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... arrangement of the letters . On the importance of Writing as a means of teaching Spell- ing , see " Marsh's Lectures on the English Language , ” which illustrates Lord Bacon's motto- " Writing maketh an exact Man . " The words may also ...
... arrangement of the letters . On the importance of Writing as a means of teaching Spell- ing , see " Marsh's Lectures on the English Language , ” which illustrates Lord Bacon's motto- " Writing maketh an exact Man . " The words may also ...
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... arranged , the first prisoner was arraigned on a charge of murder . ARRANT , notoriously wicked . ERRAND , a message . The man who brought the errand was an arrant knave . } BREADTH , width . BREATH , respiration . The boy was nearly ...
... arranged , the first prisoner was arraigned on a charge of murder . ARRANT , notoriously wicked . ERRAND , a message . The man who brought the errand was an arrant knave . } BREADTH , width . BREATH , respiration . The boy was nearly ...
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... arrangement of all the sounds in the English language : - GUTTURALS | LINGUALS | DENTALS | LABIALS or or or Throat Letters . Tongue Letters . Teeth Letters . CONSONANTS . r Lip Letters . sharp k ch t p MUTES . flat g gig j d b sharp sh ...
... arrangement of all the sounds in the English language : - GUTTURALS | LINGUALS | DENTALS | LABIALS or or or Throat Letters . Tongue Letters . Teeth Letters . CONSONANTS . r Lip Letters . sharp k ch t p MUTES . flat g gig j d b sharp sh ...
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... arranged on the same principle as the monosyllables in Part I. The advantages of this arrangement for the purpose of teaching spelling are obvious , as words presenting the same peculiarity are brought together , and by the principle of ...
... arranged on the same principle as the monosyllables in Part I. The advantages of this arrangement for the purpose of teaching spelling are obvious , as words presenting the same peculiarity are brought together , and by the principle of ...
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... arrangement , and this must be repeated till the impression is firmly fixed ; and above all , the word must be reproduced by writing , when the idea of the letters composing the word , and their arrangement , become firmly fixed in the ...
... arrangement , and this must be repeated till the impression is firmly fixed ; and above all , the word must be reproduced by writing , when the idea of the letters composing the word , and their arrangement , become firmly fixed in the ...
Common terms and phrases
accented Add able affix beginning analogy ance ANOMALOUS WORDS Apostasy aversion boat bond-age cab-bage CHANGE OF LETTERS.-RULE child chough chyle chyme con-val-es-cent DIPHTHONGS DOUBLING OF LETTERS.-RULE dough drachm ence English spelling English words end ESSENTIALS OF SPELLING EXAMPLES EXERCISES final following verbs following words form the following grease guage ible IRREGULAR COMBINATIONS knead language large number last consonant LETTERS.-RULE I.-FINAL LONG VOWEL SOUNDS lyre MAIZE manner form MAX MÜLLER mode monosyllables Noah's ark OMISSION OF LETTERS.-RULE past tense phlegm pity plough practical preceded principle pronunciation race fleece redundant letters rem-in-is-cent retained ribon Rules for Spelling sentences SHORT VOWEL SOUNDS SILENT LETTERS steady ready surplice syllable beginning teacher teaching spelling tendency to throw terminations thyme tion tree try glory UNSETTLED ORTHOGRAPHY Verbs ending vil-lage vowel is added WEEN WORDBUILDING words below add WORDS OF UNSETTLED Write the names zhun
Popular passages
Page 93 - In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Page 83 - While hewing yews Hugh lost his ewe And put it in the Hue and Cry, To name its face's dusky hues Was all the effort he could use. You brought the ewe back by and by And only begged the hewer's ewer Your hands to wash in water pure Lest nice-nosed ladies not a few Should cry, on coming near you, 'Ugh'.
Page 45 - Final y preceded by a consonant is changed into i before all affixes, except those beginning with i.
Page 88 - Little strokes fell great oaks. hun'ger blan ket trin ket tinker con gress 64 65 RULES FOR SPELLING. L Final e is dropped when a syllable beginning with a vowel is added. 128. -ing. Waste not, want not. bake . . . bak'ing love . . . lov'ing place plac ing trace trac ing make mak ing like lik ing come com ing smile smil ing have hav ing 129.
Page 83 - Hugh lost hia ewe, And put it in the " Hue and Cry ;" To mark it's face's dusky hues Was all the effort he could use.
Page 55 - Words of one syllabic, and words accented on the last syllable, double the last consonant. When a syllable beginning with a vowel is added...