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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... flower fruit tree seeds seeds tree juice juice pulp stem stem rind und pulp Copy : The apple - tree is covered with pink and white flowers in May . In October we gather the fruit . are outside . The core , seeds , juice , and The stem ...
... flower fruit tree seeds seeds tree juice juice pulp stem stem rind und pulp Copy : The apple - tree is covered with pink and white flowers in May . In October we gather the fruit . are outside . The core , seeds , juice , and The stem ...
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... flowers . Crash went the arrow through the window ! Copy the words and sentences . Mark the short sound of a . 22 - The Clock face key case fig ures hour glass i ron min ute hands brass di al ham mer wheel weights wood pen du lum Its ...
... flowers . Crash went the arrow through the window ! Copy the words and sentences . Mark the short sound of a . 22 - The Clock face key case fig ures hour glass i ron min ute hands brass di al ham mer wheel weights wood pen du lum Its ...
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... the second question ; the answer ; the third question ; the answer . Let the pupils tell the story , orally , following the topics ; and then write it . 63 - Flowers tu lips as ters lark spurs pan 34 MERRILL'S WORD AND SENTENCE BOOK.
... the second question ; the answer ; the third question ; the answer . Let the pupils tell the story , orally , following the topics ; and then write it . 63 - Flowers tu lips as ters lark spurs pan 34 MERRILL'S WORD AND SENTENCE BOOK.
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... Flowers tu lips as ters lark spurs pan sies sun flow ers lil ies sweet - peas li lacs dai sies hy a cinths holly hocks vi o lets clo vers măr'i golds dan de li ons ge ra ni ums Write the word for one of each flower . Write the names of ...
... Flowers tu lips as ters lark spurs pan sies sun flow ers lil ies sweet - peas li lacs dai sies hy a cinths holly hocks vi o lets clo vers măr'i golds dan de li ons ge ra ni ums Write the word for one of each flower . Write the names of ...
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... flower - buds of a tree that grows in the East Indies . 80 - Abbreviations Sun day Sun. Wednes day Wed. Mon day Mon. Thurs day Thurs. Tues day Tues. Fri day Fri. Sat ur day Sat. Copy the lesson . Write the abbreviation for the first day ...
... flower - buds of a tree that grows in the East Indies . 80 - Abbreviations Sun day Sun. Wednes day Wed. Mon day Mon. Thurs day Thurs. Tues day Tues. Fri day Fri. Sat ur day Sat. Copy the lesson . Write the abbreviation for the first day ...
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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.