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... late pil fer filch steal some nōne seat ter strew Sow tow er soar rise smile frown smooth rough mod el form mold strong weak fet ter chain bind short tall jock ey trick cheat sew rip la bór toil work tame wild har row ram ble shärp en ...
... late pil fer filch steal some nōne seat ter strew Sow tow er soar rise smile frown smooth rough mod el form mold strong weak fet ter chain bind short tall jock ey trick cheat sew rip la bór toil work tame wild har row ram ble shärp en ...
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... lime dire ' ful dap ple loft y dread ful spot ted com mute con dense con cert con coet slack ly loose ly at test u nite ex change com press con trive di gest wit ' ness + Pavy Verbs . col late ' com pare '. 44 TOWN'S SPELLING BOOK .
... lime dire ' ful dap ple loft y dread ful spot ted com mute con dense con cert con coet slack ly loose ly at test u nite ex change com press con trive di gest wit ' ness + Pavy Verbs . col late ' com pare '. 44 TOWN'S SPELLING BOOK .
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... late ' com pare ' re hearse ' con stringe con traet re coil de mean be have re form de fend pro teet re fund de base de grade re cite ' re bound a mend re pay re mise re lease de throne de pose ' re voke re call de file pol lute re ...
... late ' com pare ' re hearse ' con stringe con traet re coil de mean be have re form de fend pro teet re fund de base de grade re cite ' re bound a mend re pay re mise re lease de throne de pose ' re voke re call de file pol lute re ...
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... late ear ly de coy dis robe en tice lure odd e ven di vest strip male fe male de cease ex pire die päst fu ture de sist for bear cease fact fie tion dis may ap pall däunt light heav y es chew a void shun earth heav en im merge im merse ...
... late ear ly de coy dis robe en tice lure odd e ven di vest strip male fe male de cease ex pire die päst fu ture de sist for bear cease fact fie tion dis may ap pall däunt light heav y es chew a void shun earth heav en im merge im merse ...
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... late ' seal lion ex pound ex plain un fold sor rel en sue sue ceed fol ' low tan sy im pede in tend re tärd hin der tea sel de sign pur pose this tle pre dict fore tell fore show ' tu lip bick ' er jan " gle wran " gle tur nip bab ble ...
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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!