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... ground . We burn oil in tin and glass lamps . The lame man limps on his lame leg . We make ropes of hemp and flax . A rude girl will romp in the street . The good girl may jump the rope . A duck is a plump fowl . The horse drinks at the ...
... ground . We burn oil in tin and glass lamps . The lame man limps on his lame leg . We make ropes of hemp and flax . A rude girl will romp in the street . The good girl may jump the rope . A duck is a plump fowl . The horse drinks at the ...
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... ground from seeds . The man cuts down trees with his ax . Eels swim in the brook . Sharp tools are made of steel . ton The sun seems to rise and set each day . The ax has a keen edge and cuts well . In the spring the grass looks green ...
... ground from seeds . The man cuts down trees with his ax . Eels swim in the brook . Sharp tools are made of steel . ton The sun seems to rise and set each day . The ax has a keen edge and cuts well . In the spring the grass looks green ...
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... are the largest copper coins . Silver and copper ores are dug out of the ground , and melted in a very hot fire . A mercer is one who deals in silks . Lacker is a kind of varnish . bär , fall , what , prey , marine , Spelling Book . 35.
... are the largest copper coins . Silver and copper ores are dug out of the ground , and melted in a very hot fire . A mercer is one who deals in silks . Lacker is a kind of varnish . bär , fall , what , prey , marine , Spelling Book . 35.
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... noise hoist pound coin poise joist round soil loin coif moist join coil toil foil oint quoif ground bound sound groin quoit found wound roil joint choir foist hound moun D. bär , fall , whạt , prey , marïne , Spelling Book . 37.
... noise hoist pound coin poise joist round soil loin coif moist join coil toil foil oint quoif ground bound sound groin quoit found wound roil joint choir foist hound moun D. bär , fall , whạt , prey , marïne , Spelling Book . 37.
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... ground . A trout is a good fish to eat . An ox is a stout , tame beast . Fowls have wings to fly in the air . Wolves ... ground . Rain will make the ground moist . You can broil a beef steak over the coals of fire We move our limbs at ...
... ground . A trout is a good fish to eat . An ox is a stout , tame beast . Fowls have wings to fly in the air . Wolves ... ground . Rain will make the ground moist . You can broil a beef steak over the coals of fire We move our limbs at ...
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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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