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... marks for c hard and g soft , where these sounds could not easily be mistaken , are sometimes omitted . In giving the best synonymous definers , some repetition was found unavoidable ; this , however , is no more objectionable than it ...
... marks for c hard and g soft , where these sounds could not easily be mistaken , are sometimes omitted . In giving the best synonymous definers , some repetition was found unavoidable ; this , however , is no more objectionable than it ...
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... as some believe , r has two , the one rough , and the other smooth ; as in run , her ; and a an additional one , called medial ; as in fare , prayer . CHARACTERS TO DESIGNATE SOUNDS . This mark ( ) over 6 TOWN'S SPELLING BOOK .
... as some believe , r has two , the one rough , and the other smooth ; as in run , her ; and a an additional one , called medial ; as in fare , prayer . CHARACTERS TO DESIGNATE SOUNDS . This mark ( ) over 6 TOWN'S SPELLING BOOK .
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... mark ( " ) over ä denotes its sound as heard in fär . This mark ( .. ) under a denotes its sound as heard in ball . This mark ( . ) under a denotes its sound as heard in what . This mark ( - ) under e denotes its sound as heard in prey ...
... mark ( " ) over ä denotes its sound as heard in fär . This mark ( .. ) under a denotes its sound as heard in ball . This mark ( . ) under a denotes its sound as heard in what . This mark ( - ) under e denotes its sound as heard in prey ...
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... mark the sense of the expression . Cadence is a fall of the voice at the end of a sentence . A sentence is such a combination of words , as , being read in connection , make good sense . The close of such a sentence is marked by a ...
... mark the sense of the expression . Cadence is a fall of the voice at the end of a sentence . A sentence is such a combination of words , as , being read in connection , make good sense . The close of such a sentence is marked by a ...
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... mark barm hasp haft tart vast park harm rasp raft LESSON 26 . ball tall bawl buff bell eull call wall yawl euff cell - dull fall bald dawn huff fell gull hall ward lawn muff dell hull mall draw yawn puff tell lull pall flaw laud ruff ...
... mark barm hasp haft tart vast park harm rasp raft LESSON 26 . ball tall bawl buff bell eull call wall yawl euff cell - dull fall bald dawn huff fell gull hall ward lawn muff dell hull mall draw yawn puff tell lull pall flaw laud ruff ...
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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!