90. As practicing on the gutterals very much improves the voice, by giving it depth of tone, and imparting to it smoothness and strength, I will repeat the following, with force and energy, and at the same time convert all the breath into sound: the dis-carded hands dread-ed the sounds of the muf

87. Good reading and speaking is music; and he who can sit unmoved by their charms, is a stranger to correct taste, and lost in insensibility. A single exhibition of natural eloquence, may kindle a love of the art, in the bosom of an aspiring youth, which, in after life, will impel and animate him through a long career of useful-fled drums, that broke on the sad-den'd ness. Self-made men are the glory of the world.

dream-er's ears, mad-dened by des-pair; the blood ebb'd and flow'd from their doub le dy'd shields, and worlds on words, and friends on friends by thousands roll'd.

88. D has two sounds; first, its name wund; DAME; dart, dawn, dab; deed, dead; die, did; dole, Proverbs. 1. An irritable and passionate do, dog; duke, duck, druid; man-is a downright drunkard. 2. Better go to doit, doubt; a dan-dy de-fraudkeaven in rags, than to hell, in embroidery. 3. ed his dad-dy of his sec-ondCommon sense-is the growth of all countries, hand-ed sad-dle, and dubbed the [D in DO. J but very rare. 4 Death has nothing terrible in had-dok a la-dy-bird; the doub-le head-ed it, but what life has made so. 5. Every vice pad-dy, nod-ding at noon-day, de-ter-mined fights against nature. 6. Folly-is never long to rid-dle ted-ded hay in the fields till dooms- pleased with itself. 7. Guilt-is always jealous. day; the dog-ged dry-ads ad-dict-ed to dep-8. He that shows his passion, tells his enemy re-da-tions, robbed the day-dawn of its where to hit him. 9. It is pride, not nature, that dread-ed di-a-dem, and erred and strayed a craves much. 10. Keep out of broils, and you good deal the down-ward road to ad-en-will neither be a principal nor a witness. 11. dum.

caus

One dog barking, another soon joins him. 12.
Money-is a good servant, but a bad master.

Changes. We see that all material objects around us are changing; their colors change just as the particles are disturbed in their relations. This result is not owing to any natural cause, but to the Divine Power. And are there not higher influences more potent, tho' invisible, acting on man's moral nature, pervading the deepest abysses of his affection, and the darkest recesses of his

89. I must give all the sounds, particularly the final ones, with great care, and never run the words together, making one, out of three. And-is pronounced six different ways; only one of which is right. Some call it an, or en; others, un, nd, or n; and a few-and; thus good-an-bad en effect; loaves-en-fishes, hills-un groves; pen un-ink, you-nd I, or youn-I; an-desaid; hooks-en-eyes, wor-sen-worse, pleasure-un-pain; cakes-n-beer, to-un-the; round'n-round, ol-d'n-young, voice-n-ear; bread-thoughts; to purify the one, and enlighten en-butter; vir-tu-n-vice; Jame-zen-John: solem-un-sub-lime, up-'n-down, pies'-ncakes. I will avoid such glaring faults, and give to each letter its appropriate sound.

Notes. 1. Here the delicate ear may perceive the aspirate

after the vocal part of d, as after b, and some other letters. The vocal is made, (see engraving,) by pressing the tongue against the

gums of the upper fore-teeth, (the incisors,) and the roof of the mouth, beginning to say d, without the e sound; and the aspirated part, by removing the tongue, and the organs taking their natural positions; but avoid giving the aspirate of the vocal consonants, any vocality. 2. By whispering the vocal consonants, the aspirate only is heard 3. Dis silent in hand-sel, hand-saw, hand and in Dnie-per, (Ace-per,) and Dnies-ter, (Nees-ter). 4. Do not

some, hand-ker-chef, and the first d in Wednes-day, stadt-holder,

give the sound of j to d in any word; as-grand-eur, sold-ier, verd-are, ed-u-cah, ob-du-rate, cred-u-lous, mod-u-late, &c. ; but speak them as though written grand-yur, sold-yur, &c.; the same analogy prevails in na-ture, fort-une, &c. 5. The following parti

cipials and adjectives, should be pronounced without abridgment; a less-ed man gives unfeign-ed thanks to his learn-ed friend, and selo-ed lady; some wing-ed animals are curs-ed things; you say

he curs'd and bless'd him, for he feign'd that he had learn'd his lessson. 6. Pronounce words in the Bible, the same as in other

the other, and from the chaos of both-to educe order, beauty and happiness? And why is it not changed? Shall we deny to his moral nature, the powers and capacities which we assign to stocks and stones? Or, is the Almighty less inclined to bring the most highly endowed of his creatures into the harmony and blessedness of his own Divine Order? To affirm either would be the grossest reflection on the character of God, and the nature of his works. If man, then, be not changed, so as to reflect the likeness and image of his Creator and Redeemer, it must be in consequence of his own depraved will, and blinded understand ing.

