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... port , all of which are abstract definitions , Walker has defined about 11,000 in the same manner , and Johnson 8,000 . When the best abstract definition is learned , the child will readily perceive the different applications of such ...
... port , all of which are abstract definitions , Walker has defined about 11,000 in the same manner , and Johnson 8,000 . When the best abstract definition is learned , the child will readily perceive the different applications of such ...
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... port pull look leck wasp food torn full nook seek wash mood worn puss took week wand rood pore put LESSON 28 . cove doom reek deal bēam beat 1 hove loom meek heal ream feat rove 1'00m feel meal seam heat wove boon heel seal team meat ...
... port pull look leck wasp food torn full nook seek wash mood worn puss took week wand rood pore put LESSON 28 . cove doom reek deal bēam beat 1 hove loom meek heal ream feat rove 1'00m feel meal seam heat wove boon heel seal team meat ...
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... e ' rä ġe ' nus e ther gra vy fil ings amo dish da tive flo rist mo tive de ist fu mid mu cid be ing dur ing la bel pa ' thos port al pul pit re bus ra ven slīd er triad sax ' on em ' press for ty wel 26 TOWN'S SPELLING BOOK .
... e ' rä ġe ' nus e ther gra vy fil ings amo dish da tive flo rist mo tive de ist fu mid mu cid be ing dur ing la bel pa ' thos port al pul pit re bus ra ven slīd er triad sax ' on em ' press for ty wel 26 TOWN'S SPELLING BOOK .
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... day scorn er knowledge trop ie for est sit ting si lence still ness sea port här bor wim ble • gim let sly ness eun ning ad vent eom ing af fray ' quar rel serip ' tures bi ' ble ag ile sin ew 42 TOWN'S SPELLING BOOK .
... day scorn er knowledge trop ie for est sit ting si lence still ness sea port här bor wim ble • gim let sly ness eun ning ad vent eom ing af fray ' quar rel serip ' tures bi ' ble ag ile sin ew 42 TOWN'S SPELLING BOOK .
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... port finch man ner meth od mode goose " mam mon rich es wealth gull bee tle mal let mall grouse mon ey spe cie cash hen } eon tour sketch hawk fal con der gan gos ling howl et hum bird kill dee peo ' ple folks jay lin net mam met doll ...
... port finch man ner meth od mode goose " mam mon rich es wealth gull bee tle mal let mall grouse mon ey spe cie cash hen } eon tour sketch hawk fal con der gan gos ling howl et hum bird kill dee peo ' ple folks jay lin net mam met doll ...
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Page 153 - If you have an enemy act kindly to him, and make him your friend. You may not win him over at once, but try again. Let one kindness be followed by another...
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Page 153 - ... truth. The former sought her among the stars, the latter found her at his feet. Life, to youth, is a fairy tale just opened; to old age, a tale read through, ending in death. Be wise in time, that you may be happy in eternity. 3 n2 Happiness, like a snail, is never found from home, nor without a home. The rose is sweetest when it first opens ; the spikenard root, when the herb dies. Beauty belongs to youth, and dies with it, but the odour of piety survives death, and perfumes the tomb.
Page 153 - ... they will govern you. Conquer your enemies by kindness, preserve your friends by prudence, deserve the esteem of all by goodness. The road ambition travels, is too narrow for friendship, too crooked for love, too rugged for honesty, too dark for science, and too hilly for happiness. Evil thoughts are dangerous enemies, and should be repulsed at the threshold of our minds. Fill the head and heart with good thoughts, that there be no room for bad ones. Drinking water, neither makes a man sick nor...
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