Town's Spelling and Defining Book: Containing Rules for Designating the Accented Syllable in Most Words in the Language: Being an Introduction to Town's Analysis |
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... ment paint mill er bur den load por tion part mer chant bob bin spool pros pect view nail er can on law pur view scope paint er con tact touch ra dix root pot ter cord age ropes rai ment clothes saw yer cov ey brood rab ble mob sad dler ...
... ment paint mill er bur den load por tion part mer chant bob bin spool pros pect view nail er can on law pur view scope paint er con tact touch ra dix root pot ter cord age ropes rai ment clothes saw yer cov ey brood rab ble mob sad dler ...
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... ment mourn grieve for mer lat ter pro pel push shove feel ing numb ness pro cure gain get hith er thith er re tain hold keep home ly hand some ho ly sin ful buf ' fet box slap hast en loit er col or stain dye hil ly lev el cow er crouch ...
... ment mourn grieve for mer lat ter pro pel push shove feel ing numb ness pro cure gain get hith er thith er re tain hold keep home ly hand some ho ly sin ful buf ' fet box slap hast en loit er col or stain dye hil ly lev el cow er crouch ...
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... ment bed lam mad house i ris rain bow blos som flow er brave ry cour age junc tion lar gess breth ren broth ers laun dry wash room brim stone sul phur loo by car nage cai tiff slaugh ter lug gage vil lain lus tre cinct ure gir dle man ...
... ment bed lam mad house i ris rain bow blos som flow er brave ry cour age junc tion lar gess breth ren broth ers laun dry wash room brim stone sul phur loo by car nage cai tiff slaugh ter lug gage vil lain lus tre cinct ure gir dle man ...
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... ment fu tile use less vest ure gar ment fla grant gla ring un guent oint ment gen ial cheer ing ac cess ' auc ' tion ap proach ' hor'rid shock'ing ven due ja cent cre dence be lief jun ior in cense lect ure plaud it rel ics scan dal per ...
... ment fu tile use less vest ure gar ment fla grant gla ring un guent oint ment gen ial cheer ing ac cess ' auc ' tion ap proach ' hor'rid shock'ing ven due ja cent cre dence be lief jun ior in cense lect ure plaud it rel ics scan dal per ...
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... ment ill ness sick ness pu pil rap ine stu dent schol ar plun der pil lage cow itch cow slip colts foot coc kle ser aph cher ub an gel cum in ten or pur port mean ing cum frey thrall dom slave ry bond age dai sy vor tex ed dy whirl pool ...
... ment ill ness sick ness pu pil rap ine stu dent schol ar plun der pil lage cow itch cow slip colts foot coc kle ser aph cher ub an gel cum in ten or pur port mean ing cum frey thrall dom slave ry bond age dai sy vor tex ed dy whirl pool ...
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accent Adjectives antepenult Atlantic Ocean cate cation ceive cent cide cious column consonant defined dent digraph diphthong ence equi fold fore gate ible late lect lence less LESSON letters mean ment mute nate ness nif er ous Nouns ol o gy penult pertaining prefix preter primitive word primitives are verbs ra phy ri ous rif er rif er ous rous Rule sion sound suffix syllable TABLE tain tate tion tious tive trans treach tude ture ty un vate vert vowel W double words of three zard
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Page 104 - Some high or humble enterprise of good Contemplate, till it shall possess thy mind, Become thy study, pastime, rest, and food, And kindle in thy heart a flame refined. Pray Heaven for firmness thy whole soul to bind To this thy purpose — to begin, pursue, With thoughts all fixed, and feelings purely kind ; Strength to complete, and with delight review, And grace to give the praise where all is ever due.
Page 158 - ... twelve thirteen fourteen fifteen sixteen seventeen eighteen nineteen twenty thirty forty fifty sixty seventy eighty ninety one hundred two hundred three hundred four hundred five hundred six hundred seven hundred eight hundred nine hundred one thousand first.
Page 103 - The morn has but just looked out, and smiled, When he starts from his humble grassy nest, And is up and away with the dew on his breast, And a hymn in his heart, to yon pure bright sphere, To warble it out in his Maker's ear. Ever, my child ! be thy morn's first lays Tuned, like the lark's, to thy Maker's praise. What is that, mother...
Page 82 - Perhaps in this neglected spot is laid Some heart once pregnant with celestial fire ; Hands that the rod of empire might have swayed, Or waked to ecstasy the living lyre...
Page 104 - WOULDST thou from sorrow find a sweet relief? Or is thy heart oppressed with woes untold ? Balm wouldst thou gather for corroding grief ? Pour "blessings round thee like a shower of gold. — 'Tis when the rose is...
Page 150 - PUNCTUATION. PUNCTUATION is the art of dividing a written composition into sentences, or parts of sentences, by points or stops, for the purpose of marking the different pauses, which the sense and an accurate pronunciation require.
Page 104 - Wake, thou that sleepest in enchanted bowers, Lest these lost years should haunt thee on the night When death is waiting for thy numbered hours To take their swift and everlasting flight ; Wake, ere the earth-born charm unnerve thee quite, And be thy thoughts to work divine addressed; Do something — do it soon — with all thy might ; An angel's wing would droop if long at rest, And God himself, inactive, were no longer blessed.
Page 20 - IV and y are consonants when they begin a word or syllable ; but in every other situation they are vowels.
Page 57 - To do to others as I would That they should do to me, Will make me honest, kind, and good, As children ought to be.
Page 103 - WHAT IS THAT, MOTHER?" WHAT is that, Mother? — The lark, my child ! — The morn has but just look'd out, and smiled, When he starts from his humble grassy nest, And is up and away, with the dew on his breast, And a hymn in his heart, to yon pure, bright sphere, To warble it out in his Maker's ear. Ever, my child, be thy morn's first lays Tuned, like the lark's, to thy Maker's praise. What...