The Western Spelling Book: Being an Improvement of the American Spelling Book by Noah Webster |
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Page 111
... soon as you please . Now for the next . Beverly . I am a miller , sir . Mr. B. A very useful trade ! our corn must be ground , or it will do us little good , but what must we do for a mill , my friend ? us , B. I suppose we must make ...
... soon as you please . Now for the next . Beverly . I am a miller , sir . Mr. B. A very useful trade ! our corn must be ground , or it will do us little good , but what must we do for a mill , my friend ? us , B. I suppose we must make ...
Page 113
... soon as our children are old enough , we shall be glad of your services . Though we are hard work- ing men , we do not mean to be ignorant ; every one among us , shall be taught reading , and writing . Until we have employment for you ...
... soon as our children are old enough , we shall be glad of your services . Though we are hard work- ing men , we do not mean to be ignorant ; every one among us , shall be taught reading , and writing . Until we have employment for you ...
Page 115
... soon evaporates ; the drop of oil does not evaporate - it remains , or stays , in the paper . A fluid , which dries very quick , is volatile . Wa- ter is more volatile than oil or grease . Fluid . The substance which can be poured from ...
... soon evaporates ; the drop of oil does not evaporate - it remains , or stays , in the paper . A fluid , which dries very quick , is volatile . Wa- ter is more volatile than oil or grease . Fluid . The substance which can be poured from ...
Page 117
... got dirty again before school time , and he did not know it . As soon as school was out , Jack hurried home to help his father . He could drive a yoke of ox- en ; hae a little ; work in the garden LESSONS IN READING . 117.
... got dirty again before school time , and he did not know it . As soon as school was out , Jack hurried home to help his father . He could drive a yoke of ox- en ; hae a little ; work in the garden LESSONS IN READING . 117.
Page 135
... soon as they get in , a bar falls , which pre- vents them from getting out again ; at first they try very much to get out , and make a great noise ; but they are fed and treated kindly , and become quite tame in about fourteen day's ...
... soon as they get in , a bar falls , which pre- vents them from getting out again ; at first they try very much to get out , and make a great noise ; but they are fed and treated kindly , and become quite tame in about fourteen day's ...
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The Western Spelling Book: Being an Improvement of the American Spelling ... Nathan Guilford No preview available - 2017 |
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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.