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... spell only a part of the columns , when he first reads the Lessons . After going over a few of them in this way , he may go back , read the Lessons again , and spell all the words . The words for spelling are so arranged , that it will ...
... spell only a part of the columns , when he first reads the Lessons . After going over a few of them in this way , he may go back , read the Lessons again , and spell all the words . The words for spelling are so arranged , that it will ...
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... spell all the words in this SECOND BOOK , and to tell what is said in each Lesson . 2. The first thing that we shall talk about , is the Sun. 3. The Sun gives us light and heat . It is so bright , that it will hurt your eyes to look ...
... spell all the words in this SECOND BOOK , and to tell what is said in each Lesson . 2. The first thing that we shall talk about , is the Sun. 3. The Sun gives us light and heat . It is so bright , that it will hurt your eyes to look ...
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... spell warm song your prim - er morn - ing squir - rel sec - ond pray - ers squir - rels les - son ri - ses hap - py Hold up your head when you read , and speak loud and plain . Do not say lay for lie . LESSON II . THE SUN . 1. The Sun ...
... spell warm song your prim - er morn - ing squir - rel sec - ond pray - ers squir - rels les - son ri - ses hap - py Hold up your head when you read , and speak loud and plain . Do not say lay for lie . LESSON II . THE SUN . 1. The Sun ...
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... of water , and some other things , to make the trees grow . 6. David . If you will tell me the names of some of the trees , I will learn to spell them . 7. Father . The most common trees in the forests DAVID AND HIS FATHER . 35.
... of water , and some other things , to make the trees grow . 6. David . If you will tell me the names of some of the trees , I will learn to spell them . 7. Father . The most common trees in the forests DAVID AND HIS FATHER . 35.
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... spell the names of the trees , and now I want to ask about stones . Did they grow ? 2. Father . I do not know that they grew ; and I do not know how they were made . They have been here longer than any person knows . 3. David . I am ...
... spell the names of the trees , and now I want to ask about stones . Did they grow ? 2. Father . I do not know that they grew ; and I do not know how they were made . They have been here longer than any person knows . 3. David . I am ...
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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.
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