 There are many carefully worded rules in the spelling-books, specifying before what letters, and in what situations, g shall vary in sound, but unfortunately these rules are difficult to be learned by heart, and still more difficult to understand. These...  A spelling and reading book, upon new principles - Page vby Joshua Frederick Denham - 1848Full view - About this book
 | Maria Edgeworth - Child rearing - 1801 - 366 pages
...these rules are difficult to be learned by heart, and still more difficult to understand. These laws, however positive, are not found to be of universal application, or at least, a child has not always wit or time to apply them upon the spur of the occasion. In coming to the word* ingenious gentleman,... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth, Richard Lovell Edgeworth - Education - 1815 - 512 pages
...these rules are difficult to be learned by heart, and still more difficult to understand. These laws, however positive, are not found to be of universal application, or at least a child has not always wit or time to apply them upon the spur of the occasion. In coming to- the words good gentleman, get... | |
 | Education - 1827 - 554 pages
...these rules are difficult to be learned by heart, and still more difficult to understand. These laws, however positive, are not found to be of universal...application ; or, at least, a child has not always wit or time to apply them upon the spur of the occasion. In coming to the w>>rds ingenious gentleman,... | |
 | Robert Sullivan - Education - 1843 - 50 pages
...these rules are difficult to be learned by heart, and still more difficult to understand. These laws, however positive, are not found to be of universal application, or at least a child has not always wit or time to apply them upon the spur of the occasion. In coming to the words good gentleman, get... | |
 | Education - 1857 - 1266 pages
...difficult to be learned by heart, and still more difficult to understand. These laws, however positive, arc not found to be of universal application, or at least a child has not always wit or time to apply then upon tho spur of the occasion. In coming to the words good gentleman, get... | |
 | John Relly Beard - 1860 - 202 pages
...Spelling-books, specifying what letters and in what situations g shall vary in sound; but, unfortunately, these rules are difficult to be learned by heart, and still...them upon the spur of the moment. " In coming to the tvords, good gentleman, get an ingenious grammar, he may be puzzled by the mere distinctions he is... | |
 | Education - 1862 - 752 pages
...these rules are difficult to he learned by heart, and still more difficult to understand. These laws, however positive, are not found to be of universal application, or at least a child has not always wit or time to apply them upon the spur of the occasion. In coming to the words good gentleman, get... | |
 | Robert Sullivan - Education, Elementary - 1863 - 272 pages
...these rules are difficult to be learned by heart, and still more difficult to understand. These laws, however positive, are not found to be of universal application, or at least a child has not always wit or time to apply them upon the spur of the occasion. In coming to the words good gentleman, get... | |
 | Plea - 1878 - 350 pages
...these rules are ' difficult to be learned by heart, and still more difficult to understand. These laws, however positive, are not found to be of universal...application ; or, at least, a child has not always wit or time to apply them upon the spur of the occasion. In coming to the words, Good gentleman, get... | |
 | Isaac Pitman - Spelling reform - 1878 - 344 pages
...these rules are difficult to be learned by heart, and still more difficult to understand. These laws, however positive, are not found to be of universal...application ; or, at least, a child has not always wit or time to apply them upon the spur of the occasion. In coming to the words, Good gentleman, get... | |
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