durst not try to mitigate their punishment. Did not you pay more than a moidore and a half for it:' An animal may work and live under ground with- out being a mole. I see that your government wants to monopolize your trade. They seem to have a mind to mope us with this nonsense. Our pious bishops like to moralize, but we d© not like their moral. You speak and behave so morosely that every body must take you for a morose man. You must wait until 1 have done with this mortise. If the enemy make a movement, they must have a motive for it. Have you not a plant denominated mousetail ia your garden ■ Do not move your feet, if you want the mouse to remain there. May not a louse be denominated a multipede ? Do you believe that 1 have already forgot her name? He may be a native Irishman without being your namesake. Do you intend to navigate this lake in the winter? After having left the aisle we entered the nave. Your untimely negative would onl}' thwart our plan. I wish that our learned anatomist would shew me an auditory nerve. Did you ever hear a nightingale sing in the winter? c c 31* TME METHOD I did not iind any nightshade in this field. [f thou mukipliest eight by nine thou wilt g^et seventy-two. You ought to divide five nineteenths by seventeen ninetcienths. If thou augmentest ninety-seven by two, thou wilt get ninety-nine. If thou lookest sharp, thou wilt undoubtedly see the node. If you should boast so noisomely, every body would deride your noisome boast. You want me to give you some money, but I have none, I see that you mistake the dative for the nominative. If you have any notes to make you must get a note- book. Do you intend to nurse that mad woman ? I have never invited your brother to obliterate it. A man may be obstinate v/ithout employing an obsolete word. I see that you have a mind to obtrude your tenets upon us. You are bound to obtemperate your parents. A body may be oleose without being olidous. I btlieve that you have mistaken an olive for an oleaster. I wish that your mother would give us an omelet for our breakfast. I do not believe that this event ominates our ruin. The ooze in our fishpond must be at least two feet deep. If you are a poet you have a right to say, ope the door. You have a right to opine, but you have no right to operate. If you want to sleep soundly^ you must take some opiate. OF TEACHING. oio Before we begin to fight we must organize our army. Wilt thou give the same length to all thy organ- pipes ? How many weeks must i travel in order to over- take him ? Pc rhaps you mistake its outside for its outline. A young and healthy woman may outlive an old num. If you eat very hot meat, you may burn your palate without any vvondcr. The young palatine handed your palt eyed sister into the room. Did not the king order you to palisade this fort ? Your heart palpitates, have you been frightened ? Every pane must be ten feet long and five feet wide. I do not doubt but your brother broke this pantile. A man may be a great pantomime without being a great orator. Ail our troops were ordered to be drawn up on the parade ground. How long did Adam and Eve live in the paradise ? The British adherents endeavor to paralyze our 'jjovernment. I wish that you would pare this nail before you go to bed. The enemv sent all our men home on parole. I donot want any paste, but I want some pasteboard. This would be very great sport for you, but it would not be any pastime for me. Our governour ordered all our streets to be paved within ten or twelve weeks. If you do not like to ride over the pavement, you must take this lane. 516 ^HE IVffiTHOS) They endeavoured to penetrate our right wing but they were foiled. He walks pensively about in your pensile garden. I have seen your friend ; he seemed to look very pensive. A shed hanging out aslope from the main wall may be termed a penthouse* 1 believe that you mistake a pantile for a pentile. 1 wish you v>'Ould let me hear the penultimate sound again, I like to deal with a peregrine man, but I do not like to peregrinate m^yself. If you wantto periiate it, you must first perforate It. If you did not perpetrate this murder, you do not risk to be hung. How long wlit thou persevere }'et in thy idolatrous worship ? They sec:m to be very persistive, but v/e are not so. The earl took it upon himself to personate the king* In the winter we but seldom perspire sensibly. This rumour would soon pervade the army. li you speak and behave perversely, we have a right to term you a perverse man. They are going to build a pesthouse in our tov>^n. Our pikemen should be armed with pikes twenty- two feet long. It would take you more than a day to drive this pile into the ground. Have you a mind to pine away your life ? I am going to plant a pipe tree under this pine tree. We must endeavour to seize and to punish the pirates. If you would lend me a plane, I would plane this board. I have never seen any platraie in our neighborhood. OF TEACHIXG. 