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... Pertaining to garments , or ha bil i ment eloti ing things worn . i den ti ty same ness but ton in sig ni a badġ es col lar mag nif i cence ma lev o lence men dac i ty grand eur Єor set ill will gus set false hood ker chief ра ral ' y ...
... Pertaining to garments , or ha bil i ment eloti ing things worn . i den ti ty same ness but ton in sig ni a badġ es col lar mag nif i cence ma lev o lence men dac i ty grand eur Єor set ill will gus set false hood ker chief ра ral ' y ...
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... pertaining to the drama a moving of the mind force of motion powerful in arms practical knowledge exclusive privilege publicly known something remarkable tinsel appearance a view on all sides the science of mind a magnificent tomb ...
... pertaining to the drama a moving of the mind force of motion powerful in arms practical knowledge exclusive privilege publicly known something remarkable tinsel appearance a view on all sides the science of mind a magnificent tomb ...
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... pertaining to theory expressing similitude pertaining to meteors a discourse on flowers an explanatory note buy sell divine worship boy girl an ardent wish bless Єurse official testimon , best worst black white bone flesh cool warm cold ...
... pertaining to theory expressing similitude pertaining to meteors a discourse on flowers an explanatory note buy sell divine worship boy girl an ardent wish bless Єurse official testimon , best worst black white bone flesh cool warm cold ...
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... pertaining to marriage frugal management meeting so as to touch a variety of subjects an estate inherited correct pronunciation worthy of being remembered being of one mind carrying on open war flying off from the center the love of ...
... pertaining to marriage frugal management meeting so as to touch a variety of subjects an estate inherited correct pronunciation worthy of being remembered being of one mind carrying on open war flying off from the center the love of ...
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... pertaining to ants . " So dorsal , " pertaining to the back . " Pertaining or belonging to Pertaining or belonging to for ' mie änts dor sal the back ur sine bears na tal the birth fe line eats pe dal the foot vae cine Єows lum bar the ...
... pertaining to ants . " So dorsal , " pertaining to the back . " Pertaining or belonging to Pertaining or belonging to for ' mie änts dor sal the back ur sine bears na tal the birth fe line eats pe dal the foot vae cine Єows lum bar the ...
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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!