The Western Spelling Book: Being an Improvement of the American Spelling Book by Noah Webster |
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... coun ' cil coun ter U com fort fal con bul rush com pass fal ter bul wark con jure hal ter bush y cov er coun ty dough ty drow sy law yer butch er cir cuit moun tain mor tise cuck oo gov ern show er or chard cush ion hon ey flow er pal ...
... coun ' cil coun ter U com fort fal con bul rush com pass fal ter bul wark con jure hal ter bush y cov er coun ty dough ty drow sy law yer butch er cir cuit moun tain mor tise cuck oo gov ern show er or chard cush ion hon ey flow er pal ...
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... coun sel lor gov ern or coun ter feit govern ess οἱ coun te nance boun ti ful TABLE 17. - XVII . SALT . The salt which we eat with our meat is found almost every where . The water of the great ocean contains salt . People collect a ...
... coun sel lor gov ern or coun ter feit govern ess οἱ coun te nance boun ti ful TABLE 17. - XVII . SALT . The salt which we eat with our meat is found almost every where . The water of the great ocean contains salt . People collect a ...
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... coun- tries . We , in the United States , send ships with things which grow in our country , to the warm country of the West Indies , and to some other places where there is sugar , and our ships bring back sugar and coffee , and other ...
... coun- tries . We , in the United States , send ships with things which grow in our country , to the warm country of the West Indies , and to some other places where there is sugar , and our ships bring back sugar and coffee , and other ...
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... coun try man grand children bu sy bo dy draw ingroomju ry man but ter milk drip ping pan pa per mill can dle stick fer ry man rock ing chair cher ry tree fire shov el hob by horse copy right gin ger bread house keep er TABLE 40.-XL. In ...
... coun try man grand children bu sy bo dy draw ingroomju ry man but ter milk drip ping pan pa per mill can dle stick fer ry man rock ing chair cher ry tree fire shov el hob by horse copy right gin ger bread house keep er TABLE 40.-XL. In ...
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... in summer . These are called birds of passage ; because they pass from one coun- try to another . The wild geese and swallows , are birds of passage . Some animals , are very peaceable , and affection- ate LESSONS IN READING 109.
... in summer . These are called birds of passage ; because they pass from one coun- try to another . The wild geese and swallows , are birds of passage . Some animals , are very peaceable , and affection- ate LESSONS IN READING 109.
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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 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.