317 I believe that two plates and two forks are wanting. A man may wear a plume without being a great hero. If you are, avowedly, a wantwit, you ought not to plume yourself upon your wit. A fowl may be palmipede without being fat. A navigator may see the pole star without being near the pole. If you speak and behave politely, you may be termed a polite man. I should not like to besmear my head with fetid pomade. Your brother wants to barter a pomeroyal for a pomegranate. They ought to bestow the popedom on our worthy bishop. You have a popeseye in your thigh, though you are no pope. If you look very intensely at a thing, you are said to pore over it. If you date any instrument later than the real time, you postdate it. You may get a good post horse without repairing to the post house. They have agreed to postpone their meeting for some time. The pirates have taken a prame loaded with flour and pork. If you want to hear a foolish prate, you have only to get three or four modish women together. If you believe that God predestinates us, you are a predestinarian. Your friend ought to have predetermined this important point A thirst for glory predominates in their breasts. You have delighted our prelate with your prelude. c c 2 3iS THE aiETHOD He persists in saying that he did not premeditate her murder. You may prepare a sermon without being a parson. I highly regret that your sentiments did not' pre- ponderate. We must, at any rate, endeavour to prevene them* Do you not take this drug for a preventive ? I pardon your pride, but I detest your vanity. They made you a primate, but you are no great ornamentf to your primateship. You have perhaps forgot to prime 3'our gun. Did not your grandfather live among the primitive inhabitants ? Vie must endeavor to regain our pristine power and dignity. If a private man fits out a ship for plundering the enemy, we term that ship a privateer. Inform your master that I want to speak to him privately. If you wish for the prize, you must try to gain it. Do you take every prizefighter for your enemy? If you want me to probe your wound, I must send for a probe. Do you wonder that so impious a man should pro- fane the divine name ? You promulgate this law in order to promote your own interest. All men are alike prone to retaliate an insult. They do not seem to be prepense to propagate the gospel. We must endeavour to prostrate the British naval power. If you thrust any thing forward, you protrude it. Let us not forget to provide against that event. They have formed the purpose to purloin your . money. ©F TEACHING. 319 A man may be purseproud without having a purse. The enemy did not endeavour to rake our frigate. A man may be a great rake without handling a rake. Have I not a right to maintain that you rate your labour too high ? Did not you intend to reave our money ? We have baptized him and we are going to rebap- tize him. Did you ever see a reermouse fly about in the day time ? I would not undertake to refine this silver. I would not take your word for so speedy a reim- bursement. Without a lapse there would be no relapse. Your relative relates the same foolish story over again. Do you intend to relegate them all together, or have you a mind to release some ? Did 1 not order 3/ou to relieve that centinel first ? If they^ put out the fire, thou wilt have to relu- mine it. We do not impel your brethren to remigrate. If you want to remonstrate against this law, you must do so promptly. Your sentiments relative to this war are very re- mote from mine. The king ought to remove this foolish man from the ministry. The most renowned hero may be beaten by a des- perate foe. Our government should never renovate so fatal a treaty. Let us shew them that we are not entirely satisfied with their reparative. S30 THE IVIETHOB A book may be replete with the greatest nonsense and yet read by every body. Our governour ought not to reprieve that reprobate. Your gardener ought to reprime that fragrant shrub. I stronglv fear that thou wilt meet with a repulse. You must permit me to blame your design and to reprove your sentiments. This imprudent response would only inflame their envy. If you want to restore your health speedily, you must take this restorative. My lady did not retire until late in the evening. Did not the sun reverberate upon the thermometer. Do you not revile them for having revived so bad a law ? If they should revoke their delegate, we should un- doubtedly revoke our order. In order to solve this important problem you must revolve it in your mind for some time. Hike to ride on a horse, but I do not like to ride in a gig. Get me some tow, I want to stop up that rime. A ravenous hawk pursued this ringdove over your nursery. I told your servant to rinse a tumbler but he would not do it. They seem to be ripe for revolting against their tyrant. We dare not insist on their adopting our rites. Did you believe that your rodomontade would frighten us ? A lawyer may wear a robe and be a dunderhead for all that, I believe that you romanize your talk in order to shew us that you are a great and learned latinist. OF TEACHIXG. 321 A ropemaker wants hemp and a shoemaker wants leather. Do you not like to rove through this delightful grove ? I do not v/oncler that so rude a man should have shaken you so rudely. If thou dost not learn the rule, thou wilt never for- - g-t it. _ Every heifer and I believe every graminivorous animal ruminates. D ". you not mistake a runaway for a runagate ? Thou vnh not find any sabine in this swampy ground. I believe that by this time they must be safe at home. You may safely depend on our not risking our safety. You ought for your own sake to venerate this saint- like man. Did you never hear that in Turkey the women are for sale ? A body may be saline v/ithout makingyou salivate. I wish that you would not besmear the salver with ^our salve. You must salute them first, if you want them to return your salute. A man may look sane and be insane at the same time. ^ You ought undoubtedly to feed them, but you ought never to sate or to glut them. I never read a more violent and insulse satire than this in my life. She lost all her money by gambling, save a poor guinea. A wind blowing from the sea may be termed a Seabreeze. 