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and jealously. To be doomed is to suffer these passions long, would be as severe a punishment as confinement in a state prison. An angli- cism is a peculiar mode of speech among the English. Love is an agreeable passion, and love is something stronger than death. How happy men would be if they always love what is right and hate what is wrong.
No. 142. – 52 Words
g AND k BEFORE n ARE ALWAYS SILENT.
gnär, gnärl, gnash, gnat, gna̤ w, gnō-mon, gnŏs-tics, gnŏs- ti-çism, knab, knack, knag, knag-ḡy, knap, knap-sack, knap-weed, kneel, knāve, knāv-er-y, knāv-ish, knāv-ish- ly, knāv-ish-ness, ͝ knēad, knee, kneel, knīfe, knight, knight- ĕr-rant, knight-hood, knight-ly, knit, knit-ter, knit-ting, knob, knobbed, knob-by, knock, knock-er, knōll, knŏt, knōt-grass, knŏt-ty, knot-ti-ly, knot-ti-ness, knout, knōw, know-a-ble, known, know-ing, knŏwl-edġe, knuck-le, knûrl, knurl-y.
Knead the dough thoroughly, if you would have good bread. The original signification of knave was ‘a boy’; but the word now sig- nifies ‘a dishonest person.’ In Russia, the knout is used to inflict stripes on the bare back.
No. 143. – 27 Words
IN THE FOLLOWING WORDS, ch HAS THE SOUND OF sh, AND
IN MANY OF THEM i HAS THE SOUND OF e LONG.
çhāise, çha-grin, çham-pāign, çhĭ-cāne, çhĭ-cān-er-y, çhev-a-liēr, çhĭv-al-ry, çhan-de-liēr, çhe-mïse, cap-ū-çhïn, mag-a-zïne, sub-ma-rïne, trans-ma-rïne, bȯm-ba-zïne, brig-a-diēr, can-non-iēr, cap-a-piē, cär-bin-iēr, cav-a-liēr, quạr-an-tïne, man-da-rïn, cash-iēr, ma-rïne, ca-prïçe, po- lïçe, fas-çïne, fron-tiēr.
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