The Western Spelling Book: Being an Improvement of the American Spelling Book by Noah Webster |
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Page 111
... carry mill stones . Who is next ? Charles . I am a carpenter , sir . Mr. B. The most necessary man that could of fer . We shall find you work enough , never fear . There will be houses to build , fences to make , and chairs and tables ...
... carry mill stones . Who is next ? Charles . I am a carpenter , sir . Mr. B. The most necessary man that could of fer . We shall find you work enough , never fear . There will be houses to build , fences to make , and chairs and tables ...
Page 118
... carried the bundles of wheat , or of oats , together , and piled them up . He pulled flax , cut corn stalks , picked up ap- ples to carry to the cider - mill , and helped in husk- ing . Besides all this , if he saw a gate left open , he ...
... carried the bundles of wheat , or of oats , together , and piled them up . He pulled flax , cut corn stalks , picked up ap- ples to carry to the cider - mill , and helped in husk- ing . Besides all this , if he saw a gate left open , he ...
Page 120
... carry ; a savage sell , to dispose of . · animal . base , mean . bass , a part in music . be , to exist . bee , an insect . beach , the sea shore . beech , a tree . beer , malt liquor . chol er , anger . col lar , for the neck . cord ...
... carry ; a savage sell , to dispose of . · animal . base , mean . bass , a part in music . be , to exist . bee , an insect . beach , the sea shore . beech , a tree . beer , malt liquor . chol er , anger . col lar , for the neck . cord ...
Page 122
... carry letters . male , the he kind . mean , low minded . mien , look ; countenance . meat , flesh ; food . meet , fit ; proper . mete , to measure . mite , an insect . might , power . nay , no . neigh , the cry of a horse . naught , bad ...
... carry letters . male , the he kind . mean , low minded . mien , look ; countenance . meat , flesh ; food . meet , fit ; proper . mete , to measure . mite , an insect . might , power . nay , no . neigh , the cry of a horse . naught , bad ...
Page 135
... carry a tame elephant out to the country where wild ones are ; they make a fence round a large space , and put the tame elephant into it . The enclosed place is something like a very large cage , with the door open , the tame elephant ...
... carry a tame elephant out to the country where wild ones are ; they make a fence round a large space , and put the tame elephant into it . The enclosed place is something like a very large cage , with the door open , the tame elephant ...
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Page 51 - And by chance there came down a certain priest that way : and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side.
Page 119 - ... 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 7 - 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 ; P, p ; Q, q ; R, r S, s ; T, t; U, u ; V, v ; W, w; X, x ; Y, y ; Z, z.
Page 51 - But a certain Samaritan as he journeyed, came where he was ; and when he saw him he had compassion on him, and went to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine, and set him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him.
Page 94 - 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 111 - I am a carpenter, sir. Mr B. The most necessary man that could offer ! We shall find you work enough, never fear. There will be houses to build, fences to make, and all kinds of wooden furniture to provide.
Page 96 - the good people of this family have built me a house to live in; it is in the cupboard: I am sure it is for me, for it is just big enough: the bottom is of wood, and it is covered all over with wires; and I...
Page 119 - ... first second ,> third fourth . fifth sixth seventh eighth ninth tenth eleventh twelfth thirteenth fourteenth fifteenth sixteenth seventeenth eighteenth...
Page 105 - God made man. of the dust of the earth, and breathed into his face the breath of life, and man became a living soul.
Page 110 - COLONISTS. COME, said Mr. Barlow to his boys, I have a new play for you. I will be the founder of a colony ; and you shall be people of different trades and professions coming to offer yourselves to go with me. What are you, A ? A.