This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1831 Excerpt: ...him to como down; but the young Sauce-box told him plainly ho would not. Won't you? said the old Man, then 1 will fetch you down; so he pulled up some tufts of Grass and threw at him; but this only made the Youngster laugh, to think the old Man should pretend to beat him down from the tree with grass only. Well, well, ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1831 Excerpt: ...him to como down; but the young Sauce-box told him plainly ho would not. Won't you? said the old Man, then 1 will fetch you down; so he pulled up some tufts of Grass and threw at him; but this only made the Youngster laugh, to think the old Man should pretend to beat him down from the tree with grass only. Well, well, said the old Man, if neither words nor grass will do, I must try what virtue there is-in stones: so the old Man pelted him heartily with stones, which soon mado the young Chap hasten down from the tree and beg the old Man's pardon. MORAL. If good words and gentle means will not reclaim the nicked, they must hr' dealt with in a more severe manner. TABLE XXXII. In all words ending in ow unaccented, w is silent, and o has its first Kouik.. Many of these words are corrupted in vulgar pronunciation; follow is called foller, &c. for which reason the words of his class are collected in the following table. Bar row gal lows nar row win dow bel low bel lows hoi low win now bil low har row shad ow yd low bur row cal low shal low bor row el bow mal lows spar row fol low Tel low mar row tal low' rnor row fal low mead 010 whit low sor row far roio mel low wicl ow wal low fur row min now wil low 'swal low TABLE XXXIII. In the following words, si sounds like sh. Tims, confu-sion is pronounced con/u-shun; bm-sier, bm-shur; o-sier, o-zkur; vi-sion, vish-wi; pleas-urt, ilca /i-ur. Note. In this and the following table, the figures show tho accented syllables, without any other direction. Bra sier con fu sion il lu sion Cro sier con tu sion in tru sion gla zier de lu sion in fu sion o sier dif fu sion pro fu sion ra sure of fu sion oc ca sion ho sier ex clu sion ob tru sion sez zurc ex plo sion v's ion fu sion c va sion meas ure am br6 sial a bra sion p...
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Add this copy of The American Spelling Book; Containing the Rudiments of to cart. $150.00, good condition, Sold by Argosy Book Store rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from New York, NY, UNITED STATES, published 1843 by Ira White.
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Good. Frontis. and several text engravings. 168pp. 18mo, original calf-backed boards, boards worn and lightly soiled, scattered light foxing. Wells River, VT: Ira White, 1843.
Add this copy of The American Spelling Book, Containing the Rudiments of to cart. $200.00, poor condition, Sold by Princeton Antiques Bookservice rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Atlantic City, NJ, UNITED STATES, published 1833 by HOLBROOK AND FESSENDEN.
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POOR. 4X6. Major wear to cover and spine. major wear to endpapers. Owner's inked inscription to front endpaper. major soiling and aged toning to pages. _PAB_