Merrill's Word and Sentence Book: A Practical Speller Designed to Teach the Form, Pronunciation, Meaning, and Use of Common WordsCharles E. Merrill Company, 1891 - 189 pages |
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A Practical Speller Designed to Teach the Form, Pronunciation, Meaning, and ... 1 game fruit din ner ba con poul try buns sup per but ter sau sage pud ding ... 1 Shoog'er ; 2děz zert ' ; 3 biz'zy ; 4 looz . strong 21 - ǎ , short , ådd ...
A Practical Speller Designed to Teach the Form, Pronunciation, Meaning, and ... 1 game fruit din ner ba con poul try buns sup per but ter sau sage pud ding ... 1 Shoog'er ; 2děz zert ' ; 3 biz'zy ; 4 looz . strong 21 - ǎ , short , ådd ...
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A Practical Speller Designed to Teach the Form, Pronunciation, Meaning, and ... 1 as par a gus bean pars nip pump kin cress gar lic cab bage mush'room spin ... 1 Lět'tis ; 2 spin'áj ; also spelled spin age . 66 - Fruits fig prune date ...
A Practical Speller Designed to Teach the Form, Pronunciation, Meaning, and ... 1 as par a gus bean pars nip pump kin cress gar lic cab bage mush'room spin ... 1 Lět'tis ; 2 spin'áj ; also spelled spin age . 66 - Fruits fig prune date ...
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A Practical Speller Designed to Teach the Form, Pronunciation, Meaning, and Use of Common Words James Ormond Wilson ... Pronunciation . — 1 în'di à - rub'ber . 73 - Opposites right wrong dry find lose near strong 38 MERRILL'S WORD AND ...
A Practical Speller Designed to Teach the Form, Pronunciation, Meaning, and Use of Common Words James Ormond Wilson ... Pronunciation . — 1 în'di à - rub'ber . 73 - Opposites right wrong dry find lose near strong 38 MERRILL'S WORD AND ...
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... 1 Copy : All the year round the orange - groves are in blossom ; and grass grows More in a single night than a whole Canadian summer . Pronunciation . - 1 wěst in'diz . -Longfellow . 75 - Food toast gru el broth dump ling tarts ...
... 1 Copy : All the year round the orange - groves are in blossom ; and grass grows More in a single night than a whole Canadian summer . Pronunciation . - 1 wěst in'diz . -Longfellow . 75 - Food toast gru el broth dump ling tarts ...
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A Practical Speller Designed to Teach the Form, Pronunciation, Meaning, and ... 1 waf fle 2 muf fin sauer ' kraut 3 sal ad mut ton hon ey cătch'up por ridge ... 1 bis'kit ; wŏf'f'l ; sour / krout . rice so da 78 - Used in Cooking all ...
A Practical Speller Designed to Teach the Form, Pronunciation, Meaning, and ... 1 waf fle 2 muf fin sauer ' kraut 3 sal ad mut ton hon ey cătch'up por ridge ... 1 bis'kit ; wŏf'f'l ; sour / krout . rice so da 78 - Used in Cooking all ...
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Alice Cary animal Avoirdupois ben e capital column comma Copy the words Date Palm daugh Dictation Dictation.—The feet fish flowers form their plurals grain John Howard Payne king land lesson letters little fox long sound mark the long Mark the short measuring ment Mont Blanc Morning's at seven ness Ocean Paul Lu plural form pound Pronunciation.—¹ pupils putting the right quart recite right word river river Dee Root forms Rule.-A short sound silent silent letters singular spelling sponge suffix syllables tion tism tive toil tree tress trout cod vowel wreaths Write the words yard
Popular passages
Page 106 - 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 49 - A little neglect may breed great mischief; for want of a nail the shoe was lost, for want of a shoe the horse was lost, and for want of a horse the rider was lost, being overtaken and slain by the enemy; all for want of a little care about a horseshoe nail.
Page 106 - The day is done, and the darkness Falls from the wings of Night, As a feather is wafted downward From an eagle in his flight. I see the lights of the village Gleam through the rain and the mist, And a feeling of sadness comes o'er me, That my soul cannot resist: A feeling of sadness and longing, That is not akin to pain, And resembles sorrow only As the mist resembles the rain.
Page 58 - The year's at the spring And day's at the morn; Morning's at seven; The hill-side's dew-pearled; The lark's on the wing; The snail's on the thorn: God's in his heaven — All's right with the world!
Page 77 - FLOWER in the crannied wall, I pluck you out of the crannies, I hold you here, root and all, in my hand, Little flower — but if I could understand What you are, root and all, and all in all, I should know what God and man is.
Page 151 - LIQUID MEASURE 4 gills (gi.) = 1 pint (pt.) 2 pints — 1 quart (qt...
Page 88 - Farewell the tranquil mind ! Farewell content ! Farewell the plumed troop, and the big wars, That make ambition virtue ! O, farewell ! Farewell the neighing steed, and the shrill trump, The spirit-stirring drum, the ear-piercing fife, The royal banner ; and all quality. Pride, pomp, and circumstance of glorious war ! And O, you mortal engines, whose rude throats The immortal Jove's dread clamours counterfeit, Farewell ! Othello's occupation's gone ! lago.
Page 121 - Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay: Princes and lords may flourish, or may fade — A breath can make them, as a breath has made; But a bold peasantry, their country's pride, When once destroyed, can never be supplied.
Page 82 - If I were an American, as I am an Englishman, while a foreign troop was landed in my country, I never would lay down my arms — Never! — never ! — never...
Page 90 - Neither a borrower nor a lender be : For loan oft loses both itself and friend ; And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry.