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accent Adjectives adverbs ance antepenult bär ceive cial cif er ous cious cir eum column con test defined denotes its sound dent eälm eär elam elean ence eoun equi fore ful ly ful ness fy-ing-cation härd jeet leet lence less LESSON letters ling märk mean ment möve ness Nouns ous ly pär pärt penult pertaining port preter primitive word Quadrupeds ra phy ri ous Rule sion sive sound as heard spell subvocal suffix syllable TABLE tain ting tive traet trans treach tude turb ture ty un vate Verbs vert vocals
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Page 160 - PUNCTUATION. PUNCTUATION is the art of dividing a written composition into sentences, or parts of sentences, by points or stops, for the purpose of marking the different pauses, which the sense and an accurate pronunciation require.
Page 118 - Monosyllables, and words accented on the last syllable, ending with a single consonant preceded by a single vowel, double that consonant, when they take another syllable beginning with a vowel...
Page 82 - ve seen him drop To call our robin in, — The line that held his pretty kite, His bow, his cup and ball, — The slate on which he learned to write, His feather, cap, and all...
Page 153 - ... found from home, nor without a home. The rose is sweetest when it first opens ; the spikenard root, when the herb dies. Beauty belongs to youth, and dies with it, but the odour of piety survives death, and perfumes the tomb. Never be cast down by trifles. If a spider breaks his thread twenty times in a day, he patiently mends it each time. Make up your mind to do a good thing, it will be done. Fear not troubles, keep up your spirits, the darkness will pass away. If the sun is going down, look...
Page 153 - If you have an enemy act kindly to him, and make him your friend. You may not win him over at once, but try again. Let one kindness be followed by another...
Page 153 - ... your enemies by kindness, preserve your friends by prudence, deserve the esteem of all by goodness. The road ambition travels, is too narrow for friendship, too crooked for love, too rugged for honesty, too dark for science, and too hilly for happiness. Evil thoughts are dangerous enemies, and should be repulsed at the threshold of our minds. Fill the head and heart with good thoughts, that there be no room for bad ones. Drinking water, neither makes a man sick nor in debt, or his wife a widow....
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Page 163 - N. North. . NB take notice. NC North Carolina. NH New Hampshire. NJ New Jersey. No. Number. Nov. November. NS New Style. NWT North Western Territory. NY New- York. Obj. Objection. Obt. Obedient. Oct. October. OS Old Style. Par!. Parliament. Pa. Penn. Pennsylvania.
Page 154 - ... to change ant, a little insect aunt, a sister to a parent arc, part of a circle ark, a vessel as cent, rise as sent, agreement au ger, a tool au gur, one who foretells bail, surety bale, a pack of goods ball, a sphere bawl, to cry aloud bare, naked bear, a beast base, low, vile bass or base, in music bay, an inlet of water bey, a Turkish...
Page 153 - Happiness, like a snail, is never found from home, nor without a home. The rose is sweetest when it first opens ; the spikenard root, when the herb dies. Beauty belongs to youth, and dies with it, but the odour of piety survives death, and perfumes the tomb. Never be cast down by trifles. If a spider breaks his thread twenty times in a day, he patiently mends it each time. Make up your mind to do a good thing, it will be done. Fear not troubles, keep up your spirits, the darkness will pass away....