The Western Spelling Book: Being an Improvement of the American Spelling Book by Noah Webster |
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... wood . 5 a as in wad , what . Sound of short u . u 24 The long close o . i as in sir bird . 99 0 o as in move , 99 prove . € her , come , love . prefer . Sound of long a . as in thers , vein . Sound of long e . i as in fatigue , marine ...
... wood . 5 a as in wad , what . Sound of short u . u 24 The long close o . i as in sir bird . 99 0 o as in move , 99 prove . € her , come , love . prefer . Sound of long a . as in thers , vein . Sound of long e . i as in fatigue , marine ...
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... woods , and a fierce wolf came out of his cave and howl- ed very loud . Then the silly lamb wished she had been shut up in the fold : but the fold was a great way off , and the wolf saw her , and seized her , and carried her away . This ...
... woods , and a fierce wolf came out of his cave and howl- ed very loud . Then the silly lamb wished she had been shut up in the fold : but the fold was a great way off , and the wolf saw her , and seized her , and carried her away . This ...
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... wood stern fir food loose stood herse myrrh brood goose good terse fern mood moose hood verge earn move roost could dirge learn prove shoot would term stern groove croup should firm search choose pool hoop germ perch noose spool wolf ...
... wood stern fir food loose stood herse myrrh brood goose good terse fern mood moose hood verge earn move roost could dirge learn prove shoot would term stern groove croup should firm search choose pool hoop germ perch noose spool wolf ...
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... woods , the fields , and the gardens , nothing could grow . I am a great way off . If I should come near you , I should scorch you to death , and burn up the grass . I am very large - much larger than the world you live on : but am so ...
... woods , the fields , and the gardens , nothing could grow . I am a great way off . If I should come near you , I should scorch you to death , and burn up the grass . I am very large - much larger than the world you live on : but am so ...
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... Wood to look for Bird's Nests when he should have gone to School . When Jack got up and put on his clothes , he thought if he could get to the wood , he should be quite well ; for he thought more of a bird's nest , than his book , that ...
... Wood to look for Bird's Nests when he should have gone to School . When Jack got up and put on his clothes , he thought if he could get to the wood , he should be quite well ; for he thought more of a bird's nest , than his book , that ...
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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.
Page 119 - ... twelve thirteen fourteen fifteen sixteen seventeen eighteen nineteen twenty thirty forty fifty sixty seventy eighty ninety one hundred two hundred three hundred four hundred five hundred...
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.