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... tive ad ver sa ry al a bäs ter plan et a ry stat u a ry sane tu a ry jan i za ry mon as te ry al le go ry leg is la ture sump tu a ry pred a to ry leg is la tor The sun is the brightest luminary . The moon is the luminary of the night ...
... tive ad ver sa ry al a bäs ter plan et a ry stat u a ry sane tu a ry jan i za ry mon as te ry al le go ry leg is la ture sump tu a ry pred a to ry leg is la tor The sun is the brightest luminary . The moon is the luminary of the night ...
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... tive for get ful e vent ful per cept ive . de feet ive pre sump tive effect ive neg leet ful dis gust ful dis trust ful con sump tive de cep tive sue cess ful un skill ful col leet ive pros peet ive per spect ive cor rect ive in vee tive ...
... tive for get ful e vent ful per cept ive . de feet ive pre sump tive effect ive neg leet ful dis gust ful dis trust ful con sump tive de cep tive sue cess ful un skill ful col leet ive pros peet ive per spect ive cor rect ive in vee tive ...
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... tive pal li a tive spec u la tive cop u la tive nom i na tive op e ra tive fig u ra tive veg e ta tive im i ta tive 2 spir it u ous spirit u al lin e a ment vision a ry mis sion a ry die tion a ry sta tion a ry es tu a ry ac cess ory ...
... tive pal li a tive spec u la tive cop u la tive nom i na tive op e ra tive fig u ra tive veg e ta tive im i ta tive 2 spir it u ous spirit u al lin e a ment vision a ry mis sion a ry die tion a ry sta tion a ry es tu a ry ac cess ory ...
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... tive de riv a tive con serv a tive de fin i tive in fin i tive di lap i date re trib u tive con see u tive ex ee u tive A triennial assembly is one which continues three years , or is held once in three years . The parliament of Great ...
... tive de riv a tive con serv a tive de fin i tive in fin i tive di lap i date re trib u tive con see u tive ex ee u tive A triennial assembly is one which continues three years , or is held once in three years . The parliament of Great ...
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... tive hus band man pu ni tive hol ly hock al ka li hem i stich stal ac'tite par a graph ep i taph av e nue rev e nue ret i nue des po tism par ox ysm mi'ero cosm min i um pen du lum laud a num gen tle man mus sul man al der man jour ney ...
... tive hus band man pu ni tive hol ly hock al ka li hem i stich stal ac'tite par a graph ep i taph av e nue rev e nue ret i nue des po tism par ox ysm mi'ero cosm min i um pen du lum laud a num gen tle man mus sul man al der man jour ney ...
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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.