American School Class-book: The Juvenile Spelling-book ..., Issue 1 |
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... PARENT'S MANUAL , OR CHILD'S FRIEND . THE JUVENILE MENTOR , OR SELECT READ- INGS . THE JUVENILE EXPOSITOR . PICKETS ' GEOGRAPHICAL GRAMMAR , & c . NEW YORK TRANSFER FROM LENCY . District of New York , ss . BE IT REMEMBERED , That on the ...
... PARENT'S MANUAL , OR CHILD'S FRIEND . THE JUVENILE MENTOR , OR SELECT READ- INGS . THE JUVENILE EXPOSITOR . PICKETS ' GEOGRAPHICAL GRAMMAR , & c . NEW YORK TRANSFER FROM LENCY . District of New York , ss . BE IT REMEMBERED , That on the ...
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... parents . Give no offence . Insult no person . Keep from lying . Esteem good people . Correct bad habits . Praise excites envy . Regret succeeds folly . Confess your faults . Retire to rest . Visit the sick . Reward the faithful . Vice ...
... parents . Give no offence . Insult no person . Keep from lying . Esteem good people . Correct bad habits . Praise excites envy . Regret succeeds folly . Confess your faults . Retire to rest . Visit the sick . Reward the faithful . Vice ...
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... parents . Patience is a virtue . Do no mischief . Perform your duty . Clothe the naked . Live in friendship . Shun all quarrels . Study your lesson . Always be honest . Sin causes sorrow . Death conquers all . Anger kindles råge Cherish ...
... parents . Patience is a virtue . Do no mischief . Perform your duty . Clothe the naked . Live in friendship . Shun all quarrels . Study your lesson . Always be honest . Sin causes sorrow . Death conquers all . Anger kindles råge Cherish ...
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... Parents should govern , and children obey . Trust not too much in boasted friendship . A friend in need is a friend indeed . Envy is the greatest cause of evil - speaking . To know one's self is the first step to wisdom . Try to be good ...
... Parents should govern , and children obey . Trust not too much in boasted friendship . A friend in need is a friend indeed . Envy is the greatest cause of evil - speaking . To know one's self is the first step to wisdom . Try to be good ...
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... parents grieve when they see you quarrel ; they love you all , and they wish you to love one another , and to live in peace and friendship . People will not speak , or think well of you , if you do not behave kindly to your parents ...
... parents grieve when they see you quarrel ; they love you all , and they wish you to love one another , and to live in peace and friendship . People will not speak , or think well of you , if you do not behave kindly to your parents ...
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American School Class-Book: The Juvenile Spelling-Book ..., Issue 1 Albert Picket No preview available - 2016 |
American School Class-Book: The Juvenile Spelling-Book ..., Issue 1 Albert Picket No preview available - 2015 |
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accent adjective ance bil i ty birds blige broad cate cial cious DEFECTIVE VERBS fect ful ness happy IMPERATIVE MOOD Imperfect Tense indicative mood infinitive mood kind late learner lect lence loved ment mis sion nate nouns parents perf person ph as f Pluperfect Tense Plur plural potential mood Present Tense pronouns ra tion ri ous RULE scrip second long second syllable signifies Sing singular sion sive SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD sweet syllable long syllable short tain thing Thou tial tion con tion ex tious tism tive trans tude v-to verb Vowels and diphthongs words
Popular passages
Page 184 - Though in the paths of death I tread, With gloomy horrors overspread, My steadfast heart shall fear no ill, For thou, 0 Lord, art with me still ; Thy friendly crook shall give me aid, And guide me through the dreadful shade.
Page 193 - I would not enter on my list of friends (Though graced with polished manners and fine sense Yet wanting sensibility) the man Who needlessly sets foot upon a worm.
Page 168 - HAIL, beauteous stranger of the grove ! Thou messenger of Spring ! Now Heaven repairs thy rural seat, And woods thy welcome sing. What time the daisy decks the green, Thy certain voice we hear ; Hast thou a star to guide thy path, Or mark the rolling year...
Page 168 - Sweet bird ! thy bow'r is ever green, Thy sky is ever clear : Thou hast no sorrow in thy song, No winter in thy year ! O could I fly, I'd fly with thee : We'd make, with social wing, Our annual visit o'er the globe, Companions of the Spring.
Page 191 - ... at last, And shuts the scene. Ah! whither now are fled Those dreams of greatness ? those unsolid hopes Of happiness ? those longings after fame ? Those restless cares? those busy bustling days?
Page 129 - twere always day. With heavy sighs I often hear You mourn my hapless woe ; But sure with patience I can bear A loss I ne'er can know. Then let not what I cannot have My cheer of mind destroy : Whilst thus I sing, I am a king, Although a poor blind boy.
Page 195 - It is a companion which no misfortune can depress, no clime destroy, no enemy alienate, no despotism enslave: at home a friend, abroad an introduction, in solitude a solace, in society an ornament; it chastens vice, it guides virtue, it gives at once a grace and government to genius. Without it, what is man? A splendid slave — a reasoning savage...
Page 184 - THE Lord my pasture shall prepare, •And feed me with a shepherd's care ; His presence shall my wants supply, And guard me with a watchful eye ; My noonday walks he shall attend, And all my midnight hours defend.
Page 129 - You say the sun shines bright ; 1 feel him warm, but how can he Or make it day or night ? My day or night myself I make Whene'er I sleep or play ; And could I ever keep awake With me 'twere always day. With heavy sighs I often hear You mourn my hapless woe ; But sure with patience I can bear A loss I ne'er can know. Then let not what I...
Page 193 - The sum is this : If man's convenience, health, Or safety, interfere, his rights and claims Are paramount, and must extinguish theirs. Else they are all, the meanest things that are, As free to live and to enjoy that life As God was free to form them at the first, Who in his sovereign wisdom made them all.