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ABBREVIATIONS accented al'ti tude ANTONYMS bi'cy biped biscuit căl ceit ceive çine cir'cle consonant Define the following Define the word DIACRITICAL MARKS DICTATION dictionary DIGRAPHS diphthong DRILL IN PHONICS expressions in sentences fō'li following expressions following words form their plurals frieze GRADE GUIDE TO PRONUNCIATION Henry Wadsworth Longfellow HOMONYMS hon'or in'no in/ter jus'tice land LATIN leg'is letter lief lu'tion means meas'ur mis'sion mon'key moun'tain mul'ti nat'u ral ness nite Nouns ending on'ion par'al lel pe'ri pharynx plāne preceded PREFIXES pron PRONOUNCING LESSON pupils quet ra'di REFERENCE LESSON RELATING TO ART RELATING TO GEOGRAPHY RULE s=zh Salt Lake City scen'er Silent letters sound SPECIAL DRILL spect speller spelling suffix syllable ta'tion ta'to Teacher tive triphthong trop'i cal ven'tion ver'sion vowel word synonym WORDS FOR SPECIAL WORDS RELATING zoid
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Page 43 - Heaven is not reached at a single bound ; But we build the ladder by which we rise From the lowly earth to the vaulted skies, And we mount to its summit round by round.
Page 23 - MID pleasures and palaces though we may roam, Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home!
Page 53 - Sloth, like rust, consumes faster than labor wears; while the used key is always bright, as Poor Richard says. But dost thou love life, then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of, as Poor Richard says.
Page 94 - My native country, thee, — Land of the noble free, — Thy name I love ; I love thy rocks and rills, Thy woods and templed hills ; My heart with rapture thrills Like that above.
Page 82 - An angel-guard of loves and graces lie ; Around her knees domestic duties meet, And fire-side pleasures gambol at her feet. Where shall that land, that spot of earth be found? " Art thou a man — a patriot ? look around, O thou shalt find, howe'er thy footsteps roam, That land thy country, and that spot thy home.
Page 81 - THERE is a land of every land the pride, Beloved by Heaven o'er all the world beside ; Where brighter suns dispense serener light, And milder moons emparadise the night ; A land of beauty, virtue...
Page 94 - Let music swell the breeze, And ring from all the trees Sweet freedom's song ! Let mortal tongues awake ; Let all that breathe partake ; Let rocks their silence break,— The sound prolong ! Our fathers...
Page 62 - When the day that he must go hence was come, many accompanied him to the river-side, into which as he went, he said, "Death, where is thy sting?" and, as he went down deeper, he said, " Grave, where is thy victory?" So he passed over, and all the trumpets sounded for him on the other side.
Page 62 - I am going to my Father's, and though with great difficulty I am got hither, yet now I do not repent me of all the Trouble I have been at to arrive where I am. My sword I give to him that shall succeed me in my Pilgrimage, and my Courage and Skill to him that can get it.
Page 19 - I'll find a way, or make it !' Is Fame your aspiration ? Her path is steep and high ; In vain he seeks her temple, Content to gaze and sigh ! The shining throne is waiting, But he alone can take it Who says, with Roman firmness, ' I'll find a way, or make it...