The Practical Spelling-book, with Reading Lessons

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William J. Hamersley, 1866 - Всего страниц: 158
 

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Стр. 161 - When a vowel, or a termination beginning with a vowel, is added to a word ending in silent e, the e is generally omitted; as, shine, shiny; save, saving; force, forced, forcible.
Стр. 88 - As do the bee and bird; Nor does it, like the prudent ant, Lay up the grain for times of want, A wise and cautious hoard. My youth is but a summer's day: Then like the bee and ant I'll lay A store of learning by; And though from flower to flower I rove, My stock of wisdom I'll improve, Nor be a butterfly.
Стр. v - The consonants are b, c, d,f, g, h,j, k, I, m, n, p, q, r, s, t, v, x, z ; and sometimes to and y.
Стр. 96 - Stop, stop little ant, do not run off so fast, Wait with me a little and play; I hope I shall find a companion at last, You are not so busy as they.
Стр. 112 - I understood, also, that there were good books of the same kind in French ; I bought a dictionary, and I learned French. And this, my Lord, is what I have done : it seems to me that we may learn every thing when we know the twentyfour letters of the alphabet.
Стр. 95 - Bee — will not you? 0 no, little lady, for do not you see, Those must work who would prosper and thrive, If I play, they would call me a sad idle bee, And perhaps turn me out of the hive.
Стр. 112 - I found that there were good books in these two sciences in Latin : I bought a dictionary, and learned Latin. I understood, also, that there were good books of the same kind in French : I bought a dictionary, and learned French ; and this, my Lord, is what I have done. It seems to me that we may learn everything when we know the twenty-four letters of the alphabet.
Стр. 61 - I'm found, Peeping just above the ground, And my stalk is covered flat, With a white and yellow hat. Little...
Стр. 125 - But leaves the greenest will decay, And flowers the brightest fade away, When autumn winds are sweeping ; And be the household e'er so fair, The hand of death will soon be there, And turn the scene to weeping ! 4.
Стр. 150 - Jike a horse. O, Oh, alas. owe, to be indebted. oar, an instrument to row with. ore, metal as dug from the earth. one, a single thing. won, from win, to gain. pail. a wooden vessel. pale, a pointed stake ; whitish, wan. pain, suffering of body, or of mind. pane, a square of glass. pair, a couple. pare, to cut off the outside. pear, a kind of fruit. palate, a part of the mouth. pallet, a small bed. panel, a part of a door pannel, a small saddle. peace, quietness, calmness. piece, a separated part....

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