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... and special care . The plans suggested for Theme writing will , it is believed , be found at once less ambitious and more practical , —more within the comprehension and the powers of school boys and girls 2 PREFACE .
... and special care . The plans suggested for Theme writing will , it is believed , be found at once less ambitious and more practical , —more within the comprehension and the powers of school boys and girls 2 PREFACE .
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... less in them that dwell in houses of clay , whose foundation is in the dust . 28. Expansion . An element of a sentence is said to be ex- panded when it is changed from a word to a phrase , or from a phrase to a clause , without ...
... less in them that dwell in houses of clay , whose foundation is in the dust . 28. Expansion . An element of a sentence is said to be ex- panded when it is changed from a word to a phrase , or from a phrase to a clause , without ...
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... less of earth in them than heaven ; And if there be a human tear From passion's dross refined and clear , A tear so limpid and so meek , It would not stain an angel's cheek , " Tis that which pious fathers shed , Upon a duteous ...
... less of earth in them than heaven ; And if there be a human tear From passion's dross refined and clear , A tear so limpid and so meek , It would not stain an angel's cheek , " Tis that which pious fathers shed , Upon a duteous ...
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... less requisite . B. This he believed . Note.-A. a1 subs . 1a2 att . 2a2 att . + B. b1 subs . b2 adv . deg . b3 att . 19. 1a1 . A person looked on the waters only for a moment . 2a1 . The waters were retiring . A. That person might fancy ...
... less requisite . B. This he believed . Note.-A. a1 subs . 1a2 att . 2a2 att . + B. b1 subs . b2 adv . deg . b3 att . 19. 1a1 . A person looked on the waters only for a moment . 2a1 . The waters were retiring . A. That person might fancy ...
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... less e machina deus than the police commissary himself made his appearance . 10. Dixon having contrived , with pettifogging ingenuity , to trump up a charge against the manager , the latter , in a rus in urbe condition , I was left to ...
... less e machina deus than the police commissary himself made his appearance . 10. Dixon having contrived , with pettifogging ingenuity , to trump up a charge against the manager , the latter , in a rus in urbe condition , I was left to ...
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Page 59 - That patient merit of the unworthy takes, When he himself might his quietus make With a bare bodkin ? who would fardels bear, To grunt and sweat under a weary life, But that the dread of something after death, The undiscover'd country from whose bourn No traveller returns, puzzles the will And makes us rather bear those ills we have Than fly to others that we know not of ? Thus conscience does make cowards of us all...
Page 143 - Then out spake brave Horatius, The Captain of the gate : 'To every man upon this earth Death cometh soon or late; And how can man die better Than facing fearful odds, For the ashes of his fathers And the temples of his Gods...
Page 58 - He's here in double trust : First, as I am his kinsman and his subject, Strong both against the deed ; then, as his host, Who should against his murderer shut the door, Not bear the knife myself.
Page 125 - For the same sound is in my ears Which in those days I heard. Thus fares it still in our decay ; And yet the wiser mind Mourns less for what age takes away Than what it leaves behind.
Page 122 - Now came still evening on, and twilight gray Had in her sober livery all things clad ; Silence accompanied ; for beast and bird, They to their grassy couch, these to their nests, Were slunk, all but the wakeful nightingale, She all night long her amorous descant sung...
Page 144 - As thou sayest so let it be." And straight against that great array Forth went the dauntless Three. For Romans in Rome's quarrel Spared neither land nor gold, Nor son nor wife, nor limb nor life, In the brave days of old.
Page 133 - Then the little Hiawatha Learned of every bird its language, Learned their names and all their secrets, How they built their nests in Summer, Where they hid themselves in Winter, Talked with them whene'er he met them, Called them, "Hiawatha's Chickens." Of all beasts he learned the language, Learned their names and all their secrets, How the beavers built their lodges, Where the squirrels hid their acorns, How the reindeer ran so swiftly, Why the rabbit was so timid, Talked with them whene'er he...
Page 17 - Tis hard to say, if greater want of skill Appear in writing or in judging ill ; But, of the two, less dangerous is the offence To tire our patience, than mislead our sense. Some few in that, but numbers err in this ; Ten censure wrong for one who writes amiss : A fool might once himself alone expose : Now one in verse makes many more in prose.
Page 161 - Du liebes Kind, komm, geh mit mir! Gar schöne Spiele spiel' ich mit dir; Manch' bunte Blumen sind an dem Strand; Meine Mutter hat manch
Page 57 - To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume on the violet, To smooth the ice, or add another hue Unto the rainbow, or with taper-light To seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish, Is wasteful, and ridiculous excess.