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... persons , at first , honestly believed such a course would be attended with injurious consequences ; but time and experience have , to a great extent , changed their views . In confirmation of the importance of acquiring a knowledge of ...
... persons , at first , honestly believed such a course would be attended with injurious consequences ; but time and experience have , to a great extent , changed their views . In confirmation of the importance of acquiring a knowledge of ...
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... er toe seheme proj eet tank cis tern thumb spine back bone mäsk vis or tongue brawl quar rel wräth an ger throat woof text ure wish de sire ' waist Nouns . as cent ' rise Nouns . Persons and 34 TOWN'S SPELLING BOOK .
... er toe seheme proj eet tank cis tern thumb spine back bone mäsk vis or tongue brawl quar rel wräth an ger throat woof text ure wish de sire ' waist Nouns . as cent ' rise Nouns . Persons and 34 TOWN'S SPELLING BOOK .
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... Persons and wa ' ġes hire occupations . a mount sum fi nis end bärb ' er be lief faith frae tion bra sier ca reer course fri ar coop er co quette jilt ful erum prop coll ier es eape flight flam beau chand ler in trigue plot ġe nus elōTH ...
... Persons and wa ' ġes hire occupations . a mount sum fi nis end bärb ' er be lief faith frae tion bra sier ca reer course fri ar coop er co quette jilt ful erum prop coll ier es eape flight flam beau chand ler in trigue plot ġe nus elōTH ...
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... persons . nim ble elum sy a duty on goods o pen elos ed grav ' el coarse sand love ly hate ful glim mer a faint light tight en loos en i dol a heathen god black en whit en im post a duty on goods quick en slack en mon soons ' trade ...
... persons . nim ble elum sy a duty on goods o pen elos ed grav ' el coarse sand love ly hate ful glim mer a faint light tight en loos en i dol a heathen god black en whit en im post a duty on goods quick en slack en mon soons ' trade ...
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... person who walks in the night a person who walks in sleep a superb dress for a horse a history of a person's life a hymn , or form of praise to God a part of any compound a discourse to one's self a critical knowledge of words a ...
... person who walks in the night a person who walks in sleep a superb dress for a horse a history of a person's life a hymn , or form of praise to God a part of any compound a discourse to one's self a critical knowledge of words a ...
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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!