Varieties. 1. Why is the letter D like a sailor? because it follows the C. 2. Books, (says Lord Bacon,) should have no 3. Who folpatrons, but truth and reason. lows not virtue in youth, cannot fly vice in old age. 4. Never buy-what you do not want, because it is cheap; it will be a dear Anecdote. Blushing. A certain fash- article to you in the end. 5. Those-bear ionable and dissipated youth, more famed disappointments the best, who have bee for his red nose, than for his wit, on ap- most used to them. 6. Confidence-produces proaching a female, who was highly rouged, more conversation than either wit or talent. said; Miss; you blush from modesty." 7. Attend well to all that is said; for noth "Pardon me Sir,she replied, "I blushing-exists in vain, either in outward aefrom reflection." ation, in the mind, in the speech, or in the actions.

Kindness-in woman, not their beauteous looks
Shall win my love.

Authors, before they write, should read.

91. Do not hurry your enunciation of Proverbs. 1. None of you know where the words, precipitating syllable over syllable, shoe pinches. 2. One may live and learn. 3. and word over word; nor melt them together Remember the reckoning. 4. Such as the tree is, into a mass of confusion, in pronouncing such is the fruit. 5. The biggest horses are not them; do not abridge or prolong them too the best travelers. 6. What cannot be cured, much, nor swallow nor force them; but de- must be endured. 7. You cannot catch old birds liver them from your vocal and articulating with chaff. 8. Argument-seldom convinces any organs, as golden coins from the mint, acone, contrary to his inclinations. 9. A horse-is curately impressed, perfectly finished, neatly and elegantly struck, distinct, in due succession, and of full weight.

neither better, nor worse, for his trappings. 10.

Content is the philosopher's stone, that turns z'l it touches into gold. 11. Never sport, with the

92. The second sound of D, is that opinions of others. 12. Be prompt in every thing.

of T; when at the end of words, after c, f, ss, p, q, o, x, ch, and sh, with silent e, under the accent; FAC'D: he curs'd his

stuff'd shoe, and dipp'd it in [D. in FAC'D.] poach'd eggs, that escap'd from the vex'd cook, who watch'd the spic'd food with arch'd brow, tripp'd his crisp'd feet, and dash'd them on the mash'd hearth; she pip'd and wisp'd a tune for the watch'd thief who jump'd into the sack'd pan, and scratch'd his blanch'd face, which eclips'd the chaf'd horse, that was attach'd and wrapp'd for a tax'd scape-grace.

Anecdote. President Harrison, in his last out-door exercise, was assisting the gard ner in adjusting some grape-vines. The gardner remarked, that there would be but little use in trailing the vines, so far as any fruit was concerned; for the boys would come on Sunday, while the family was at church, and steal all the grapes; and suggested to the general, as a guard against such a loss, that he should purchase an active watch-dog. Said the general, "Better employ an active Sabbath-school teacher; a dog may take care teacher will take care of the grapes and the of the grapes, but a good Sabbath-school boys too."

93. To read and speak with ease, accuracy, and effect, are great accomplishments; as elegant and dignified as they are useful, and important. Many covet the art, but Home. Wherever we roam, in whatever few are willing to make the necessary ap- climate or land we are cast, by the accidents plication: and this makes good readers and of human life, beyond the mountains or bespeakers, so very rare. Success depends,yond the ocean, in the legislative halls of the principally, on the student's own exertions, uniting correct theory with faithful practice. 94. Irregulars. T-generally has this sound; the lit-tle tat-ler tit-tered at the taste-ful tea-pot, and caught a tempt-ing tar-tar by his sa-ti-e-ty; the stout Ti-tan took a tell-tale ter-ma-gant and thrust her against the tot-ter-ing tow-ers, for twist-ing the frit-ters; Ti-tus takes the pet-u-lent out-casts, and tos-ses them into na-ture's pas-tures with the tur-tles; the guests of the hosts at-tract a great deal of at-ten-tion, and sub-sti-tute their pre-texts for tempests; the cov-et-ous part-ner, des-ti-tute of fort-une, states that when the steed is stolen, he shuts the sta-ble door, lest the gravi-ty of his ro-tun-di-ty tip his tac-tics into non-en-ti-ty.

