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Lesson 58.

Dictation.

Maud has a bright red dress. Fred hung his thick, warm cloak in the porch. Jane was sick. Her äunt brought her a nice tulip. She should not tease. How much lunch shall we spread for four small boys? See this ant-hill!

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[Make sentences containing the above adjectives and nouns. also the plural of nouns, by the addition of s.]

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How many merry girls and boys attend school! I shall expend a penny for a lemon.

Lesson 61.

Dictation.

Don't frown and pout and squirm. Have pluck. Don't drawl like a dunce. Have you heard the news? Oh, yes! In nine days school will close. See me walk with my new boots! Hear them squeak! Don't speak cross, harsh words. kind to all dumb beasts.

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See the lights glimmer in the city!

These streams quickly mingle with the river.

Lesson 64.

Dictation.

When Dick awoke at five o'clock, he heard these sounds in the farm-yard: Moo, bä, mää, peep, cluck, quack, mew, bow-bow, buzz, hiss. Oh, what a noise!

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The horse has two

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Lesson 65.

[Let the pupil write the following words, prefixing the words a or an; using a before a consonant sound, and an before a vowel sound.]

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Lesson 67.

It was a funny picnic. Eleven of us went in an ox-cart. Uncle Joseph was our driver. dren we were! You never were five boys and six girls, and Louis; Alice, Clara, Ella,

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What a merry party of chilheard such a chatter. There David, Edward, Ira, Robert, Emma, Bessie, and Olive.

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When we reached the grove, the oxen were chained to a tree, to prevent their going away. The girls amused themselves by swinging, and picking wild-flowers and berries. The boys tried running, jumping, climbing, and ended with playing ball. Then came the lunch of sandwiches, and the return home.

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[The teacher will call special attention to the spelling of the above lesson. Direct scholars to omit final E before ING; as, love, loving. Give other examples of the same kind. In a later lesson, the rules governing these cases will be given and applied.]

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from you again. Tell George he must learn to write too.

I have just taken a long ride through some grand streets, but I should like to see the dear old house at home once

more.

How does my pet lamb grow? Did you plant seeds in my flower-bed?

Aunt Nell says I shall soon be well, and grow strong and fat. She says it is wrong to fret, and I must be patient, and wait for health for a few days, like a good, brave boy.

Your warm friend,

FRANK WHITE.

[Let the above lesson be written entire, giving especial care to style, paragraphing, and punctuation.]

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