DICTATION EXERCISES.

They propose to alter the place of the altar. He cast his ballot for

mayor. The ballet dancer and the ballad singer arrived. The wine seller

lived in a cellar. He said that the cymbal was a symbol of music. They

sent an arrant rogue on the errand. His manner of conducting the manor did

not suit the lord. The prophet of Mammon foretold great profit. The relics

of the kingdom were saved by the relict of the king. The stature of the

statue of Liberty is fixed by statute.

Lesson 135.

rack, an engine of torture. write, to make letters.

wrack, a sea-plant. wright, a workman.

rap, to strike. roe, eggs of a fish.

wrap, to roll together. row, to impel with oars.

reck, to heed; to care. rose, a flower.

wreck, destruction. rows, does row.

rice, a kind of grain. roes, plural of roe.

rise, increase; ascent. sees, beholds.

rite, a ceremony. seas, large bodies of water.

right, not wrong. seize, to lay hold of

Lesson 136.

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