3£2- lllE METKOS Might not a man speak sedately without having a sedate mind ? To Sfgrtgate the bran from the flour we employ a very fine bolter. I am going to mend your seine, though I have not torn it. He wants to seize my property, though I am not indebted to him. If you want to have a senate, you must build a senate-house* Your senile talk demonstrates your seniority. If \ou had any sense, you would not try to publish this nonsense. Do you believe that sensitive plants have a senso- rium ? They were not only made separately, but they were even made in separate apartments. Kow would you separate the wmt from the vinegar? Many plants do not grow sere in the winter. I wish that you would not disturb our sleep with your serenade. Every body, I believe, likes a serene sky and warm weather. I do not believe that thou wilt find any serpentine in our neighborhood. The first brigade did not serve above seven or eight months. If we learn any thing without understanding it, we are said to learn it by rote. A man may be bound tosermonize without liking it. Do you wonder that so servile a wight should have behaved so servilely. A master may be severe without having good servants. You may punish them, I ween, without handling them so severely. OF TEACfllNe. 325 On a very warm dav we are prone to seelc for shade. A very strong man might shake a stouter bough than that. If thou wishest to get the seed thou must open the shale. Do you believe that a person might feel shame without blushing ? Every body hates and detests your shameful de- portment. May not a person endowed with a fine shape be termed a shapely person ? You do not like to work and yet you wish to share the benefits. You have sheathed your sword, but I have not sheathed mine yet. I do not believe that your brother ever lived in Yorkshire. We drove our sheep to the shore and there we shore them. Do not, in Spain and Italy, the priests shrive every- body ? You may be shrived not only at shrovetide but at any other time. You do not find a mahogany sideboard in every house. A prudent man ought not to side with either party. I am your servant, sir, but i am not your slave. We like to skate, but we do not like to slide. You may see a snail in the winter without seeing any slime. If I had to build a house, I would build it on a southern slope. She may have smiled without your remarking her smile. The king swore that he would smite them with' the sword. 32^ THE METHOD Have you never seen any woman smo^e her pipe t An animal may be oviparous without being a snake, and viviparous without being a viper. I believe, my friend, that you mistake snakeroot for snakeweed. My father would not permit me to set a snare. I ordered the shoemaker to sole your boots this afternoouo Somebody told me that you have stolen something from me. Are you going to solve a problem without under- standing it? I am going to adapt this sordine to your trumpet. If you have a sore foot you ought not to walk about. You must not eat any souse, if you have a sore mouth. If you do not wish to lend me ) our hoe, you may, at least, lend me your spade. I had nothing but a sparerib for my breakfast. You want me to spare your life, though you would . not have spared mine if you had defeated me. Have you got this oil from the spikenard that you have reared in your garden ? I wish that you would nail this gate fast with a spike. If an animal breaks its spine, it must die, I believe. If you repair to that peak, you may see there tvtry spire and house in town. Spiteful and malignant men try to spite every body. Our spokesman regrets that he broke your spoke. Malignant sprite, we deride thy unavailing spite. We may stare at a thing though we have seen it before. A man may admire the starpaved firmament with- out being a stargazer. OF TEACrUNG. S25 You want to starve an enemy that vou dare not fight. Your father may be a stately man, without being ^ statesman. Do you not intend to stigmatize the traitor? We had a very fine sundial, but somebody broke its stile. You must endeavor to finish the stone work in two weeks. You did not prevent the enemy from burning your store house. You say that you do not like an intense heat, and yet you heat your stove intensely. If you walk with long steps, you are said to stride. I see that you like these men, but you detest their strife. I do not believe that they would strike their flag. We must strive with might and main to avert the fatal stroke. I do not permit any body to stroke my horse. You ought to give that naughty stripling fifty stripes at least. You must not only divide it^ but you must also subdivide its parts. I want to sublimate this brimstone, but I have no retort. If you want me to understand you, you must not speak so sublimely. We admire your sublime sentiments, but we do not understand them. ^ The British dread