Sanders' New Speller, Definer, and Analyzer: Embracing a Progressive Course of Instruction in English Orthography and Orthoepy, on the Principles of Dr. Webster: Sopious Exercises in Definition: an Analysis of English Derivative and Compound Words: the Whole Interspersed with Appropriate Reading Lessons, Carefully Adapted to the Experienced Wants of Schools and Academies of All Grades |
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al low ance ben e ble ness bler BLIGE cate cent cial cious con test consonant coun dent dict diphthongs DUCE ence Ex EX EXERCISE fore FUGE ful ness FUSE GRESS HERB JECT la tion lect lence less letters ment nant nate ous ness PEND pertaining port PREFIXES PRETER ra tion radical ri ous Second sound SECTION ship sion sive SPECT SPELLING substitutes suffix syllable tain tion ex tious tism tive TRACT TRANS treach tree tude ture ty un VERT vowel ward
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Page 165 - It is, however, very proper to begin with a capital, 1. The first word of every book, chapter, letter, note, or any other piece of writing. 2. The first word after a period ; and, if the two sentences are totally independent, after a note of interrogation or exclamation.
Page 59 - And if he trespass against thee seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turn again to thee, saying, I repent; thou shalt forgive him.
Page 7 - A word of one syllable is called a monosyllable ; a word of two syllables, a dissyllable ; a word of three syllables, a trissyllable ; and a word of four or more syllables, a polysyllable. DIPHTHONGS AND TRIPHTHONGS. A diphthong is two vowels joined in one syllable ; as, ea in beat, ou in sound.
Page 165 - PUNCTUATION is the art of dividing a written composition into sentences, or parts of sentences, by points or stops, for the purpose of marking the different pauses, which the sense and an accurate pronunciation require. The Comma represents the shortest pause ; the Semicolon, a pause double that of the comma ; the Colon, double that of the semicolon ; and the Period, double that of the colon.
Page 57 - Well done," and takes it away, and gives him another block, and tells him to work on that. And so he works on that, from the rising of the sun till the going down of the same, and he only knows that he is earning his bread.
Page 53 - Lo, the poor Indian, whose untutored mind Sees God in clouds, and hears Him in the wind...
Page 9 - A DIPHTHONG is the union of two vowels in one syllable ; as, oi in oil, ou in our.
Page 8 - A derivative word is one that is formed from some simpler word in the language ; as, harmless, greatly, connected.
Page 90 - Are sweetly tissued by his beam. Now the earth prolific swells With leafy buds and flowery bells ; Gemming shoots the olive twine, Clusters ripe festoon the vine ; All along the branches creeping, Through the velvet foliage peeping, Little infant fruits we see Nursing into luxury ! ODE XLVII.
Page 67 - When we see it written write; But when we see it written wright, We know it is not written right : For write, to have it written right, Must not be written right or wright, Nor yet should it be written rite; But write, for so 'tis written right.