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"New National Fourth Reader"



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Directions for Reading.--Read the following sentences carefully, and
avoid running the words together.
The good__air can not get__in at__all.
We are__apt to take__it for granted.
It__is sure to make them__ill.
Point out three other places in the lesson where similar errors are
likely to occur.

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Language Lesson.--Add _ment_ to each of the following words, and then
give the meaning of the words so formed.
_arrange move settle encourage_

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LESSON XXXI.

dis tinct'ly, _clearly; plainly_.
a roused', _wakened_.
re ced'ing, _going backward or away from_
vig'i lant, _watchful; careful_.
ex haust'ed, _tired out with work_.
pre ced'ing, _going before_.
fort'night, _two weeks' time_.
con vul'sive, _irregular in movement_.
tar'ried, _delayed; remained_.
grad'u al ly, _step by step; slowly_.

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A TIMELY RESCUE.

It was in the month of February, 1831, a bright moonlight night, and
extremely cold, that the little brig I commanded lay quietly at her
anchors inside the bay.


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