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... mind to be thus fur- nished , than not to be furnished at all ; but as words are the signs of ideas , and the ultimate object of acquiring words is , to acquire ideas , and a medium of imparting them to others , it is not easy to say ...
... mind to be thus fur- nished , than not to be furnished at all ; but as words are the signs of ideas , and the ultimate object of acquiring words is , to acquire ideas , and a medium of imparting them to others , it is not easy to say ...
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... mind bīte hōle hōne bōlt find rind kite mole bone colt kind nine mite pole lone dolt hind pine site sole zone jolt LESSON 19 . eāpe bōre sōre lõpe gāze nōse nape eore tore mope haze hose tape fore wore rope maze rose sate more eoke bode ...
... mind bīte hōle hōne bōlt find rind kite mole bone colt kind nine mite pole lone dolt hind pine site sole zone jolt LESSON 19 . eāpe bōre sōre lõpe gāze nōse nape eore tore mope haze hose tape fore wore rope maze rose sate more eoke bode ...
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... mind singe seorch snug close hail eall shut elose väst great leap jump test try brief short jade tire smut black eälm still kink twist snärl growl lax loose lade load slake quench sour tärt leer squint slay kill sleek SMOOTH lend loan ...
... mind singe seorch snug close hail eall shut elose väst great leap jump test try brief short jade tire smut black eälm still kink twist snärl growl lax loose lade load slake quench sour tärt leer squint slay kill sleek SMOOTH lend loan ...
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... mind , the things he makes best are boats and ships , and he rigs them all in fine style . James . We will give him a call in a day or two . But what do you mean by " rigs them ? ” Charles . To rig a ship is to put up the masts , and ...
... mind , the things he makes best are boats and ships , and he rigs them all in fine style . James . We will give him a call in a day or two . But what do you mean by " rigs them ? ” Charles . To rig a ship is to put up the masts , and ...
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... mind de bil ' i tate ex ten u ate ob strep er ous e pit o me ex te ri or e lu ci date hab it a ' tion con ' tu me ly an i mad vert ' ex on ' er ate ex term in ate su per flu ous oe eu pa ' tion laz a ret to re verb ' er ate o be di ent ...
... mind de bil ' i tate ex ten u ate ob strep er ous e pit o me ex te ri or e lu ci date hab it a ' tion con ' tu me ly an i mad vert ' ex on ' er ate ex term in ate su per flu ous oe eu pa ' tion laz a ret to re verb ' er ate o be di ent ...
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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 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!