The Western Spelling Book: Being an Improvement of the American Spelling Book by Noah Webster |
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Page 97
... sometimes of wood and sometimes of straw , and take care of you . I wonder what is the reason . 99 The bee answered , " because you never do them any good , but on the contrary , are very troublesome and mischievous ; therefore they do ...
... sometimes of wood and sometimes of straw , and take care of you . I wonder what is the reason . 99 The bee answered , " because you never do them any good , but on the contrary , are very troublesome and mischievous ; therefore they do ...
Page 108
... sometimes more . In solids , forty feet of round timber , or fifty feet of hewn timber , make a ton . A cord of wood contains one hundred and twenty - eight solid feet ; that is , a pile four feet high , four feet wide , and eight feet ...
... sometimes more . In solids , forty feet of round timber , or fifty feet of hewn timber , make a ton . A cord of wood contains one hundred and twenty - eight solid feet ; that is , a pile four feet high , four feet wide , and eight feet ...
Page 110
... sometimes called , has a head somewhat like a toad , and four short legs , with claws . He has a shell on his back , which is so large , that he can draw his head , and claws , quite into it . There are several species of the turtle ...
... sometimes called , has a head somewhat like a toad , and four short legs , with claws . He has a shell on his back , which is so large , that he can draw his head , and claws , quite into it . There are several species of the turtle ...
Page 114
... sometimes called vapour . Look at the tea pot , when the top is off : some- thing like smoke arises out of it ; this is vapour . Put a little water on the stove ; in a short time it will be all gone . Where is it ? It has dried up , or ...
... sometimes called vapour . Look at the tea pot , when the top is off : some- thing like smoke arises out of it ; this is vapour . Put a little water on the stove ; in a short time it will be all gone . Where is it ? It has dried up , or ...
Page 117
... sometimes practise , and which they seem to think very cunning . He said he never could see that there was any real wit in being a rogue . If he saw a silly fellow sculk behind a bench , or behind another boy , to do some sly trick ...
... sometimes practise , and which they seem to think very cunning . He said he never could see that there was any real wit in being a rogue . If he saw a silly fellow sculk behind a bench , or behind another boy , to do some sly trick ...
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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.
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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...
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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.