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... tain sure brake fright en seare eal lous härd eress här vest reap churl ish rude dill i dle lounge du al twö dock lan guish pine filth y foul fern mar ry wed frig id cold flag men tion name griz zle gray flax si lence still lär board ...
... tain sure brake fright en seare eal lous härd eress här vest reap churl ish rude dill i dle lounge du al twö dock lan guish pine filth y foul fern mar ry wed frig id cold flag men tion name griz zle gray flax si lence still lär board ...
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... tain hold keep rise fall buff ' et box beat rear front eŏl or stain dye right wrong cow ' er erouch stoop salt fresh erip ple maim lame sit stand grov el erawl ereep sick well hee tor tease vex sink swim min " gle blend mix slow fäst pi ...
... tain hold keep rise fall buff ' et box beat rear front eŏl or stain dye right wrong cow ' er erouch stoop salt fresh erip ple maim lame sit stand grov el erawl ereep sick well hee tor tease vex sink swim min " gle blend mix slow fäst pi ...
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... tain with hold so journ e volve un fold sur vive en thrall en slave sus peet in trust con fide se cede en eroach in trude in hume en tömb ve neer eur tail de mänd re side out live mis trust with draw in lay re trench in cense en rage ...
... tain with hold so journ e volve un fold sur vive en thrall en slave sus peet in trust con fide se cede en eroach in trude in hume en tömb ve neer eur tail de mänd re side out live mis trust with draw in lay re trench in cense en rage ...
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... tain gain top bot tom ac cept re ceive take lend bor row be come be fit suit straight erook ed con ceal se crete hide elean dirt y eon temn de spise seorn late ear ly de coy dis robe en tice lure odd e ven di vest strip male fe male de ...
... tain gain top bot tom ac cept re ceive take lend bor row be come be fit suit straight erook ed con ceal se crete hide elean dirt y eon temn de spise seorn late ear ly de coy dis robe en tice lure odd e ven di vest strip male fe male de ...
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... 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 .
... 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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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!