Pretty Lessons in Verse for Good Children; with Some Lessons in Latin, in Easy Rhyme. By Sara Coleridge. The Fourth Edition, with Many Cuts |
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HOW TO SPELL CHEST-NUT, or CHESNUT. |
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HOW TO SPELL CHEST-NUT, or CHESNUT.
“O, sister! you've spelt the word wrong;
In chestnut there's surely a t.”
“No t does to chesnut belong,
As you in my lesson may see.”
In chestnut there's surely a t.”
“No t does to chesnut belong,
As you in my lesson may see.”
Mama overheard the dispute;
She put the affair out of doubt:
“The t in the middle is mute;
'Tis spelt either with or without.
She put the affair out of doubt:
“The t in the middle is mute;
'Tis spelt either with or without.
“Be always exact to a t;
But when your opinions conflict,
In keeping your tempers agree,
And never with heat contradict.
But when your opinions conflict,
In keeping your tempers agree,
And never with heat contradict.
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