Rudiments of English composition. [With] Key. Adapted to the improved ed1872 |
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... thought and care , and they have been prepared by Practical Men of eminence in their respective departments . I. READING . The preparation of this Series has been undertaken by Mr JAMES COLVILLE , M.A. , Senior English Master in George ...
... thought and care , and they have been prepared by Practical Men of eminence in their respective departments . I. READING . The preparation of this Series has been undertaken by Mr JAMES COLVILLE , M.A. , Senior English Master in George ...
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... thoughts ; and that the latter may not be permitted to abuse it , if it should fall into their hands , —the following directions are sub- mitted for teaching the Rudiments of English Composi- tion with the help of the Key . The ...
... thoughts ; and that the latter may not be permitted to abuse it , if it should fall into their hands , —the following directions are sub- mitted for teaching the Rudiments of English Composi- tion with the help of the Key . The ...
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Alexander Reid. III . An ancient heathen king being asked what things he thought most proper for boys to learn , answered : “ Those which they ought to practise , when they come to be men . " A wiser than this heathen monarch has taught ...
Alexander Reid. III . An ancient heathen king being asked what things he thought most proper for boys to learn , answered : “ Those which they ought to practise , when they come to be men . " A wiser than this heathen monarch has taught ...
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... thoughts ; by governing our pas- sions and our temper ; by correcting all unreasonable ex- pectations from the world , and , in the midst of worldly business , habituating ourselves to calm retreat and serious reflection : by such means ...
... thoughts ; by governing our pas- sions and our temper ; by correcting all unreasonable ex- pectations from the world , and , in the midst of worldly business , habituating ourselves to calm retreat and serious reflection : by such means ...
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... thought , says Sir Roger , it happens very well that Christmas should fall out in the middle of winter . In the note which Nelson sent ashore after the battle of Copen- hagen , he remarked that it would be the crowning victory of his ...
... thought , says Sir Roger , it happens very well that Christmas should fall out in the middle of winter . In the note which Nelson sent ashore after the battle of Copen- hagen , he remarked that it would be the crowning victory of his ...
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Էջ 1 - KEY, 6d. The Principles of English Grammar; with a Series of Progressive Exercises, and a Supplementary Treatise on Analysis of Sentences. By Dr JAMES DOUGLAS, lately Teacher of English, Great King Street, Edinburgh. Is. 6d. Douglas's Initiatory Grammar, for JUNIOR CLASSES. Printed in larger type, and containing a Supplementary Treatise on Analysis of Sentences. 6d. Douglas's Progressive English Reader. A New Series of English Reading-Books.
Էջ 16 - All our conduct towards men should be influenced by this important precept " Do unto others as you would that others should do unto you.
Էջ 37 - My manner of life from my youth, which was at the first among mine own nation at Jerusalem, know all the Jews; which knew me from the beginning, if they would testify, that after the most straitest sect of our religion, I lived a Pharisee.
Էջ 37 - LIBERTY, whom all, in public or in private, worship, whose taste is grateful, and ever will be so, till NATURE herself shall change — no tint of words can spot thy snowy mantle...
Էջ 100 - Or hear'st thou rather pure ethereal stream, Whose fountain who shall tell? Before the sun, Before the heavens thou wert, and at the voice Of God, as with a mantle didst invest The rising world of waters dark and deep, Won from the void and formless infinite.
Էջ 84 - Boast not thyself of to-morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
Էջ 99 - In the midst of the current of life was the Gulf of Intemperance, a dreadful whirlpool, interspersed with rocks, of which the pointed crags were concealed under water, and the tops covered with herbage, on which Ease spread couches of repose, and with shades where Pleasure warbled the song of invitation.
Էջ 3 - A Dictionary of the English Language, containing the Pronunciation, Etymology, and Explanation of all Words authorized by Eminent Writers. To which are added, a Vocabulary of the Roots of English Words, and an accented list of Greek, Latin, and Scripture Proper Names.
Էջ 61 - Smooth to the shelving brink a copious flood Rolls fair , and placid ; where collected all , In one impetuous torrent , down the steep It thundering shoots , and shakes the country round,.
Էջ 101 - I cannot but imagine the virtuous heroes, legislators, and patriots, of every age and country, are bending from their elevated seats to witness this contest, as if they were incapable, till it be brought to a favourable issue, of enjoying their eternal repose.