His assistants gave him great assistance. He was the deviser of the
machine. Which is the larger, the divisor or the quotient? This difference
being settled, he will pay due deference to your opinion. The ingenious
mechanic was also an ingenuous man. Not a lineament could be recognized by
his friends. Apply to the wound a healing liniment. The principal in the
agreement was devoid of moral principle. Though a great liar, he could
play upon the lyre. The rabbit was tame. The carpenter will rabbet the
boards.
Lesson 127.
In words like the following, U should receive its proper consonant sound;
as nature, pronounced nat'yur.
nat'ure sig'na ture ag'ri cult ure
creat'ure sep'ul ture leg'is la ture
feat'ure fur'ni ture ar'chi tect ure
fut'ure for'feit ure tem'per a ture
capt'ure lig'a ture lit'er a ture
rapt'ure ap'er ture flo'ri cult ure
text'ure quad'ra ture ju'di ca ture
pict'ure ad vent'ure hor'ti cult ure
script'ure con ject'ure man u fact'ure
Lesson 128.
pail, a wooden vessel. Paul, a man's name.
pale, not bright. pall, a covering.
pear, a fruit. pique, to give offense.
pare, to cut thin. peak, the top.
pair, a couple. peer, a nobleman.
raze, to pull down. pier, a wharf
raise, to lift up. quartz, a kind of rock.
rays, beams of light. quarts, measures.
pain, uneasiness. plain, smooth.
pane, a square of glass. plane, a surface; tool.
peel, rind; skin. quire, twenty-four sheets of paper.
peal, a sound of bells.
port, a harbor. choir (kwir), a band of singers.
Porte, a Turkish court.
Lesson 129.