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... port , all of which are abstract definitions . about 11,000 in the same manner , and Johnson 8,000 . When the best abstract definition is learned , the child will wher- readily perceive the different applications of such words ever he ...
... port , all of which are abstract definitions . about 11,000 in the same manner , and Johnson 8,000 . When the best abstract definition is learned , the child will wher- readily perceive the different applications of such words ever he ...
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... est erude ness ses sion sit ting mär vel won der si lence still ness ruf fian rob ber sea port här bor wim ble gim let sly ness eun ning ad vent com ing af fray ' quar rel serip ' tures bi ' ble ağ ile sin ew 42 TOWN'S SPELLING BOOK .
... est erude ness ses sion sit ting mär vel won der si lence still ness ruf fian rob ber sea port här bor wim ble gim let sly ness eun ning ad vent com ing af fray ' quar rel serip ' tures bi ' ble ağ ile sin ew 42 TOWN'S SPELLING BOOK .
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... port mean ing cum frey thrall ' dom slav ' er y bond ' age dai sy vor tex ed dy whirl pool fen nel as sault ' at tack ' on set af fairs busi ness be hest re sponse das ' tard con cerns com mänd re ply cow ' ard än swer pol troon ' gär ...
... port mean ing cum frey thrall ' dom slav ' er y bond ' age dai sy vor tex ed dy whirl pool fen nel as sault ' at tack ' on set af fairs busi ness be hest re sponse das ' tard con cerns com mänd re ply cow ' ard än swer pol troon ' gär ...
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... de vise main tain sup port sus tain pro rogue pro traet re cede re treat re store re turn pro long with draw re place dog wood log wood rose wood cam wood Verbs . Species of Plants . por tend ' re 52 TOWN'S SPELLING BOOK .
... de vise main tain sup port sus tain pro rogue pro traet re cede re treat re store re turn pro long with draw re place dog wood log wood rose wood cam wood Verbs . Species of Plants . por tend ' re 52 TOWN'S SPELLING BOOK .
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... port car ry de prave dis turb cor rupt mo lest vi " tiāte troub le ex hort ad vise coun sel pump kin plant ain rad ish sal ad ex pand dis tend di late ' seal lion ex pound ex plain un fold sor rel en sue sue ceed fol ' low tan sy im ...
... port car ry de prave dis turb cor rupt mo lest vi " tiāte troub le ex hort ad vise coun sel pump kin plant ain rad ish sal ad ex pand dis tend di late ' seal lion ex pound ex plain un fold sor rel en sue sue ceed fol ' low tan sy im ...
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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...
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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...
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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!