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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... little fox , named By - and - by . Then set upon him quick , I say , The swift young hunter , Right - away . " 36 - The Tree Dictation . In the orchard stands. MERRILL'S WORD AND SENTENCE BOOK 23 34-Question-mark ...
... little fox , named By - and - by . Then set upon him quick , I say , The swift young hunter , Right - away . " 36 - The Tree Dictation . In the orchard stands. MERRILL'S WORD AND SENTENCE BOOK 23 34-Question-mark ...
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... little fox I can't . Then fast as ever hunter ran , Chase him with bold and brave I can . " 51 lean lame lamp on ly noise ripe or der 28 MERRILL'S WORD AND SENTENCE BOOK.
... little fox I can't . Then fast as ever hunter ran , Chase him with bold and brave I can . " 51 lean lame lamp on ly noise ripe or der 28 MERRILL'S WORD AND SENTENCE BOOK.
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... little fox is hidden there , Among my vines , named I don't care . Then let I'm sorry - hunter true- Chase him afar from vines and you . " To the Teacher . - Explain the meaning of the vines and foxes , and let the pupils tell the story ...
... little fox is hidden there , Among my vines , named I don't care . Then let I'm sorry - hunter true- Chase him afar from vines and you . " To the Teacher . - Explain the meaning of the vines and foxes , and let the pupils tell the story ...
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... little fox I can't . Then fast as ever hunter ran , Chase him with bold and brave I can . " 51 lean lame lamp on ly noise ripe soul or 28 MERRILL'S WORD AND SENTENCE BOOK.
... little fox I can't . Then fast as ever hunter ran , Chase him with bold and brave I can . " 51 lean lame lamp on ly noise ripe soul or 28 MERRILL'S WORD AND SENTENCE BOOK.
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... little fox is hidden there , Among my vines , named I don't care . Then let I'm sorry - hunter true- Chase him afar from vines and you . " To the Teacher . - Explain the meaning of the vines and foxes , and let the pupils tell the story ...
... little fox is hidden there , Among my vines , named I don't care . Then let I'm sorry - hunter true- Chase him afar from vines and you . " To the Teacher . - Explain the meaning of the vines and foxes , and let the pupils tell the story ...
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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.