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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... tion of all good teaching , is , that a child being taught , both to read and to spell , should be taught , at the same time , to un- derstand what he reads and spells . It is this principle , which has suggested the plan of the present ...
... tion of all good teaching , is , that a child being taught , both to read and to spell , should be taught , at the same time , to un- derstand what he reads and spells . It is this principle , which has suggested the plan of the present ...
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... tion , are pronounced ( shun . ) cient , tient , ( shent . ) ceous , cious , tious , scious , ( shus . ) cial , sial , tial , ( shal . ) cean , cian , tian , ( shan . ) science , tience , ( shense . ) geous , gious , ( jus . ) geon ...
... tion , are pronounced ( shun . ) cient , tient , ( shent . ) ceous , cious , tious , scious , ( shus . ) cial , sial , tial , ( shal . ) cean , cian , tian , ( shan . ) science , tience , ( shense . ) geous , gious , ( jus . ) geon ...
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... tion , sion , & c . page 10th . LESSON 9 . EXPLANATIONS FOR THE TEACHER . By an abstract definition ,. ab sent al um ... tion gra cious par tial sa tiate ra tion spa cious mo tion lus cious nup so cial tial so ciate no tion cap tious pa ...
... tion , sion , & c . page 10th . LESSON 9 . EXPLANATIONS FOR THE TEACHER . By an abstract definition ,. ab sent al um ... tion gra cious par tial sa tiate ra tion spa cious mo tion lus cious nup so cial tial so ciate no tion cap tious pa ...
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... tion choice ma son bul let ball pig my dwarf mi ner bun dle roll pig 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 ...
... tion choice ma son bul let ball pig my dwarf mi ner bun dle roll pig 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 ...
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... tion name lu cid bright si lence hush mea ger lean sum mon cite mi nor less tar ry wait nov el new val ue prize mer ry blithe wan der stray crook ed crump an ' chor moor loy ' al liege min ute note slen der slim suc kle nurse dec ade ...
... tion name lu cid bright si lence hush mea ger lean sum mon cite mi nor less tar ry wait nov el new val ue prize mer ry blithe wan der stray crook ed crump an ' chor moor loy ' al liege min ute note slen der slim suc kle nurse dec ade ...
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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.
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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...