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X See my new book Do you see that tree I can spell in it It bears fine plums And I can read too Are they ripe now Do hear me read No they are too green Yes read this page You can not eat them Can you read well I love ripe plums Let me ...
X See my new book Do you see that tree I can spell in it It bears fine plums And I can read too Are they ripe now Do hear me read No they are too green Yes read this page You can not eat them Can you read well I love ripe plums Let me ...
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... learn fast Where is my pen Can I not write You are too young First learn to spell And be a good boy Here the boys come What do they want Will you come in No we must go Hear the birds sing See the lambs play The cow has come She must ...
... learn fast Where is my pen Can I not write You are too young First learn to spell And be a good boy Here the boys come What do they want Will you come in No we must go Hear the birds sing See the lambs play The cow has come She must ...
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It kept chirping as long as it could make any noise , in hopes its mother would hear , and come and feed it . But she ; poor thing , was dead and could not hear it . So , at last , when it was quite tired , it lay still at the bottom of ...
It kept chirping as long as it could make any noise , in hopes its mother would hear , and come and feed it . But she ; poor thing , was dead and could not hear it . So , at last , when it was quite tired , it lay still at the bottom of ...
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It is very amusing to stand and look at them , and hear them sing . They fly as swift as a boy can throw a stone , and with such ease , that they scarcely seem to stir their wings . Sometimes they skim along close to the ground ...
It is very amusing to stand and look at them , and hear them sing . They fly as swift as a boy can throw a stone , and with such ease , that they scarcely seem to stir their wings . Sometimes they skim along close to the ground ...
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... cess ive ab hor rence im pa tient ex pens ive ac com plice im pa tience ex press ive acknowledge impeach ment ex ten sive in dict ment ex cheq uer al tern ate es cutch eon de ter mine per sua sive in cen tive re hears al vex a tious ...
... cess ive ab hor rence im pa tient ex pens ive ac com plice im pa tience ex press ive acknowledge impeach ment ex ten sive in dict ment ex cheq uer al tern ate es cutch eon de ter mine per sua sive in cen tive re hears al vex a tious ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Western Spelling Book: Being an Improvement of the American Spelling Book by Noah Webster |
| Author | Nathan Guilford |
| Publisher | N. & G. Guilford, 1831 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 12 Sep 2006 |
| Length | 144 pages |
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