Reading Speller: A New Method of Teaching Spelling, Τόμος 2

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T. Kelly, 1887 - 191 σελίδες
 

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Σελίδα 181 - Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested; that is, some books are to be read only in parts; others to be read, but not curiously; and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention.
Σελίδα 71 - A sphere is a solid bounded by a curved surface, every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the center.
Σελίδα 19 - Monosyllables, and words accented on the last syllable, ending with a single consonant preceded by a single vowel, double that consonant, when they take another syllable beginning with a vowel : as, wit, witty ; thin, thinnish ; to abet, an abettor ; to begin, a beginner.
Σελίδα 180 - Sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish, I give my hand, and my heart, to this vote.
Σελίδα 62 - A circle is a plane figure bounded by a curved line, called the circumference, every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the center.
Σελίδα 62 - An acute angle is less than a right angle. An obtuse angle is greater than a right angle.
Σελίδα 120 - Discount is an allowance made for the payment of money before it becomes due, and is obtained by subtracting the present worth from the given, sum or face of the note.
Σελίδα 65 - A polygon of three sides is a triangle ; of four, a quadrilateral ; of fiv*, a pentagon ; of six, a hexagon ; of seven, a heptagon ; of eight, an octagon; of nine, a nonagon; of ten, a decagon; of twelve, a dodecagon.
Σελίδα 29 - The least common multiple of two or more numbers is the least number that is exactly divisible by each of them.
Σελίδα 137 - They originate in the same causes as rain — the union of a cool body of air with one that is warm and humid ; when the precipitation of moisture is slight, fogs are produced ; when it is copious, rains are the result.

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