Early American Spellers, 1775-1900: A Catalog of the Titles Held by the Educational Research LibraryOffice of Educational Research and Improvement, U.S. Department of Education, 1985 - English language - 38 pages |
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... compilers ( few books were original creations , but were collections of materials from several sources ) , of whom Noah Webster was among the first and by all odds the most influential , sought deliberately to mold an American character ...
... compilers ( few books were original creations , but were collections of materials from several sources ) , of whom Noah Webster was among the first and by all odds the most influential , sought deliberately to mold an American character ...
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... compilers , meant the quality of " loving what is noble and hating what is base " and was an essential aspect of the cultivated person . In this sense , virtue was closely linked to citizenship . For , as Webster wrote in a letter to ...
... compilers , meant the quality of " loving what is noble and hating what is base " and was an essential aspect of the cultivated person . In this sense , virtue was closely linked to citizenship . For , as Webster wrote in a letter to ...
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... compilers employed the alphabet method , and some , as noted earlier , borrowed liberally from Webster's book . Most notable among them was Elihu Marshall , whose A Spelling Book of the English Language ( entry # 87 ) contained whole ...
... compilers employed the alphabet method , and some , as noted earlier , borrowed liberally from Webster's book . Most notable among them was Elihu Marshall , whose A Spelling Book of the English Language ( entry # 87 ) contained whole ...
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