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... ment fla grant glar ing vest ure gär ment hor rid shock ing un ' guent oint ' ment jun ' ior ae cess ap proach ' lan guid young ' er droop ing aue tion ven due la tent ere dence be lief list less in cense lee ture plaud it rel ies sean ...
... ment fla grant glar ing vest ure gär ment hor rid shock ing un ' guent oint ' ment jun ' ior ae cess ap proach ' lan guid young ' er droop ing aue tion ven due la tent ere dence be lief list less in cense lee ture plaud it rel ies sean ...
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... ment pu pil ill ness sick ness cow slip stu dent sehol ar cōlts foot rap ine plun der pil lage cock le ser aph cher ub an gel eum in ten or pur port mean ing cum frey thrall ' dom slav ' er y bond ' age dai sy vor tex ed dy whirl pool ...
... ment pu pil ill ness sick ness cow slip stu dent sehol ar cōlts foot rap ine plun der pil lage cock le ser aph cher ub an gel eum in ten or pur port mean ing cum frey thrall ' dom slav ' er y bond ' age dai sy vor tex ed dy whirl pool ...
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... ment ex ceed ex cel in vent con trive de vise main tain sup port sus tain pro rogue pro traet re cede re treat re store re turn pro long with draw re place dog wood log wood rose wood cam wood Verbs . Species of Plants . por tend ' re ...
... ment ex ceed ex cel in vent con trive de vise main tain sup port sus tain pro rogue pro traet re cede re treat re store re turn pro long with draw re place dog wood log wood rose wood cam wood Verbs . Species of Plants . por tend ' re ...
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... ment eap tive pris on er dis count de due tion cen sus num ber ing ex it de pärt ure chi na por ce lain her ald elois ter nun ne ry ju rist pro claim er ci vil ian chap man märk et man ni ter salt pe ter des ert wil der ness nui sance ...
... ment eap tive pris on er dis count de due tion cen sus num ber ing ex it de pärt ure chi na por ce lain her ald elois ter nun ne ry ju rist pro claim er ci vil ian chap man märk et man ni ter salt pe ter des ert wil der ness nui sance ...
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... ment a dorn res ' cue de liv ' er pac i fy re quite ' ree ' om pense glo ri fy out root en rich ex tir ' pate fer ' til ize tol er ate ap pease ex tol al low ree ti fy cor reet out wit o ver reach ' ter ri fy dif ' fer dis a gree un der ...
... ment a dorn res ' cue de liv ' er pac i fy re quite ' ree ' om pense glo ri fy out root en rich ex tir ' pate fer ' til ize tol er ate ap pease ex tol al low ree ti fy cor reet out wit o ver reach ' ter ri fy dif ' fer dis a gree un der ...
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accent adjectives adverbs antepenult bär cate ceive cent cial cif er ous cious cir eum column con test defined denotes its sound dent drol elam elean ence equi fore ful ly ful ness fy-ing-cation härd härm jeet leet lence less LESSON letters mean ment möve ness Nouns ol o gy ous ly pär pärt penult pertaining port preter primitive word Quadrupeds ra phy ri ous Rule ship sion sive sound as heard spell subvocal suffix syllable TABLE tain ting tion tive trans treach tude turb ture ty un vate verbs vert vocals
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Page 116 - Monosyllables, and words accented on the last syllable, ending with a single consonant preceded by a single vowel, double that consonant, when they take another syllable beginning with a vowel...
Page 99 - March, the sun rises- exactly in the east, and sets exactly in the west.
Page 151 - If you have an enemy act kindly to him, and make him your friend. You may not win him over at once, but try again. Let one kindness be followed by another...
Page 3 - ... Letters and Spelling, let him learn these and such like Sentences by Heart." By the 1830s, however, spelling was under challenge, and textbooks rushed to redefine its value as literacy instruction. Salem Town's Spelling and Defining Book (1838) insisted that "a child being taught, both to read and to spell, should be taught, at the same time, to understand what he reads...
Page 151 - The road ambition travels is too narrow for friendship, too crooked for love, too rugged for honesty, too dark for science, and too hilly for happiness.
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Page 158 - Punctuation and Capital Letters. PUNCTUATION. Punctuation is the art of dividing a written composition into sentences, or parts of sentences, by points or stops, to mark the different pauses which the sense requires. The principal points are the Comma, thus , Interrogation, thus ? Semicolon, ; Exclamation, ! :. • Colon...
Page 80 - ve seen him drop To call our robin in; The line that held his pretty kite, His bow, his cup and ball, The slate on which he learned to write, His feather, cap, and all!