He does not know that some grammarians have contended that ay in day is a proper diphthong, in which both the vowels are heard; but, so pronouncing it himself, infers from the experiment, that there is no simpler sound of the vowel a. If this inference is not wrong, the word shape is to be pronounced sha-epe; and, in like manner, a multitude of other words will acquire a new element not commonly heard in them.

" "Ay, ay't has been a bad job, this last.

" "Ay, ay, you were no great matter, master Harry as to bulk; and a short hammock served your turn as well as the captain's birth.

Marcantonio hath no thought, save for Marina and Venice!" "Ay, 'for Marina and Venice,'" was the scornful answer, "but Venice first.

" "Ay, ay, sir," was the short, prompt response, and the most perfect order was kept.

"Ay, life and love are dreams, dear, and a mad world spins them out of nothing....

" "Ay, then, it's his beard.

And our gold-maker himself going to the Senate like a noble, with his friends the Cornaro and the Dandolo in crimson robesthe people thronging to see him pass!" "Ay, Bragadin was a saintly man!"

"Ay, Donald," she said, "it's a good day to us to see ye enter the house as a son; but I never thought o'" She stopped.

Ay, sweet as is the welcome wind That wafts the calm-lock'd seaman, smooth and fleet, O'er tropic seas unto his sigh'd-for Ind; Ay!

" "Ay, but the boldness, though the effect of a physical cause, is itself a moral entity.

" "Her skin is softer'n satin, Tex." "Ay, but you'll never touch it again, Dan." "Her eyes are deeper'n a pool at night an' her hair is all gold like ripe corn.

" "Ay, here is proof of it," returned the stranger, speaking so quick as again to betray how sensitively his mind was constructed.

Ay, and be borne to Newgate in Triumph, and be hanged in Triumph'twill be cold Comfort, celebrating your Nuptials in the Press-Yard, and be wak'd next Morning, like Mr. Barnardine in the PlayWill you please to rise and be hanged a little, Sir? Bel.

" "Ay, ay, sir, gold is gold; and any of it is good enough for me, though doubloons is my favourites.

"'Is that the only way?' "'Ay.

" "Ay, ay, sir," was the brief, professional reply.

Ay, ay; nought seek, nought have: An ill-husband is the first step to a knave.

Sa-ay when yuh figure two hundred cars a day rollin' through, and half of 'em comin' to yuh with grief of some kind" "It's darn little

The bride's "ay" was a sigh, the rapture a tear of sadness.

" "You mean that if trouble comes it will be at the ravine over which is the causeway?" "Ay, lad, an' there's no question about our gettin' it hot there!" Chapter VIII.