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accent adjectives adverbs al low ance antepenult bär cate cation ceiv cent cher cial cif er ous cious cir eum column con test defined denotes its sound dent doub drol ence fore ful ly ful ness leet lence less LESSON letters mean ment möve ness Nouns ol o gy 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 tate ting tion tive trans treach tude turb ture ty un Verbs vert vocals
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Page 120 - 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 84 - 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 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 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 3 - Now the Child being entred in his Letters and Spelling, let him learn these and such like Sentences by Heart." By the 1830s, however, spelling was under challenge, and textbooks rushed to redefine its value as literacy instruction. Salem Town's Spelling and Defining Book (1838) insisted that "a child being taught, both to read and to spell, should be taught, at the same time, to understand what he reads...
Page 153 - ... read through, ending in death. Be wise in time, that you may be happy in eternity. 3 n2 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,...
Page 153 - ... 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 at the stars ; if they are hid by clouds, still look up to heaven, rely upon the promises of God, and be cheerful. Never yield to misfortunes. Mind what you run after ; avoid bubbles that will burst, and fire-works that end in smoke ; get that which is worth keeping, and can be kept. Fight against a hasty temper ; a spark may set a house on...
Page 84 - 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 165 - L. one out of, or composed of, many; the motto of the United States. Ex, L. out ; as, ex-minister, a minister out of office. Excelsior, L. more elevated ; motto of the State of New York.
Page 153 - NEVER be cast down by trifles. If a spider breaks his thread twenty times, twenty times will he mend it again. Make up your minds to do a thing, and you will do it.