Elementary Lessons, Being a Course of Instruction for the Deaf & Dumb, 2. osaEgbert, Hovey & King, 1849 |
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... ladies one fine af- ternoon to pick strawberries , but they were caught in a sudden shower , and returned wet to the skin . One very windy day , a young lady was walking along a mill - dam , and was blown into the pond . A man came from ...
... ladies one fine af- ternoon to pick strawberries , but they were caught in a sudden shower , and returned wet to the skin . One very windy day , a young lady was walking along a mill - dam , and was blown into the pond . A man came from ...
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... lady of six- teen . We say , past ten , half past ten , past midnight , & c . , after to - day , after Christmas , after dark , & c . Nearly . Mary is nearly fourteen . Almost . Some people are up almost all night , and then lie in bed ...
... lady of six- teen . We say , past ten , half past ten , past midnight , & c . , after to - day , after Christmas , after dark , & c . Nearly . Mary is nearly fourteen . Almost . Some people are up almost all night , and then lie in bed ...
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... lady to ride the same horse , the gentleman before and the lady behind . The boys laugh to see the man ride behind and the lady before . Some animals live under ground . Some plants grow under water . I cannot stay under water more than ...
... lady to ride the same horse , the gentleman before and the lady behind . The boys laugh to see the man ride behind and the lady before . Some animals live under ground . Some plants grow under water . I cannot stay under water more than ...
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... ladies present . Several pupils are absent to - day . John struck James first . I was by and saw it . Is Mr. P. at home ... lady is married , but her husband treated her ill , and now they live apart . Do you know N. ? We were at school ...
... ladies present . Several pupils are absent to - day . John struck James first . I was by and saw it . Is Mr. P. at home ... lady is married , but her husband treated her ill , and now they live apart . Do you know N. ? We were at school ...
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... lady found a little girl crying in the street . She spoke kindly to her , and asked her what was the matter . The little girl said her mother had whipped her . The lady spoke mildly to the mother , and asked why she treated the poor ...
... lady found a little girl crying in the street . She spoke kindly to her , and asked her what was the matter . The little girl said her mother had whipped her . The lady spoke mildly to the mother , and asked why she treated the poor ...
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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.
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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