Girls are very stuckup and dignified in their manner and be have
your. They think more of dress than anything and like to play with
dowls and rags. They cry if they see a cow in a far distance and are
afraid of guns. They stay at home all the time and go to church on
Sunday. They are al-ways sick. They are al-ways funy and making fun
of boy’s hands and they say how dirty. They cant play marbles. I
pity them poor things. They make fun of boys and then turn round and
love them. I don’t beleave they ever killed a cat or anything. They
look out every nite and say oh ant the moon lovely. Thir is one
thing I have not told and that is they al-ways now their lessons
bettern boys.
From Mr. Edward Channing’s recent article in “Science”:
The marked difference between the books now being produced by
French, English, and American travellers, on the one hand, and
German explorers on the other, is too great to escape attention.
That difference is due entirely to the fact that in school and
university the German is taught, in the first place to see, and in
the second place to understand what he does see.
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_English as She is Taught_.
I.
Etymological.
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Aborigines— a system of mountains.
Aboriginal— what was original before.
Aboriginate— to settle down in a place.
Alias— a good man in the Bible.
Alienate— to put together.
to make a citizen of.
to make a foreigner.
to live in another country except your own.
Amenable— any thing that is mean.
Ammonia— the food of the gods.
Animosity— a sudden surprise.
kindness.
thoughtfullness.
an emblem or sign.
great liveliness.
Aristocracy— to be stuck up.
Armistice— one who takes part in battle.
Asphyxia— a grumbling fussy temper.
Assiduity— state of being an acid.
Audible— worthy of applause.
Auriferous— giving light from yourself.
pertaining to an orifice.
Beneficence— a state of insanity.
Burglarize— to make burglars.
Capillary— a little caterpiller.
Cassowary— a kind of dromedary.
Centaur— a three legged animal.
Conjugate— to all wrinkle up.
Conservative— a person interested in politics who does not like Mr.
Gladstone.
Corniferous— rocks in which fossil corn is found.
Crosier— a staff carried by the Deity.
Culinary— cunning or cute.
Delineate— to deface.
to make lean.
Demagogue— a vessel containing beer and other liquids.
Egregious— the art of learning.
feeding on flocks.
a good many sheep together.
Emissary— a foreign missionary.
Emolument— a softening.
a structure.
a great increase.
a headstone to a grave.
Epicac— a man who likes a good dinner.
Equanimity— evenness of time.
carefullness.
being equal all round.
Equestrian— an equal.
a competetor.
one who asks questions.
one who walks on foot.
Erudition— act of wiping out.
state of being erude.
Espionage— a kind of cabbage.
Eucharist— one who plays euchre.
Exhilarate— pertaining to happiness.
Franchise— any thing belonging to the French.
Freebooter— a man three feet high.
Idolater— a very idol person.
Ignition— the art of not noticing.
Impetuosity— to get into a pet.
Implacable— not able to be placed.
Ingratiating— grating up the ear.
Interloper— one who runs away to get married.
Irrigate— to disturb.
to turbulate.
to make fun of.
to emit sparks.
to contest in law.
to ask in return.
to dispense with justice.
Knickerbocker— something to ring with.
Matins— something to wear on the feet.
Medieval— a wicked man who has been tempted.
Mediocrity— the science of the Medes.
Mendacious— what can be mended.
Mercenary— relating to money matters.
one who feels for another.
hostile to life.
one living on charity.
one who suffers.
pertaining to the eye.
relating to habits.
strong, bold, brave.
one who delivers a message.
one who sets on fire with hostile intent.
Miscellaneous— all mixed up.
Munificence— waste.
thanksgiving.
brightness.
great wealth.
a tragedy.
a beautiful city.
Non-conformist— a decenter of ancient times.
Ominous— power to be all present.
power to eat all things.
Parasite— a sort of bird.
one who speaks well.
an example.
a kind of umbrella.
the murder of an infant.
Party-colored— a fine kind of a dress to wear to a ball.
Pennyroyal— relating to money.
Perennial— every seven years.
Plagarist— a writer of plays.
Plagarism— fire worship.
Prism— a prim precise person.
Publican— a man who does his prayers in public.
Quarternions— a bird with a flat beak and no bill living in New
Zealand.
the name given to a style of art practiced by the
Phœnicians.
a religious convention held every hundred years.
Republican— a sinner mentioned in the Bible.
Reticence— tardyness.
retirement.
a review.
something of the eye.
great slowness.
Satiate— to make tasty.
Sibilant— the state of being idiotic.
Starveling— a small child who doesunt have enough to eat.
Subtlety— gentley.
profanity.
brittleness.
softness.
vagueness.
easily coaxed.
light and airy.
is sprightness.
a settlement.
great doubtfullness.
stepping through easily.
state of being easy broken.
Technology— according to the text.
a plagarism nearly obsolete.
something which teaches you to be very tecknical in
your remarks.
Tenacious— ten acres of land.
Vacillating— ticking like a pendulum.
Vermicular— the intestines of a worm.
She is related to him by _animosity_.
A great many people _alienate_ from their country to this.
The ring is quite an _auriferous_ article.
He is a very _auspicious_ boy.
She dresses very _auspicious_.
The _belligerent_ powers receive a salary.
We call him a _charger_ because he charges so much.
_Chronology_ is the science of the brane.
He had a _chronic_ disease—something the matter with the chrone.
The _coercion_ of some things is remarkable, as bread and molasses.
We should never _commiserate_ a person even if we dislike them.
Her hat is _contiguous_ because she wears it on one side.
The girl was _delineate_ in her work.
John said he would _delineate_ the book.
The washwoman _dilated_ the clothes.
He was totally _dismasted_ with the whole performance.
The officer is to be tried for _dissertation_ of his office.
The place was left in a state of _dissertation_.
He _dominated_ or ruled the paper.
He is a great _duplicate_ because so very deceitful.
The men marched out in an _egregious_ procession.
He preached to an _egregious_ congregation.
He gave a correct _elimination_ of the word.
The captain _eliminated_ a bullet through the man’s heart.
He stood on a high _emissary_.
There was a small _emolument_ of water in the vessel.
He was _exhilarated_ to a better place.
We should endeavor to avoid _extremes_—like those of wasps and bees.
You should _fascinate_ the vine to the wall.