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... marine , pin , bird , möv No. 17. - XVII . code ace bīce cage lake mode dace dice mode dace dice gage take node face lice page make rode lace mice rage rake jade tīde lobe pace lade wide robe race rice nice sage sake doge take made ode ...
... marine , pin , bird , möv No. 17. - XVII . code ace bīce cage lake mode dace dice mode dace dice gage take node face lice page make rode lace mice rage rake jade tīde lobe pace lade wide robe race rice nice sage sake doge take made ode ...
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... loves to eat clover . The tulip is very pretty , growing in the garden . A dial shows the hour of the day . Cedar trees grow in the woods . The black - berry grows on a brier . bär , fall , whạt , prey , marine , Spelling Book . 25.
... loves to eat clover . The tulip is very pretty , growing in the garden . A dial shows the hour of the day . Cedar trees grow in the woods . The black - berry grows on a brier . bär , fall , whạt , prey , marine , Spelling Book . 25.
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... marine , pin , bird , möve , Cider is made of apples . A tiger will kill and eat a man . A raker can rake hay . A vial is a little bottle . A giant is a very stout , tall man . The holy Bib'e is the book of God . • No. 27. - XXVII ...
... marine , pin , bird , möve , Cider is made of apples . A tiger will kill and eat a man . A raker can rake hay . A vial is a little bottle . A giant is a very stout , tall man . The holy Bib'e is the book of God . • No. 27. - XXVII ...
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... twitch much sketch plush härsh church itch stitch stretch flush märsh lurch bitch witch clutch crush To filch is to steal ; we must not filch . A bird sits on a branch to sing . bär , fall , what , prey , marine , Spelling Book . 27.
... twitch much sketch plush härsh church itch stitch stretch flush märsh lurch bitch witch clutch crush To filch is to steal ; we must not filch . A bird sits on a branch to sing . bär , fall , what , prey , marine , Spelling Book . 27.
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... marine , pin , bird , möve , No. 32. - XXXII . Words of two syllables , accented on the second . .1 A base re claim un say de base pro claim as say ben zoin mem'oir in case a bate dis claim a way ex claim o bey de bate de mean con vey ...
... marine , pin , bird , möve , No. 32. - XXXII . Words of two syllables , accented on the second . .1 A base re claim un say de base pro claim as say ben zoin mem'oir in case a bate dis claim a way ex claim o bey de bate de mean con vey ...
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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.
Page 163 - ... 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 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.