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... called guttural , being confined to the throat ; and the other head , because , by the opening of the nasal passages , it ascends into the cavities of the skull . 2 The common defect in the articulation of b is a want of force in the ...
... called guttural , being confined to the throat ; and the other head , because , by the opening of the nasal passages , it ascends into the cavities of the skull . 2 The common defect in the articulation of b is a want of force in the ...
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... called Fanny , lives there , who is very thankful that she has been so happy and safe through the long winter . 7. She is come out into the fields to look about and see if the trees are budding , and if the snow is gone from the hollow ...
... called Fanny , lives there , who is very thankful that she has been so happy and safe through the long winter . 7. She is come out into the fields to look about and see if the trees are budding , and if the snow is gone from the hollow ...
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... called . 9. In a short time , however , the dog and the cat became good friends . Francis taught them to be so . They saw that he was always kind to both of them , and they became kind to each other . 10. They would eat their dinner out ...
... called . 9. In a short time , however , the dog and the cat became good friends . Francis taught them to be so . They saw that he was always kind to both of them , and they became kind to each other . 10. They would eat their dinner out ...
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... called them Indians , because we supposed that the land was a part of India . Their skins were not white like ours , but of a dark brown color . 11. They had bows and spears in their hands . At first they looked at us as if they thought ...
... called them Indians , because we supposed that the land was a part of India . Their skins were not white like ours , but of a dark brown color . 11. They had bows and spears in their hands . At first they looked at us as if they thought ...
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... , and was , when her brother came into the nursery , covered with cobwebs . 8. Susan was called in haste to dress her ; but Emma was so extremely careless of her clothes , and tore them so much every day , 98 THE SECOND PRIMARY READER .
... , and was , when her brother came into the nursery , covered with cobwebs . 8. Susan was called in haste to dress her ; but Emma was so extremely careless of her clothes , and tore them so much every day , 98 THE SECOND PRIMARY READER .
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The Second Primary Reader: Consisting of Extracts in Prose and Verse, With ... George Stillman Hillard No preview available - 2017 |
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Common terms and phrases
asked be-câuşe beau'ti-fûl bird at home blind breeze brothers and sisters brought BUSY BEE cage CARELESS GIRL Carlo Clara cried cubs cuckoo dirty door Emma Fanny father and mother forgot Francis Frisk frock frogs gär'den garden green grew happy hear Henry hung hurt killed killed the poor kind knew lady linnet little boy little girl little lamb little Robin Redbreast look Mary mörn'ing morning moth'er nest never nice night old bear once play pleaş'ant pleased poor little bird praise pretty pretty thing Pronounced thâwt Richard RICHARD JONES Sarah sheep shining hour ships shore sight sing song soon sorry sound tâught tell thimble thing thought threw throw stones told Tom Brown tree TURKEY vocal vowel walk wěl'come William wind wings wolf woods wrong
Popular passages
Page 18 - TWINKLE, twinkle, little star, How I wonder what you are ! Up above the world so high, Like a diamond in the sky. When the blazing sun is gone, When he nothing shines upon, Then you show your little light, Twinkle, twinkle, all the night. Then the traveller in the dark, Thanks you for your tiny spark : He could not see which way to go, If you did not twinkle so.
Page 52 - In works of labor or of skill, I would be busy too; For Satan finds some mischief still For idle hands to do.
Page 106 - ... a place for every thing, and every thing in its place...
Page 31 - Mary had a little lamb, Its fleece was white as snow, And everywhere that Mary went The lamb was sure to go; He followed her to school one day — That was against the rule. It made the children laugh and play To see a lamb at school.
Page 51 - HOW doth the little busy bee Improve each shining hour, And gather honey all the day From every opening flower...
Page 31 - I'm not afraid — You'll keep me from all harm." "What makes the lamb love Mary so?" The eager children cry. "Oh, Mary loves the lamb, you know...
Page 59 - THAT it were my chief delight, To do the things I ought ! Then let me try with all my might To mind what I am taught. Wherever I am told to go, I'll cheerfully obey ; Nor will I mind it much, although I leave a pretty play.
Page 19 - In the dark blue sky you keep, And often through my curtains peep, For you never shut your eye Till the sun is in the sky. As your bright and tiny spark Lights the traveller in the dark, Though I know not what you are. Twinkle, twinkle, little star.
Page 24 - Young birds in their pretty nest, I must not in play Steal the birds away, To grieve their mother's breast. My mother, I know, Would sorrow so, Should I be stolen away; So I'll speak to the birds In my softest words, Nor hurt them in my play.
Page 12 - His errors, which extend in similar classes of words throughout all his dictionaries, arise from his imperfect knowledge of the power of the letter r. A moment's reflection will show that this letter has a peculiar influence on both the long and the short sound of the vowel which precedes it, in a monosyllable, or in...