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... study have been systematized by successive genera- tions of teachers , their principles have been made clear , the natural order of their development established , ex- ercises composed and graded , so that as subjects of class study ...
... study have been systematized by successive genera- tions of teachers , their principles have been made clear , the natural order of their development established , ex- ercises composed and graded , so that as subjects of class study ...
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... study merely . It does not , rightly , deal with things remote from the pupil's thought and experience , but is the expression of that thought and experience . It must reflect his actual mental life . It must turn to account his powers ...
... study merely . It does not , rightly , deal with things remote from the pupil's thought and experience , but is the expression of that thought and experience . It must reflect his actual mental life . It must turn to account his powers ...
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... study of the principles of writing , even in ele- mentary courses of instruction , is essential . The pupil must be led , though gradually , to a consciousness of good English and good style . The teacher will do much by precept and ...
... study of the principles of writing , even in ele- mentary courses of instruction , is essential . The pupil must be led , though gradually , to a consciousness of good English and good style . The teacher will do much by precept and ...
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... study the use of Capital Letters , Punctuation , the forms of the Sentence , including the Order , Number , and Choice of Words , the Paragraph , Forms of Correspondence , the Qualities of Style , the principles of Narration and ...
... study the use of Capital Letters , Punctuation , the forms of the Sentence , including the Order , Number , and Choice of Words , the Paragraph , Forms of Correspondence , the Qualities of Style , the principles of Narration and ...
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Frederick Henry Sykes. out the ages as man's highest gift . Rightly pursu the study of composition should be full of inter educing and fostering mental life in the growing ch To that aim this book is humbly dedicated . By permission of MM .
Frederick Henry Sykes. out the ages as man's highest gift . Rightly pursu the study of composition should be full of inter educing and fostering mental life in the growing ch To that aim this book is humbly dedicated . By permission of MM .
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Æneid Alfred Tennyson amphibrachic Balmung beauty Beowulf bobolink Cæsar called capital letters cesura character Charles Kingsley clauses Colchis comma composition Composition.-1 Composition.-Tell the story Cyclops death Describe dragon Echo English EXERCISE expression eyes Fairy fire foot give glory Greeks Grendel hand head heard horse iambic iambic pentameter Julius Cæsar King land LESSON live Lord mark Memorize:-FROM ment metre mountain never night NOTE Notice Oral Composition.-1 outline paragraph Persians Peter Klaus punctuation pupil quotation R. L. STEVENSON Rabbit REFERENCES FOR READING rhythm-beat rime river scene ship Sir Walter Scott spring stanza street stress Study sword Tell the story tence thee theme Theme:-THE thou thought tion topic sentence trees trochaic trochees Ulysses unstressed syllables verse William Edmonstoune Aytoun wind wolf words Write
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Page 41 - The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy* He will not always chide ; neither will he keep his anger for ever.
Page 214 - A lily of a day Is fairer far, in May, Although it fall and die that night; It was the plant and flower of light. In small proportions we just beauties see; And in short measures life may perfect be.
Page 199 - The day is done, and the darkness Falls from the wings of Night, As a feather is wafted downward From an Eagle in his flight. I see the lights of the village Gleam through the rain and the mist, And a feeling of sadness comes o'er me, That my soul cannot resist...
Page 45 - Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.
Page 41 - For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust. As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth. For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more.
Page 59 - So nigh is grandeur to our dust, So near is God to man, When Duty whispers low, Thou must, The youth replies, I can.
Page 309 - Fair daffodils, we weep to see You haste away so soon; As yet the early-rising sun Has not attained his noon. Stay, stay, Until the hasting day Has run But to the even-song; And, having prayed together, we Will go with you along.
Page 88 - The Puritan hated bearbaiting, not because it gave pain to the bear, but because it gave pleasure to the spectators.
Page 144 - Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord: He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored; He hath loosed the fateful lightning of His terrible swift sword : His truth is marching on.
Page 303 - The bare black cliff clang'd round him, as he based His feet on juts of slippery crag that rang Sharp-smitten with the dint of armed heels And on a sudden, lo! the level lake, And the long glories of the winter moon.