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... short . The short sound of the vocals is not marked . This mark ( " ) over a denotes its sound as heard in fär . This mark ( .. ) under a denotes its sound as heard in ball . This mark ( . ) under a denotes its sound as heard in what ...
... short . The short sound of the vocals is not marked . This mark ( " ) over a denotes its sound as heard in fär . This mark ( .. ) under a denotes its sound as heard in ball . This mark ( . ) under a denotes its sound as heard in what ...
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... short ; as in man ' - ner . Accent is primary , or full ; secondary , or slight ; as , on the word , ad ' - ver - sa ' ' - ry . Emphasis is a greater stress of voice , on one or more words in a sentence , to mark the sense of the ...
... short ; as in man ' - ner . Accent is primary , or full ; secondary , or slight ; as , on the word , ad ' - ver - sa ' ' - ry . Emphasis is a greater stress of voice , on one or more words in a sentence , to mark the sense of the ...
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... short en man ful lift cu LESSON 43 . boy ' ish nice ' ly un kind mis datef coy ish wise ly un ripe mis rate cool ish neat ly un well mis rule salt ish time ly un safe dis like sick ish kind ly un true dis robe dusk ish year by un hurt ...
... short en man ful lift cu LESSON 43 . boy ' ish nice ' ly un kind mis datef coy ish wise ly un ripe mis rate cool ish neat ly un well mis rule salt ish time ly un safe dis like sick ish kind ly un true dis robe dusk ish year by un hurt ...
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... short wan fissure labor chasm eleft toil work Defined thus : concise ( implies ) brief or short . Pallid ( implies ) pale or wan . A fissure ( implies a ) chasm or cleft . To labor ( implies to ) toil or work . A strict adherence to ...
... short wan fissure labor chasm eleft toil work Defined thus : concise ( implies ) brief or short . Pallid ( implies ) pale or wan . A fissure ( implies a ) chasm or cleft . To labor ( implies to ) toil or work . A strict adherence to ...
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... short jade tire smut black eälm still kink twist snärl growl lax loose lade load slake quench sour tärt leer squint slay kill sleek smoŎTI lend loan smite strike sheen bright miss fail streak stripe . sear dry chat talk sup sip queer ...
... short jade tire smut black eälm still kink twist snärl growl lax loose lade load slake quench sour tärt leer squint slay kill sleek smoŎTI lend loan smite strike sheen bright miss fail streak stripe . sear dry chat talk sup sip queer ...
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accent adjectives adverbs ance antepenult bär ceiv cial cif er ous cious column con test defined denotes its sound dent drol eate elean ence equi fore ful ly fy-ing-cation härd jeet leet lence less LESSON letters ling märk mean ment möve ness Nouns ol o gy ous ly pär pärt pertaining port preter primitive word Quadrupeds ra phy ri ous Rule sion sive sound as heard spell subvocal suffix syllable TABLE tain tate ting tion tive trans treach tude turb ture ty un vate Verbs vert vocals
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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...
Page 166 - ... sixth. seventh. eighth ninth. tenth. eleventh. twelfth. thirteenth. fourteenth. fifteenth. sixteenth. seventeenth. eighteenth.
Page 153 - Never be cast down by trifles. If a spider breaks his thread twenty times in a day, he patiently mends it each time. Make up your mind to do a good thing, it will be done. Fear not troubles, keep up your spirits, the darkness will pass away. If the sun is going down, look at the stars ; if they are hid by clouds, still look up to heaven, rely upon the promises of God, and be cheerful. Never yield to misfortunes.
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Page 155 - ... dam, to stop water damn, to condemn dear, costly deer, a wild animal dew, falling vapors due, owing die, to expire dye, to color...
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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...
Page 154 - ... au' ger, a tool. au gur, one who foretells. bail, surety. bale, a pack of goods. ball, a sphere. bawl, to cry aloud. base, low, vile. bass or base, in music. beer, a liquor. Ыer, to carry dead bodies. bin, a box. been, participle of be. ber
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