Elementary Lessons, Being a Course of Instruction for the Deaf & Dumb, 2. osaEgbert, Hovey & King, 1849 |
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... wish , 95 The Subjunctive with if , 98 148 VIII . Relative Pronoun who , · · - 99 149 66 which , 106 158 Place of the Relative , Ix . Interrogation , · and Answers , Nouns , i Exercises on the Relatives Reading Lessons - Manner of ...
... wish , 95 The Subjunctive with if , 98 148 VIII . Relative Pronoun who , · · - 99 149 66 which , 106 158 Place of the Relative , Ix . Interrogation , · and Answers , Nouns , i Exercises on the Relatives Reading Lessons - Manner of ...
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... wishes to buy a pair of skates for half a dollar . How much change must the man give him ? 11. A pail of butter , pail and all , weighs nine pounds . The pail weighs two pounds and a half . How much butter in the pail ? Lesson 12 3 ...
... wishes to buy a pair of skates for half a dollar . How much change must the man give him ? 11. A pail of butter , pail and all , weighs nine pounds . The pail weighs two pounds and a half . How much butter in the pail ? Lesson 12 3 ...
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... wish to make the number appear small , and " several days , & c . " when we would make it seem rather large . Lesson 27 . 3. The Calendar . The first month , January , has 31 days , The second month , February , has 28 days . * The ...
... wish to make the number appear small , and " several days , & c . " when we would make it seem rather large . Lesson 27 . 3. The Calendar . The first month , January , has 31 days , The second month , February , has 28 days . * The ...
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... e . Morphine will kill you if you take more than three or four grains at once . Some carmen wish to take a great deal at one load . They often hurt their horses . Lesson 38 . 7. Phrases begining with in , or TIME . 57.
... e . Morphine will kill you if you take more than three or four grains at once . Some carmen wish to take a great deal at one load . They often hurt their horses . Lesson 38 . 7. Phrases begining with in , or TIME . 57.
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... wish it . Lesson 45 . FOR and IN contrasted . 1. When the perfect is used with a negation , for or in may be used indifferently . ' It has not rained for ( or in ) two weeks . I have not been very well in ( or for ) some time . 1See ...
... wish it . Lesson 45 . FOR and IN contrasted . 1. When the perfect is used with a negation , for or in may be used indifferently . ' It has not rained for ( or in ) two weeks . I have not been very well in ( or for ) some time . 1See ...
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Common terms and phrases
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