THE HONEST LITTLE BOY. The honest little boy is fair and upright in all his words and actions. He is not so mean as to impose upon any one by a falsehood. He never speaks ill, or slanders any one. He is above practising a cheat in word or deed: if tempted to do it, he gets out of the way as soon as he can. In his conversation he will not go beyond the bounds of truth to make his story more plausible. He always tells it just as it is. He keeps his word on all occasions, and performs whatever he promises. Truth he values more than money, and neither bribes nor threats can make him depart from it. He never steals, nor robs orchards nor gardens of their fruit. If he wants some fruit, he always goes and asks for it. He would not tell a lie, were he sure of gaining a purse of gold by it; for he is certain that what had been so gained, would do him no good. One of his school-mates was once charged with a fault, of which he had been guilty.-What do you think he did?-Before all the school, he went to his preceptor and confessed the whole affair. His preceptor rebuked him gently for the fault, but, for declaring the truth, highly commended him.-Well done my honest little boy, said he ;-go on in this way always remember to be as true and just through all your life, and a good conscience will attend you at last. No body ever thought of suspecting him; all who knew him would trust him on any occasion. His open look, his honest air, his faithful tongue, won the hearts of all. When the learner has been carefully taught the lessons contained in the preceding part of the work, and been confirmed in the general principles of pronunciation, it will be less necessary to pursue the same mode of arrangement. The words, however, in the succeeding spelling lessons, have been classed as analogously as possible; and it is believed will aid, in a considerable degree, the pronunciation, and render the learner's progress much easier, than those arrangements which require frequent transitions from words composed of long syllables to others of short ones, and vice versa. Words of three syllables, accented on the first. sin gle ness brit tle ness it er ant sid er al in ter val in fer ence quin tes sence in ter est wick ed ness christ en ing † christ en dom trou" ble some tal is man cab in et black ish ness can did ness cen tric al pen sive ness pet tish ness selfish ness prem is es cred it or re" gis ter mar in er ban ish ment blan dish ment mid ship man cyn ic al chas tise ment kil der kin lan guid ness vi" gil ance vi" gil ant spir it less skit tish ness ri" gid ness op er a prov en der or ches tret sor cer er sor cer ess coun sel lor lan guish ment fri" gid ness sav age ness lav ish ment cyl in der gar nish ment lat in ist van ish ing con fer ence lat in ism spir it ous vis it er: Isin is ter quick sil ver king fish er min is ter |