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Element No. 24.

1. But see him on the edge of life

With cares and sorrows worn,

Then age and want, O ill-matched pair;
Show man was made to mourn.

2. Judge not, that ye be not judged.

3. Revenge! Revenge! the Saxons cried.

4. If it will feed nothing else it will feed my revenge.

Element No. 25.

1. Wave, Munich, all thy banners wave.

2. Let us not deceive ourselves, sir.

3. Do you believe that he said so?

4. Just as I am thou wilt receive,
Wilt welcome, pardon, cleanse, relieve,
Because thy promise I believe.

Element No. 26.

1. Few, few shall part; when many meet
The snow shall be their winding sheet;
And every turf beneath their feet

Shall be a soldier's sepulcher.

2. It was so sultry we could hardly breathe.

3. Sheath your sword.

Element No. 27.

1. Are we disposed to be of the number of those who, having eyes see not, and having ears, hear not the things which so nearly concern their temporal salvation?

2. Boisterous in speech, in action prompt and bold,

He buys, he sells, he steals, he kills for gold.

3. Blaze with your serried columns !

4. Days, weeks, years and ages shall circle away,
And still the vast waters above thee shall roll.

Element No. 28.

1. It is just as you say, neighbor Green,
A treasure to me has been given;
But sometimes I'm free to confess
I wish it was laid up in heaven.
2. He is a man of leisure.

NASALS.

The subvocals which admit of the richest musical cadence, and that have most to do with melodious utterance, are the Liquids and Nasals. When they terminate emphatic words, give them with great fullness and quantity.

Element No. 29.

1. He who happiness would win

Must share it-happiness was born a twin.

2. Be we men and suffer such dishonor? men, and wash not the stain away in blood?

3. 'Tis morn, but scarce yon level sun
Can pierce the war-clouds rolling dun,
Where furious Frank and fiery Hun
Meet in their sulphurous canopy.
4. What have I sought I ought to shun?
What duties have I left undone?

Or into what new follies run?
5. Acquit yourselves like men.

Element No. 30.

1. Some place the bliss in action,
Some in ease.

2. Home, home; sweet, sweet home.
3. Shame, shame upon you!

4. We'll quell the savage mountaineer
As tinchel cows the game;

They come as fleet as mountain deer,
We'll send them back as tame.

Element No. 31.

1. No pleasure but what has a sting.

2. I would not trust the word, nor look, nor smile,

Of an associate of a thing so vile.

3. Condition-circumstance-is not the thing:
Bliss is the same in subject and in king.

Element No. 32.

1. Where there's a will there's a way.

2. But wherefore thou alone? Wherefore with thee? Came not

all hell, broke loose?

3. At once there rose so wild a yell

Within that dark and narrow dell,

As all the fiends from heaven that fell
Had pealed the banner cry of hell.

Element No. 33.

1. Round the rude ring the ragged rascal ran.
2. Roll on, thou deep and dark blue ocean, roll!
3. Rum has been the ruin of thousands.

4. Rich and rare were the gems that she wore.

Element No. 34.

1. No more! no more! the far-off shore

Affrights me with its loud uproar.

2. He is sure that the medicine will effect a cure.

3. When the wind is blowing fair

Any ship to port may steer.
Ah! distinctly I remember,
It was in the bleak December,
And each separate dying ember
Wrought its ghost upon the floor.

COALESCENTS.

Element No. 35.

1. We went with Mr. Wilson to the exhibition.
2. Was William with you when you left the hall?

Element No. 36.

1. Yes, you will have to do it.
2. The youth refused to yield.

ASPIRATES.

The Aspirates are divided into the explodents and the continuants. The former must be given with explosive abruptness; the latter admit of different degrees of prolongation, but both are given with whispered utterance.

EXPLODENTS.

Element No. 37.

1. If you can not give the trouble the slip,
Then bear it, still keeping a stiff upper lip.
2. Stop, you have said too much already.
3. Her lips like the rose that the honey-bee sips
4. There's many a slip

"Twixt the cup and the lip.

Element No. 38.

1. He could not boast about his wit,
And as for wisdom, he had none of it.

2. That, and that only, will satisfy me.

3. When the cat is away the rats will play.
4. So wide is science, and so narrow human wit,
One science only will one genius fit.

Element No. 39.

1. Back to thy punishment, false fugitive.

2. Now put him to the rack.

3. The stick with which the blow was struck was long and thick.

CONTINUANTS.

Element No. 40.

1. All trembling with transport he raises the latch-
And the voices of loved ones reply to his call.

2. Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more.

3. The word teach has a different meaning from the word learn.

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1. Life is uncertain-death is sure.

2. Lo! anointed by heaven with the vials of wrath,
Behold where he flies on his desert path.
3. That is the very pith of the matter.

Element No. 43.

1. This is the place, I know it well.

2. He sleeps the sleep that knows no waking. 3. It's just fifty dollars, neither more nor less.

Element No. 44.

1. I wish a very common wish indeed:
I wish my purse were fatter,

That I might cheer the child of need,

And not my pride to flatter.

2. The greatest defect in his character is lack of push. 3. The walls fell with a terrible crash; and, a moment after, all was still as the grave.

Element No. 45.

1. He had two horses and several hundred cattle.

Element No. 46.

1. Wherever I may go, whatever I may become, I shall never forget your kindness.

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