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... adopting it as a model , to write several sentences , similarly constructed , on a variety of subjects . These exercises on structures of sentences will give the learner facility of expression , and , if performed carefully , will soon ...
... adopting it as a model , to write several sentences , similarly constructed , on a variety of subjects . These exercises on structures of sentences will give the learner facility of expression , and , if performed carefully , will soon ...
Page xiv
... natural power of invention ; and this is , no doubt , one cause why young people are generally so reluctant to study composition . Every means should be adopted which may give the beginner xiv DIRECTIONS TO THE TEACHER .
... natural power of invention ; and this is , no doubt , one cause why young people are generally so reluctant to study composition . Every means should be adopted which may give the beginner xiv DIRECTIONS TO THE TEACHER .
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George Frederick Graham. Every means should be adopted which may give the beginner confidence in his own powers , and the greatest care should be taken that his early exercises be not be- yond his strength . Having gone through the ...
George Frederick Graham. Every means should be adopted which may give the beginner confidence in his own powers , and the greatest care should be taken that his early exercises be not be- yond his strength . Having gone through the ...
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... adoption of this plan would have eventually secured success . 3. It is of the greatest importance that we contract our desires to our condition ; and , whatever may be our expectations , that we should live within the compass of what we ...
... adoption of this plan would have eventually secured success . 3. It is of the greatest importance that we contract our desires to our condition ; and , whatever may be our expectations , that we should live within the compass of what we ...
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... adopted in the above extract as in the one before it . The facts are related in the order in which they happened , without any obser- vations or reflections . The emperor's neglect of the warning note - his retiring to bed — the ...
... adopted in the above extract as in the one before it . The facts are related in the order in which they happened , without any obser- vations or reflections . The emperor's neglect of the warning note - his retiring to bed — the ...
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Page 224 - My duty towards God, is to believe in him, to fear him, and to love him with all my heart, with all my mind, with all my soul, and with all my strength; to worship him, to give him thanks, to put my whole trust in him, to call upon him, to honour his holy Name and his Word, and to serve him truly all the days of my life.
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Page 305 - ... comfort : here a shepherd's boy piping, as though he should never be old ; there a young shepherdess knitting, and withal singing, and it seemed that her voice comforted her hands to work, and her hands kept time to her voice-music.