our submarine warfare more than any thing else. Ought not your brother to be satisfied with a sub- ordinate post ? Do you believe that this shift would subs-erve our purpose ? Dd 526 THE METHOD I did not hope that the uproar would subside so soon. The British ministry have subsidized the Aus- trian army. They ignore, perhaps, that we style this a stile. They inform me, that at length they have found out an antidote against its subtile venom. If you begin to subtilize it 1 have done with you. Flour, eminently fine, may be styled superfine. Your governor may be a good man without being superlatively pious. She fondly hopes to supervive her eldest brother. A supine man ought not to deride an indolent wo- man. Your brother told me your name, and your sister told me your surname. Would you not even wish to survive your wife ? A man ought never to swerve from the right path. Do you believe that swine pipes feed upon swine bread ? We are prone to sympathize with a being organ- ized like us. If you wish that 3^our v/ar should be prosperous for you, you must systematize it. I like to hear a good tale, but I abhor a talebearer. Do you ween that our government would tamely submit to your tyrant ^ I believe that this young man permits himself to tantalize your daughter. Do not forget to buy some tape for your sister. In this way you may hinder tare from growing among your rye. By tasting a tasteful thing we find out how it tastes. I do not believe that your brother would tempo» rize for your sake. OF TEACHING, 327 If it had not rained last night, the rope would not . be so tense. If you want me to terebrate this board, you must lend me your auger. I wish that you would order them to terminate their foolish strife. You may alter your tone without altering your theme. I should prefer having a threadbare shirt to hav- ing a torn shirt. You strive to thrive by trade, and your brother wants to thrive by gambling. We have neither a king nor an emperor, and thus we need no throne. I have seen many a thunder shower, but I never saw a thunder storm. You are a tide waiter, and therefore you have a right to shut the tide gate. He may be a time server without giving you any timely help. A woman may tire you with her tiresome talk without being a tire woman. In Great Britain every landholder must pay the tithe to the bishop. I reprove your impious tenets, though I tolerate them. I tasted it, but I did not find it to be toothsome. A town may be tradeful without havinp; a seaport. I am ashamed for you to see you traipse in this way. I do not believe that her sight would throw him into a transc . If thou dost not understand a book, how wilt thou translate it ? We must hinder our transmarine enemy from sending a fleet to oar shore. S28 THE METHOD We determined to transmigrate before the war be- Do they believe that their plot did not transpire ? You ought to have drawn this line transversely. Your father strove in vain to traverse our plan. A great orator ought not to employ so trite a - trope. You may be a true lover without having any true love in vour o^arden. I paid twelve groats for this twine. I see nothing elegant in this book but its type. Would you not like to live in so delightful a vale ? Though you variegate every thing, yet you pre- tend that you do not like variety. Do you believe that a venomous animal venenates every fruit that it tastes ? I believe that your prating aunt likes to verbalize. W^e do not wish that you should verberaie him for it. An orator may be verbose without being versatile. Hast not thou taken this vine from our vineyard? I have no doubt but ultimately thou wilt beat thy enemy. Your ultramontane tenets do not agree with our belief. We have a mind to take your father for our umpire. Though he should be unarmed, yet he would un- doubtedly defend himself. You are not unauthorized, I believe, to fall upon them unaware. You may unbelieve an event, if you have no good authority for believing it. A bad man may die not only unbeloved, but also unbewailed- You may underline this word, but do not strike it out. OF TEACHING. 329 My brother, I believe, would not undertake it for any thing in the world. You may unhorse a weak and timid rider with a violent blow. Are you not going to unlade your ship this after- noon ? Unyoke them both and let them graze in the neighbouring field. Your sister must be a very volatile young lady. May not a violent heat volatilize the hardest dia- mond ? I should not like to wade through a deep brook on a bleak winter day. If you die you fall asleep, but you do not wake any more. Every month you may see the moon in its wane. How* many wardmotes do they hold in London every year ? Do you ween that we have a wardrobe in our warehouse ? A wasteful man wastes more in a day than a fru- gal man wastes in a year. Might not so mighty a wave upset your ship? Her talk would not be wearisome to thee if thou wast in lave with her. She taught me to spin and I taught her to weave. You seem to have a frog in your windpipe. He made a vow that he would taste neither bread nor wine within a year. Before you take it in your hand, you ought to wipe it dry. I am told that you have lost your wife, but do not wish to wive again. After they had rested and eaten their hay I wanted to voke theme 2 D d 3S0 THE METHOD They have determined to take up their abode in the