The Teacher's Assistant in English Composition, Or, Easy Rules for Writing Themes and Composing Exercises: On Subjects Proper for the Improvement of Youth of Both Sexes at School : to which are Added Hints for Correcting and Improving Juvenile CompositionJ.T. Buckingham, 1810 - 263 страници |
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... give them but two parts at a time ; nay , for those who have almost an invincible repugnance to this sort of exercise , ( which is often the case , ) a single part at a time may be enough to begin with . " Divide and conquer , " as Dr ...
... give them but two parts at a time ; nay , for those who have almost an invincible repugnance to this sort of exercise , ( which is often the case , ) a single part at a time may be enough to begin with . " Divide and conquer , " as Dr ...
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... give as much imagery to the thought as possible , that a picture might remain in the mind of the pupil which would enable him to clothe it in words , when the more refined and sentimental part of the subject might escape him . In short ...
... give as much imagery to the thought as possible , that a picture might remain in the mind of the pupil which would enable him to clothe it in words , when the more refined and sentimental part of the subject might escape him . In short ...
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... give his mind a little scope , by producing something more like an essay . This is the order I had re- commended in the first edition to be occa- sionally adopted , and have been induced , by a judicious observation in the Monthly ...
... give his mind a little scope , by producing something more like an essay . This is the order I had re- commended in the first edition to be occa- sionally adopted , and have been induced , by a judicious observation in the Monthly ...
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... even if the teacher were to copy out the Theme or Subject , and read it in manuscript to the pupil , it might probably have a good effect on his mind ; as it might lead him to suppose there was no such book in being , and give him that xvi.
... even if the teacher were to copy out the Theme or Subject , and read it in manuscript to the pupil , it might probably have a good effect on his mind ; as it might lead him to suppose there was no such book in being , and give him that xvi.
Страница xvii
... give him that idea of rarity and worth which manu- script generally carries with it above what is in print . This caution , which was given in the first edition , was evidently calculated for large schools , and the younger class of pu ...
... give him that idea of rarity and worth which manu- script generally carries with it above what is in print . This caution , which was given in the first edition , was evidently calculated for large schools , and the younger class of pu ...
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