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... plant lent vent tint smelt bōlt rant pent went stint No. 24. - XXIV . brunt wept smärt snort läst gest grunt swept pärt Irunt ärt sort bläst hest tärt tort mäst chest bär , fall , what , prey , marine , Spelling Book . 23.
... plant lent vent tint smelt bōlt rant pent went stint No. 24. - XXIV . brunt wept smärt snort läst gest grunt swept pärt Irunt ärt sort bläst hest tärt tort mäst chest bär , fall , what , prey , marine , Spelling Book . 23.
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... Plants grow in the 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 ...
... Plants grow in the 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 ...
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... plants . An elegy is a funeral song . A prodigy is something very wonderful . An effigy is an image or likeness of a person . Blasphemy is contemptuous treatment of God . Litany is a solemn service of prayer to God . Larceny is theft ...
... plants . An elegy is a funeral song . A prodigy is something very wonderful . An effigy is an image or likeness of a person . Blasphemy is contemptuous treatment of God . Litany is a solemn service of prayer to God . Larceny is theft ...
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... plant of America . Pimento is the plant whose berries we call allspice . Savage nations inhabit huts and wigwams . Paternal care and maternal love are great blessings to children , and should be repaid with their duty and affection ...
... plant of America . Pimento is the plant whose berries we call allspice . Savage nations inhabit huts and wigwams . Paternal care and maternal love are great blessings to children , and should be repaid with their duty and affection ...
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... plant of America . No. 76. - LXXVI . Words of three syllables , accented on the last . 1 Ap per tain su per vene in ter vene im por tune . op por tune in se cure in ter fere pre ma ture im ma ture ad ver tise re com pose de com pose in ...
... plant of America . No. 76. - LXXVI . Words of three syllables , accented on the last . 1 Ap per tain su per vene in ter vene im por tune . op por tune in se cure in ter fere pre ma ture im ma ture ad ver tise re com pose de com pose in ...
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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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