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... month , carefully observing the following directions : is See Plate 1. Carefully examine each copy on this plate . Devote one page in the writing book to the practice of each copy . Commence with copy No. 1. The practice of this copy an ...
... month , carefully observing the following directions : is See Plate 1. Carefully examine each copy on this plate . Devote one page in the writing book to the practice of each copy . Commence with copy No. 1. The practice of this copy an ...
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... months and years of practice ; but a knowl- edge of how to practice , to impart which is the mission of the teacher , may be learned in a short time . In fact , most people are surprised to see how much may be accomplished in few ...
... months and years of practice ; but a knowl- edge of how to practice , to impart which is the mission of the teacher , may be learned in a short time . In fact , most people are surprised to see how much may be accomplished in few ...
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... months of practice it will come out at the fingers . The remaining blackboard illustrations of the lesson may relate to card writing ; the teacher explaining the nature of business cards , wedding cards , visiting cards , and address ...
... months of practice it will come out at the fingers . The remaining blackboard illustrations of the lesson may relate to card writing ; the teacher explaining the nature of business cards , wedding cards , visiting cards , and address ...
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... month , as June , April , with capital let- ters . Also the days of the week , as Monday , Tuesday , etc. Begin all addresses , as Dear Sir - Dear Madam , with capital letters . Capital letters must never be placed in the middle of a ...
... month , as June , April , with capital let- ters . Also the days of the week , as Monday , Tuesday , etc. Begin all addresses , as Dear Sir - Dear Madam , with capital letters . Capital letters must never be placed in the middle of a ...
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... months are coming . " 64 The Note of Interrogation ( ? ) is used after every sentence in which a question is asked ; as 64 What season of the year do you enjoy most ? " The Hyphen ( - ) is employed as a character between two words to ...
... months are coming . " 64 The Note of Interrogation ( ? ) is used after every sentence in which a question is asked ; as 64 What season of the year do you enjoy most ? " The Hyphen ( - ) is employed as a character between two words to ...
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Page 439 - THE EPITAPH Here rests his head upon the lap of. earth, A youth, to fortune and to fame unknown : Fair Science frowned not on his humble birth, And Melancholy marked him for her own.
Page 400 - Oft she rejects, but never once offends. Bright as the sun, her eyes the gazers strike, And, like the sun, they shine on all alike. Yet graceful ease, and sweetness void of pride, Might hide her faults, if belles had faults to hide: If to her share some female errors fall, Look on her face, and you'll forget 'em all.
Page 398 - The curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea, The ploughman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me. Now fades the glimmering landscape on the sight, And all the air a solemn stillness holds, Save where the beetle wheels his droning flight, And drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds...
Page 319 - Agriculture, the general design and duties of which shall be to acquire and to diffuse among the people of the United States useful information on subjects connected with agriculture, in the most general and comprehensive sense of that word and to procure, propagate, and distribute among the people new and valuable seeds and plants.
Page 439 - One morn I missed him on the customed hill, Along the heath and near his favorite tree; Another came; nor yet beside the rill, Nor up the lawn, nor at the wood was he; "The next with dirges due in sad array Slow through the churchway path we saw him borne. Approach and read (for thou canst read) the lay, Graved on the stone beneath yon aged thorn.
Page 221 - And upon this act, sincerely believed to be an act of justice, warranted by the Constitution upon military necessity, I invoke the considerate judgment of mankind and the gracious favor of Almighty God.
Page 227 - Deceased, do make or cause to be made a true and perfect Inventory of all and singular the Goods Chattels and Credits of the said Deceased...
Page 449 - Oh! why should the spirit of mortal be proud? — Like a swift-fleeting meteor, a fast-flying cloud, A flash of the lightning, a break of the wave, He passeth from life to his rest in the grave. "The leaves of the oak and the willow shall fade, Be scattered around, and together be laid ; And the young and the old, and the low and the high. Shall moulder to dust, and together shall lie.
Page 221 - ... shall be free and that the executive government of the united states including the military and naval authorities thereof will recognize and maintain the freedom of said persons and i hereby enjoin upon the people so declared to be free to abstain from all violence unless in necessary selfdefense and i recommend to them that in all cases when allowed they labor faithfully for reasonable wages...
Page 221 - ... order and designate, as the States and parts of States wherein the people thereof respectively are this day in rebellion against the United States...