Directions for Reading.—In what manner should this lesson be read at the beginning—quietly, or with much spirit?
On page 77, beginning with the second stanza, is what Saint Peter says quiet and slow, or emphatic and somewhat rapid?[6]
Point out three places where two lines are to be joined and read as one.
What two lines in each stanza end with similar sounds?
LESSON XVII.
ex pres'sion, a look showing feeling.
a maze'ment, great surprise; astonishment.
mag'netisnm, an unknown power of drawing or pulling.
con tin'ued, went on; stayed.
test'ing, trying.
con ven'ience, ease; the saving of trouble.
ex per'i ments, the trials made to find out facts.