The Western Spelling Book: Being an Improvement of the American Spelling Book by Noah Webster |
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... bee teal heed knee reel grieve smear leave tear - bead beast sleight geese déan lead feast bright niece cheek read least fight piece seed yeast blight grease weed beam fright league dream flight bleat teague fleam wight treat tweag ream ...
... bee teal heed knee reel grieve smear leave tear - bead beast sleight geese déan lead feast bright niece cheek read least fight piece seed yeast blight grease weed beam fright league dream flight bleat teague fleam wight treat tweag ream ...
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... Bees lost their freedom . The Bees had a republican government They had no king , no great lords to sup- port , and no one to make them afraid : but they enjoyed equal rights , and were quite free and happy . Every bee had his own ...
... Bees lost their freedom . The Bees had a republican government They had no king , no great lords to sup- port , and no one to make them afraid : but they enjoyed equal rights , and were quite free and happy . Every bee had his own ...
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... bees very much , and if they would choose him for their leader , he would be their humble servant . The bees were so weak and foolish as to listen to his cunning speeches , and finally chose him for their governor , and gave him the ...
... bees very much , and if they would choose him for their leader , he would be their humble servant . The bees were so weak and foolish as to listen to his cunning speeches , and finally chose him for their governor , and gave him the ...
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... Bee . A wasp met a bee , and said to him , " tell me , what is the reason men are so fond of you , while they are so ill - natured to me ? We are both very much alike , only the broad yellow rings round my body , make me much handsomer ...
... Bee . A wasp met a bee , and said to him , " tell me , what is the reason men are so fond of you , while they are so ill - natured to me ? We are both very much alike , only the broad yellow rings round my body , make me much handsomer ...
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... bee , an insect . beech , a tree . chol er , anger . cord , a small rope . chord , a string for music . cinque , five . beach , the sea shore . sink , to go down . cite , to summon . beer , malt liquor . dead . clause , a section claws ...
... bee , an insect . beech , a tree . chol er , anger . cord , a small rope . chord , a string for music . cinque , five . beach , the sea shore . sink , to go down . cite , to summon . beer , malt liquor . dead . clause , a section claws ...
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The Western Spelling Book: Being an Improvement of the American Spelling ... Nathan Guilford No preview available - 2017 |
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The Western Spelling Book: Being an Improvement of the American Spelling ... Nathan Guilford No preview available - 2018 |
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Page 51 - And by chance there came down a certain priest that way : and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side.
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Page 7 - A, a; B, b; C, c ; D, d; E, e ; F, f; G, g; H, h; I, i; J, j; K, k ; L, 1; M, m ; N, n ; O, o ; P, p ; Q, q ; R, r S, s ; T, t; U, u ; V, v ; W, w; X, x ; Y, y ; Z, z.
Page 51 - But a certain Samaritan as he journeyed, came where he was ; and when he saw him he had compassion on him, and went to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine, and set him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him.
Page 94 - It is no more than justice," quoth the farmer, " to be sure. But what did I say ? I mistake. It is your bull that has killed one of my oxen." " Indeed ! " says the lawyer ; " that alters the case : I must inquire into the affair ; and if " " And IF ! " said the farmer — "the business, I find, would have been concluded without an IF, had you been as ready to do justice to others as to exact it from them.
Page 111 - I am a carpenter, sir. Mr B. The most necessary man that could offer ! We shall find you work enough, never fear. There will be houses to build, fences to make, and all kinds of wooden furniture to provide.
Page 96 - the good people of this family have built me a house to live in; it is in the cupboard: I am sure it is for me, for it is just big enough: the bottom is of wood, and it is covered all over with wires; and I...
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Page 105 - God made man. of the dust of the earth, and breathed into his face the breath of life, and man became a living soul.
Page 110 - COLONISTS. COME, said Mr. Barlow to his boys, I have a new play for you. I will be the founder of a colony ; and you shall be people of different trades and professions coming to offer yourselves to go with me. What are you, A ? A.