The Western Spelling Book: Being an Improvement of the American Spelling Book by Noah Webster |
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... horse lapse saw taught horn corpse flat awe caught morn dwarf gnat gnaw brought fawn cough cash straw sought lawn trough clash flaw aught dawn fork gnash jaw fought pawn cork strap bawl groat brawn hawk wrap caul fraught spawn balk ...
... horse lapse saw taught horn corpse flat awe caught morn dwarf gnat gnaw brought fawn cough cash straw sought lawn trough clash flaw aught dawn fork gnash jaw fought pawn cork strap bawl groat brawn hawk wrap caul fraught spawn balk ...
Page 39
... horse , as he used to do , and go to work . " So the little boy fetched his basket , and was very busy picking his peas and gooseber- ries ; and when he had picked them , he car- ried them to the poor old man , and put them on the table ...
... horse , as he used to do , and go to work . " So the little boy fetched his basket , and was very busy picking his peas and gooseber- ries ; and when he had picked them , he car- ried them to the poor old man , and put them on the table ...
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... horses ' shoes are made of iron . Shot and bullets are made of lead . Candlesticks , pans , and watering pots are made of tin . The back of the looking - glass is covered with quicksilver . These are all metals . Metals come out of the ...
... horses ' shoes are made of iron . Shot and bullets are made of lead . Candlesticks , pans , and watering pots are made of tin . The back of the looking - glass is covered with quicksilver . These are all metals . Metals come out of the ...
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... horses , cattle , and sheep . We feed them and take care of them . We also feed the hogs and the chickens , the geese and the turkies , and many other animals . Now might not these animals say that man was made for their use ? One ...
... horses , cattle , and sheep . We feed them and take care of them . We also feed the hogs and the chickens , the geese and the turkies , and many other animals . Now might not these animals say that man was made for their use ? One ...
Page 100
... horses and cattle , when the poor dumb and obedient creatures , were doing all they could , and as well as they knew how to do . This is very cruel and very wicked ! But papa , do not some animals kill and eat others ? F. They do ...
... horses and cattle , when the poor dumb and obedient creatures , were doing all they could , and as well as they knew how to do . This is very cruel and very wicked ! But papa , do not some animals kill and eat others ? F. They do ...
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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.