FORMULAS FOR AMERICAN BATTLES. A Queer Pack of Hounds, in running, can QUEBEC. Beat a Mill-boy the British learned that the Amer icans had A Rod in Pickle. The Bunker Hill Monument, reminds the British, that Yankees can Shoot Quickly. will not produce timber enough, A White Snow or a Foggy Show. in Europe, you can see An Athenian in a Low Coach. usually live in A City with Some King. would be a severe punishment, for the Foe of a Dutch King. Still Water, is a safe place for STILLWATER. A German, GERMANTOWN. A Boat or Heavy Gig. when hungry, likes the company of A Tea-saucer and a Cook. At Saratoga Springs, there can be seen, a lot of dan Tasting of Cake. SARATOGA. dies, In Rhode Island, they are near enough the ocean, to see A Fine Ebbing Wave. contains water enough, to fill A Chinese Cup. Fight the Chiefs. is a place where soldiers The King's Mountain, would make cooler dwellings KING'S MOUNTAIN. A Pen of Cows, than Hot-houses or Caves. is worth as much as An Estate and a Gift. Some Twelve or Two. Guilt in a Court-house, is discovered by A High Church on a Hill, is a better shelter, than A Rainy Loft. The Eutaw Springs, in Carolina, will, like the springs A Little Canoe, takes many TIPPECANOE. A Fine Spear. A Wet Tossing on the Tide. The Queen of England, was thought by Prince Albert, QUEENSTOWN. A Frenchman, FRENCHTOWN. A Witty and Sweet Maiden. is as polite as A Sedate Madam. At Sacket's Harbor, ship-carpenters repair a vessel, SACKET'S HARBOR. and Lay a New Bottom. can be made by chopping An Oak or a Hazel Tree. affords a passage across Canal-water. are heard from the lips of every does not show Fine Orator. An Ebb of Tide-water. is sometimes seen on the Bough of a Date-tree. A Ball-room floor, is the scene of some exhibitions of BALTIMORE. At New Orleans, - the NEW ORLEANS. Sand and Cinders, in time of war, produce Pedantry. Hosts Fought Well. A Shaking Palm Tree, over a river, would be A Loose Bridge. The Monterey Cathedral, looked to the soldiers like An Abbey on a Narrow Ridge. or little children, are well Known in New York. is rarely partaken by are always able to would look like A Nun in Africa. Man a Bark. A Red Cork. A Fancy Ring. A Bad Mark. or battering-ram, in striking a house, makes by Gen. Scott, or Beat by a Warrior Whig. INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE USE OF THE NOMENCLATURE TABLE, AND LEARNING THE SOVEREIGNS OF FRANCE. The Nomenclature Table that follows, on page 133, is probably the most powerful aid to the memory, of any principle in Mnemotechny. Though, where all are important, and none can be fully appreciated without a knowledge of the others, it is difficult to tell which is the most useful or interesting. By the use of this Nomenclature Table, or new method of counting, as we call it, any person can perform most surprising feats of Memory. More names or figures can be committed to memory in one hour, by the aid of a Table like this, than by a day's study in the ordinary way. Let us see first its application to the Sovereigns of France. It will be observed, that each word in the table stands for the number it is intended to represent. Hat translates to No. 1, Honey to No. 2, and so on to the last word. This Table must first be committed to memory. The Sovereigns of France can be learned after committing it as high as 56. Eventually the Table must be learned up to 100, so fluently, that we can count as readily by saying Hat, Honey, Home, Harrow, &c., as we now can by One, Two, Three and Four. This Table is to be used as a method of counting. As each word articulates and translates according to the number it represents, we can, by a little practice, get so that when a number is given, we can instantly speak the word. If 52 is spoken, by thinking of the articulations le, ne, we recall the word Lion, and the same of any word wanted. On the other hand, when a word is given, like Rock, we can instantly tell its number (47) by translation. Let the student first learn the Table as high as word Juice, or No. 60. Next read over carefully, four or five times, the Homophonic Analogies on pages 136 and 137. The first twelve Homophonics, for the Governments, and the Sovereigns where there is but one of a name, will be readily understood. Where there are several Kings of one name, but of different numbers, like Henry 1st., 2nd., &c., a different kind of Homophonic is used. It will be easily understood after a little examination. Each Homophonic Analogy begins with some prominent letter or articulation found in the name of the King, and ends with an articulation that represents the number of the King. For example, each Homophonic for the Henrys, begins with R, and ends with t, n, m, or r, according to the number of the Henry represented. Henry I. is shown by the word Ri-te, the Re being for Henry, and te for 1. Henry II. has Ru-in, Re for Henry, and ne for 2. The Kings by the name of Louis, have Homophonics all beginning with L, and ending with one or two articulations which represent the number of the Louis. By looking these over carefully, four or five times, the learner will be able to repeat them both ways; that is, if a King is mentioned, like Robert I., the Homophonic Rabbit can be given, and if Fair is mentioned, Philip IV. can be given as its King. These must be made familiar, when the formulas on pages 138, 139 and 140 may be learned. The words in the formulas which represent figures, are in Antique Type, and the Homophonics representing the Sovereigns or Governments are in SMALL CAPITALS. After the formulas are learned, by a little practice, any King or Government can be called to mind, and the number, date and years of each reign or government given readily. The final phrase in each formula represents first the date, then all the remaining figures stand for the number of years the Sovereign reigned, or the time that administration or government continued. |