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Words of seven Syllables, accented on the fifth.

In di vis i bil i ty
im ma te ri al i ty

lat i tu di na ri an
val e tu di na ri an

Half accent on the second.

im pen e tra bil i ty
im prac ti ca bil i ty

com mu ni ca bil i ty im mens u ra bil i ty

Words of eight Syllables, accented on the sixth.

half accent on the first & third. In com mu ni ca bil i ty

half accent on the second.
In com pre hen si bil i ty

SUGAR is made of the juice of a plant, somewhat like a reed or cornstalk, called sugarcane, which grows in the West-Indies, the southern part of the United States, and other warm countries.

TEA is the dried leaves of a plant, brought to us from the East-Indies: it is a native of Japan, China, and Tonquin.

COFFEE is the seed of a fruit resembling a cherry. The coffee-tree is cultivated in Arabia, Persia, the East-Indies, the isle of Bourbon, and several parts of America.

CHOCOLATE is made of Cocoa, or seeds which grow in pods, on a small tree, in warm climates, called Cocoa, or Chocolate-tree.

PEPPER is a fruit or seed of a plant, resembling the grape vine, that flourishes in the islands of Java, Sumatra, and Ceylon, and other parts of the East-Indies.

ALSPICE, OF PIMENTO;-the tree that produces this pleasant spice grows spontaneously in great abundance in many parts of the island of Jamaica in the West-Indies.

GINGER is the root of a plant that is a native of the East and West-Indies.

SALT is made of sea water, or from the water of salt springs by evaporation, either by boiling or by exposure to the sun. Rock-salt is dug out of the earth in salt mines.

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Jesus Christ the Son of God, who came into the world to save mankind from sin and its dreadful consequence, unutterable woe, in his sermon on the mount, says:

"Ye have heard that it has been said by them of old time, thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths: but I say unto you, swear not at all, neither by heaven; for it is God's throne: nor by the earth; for it is his footstool: neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King: neither shalt thou swear by thy head; because thou canst not make one hair white or black; but let your communication be yea, yea; nay, nay for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil."

The apostle James says, "But above all things, my brethren, swear not; neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath; but let your yea, be yea; and your nay, nay; lest ye fall into condemnation." The prophet Jeremiah says, "Because of swearing the land mourneth."

And a person of later date, says:

It chills my blood to hear the blest Supreme,
Rudely appeal'd to, on each trifling theme!
Maintain your rank, vulgarity despise ;
To swear, is neither great, polite, nor wise:
You would not swear upon a bed of death;
Reflect! your Maker now, could stop your breath.

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Words pronounced exactly alike, but spelled differently.

Ail, to be troubled
Ale, malt liquor
Air, an element
Heir, to an estate
Arc, part of a circle
Ark, a vessel

Ant, a pismire
Aunt, uncle's wife
All, the whole
Awl, a cobbler's tool
Aught, any thing
Ought, to be obliged
An, a particle
Ann, a woman's name
Bail, surety
Bale, a pack of goods
Ball, a round substance
Bawl, to cry aloud
Bare, naked
Bear, to suffer
Bear, a beast

Base, vile

Bass, in music

Bald, void of hair
Bawled, cried aloud
Be, to exist
Bee, an insect
Beach, a shore

Beech, a kind of tree
Bin, a chest for grain
Been, of to be

By, near to
Buy, to purchase
Bait, enticement
Bate, to make less

Bell, a sounding vessel
Belle, a gay lady
Brake, a thicket
Break, to part by force
But, except
Butt, two hogsheads
Cain, a man's name
Cane, a staff

Call, to name
Caul, a membrane
Ceil, to make a ceiling
Seal, of a letter
Cell, a hut

Sell, to dispose of
Cent, a copper coin
Scent, smell

Beer, a liquor

Bier, carriage for the deadSent, did send

Beat to strike
Beet, a root

Blew, did blow
Blue, colour.
Bow, act of reverence
Bough, a branch

Bow, to shoot with
Beau, a gay fellow
Bred, brought up
Bread, food

Cere, wax
Sear, to burn
Seer, a prophet
Cinque, five

Sink, to settle down
Cit, a citizen
Sit, to be seated
Cite, to summon
Sight, seeing
Site, situation

Clause, an article
Claws of a bird
Climb, to mount up
Clime, region

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Dew, a moisture
Due, owing

Doe, an animal

Dough, paste for bread
Done, acted
Dun, colour

Ear, of corn, &c.
Ere, before

Eye, organ of sight
I, myself

Fain, glad
Fane, a weathercock
Feign, to dissemble
Faint, weak
Feint, a pretence
Fair, beautiful
Fare, provisions
Feat, an action
Feet, parts of the body
Fir, a kind of tree
Fur, of an animal
Flea, an insect
Flee, to run away
Flew, did fly
Flue, a soft down
Flour, of grain
Flower, a blossom
Forth, abroad
Fourth, in number

Foul, nasty
Fowl, a bird

Freeze, to congeal
Frieze, a kind of cloth
Frays, quarrels
Phrase, mode of speech
Gait, manner of walking
Gate, a kind of door
Gall, bile

Gaul, a Frenchman
Gilt, of gold
Guilt, sin

Glaire, the white of an egg Glare, great brightness Grate, for coals

Great, large Grease, soft fat Greece, a country Groan, to sigh Grown, increased

Hail, to salute, or rain frozen
Hale, sound, healthy

Hair, of the head
Hare, an animal
Hall, a large room
Haul, to drag along
Hart, a beast
Heart, seat of life
Heal, to cure
Heel, of the foot

Hear, to hearken Here, in this place Herd, a drove Heard, did hear

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