Or, if to France your bark you steer, at Dover it may be,

A peer appears upon the pier, who, blind, still goes to

sea.

Thus one might say, when to a treat good friends accept our greeting,

'Tis meet that men who meet to eat, should eat their meat when meeting.

Brawn on the board's no bore indeed, although from boar prepared;

Nor can the fowl on which we feed, foul feeding be declared.

Thus one ripe fruit may be a pear, and yet be pared again,

And still be one, which seemeth rare, until we do

explain.

It therefore should be all your aim to speak with ample care,

For who, however fond of game, would choose to swallow hair?

A fat man's gait may make us smile, who has no gate to close;

The farmer sitting on the stile, no stylish person knows. Perfumers men of scents must be; some Scilly men are bright;

A brown man oft deep read we see-a black, a wicked

Most wealthy men good manors have, however wealthy they;

And actors still the harder slave, the oftener they

play.

So poets can't the baize obtain, unless their tailors

choose;

While grooms and coachmen, not in vain, each evening seek the mews.

The dyer, who by dyeing lives, a dire life maintains ; The glazier, it is known, receives—his profits for his panes.

By gardeners thyme is tied, 'tis true, when spring is in its prime,

But time and tide won't wait for you, if you are tied for

time.

Then now you see, my little dears, the way to make a

pun;

A trick which you, through coming years, should sedulously shun.

The fault admits of no defence; for wheresoe'er 'tis

found,

You sacrifice the sound for sense-the sense is never sound.

So let your words, and actions too, one single meaning

prove,

And, just in all you say and do, you'll gain esteem and

love;

In mirth and play no harm you'll know, when duty's task is done;

But parents ne'er should let you go unpunished for a рип.

WORD LESSON.

Entick, an English divine, the author of a dictionary and other works; born 1713, died 1773. Ale, strong beer; ail, to be ill. Aunt, a father's or mother's sister; ant, an insect. Vale, a valley; veil, a covering for the face. Bill, a short name for William; bill, an account. Peer, a nobleman; pier, a structure of stone or wood in sea or river. Sea, part of the ocean; see, to behold. Meet, to come together, to meet face to face, to approach; meet, suitable, proper; meat, food. Bore, to weary by tediousness; boar, a hog. Fowl, a bird fit for eating-generally applied to poultry; foul, dirty, soiled. Pear, a fruit; pare, to separato from the skin. Hare, an animal; hair, what grows on the head or skin of an animal. Guit, manner of walking; gate, a large door or framework which gives entrance into any place. Stile, steps to cross from one field to another; style, manner of writing; stylish, fashionable. Scent, a perfume; sent, did send; cent, an American copper coin; cent, a hundred. Scilly men, men belonging to the Scilly Islands, lying to the west of Cornwall; silly men, weak, foolish men. Read, did read; red, a colour. Manor, a country house, a gentleman's estate; manner, custom, behaviour. Baize, coarse woollen stuff often used for lining; bays, laurels. Mews, stables; muse, the genius of poetry. Dyer, one who dyes cloth; dire, dreadful, dismal. Panes, squares of glass; pains, trouble, toil. Thyme, a sweet-smelling plant; time, a part of duration. Tied, bound, limited; tide, the rising and falling of the waters of the sea; also used for time, season.

THE HOUSE OF HANOVER (5).

GEORGE III.-1760-1820.

18. The peace of Amiens proved only a deceitful lull in the storm. Confidence was never really restored, and in 1803 the great war was renewed. Pitt soon returned to office. In 1804 Napoleon was crowned Emperor of the French. His first step was to assemble at Boulogne a very large army destined to invade England.

19. Nelson, commander of the English fleet, sailed to the Mediterranean, where, for fifteen tedious and stormy months, close watch was kept upon the French fleet, lying in Toulon harbour. At length it

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sailed, and, joining the Spanish fleet, made for the West Indies. Nelson, with half their force, followed in pursuit. The combined fleet contrived to avoid a battle, and were soon on their way home. The western colonies and commerce were saved, but Nelson was mortified that there had been no fight. It was not until August 1805 that he heard tidings of the foes he longed to encounter. They were at Cadiz. He sailed from Portsmouth, and met them off Cape Trafalgar. With his 31 vessels he engaged their 40; giving his famous signal as the call to battleEngland expects every man to do his duty." The victory gained at Trafalgar was wonderful and complete. England was safe, and her dominion over the sea made sure. There was no longer a French fleet. Nelson had gloriously finished his work; but his life had ended too, and the joy of the nation was turned into mourning. On board the Victory he had fallen mortally wounded by a rifle-shot from the mizen-top of the Redoubtable, and only lived to know how complete had been the triumph of the day. "I am satisfied," he said; "thank God, I have done my duty!" He was buried in St Paul's Cathedral. Next year a public funeral was given to William Pitt, who was laid near his father in Westminster Abbey.

20. The last months of this great statesman's life were clouded by the constant news of fresh triumphs of Napoleon on the Continent. He crushed the armies that Austria, Prussia, and Russia brought into the field against him; and in the supremacy of his power declared the British Isles in a state of blockade, and