The Elementary Spelling Book: Being an Improvement on the American Spelling Book |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 49
Page 6
... rule of decision . In orthography there are some classes of words in which usage is not uniform . No two English ... rules that are held to be legitimate , and has rendered uniform all classes of words falling within them . If ...
... rule of decision . In orthography there are some classes of words in which usage is not uniform . No two English ... rules that are held to be legitimate , and has rendered uniform all classes of words falling within them . If ...
Page 13
... rule has the accent of most words been imperceptibly established by a long and universal con- sent . When a word consists of three or more syllables , ease of speaking requires usually a secondary accent , of less forcible utterance ...
... rule has the accent of most words been imperceptibly established by a long and universal con- sent . When a word consists of three or more syllables , ease of speaking requires usually a secondary accent , of less forcible utterance ...
Page 19
... RULE , PULL ; EXIST ; ¤ = K ; & = J ; $ = Z ; ÇH = SH . No. 9.-IX. No. 10.-X. No. 11.-XI. BÃE , LÅST , € ÂRE , FALL , WHẠT. frā frē fri frō fru fry gra gre gri gro grü gry prā prē pri pro pru pry tra tre tri tro tru try wra wre wri wro ...
... RULE , PULL ; EXIST ; ¤ = K ; & = J ; $ = Z ; ÇH = SH . No. 9.-IX. No. 10.-X. No. 11.-XI. BÃE , LÅST , € ÂRE , FALL , WHẠT. frā frē fri frō fru fry gra gre gri gro grü gry prā prē pri pro pru pry tra tre tri tro tru try wra wre wri wro ...
Page 21
... RULE , PULL ; EXIST ; ¤ = K ; & = J ; § = Z ; ÇH = 8H . No. 14. - XIV . ken din No. 15. - X V. mŏp fär pop jar sop mar bär băt pat No. 16. - XVI . got nut věx wot rut fix but lăx BÄR , LÅST , € ÂRE , FALL , WHAT. hèm găm dăn rěn měn fin ...
... RULE , PULL ; EXIST ; ¤ = K ; & = J ; § = Z ; ÇH = 8H . No. 14. - XIV . ken din No. 15. - X V. mŏp fär pop jar sop mar bär băt pat No. 16. - XVI . got nut věx wot rut fix but lăx BÄR , LÅST , € ÂRE , FALL , WHAT. hèm găm dăn rěn měn fin ...
Page 22
... rule tame No. 19. - XIX . āpe rīpe mōpe ōre mōre wōve eape wipe tape type hope bore sore gāze rope eore tore haze nape ебре mēre fore yore maze pipe rape pope lope here gore eove raze sere lore rove eraze No. 20.-XX. eure kine lāne āte ...
... rule tame No. 19. - XIX . āpe rīpe mōpe ōre mōre wōve eape wipe tape type hope bore sore gāze rope eore tore haze nape ебре mēre fore yore maze pipe rape pope lope here gore eove raze sere lore rove eraze No. 20.-XX. eure kine lāne āte ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
ACCENTED al low ÂRE āte BÄR bil i ty BĨRD BỎN BULE CÂRE çen çent çep çer ÇH=SH cial cious çişm consonant denotes digraph diphthong diş eāte eŎn eôr EXIST FALL FOLLOWING WORDS FOOT GÂRE HẼR HĨR işm la tion LÅST letters ling LINK log ie ly ness MARÏNE māte ment mět MOON MOVE nant näte nouns oŭs păr pěn PREY PRONOUNCED PULL ra phy rāte ri ous ri ty RULE sion sive SỎN sound SYLLABLES tain těn THÊRE THREE SYLLABLES tial tion eon tion ex tious tive trae tūre ū lar ū lāte ū lous UNMARKED ūre Verbs vowel WHẠT WOLF WORDS OF FOUR WORDS OF THREE
Popular passages
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 139 - APPLES. AN old man found a rude boy upon one of his trees stealing apples, and desired him to come down ; but the young sauce-box told him plainly he would not. "Won't you ?" said the old man, " then I will fetch you down...
Page 141 - 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 163 - ... third fourth fifth sixth seventh eighth ninth tenth eleventh twelfth thirteenth fourteenth fifteenth sixteenth seventeenth eighteenth nineteenth twentieth thirtieth fortieth fiftieth sixtieth seventieth eightieth...
Page 141 - 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." " It is no more than justice...
Page 139 - Won't you ?' said the old man ; ' then I will fetch you down ;' so he pulled up some tufts of 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,' said the old man, 'if neither words nor grass will do, I must try what virtue there is in stones.
Page 173 - This host of successful Webster owners who are satisfied with Webster service, who have their needs anticipated and supplied, whose questions about new and old words, noted persons and places, questions of what, why and how, here answered with the authority of the world's scholars, should encourage the young man or woman, even though near the foot of the ladder, to profit from the same service. The one who knows wins success. Write for specimen pages, illustrations, etc. Free, a set of poc^ci maps...
Page 143 - However, making a virtue of necessity, he forbore to complain ; and comforted himself with reflecting, that no bliss is perfect ; that good and evil are mixed, and flow from the same fountain. These briars indeed, said he, will tear my skin a little, yet they keep off the dogs.
Page 44 - It is as certain to follow, as that the sun will rise in the east and set in the west tomorrow.
Page 86 - Again, the happiness of the next life is represented to us in holy Scripture as a treasure. Our Saviour bids us ' lay up for ourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through and steal.