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 x
... persons , including the surname or family name , as well as the baptismal or Christian name , should begin with a capital . 3. Names of places should begin with a capital . If the name consists of more than one word , each word should ...
... persons , including the surname or family name , as well as the baptismal or Christian name , should begin with a capital . 3. Names of places should begin with a capital . If the name consists of more than one word , each word should ...
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... ' o ) , searching ; per- fect . tre měn ' doŭs , dreadful ; awe - in- spiring . wom ' an ( woom'an ) , an adult female person ( pl . women ) . LESSON 2 MISCELLANEOUS a ' ere , 160 square rods ( 1 ) Kimball's Business Speller ...
... ' o ) , searching ; per- fect . tre měn ' doŭs , dreadful ; awe - in- spiring . wom ' an ( woom'an ) , an adult female person ( pl . women ) . LESSON 2 MISCELLANEOUS a ' ere , 160 square rods ( 1 ) Kimball's Business Speller ...
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... person , corporation , or es- tate . au ' dit , to examine and adjust ac- counts ; as , to audit the accounts of a treasurer . testing to some fact . count ' ing - house , office of a mer- chant , or business house , where accounts are ...
... person , corporation , or es- tate . au ' dit , to examine and adjust ac- counts ; as , to audit the accounts of a treasurer . testing to some fact . count ' ing - house , office of a mer- chant , or business house , where accounts are ...
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... person's life . kiln ' dry ( kil'- ) , to dry in a kiln . blind ' fōld , to cover the eyes of ; to lǎt'i tūde , distance north or south of hinder from seeing . Căth ' o lie , an adherent of the Roman leg ' end ( or lē'- ) , fable ; a ...
... person's life . kiln ' dry ( kil'- ) , to dry in a kiln . blind ' fōld , to cover the eyes of ; to lǎt'i tūde , distance north or south of hinder from seeing . Căth ' o lie , an adherent of the Roman leg ' end ( or lē'- ) , fable ; a ...
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... persons ; a to heap together . ăn ' nu al , yearly . ǎp ' pli eant , a petitioner ; one who applies . society ; union . eō - op ' er a tive , working together for joint benefit . dis bûrse ' ment , paying out . dis trib ' ute , to allot ...
... persons ; a to heap together . ăn ' nu al , yearly . ǎp ' pli eant , a petitioner ; one who applies . society ; union . eō - op ' er a tive , working together for joint benefit . dis bûrse ' ment , paying out . dis trib ' ute , to allot ...
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Common terms and phrases
à ble ançe ANTONYMS NOTE āte Bachelor of Laws bûrg capital çen çent çep cial cious cloth Consult your dictionary děn denarius děs DICTATION EXERCISE Consult dictionary for meaning eăn electric ençe flowers following words fôr Homophonous words,-what inflammation instrument kind lĕe LESSON măn Mass māte meaning of words měn ment MISCELLANEOUS ness opposite in meaning pair is opposite pär pěl pěn person pertaining pōrt Săn second word ship sion SYNONYMS AND ANTONYMS těl těn tial tion tism tive trăns tūde tûr ture vessel words in sentences writing
Popular passages
Page 48 - If a man can write a better book, preach a better sermon, or make a better mousetrap than his neighbor, though he builds his house in the woods, the world will make a beaten path to his door.
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 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 101 - IT is not work that kills men ; it is worry. "Work is healthy ; you can hardly put more upon a man than he can bear. Worry is rust upon the blade. It is not the revolution that destroys the machinery, but the friction.
Page 117 - Lost, yesterday, somewhere between sunrise and sunset, two golden hours, each set with sixty diamond minutes. No reward is offered, for they are gone forever.
Page xi - At a meeting of the Board of Directors of the National Educational Association held in Washington, DC, July 7, 1898, the action of the Department of Superintendence was approved, and the list of words with simplified spelling adopted for use in all publications of the National Educational Association as follows...
Page 119 - Our grand business undoubtedly is, not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand.
Page 134 - Dan. Danish ; Daniel. DC District of Columbia.— (It. Da Capo) Again, or From the beginning. DCL Doctor of Civil (or Canon) Law. dd Days after date. DD (L.
Page 102 - The worth of a State, in the long run, is the worth of the individuals composing it...
Page 10 - How beautiful this night ! The balmiest sigh Which vernal Zephyrs breathe in Evening's ear Were discord to the speaking quietude That wraps this moveless scene. Heaven's ebon vault, Studded with stars unutterably bright, Through which the moon's unclouded grandeur rolls, Seems like a canopy which Love has spread To curtain her sleeping world.
Bibliographic information
| Title | Kimball's Business Speller: Designed for Use in Commercial Schools, Academies, Normal Schools, High Schools & the Higher Grades of the Common Schools |
| Author | Gustavus Sylvester Kimball |
| Publisher | Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1905 |
| Length | 141 pages |
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