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... ' ar rear a round be times my self a möur a wake be eause pa rade a way a woke be lace po made a breast ae coil en dear pa rol är eade a loof es quire pa trol ärm ' let bap ' tist eos ' tive fres 2 TOWN'S SPELLING BOOK . 25 LESSON 50. ...
... ' ar rear a round be times my self a möur a wake be eause pa rade a way a woke be lace po made a breast ae coil en dear pa rol är eade a loof es quire pa trol ärm ' let bap ' tist eos ' tive fres 2 TOWN'S SPELLING BOOK . 25 LESSON 50. ...
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... tive fres ' eo at las bar ren där ling fenc er ad dle elut ter dent ist fend er bump er elev er dex ter fif ty busk ... tive flo rist mo tive re bus de ist fu mid mu cid ra ven be ing dür ing la bel slīd er tri ' ad sax ' on em ' press ...
... tive fres ' eo at las bar ren där ling fenc er ad dle elut ter dent ist fend er bump er elev er dex ter fif ty busk ... tive flo rist mo tive re bus de ist fu mid mu cid ra ven be ing dür ing la bel slīd er tri ' ad sax ' on em ' press ...
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... 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 sleep ing сор у drear y e ven nip pers fac ile dis mal lev el ea sy tu mor ...
... 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 sleep ing сор у drear y e ven nip pers fac ile dis mal lev el ea sy tu mor ...
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... tive pris on er dis count de due tion cen sus num ber ing ex it de pärt ure chi na por ce lain her ald elois ter nun ne ry ju rist pro claim er ci vil ian chap man märk et man ni ter salt pe ter des ert wil der ness nui sance an noy ...
... tive pris on er dis count de due tion cen sus num ber ing ex it de pärt ure chi na por ce lain her ald elois ter nun ne ry ju rist pro claim er ci vil ian chap man märk et man ni ter salt pe ter des ert wil der ness nui sance an noy ...
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... tive im pa tient il le gal dis trust ful im mod est co pi ous dis so lute in so lent li a ble pros per ous quer u lous in sult ing ex pos ed sue cess ful com plain ing purg ' a tive in ' tri cate con tin gent glit ter ing pre co ' cious ...
... tive im pa tient il le gal dis trust ful im mod est co pi ous dis so lute in so lent li a ble pros per ous quer u lous in sult ing ex pos ed sue cess ful com plain ing purg ' a tive in ' tri cate con tin gent glit ter ing pre co ' cious ...
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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 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!