The Fourth Reader, Or, Exercises in Reading and Speaking: Designed for the Higher Classes in Our Public and Private SchoolsSanborn & Carter, 1847 - 408 страници |
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... knowledge . A primary object , in presenting this work , has been to furnish a thorough and systematic course of reading , and to lead our youth to a more careful and critical study of its principles . The author believes that reading ...
... knowledge . A primary object , in presenting this work , has been to furnish a thorough and systematic course of reading , and to lead our youth to a more careful and critical study of its principles . The author believes that reading ...
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... knowledge . The selections have been made from the best writers in the langu ge , and are distinguished for elegance of diction and classical style . Every expression which would have a tendency to vitiate the taste , has been rejected ...
... knowledge . The selections have been made from the best writers in the langu ge , and are distinguished for elegance of diction and classical style . Every expression which would have a tendency to vitiate the taste , has been rejected ...
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... Knowledge , 14. On the Study of History , 15. Ancient Rome , Bancroft . 75 PAGE . • Shaw . 77 · Irving . 79 Ererett . 82 66 Morley . 86 88 Story . 90 Mrs. Sigourney . 95 66 66 98 • Walts . 101 16. Same Subject , concluded , . 17 ...
... Knowledge , 14. On the Study of History , 15. Ancient Rome , Bancroft . 75 PAGE . • Shaw . 77 · Irving . 79 Ererett . 82 66 Morley . 86 88 Story . 90 Mrs. Sigourney . 95 66 66 98 • Walts . 101 16. Same Subject , concluded , . 17 ...
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... knowledge , as to acquire it . He did not act prúdently , but imprudently . We are not descendants of the Rómans , but of the Saxons . He was esteemed for wisdom , not for wealth . EXCEPTION . When negation is attended with strong em ...
... knowledge , as to acquire it . He did not act prúdently , but imprudently . We are not descendants of the Rómans , but of the Saxons . He was esteemed for wisdom , not for wealth . EXCEPTION . When negation is attended with strong em ...
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... knowledge of Dryden , and more certainty in that of Pope . Poetry was not the sole praise of either ; for both excelled likewise in prose ; but Pope did not borrow his prose from his predecessor . The style of Dryden is capricious and ...
... knowledge of Dryden , and more certainty in that of Pope . Poetry was not the sole praise of either ; for both excelled likewise in prose ; but Pope did not borrow his prose from his predecessor . The style of Dryden is capricious and ...
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