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

Notes. 1. This dento-lingual sound may be made by whispering the imaginary word tuh, (short u) the tongue being osed against the upper front teeth, and then suddenly removed, 56 indicated by the engraving. 2. 7 is silent when preceded by s, and followed by the abbreviated terminations en, le. Apostle, listen, fasten, epistle, often, castle, pestle, soften, whistle, chasten, bastle, christen; in eclat, bil-let-doux, debut, haut-boy, currants, le-pot, hostler, mortgage, Christmas, Tmolus, and the first t, in chest-nut and mis-fle-toe. 3. The adjectives, blessed, cursed, &c. are exceptions to the rule for pronouncing d. 4. Consonants are sometimes double in their pronunciation, although not found in the name spelling; pit-ied, (pit-ted,) river, (riv-var,) mon-ey (mou-ney,) etc. Beware of chewing your words, as vir-chu, na-chure, etc.

Capitol, or in the retreats and shades of private life, our hearts turn, with an irresistible instinct, to the cherished spot, which ushered us into existence. And we dwell, with delightful associations, on the recollection of the streams, in which, during our boyish days, we bathed, the fountains at which we drank, the piney fields, the hills and the valleys where we sported, and the friends, who shared these enjoyments with us.

Varieties. 1. If we do well, shall we not be accepted 1 2. A guilty conscience-paralyzes the energies of the boldest mind, and enfeebles the stoutest heart. 3. Persons in love, generally resolve-first, and reason afterward. 4. All contingencies have a Providence in them. 5. If these principles of Elocution be correct, practicing them as here taught, will not make one formal and artificial, but natural and effectuous. 6. Be above the opinion of the world, and act from your own sense of right and wrong. 7. All christians believe the soul of man to be immortal: if, then, the souls of all, who have departed out of the body from this world, are in the spiritual world, what millions of inhabitants must exist therein !

Se'f-alone, in nature rooted fast,
Attends us-first, and leaves us-last

The man, who consecrates his powers,
By vigorous effort, and an honest aim,
At once, he draws the sting of life, and death;
He walks with Nature; and her paths-aru

peace.

95. Let the position be erect, and the body | Proverbs. 1. Hope-ls & good breakfast, int balanced on the foot upon which you stand: a bad supper. 2. It is right to put every thing to banish all care and anxiety from the mind; its proper use. 3. Open confession—is good for let the forehead be perfectly smooth, the the soul. 4. Pride-must have a fall. 5. The lungs entirely quiescent, and make every ef- lower mill-stone-grinds as well as the upper fort from the abdominal region. To expand one. 6. Venture not all in one vessel. 7. What the thorax and become straight, strike the one ardently desires, he easily believes. 8. YieldPALMS of the hands together before, and the ing-is sometimes the best way of succeeding. backs of them behind, turning the thumbs 9. A man that breaks his word, bids others be upward: do all with a united action of the false to him. 10. Amendment—is repentance. 11. body and mind, the center of exertion being There is nothing useless to a person of sense. in the small of the back; be in earnest, but 12. The hand of the diligent-maketh rich. husband your breath and strength; breathe often, and be perfectly free, easy, indepen

99. He who attempts to make an inroad | on the existing state of things, though evidently for the better, will find a few to encourage and assist him, in effecting a use ful reform; and many who will treat his honest exertions with resentment and contempt, and cling to their old errors with a fonder pertinacity, the more vigorous is the effort to tear them from their arms. There 18 more hope of a fool, than of one wise in his own conceit.

Proverbs. 1. A good ca'ise makes a siout heart, and a strong arm. 2. Better ten guilty persons escape, than one innocently suffer. 3 Criminals-are punished, that crime may be prevented. 4. Drunkenness-turns a man out of himself, and leaves a beast in his room. 5. He that goes to church, with an evil intention, goes on the devil's errand. 6. Most things have kandles ; and a wise man takes hold of the best. 7. Our flatterers-are our most dangerous enemies, yet they are often in our own bosom. 8. Pever

100. The second sound of F, is that ty-makes a man acquainted with strange bed.

of V: OF; (never off, nor uv;) there-of here-of, where-of; the only words in our language, in which F, has this sound: & piece of cake, not a piece-u cake, nor a piece-ur-cake.

