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The Spelling-book: Consisting of Words in Columns and Sentences for Oral and ... William Draper Swan Visualització completa - 1854 |
The Spelling-book: Consisting of Words in Columns and Sentences for Oral and ... William Draper Swan Visualització completa - 1851 |
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AFFIXES animal Aphelion Bachelor of arts beg-gar bell belonging biped bird capital carry caught Centum chough Chrysos church compounded con-tin'-ue consonant dai'-sy derivatives diphthong dough drachms enemy English euphony Example EXERCISES FOR WRITING fan'-cy final Flowers following words form their plurals garden give grass Greek grief guile hair heard heir heptarchy herb hippopotamus horse human voice hundred hydrophobia Ichthys ieve inveigh kind knead Latin learner long sound lost maid mind Monosyllables ness Nouns ending orthography phlegm play plough plurals by adding preceded PREFIXES PRETER pron PRONOUNCED ALIKE quay received reign rem-e-died Representative res'-cue rhymes with rhymes Roman Roman numerals Root and Meaning RULE sail ship sig'-ni-fied signifies silent sion sometimes spelled stud'-y Swan's Spelling-Book syllables tion tree triphthong verb vessel vowels weigh WILLIAM D
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Pàgina 10 - 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.
Pàgina 9 - The consonants are, 6, c, d, f, g, h, j, k, I, m, n, p, q, r, s, t, v, x, z, and w and y beginning a word or syllable.
Pàgina 132 - Nemine contradicente (nem. con.). None opposing. Ne plus ultra. No farther; the utmost point. Ne quid nimis. Too much of one thing is good for nothing. Ne sutor ultra crepidam. The shoemaker should not go beyond his last ; persons should attend to their own business.
Pàgina 7 - SPELLING-BOOK. ORTHOGRAPHY. Orthography treats of letters, syllables, words, and spelling. A letter is a character used in printing, or writing, to represent the sound of the human voice in speaking. The English alphabet consists of twenty-six letters. There are four kinds of letters; namely, Roman, Italic, Old English, and Script.
Pàgina 10 - A derivative word is one that is formed from some simpler word in the language ; as, harmless, greatly, connected.
Pàgina 9 - A diphthong is two vowels joined in one syllable ; as, ea in beat, ou in sound. A proper diphthong, is a diphthong in which both the vowels are sounded ; as, oi in voice.
Pàgina 132 - In forma pauperis. As a pauper. In limine. At the outset. In propria persona. In person. In re. In the matter or business of. In statu quo.
Pàgina 143 - In many manuscripts the letter C is found in this form, E. A horizontal line drawn across it gives the lower half, L; and hence the application. LX, sixty; that, is, fifty and ten.
Pàgina 134 - Without which it cannot ; an indispensable condition. Statu quo. In the state in which it was. Sua cuique voluptas. Every one has his own pleasure. Suaviter in modo, fortiter in re. Gentle in manner, but firm in acting. Sub pcena.
Pàgina 134 - Silent leges inter arma. Laws are silent in the midst of arms. Sine die. Without fixing a day. Sine qua non. Without which it cannot ; an indispensable condition. Statu quo. In the state in which it was.