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Page 129
... to make the round better , harrows them to make the arth soft and smooth , and sows them with wheat , rye , barley , oats , flax , or emp ; or plants them with corn , beans or potatoes . In some fields he sows the seeds. SPRING . 129.
... to make the round better , harrows them to make the arth soft and smooth , and sows them with wheat , rye , barley , oats , flax , or emp ; or plants them with corn , beans or potatoes . In some fields he sows the seeds. SPRING . 129.
Page 130
... seeds of melons , squashes , and pumpkins . 3. In the garden or some other field , he also sows the seeds of cabbages let- tuce , parsley , pepper - grass , radishes , and many other vegetables which are good for food ; and the seeds of ...
... seeds of melons , squashes , and pumpkins . 3. In the garden or some other field , he also sows the seeds of cabbages let- tuce , parsley , pepper - grass , radishes , and many other vegetables which are good for food ; and the seeds of ...
Page 132
... seeds were sown . The trees and shrubs are now opening their beautiful blossoms , which fill the air with their fragrant odors . 2. Here is the peach tree with deli cate blossoms of a pale red color , and the pear , and plum , and ...
... seeds were sown . The trees and shrubs are now opening their beautiful blossoms , which fill the air with their fragrant odors . 2. Here is the peach tree with deli cate blossoms of a pale red color , and the pear , and plum , and ...
Page 133
... seed in the gar- len and field . They teach you to know and do what is right ; and they hope that what you learn ... seeds of knowledge which they sowed in their children's minds , to spring up , and grow and blossom , and bear the ...
... seed in the gar- len and field . They teach you to know and do what is right ; and they hope that what you learn ... seeds of knowledge which they sowed in their children's minds , to spring up , and grow and blossom , and bear the ...
Page 134
... seeds white ask most makes search taught should much pleas - ant o - dors oth - er gar - dens cher - ry flow - ers spring - ing deck - ed dai - sy blos - soms ap - ple tu - lip fra - grant pur - ple i - ris cov - er - ed love - ly re ...
... seeds white ask most makes search taught should much pleas - ant o - dors oth - er gar - dens cher - ry flow - ers spring - ing deck - ed dai - sy blos - soms ap - ple tu - lip fra - grant pur - ple i - ris cov - er - ed love - ly re ...
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a-bout a-ny a-way articulation aunt avoided Berkeley birds brook field cake called catch Charles CHARLES BELL Clara clothes common errors consonant corn cows Cup and Ball David Dick diphthong e-nough Ellen Elocution Emily and Frances English language ev-e-ry father fault fields flax garden give glad grass grow happy heard hill Howard and Francis Hundredth hurt inflection Jane John John Holt John Reed Joseph kind labial lambs LESSON letter LIBRARY little girl live look Lord ma-ny Moon mother never Orthoepy Ostrich oth-er parents Peggy play pretty pronunciation Reading and Spelling Samuel Worcester scholars seeds series of Reading sheep sister SOAP BUBBLES sometimes soon sorry sport spring teacher tell things thought told tree true sound UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA ver-y vowel wagon walk Walker's notation warm wicked William wood WORCESTER'S words
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Page 9 - This vowel is not what it would, at first sight, appear to be, — a perfectly simple sound: it consists in reality of two sounds, — that which, in common pronunciation, commences the name of the letter, (a) and that which, in a prolonged utterance, is heard at its close, and which approaches to the name sound of the vowel e. A clear and just articulation of the name sound of a has regard to this complexity of its nature, and closes with a very slight and delicate approach to the sound of e, so...
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Page 74 - ... Spelling (Boston, 1830). It is a letter written by Lucy Turner, a country girl, thirteen years old, to her mother, who was spending a month in Boston at the home of Lucy's aunt, Mrs. White. This letter serves as a dreadful example to all children who, like Lucy, "never take any pains to learn to spell.
Page 9 - The grave accent, or falling inflection, (*) denotes the downward slide of voice, as heard at a period; the acute accent, or rising inflection, (') denotes the upward slide, usually heard at a comma. The application of these inflections, is not necessary to practice in articulation, and, if found embarrassing, may be omitted. The early acquisition of them, however, will save much time in future lessons ; and since the words in these exercises must all be articulated with one inflection or other,...
Page 9 - Avle ace age, aim day bail, dale fail say, pave tape hail, haze may gaze, late maid nay, vail make fame, tail pay lade, jade gay sail, fate faith daily, fade make gate, take mail sale. A, as in Far : Au, as in Launch. Marked as the ' second ' sound of a, in Walker's notation.
Page 2 - The above form a complete series of Reading Books, which are not surpassed by any other works for this purpose now before the public. The...