Taking a vomit. threw up Three Black Crows!"
"Impossible!"—"Nay, but 'tis really true;
I had it from good hands, and so may you,"

From whose, I pray?"- -So, having named the man, Straight to inquire his curious comrade ran.

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Sir, did you tell❞————relating the affair,

Yes, Sir, I did; and if 'tis worth your care,

'Twas Mr."-Such-a-one-" who told it me;

But, by the bye, 'twas Two black crows, not Three." Resolved to trace so wondrous an event,

Quick to the third, the virtuoso went.

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Sir," and so forth-" Why, yes; the thing is fact, Though, in regard to number, not exact:

It was not Two black crows, 'twas only One;
The truth of that you may depend upon:
The gentleman himself told me the case.
"Where may I find him?"-

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Why, in'-such a place.

Away he went: and, having found him out,

Sir, be so good as to resolve a doubt."

Then to his last informant he referr'd,

And begg'd to know if true what he had heard;

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Did you, Sir, throw up a black crow?"—" Not I”—

"Bless me!-how people propagate a lie!—

Black crows have been thrown up, Three, Two, and One; And here I find all comes at last to None!

Did you say nothing of a crow at all?”

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Crow-crow-perhaps 1 might, now I recall

The matter over."-" And pray, Sir, what was't?"
"Why, I was horrid sick, and at the last,
I did throw up, and told my neighbour so,
Something that was-as black, Sir, as a crow.

Dr. Bryom.

John Knox is Come.

BUT while they were busily conversing and contriving how best to aid and further that iniquitous aggression of perfidious tyranny, there came in one of the brethren of the monastery, with a frightened look, and cried aloud that John Knox was come, and had been all night in the town. At the news, the spectators, as if moved by one spirit, gave a triumphant shout, ―the clergy were thunder-struck,—some started from their seats unconscious of what they did,—others threw themselves back where they sat,—and all appeared as if a judgment had been pronounced upon them. In the same moment, the church began to skail,—the session was adjourned,—and the people ran in all directions. The cry rose everywhere, “John Knox is come!" All the town came rushing into the streets,—the old and the young, the lordly and the lowly, were seen mingl ing and marvelling together,-all tasks of duty, and servitude, and pleasure were forsaken,—the sick-beds of the dying were deserted, the priests abandoned their altars and masses, and stood pale and trembling at the doors of their churches,—mothers set down their infants on the floors, and ran to inquire what had come to pass,―funerals were suspended, and the impious and the guilty stood aghast, as if some dreadful apocalypse had been made; travellers, with the bridles in their hands, lingering in profane discourse with their hosts, suddenly mounted, and speeded into the country with the tidings. At every cottage door and wayside bield, the inmates stood in clusters, silent and wondering, as horsemen came following horsemen, crying, "John Knox is come!" Barks that had departed when they heard the news, bore up to tell others that they saw afar off at sea. The shepherds were called in from the hills; the warders on the castle, when, at the sound of many quickened feet approaching, challenged the comers, were answered, "John Knox is come!" Studious men were roused from the spells of their books;—nuns, at their windows, looked out fearful and inquiring,--and priests and friars were seen standing by themselves, shunned like lepers. The whole land was stirred as with the inspiration of some new element, and the hearts of the persecutors were withered. Galt.

A LIST OF PREFIXES AND AFFIXES.

PREFIXES.

A signifies on or in; as, ashore, | in, im, il, ir, when placed before

abed.

a, ab, abs, from or away; as, avoid, abhor, abstain.

a, ac, ad, af, ag, al, an, ap, ar, as, at, to; as, ascend, accuse, admit, affix, aggrieve, allude, announce, appear, arrive, assist, attend. ant, anti, contra, counter, against; as, antagonist, anti-christian, contradict, countermand.

be, em, en, im, to make; as, befriend, embellish, enable, imbitter.

circum, round or about; as, circumcise.

con, com, co, cog, col, cor, together; as, conclude, commix, cohere, cognate, collect, corrupt.

de, down; as, degrade.

di, dif, dis, asunder; as, divide, diffuse dismiss.

e, ec, ef, ex, out of; as, emit, ecstasy, efface, exalt.

extra, out, preter, beyond; as, extravagant, outlive, preternatural.

a verb, signify in; but when placed before an adjective, they signify not; as, incur, impart, illude, irritate; inconstant, immense, illegal, irregular. inter, between; as, intervene. intro, within; as, introduce. mis, bad, wrong, ill; as, misfor

tune, misname, misluck.

ob, oc, of, op, over against, in the
way of; as, object, occur, offend,
oppress.

per, through; as, perform.
post, after; as, postpone.
pro, forward; as, provide.
re, back or again; as, recall.

se, aside or apart; as, seduce.
sub, suc, suf, sug, sup, under; as,
submit, success, suffer, suggest,
support.

super, sur, above; as, superadd,
surcharge.

trans, across or beyond; as, transfer.

un, not; as, unable.

fore, pre, before; as, foretell, pre- with, from or against; as, with

dict.

draw, withstand.

AFFIXES TO NOUNS.

An, ant, ar, ate, eer, er, or, ist, ite, ster, signify one who; as, artizan, attendant, scholar, primate, engineer, baker, doctor, florist, favourite, songster.

ance, ence, ency, hood, ment, ness, ry, ship, tude, ty, ure, y, signify being or a state of being; as, a

bundance, affluence, agency, childhood, punishment, darkness, bravery, friendship, fortitude, brevity, departure, agony.

cle, let, little; as, article, streamlet.

tion, sion, the act of; as, instruction, provision.

AFFIXES TO ADJECTIVES.

annual, human, solar,customary, ble, able; as, possible.
angelic, humid, juvenile, marine,
childish.

of; as, fruitful, jocose, anxious, ly, like; as, manly.

AFFIXES TO VERBS.

Ate, en, fy, ish, ize, signify to make; as, accommodate, harden, fortify, astonish, civilize.

A LIST OF PRIMITIVES,

WITH THEIR

LITERAL SIGNIFICATIONS AND NUMEROUS DERIVATIVES.

Facilis, easy. Difficult, facility, faculty.

facio, to do, make; factus, done,

made. Factor, benefactor, affect, defect, effect, perfect, affectionate, effectual, magnificent, dissatisfy, sacrifice.

fama, fame. Famous, infamy.