“B is usually silent before t or after m in the same syllable.”
| lamb | tomb | numb | debt | bomb |
| comb | thumb | dumb | doubt | crumb |
| limb | climb | plumb | redoubt | jamb |
[Eighth Month.]
“C is silent before k in the same syllable. C is silent in czar, victuals, muscle, corpuscle, indict, and Connecticut.”
| back | deck | lack | stack | Patrick |
| buck | duck | hack | stick | reckon |
| burdock | chick | luck | suck | thicken |
| clock | click | lick | beckon | Cossack |
EIGHTH YEAR.
[First Month.]
“D is silent before g in the same syllable.”
| edge | hedge | ridge | lodge | misjudge |
| wedge | budge | bridge | sledge | judgment |
| pledge | drudge | fudge | begrudge | lodgment |
[Second Month.]