gested; that is, some books are to be read only in parts: others to be read, but not curiously, and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention. Some books also may be read by deputy, and extracts mode of them by others; but that would be only in the less important arguments, and the meaner sort of books, eise distilled books are, like common distilled waters, flashy things. Reading maketh a full man; conference, a ready man; and writing, an exact man; and, therefore, if a man write little, he had need have a great memory; if he confer little, he had need have a present wit; and if he read little, he had need have much cunning, to seem to know that he doth not. Histories make men wise; poets witty; the mathematics subtile; natural philosophy deep; morals grave; logic and rhetoric able to contend; nay, there is no stand or impediment in the wit, but may be wrought out by fit studies; like as diseases of the body may have appropriate exercises; walking is good for the stone and reins; shooting for the lungs and breast; gentle walking for the stomach; riding for the head, and the like; so if a man's wits be wandering, let him study the mathematics; for, in demonstrations, if his wit be called away never so little, he must begin again; if his wit be not apt to distinguish or find differences, let him study the schoolmen; if he be not apt to beat over matters, and to call upon one thing to prove and illustrate another, let him study the lawyers' cases; so every defect of the mind may have a special receipt.

LESSON VII.

Life of a Looking Glass.-JANE TAYLOR.

It being very much the custom, as I am informed, even for obscure individuals, to furnish some account of themselves, for the edification of the public, I hope I shall not be deemed impertinent for calling your attention to a few particulars of my own history. I cannot, indeed, boast of any very extraordinary incidents; but having, during the course of a long life, had much leisure and opportunity for observation, and being natu

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Curiously, inquisitively, attentively, from curious.
Deputy, one who acts for another, viceroy,
Extracts, selections, detached pieces.
Arguments, reasons, topics, sentiments.

Distilled, forced by fire through vessels of distillation.
How does this figure treat books?

Change full into a noun. Ans. Fullness.

Change ready into an adverb. What letter is changed?
Exact, precise, careful, always right.

Change exact into a noun--into an adverb.
Confer, converse with others, hold conference.
What noun is derived from great? What adverb ?
Wit, mental faculties, quickness of fancy.
Cunning, sagacity, shrewdness, dexterity.

Mathematics, science of numbers.

Subtile, sub'til, thin, fine, acute, artful, sly.

-Deep, profound, abstract, of great depth.

Morals, treatises on serious and religious subjects.
-Grave, sober, sedate, solemn, charnel-house.
Logic, art of reasoning, reason.

Rhetoric, art of speaking, eloquence.

Impediment, hindrance, obstacle, from impede.
Bowling, playing at bowls, rolling round masses along.
Wandering, what is wit likened to, here?

Demonstrations, processes of reasoning, irresistible ev-
idences.

Schoolmen, those skilled in the divinity of the old schools.

Illustrate, make light, show plain.

-.Receipt, prescription of ingredients for a cure, writing given.

How are some adjectives changed into nouns?
When the adjective ends in y, what is done?

What is a fable? How does it differ from an allegory?
See Appendix.

Informed, instructed, apprised, certified.

Change obscure into a noun. Ans. Obscurely.
.Account, âk-koünt', memoirs, biography, history.
Impertinent, im-pêr'tè-nênt, intrusive, out of place.
Particulars, sketches, circumstances, notices.

During the course of, in the progress of, throughout.
Leisure, le zhůr, freedom from business, vacant hours.

rally of a reflecting cast, I thought it might be in my power to offer some remarks that may not be wholly unprofitable to your readers.

My earliest recollection is that of a carver and gilder's shop, where I remained for many months, leaning with my face to the wall; and, having never known any livelier scene, I was very well contented with my quiet condition. The first object that I remember to have arrested my attention, was, what I now believe, must have been a large spider; which, after a vast deal of scampering about, began, very deliberately, to weave a curious web all over my face. This afforded me great amusement; and, not then knowing what far lovelier objects were destined to my gaze, I did not resent the indignity.

