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... give the best expression to a connected series of thoughts . 3. How to combine paragraphs into a Theme , so as to give the best exposition of a whole subject . 4. Accordingly , the following lessons are thus arranged : -COMPOSITION IN ...
... give the best expression to a connected series of thoughts . 3. How to combine paragraphs into a Theme , so as to give the best exposition of a whole subject . 4. Accordingly , the following lessons are thus arranged : -COMPOSITION IN ...
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... whole in- dustrious part of the whole country . I entreat you by your love of peace , by your hatred of oppression , by your weariness of burthensome and useless taxation ; by yet another appeal , to which those must lend an ear who ...
... whole in- dustrious part of the whole country . I entreat you by your love of peace , by your hatred of oppression , by your weariness of burthensome and useless taxation ; by yet another appeal , to which those must lend an ear who ...
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... whole into its parts ; the former is a making up of parts into a whole . 42. In the following exercises in Synthesis , each element to be included in the sentence is stated separately , and the pupil is required to introduce into the ...
... whole into its parts ; the former is a making up of parts into a whole . 42. In the following exercises in Synthesis , each element to be included in the sentence is stated separately , and the pupil is required to introduce into the ...
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... whole . c . They had a second bond of union ( adj . ) . d . It was a still firmer bond . e . They derived it from Christianity . f . This Christianity was common to them all ( adj . ) . 23. a . Henry met Francis in 1520 . b . Profuse ...
... whole . c . They had a second bond of union ( adj . ) . d . It was a still firmer bond . e . They derived it from Christianity . f . This Christianity was common to them all ( adj . ) . 23. a . Henry met Francis in 1520 . b . Profuse ...
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... whole species . 2a . Some persons now think themselves the most unhappy . 3a2 . These persons are already possessed of one share ( of misfor- tune ) . persons . 4a3 . By such a division another share would fall to these la1 . These ...
... whole species . 2a . Some persons now think themselves the most unhappy . 3a2 . These persons are already possessed of one share ( of misfor- tune ) . persons . 4a3 . By such a division another share would fall to these la1 . These ...
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a¹ adv a¹ subs Abstract Qualities adverb Argumentative Theme Arithmetic Cæsar called Chapter character Civil Service Commissioners Class Objects comma complex sentences Composition compound sentence cond contains contr death Descriptive Themes Division of PAGE Edinburgh elements Ellipsis England English evil example Exercise expressed feelings figures of construction following sentences give Government grammar hath heaven honour Individual Objects Irregular Measure Julius Cæsar kind king la¹ la² lines Lord Metaphor Metonymy mind Narration Narrative Theme nation nature Note.-A noun Paragraph persons phrase pleasure principal clause principles printed in italics prison prose pupil ragged school Rules of construction Rules of punctuation sense shewed Simile simple sentences species Stanza subject and predicate subordinate clause syllables Synecdoche Synthesis Tautology Tetrameter things Thomas à Becket thou thought Tower Trimeter truth verse whole words Write sentences
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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.