Longmans' School CompositionLongmans, Green, and Company, 1890 - 305 էջ |
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Էջ 32
... Avoid such a sentence as Once upon a time there was a fox and he went into a vineyard and there he saw many bunches of beautiful ripe grapes hanging on high and he tried to reach them and he could not jump high enough and so he turned ...
... Avoid such a sentence as Once upon a time there was a fox and he went into a vineyard and there he saw many bunches of beautiful ripe grapes hanging on high and he tried to reach them and he could not jump high enough and so he turned ...
Էջ 38
... avoid a reply by saying that he was not skilful in such matters . As , however , James insisted on a plain answer , he said , ' I am sure that your Majesty may lawfully take brother Neile's money , because he says you may . ' A Precious ...
... avoid a reply by saying that he was not skilful in such matters . As , however , James insisted on a plain answer , he said , ' I am sure that your Majesty may lawfully take brother Neile's money , because he says you may . ' A Precious ...
Էջ 105
... Avoid ambiguity . AMBIGUITY . 100. Some words have several meanings . ' How various are the senses in which post is used ; as post - office , post haste , a post standing in the ground , a military post , an official post , to post a ...
... Avoid ambiguity . AMBIGUITY . 100. Some words have several meanings . ' How various are the senses in which post is used ; as post - office , post haste , a post standing in the ground , a military post , an official post , to post a ...
Էջ 108
... love that a mother has , & c . ) . When the Genitive may be understood either subjectively or objectively , avoid the genitive construction . Exercise 68 . Re - write the following sentences so 108 LONGMANS SCHOOL COMPOSITION.
... love that a mother has , & c . ) . When the Genitive may be understood either subjectively or objectively , avoid the genitive construction . Exercise 68 . Re - write the following sentences so 108 LONGMANS SCHOOL COMPOSITION.
Էջ 118
... avoid the good honest Saxon man , two words , individual and party , one of which expresses a man's unity , and the other , in its common untechnical use , belongs to man associated . And why should a woman be degraded from her position ...
... avoid the good honest Saxon man , two words , individual and party , one of which expresses a man's unity , and the other , in its common untechnical use , belongs to man associated . And why should a woman be degraded from her position ...
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Էջ 26 - Go, wondrous creature! mount where Science guides, Go, measure earth, weigh air, and state the tides; Instruct the planets in what orbs to run, Correct old Time, and regulate the sun; Go, soar with Plato to th...
Էջ 29 - The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.
Էջ 103 - The seat of desolation, void of light, Save what the glimmering of these livid flames Casts pale and dreadful? Thither let us tend From off the tossing of these fiery waves; There rest, if any rest can...
Էջ 56 - I'll meet the raging of the skies, But not an angry father." The boat has left a stormy land, A stormy sea before her — When, oh ! too strong for human hand, The tempest gathered o'er her.
Էջ 48 - When my mother died I was very young, And my father sold me while yet my tongue Could scarcely cry
Էջ 50 - And shouted but once more aloud, "My father! must I stay?" While o'er him fast, through sail and shroud, The wreathing fires made way. They...
Էջ 164 - The sky is changed! — and such a change! Oh, night, And storm, and darkness, ye are wondrous strong, Yet, lovely in your strength, as is the light Of a dark eye in woman! Far along, From peak to peak, the rattling crags among Leaps the live thunder!
Էջ 115 - As long as you have the wisdom to keep the sovereign authority of this country as the sanctuary of liberty, the sacred temple consecrated to our common faith, wherever the chosen race and sons of England worship Freedom, they will turn their faces toward you.
Էջ 23 - He has often told me, that at his coming to his estate he found his parishioners very irregular : and that in order to make them kneel, and join in the responses...
Էջ 279 - The various modes of worship, which prevailed in the Roman world, were all considered by the people, as equally true; by the philosopher, as equally false; and by the magistrate, as equally useful.