At length when little dreaming of any change of fortune, I felt myself suddenly removed from my station; and immediately afterwards underwent a curious operation, which, at the time, gave me considerable apprehensions for my safety; but these were succeeded by pleasure, upon finding myself arrayed in a broad black frame, handsomely carved and gilt; for you will please to observe, that the period of which I am now speaking, was upwards of fourscore years ago. This process being finished, I was presently placed in the shop window, with my face to the street; which was one of the most public in the city. Here my attention was at first distracted by the constant succession of objects, that passed before me. But it was not long before I began to remark the considerable degree of attention I myself excited; and how much I was distinguished, in this respect, from the other articles, my neighbors, in the shopwindow. I observed, that passengers, who appeared to be posting away upon urgent business, would often turn and give me a friendly glance as they passed. But I was particularly gratified to observe, that while the old, the shabby, and the wretched, seldom took any notice of me, the young, the gay, and the handsome, generally paid me this compliment; and that these goodlooking people always seemed best pleased with me; which I attributed to their superior discernment. I well remember one young lady, who used to pass my master's

Reflecting. What two ideas are communicated by

the word?

In my power, within the compass of my ability.

-Carver, sculptor, one who works in wood, one who cuts up meat.

Gilder's, one who lays gold on the surface of any other body.

Change quiet into an adverb-into a noun.

Arrested, seized, engaged, attracted.

Scampering, running with speed, flying precipitately. About, â-bout', around, backwards and forwards. .Deliberately, carefully, not rashly.

Change amusement into a verb.

What are intended by lovelier objects?

Indignity, insult, outrage, thing unworthy of me.
-Little, small, diminutive, scarcely.

-Apprehensions, fears, alarms, arrests, seizures.
Change safety into an adjective. Ans. safe.
-Arrayed, dressed out, drawn up in order of battle.
-Handsomely. From what derived? Name other de-

rivatives.

-Period, full stop, end, time, continuance.

Four score.

How many years is fourscore?

What process is here referred to ?

Window, win'-dò, aperture for the admission of light and air.

-Public, community, travelled, frequented.

Succession, variety, series, following one another.
-Remark, observation, saying, notice, regard.
-Degree, quality, measure, academical distinction.
-Respect, particular, honor, attention, esteem,
-Articles, goods, part of speech, the several clauses of
a treaty.

-Posting, registering, hastening, fixing to a post.

Who did not stop to examine the glass?

Why did the young, gay and handsome stop?
Change gay into a noun-into an adverb.
Who seemed best pleased with the glass?
Is discernment a primitive, or derivative?

Change superior into a noun. Which is the primitive
-Well, in health, excavation, distinctly.
-Used, was wont, made use of, occupied.

shop regularly every morning in her way to school, and who never omitted to turn her head to look at me, as she went by; so that at last, we became well acquainted with each other. I must confess, that at this period of my life, I was in great danger of becoming insufferably vain, from the regards, that were paid me; and, perhaps, I am not the only individual, who has formed mistaken notions of the attentions he receives in society. My vanity, however, received a considerable check from one circumstance; nearly all the goods by which I'v was surrounded in the shop window (though many ef them much more homely in their structure, and humbler in their destinations) were disposed of sooner than myself. I had the mortification of seeing one after another bargained for and sent away, while I remained, month after month, without a purchaser. At last, however, a gentleman and lady from the country, (who had been standing sometime in the street, inspecting, and, as I perceived, conversing about me,) walked into the shop; and after some altercation with my master, agreed to purchase me; upon which, I was packed up, and sent off. I was very curious, you may suppose, upon arriving at my new quarters, to see what kind of a life I was likely to lead. I remained, however, sometime unmolested in my packing case, and very flat I felt there. Upon being, at last, unpacked, I found myself in the hall of a large lone house in the country. My master and mistress, I soon learned, were new married people, just setting up house-keeping; and I was intended to decorate their best parlor, to which I was presently conveyed; and after some little discussion between them in fixing my longitude and latitude, I was hung up opposite the fire-place, in an angle of ten degrees from the wall, according to the fashion of those times.

And there I hung, year after year, almost in perpetual solitude. My master and mistress were sober, regular old fashioned people; they saw no company except at fair time and Christmas day; on which occasion only, they occupied the best parlor. My countenance used to brighten up, when I saw the annual fire kindled in that ample grate ;-and when a cheerful circle of