Lesson 195.-Friday Morning. Work these Sums. (1) Bring 4,862 farthings to florins. (2) In five hundred and nine fourpences, how many threepences? * (3) Find the difference between 8,000 fourpences and 79,990 sixpences. * (4) Add 17s. 11d.; £5,000 10s. 6d. ; £76 0s. 4d.; £803 18s. 74d.; £97,088 6s. 63d.; £4,015 0s. 11ąd.; 111d. (5) £430 18s. 3 d. x 738. (6) £4,017 98. 2 d.÷697. * * FORTIETH WEEK. Lesson 196.-Learn for Monday Morning. THE WAY TO BE HAPPY. Shall deck thy grave with am-a-ran-thinet flowers, OR ELSE LEARN St. Luke VII., verses 31-35. Lesson 197.-Tuesday Morning. Dictation. *The greyhound has a long, slim1 body and head, a full eye, long mouth, sharp and very white teeth, little ears, with thin gristles in them, a straight neck, and full breast: its legs are long and straight. It is the swiftest3 runner of all the dog kind, and can be trained for the chase when twelve months old. It courses by sight, and not by scent as other hounds do. 1 slim, very thin. 2 gristles, a soft kind of bone. 3 swiftest, quickest. trained, taught. 5 chase, hunting. 6 courses, hunts. scent, smell. Lesson 198.-Wednesday Morning. Work these Sums. (1) Reduce £506 8s. 9d. to threepences. (2) Bring five hundred and nine half-crowns to twopences. (3) In 367 half-guineas, how many half-sovereigns? * Inspector's Examination Questions. * ARITHMETIC-Continued. (4) How many fourpences in sixty thousand and twenty pounds? (5) Divide £320,826 12s. 9ąd. by 345. * *(6) The Duke of Wellington died in 1852, aged 83. He was 19 at the birth of Sir R. Peel. In what year was Sir R. Peel born? Lesson 199.—Thursday Morning. Write and Learn. Dictation.-EXERCISES ON WORDS ENDING IN able AND ible.— It is probable that the audible sounds you hear proceed from the wind whistling amomg the flexible telegraph wires. It is hardly credible that he can be capable of doing such culpable actions. His conduct is as laudable as it is sensible. It is desirable that the origin of the horrible and terrible accident should, if possible, be cleared up. I suppose that respectable and venerablelooking old man is responsible for his actions to the trustees. Lesson 200.-Friday Morning. Work these Sums. (1) In 7,749 half-crowns, how many three farthings? (2) Bring 3,721 threepenny-pieces to shillings and pounds. (3) Find the difference between £111 and 111 farthings. *(4) What must be added to £947 19s. 71d. to make it £1,000? (5) Divide five guineas by 210. * * (6) The keep of a horse is £39 a year: what is that per week? FORTY-FIRST WEEK. Lesson 201.-Learn for Monday Morning. PITY. Soft pity never leaves the gentle breast, Where love has been received a welcome guest; A common pity does not love express ; Pity is love when grown into excess.-Howarth. To him that is afflicted pity should be showed from his friend.-Job. OR ELSE LEARN St. Luke VI., verses 35-38. Lesson 202.-Tuesday Morning. Dictation. * But all my dreams were soon put to flight1 by an order from the officer to trim the yards,2 as the wind was getting ahead, and I could plainly see, by the looks the sailors occasionally cast to windward, and by the dark clouds that were fast coming up, that we had bad weather to prepare for; and I had heard the captain say that he expected to be in the Gulf Stream by twelve o'clock. 1 flight, flew away. 2 yards, part of a ship's rigging. ahead, in front. * occasionally, now and then. 5 windward, direction from whence the wind comes. expected, hoped. Lesson 203.-Wednesday Morning. Work these Sums. (1) How many half-sovereigns are worth 3,724 half-crowns? (2) What will be the cost of 840lbs. of salt at 14d. per pound? · (3) Divide £540,083 14s. 6d. by 26. * * (4) A horse, a gig, and a set of harness cost £64. The horse and gig cost £45, and the horse and harness £33. Find the cost of each. (5) Multiply £2,708 Is. 01d. by 293. * *(6) I bought 50 yards of cloth at 3s. 11d. per yard, and sold it at 48. 6d. How much did I gain? Lesson 204.-Thursday Morning. Write and Learn, Dictation.