The Spelling-book: Consisting of Words in Columns and Sentences for Oral and Written Exercises : Together with Prefixes, Affixes, and Important Roots from the Greek and Latin LanguagesThomas, Cowperthwait, 1851 - 160 pàgines |
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The Spelling-book: Consisting of Words in Columns and Sentences for Oral and ... William Draper Swan Visualització completa - 1854 |
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Pàgina 144 - These are thy glorious works, Parent of good, Almighty, thine this universal frame, Thus wondrous fair; thyself how wondrous then ! Unspeakable, who sitt'st above these heavens, To us invisible, or dimly seen In these thy lowest works; yet these declare Thy goodness beyond thought, and power divine.
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 142 - Romans counted up to three by single strokes, supposed to represent the fingers of the hand : thus I. stood for one ; II for two ; and III. for three. A smaller figure placed to the left of a larger is meant to be subtracted from it : thus IV. means I. (one) subtracted from V. (five) ; that is, four. V. stands for five ; it represents the five fingers of the hand, and was originally written thus, ty : afterwards, the middle fingers were left out, and the figure stood V.
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 42 - ... row, a rank. team, a yoke of oxen. teem, to produce. their, belonging to them. there, in that place. threw, did throw. through, from one end to the other. toe, part of the foot. tow, coarse part of flax. time, measure of duration thyme, a kind of plant. to, unto, towards. too, also, overmuch. two, twice one.
Pàgina 10 - A derivative word is one that is formed from some simpler word in the language ; as, harmless, greatly, connected.
Pàgina 132 - Ne quid nimis : too much of one thing is good for nothing...
Pàgina 92 - September 10 October 11 November 12 December 1 January 2 February 3 March 4 April May 6 June 7 July 8 August 9 September 10 October 11 November 12 December...
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 9 - A proper diphthong is a diphthong in which both the vowels are sounded ; as, oi in voice. An improper diphthong is a diphthong in which only one of the vowels is sounded ; as, oa in loaf.