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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1874 Excerpt: ...of horses passed through a district which seemed to teem with fruit. 13. It was a throe of agony, not a throw of dice. 14. Louis Philippe's throne was thrown down and burnt. 15. I was tied to wind and tide. Special Test Words for p. 74.--Straighten, straiten; Butler, subtler; Seth, saith; show, shew, shown, shewn; silly, Scilly; single, cingle; sink, cinque; sticks, Styx; shore, shoar. tear, water from the eye tier, a row, a rank tare, allowance in weight tear, to make a rent threw, did throw through, from end to end tole, to draw gently toll, a tax, an impost too, also, besides two, twice one = two told, did tell toled, drawn gently tolled, a rung bell tract, a region; treatise tracked, traced, followed treatise, a formal essay treaties, agreements Use, to put to purpose ewes, female sheep urn, a vessel earn, to gain, to win Vale, a valley veil, a covering vane, a weather-cock vain, fruitless, proud vein, a blood-vessel Wade, to walk in water weighed, balanced waste, to consume; refuse waist, part of the body ware, merchandise wear, to decay from use wane, to become less wain, a wagon wave, a swell of the sea waive, to forego wait, to remain, tarry weight, heaviness weak, not strong, infirm week, seven days weather, state of the air wether, a sheep wood, timber, trees would, was willing egg Yolk, the yellow put of an yoke, bond; to enslave Your, possessive of you ewer, a washing basin Adapted Dictation Work 70--1. A tear came through the swollen eye-lids as he threw himself in despair against the tier of guns. 2. They said two lines were too many; I told them the fish should be toled by bait ere the bell tolled. 3. Through a large tract of country I tracked him before I threw up the chase, and then I rested and read a treatise on the treaties of Europe. 4....
