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... four sounds , as in note , not , move , dove . U , has three sounds , as in truth , but , bush . Y , has two sounds , as in chyle , pity . The sounds of the vowels most generally used , are the long and the short . Examples of the first ...
... four sounds , as in note , not , move , dove . U , has three sounds , as in truth , but , bush . Y , has two sounds , as in chyle , pity . The sounds of the vowels most generally used , are the long and the short . Examples of the first ...
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... four gills . I saw a rill run down the hill . A brook will turn a mill . A bull has a stiff neck . The frost will kill the leaves on the trees . When the cock crows , he makes a shrill loud noise . A cat will kill and eat rats and mice ...
... four gills . I saw a rill run down the hill . A brook will turn a mill . A bull has a stiff neck . The frost will kill the leaves on the trees . When the cock crows , he makes a shrill loud noise . A cat will kill and eat rats and mice ...
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... four guest neat float No. 59 - LIX . great freight suit ōat weight milt bloat bait built coat gait guilt goat plait € ōurt trait saint east waist elew spew yew mōw beast dew flew crew bōw row least few brew feast hew screw show snow ...
... four guest neat float No. 59 - LIX . great freight suit ōat weight milt bloat bait built coat gait guilt goat plait € ōurt trait saint east waist elew spew yew mōw beast dew flew crew bōw row least few brew feast hew screw show snow ...
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... four syllables , the primary accent on the first and the secondary on the third . 1 ali mo ny Lu ' mi na ry eu li na ry mo ment a ry ig no mi ny cer e mo ny nu ga to ry nu me ra ry mat ri mo ny pat ri mo ny bre vi a ry ef ' fi ca cy del ...
... four syllables , the primary accent on the first and the secondary on the third . 1 ali mo ny Lu ' mi na ry eu li na ry mo ment a ry ig no mi ny cer e mo ny nu ga to ry nu me ra ry mat ri mo ny pat ri mo ny bre vi a ry ef ' fi ca cy del ...
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... Four quarts make a gallon . A barrel is thirty gallons more or less . Lemons grow on trees in warm climates . The robin is a pretty singing bird . A napkin is a kind of towel . Brass is a compound of copper and zink . A cancer is a sore ...
... Four quarts make a gallon . A barrel is thirty gallons more or less . Lemons grow on trees in warm climates . The robin is a pretty singing bird . A napkin is a kind of towel . Brass is a compound of copper and zink . A cancer is a sore ...
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accented Adjectives al low bär ben e bil i ty bird bọọk cate cent chaise chro cial cious cism consonant coun denotes dent digraph diphthong dove fall four syllables fu sion gent ging la tion late letters ling log ie lous ly ness marïne mat ie ment mis sion möve Noah Webster nouns pär pärt prey pronounced pronunciation ra phy ri ous ri ty rize sion sive sound Spelling Book syllables tain tate thin thou three syllables tial tion ex tious tism tive trae trans trees ture verbs vowel whạt Words of four Words of three
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Page 15 - 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...
Page 168 - ... or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern. Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was : and the spirit shall return unto GOD Who gave it.
Page 141 - Well, well,' said the old man, 'if neither words nor grass will do, I must try what virtue there is in stones.' So the old man pelted him heartily with stones, which soon made the young chap hasten down from the tree, and beg the old man's pardon.
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Page 167 - She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace ; a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee.
Page 4 - In conformity to the act of Congress of the United States, entitled, " An act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned ;
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 143 - One of your oxen," continued he, " has been gored by an unlucky bull of mine ; and I should be glad to know how I am to make you reparation." — " Thou art a very honest fellow," replied the lawyer, " and wilt not think it unreasonable that I expect one of thy oxen in return.
Page 141 - WHEN men suffer their imagination to amuse thom, with the prospect of distant and uncertain improvements of their condition, they frequently sustain real losses, by their inattention to those affairs in which they are immediately concerned.
Page 143 - ... not to be altogether in so growling a mood as usual, accepted the proposal, and they very amicably pursued their journey together. In the midst of their conversation they arrived at the next village, where Tiger began to display his malignant disposition by an unprovoked attack upon every dog he met.