Old-time schools and school-books . The Captain boldly The Soldier marches draws his sword, * at his word. Rhymes from The Columbian Primer, or Ladder to Learning, New York, 1827. Other Spellers 203 In the portion of a page given herewith fromFiskes The New England Spelling-book, Brookfield,Massachusetts, 1803, it seems a little odd to find Words frequently ttfedin Speaking andWsir-iNGy which Jhould he well learned by everyScholar. Axe bri^t Dam;* fraad &ught bread dawn fr%ught Badge brogue detfd freight baize brui fe dearth frieze ba/k budge deign fright ba/m buoy dew fruzt ba,the buy dirge G

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Old-time schools and school-books . The Captain boldly The Soldier marches draws his sword, * at his word. Rhymes from The Columbian Primer, or Ladder to Learning, New York, 1827. Other Spellers 203 In the portion of a page given herewith fromFiskes The New England Spelling-book, Brookfield,Massachusetts, 1803, it seems a little odd to find Words frequently ttfedin Speaking andWsir-iNGy which Jhould he well learned by everyScholar. Axe bri^t Dam;* fraad &ught bread dawn fr%ught Badge brogue detfd freight baize brui fe dearth frieze ba/k budge deign fright ba/m buoy dew fruzt ba,the buy dirge Gait bawd Ca/ve doe glol Portion of a Page. From Fiskes New England Spelling-boot :, 1803. Damn included among the words which fhouldbe well learned by every Scholar. But words justas much out of place are not uncommon in the oldspellers. To quote a text-book preface of 1828, They contain words collected from all departmentsof nature, life, and action; from the nursery, thekitchen, the drawing-room, the stable, the bar-room,the

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