in a stiff, affected, and perhaps awkward manner. Practice however will overcome all the difficulty; and ease and grace may be combined in the utterance with dignity and force. And with most persons this can result only from practice, practice, the same that gives ease and grace in the exercise of any of the other physical functions. Natural impediments, or defective organs of speech, are much more rare than is usually supposed.

dl, dlst, dld, dlust, dlz. han-dle, han-d?st, han-d7d, han-d7dst, han

dles.

dn, dnst, dnd, dndst, har-den, har-d'n'st, har-d'n'd, har-d'n'dst,

gl, glst, gld, gldst, glow, man-gle, man-gl'st, man-gl'd, man

*For the basis of this Table the author is indebted to Barber's Grammar of Elocution. It is here corrected and enlarged.

stre-ngths.

ngd, ngdst, ngz, ngth, ha-ng'd, ha-ng'dst, ha-ngs, strength,

ngths.

nk, nkt, nks, nkst.

nt, nts, ntst.

ns, nst.

nth, nths.

nch, ncht.

wi-nk, wi-nk'd, wi-nks, wi-nk'st.

wa-nt, wa-nts, wa-nt'st.

wi-nce, wi-nc'd.

hyacinth, hyaci-nths.

fli-nch, fli-nch'd.

rb, rbst, rbd, rbdst, rbz. ba-rb, ba-rb'st, ba-rb'd, ba-rb'dst, ba-rbs.

rd, rdst, rdz.

rg, rgz.

rj, rjd.

rl, rist, rld, rldst, rlz.

rm, rmst, rmd, rmdst,

rmz, rmth.

hea-rd, hea-rd'st, ba-rds.

bu-rgh, bu-rghs.

u-rge, u-rg'd.

hu-rl, hu-rl'st, hu-rld, hu-rldst, hu-rls.

warm, wa-rm'st, wa-rm'd, wa-rm'dst, wa-rms, warmth.

rn, rnst, rnd, rndst, bu-rn, bu-rn'st, bu-rn'd, bu-rn'dst, bu-rnt,

zl, zlst, zld, zldst, zlz. muz-zle, muz-zl'st, muz-zľ'd, muz-zl'dst,

zn, znst, znd, zndst, pri-son, impri-son'st, impri-son'd, impri

znz.

THd, THZ, THst.

son'dst, pri-sons.

wrea-th'd, wrea-ths, wrea-th'st.

kl, klst, kld, kldst, klz. truc-kle, truc-kl'st, truc-kl'd, truc-kľ'dst,

truc-kles.

kn, knst, knd, kndst, blac-ken, blac-ken'st,

knz.

lor.

ht, kts, ktst.

ks, kst, ksts, ksth, ksths.

pl, plst, pld, pldst, plz.

pr.
pt, pts, ptst.

ps, pst.

pth, pths.

tl, tlst, tld, tldst, tlz.

tr, tw.

ts, tst, tth, tths.

ken'dst, blac-kens.

cr-oney.

a-ct, a-cts, li-k'dst.

blac-ken'd, blac

ra-cks, te-xt, te-xts, si-xth, si-xths.

pl-uck, rip-ple, rip-pl'st, rip-pl'd, rip-pl'dst, rip-ples.

pr-ay.

cry-pt, cry-pts, sle-ptst.

cli-ps, clip-p'st.

de-pth, de-pths.

set-tle, set-tl'st, set-tl'd, set-tl'dst, set-tles. tr-ust, tw-ist.

comba-ts, comba-ts't, eigh-th, eigh-ths.

A, fist, fd, fldst, fllz. fl-ame, tri-fle, tri-fl'st, tri-fl'd, tri-fl'dst, tri-fles.

fr.

ft, fts, ftst.

fs, fst.

fth, fths.

sl, slst, sld, sidst, slz.

sm.

sn, snz.

sk, skt, sks, skst, skr.

sp, spt, sps, spr, spl.

st, sts, str.

fr-ame.

wa-ft, wa-fts, wa-ft'st.

lau-ghs, lau-gh'st.

fi-fth, fi-fths.

sl-ay, ne-stle, ne-stl'st, ne-stl'd, ne-stl'dst,

ne-stles.

sm-oke.

sn-ail, ba-sin, ba-sins.

sk-ip, ma-sk, ma-sk'd, ma-sks, ma-sk'st, scr-ew.
sp-ot, ra-sp, ra-sp'd, ra-sps, spr-ing, spl-ash.
st-ay, bu-st, bu-sts, str-eet.

thm, thmz, thr, tht, ths. logari-thm, logari-thms, thr-ough, smi-th'd,

shr, sht, shtst.

cht.

you-ths.

shr-ink, pu-sh'd, pu-sh'dst.
fet-ch'd.

The following sentences, in most of which some of these combinations occur, and all of which present some difficulties to the untutored organs of speech, may be practiced to advantage. He whose articulation is already perfect will find little occasion to delay on them: he who finds any difficulty should not, till this is removed, pass to another section.

1. The evening was fine, and the full orbed moon shone with uncommon splendor.

2. And oft false sounds sunk near him.

3. Who ever imagined such an ocean to exist?

Who ever imagined such a notion to exist?

4. The man of talents struggles through difficulties severe. 5. The youth hates study.

6. It was the act of all the acts of government the most objectionable.

9. He was amiable, respectable, formidable, unbearable, intolerable, unmanageable, terrible.

10. And there the finest streams through tangled forests stray.

11. Can you say crackers, crime, cruelty, crutches?

12. It was the severest storm of the season, but the masts stood through the gale.

13. The severest storm that lasts till morn.

14. Thou prob'st my wound instead of healing it. 15. The steadfast stranger in the forest strayed.

16. He was branded as a traitor.

17. The wild beasts straggled through the vale.

18. The word burgh signifies a town or city that sends a member or members to parliament.

19. That morning, thou that slumber'dst not before, Nor sleptst, great ocean, laidst thy waves at rest, And hush'dst thy mighty minstrelsy.

20. He watch'd and wept, he felt and prayed for all. 21. They weary wandered over wastes and deserts.)

They weary wandered over waste sand deserts. S 22. Fall'n, fall'n, fall'n, fall'n, fall'n from his high

estate.

23. When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw, The line, too, labors, and the words move slow.

24. Thou found'st me poor at first and keep'st me so. 25. From thy throne in the sky, thou look'st and laugh'st at the storm, and guid'st the bolt of Jove.