egant.

232. "What a long _lirry_ he has to say!" This word should be pronounced
and spelt _lurry_; its more general meaning is a "heap," a "throng," a
"crowd," but is often applied to a long dull speech.

233. "_Diamonds_ are charcoals:" pronounce _diamonds_ in three syllables.

234. "Honor to the _patriot_ and the sage:" divide the syllables like
_pa-tri-ot_, not _pat-ri-ot_. Irish rowdyism has been called
"_Pat-riot-ism_."

235. "Do you _believe_ that he will _receive_ my letter?" observe that in
the former word the diphthong is _ie_, and in the latter _ei_. A
convenient rule for the spelling of such words is the following: _c_ takes
_ei_ after it; all other consonants are followed by _ie_:--as, dec_ei_ve,
repr_ie_ve.

236. "He is now confirmed in _idiotcy_:" say, _idiocy_; the _t_ in _idiot_
is dropped in forming the word.

237. "He raised the _national_ standard:" pronounce the first two
syllables like the word _nation_, never as if written _nash-ion-al_.

238. _Principal_ and _Principle_: be careful to observe the distinction
between these words. _Principal_ signifies _chief_; _principle_, _motive_.

239. "He favors the _Anti-Slavery_ reform:" pronounce _Anti_ with a
distinct sounding of the _i_; else the word becomes _ante_, which means
not "against," but "before,"--as "ante-deluvian," signifying "before the
Deluge."

240. _Cincinnati_ is often misspelled _Cincinnatti_. The name is derived
from _Cincinnatus_, a celebrated Roman.

241. "Her dress was made of _moire antique_:" _moire antique_ is an
article of _watered silk_, very well known to the "shopping" sisterhood,
but very frequently called "_Murray Antique_."

242. "It was mentioned in a _Californian newspaper_:" say, _California_
newspaper. No one says _Philadelphian_, or _Chicagonian_ journal.

243. "The lecture was _characterized_ as a brilliant performance:" accent
the first, and not the second syllable.

244. "This is one of the traditions of St. _Helena_:" accent _le_, and not
_Hel_.

245. "The boy was found by a _washwoman_:" say, _washerwoman_.

246. "St. John's is about two days nearer England than Halifax." [From an
account, in a New-York newspaper, of the Submarine Telegraph Expedition,
September, 1855.] Does it mean that St. John's is nearer to England than
Halifax is, or nearer to England than to Halifax?

247. "He wears a blue-spotted _neck-handkerchief_:" say, _neckerchief_,
or, still better, _neck-cloth_, or _cravat_. The o