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... defined about 9,000 words , by one , or by two others of synonymous im- Walker has defined port , all of which are abstract definitions . about 11,000 in the same manner , and Johnson 8,000 . When the best abstract definition is learned ...
... defined about 9,000 words , by one , or by two others of synonymous im- Walker has defined port , all of which are abstract definitions . about 11,000 in the same manner , and Johnson 8,000 . When the best abstract definition is learned ...
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... defined by its opposite one in the second , using the word implies , or such expression as would be applicable : thus , fruition ( implies ) enjoyment . If there are three columns , the word in the first is defined by the other two ...
... defined by its opposite one in the second , using the word implies , or such expression as would be applicable : thus , fruition ( implies ) enjoyment . If there are three columns , the word in the first is defined by the other two ...
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... define the first column by the second , but never define the second by the first . See page 30th . Nouns . beak bill Nouns . härm hurt Nouns . flame blaze brim edge hide skin guile eräft bile gall heap pile sol sun brute beast jest joke ...
... define the first column by the second , but never define the second by the first . See page 30th . Nouns . beak bill Nouns . härm hurt Nouns . flame blaze brim edge hide skin guile eräft bile gall heap pile sol sun brute beast jest joke ...
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... defined by repeating the words at the head of the columns , with the primitive word in the second column , standing opposite to its adjective . Thus , over formic stands " pertaining or belonging to ; " then formic is defin- ed by ...
... defined by repeating the words at the head of the columns , with the primitive word in the second column , standing opposite to its adjective . Thus , over formic stands " pertaining or belonging to ; " then formic is defin- ed by ...
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... defines its opposite word in the first column . Thus , blameless , without blame . Countries of Europe . Without blame ' less blame Aus ' tri a brain less sense Ba den beard less beard Ba va ' ri a eloud less elouds Bo he mi a eye less ...
... defines its opposite word in the first column . Thus , blameless , without blame . Countries of Europe . Without blame ' less blame Aus ' tri a brain less sense Ba den beard less beard Ba va ' ri a eloud less elouds Bo he mi a eye less ...
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accent adjectives adverbs antepenult bär cate ceive cent cial cif er ous cious cir eum column con test defined denotes its sound dent drol elam elean ence equi fore ful ly ful ness fy-ing-cation härd härm jeet leet lence less LESSON letters mean ment möve ness Nouns ol o gy ous ly pär pärt penult pertaining port preter primitive word Quadrupeds ra phy ri ous Rule ship sion sive sound as heard spell subvocal suffix syllable TABLE tain ting tion tive trans treach tude turb ture ty un vate verbs vert vocals
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Page 162 - ... 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...
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Page 116 - Monosyllables, and words accented on the last syllable, ending with a single consonant preceded by a single vowel, double that consonant, when they take another syllable beginning with a vowel...
Page 99 - March, the sun rises- exactly in the east, and sets exactly in the west.
Page 151 - 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 3 - ... Letters and Spelling, let him learn these and such like Sentences by Heart." By the 1830s, however, spelling was under challenge, and textbooks rushed to redefine its value as literacy instruction. Salem Town's Spelling and Defining Book (1838) insisted that "a child being taught, both to read and to spell, should be taught, at the same time, to understand what he reads...
Page 151 - 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.
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Page 158 - Punctuation and Capital Letters. PUNCTUATION. Punctuation is the art of dividing a written composition into sentences, or parts of sentences, by points or stops, to mark the different pauses which the sense requires. The principal points are the Comma, thus , Interrogation, thus ? Semicolon, ; Exclamation, ! :. • Colon...
Page 80 - ve seen him drop To call our robin in; The line that held his pretty kite, His bow, his cup and ball, The slate on which he learned to write, His feather, cap, and all!