Short, Easy, and Intellectual Method of Learning to Read by the Sound of Letters and Combinations, Etc. [With Illustrations.]H. Williamson, 1852 - 144 páginas |
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accented syllable accented Vowel Ace ace added Adjectives ap Ep ep auricula Ch sounds child combinations Consonant Diphthong Eb eb eb Ib ib Ege ege Ige Emblem end of words Ep ep Ip ephod Ex ex EXAMPLES FIFTH TABLE flowers FORMING SYLLABLES garden Gh silent glacis labour lambs learning letters Malmsey mark names Norway Oo sounds Ou sounds palmistry picture pronounced pronunciation pupil READING LESSON Rule SECOND TABLE Seventh Table short sound Sixth Table sounded like oo sounds aw sounds e short sounds hard sounds o long sounds oo sounds sh sounds z spelling spelt syllable last TABLE OF VOWELS teacher terminations Th soft unaccented syllable Verbs vowel is long Vowel short Vowels sounded wife
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Página 116 - Oh no, no," said the little Fly, "to ask me is in vain; For who goes up your winding stair can ne'er come down again. "I'm sure you must be weary, dear, with soaring up so high; Will you rest upon my little bed?" said the Spider to the Fly. "There are pretty curtains drawn around, the sheets are fine and thin; And if you like to rest awhile, I'll snugly tuck you in!
Página 86 - ... 6. — THE TWO BEES. One fine morning in May, two bees set forward in quest of honey; the one wise and temperate, the other careless and extravagant. They soon arrived at a garden enriched with aromatic herbs, the most fragrant flowers, and the most delicious fruits. They regaled themselves for a time on the various dainties set before them ; the one loading his thighs at intervals with wax for the construction of his hive, the other revelling in sweets, without regard to any thing but present...
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Página vi - ... letters of the alphabet are perhaps in the course of some weeks firmly fixed in the pupil's memory. So much the worse ; all these names will disturb him if he have common sense, and at every step must stop his progress. To begin with the vowels ; each of these...
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Página 139 - ... soon as we had got some necessaries, and the weather was tolerable, we set out on our long march. My wife carried her infant in her arms. I took the bigger child on my back, and a bundle of clothes in my hand. We could walk but a few miles a day, but we now and then got a lift in an empty waggon or cart, which was a great help to us. One day we met with a farmer returning with his team from market, who let us ride, and entered into conversation with me.
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