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 7
... wood or iron . eŏl on nade ' , a series of columns at certain distances from each other . eŏl ' umn , a kind of pillar . invented by the Greeks . eor ' ri dor , a gallery or passageway in a building . Dor ' ie , the oldest and simplest ...
... wood or iron . eŏl on nade ' , a series of columns at certain distances from each other . eŏl ' umn , a kind of pillar . invented by the Greeks . eor ' ri dor , a gallery or passageway in a building . Dor ' ie , the oldest and simplest ...
Page 35
... wood used for ornament . plåt ' ter , a large shallow dish . pôr ' çe lain , a translucent kind of pottery of a fine grade . queens ' wâre , glazed English earthen- ware of a cream color . sau ' çer , a small dish for holding a cup ...
... wood used for ornament . plåt ' ter , a large shallow dish . pôr ' çe lain , a translucent kind of pottery of a fine grade . queens ' wâre , glazed English earthen- ware of a cream color . sau ' çer , a small dish for holding a cup ...
Page 36
... wood hand tab- cature . ehrō ' mō , a lithographed picture , in colors . ětch'ing , a practice of engraving by means of acids ; an impression from an etched plate . film , a roll of thin sensitized celluloid used as a substitute for ...
... wood hand tab- cature . ehrō ' mō , a lithographed picture , in colors . ětch'ing , a practice of engraving by means of acids ; an impression from an etched plate . film , a roll of thin sensitized celluloid used as a substitute for ...
Page 39
... wood used in. ` ri të ri on , a standard ; a test . czär ( zär ) , the title of the emperor of Russia . făth ' om , six feet ; to find the depth of . il lu ' sion , false impression of the senses . im ǎg ' i na ry , fancied . neigh ' bỏr ...
... wood used in. ` ri të ri on , a standard ; a test . czär ( zär ) , the title of the emperor of Russia . făth ' om , six feet ; to find the depth of . il lu ' sion , false impression of the senses . im ǎg ' i na ry , fancied . neigh ' bỏr ...
Page 40
... wood used in sup ' ple ment , an appendix ; matter LESSON 58 SYNONYMS AND ANTONYMS NOTE : The second word in each pair is opposite in meaning to that of the first . e răd ' i cāte , to root out ; to destroy . | com měn ' su rate ( -shu ...
... wood used in sup ' ple ment , an appendix ; matter LESSON 58 SYNONYMS AND ANTONYMS NOTE : The second word in each pair is opposite in meaning to that of the first . e răd ' i cāte , to root out ; to destroy . | com měn ' su rate ( -shu ...
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à ble ançe ANTONYMS NOTE āte Bachelor of Laws căn capital carriage çen çent cial cious cloth Consult your dictionary denarius děs DICTATION EXERCISE Consult dictionary for meaning disease electric ençe flowers following words fôr Homophonous words,-what instrument kind laçe LESSON măn Mass māte meaning of words měn ment MISCELLANEOUS nate ness opposite in meaning pair is opposite pär pěl pěn person pertaining pōrt Săn second word ship sion spelling SYNONYMS AND ANTONYMS těl těn tial tion tism tive trăns tûr ture vēr vessel words in sentences writing
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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.