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. 1849 Excerpt: ...well, grew fleshy, and by his playful, engaging behavior, charmed the whole family, yet he still seemed to have no power to walk, --he could not move one step. 16. His parents became exceedingly uneasy, and took him to the most experienced and celebrated physicians. Everything that could be thought of was tried, but ...
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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. 1849 Excerpt: ...well, grew fleshy, and by his playful, engaging behavior, charmed the whole family, yet he still seemed to have no power to walk, --he could not move one step. 16. His parents became exceedingly uneasy, and took him to the most experienced and celebrated physicians. Everything that could be thought of was tried, but all in vain. This lovely, interesting boy, remained a cripple. 17. Very severely was this affliction felt by his parents, but they endeavored to submit cheerfully to the dispensations of Him who ordereth all things right, and to teach their children to do so likewise. ERRORS. 1. sort for sought. 2. sawr or sor for saw. 3. chililurn for children; p'haps for perhaps; magine for tmagine. 5. learnin or larnin for learning; perfecly for perfectly. 10. cert'niy for certainly; gra deal for great deal. 12. cumposed for composed. 14. beautifly for beautifully. 17. cheer&y for cheerfully. Rule. Sound the letter r distinctly. Remark. There are a great many words in which children and most others, omit the sound of r, or sound it very indistinctly; and this fault renders their pronunciation very awkward and imperfect. Some of these words are the following: harm, farm, alarm, disarm, form, dark, hark, spark, rarely, war, far, star, before, horse, part, depart, cc. These are mispronounced, hahm, fahm, alahm, paht, fyc. CAROLINE AND EDWARD Concluded. 1. It was a long time before Caroline became in any degree reconciled to this event; but no one unacquainted with the facts, would have suspected from seeing Edward, that he was not in full possession of all his faculties, and of all the happiness that heart could desire. 2. Indeed, it was the constant study of his parents and sister, to do everything to render his condition as comfortable and happy as possible...
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