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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... opposite meaning given . 9. Lesson written . 10. Words spelled orally . 11. Lesson written from dictation . Teachers can use their own judgment as to the number of these steps a class is required to take . Practice should be given under ...
... opposite meaning given . 9. Lesson written . 10. Words spelled orally . 11. Lesson written from dictation . Teachers can use their own judgment as to the number of these steps a class is required to take . Practice should be given under ...
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... their use , and dangers and troubles are the whetstones with which to keep them sharp . — H . W. Beecher . Pronunciation . — 1 în'di à - rub'ber . 73 - Opposites right wrong dry find lose near strong 38 MERRILL'S WORD AND SENTENCE BOOK.
... their use , and dangers and troubles are the whetstones with which to keep them sharp . — H . W. Beecher . Pronunciation . — 1 în'di à - rub'ber . 73 - Opposites right wrong dry find lose near strong 38 MERRILL'S WORD AND SENTENCE BOOK.
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... Opposites right wrong dry find lose near strong weak gay sad rare com mon ac cept de cline sweet quick ly a like a'ged moist dis tant sour un like slow ly youth ful in door out door cease con tin ue a part prop er to geth er im prop er ...
... Opposites right wrong dry find lose near strong weak gay sad rare com mon ac cept de cline sweet quick ly a like a'ged moist dis tant sour un like slow ly youth ful in door out door cease con tin ue a part prop er to geth er im prop er ...
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... Write the words in the first two columns , and opposite each write a word of like meaning from the last two columns . Pronunciation . — 1 vï'kount ; 2 zär . 133 g soft , gem gym'nast gib lets hom age 58 MERRILL'S WORD AND SENTENCE BOOK.
... Write the words in the first two columns , and opposite each write a word of like meaning from the last two columns . Pronunciation . — 1 vï'kount ; 2 zär . 133 g soft , gem gym'nast gib lets hom age 58 MERRILL'S WORD AND SENTENCE BOOK.
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... opposite each , its plural form . 149 Rewrite the following sentences so that every word in italics will mean more than one . The hero wore a helmet . A lobster is for sale in the mar- ket . A fossil was found in the ledge . The box has ...
... opposite each , its plural form . 149 Rewrite the following sentences so that every word in italics will mean more than one . The hero wore a helmet . A lobster is for sale in the mar- ket . A fossil was found in the ledge . The box has ...
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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.