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... ness därk ' ness pale ' ness kind ' ness dry ness mad ness same ness lone ness low ness fond ness meek ness bold ness mild ness loud ness near ness slow ness rude ness dull ness ripe ness blue ness här ness fine ness shy ness härd ness sad ...
... ness därk ' ness pale ' ness kind ' ness dry ness mad ness same ness lone ness low ness fond ness meek ness bold ness mild ness loud ness near ness slow ness rude ness dull ness ripe ness blue ness här ness fine ness shy ness härd ness sad ...
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... ness size ma son bun dle roll pros peet min er bur ' den load pur view mill ' er bob bin spool rā dix root mer chant con taet touch rai ment nail er eord age ropes rab ble mob paint er cov ey brood sig nal pot ter eut purse thief seign ...
... ness size ma son bun dle roll pros peet min er bur ' den load pur view mill ' er bob bin spool rā dix root mer chant con taet touch rai ment nail er eord age ropes rab ble mob paint er cov ey brood sig nal pot ter eut purse thief seign ...
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... ness dwell ing lode stone com pound mixt ure moist ness damp ness eor sair pi rate mor sel mouth ful eon fliet com bat päs tor shep herd cy ele cir ele pus tule pim ple do ' nor giv ' er pli ' ers pin ' cers duch y duke dom pot tage por ...
... ness dwell ing lode stone com pound mixt ure moist ness damp ness eor sair pi rate mor sel mouth ful eon fliet com bat päs tor shep herd cy ele cir ele pus tule pim ple do ' nor giv ' er pli ' ers pin ' cers duch y duke dom pot tage por ...
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... ness bon ny thresh old door sill ce rate ton sure shav ing eaus tie ac ' tive pun gent fer vent wo ful shin ing hand some wax en burn ing tor por tru ant tran seript treat ment twee zers u saġe numb ness diz zy i dler dor mant gid dy ...
... ness bon ny thresh old door sill ce rate ton sure shav ing eaus tie ac ' tive pun gent fer vent wo ful shin ing hand some wax en burn ing tor por tru ant tran seript treat ment twee zers u saġe numb ness diz zy i dler dor mant gid dy ...
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... 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 di gest wit ' ness + Pavy Verbs . col late ' com pare '. 44 TOWN'S SPELLING BOOK ...
... 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 di gest wit ' ness + Pavy Verbs . col late ' com pare '. 44 TOWN'S SPELLING BOOK ...
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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!