Loop-Str

See paragraphs 96 and 97.

Par. 96. - Pester, boaster, faster, duster, coaster, castor, bolster, barrister, Munster, lobster, chorister, Zoroaster, register, barge-master, songster, teamster, master, dexter, Axminster.

Par. 97. - Fosters, toasters, hucksters, festers, youngsters, posters, ulsters, barristers, dabsters, jesters, bolsters, suggesters, readjusters, canisters, ballet-masters.

Dictation Exercise

Alabaster, ancestor, banister, ballet-master, barrack-master, canister, Chester, dabster, detester, digester, feaster, fester, foster, forester, gamester, holster, huckster, impostor, jester, juster, luster, minster, muster, pastor, paymaster, pilaster, poster, poetaster, readjuster, sinister, singing-master, suggester, taster, toaster, ulster, vaster, Webster, youngster.

Ancestors, banisters, barge-masters, barrack-masters, bolsters, boasters, castors, Chester's, choristers, coasters, detesters, digesters, dusters, feasters, foresters, gamesters, holsters, impostors, masters, musters, pastors, paymasters, pesters, pilasters, poetasters, registers, singing-masters, songsters, teamsters, Webster's.

EXERCISE XXVII. Circle and Loop Grammalogues. For each of the following grammalogues write the corresponding logogram, filling a line with each; Is, his, as, has, this, its, yours, some, six, said, such, seem, seen, first, just, must, most, next.

1. Of two ills the less is always to be chosen; of six ills the least. 2. He who goes to borrow shall some day sorrow. 3. To die is a debt we must all of us pay at last. 4. They who think least are the most ready to talk. 5. In the first years of our life we must lay by for the last. 6. Our time is as a shadow which passeth away. 7. He who takes the first step in the path of dishonesty must take the next. 8. He who has a tongue in his head should keep it in check. 9. He has no time who makes no use of time. 10. They may be said to have much who enjoy much. II. Sorrow and shame await such as despise the day of small things. 12. A rank knave may seem to speak just like any honest fellow. 13. If you fill the purse of any hale fellow you may lack enough to fill yours. 14. Many fear the just use of a thing because they have seen its abuse. 15. If we are wise we will seek to make this day the best day in our lives.