temperate zone. They may be unwarlike, but I do not believe that they are unwary. Your untimely death would impel them to un- throne your father. LE = EL, and RE = ER. I do not doubt but thou wilt be able to outwit them, A thing may be admirable without being adorable. Do you not fondly hope that it would be available to you ? Your defeat would have been avoidable, if you had been able to avoid it. I verily believe that your sentiments are not avow able. May not a word be denominated an audible sign ? They have determined that you are not bailable. Though you are a believable man, yet I do not believe your story. The enemy hid some riflemen in an antre, shaded by some oaks. A strong bough may be bendable for a strong man. if we are not biameable, you ought not to blame us. I am not able to ride out with you, for 1 have sprained my bridle hand, and am not able to hold the bridle. Would not a mortal sin render you damnable ? Your grand father likes to dandle infants. Your tenets may be debatable without being defen- sible. If we may define a thing, we may term it definable. I wish that you would remove every defragrable body from this room. I term d«emandable every thing you may demaud* OF TEACHING. 331 I am unable to demonstrate its truth, though I believe it to be demonstrable. We must endeavor to forget so deplorable an event. He would have endeavored to design it, if he had thought it to be designable. It may be determinable, though I am unable to determine it. Have you a mind to betroth your daughter to that detestable gambler ? If you are able to dilate a body, you may safely term it a dilatable body. I believe that you mistake a dimple for a pimple. A long and bloody war would entirely dispeople our empire. How long wilt thou be able to double thy stake ? An animal may be sharp sighted without being an eagle. For my own part I do not believe that they are eatable. If you are able to elude their snare, you may term it eludible. I am not able to improve it, though I believe it to be emendable. May not a woman be estimable without being ami- able I I have read your fable, but I do not admire it. I should have started a week ago, if the weather had been favorable. They are so feeble that they are unable to move. A man may be evil minded without being feeble minded. We fondle our daughter, but we do not fondle our son. The river may be fordable, about a mile higher up. Your brother had to deal with a formidable anta- gonist. 3S2 THE METHOB Thou wilt not find any friable stone in our neigh- bourhood. If you separate the good from the bad, you are said to garble. You ought to gargle your mouth and throat every morning and after every meal, with fresh water. If you girdle a tree, you prevent its growing any further. I am a girdler, though I do not make any girdle belts. You must ask for some grantable thing, if you want me to grant your demand. I do not deem this house to be habitable in the winter. If you buy a spade, do not forget to get a handle made for it. An idle headed man ought not to reprimand an idle boy. We term ignitible every body that we are able to set on fire A man may have a vulgar mind without being ig- noble. I do not believe that so noble a poem would be imitable for that poetaster. Your mmd and heart seem to be alike impene- trable. If you believe her favor to be impetrable, you must endeavor to impetrate it. You have not the least ground for believing their metropolis to be impregnable. ^ story may teem with improbable events, and yet be true. You bought an improvable farm, and yet you do not want to improve it. A sound may be audible for you and inaudible for a de^if man. OF TEACHING. 060 So foul a deed would stamp you with an indelible ignominy. If you believe your aid to be indispensable, j^ou are mistaken. They seem to slight the most inestimable gift that we have bestowed upon them. My ruin would have been inevitable, if I had not met with this benevolent man. A thing may be ingustable, without being impal- pable. This house would not be inhabitable in the winter. Do you believe that talents are inheritable ? A man may be a sordid weight, without being in- hospitable. A distempered man must be either sanable or in- s an able. Any thing that we are unable to feel, we ought to term insensible. If you are not able to part them, they must be inseparable. Any gas that may be drawn in with the breath, you may term inspirable. I do not like to deal with an instable man. They seem to harbor an insuperable antipathy to slaughter. Any thing that you are unable to get over, you may term insurmountable. A bodv may be ingustable and intastable, without being insensible. If you and your men had been truly brave, your post would not have been untenable. A heat that you are not able to bear, may be termed intolerable. Their friendship would have been invaluable, if it had been invariable. Do not forget that your oath ought to be inviolable. :>54< THE METHOD If you had inveigled her brother, she would have inveighed against you at a tremendous rate. You have it in your power to kindle in my breast either love or hatred. If you vt^ant to dry your wet kirtle, you must hang it up before and near the fire. I lent a ladle to your neighbor, but I would not lend any to you. So lamentable an event did not dishearten our hero. If you had thwarted so laudable an