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... body or globe In the nose are the organs of smell . We love to hear a chime of bells . A shrine is a case or box . A great heat will fuse tin . Style not in verse is called prose . A phrase is a short form of speech . void spoil No. 48 ...
... body or globe In the nose are the organs of smell . We love to hear a chime of bells . A shrine is a case or box . A great heat will fuse tin . Style not in verse is called prose . A phrase is a short form of speech . void spoil No. 48 ...
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... body , like a ball .. A bribe is that which is given to corrupt the judgment , or seduce from justice . A smile shows when we are pleased . No. 56. - LVI . Words of two syllables , accented on the first . 2 Ban ' ter mat ter lie tor tan ...
... body , like a ball .. A bribe is that which is given to corrupt the judgment , or seduce from justice . A smile shows when we are pleased . No. 56. - LVI . Words of two syllables , accented on the first . 2 Ban ' ter mat ter lie tor tan ...
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... body . We look with amazement on the evils of strong drink . The gambler is uneasy when he is at home . An indorser indorses his name on the back of a note ; and his indorsement makes him liable to pay the note . An arch - bishop is a ...
... body . We look with amazement on the evils of strong drink . The gambler is uneasy when he is at home . An indorser indorses his name on the back of a note ; and his indorsement makes him liable to pay the note . An arch - bishop is a ...
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... bodies are mortal ; they will soon die Utensils are tools to work with . Plows , axes and hoes are utensils for farming ; needles and scissors are utensils for females . A formal meeting , is one where the forms of ceremony are observed ...
... bodies are mortal ; they will soon die Utensils are tools to work with . Plows , axes and hoes are utensils for farming ; needles and scissors are utensils for females . A formal meeting , is one where the forms of ceremony are observed ...
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... body . No. 74. - LXXIV . Words of two syllables , accented on the first . Brace let dri ver tu mor eri sis di et qui et • ma jor la bor mi nor ta bor gra ter fo cus tu mult bōl ster ra zor se cret po et to phet bye let stu por ce dar ju ...
... body . No. 74. - LXXIV . Words of two syllables , accented on the first . Brace let dri ver tu mor eri sis di et qui et • ma jor la bor mi nor ta bor gra ter fo cus tu mult bōl ster ra zor se cret po et to phet bye let stu por ce dar ju ...
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accented Adjectives al low bär ben e bil i ty bird cate cent chaise cher chro cial cious cism consonant coun denotes dent digraph diphthong dove fall four syllables fu sion gent geon ging la tion lar i ty late letters ling lous lōw ly ness marïne mat ie ment möve Noah Webster nouns orthography pär pärt plural prey pronounced pronunciation ra phy ri ous ri ty rize sive sound Spelling Book syllables tain tate thin thou three syllables tial tion ex tious tism tive trae trans trees ture Verbs vowel whạt Words of four Words of three
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Page 143 - It is no more than justice, quoth the Farmer, to be sure : But, what did I say ? — I mistake. It is your bull that has killed one of my oxen. Indeed ! says the Lawyer ; that alters the case : I must inquire into the affair ; and if — And IF ! said the Farmer — the business, I find, would have been concluded without an IF, had you been as ready to do justice to others as to exact it from them.
Page 143 - I should be glad to know how I am to make you reparation." " Thou art a very honest fellow," replied the Lawyer, " and wilt not think it unreasonable that I expect one of thy oxen in return." " It is no more than justice," quoth the Farmer, " to be sure ; but what did I say — I mistake — it is your bull that has killed one of my oxen.
Page 8 - M are vowels or diphthongs ; to is also a vowel ; and y is either a vowel, a diphthong, or a consonant. A has five sounds, as in late, ask, ball, hat, what. E has three sounds, as in mete, met, prey. I has three sounds, as in pine, pit, fatigue. O has four sounds, as in note, not, move, dove. U has three sounds, as in truth, but, bush. Y has two sounds, as in chyle, pity. The sounds of the vowels most generally used, are the long and the short. Examples of the first or long sound. a in make, fate,...
Page 143 - FARMER came to a neighbouring lawyer, expressing great concern for an accident which, he said, had just happened. "One of your oxen...
Page 18 - LESSON 4. am em im om um an en in on un ap ep ip op up ar er ir or ur as es is os us at et it ot ut ax ex ix ox ux 9 LESSON 5.
Page 142 - HASTY and inconsiderate connections are generally attended with great disadvantages : and much of every man's good or ill fortune depends upon the choice he makes of his friends. A good-natured Spaniel overtook a surly Mastiff, as he was travelling upon the high road.
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