Merill's Word and Sentence Book: A Practical Speller Designed to Teach the Form, Pronunciation, Meaning, and Use of Common WordsMaynard, Merrill, & Company, 1902 - 189 pages |
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... grow , delicious . A syllable is a letter or combination of letters sounded at a single effort of the voice ; as , ve - loç ' - i - pēde . A monosyllable is a word of one syllable ; as , I , do , gun . A dissyllable is a word of two ...
... grow , delicious . A syllable is a letter or combination of letters sounded at a single effort of the voice ; as , ve - loç ' - i - pēde . A monosyllable is a word of one syllable ; as , I , do , gun . A dissyllable is a word of two ...
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... grows in hot countries . Copy the words and sentences . Mark the short sound of o . 29 - Geography Dictation . We live on a big ball . It is called the earth . It moves through space . Part of the surface is land and part water . The ...
... grows in hot countries . Copy the words and sentences . Mark the short sound of o . 29 - Geography Dictation . We live on a big ball . It is called the earth . It moves through space . Part of the surface is land and part water . The ...
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... grow tall and green . Its roots go deep down into the ground to find food . This food is called the sap of the tree . The sap flows through the trunk , the branches , and every leaf . Every spring buds appear . The buds open to blossoms ...
... grow tall and green . Its roots go deep down into the ground to find food . This food is called the sap of the tree . The sap flows through the trunk , the branches , and every leaf . Every spring buds appear . The buds open to blossoms ...
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... grow in warm countries ? 67 - In the Country farm house ditch sheep vines knōll lambs swing in sects gar den ar bor cat tle or chard flow ers hay loft fields ber ries barn mead'ōw wheat but ter flies Write a story of a day spent in the ...
... grow in warm countries ? 67 - In the Country farm house ditch sheep vines knōll lambs swing in sects gar den ar bor cat tle or chard flow ers hay loft fields ber ries barn mead'ōw wheat but ter flies Write a story of a day spent in the ...
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... grows twice as high as a tall man . The stem is jointed . The leaves are long and look like ribbons . It grows in warm countries . When the canes are ripe , they are cut and taken to the mill to be pressed . The juice is boiled and then ...
... grows twice as high as a tall man . The stem is jointed . The leaves are long and look like ribbons . It grows in warm countries . When the canes are ripe , they are cut and taken to the mill to be pressed . The juice is boiled and then ...
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Common terms and phrases
abbreviation ance ben e byss capital chro column comma Copy the words cubic daugh derivative words Dictation Dictation.The feet flowers grain James Russell Lowell king land lesson little fox long sound mark the long Mark the short Measure-Continued measuring ment ness oral Pacific Ocean Payt Pennyweight plural pound prefix Pronunciation.¹ pupils putting the right quart quotation ra ble recite ri ous right word river river Dee Root forms Rule.-A sa pa short sound silent letters spelling square suffix syllables tion tism tive tree tress Troy Weight vowel Write the sentences Write the words yard
Popular passages
Page 57 - 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 horse-shoe nail.
Page 30 - I hear in the chamber above me The patter of little feet, The sound of a door that is opened, And voices soft and sweet. From my study I see in the lamplight, Descending the broad hall stair, Grave Alice and laughing Allegra, And Edith with golden hair.
Page 134 - 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 59 - Mont Blanc is the monarch of mountains, They crowned him long ago On a throne of rocks, in a robe of clouds, With a diadem of snow.
Page 116 - 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 105 - FLOWER in the crannied wall, I pluck you out of the crannies ; 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 1 - LIQUID MEASURE 4 gills (gi.) = 1 pint (pt.) 2 pints = 1 quart (qt...
Page 66 - 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 118 - Neither a borrower nor a lender be ; For loan oft loses both itself and friend, And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry.
Page 73 - So here hath been dawning Another blue Day: Think wilt thou let it Slip useless away. Out of Eternity This new Day is born; Into Eternity, At night, will return. Behold it aforetime No eye ever did : So soon it forever From all eyes is hid. Here hath been dawning Another blue Day : Think wilt thou let it Slip useless away.
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| Title | Merill's Word and Sentence Book: A Practical Speller Designed to Teach the Form, Pronunciation, Meaning, and Use of Common Words |
| Author | James Ormond Wilson |
| Publisher | Maynard, Merrill, & Company, 1902 |
| Length | 189 pages |
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