[F in OF. ]

fellows. 9. Make yourself all honey, and the flies will be sure to devour you. 10. Many talk like philosophers, and live like fools. 11. A stitch in time-saves nine. 12. The idle man's head, is the devil's workshop.

Anecdote. School master and pupil. A school master-asked a boy, one very cold winter morning, what was the Latin-for the word cold: at which the boy hesitated, saying, I have it at my finger's ends.

101. Muscle Breakers. Thou waft'd'st the rickety skiff over the mountain height cliffs, and clearly saw'st the full orb'd moon, in whose silvery and effulgent light, thou reef'd'st the haggled sails of the ship-wrecked vessel, on the rock-bound coast of Kamscat-ka. He was an unamiable, disrespectful, incommunicative, disingenuous, formidable, unmanageable, intolerable and pusilanimous old bachelor. Get the latest amended edition of Charles Smith's Thucyd-i-des, and study the colonist's best in-ring the varieties of every clime. The mi

terests.

102. Irregulars. V has this vocal aspirate; also Phin a few words; my vain nephew, Ste-phen Van-de-ver, be-lieves Ve-nus a ves-tal vir-gin, who viv-i-fies his shiv-ered liv-er, and im-proves his vel-vet voice, so as to speak with viv-id viv-ac-i-ty; the brave chev-a-lier be-haves like a vol-a-tile con-ser-va-tive, and says, he loves white wine vin-e-gar with veal vict-uals every warm day in the vo-cal vales of Vu-co-var.

103. FAULTS in articulation, early contracted, are suffered to gain strength by habat, and grow so inveterate by time, as to be almost incurable. Hence, parents should assist their children to pronounce correctly, in their first attempts to speak, instead of permitting them to pronounce in a faulty manner: but soine, so far from endeavoring to correct them, encourage them to go on in their baby talk; thus cultivating a vicious mode of articulation. Has wisdom fled from men; or was she driven away?

Ourselves and Others. That mandeserves the thanks of his country, who connects with his own-the good of others. The philosopher—enlightens the WORLD; the manufacturer-employs the needy; and the merchant-gratifies the rich, by procu

ser, altho' he may be no burden on society, yet, thinking only of himself, affords no one else—either profit, or pleasure. As it is not of any one to have a very large share of happiness, that man will, of course, have the largest portion, who makes himself—a partner in the happiness of others. The BENEV OLENT―are sharers in every one's joys,

Varieties. 1. Ought not the study of car language be made part of our education? 2. He who is slowest in making a promise, is generally the most faithful in performing it. 3. They who are governed by reason, need no other motive than the goodness of a thing, to induce them to practice it. 4. A reading people-will become a thinking people; and then they are capable of becoming a rational and a great people. 5. The happiness of every one-depends more on the state of his own mind, than on any external circum stance; nay, more than all external things put together. 6. There is no one so despicaNotes. 1. This diphthongal sound, is made like that of f, with the addition of a voice sound in the larynx: see engraving. 2ble, but may be able, in some way, and at some time, to revenge our impositions. 7 Desire-seeks an end: the nature of the de sire, love and life, may be known by its end When lowly Merit--feels misfortune's blow, And seeks relief from penury and wo, Hope fills with rapture-every generous heart, To share its treasures, and its hopes impart ;

A modification of this sound, with the upper lip over-lapping the unJer one, and blowing down on the chin, gives a very good imitation of the humble-bee. 3. Avoid saying gim me some, for give

me some; I haint got any, for I have not got any; I don't luff to go; for, I don't love, (like rather,) to go; you'll haff to do it; for you will have to do it.

What is a man,

f his chief good and market of his time,

Be but to sleep and feed? A beast, no more. Sure, As, rising o'er the sordid lust of gold,

He, th❜tade us, with such large discourse,

Looking before, and after, gave us not

That capability-and god-like reason,
To rust in us-unused.

It shows the impress-of a heavenly mould!

Whose nature is-so far from doing harm
That he susperts none.

104. In all schools, one leading object should be, to teach the science and art of reading and speaking with effect: they ought, indeed, to occupy seven-fold more time than at present. Teachers should strive to improve themselves, as well as their pupils, and feel,

that to them are committed the future orators of our country. A first-rate reader is much more useful than a first-rate performer on a man, or any other artificial instrument. Nor is the voice of song sweeter than the voice of eloquence: there may be eloquent readers, as well as eloquent speakers.

