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Page 98 - These are thy glorious works, Parent of good, Almighty, thine this universal frame, Thus wondrous fair; thyself how wondrous then ! Unspeakable, who sitt'st above these heavens, To us invisible, or dimly seen In these thy lowest works; yet these declare Thy goodness beyond thought, and power divine.
Page 9 - ... divided into two general classes, vowels and consonants. A vowel is a letter which forms a perfect sound when uttered alone. A consonant is a letter which cannot be perfectly uttered till joined to a vowel. The vowels are a, e, i, o, u, and sometimes w and y. All the other letters are consonants. W and y are consonants when they precede a vowel heard in the same syllable ; as in wine, twine, whine, ye, yet, youth : in all other cases, they are vowels ; as in newly, dewy, eyebrow.
Page 80 - Magellan. 4* tacks, small nails. tax, a rate. tale, a story. tail, the extremity. tear, water from the eye. tier, a row, a rank. team, a yoke of oxen. teem, to produce. their, belonging to them. there, in that place. threw, did throw. through, from one end to the other. toe, part of the foot. tow, coarse part of flax. time, measure of duration thyme, a kind of plant. to, unto, towards. too, also, overmuch. two, twice one. tide, rising and falling of the sea. tied, bound. tare, a weed, an allowance...
Page 5 - I. ORTHOGRAPHY. Orthography treats of letters, syllables, separate words, and spelling. OF LETTERS. A Letter is a character used in printing or writing, to represent an articulate sound.
Page 9 - A diphthong is two vowels joined in one syllable ; as, ea in beat, ou in sound. A proper diphthong, is a diphthong in which both the vowels are sounded ; as, oi in voice.
Page 104 - Romans counted up to three by single strokes, supposed to represent the fingers of the hand : thus I. stood for one ; II for two ; and III. for three. A smaller figure placed to the left of a larger is meant to be subtracted from it : thus IV. means I. (one) subtracted from V. (five) ; that is, four. V. stands for five ; it represents the five fingers of the hand, and was originally written thus, ^ : afterwards, the middle fingers were left out, and the figure stood V. A smaller figure placed to...
Page 105 - C., one hundred, (Centum.) CO., two hundred. CCC., three hundred. CCCC., or CD., four hundred. D., five hundred. This letter stands in the same relation to a thousand that L (fifty) does to C (one hundred;) that is, it represents the half of a thousand. The initial letter M, of Milk, (a thousand,) was used to represent that number An ancient form of this letter is CD.
Page 105 - Thirty ; three tens. XL. Forty; that is, ten from fifty. L. Fifty ; this letter stands for fifty, as being the half of one hundred. The Romans expressed one hundred by C., the initial of centum (the Latin for a hundred). In many manuscripts the letter C is found in this form, E. A horizontal line drawn across it gives the lower half, L, and hence the application. LX. Sixty ; fifty and ten. LXX. Seventy ; fifty and two tens. LXXX. Eighty ; fifty and three tens. XC. Ninety ; that is, ten from one hundred...
Page 105 - Romans exoressed one hundred by C.. the initial of Centum, (the Latin for a hundred.) In many manuscripts the letter C is found in this form, E. A horizontal line drawn across it gives the lower half, L; and hence the application. LX., sixty; that is, fifty and ten. LXX., seventy; fifty and two tens.
Page 68 - Hale, sound, healthy Hair, of the head Hare, an animal Hall, a large room Haul, to drag...