Elementary Lessons, Being a Course of Instruction for the Deaf & Dumb, 2. osaEgbert, Hovey & King, 1849 |
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... three thousand persons were present at the exhibition ; and many more could not get in . Mr. F. has nearly a thousand sheep , and almost a hundred cattle . Very few farmers have more . Lesson 5 . 3. Fractional Numbers . ael J A NUMBERS .
... three thousand persons were present at the exhibition ; and many more could not get in . Mr. F. has nearly a thousand sheep , and almost a hundred cattle . Very few farmers have more . Lesson 5 . 3. Fractional Numbers . ael J A NUMBERS .
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... Farmers living on the shores of Long Island Sound spread great quantities of fish over their corn fields , ( for manure . ) There is a great quantity of rocks in that field . There are immense masses of ice on the shores of Greenland ...
... Farmers living on the shores of Long Island Sound spread great quantities of fish over their corn fields , ( for manure . ) There is a great quantity of rocks in that field . There are immense masses of ice on the shores of Greenland ...
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... Farmer has four oxen , eight cows , three steers and three heifers . How many cattle has he ? 4. Here are four shillings , two shillings , and one shilling . How many shillings in all ? 5. James , Billy and Harry went a fishing . James ...
... Farmer has four oxen , eight cows , three steers and three heifers . How many cattle has he ? 4. Here are four shillings , two shillings , and one shilling . How many shillings in all ? 5. James , Billy and Harry went a fishing . James ...
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... farmer had twenty sheep . The dogs killed ten of them . He afterward bought five sheep . How many had he then ? 3. A man bought six sheep for two dollars a piece . He sold them again for three dollars a piece , How much did he gain ? 4 ...
... farmer had twenty sheep . The dogs killed ten of them . He afterward bought five sheep . How many had he then ? 3. A man bought six sheep for two dollars a piece . He sold them again for three dollars a piece , How much did he gain ? 4 ...
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... farmers and surveyors reckon 5 full paces to a rod , 20 to a chain , and 1,600 to a mile . When we walk slowly , we ... farmer wished to make a four railed fence , mile long . The posts are eleven feet apart , so that three lengths of ...
... farmers and surveyors reckon 5 full paces to a rod , 20 to a chain , and 1,600 to a mile . When we walk slowly , we ... farmer wished to make a four railed fence , mile long . The posts are eleven feet apart , so that three lengths of ...
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31 days Abstract Nouns acre Adjectives Adverbs Albany apple asked avoirdupois bird brother bushels carriage caught cents color corn deaf and dumb deaf mutes died dollars Dry Measure eight English shilling Examples farmer father feet fell fifty fire fish five foot four gentleman girl Give half half dime hence horse hour hundred Indians John John hurt killed lady Laura Bridgman Lesson live lost married mile minutes Miss Monday month morning New-York New-York city Numbers one's ounce Participles Peter phrases poor pound sterling pounds Prepositions Preterite pupils quart quarter rain river Robert rods sheep shillings ship shot sick sister sixpence sold sometimes Spring square square mile summer Sunday Take teacher tell thousand to-morrow Tom Thumb town tree Troy Weight twenty Verbs wagon walk weather winter wish woman write yards yesterday young
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Page 78 - A little neglect may breed great mischief; for want of a nail the shoe was lost ; for want of a shoe the horse was lost ; and for want of a horse the rider was lost,' being overtaken and slain by the enemy ; all for want of a little care about a horse-shoe nail.
Page 43 - Time 60 seconds 1 imnutf, 60 minutes 1 hour. 24 hours 1 day. 7 days 1 week. 4 weeks 1 lunar month.
Page 38 - Dry Measure. — 2 pints = 1 quart; 8 quarts = 1 peck; 4 pecks = 1 bushel.
Page 46 - Philadelphia struck for a laboring day from six in the morning to six in the evening, with an hour for breakfast and another for dinner; assaulted those who would not join them, and raised a riot the mayor found it difficult to put dovn.
Page 377 - Since writing the above, I have been happy to find this opinion confirmed by the high authority of Dr. Peet. He says in his note to the second part of the course of instruction, p. 377 : " Next to a knowledge of written language a knowledge of arithmetic is of the very highest importance in the daily business of life to the deaf mute as to other men. This branch of study has been too much neglected in schools for the deaf and dumb. Besides its great practical utility in after life, it...
Page 33 - MONEY. 4 farthings = 1 penny. 12 pence = 1 shilling. 20 shillings = 1 pound.
Page 36 - Measure. 3 barley corns (bc) make 1 inch, marked in. 12 inches, 1 foot, ft. . 3 feet, 1 yard, yd. 5J yards, 1 rod, pole, or perch, rd.
Page 79 - You and I ought not to die before we have explained ourselves to each other." John Adams and Thomas Jefferson died on the same day, July 4, 1826, the 50th anniversary of adoption of the Declaration of Independence. Adams's last words: "Thomas Jefferson still survives.
Page 14 - ... five six seven eight nine ten eleven twelve thirteen fourteen fifteen sixteen seventeen eighteen nineteen twenty Figures. Letters. 21 XXI twenty-one 22- XXII twenty-two 23 XXIII twenty-three 30 XXX thirty 40 XL forty 50 L fifty 60 LX sixty 70 LXX seventy 80 LXXX eighty 90 XC ninety 100 C one hundred 200 CC two hundred 300 CCC three hundred 400 CCCC four hundred 500 D five hundred . 600 DC six hundred 700 DCC seven hundred 800 DCCC eight hundred 900 DCCCC nine hundred 1000 M one thousand SPELLING-BOOK.
Page 260 - ... drew the trigger, his horse gave a start of terror, and the hunter missed his aim. The lion sprang forward; but, finding that the man stood still — for he had no time either to remount his horse, or take to his heels — the lion stopped within a few paces and stood still