Proverbs. 1. He that seeks trouble, it were a pity he should miss it. 2. Honor and ease-are seldom bed-fellows. 3. It is a miserable sight to see a poor man proud, and a rich man avaricicus. 4. One cannot fly without wings. 5. The fairest rose at last is withered. 6. The best evidence of a clegyman's userness, is the holy lives of his parishoners. 7. We are rarely so unfortunate, or so happy, as we think we are. 8. A friend i.. need, is a friend indeed. 9. Bought wit is the best, if not bought too dear. 10. Disputations– leave truth in the middle, and the paraes at both ends. 11. We must do and live. 12. A diligeal pen supplies many thoughts.

105. G has three sounds: first, name Authority and Truth. Who has not sound, or that of J, before e, i, observed how much more ready mankind arc and y, generally: GEM; Gen-erto bow to the authority of a name, than al Ghent, of gi-ant ge-nius, sugyield to the evidence of truth? However gests that the o-rig-i-nal mag-ic strong and incontestible-the force of reaof the frag-ile gip-sey has gener-a-ted the gen-e-al-o-gy of Geor- (G in GEM.] sing, and the array of facts of an individual, who is unknown to fame, a slavish world gi-um Si-dus; the geor-gics of George Ger-—will weigh and measure him by the obscuman are ex-ag-er-a-ted by the pan-e-gyr-ics rity of his name. Integrity, research, sciof the log-i-cal ser-geant; hy-dro-gen, og-y-ence, philosophy, fact, truth, and goodnessgen and ging-seng, ger-min-ate gen-teel ginger-bread for the o-rig-i-nal ab-o-rig-i-nes of

Ge-ne-va.

are no shield against ridicule, and misrepre sentation. Now this is exceedingly humiliating to the freed mind, and shows the great 106. It is of the first importance, that the necessity of looking at the truth itself for the reader, speaker and singer be free and unre- | evidence of truth. Hence, we are not to bestrained in his manner; so as to avoid using lieve what one says, because he says it, but the chest as much as possible, and also of because we see that it is true: this course is being monotonous in the flow of his words: well calculated to make us independent rea. thus, there will be perfect correspondence-soners, speakers, and writers, and constitute of the feelings, thoughts and actions. Look us, as we were designed to be-FREEMEN, in out upon Nature; all is free, varied, and ex-feeling, thought and act. pressive; such should be our delivery. NaJure-abhors monotony, as much as she does

a vacuum.

107. Irregulars. J generally has this sound. The je-june judge just-ly jeal-ous of Ju-lia's joy, joined her to ju-ba James in June or July; the ju-ry jus-ti-fy the joke, in jerk-ing the jave-lin of Ju-pi-ter from the jol-ly Jes-u-it, and jum-ming it into the jovi-al Jew, to the jeop-ar-dy of the jeer-ing jock-ey.

Varieties. 1. How long was it, from the discovery of America, in 1492, by Columbus, to the commencement of the Revolutionary War, in 1775? 2. Most of our laws would never have had an existence, if evil actions had not made them necessary. 3. The grand secret-of never failing-in propriety of deportment, is to have an intention-of always doing what is right. 4. Only that, which is sown here, will be reap'd hereafter.

5. Is there more than one God? 6. The human race is so connected, that the well intentioned efforts of each individual-are never lost; but are propagated to the mass; so that what one-may ardently desire, another

Notes. 1. This triphthongal sound, as are most of the other vocal consonants, is composed of a vocal and aspirate. To make it, compress the teeth, and begin to pronounce the word judge, very loud; and when you have made a sound, e. i. got to the u, sto instantly, and you will perceive the proper sound; or be gin to pronounce the letter g, but put ne e to it: see engraving. 2. The three sounds, of which this is composed, are that of the may resolutely endeavor, and a third, of name sound of d, and those of e, and h, combined. 3. Breath as tenth, may actually accomplish. 7. All well as voice sounds, may be arrested, or allowed to escape, ac- thought is dependent on the will, or voluncording to the nature of the sound to be produced. tary principle, and takes its quality therefrom: as is the will, such is the thought; for the thought-is the will, in form; and the state of the will-may be known by that form.

Anecdote. A pedlar-overtook another of his tribe on the road, and thus accosted him: "Hallo, friend, what do you carry ?" "Rum and Whisky,"-was the prompt reply. "Good," said the other; "you may go ahead; I carry gravestones."

The quiet sea,
Th't, like a giant, resting from his toil,
Bleeps in the morning sun.

Go abroad, upon the paths of Nature, and when
Its voices whisper, and its silent things [all
Are breathing the deep beauty of the world,
Kneel at its simple altar, and the God,
Who hath the living waters--shal be there.