The young woman's companion; or, Female instructor [by J.A. Stewart].Bartlett and Newman, 1814 |
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... hand well , are these two : first , to get an exact no- tion or idea of a good letter , which may be done by fre- quent and nice observation of a correct copy : the other is , to get such a command of hand , as to be able to express ...
... hand well , are these two : first , to get an exact no- tion or idea of a good letter , which may be done by fre- quent and nice observation of a correct copy : the other is , to get such a command of hand , as to be able to express ...
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... hand large , may soon write it as small as he pleases . 2. Hold your pen between the two fore - fingers extended almost straight , and the thumb bending a little outward , and in your right hand , with the hollow side of your pen down ...
... hand large , may soon write it as small as he pleases . 2. Hold your pen between the two fore - fingers extended almost straight , and the thumb bending a little outward , and in your right hand , with the hollow side of your pen down ...
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... hand . To finish the nib , enter the edge of the knife on the back , and near the end thereof , sloping , and immediately turning the edge almost downward , cut it off . TO MAKE THE BEST BLACK INK . To six quarts of rain water put one ...
... hand . To finish the nib , enter the edge of the knife on the back , and near the end thereof , sloping , and immediately turning the edge almost downward , cut it off . TO MAKE THE BEST BLACK INK . To six quarts of rain water put one ...
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... hand , a heart , a highway . A or an is styled the indefinite article : it is used in a vague sense , to point out one single thing of the kind , in other respects indeterminate ; as , give me a book ; bring me an apple . The is called ...
... hand , a heart , a highway . A or an is styled the indefinite article : it is used in a vague sense , to point out one single thing of the kind , in other respects indeterminate ; as , give me a book ; bring me an apple . The is called ...
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... Hand points out a remarkable passage . A Brace unites three poetical lines ; or connects a number of words , in prose , with one common term . An Asterisk , or little star * , directs the reader to some note in the margin . An Ellipsis ...
... Hand points out a remarkable passage . A Brace unites three poetical lines ; or connects a number of words , in prose , with one common term . An Asterisk , or little star * , directs the reader to some note in the margin . An Ellipsis ...
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Page 316 - All sacrifices do but speed forward that great day, when the knowledge of the Lord shall cover the earth as the waters cover the sea.
Page 424 - Until he came unto the Wash Of Edmonton so gay; And there he threw the Wash about On both sides of the way, Just like unto a trundling mop, Or a wild goose at play. At Edmonton his loving wife From the balcony spied Her tender husband, wondering much To see how he did ride. "Stop, stop, John Gilpin!— Here's the house !" They all at once did cry; "The dinner waits, and we are tired;"— Said Gilpin, "So am I!
Page 55 - Who wickedly is wise, or madly brave, Is but the more a fool, the more a knave. Who noble ends by noble means obtains, Or failing, smiles in exile or in chains, Like good Aurelius let him reign, or bleed Like Socrates, that man is great indeed. What's fame? a fancied life in others' breath, A thing beyond us, ev'n before our death.
Page 553 - And withal they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not.
Page 54 - Vice is a monster of so frightful mien, As, to be hated, needs but to be seen; Yet seen too oft, familiar with her face, We first endure, then pity, then embrace.
Page 427 - Stop thief! stop thief! — a highwayman ! Not one of them was mute ; And all and each that pass'd that way Did join in the pursuit. And now the turnpike gates again Flew open in short space; The toll-men thinking as before, That Gilpin rode a race.
Page 312 - Support, and ornament of virtue's cause. There stands the messenger of truth ; there stands The legate of the skies ; his theme divine, His office sacred, his credentials clear. By him the violated law speaks out Its thunders ; and by him, in strains as sweet As angels use, the Gospel whispers peace.
Page 335 - I will lay me down in peace, and take my rest : for it is thou, Lord, only, that makest me dwell in safety.
Page 422 - For saddle-tree scarce reach'd had he, His journey to begin, When, turning round his head, he saw Three customers come in. So down he came ; for loss of time, Although it grieved him sore, Yet loss of pence, full well he knew Would trouble him much more.
Page 282 - Then they that feared the Lord spake often one to another : and the Lord hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the Lord, and that thought upon his name. And they shall be mine, saith the Lord of Hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels ; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him.