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The Elementary Spelling Book: Being an Improvement on The American Spelling Book Noah Webster No preview available - 1848 |
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ACCENTED animal āte BÄR bil i ty body BÓN called consonant denotes ding earth ending EXIST FALL farmer FOLLOWING FOOT FOUR give ground grow horse işm keep LÅST lāte laws letters LINK live MARINE marked ment MOON MOVE ness never nouns PILL plant POLL PREY PRONOUNCED ri ous SECOND ship short sion sive sometimes sound SYLLABLES TALL THÊRE thing THREE tion tive trans trees üre Verbs vowel WOLF wood WORDS
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Page 143 - 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 141 - 'An old man found a rude boy upon one of his trees stealing apples, and desired him to come down; but the young saucebox told him plainly he would not. 'Won't you?
Page 46 - It is as certain to follow, as that the sun will rise in the east and set in the west tomorrow.
Page 141 - Won't you ?" said the old man, " then I will fetch you down;" so he pulled up some turf or grass and threw at him; but this only made the youngster laugh, to think the old man should pretend to beat him down from the tree with grass only. "Well, well...
Page 142 - HASTY and inconsiderate connections are generally attended with great disadvantages : and much of every man's good or ill fortune depends upon the choice he makes of his friends. A good-natured Spaniel overtook a surly Mastiff, as he was travelling upon the high road. Tray, although an entire stranger to...
Page 145 - TWO Friends, setting out together upon a journey which led through a dangerous forest, mutually promised to assist each other if they should happen to be assaulted. They had not proceeded far before they perceived a Bear making towards them with great rage. There were no hopes in flight ; but one of them, being very active, sprung up into a tree ; upon which the other, throwing himself flat on the ground, held his breath, and pretended to be dead, remembering to have heard it asserted that this creature...
Page 101 - The waves of the sea are mighty, and rage horribly : but yet the Lord, who dwelleth on high, is mightier. 6 Thy testimonies, O Lord, are very sure : holiness becometh thine house for ever.
Page 141 - ... concerned. A country maid was walking very deliberately with a pail of milk upon her head, when she fell into the following train of...
Bibliographic information
| Title | The Elementary Spellingbook |
| Author | Noah Webster |
| Edition | revised |
| Publisher | American Book, 1908 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 22 Sep 2007 |
| Length | 174 pages |
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