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... suggested by your reading or ob- servation . 3. Bring five subjects of each kind to class for comparison with the lists of others and for discussion of their possible interest . Limiting the Topic in a In For the So tired to go posit ...
... suggested by your reading or ob- servation . 3. Bring five subjects of each kind to class for comparison with the lists of others and for discussion of their possible interest . Limiting the Topic in a In For the So tired to go posit ...
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... suggested by a sentence in the stupid one : THAT VACUUM TANK " Here , boy , pull down that vacuum tank and put in a new float . " This was the foreman's first order as I reported at my vacation job as helper in a garage . I had messed ...
... suggested by a sentence in the stupid one : THAT VACUUM TANK " Here , boy , pull down that vacuum tank and put in a new float . " This was the foreman's first order as I reported at my vacation job as helper in a garage . I had messed ...
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... suggested a friendly mechanic who saw that I was stumped . " This one is punctured . See ? That's why it won't draw . " I procured the new float and proceeded to reassemble the mechan- ism . Yes , I had passed physics at high school ...
... suggested a friendly mechanic who saw that I was stumped . " This one is punctured . See ? That's why it won't draw . " I procured the new float and proceeded to reassemble the mechan- ism . Yes , I had passed physics at high school ...
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... suggests the motif of the story . Sometimes finding a title is the last step in writing a story or article , like ... suggest ways of improving the less satisfactory titles Planning a Composition The orderly development of a composition ...
... suggests the motif of the story . Sometimes finding a title is the last step in writing a story or article , like ... suggest ways of improving the less satisfactory titles Planning a Composition The orderly development of a composition ...
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... suggested in section 2 above . Development The questions asked about the limited topics on pages 16–19 suggest that the interest in a subject must be brought out by development ; that is , by the use of an 32 BUILDING A COMPOSITION.
... suggested in section 2 above . Development The questions asked about the limited topics on pages 16–19 suggest that the interest in a subject must be brought out by development ; that is , by the use of an 32 BUILDING A COMPOSITION.
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Page 270 - AWAKE, my soul, and with the sun Thy daily stage of duty run ; Shake off dull sloth, and joyful rise To pay thy morning sacrifice.
Page 91 - ... the valleys; he saw that it would be dark long before he could reach the village, and he heaved a heavy sigh when he thought of encountering the terrors of Dame Van Winkle. As he was about to descend, he heard a voice from a distance, hallooing, "Rip Van Winkle! Rip Van Winkle!
Page 45 - These fashionable parties were generally confined to the higher classes, or noblesse, that is to say, such as kept their own cows, and drove their own wagons. The company commonly assembled at three o'clock, and went away about six, unless it was in winter time, when the fashionable hours were a little earlier, that the ladies might get home before dark.
Page 359 - That a national government ought to be established, consisting of a supreme Legislative, Executive and Judiciary.
Page 480 - He thought about himself, and the whole earth, Of man the wonderful, and of the stars, And how the deuce they ever could have birth ; And then he thought of earthquakes, and of wars, How many miles the moon might have in girth, Of air-balloons, and of the many bars To perfect knowledge of the boundless skies ; And then he thought of Donna Julia's eyes.
Page 45 - Dinner was invariably a private meal, and the fat old burghers showed incontestible signs of disapprobation and uneasiness at being surprised by a visit from a neighbor on such occasions. But though our worthy ancestors were thus singularly averse to giving dinners, yet they kept up the social bands of intimacy by occasional banquetings, called tea-parties.
Page 98 - Then, Sir, from these six capital sources, of descent, of form of government, of religion in the northern provinces, of manners in the southern, of education, of the remoteness of situation from the first mover of government, — from all these causes a fierce spirit of liberty has grown up.
Page 170 - Hence it is that it is almost a definition of a gentleman to say he is one who never inflicts pain.
Page 46 - The parties broke up without noise and without confusion. They were carried home by their own carriages, that is to say, by the vehicles nature had provided them, excepting such of the wealthy as could afford to keep a wagon.
Page 417 - So, dear friend, put fear out of your heart. This nation will survive, this state will prosper, the orderly business of life will go forward if only men can speak in whatever way given them to utter what their hearts hold — by voice, by posted card, by letter or by press. Reason never has failed men. Only force and repression have made the wrecks in the world.