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... , and , in short , facilitate the acquirement of the most useful and elegant of Arts - that of correct , easy , forcible , and tasteful Composition . APRIL , 1860 . CONTENTS . LESSON PAGE 1. Examples for the use of 4 PREFATORY NOTE .
... , and , in short , facilitate the acquirement of the most useful and elegant of Arts - that of correct , easy , forcible , and tasteful Composition . APRIL , 1860 . CONTENTS . LESSON PAGE 1. Examples for the use of 4 PREFATORY NOTE .
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... correctly , from dictation ( supplying the points and capitals , as they are needed ) , an exceedingly interesting account of the late WASHINGTON IRVING , in the latter part of this volume , under the head of " Biography . " LESSON IV ...
... correctly , from dictation ( supplying the points and capitals , as they are needed ) , an exceedingly interesting account of the late WASHINGTON IRVING , in the latter part of this volume , under the head of " Biography . " LESSON IV ...
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... Correct the form of the nouns , when they require it , in the following examples : The heros of the Revolution . The ... correctly laid . Bishop Carter and Lewis . Mind your ps and qs . Dot your is and cross your ts . Look well at the + ...
... Correct the form of the nouns , when they require it , in the following examples : The heros of the Revolution . The ... correctly laid . Bishop Carter and Lewis . Mind your ps and qs . Dot your is and cross your ts . Look well at the + ...
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... Correct the personal pronouns that stand in the wrong case . Even good authors , quoted below , make frequent ... correctly : There was no one in the house save we two . All , save I , were at rest . Nor hope to make others such as me ...
... Correct the personal pronouns that stand in the wrong case . Even good authors , quoted below , make frequent ... correctly : There was no one in the house save we two . All , save I , were at rest . Nor hope to make others such as me ...
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... Correct the ambiguity in the following passages : " In his days Pharaoh - Nechoh , king of Egypt , went up against the King of Assyria , to the river Euphrates , and King Josiah went against him , and he slew him at Megiddo , when he ...
... Correct the ambiguity in the following passages : " In his days Pharaoh - Nechoh , king of Egypt , went up against the King of Assyria , to the river Euphrates , and King Josiah went against him , and he slew him at Megiddo , when he ...
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Page 41 - Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then? Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice.
Page 167 - From harmony, from heavenly harmony This universal frame began : From harmony to harmony Through all the compass of the notes it ran, The diapason closing full in Man.
Page 58 - And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.
Page 34 - Then shall two be in the field ; the one shall be taken and the other left. Two women shall be grinding at the mill ; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
Page 247 - Return, we beseech thee, O God of Hosts : look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine; And the vineyard which thy right hand hath planted, and the branch that thou madest strong for thyself.
Page 247 - Why hast thou then broken down her hedges, So that all they which pass by the way do pluck her? The boar out of the wood doth waste it, And the wild beast of the field doth devour it.
Page 251 - So saying, her rash hand in evil hour Forth reaching to the Fruit, she pluck'd, she eat: Earth felt the wound, and Nature from her seat Sighing through all her Works gave signs of woe, That all was lost.
Page 216 - Homer was the greater genius ; Virgil, the better artist : in the one, we most admire the man ; in the other, the work. Homer hurries us with a commanding impetuosity ; Virgil leads us with an attractive majesty. Homer scatters with a generous profusion ; Virgil bestows with a careful magnificence. Homer, like the Nile, pours out his riches with a sudden overflow ; Virgil, like a river in its banks, with a constant stream.
Page 218 - Consider the lilies how they grow: they toil not, they spin not; and yet I say unto you, that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
Page 254 - I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan: very pleasant hast thou been unto me: thy love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women.