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... ship trip skim plum glen flap skip strip brim erum chin slap clip frit grim drum skin snap flip split No. 29. - XXIX . chop chär flat slit blot slut shop spär plat smit clot smut slop stär spat spit plot glut crop stir brat brit spot ...
... ship trip skim plum glen flap skip strip brim erum chin slap clip frit grim drum skin snap flip split No. 29. - XXIX . chop chär flat slit blot slut shop spär plat smit clot smut slop stär spat spit plot glut crop stir brat brit spot ...
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... Ships go to sea . The boy can chop . The man shot a ball . I saw her skim the milk in a pan . A plum will hang by a stem . The boy had a drum . No. 30. - XXX . bulb bōld band brand wend fond bärb cōld hand end blend pond gärb göld land ...
... Ships go to sea . The boy can chop . The man shot a ball . I saw her skim the milk in a pan . A plum will hang by a stem . The boy had a drum . No. 30. - XXX . bulb bōld band brand wend fond bärb cōld hand end blend pond gärb göld land ...
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... ships have a convoy . Kings are men of high renown , Who fight , and strive to wear a crown . God created the heavens and the earth in six days , and all that was made was very good . God will destroy the wicked . No. 33. - XXXIII ...
... ships have a convoy . Kings are men of high renown , Who fight , and strive to wear a crown . God created the heavens and the earth in six days , and all that was made was very good . God will destroy the wicked . No. 33. - XXXIII ...
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... ship has a tall mast . I like to see a good stone wall round a farm . A pear tree grows from the seed of a pear . A good boy will try to spell and read well . Do not lose nor sell your books . A good son will help his father . I dwell ...
... ship has a tall mast . I like to see a good stone wall round a farm . A pear tree grows from the seed of a pear . A good boy will try to spell and read well . Do not lose nor sell your books . A good son will help his father . I dwell ...
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... ship with ropes . The beams of a wood - house are held up by posts and joists ; these are parts of the frame . God makes the ground bring forth fruit for man and beast . The globe is nearly round like a ball . The dark cloud will shed ...
... ship with ropes . The beams of a wood - house are held up by posts and joists ; these are parts of the frame . God makes the ground bring forth fruit for man and beast . The globe is nearly round like a ball . The dark cloud will shed ...
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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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