A useful suffix. ish means like or somewhat; as, childish, like a child; sweetish, somewhat sweet. 1. Copy carefully. 2. Write from dictation. 1. He will not blush, that has a father's heart, To take in childish plays a childish part. 2. A knavish speech sleeps in a foolish ear. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE. 3. Think you 'twill matter a few score years hence what our foolish honors to-day are? WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY. 4. We'll talk of sunshine and of song; And summer days when we were young; As twenty days are now. - WILLIAM WORDSWORTH. 5. Four and twenty times the pilot's glass Hath told the thievish minutes how they pass. - WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE. 6. Her eye is hazel and bright; and now and then she turns it on me with a look of girlish curiosity. - DONALD G. MITCHELL. 7. True power was never born of brutish strength. -JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL. 8. On inquiry, found that "the boys" were certain baldish and grayish old gentlemen that one sees or hears of in various important stations of society.OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES. Some words pronounced alike. 1. Copy carefully. 2. Write from dictation. 3. Use the italicized words in sentences of your own. 1. And let your silver chime Move in melodious time, And let the bass of Heaven's deep organ blow. - JOHN MILTON. 2. The one base thing in the universe-to receive favors and to render none. - RALPH WALDO EMERSON. 3. Around its base the bare rocks stood. - THOMAS Moore. 4. He wandered far; much did he see of men, Their manners, their enjoyments, and pursuits. 5. And none speaks false, when there is none to hear. 6. So nigh to the great warm heart of God, You almost seem to feel it beat.-JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL. 7. I found by experiment that I could make a very good molasses either of pumpkins or beets. 8. The Lotos blooms below the barren peak; The Lotos blooms by every winding creek. - ALFRED TENNYSON. 9. Not more distinct from harmony divine The constant creaking of a country sign. A useful suffix. ly means like or in a manner; as, manly, like a man; bravely, in a brave manner. 1. Copy carefully. 2. Write from dictation. 1. I heard the thunder hoarsely laugh; Mighty fleets were strewn like chaff. 2. The winds with wonder whist Smoothly the waters kist -PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY. Whisp'ring new joys to the wild ocean. - JOHN MILTON. 3. Heard a carol, mournful, holy, Chanted loudly, chanted lowly. - ALFRED TENNYSON. 4. He felt the soft breeze at its frolicsome play; He smelled the sweet odor of newly mown hay. 5. The butterfly, all green and gold, To me hath often flown, Here in my blossoms to behold Wings lovely as his own.-WILLIAM WORDSWORTH. 6. Blue, darkly, deeply, beautifully blue. — ROBERT SOUTHEY. 7. We must all hang together or assuredly we shall all hang separately. - BENJAMIN FRANKLIN. 8. Give me the lonely valley, The dewy eve, and rising moon. — ROBERT BURNS. Some words pronounced alike. 1. Copy carefully. 2. Write from dictation. 3. Use the italicized words in sentences of your own. 1. Rare are solitary woes; They love a train, they tread each other's heel. EDWARD YOUNG. 2. How poor are they that have not patience! What wound did ever heal but by degrees? - WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE. 3. It is as great a bore as to hear a poet read his own verses.-NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE. 4. The music in my heart I bore, Long after it was heard no more. - WILLIAM WORDSWORTH. 5. Have I not heard the sea puff'd up with winds Rage like an angry boar? WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE. 6. Comes at the last and with a little pin Bores through his castle wall. -WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE. 7. Don't you know how hard it is for some people to get out of a room after their visit is really over? They want to be off, and you want to have them off, but they don't know how to manage it. OLIVER WENDELL HOLmes. 8. The very butt of Slander, and the blot For every dart that Malice ever shot. - WILLIAM Cowper. |