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accented variously al low ance ben e bil i ty cate cial cian cious cişm con test consonant denotes dent diphthong ence following words gate gent işm late lect lence LESSON log i cal lous lu tion ment mis sion muşe nate poşe Pronounced ra ble reş ri ous şal scholar scrip şi tion sion sive şon SOPHOCLES sound spelt syllables tain tate teacher three syllables tial tion con tion ex tious tive trans treach tude ture viş vowel Words ending zard
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Page 72 - In pretty colours seen. God made the sun that shines so bright, And gladdens all I see...
Page v - The consonants are, 6, c, d, f, g, h, j, k, I, m, n, p, q, r, s, t, v, x, z, and w and y beginning a word or syllable.
Page 72 - GOD made the sky that looks so blue ; He made the grass so green ; He made the flowers that smell so sweet, In pretty colors seen.
Page 89 - THE FOX IN THE WELL. A FOX, having fallen into a well, made a shift, by sticking his claws into the sides, to keep his head above water.
Page 161 - When a suffix that begins with a consonant is added to a word ending in silent e, the e is generally kept: hope/hopeful; lame/lamely; bore/ boredom.
Page 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.
Page 125 - Their friendly shade extending. 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 ! Yet leaves again will clothe the trees, And lilies wave beneath the breeze, When spring comes smiling hither ; And friends, who parted at the tomb, May yet renew their loveliest bloom, And meet in heaven together ! KNOX.
Page 156 - Three. IV. Four, .. V. Five. VI. Six. VII. Seven. VIII. Eight. IX. Nine. X. Ten.
Page 95 - But come here and play with me, do ; The sparrow won't come and stay with me an hour, But say, pretty bee — will not you...
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