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... less forcibly through the teeth and lips . The vocals , as vowels , are a , e , i , o , u , w and y . The subvocals , as consonants , are b , d , g , j , l , m , n , r , v , w , y and z . The aspirates are p , t , k , h , f , s and c ...
... less forcibly through the teeth and lips . The vocals , as vowels , are a , e , i , o , u , w and y . The subvocals , as consonants , are b , d , g , j , l , m , n , r , v , w , y and z . The aspirates are p , t , k , h , f , s and c ...
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... less hops wan der stray nov el new kale stag ger reel mer ry gay mint rid dle sift erook ed bent squash READING LESSON . GOD made the sun and the moon . And he made all the stars in the sky . God made the sea and the dry land . The tall ...
... less hops wan der stray nov el new kale stag ger reel mer ry gay mint rid dle sift erook ed bent squash READING LESSON . GOD made the sun and the moon . And he made all the stars in the sky . God made the sea and the dry land . The tall ...
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... less com pel drive force meet pärt con vert change turn north south de spoil strip rob old new im merse whelm plunge pain ease in fleet bend erook praise blame la ment mourn grieve prow stern pro pel push drive push pull pro eure gain ...
... less com pel drive force meet pärt con vert change turn north south de spoil strip rob old new im merse whelm plunge pain ease in fleet bend erook praise blame la ment mourn grieve prow stern pro pel push drive push pull pro eure gain ...
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... less in cense lee ture plaud it rel ies sean dal per fume mus ty hid den heed less mold y dis course näs ty filth y ap plause neu ter nei THer re mains no cent hurt ful of fense za ny buf foon oft en old en fre quent än cient ad vice ...
... less in cense lee ture plaud it rel ies sean dal per fume mus ty hid den heed less mold y dis course näs ty filth y ap plause neu ter nei THer re mains no cent hurt ful of fense za ny buf foon oft en old en fre quent än cient ad vice ...
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... less be troth slug gish be reave be gone es pouse de prive sul len o ral com bine sub 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 ...
... less be troth slug gish be reave be gone es pouse de prive sul len o ral com bine sub 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 ...
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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...
Page 162 - ... first. second. third. fourth. fifth. sixth. seventh. eighth ninth. tenth. eleventh. twelfth. thirteenth. fourteenth. fifteenth. sixteenth. seventeenth. eighteenth. nineteenth. twentieth. thirtieth. fortieth. fiftieth. sixtieth. seventieth. eightieth.
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!