The Western Spelling Book: Being an Improvement of the American Spelling Book by Noah Webster |
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Page 13
... hear me read Yes read this page Can you read well Let me hear you try Do you see that tree It bears fine plums Are they ripe now No they are too green You can not eat them I love ripe plums And so does Ann TABLE 3. - III . LESSON 1.-І ...
... hear me read Yes read this page Can you read well Let me hear you try Do you see that tree It bears fine plums Are they ripe now No they are too green You can not eat them I love ripe plums And so does Ann TABLE 3. - III . LESSON 1.-І ...
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... Hear the birds sing See the lambs play ' The cow has come It is past nine Here is my task I can 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 ...
... Hear the birds sing See the lambs play ' The cow has come It is past nine Here is my task I can 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 ...
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... 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 the nest ; and in the night it rained fast , and the wind blew , so it died ...
... 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 the nest ; and in the night it rained fast , and the wind blew , so it died ...
Page 49
... 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 , turning first one way , and then another , to catch the ...
... 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 , turning first one way , and then another , to catch the ...
Page 56
... age ous de ceit ful a bridge'ment a part ment The following are accented on. ar rear age cor ro sive de ci sive dif fu sive al tern ate de ter mine re hears al sub 56 fåte , får , fåll , fåt , wåd , -mè , mět - pine , pin .
... age ous de ceit ful a bridge'ment a part ment The following are accented on. ar rear age cor ro sive de ci sive dif fu sive al tern ate de ter mine re hears al sub 56 fåte , får , fåll , fåt , wåd , -mè , mět - pine , pin .
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