undertaking, you would have been detested by every body. ' You believe that you have found out the truth j but are you not liable to mistake ? I have been told that you did not pay more than half a livre for it. If our tenets were maintainable, he would un- doubtedly maintain them. Do you seriously intend to wear a mantle on so hot a day ? A man may be marble-hearted, without dealing in marble. How long would it take you to perform this ma- noeuvre .'' We made good our landing, maugre their heavy fire. A thing may be modifiable, without being move- able. My neighbour found this beetle on a fragrant myrtle. We have a navigable stream, but we have neither ships nor boats on it. A man may be a needle-maker, without doing any needle-work. If you are a nobleman, you ought to have a noble hearts dP TEACHING. 335 You have never been notable either for bravery or for industry. Do you believe that I am able to love an odible person ? Are not you ashamed to dish up so palpable a falsehood ? Do you not feel your wealth to be a perishable good ? You are a personable man, and may therefore safely personate the king. You have bought a mortar but you have forgot to buy a pestle ! Do they intend to make gunpowder without nitre ? Lend me a pin or needle? that I may open this pimple. I never thought it probable that we should be de- feated. I wish that you would let me learn a more profit- ab e trade. I have been informed that the purple fever deso- lates your neighbourhood. Your fire would not be more redoubtable to us, if you were to redouble it. We removed every thing that we thought remov- able. I do not say that you are reprehensible for it. If you had not left this shirt here, it would not have been rumpled. She wore a sable gown, but she did not grieve for him. You would not have tumbled down, I ween, if the rundle had not broken. I am armed with a sabre, and you are armed with a sword. If you want to pound this saltpetre^ you must buy a mortar. 336 THE MEl'HOD A man may be salvable, without being savable. I intend to transmit you the sample you ask for, by my brother. A man may like plain or simple ornaments, with- out being a simpleton. May not a body that emits sparks, be said to sparkle? Do not you like to ramble through a green field on a fine and warm spring day ? If you have neither a stable nor a horse, you need not keep a stable bo}^. If you have neither grain nor flour, you want no staple for either. Thunder and lightning startle brave men and timid beasts. Before you build a steeple, you ought to finish your poor house. You must be sensible, I ween, that the best horse may stumble now and then. If you permit him to swindle you, you are a sim- pleton. I like your table beer, but I detest your table talk. The barbarian threw a heavy stone at her right temple. They intend to demolish their theatre, and to build a temple in its stead. A grindstone may be moved either by a treadle or by a handle. You have doubled the first number, but you ought to have trebled it. So tremendous an uproar did not make him tremble. Have you a mind to trifle your time away and to play the fool for ever ? You must triple the sum, if you want to have this sword. OF TEACHING. 337 I wish that you would not trouble me any more with your nonsense. Do you wish me to fondle so troublesome a guest? If you want it to trundle, you must let it tumble. If you want this turtle to live, you must keep it in sea water. Are you not ashamed to tweedle this venerable old man ? The needle entered the skin above the inferioi- vertebre. If you believe death to be unavoidable, then let us die like men. We are unable to gainsay an undeniable truth. Do you believe the high sea to be throughout unfathomable ? I do not believe your spindle to be unimprovable. Did you ever hear a female lark warble the morn- ing song ? You may hide your wimble under my wimple. T. not pronounced* Before you leave this room, do not forget to fasten that window. If thou dost not hasten, thou wilt undoubtedly be benighted in this dreary forest. An old huntsman told me that they nestle on oaks. A moveable form, upholding any thing, may be styled a trestle. Would you let your horse graze in yon thistly field ? You ought to order your gardener to dig up that thistle. Your friend delivered your epistle to me, but I am unable to read it. You are said to be a famous epistler, but I do not envy your fame. E e BBS THE METHOD. The plain seemed to be bristled with pikes aftc^ bayonets. A smooth and solid body, softer than a bone^ but harder than a ligament, may be termed a gristle* If you are not a zealous apostle, you are no great ornament to your apostieship. I have seen and heard many a singing bird, but I have never seen a throstle. I do not like bustling any more than you i you have, therefore, no right to style me a bustler. If thou dost not listen, thou v^ilt not hear them rustle. How often must I repeat that I detest ombre more than any other game ? Do you not take time to be the best softener in the world ? A body, sparkling with light, may be said to glisten. If you take the trouble to moisten it yourself, you do not want a moistener. Do you wish that our ostler should water yoUr pony ? END OF THE SECOND PART. H 311 84 ,4^^ . 4^ ^Hi. « C° -' .^' ;•- ^j:.r^ -^mm^^^ ^^ciy" o^ i^^ i-^^*^^^^ c i. 4? .' HECKMAN BINDERY INC. ^^^ DEC 84 '' « o ^ ^v^