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... taken that his early exercises be not be- yond his strength . Having gone through the exercises on arguments , the pupil will be then prepared to write on a subject . Here one should be selected which is suited to his particular powers ...
... taken that his early exercises be not be- yond his strength . Having gone through the exercises on arguments , the pupil will be then prepared to write on a subject . Here one should be selected which is suited to his particular powers ...
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... , table , or stool ; and in all these cases , the leg stands in the same relation to the chair , table , & c . , as the leg of an animal does to its body . PROPOSITIONS . Words , taken singly , express ideas ; 12 ENGLISH STYLE .
... , table , or stool ; and in all these cases , the leg stands in the same relation to the chair , table , & c . , as the leg of an animal does to its body . PROPOSITIONS . Words , taken singly , express ideas ; 12 ENGLISH STYLE .
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George Frederick Graham. PROPOSITIONS . Words , taken singly , express ideas ; but in order to think , we must put ideas together . A thing is derived from to think ; it is , in fact , whatever makes us think ; and it is pretty clear ...
George Frederick Graham. PROPOSITIONS . Words , taken singly , express ideas ; but in order to think , we must put ideas together . A thing is derived from to think ; it is , in fact , whatever makes us think ; and it is pretty clear ...
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... taken of the arrangement . Facts should be related in the order of time in which they occurred , and should not be mixed up with each other . A narrative should be a plain and simple statement ; such words should be chosen as will best ...
... taken of the arrangement . Facts should be related in the order of time in which they occurred , and should not be mixed up with each other . A narrative should be a plain and simple statement ; such words should be chosen as will best ...
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... taken by the pope Adrian in the matter , and the cause of the neglect of the Christian princes to assist the knights . The circumstances of the siege are then stated , and the issue of the event ; the whole passage concluding with some ...
... taken by the pope Adrian in the matter , and the cause of the neglect of the Christian princes to assist the knights . The circumstances of the siege are then stated , and the issue of the event ; the whole passage concluding with some ...
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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.