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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... Marks , are introduced before Part I. , as the pupil will have frequent occasion to refer to them . The principal list of Abbreviations , Foreign Words and Phrases , and other exercises have been included in Part IV . , but are to be ...
... Marks , are introduced before Part I. , as the pupil will have frequent occasion to refer to them . The principal list of Abbreviations , Foreign Words and Phrases , and other exercises have been included in Part IV . , but are to be ...
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... Marks Copy the table below and learn the marks and their names . The macron , as in āle , ēve , ice , öld , use , mỹ ... mark to indicate their sounds . fine ill fûrl hälf lute tub sort palm note odd urge pique mete add share laugh glaze ...
... Marks Copy the table below and learn the marks and their names . The macron , as in āle , ēve , ice , öld , use , mỹ ... mark to indicate their sounds . fine ill fûrl hälf lute tub sort palm note odd urge pique mete add share laugh glaze ...
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... mark those requiring a mark to indicate their sounds . çede eall ac id zinc get gift gem gi ant ci der ech o ti ger gen tle mer cy crown be gin en gine ma chine cuck oo gim let gen der haş that ink ex ist was thine link ex alt prism ...
... mark those requiring a mark to indicate their sounds . çede eall ac id zinc get gift gem gi ant ci der ech o ti ger gen tle mer cy crown be gin en gine ma chine cuck oo gim let gen der haş that ink ex ist was thine link ex alt prism ...
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... the sun shines . chase chase skate skate blaze blaze Mark the long sound of a . Mabel has a canary in ́a cage . Grâce Grace able able awake a wake au 5 - The Head forehead tongue tongue eye teeth teeth 10 MERRILL'S WORD AND SENTENCE BOOK.
... the sun shines . chase chase skate skate blaze blaze Mark the long sound of a . Mabel has a canary in ́a cage . Grâce Grace able able awake a wake au 5 - The Head forehead tongue tongue eye teeth teeth 10 MERRILL'S WORD AND SENTENCE BOOK.
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... these these Tea was once a green leaf . The stream rises in a step hill . The field is full of weeds . Copy the words and sentences . Mark the long sound of e . Copy , learn , and recite . 7 - The MERRILL'S WORD AND SENTENCE BOOK 11.
... these these Tea was once a green leaf . The stream rises in a step hill . The field is full of weeds . Copy the words and sentences . Mark the long sound of e . Copy , learn , and recite . 7 - The MERRILL'S WORD AND SENTENCE BOOK 11.
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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
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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.