"Loveliness Needs not the foreign aid of ornament, But is, when unadorned, adorned the most." What is said of clothing? THOMSON. CLOTH, what covers; any thing made TIPPET, the top; a garment for the of wool, flax or cotton. Is cloth warm? CLOTHES, covering for the body. Are your clothes tidy? CLOTHING, all kinds of garments, or coverings for the body. Have you much clothing? MANTLE, what shuts; a cloak, or loose covering for the body. Is the mantle made of silk? BELT, what is drawn round; a band worn round the waist. Do you wear a belt? neck. Is the tippet made of fur? HOOD, a head-cover; a covering for the head of a woman. May a hood be thick? HOSE, a heel-covering; a covering for the leg. Are woollen hose warmest? GLOVE, a cover; a cover for the hand. Do gloves keep your hands warm! SHOE, something put on; a covering for the foot. Are shoes made of leather? CAP, end or point; a low cover for HAT, a cover or defense; a cover for the head. May the boy wear his new cap? SLEEVE, the hand; that part of the dress which covers the arm. Are long sleeves warmest? the head. Does the boy wear a hat? SHROUD, what wraps; the dress of the dead. Are the dead put in shrouds? CHAPTER IV. MAN. THE house, food, clothing and furniture, are all little or nothing compared with man. He is the greatest study of life. "The glory, jest and riddle of the world." What is said of man? POPE NINETEENTH STUDY. MAN. MAN was made in the image of God; but sin has taken away his beauty and holiness. “How poor, how rich, how abject, how august, A beam ethereal, sullied and absorbed! Though sullied and dishonored, still divine!" YOUNG. MAN, a form or shape; a male of the GUEST, one who goes out; a visitor human race. Has man a soul? from a distance. Should we welcome a guest? WOMAN, Source of man; a female of HEATHEN, a dweller on the heath; THE body is the habitation of the soul. The old Saxons called it the soul's house. "Sure 'tis a serious thing to die; In that dread moment how the frantic soul 3 THE head of man is the seat of the soul. "Remove yon skull from out the scattered heaps! The dome of thought, the palace of the soul!” What is said of the head? BYRON. HEAD, the top; the upper part of the MOUTH, an outlet; the outlet of the BROW, a ridge; the ridge over the eye. Is the brow formed of short hairs? EYE, a fount; the organ of tears and sight. EAR, a shoot; the organ of hearing. Is the ear very delicate? BRAIN, the fore part; the soft substance in the skull. Is the brain in the head? Does the sense of sight reside in THROAT, Swallow; the front part of the eye? NECK, the knob, or nape; the part of the body between the head and the chest. Is my neck short? the neck. Is the throat in the neck? NAPE, a knob; the high joint of the neck behind. Is the nape of the neck behind? TWENTY-SECOND STUDY. THE CHEST-THE MIDDLE PART OF THE BODY. THE chest contains the lungs and the heart. "How his great heart Beats thick! his roomy chest by far too scant BLAIR. What is said of the chest? CHEST, a trunk; that part of the body BREATH, vapor; the air taken in and from the neck to the stomach. Is the chest the seat of the heart? BREAST, a bunch or swelling; the fore part of the chest. Is there a bone in the breast? BACK, a ridge; the hinder part of the chest. Should we turn our back to a person? RIB, side border; a bone which forms are. Which is your right side? LUNGS, long; the organs of breathing, consisting of air cells. Are there two lungs? thrown out of the lungs. HEART, strong; the vessel that holds the blood. Is blood carried away from the heart by arteries? LIVER, weight; a large red organ which separates bile. Is the liver in the right side? GALL, yellow; a bitter bottle-green fluid. Is the gall bitter? BLOOD, that which flows; the red fluid that flows from the heart. Is blood conveyed to the heart by veins ? LOIN, leaning in; the side below the ribs. Do the loins lean inward? TWENTY-THIRD STUDY. THE UPPER LIMBS. THE hand is a wonderful work. No tool in the world is so skilfully made. "I rose up to open to my beloved; and my hands dropped with myrrh, and my fingers with sweet-smelling myrrh."-BIBLE. What is said of the upper limbs ? LIMB, a branch; a branch of the body. Are there four limbs? ARM, a joint; the limb reaching from the shoulder to the hand. How many arms have you? SHOULDER, a shield; the joint connecting the arm and body. Is the hand useful? FINGER, that which takes; one of the extreme parts of the hand. Have you ten fingers? THUMB, an inch; the short thick finger. Is the thumb shorter than the other fingers? Is there a large bone in the FIST, fast or firm; the closed hand. shoulder? Can you knock with your THE lower limbs of the body are wisely framed for carrying us from place to place. "Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not."-BIBI E. What is said of the lower limbs? |