pt that to myself_.

It is a long mile to town. Ah! I It is a _little over_ a mile to
thought 'twas unle a short mile. town. Ah! I _supposed it to be less
than_ a mile.

IRISH. CORRECTED.

Not here the day; he went till _He is_ not here to-day. He went
Pittsburg. _to_ Pittsburg.

Let us be after pairsing a wee bit. Let us _parse_ a _little_.

Where did you loss it? Where did you _lose_ it?

MD. VA. KY. OR MISS. CORRECTED.

Carry the horse to water. _Lead_ the horse to water; or,
water the horse.

Tote the wood to the river. _Carry_ the wood to the river.

Have you focht the water? Have you _fetched_, or _brought_,
the water?

I've made 200 bushels of corn this I _have raised_ 200 bushels of corn
year. this year.

He has run against a snag. He has _got into difficulty_.

Is that your plunder, stranger? Is that your _baggage, sir_?

He will soon come of that habit. He will soon _overcome_, or _get
rid of_, that habit.

I war thar, and I seen his boat was I _was there_, and I _saw that_ his
loadend too heavy. boat was too _heavily laden_, or
_loaded_.

Whar you gwine. _Where are_ you _going_?

Hese in cohoot with me. _He is_ in _partnership_ with me.

Did you get shet of your tobacca? Did you _get rid_, or _dispose_
of, your _tobacco_?

Who hoped you to sell it? Who _helped_ you to sell it?

PROSODY.

PROSODY treats of the modulations of the voice according to the usages
of the language we speak, and the sentiments we wish to express: hence,
in its most extensive sense, it comprises all the laws of elocution.

Prosody is commonly divided into two parts: the first teaches the true
pronunciation of words, comprising _accent_, _quantity_, _emphasis_,
_pause_, and _tone_; and the second, the laws of _versification_.

_Accent_. Accent is the laying of a peculiar stress of the voice on a
particular letter or syllable in a word, that it may