Child's Third Book of Spelling and Reading: Connected with Writing, Numeration, Mensuration and the Use of Maps : Being an Easy Introduction to Geography and ArithmeticCarter, Hendee, & Company, 1833 - 72 pages |
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... William speaks . John , let us see whose book is the most inter- esting . Yours contains reading , spelling , and writing , and mine tells about numeration and the use of maps . Little John speaks . They are very interesting books ...
... William speaks . John , let us see whose book is the most inter- esting . Yours contains reading , spelling , and writing , and mine tells about numeration and the use of maps . Little John speaks . They are very interesting books ...
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... William speaks . The numbers from ten to twenty read thus : eleven , twelve , thirteen , fourteen , fifteen , sixteen , seventeen , eigh- teen , nineteen , twenty . The following table shows how we were placed to count those numbers ...
... William speaks . The numbers from ten to twenty read thus : eleven , twelve , thirteen , fourteen , fifteen , sixteen , seventeen , eigh- teen , nineteen , twenty . The following table shows how we were placed to count those numbers ...
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... speaks . William , how did you count from twenty up to one hundred ? William speaks . I will tell you , and show you how , by placing upon this page rows of stars , just as our teacher placed them for us to learn . Each row contained ...
... speaks . William , how did you count from twenty up to one hundred ? William speaks . I will tell you , and show you how , by placing upon this page rows of stars , just as our teacher placed them for us to learn . Each row contained ...
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... William speaks . John ,. touch y trib ute te pid trink et thresh old tro phy ug ly un like ur gent vis ion vis age vict uals thread bare tim ber trus tee to tal up right vol ume up roar voy age til lage tip sy tran quil trus ty u sage vo ...
... William speaks . John ,. touch y trib ute te pid trink et thresh old tro phy ug ly un like ur gent vis ion vis age vict uals thread bare tim ber trus tee to tal up right vol ume up roar voy age til lage tip sy tran quil trus ty u sage vo ...
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... William speaks . John , here is a table of figures and numbers which I learned in such a manner as to make them without the help of the book , and tell their names . Now if you will do the same , I will show you how our teacher learned ...
... William speaks . John , here is a table of figures and numbers which I learned in such a manner as to make them without the help of the book , and tell their names . Now if you will do the same , I will show you how our teacher learned ...
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Page 62 - Thirty days hath September, April, June, and November ; All the rest have thirty-one, Except the second month alone, Which has but twenty-eight, in fine, Till leap year gives it twenty-nine.
Page 29 - Thirty Forty Fifty Sixty Seventy Eighty Ninety One hundred Two hundred Three hundred Four hundred Five hundred Six hundred Seven hundred Eight hundred...
Page 35 - ... is 12 feet 8J inches. Prime Numbers. A prime number is a number that cannot be divided by any other number without leaving a remainder. Long-Measure Table. 12 inches make 1 foot 3 feet make 1 yard 5| yards, or 16i feet, make 1 rod or pole 40 rods make 1 furlong 8 furlongs make 1 mile One mile contains 5,280 feet, or 1,700 yards, or 320 rods; 3 miles make 1 league; 6 feet=l fathom.
Page 17 - Yet humbly take what God bestows, And like his own fair flowers, Look up in sunshine with a smile, And gently bend in showers — Anon.
Page 63 - AAS Fellow of the American Academy AB Bachelor of Arts. AD In the year of our Lord . Al.
Page 67 - Amor patriae, love of one's country. Anno Domini, in the year of our Lord. Anno Mundi, in the year of the world.
Page 35 - SOJ^square yards make 1 rod, perch or pole. 40 square rods make 1 square rood. 4 square roods make 1 square acre. 10 square chains make 1 square acre. 640 square acres make 1 square mile. Gunter's chain equal to 22 yards or 100 links.
Page 59 - Teacher. CAN you tell what are the different days of the week, and in what order they are arranged ? Mary. Sunday, the sacred day of rest, Stands first, and should be deemed the best ; Then Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, all Glide on, and for improvement call ; Thursday and Friday next appear, And Saturday brings up the rear. Teacher. Can you tell how many hours are in each day, and how they are divided ? Ned. Yes ; four-and-twenty hours, they say ; And these, if I remember right, Have twelve allotted...
Page 64 - I'll, for I shall or I will. Isle, an island. Aisle, the wing or side of a church. In, into.
Page 62 - ... they occur. Tom. Cold January first we view, And February clad in snow ; Then follow March and April too, And May, when flowers begin to blow. Nellie. June and July in order come, To furnish stores of various fruits; Then August brings the harvest home, Which well the smiling farmer suits. Frank. September calls the sportsman forth ; October strips the branches fast ; November gales blow from the north, And dark December comes at last.