printed,’ 3 vols. 8vo. 1797.”—­Univ.  Biog.  Dict., n.  Almon.  “O gentle sleep, Nature’s soft nurse, how have I frighted thee?”—­Merchant’s School Gram., p. 172.  “O sleep, O gentle sleep, Nature’s soft nurse,” &c.—­SINGER’S SHAK. Sec.  Part of Hen.  IV, Act iii.  “Sleep, gentle sleep, Nature’s soft nurse,” &c.—­Dodd’s Beauties of Shakspeare, p. 129.

   “And Peace, O, Virtue!  Peace is all thy own.”—­Pope’s Works, p. 379. 
    “And peace, O virtue! peace is all thy own.”—­Murray’s Gram., ii, 16.

LESSON III.—­MIXED.

“Fenelon united the characters of a nobleman and a Christian pastor.  His book entitled ’An explication of the Maxims of the Saints concerning the interior life,’ gave considerable offence to the guardians of orthodoxy.”—­Murray’s Sequel, p. 321.  “When natural religion, who before was only a spectator, is introduced as speaking by the centurion’s voice.”—­Blair’s Rhet., p. 157.  “You cannot deny, that the great mover and author of nature constantly explaineth himself to the eyes of men, by the sensible intervention of arbitrary signs, which have no similitude, or connexion, with the things signified.”—­Berkley’s Minute Philosopher, p. 169.  “The name of this letter is double U, its form, that of a double V.”—­Wilson’s Essay on Gram., p. 19.  “Murray, in his spelling book, wrote ‘Charles-Town’ with a Hyphen and two Capitals.”—­See p. 101.  “He also wrote ‘european’ without a capital.”—­See p. 86.  “They profess themselves to be pharisees, who are to be heard and not imitated.”—­Calvin’s Institutes, Ded., p. 55.  “Dr. Webster wrote both ‘Newhaven’ and ‘Newyork’ with single capitals.”—­See his American Spelling-Book, p. 111.  “Gayhead, the west point of Martha’s Vineyard.”—­Williams’s Univ.  Gaz. Write “Craborchard, Eggharbor, Longisland, Perthamboy, Westhampton, Littlecompton, Newpaltz, Crownpoint, Fellspoint, Sandyhook, Portpenn, Portroyal.  Portobello, and Portorico.”—­Webster’s American Spelling-Book, 127-140.  Write the names of the months:  “january, february, march, april, may, june, july, august, september, october, november, december.”—­Cobb’s Standard Spelling-Book, 21-40.  Write the following names and words properly:  “tuesday, wednesday, thursday, friday, saturday, saturn;—­christ, christian, christmas, christendom, michaelmas, indian, bacchanals;—­Easthampton, omega, johannes, aonian, levitical, deuteronomy, european.”—­Cobb’s Standard Spelling-Book, sundry places.

   “Eight Letters in some Syllables we find,
    And no more Syllables in Words are joined.”
                        Brightland’s Gram., p. 61.

CHAPTER II.—­OF SYLLABLES.

A Syllable is one or more letters pronounced in one sound; and is either a word, as, a, an, ant; or a part of a word, as di in dial.