rubbish punctual
precipice council orphan microscope
justice civilized threshold muscles
precious merchandise especially traveler
physician recognize anecdote marvelous
sufficient apologize character benefited
vicious poisonous tremendous intelligent

Let pupils select a subject and make out an _analysis_ for its
treatment.

Each point in the _analysis_ will require a separate paragraph
for its treatment.

Be careful to use capital letters and marks of punctuation correctly.

[20] Paragraph beginning, "Remains of these are to be seen to-day...."

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LESSON LXXVII.

de vic'es, _curious marks or shapes_.

in scrip'tion, _any thing cut or written on a solid substance_.

trans lat'ing, _expressing in another language_.

mem'o ra ble, _worthy of being remembered_.

spec'i mens, _small portions of things_.

in ge nu'i ty, _skill in inventing_.

tour'ists, _travelers; sight-seers_.

ded'i cat ed, _set apart for a special purpose_.

cer'e mo nies, _forms; special customs_.

site, _the place where any thing is fixed_.

mon'o lith, _a column consisting of a single stone_.

o rig'i nal ly, _in the first place_.

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EGYPT AND ITS RUINS.

PART II.

The ancient Egyptians erected many obelisks in various parts of their
country. These were monuments made from single pieces of hard stone, and
in some cases reached a height of more than a hundred feet.

They were placed before gateways leading to the principal temples and
palaces, and were covered with curious carvings in the stone, which
represented the language of the people at that time.

It thus appears that their written language was not composed of letters
and words alone, like our own; but that they used pictures of animals,
including birds, human figures, and other devices of a singular nature,
to express their thoughts and ideas.

Until the year 1799, it was impossible for the scholars of modern
nations to read this strange language. In that year, however, a stone
tablet was discovered by a French engineer, containing an inscription
written in three languages.

One of these was in the characters of the ancient Egyptian and another
in those of the Greek. Upon translating the Greek writing, it was
discovered to be a copy of the inscription in the Eg