Kimball's Business Speller: Designed for Use in Commercial Schools, Academies, Normal Schools, High Schools & the Higher Grades of the Common SchoolsBobbs-Merrill Company, 1905 - 141 pages |
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Page 72
... ' ful , uncivil ; discourte- ous . de eō ' rum , dignity ; propriety of dun ' geon ( -jun ) , a close prison ; a speech and behavior . dark , underground cell . en çîr ' ele , to surround ; to enclose 72 12 KIMBALL'S BUSINESS SPELLER.
... ' ful , uncivil ; discourte- ous . de eō ' rum , dignity ; propriety of dun ' geon ( -jun ) , a close prison ; a speech and behavior . dark , underground cell . en çîr ' ele , to surround ; to enclose 72 12 KIMBALL'S BUSINESS SPELLER.
Page 73
... enclose by | sus çep ' ti ble , sensitive ; capable of a circle . receiving impressions . ex pō ' gure , the act of laying open ; Těn ' ny son , English poet laureate . tēe tō ' tal er , an abstainer from in- toxicants . making public ...
... enclose by | sus çep ' ti ble , sensitive ; capable of a circle . receiving impressions . ex pō ' gure , the act of laying open ; Těn ' ny son , English poet laureate . tēe tō ' tal er , an abstainer from in- toxicants . making public ...
Page 83
... enclose within a case ; to surround . loose , to unbind ; unfastened . lose , to forfeit ; to suffer loss . nu ' ele us , a kernel ; a mass around which something is gathered . of the gospel . omitted or spared ; necessary . sū ' ze ...
... enclose within a case ; to surround . loose , to unbind ; unfastened . lose , to forfeit ; to suffer loss . nu ' ele us , a kernel ; a mass around which something is gathered . of the gospel . omitted or spared ; necessary . sū ' ze ...
Page 88
... enclose ; to encircle . e quès ' tri an , pertaining to horses or horsemanship . frae ' tious , unruly ; ugly ; snappish . fu ' mi gāte , to purify ; to smoke . găr ' rụ lous , talkative ; noisy , said of birds . Hō nō lu ' lu , capital ...
... enclose ; to encircle . e quès ' tri an , pertaining to horses or horsemanship . frae ' tious , unruly ; ugly ; snappish . fu ' mi gāte , to purify ; to smoke . găr ' rụ lous , talkative ; noisy , said of birds . Hō nō lu ' lu , capital ...
Page 101
... enclosing . fil ' ing , arranging or laying away in order . graph ' o phōne , a machine for the reproduction of sounds ; a phono- graph . în ' dex , that which guides , informs or directs . ink ' stand , a vessel for holding writ- ing ...
... enclosing . fil ' ing , arranging or laying away in order . graph ' o phōne , a machine for the reproduction of sounds ; a phono- graph . în ' dex , that which guides , informs or directs . ink ' stand , a vessel for holding writ- ing ...
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Common terms and phrases
å ble abbreviations advertisement ançe ANTONYMS āte begin bill bookkeeper business letter capital cents cial comma complimentary close Consult your dictionary copy correspondence Dear Sir DICTATION EXERCISE Consult dollars enclose envelope express favor firm Free on board give Homophonous horse hyphen instrument Java Coffee kind LESSON măn Marshall & Hammond Mass matter ment Merrill MISCELLANEOUS money order ness opposite in meaning pair is opposite paper pär pěn person pertaining pōrt post-office postal cards printed received RULE salutation second word sent sentence sheet ship sion stenographer syllable SYNONYMS AND ANTONYMS Syracuse things tion tism tive trăns truly ture usually vessel write written York
Popular passages
Page 154 - Why should there not be a patient confidence in the ultimate justice of the people? Is there any better or equal hope in the world?
Page 143 - He gained from heaven ('twas all he wished) a friend. No farther seek his merits to disclose, Or draw his frailties from their dread abode, (There they alike in trembling hope repose) The bosom of his father and his God.
Page 141 - Our country! In her intercourse with foreign nations may she always be in the right; but our country, right or wrong.
Page 45 - An indictment is a written accusation of one or more persons of a crime or misdemeanor, preferred to, and presented upon oath by, a grand jury.
Page ix - Words of one syllable or words accented on the last syllable, ending in a single consonant preceded by a single vowel, double the final consonant when adding a suffix beginning with a vowel.
Page 70 - The sublime and the ridiculous are often so nearly related that it is difficult to class them separately. One step above the sublime makes the ridiculous, and one step above the ridiculous makes the sublime again...
Page 154 - The people themselves can do this also if they choose, but the Executive as such has nothing to do with it. His duty is to administer the present Government as it came to his hands and to transmit it unimpaired by him to his successor.
Page 75 - Lands intersected by a narrow frith Abhor each other. Mountains interposed Make enemies of nations, who had else, Like kindred drops, been mingled into one.
Page 112 - tis the mind that makes the body rich ; And as the sun breaks through the darkest clouds, So honour peereth in the meanest habit. What, is the jay more precious than the lark, Because his feathers are more beautiful ? Or is the adder better than the eel, Because his painted skin contents the eye ? O, no, good Kate ; neither art thou the worse For this poor furniture, and mean array.
Page 6 - The first contains the name of the person or firm to whom the letter is written; the second, the street and number; the third, the town or city and state.