-EXERCISES ON WORDS ENDING IN ance, ence, ense. It is nonsense to talk of the fragrance of the scentless violet. There is this difference between them: one makes no pretence about his immense wealth, whilst the other makes himself a perfect nuisance by his pretence of riches and his ignorance and intense vanity. In this immense undertaking he spared no expense. He gave me full license to employ as many men as the circumstances and appearances of the case required. Lesson 205.-Friday Morning. Work these Sums. * (1) How many oranges at d. each can be bought for three half-crowns? * (2) What is the difference between 156 fourpenny pieces and 391 sixpences? *(3) Divide twenty-eight thousand and six pounds and sixpence farthing by 16. * ARITHMETIC.-Continued. (4) A woman bought 9 chickens at 1s. 6d. each, she then sold them, and gained 54 pence. What did she sell each chicken for? * (5) Find the difference between sixty thousand and seventytwo pounds seventeen shillings and sixpence and eight thousand and four hundred and six pounds eighteen shillings and sixpence farthing. (6) Multiply £4 17s. 51d. by 3,007. * FORTY-SECOND WEEK. Lesson 206.-Learn for Monday Morning. ON ACTIONS. There are three sorts of actions: those that are good, those that are bad, and those that are doubtful. And we ought to be most cautious of those that are doubtful; for we are in most danger of these doubtful actions, because they do not alarm us ; and yet they insensibly lead to greater transgressions, just as the shades of twilight gradually reconcile us to darkness. Good actions, if done from a true desire to do good and to be good, show a truly good man. OR ELSE LEARN St. Luke XVIII., verses 18-23. Lesson 207.-Tuesday Morning. Dictation. * The language1 of this nation seems very harsh to a foreigner,3 yet they converse among one another with great ease and quickness. One of the oddest customs is that which men use on saluting each other. Let the weather be what it will, they uncover their heads, and remain uncovered for some time, if they mean to be extraordinarily respectful.9 1 language, speech, way of talking. 2 harsh, rough. 3 foreigner, one belonging to another country. converse, talk. 5 oddest, queerest. customs, ways or manners, saluting, greeting, showing respect. 8 extraordinarily, more than ordinary, extra. respectful, polite. Lesson 208.-Wednesday Morning. Work these Sums. (1) Bring 7,240 fourpenny pieces to guineas (2) Divide £3 38. 3d. among two persons, so that one shall have twice as much as the other. * (3) How many yards of flannel, at 2s. 5d. per yard, can be got for 3 halfcrowns 7 florins and threepence? * * * (6) £17,608 11s. 4d. - £9,350 11s. 10 d. Lesson 209-Thursday Morning. Write and Learn. Dictation.-EXERCISES IN WORDS ENDING IN ance, ence, ense, ate, et.-The entrance of the policeman at once gave the signal for the clearance of the Temperance Hall. Prudence forbids me to take residence in a neighbourhood which gives evidence of intense negligence and extreme indifference on the part of the local board. It is no secret that the curate was quite accurate in his statement. It is fortunate that the delicate crystal goblet was not broken by the desperate blow it received. Lesson 210.-Friday Morning. Work these Sums. (1) The rent of my house is 20 guineas a year: how many pence is that per week? * (2) Add eight thousand and forty pounds six shillings and twopence; eleven shillings and threepence halfpenny; seventy pounds twelve shillings; seven hundred and five pounds and sixpence halfpenny; ninety thousand and sixty pounds ten shillings and sixpence halfpenny; one hundred and twenty pounds nineteen shillings and eightpence halfpenny; ninetyfour pounds sixteen shillings and eightpence threefarthings. * (3) Take 100 guineas from £500 18s., and divide the remainder into 37 equal parts. *(4) £44,600 12s. 4d. x 216. * (6) How many pairs of shoes may be bought for eleven crowns sixty florins and sixpence, if one pair cost 13s. 6d. FORTY-THIRD WEEK. Lesson 211.—Learn for Monday Morning. TIME. So passes, silent, o'er the dead thy shade, And have not they who here forgotten lie Say, hoary chronicler of ages past Once marked thy shadow with delighted eye, ́OR ELSE LEARN St. John XIV., verses 1-7. |