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... manner we proceed with all the different kinds . Just so it is with the words of our language . Though their num- ber is about eighty thousand , yet we find , on a careful examination , that they all belong to less than a dozen ...
... manner we proceed with all the different kinds . Just so it is with the words of our language . Though their num- ber is about eighty thousand , yet we find , on a careful examination , that they all belong to less than a dozen ...
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... manner . The teacher directs the attention of the pupils to a book , and asks if they can mention any words that ex- press its character or quality . To this they will readily answer , that it is a good book , a large book , an ...
... manner . The teacher directs the attention of the pupils to a book , and asks if they can mention any words that ex- press its character or quality . To this they will readily answer , that it is a good book , a large book , an ...
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... beaten into thin leaves . THE VERB . § 4. This part of speech may be introduced in a manner similar to that exhibited in the following dialogue : — Teacher . What part of speech is horse ? Pupil ORAL INSTRUCTION . 15.
... beaten into thin leaves . THE VERB . § 4. This part of speech may be introduced in a manner similar to that exhibited in the following dialogue : — Teacher . What part of speech is horse ? Pupil ORAL INSTRUCTION . 15.
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... , they sometimes yield to the n ar n บ ar N force of the wind , and fall to the ground . In this manner the pupils secure by frequent repetition what they have before learned , and also cultivate habits of 18 ORAL INSTRUCTION .
... , they sometimes yield to the n ar n บ ar N force of the wind , and fall to the ground . In this manner the pupils secure by frequent repetition what they have before learned , and also cultivate habits of 18 ORAL INSTRUCTION .
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... manner already described ; and accompanied by prac- tical exercises in the construction of sentences . PRONOUNS , PREPOSITIONS , AND CONJUNCTIONS . § 15. The remaining points which demand special consideration in these introductory ...
... manner already described ; and accompanied by prac- tical exercises in the construction of sentences . PRONOUNS , PREPOSITIONS , AND CONJUNCTIONS . § 15. The remaining points which demand special consideration in these introductory ...
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Page 187 - Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it. Thou preparedst room before it, and didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land. The hills were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars. She sent out her boughs unto the sea, and her branches unto the river.
Page 170 - The golden sun, The planets, all the infinite host of heaven, Are shining on the sad abodes of death Through the still lapse of ages.
Page 142 - Fallen cherub, to be weak is miserable, Doing or suffering; but of this be sure, To do aught good never will be our task, But ever to do ill our sole delight, As being the contrary to his high will Whom we resist.
Page 136 - Like the leaves of the forest when Summer is green, That host with their banners at sunset were seen; Like the leaves of the forest when Autumn hath blown, That host on the morrow lay withered and strown.
Page 179 - So live, that when thy summons comes to join The innumerable caravan, that moves To that mysterious realm, where each shall take His chamber in the silent halls of death, Thou go not, like the quarry-slave at night, Scourged to his dungeon, but, sustained and soothed By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave, Like one who wraps the drapery of his couch About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams.
Page 189 - Mayflower of a forlorn hope, freighted with the prospects of a future state, and bound across the unknown sea. I behold it pursuing, with a thousand misgivings, the uncertain, the tedious voyage. Suns rise and set, and weeks and months pass, and winter surprises them on the deep, but brings them not the sight of the wished-for shore.
Page 169 - Does life appear miserable that gives thee opportunities of earning such a reward? Is death to be feared that will convey thee to so happy an existence? -Think not man was made in vain, who has such an eternity reserved for him.
Page 187 - The wicked flee when no man pursueth : but the righteous are bold as a lion.
Page 111 - He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: Yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night. The eye also which saw him shall see him no more; Neither shall his place any more behold him.
Page 128 - O'er-canopies the glade, Beside some water's rushy brink With me the Muse shall sit, and think (At ease reclined in rustic state) How vain the ardour of the crowd ! How low, how little, are the proud ! How indigent the great...