The Universal Spelling-book: Or, a New and Easy Guide to the English Language. ...booksellers, 1798 - 150 pages |
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... sometimes falling in our way it is enough to make a good reader blush to have an Act of Parliament or Form of Prayer , put into his hand , and for him to own he cannot read them . Thus , Gentlemen , I have given you a short account of ...
... sometimes falling in our way it is enough to make a good reader blush to have an Act of Parliament or Form of Prayer , put into his hand , and for him to own he cannot read them . Thus , Gentlemen , I have given you a short account of ...
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... sometimes staid so long after School - time , that they used to frighten the Parents very much ; and though they were told of it time after time , yet they would frequently go to wash themselves . One Day four of them , Smith , Brown ...
... sometimes staid so long after School - time , that they used to frighten the Parents very much ; and though they were told of it time after time , yet they would frequently go to wash themselves . One Day four of them , Smith , Brown ...
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... Sometimes it is omitted , and then the compound Words be- come but one ; as , Coachmaker , Schoolmaster . M. What is the Use of an Index ? S. An Index or Hand , thus ( ) , points to some remark- able Thing or Passage in an Author . M ...
... Sometimes it is omitted , and then the compound Words be- come but one ; as , Coachmaker , Schoolmaster . M. What is the Use of an Index ? S. An Index or Hand , thus ( ) , points to some remark- able Thing or Passage in an Author . M ...
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... sometimes sounded like qu ? S. Yes ; for Choir and Chorister , are pronounced like Quire and Quirister . M. is not ch sounded like sh S. Yes ; in many Words ; thus , Capuchin , Champaign , Chevalier , Machine , are pronounced ...
... sometimes sounded like qu ? S. Yes ; for Choir and Chorister , are pronounced like Quire and Quirister . M. is not ch sounded like sh S. Yes ; in many Words ; thus , Capuchin , Champaign , Chevalier , Machine , are pronounced ...
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... Sometimes like g only , as in Ghost , Gherkins , & c . sometimes it sounds like f , as in Cough , laugh , & c . and in many Words it has no sound at all , as in high , nigh , sigh , & c . N. B. G is not founded in Grafk , Gnat , Gnaw ...
... Sometimes like g only , as in Ghost , Gherkins , & c . sometimes it sounds like f , as in Cough , laugh , & c . and in many Words it has no sound at all , as in high , nigh , sigh , & c . N. B. G is not founded in Grafk , Gnat , Gnaw ...
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