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... to be an improved plan . Instead of requiring the pupil to commit to memory a table of definitions at the very out- set , the definition , in each instance , was made to follow the thing defined . Instead , for ex- ADVERTISEMENT ...
... to be an improved plan . Instead of requiring the pupil to commit to memory a table of definitions at the very out- set , the definition , in each instance , was made to follow the thing defined . Instead , for ex- ADVERTISEMENT ...
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... pupil was carried by regular steps round the earth , and in this way made to see for himself that the earth is actually round . This is what is called the inductive method , the adoption of which , in the other branches of science , has ...
... pupil was carried by regular steps round the earth , and in this way made to see for himself that the earth is actually round . This is what is called the inductive method , the adoption of which , in the other branches of science , has ...
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... pupil , and thereby facilitate his progress . The teacher is earnestly requested to attend to the directions which will be found scattered in various parts of the book ; as , otherwise , the design of the author will be , in a great ...
... pupil , and thereby facilitate his progress . The teacher is earnestly requested to attend to the directions which will be found scattered in various parts of the book ; as , otherwise , the design of the author will be , in a great ...
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... pupil , by gentle and easy gradations , from a knowledge of places with which he is familiar , to clear and definite views of the form and general divisions of the earth , and of a few of the simplest elements of astronomy , such as may ...
... pupil , by gentle and easy gradations , from a knowledge of places with which he is familiar , to clear and definite views of the form and general divisions of the earth , and of a few of the simplest elements of astronomy , such as may ...
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... pupil divide a straight line into 2 , 3 , 4 , or any number of equal parts . ] 2. What is a horizontal line ? It is a line that is drawn level , neither up nor down . The surface of the water in a pond , or a bowl , when it is still ...
... pupil divide a straight line into 2 , 3 , 4 , or any number of equal parts . ] 2. What is a horizontal line ? It is a line that is drawn level , neither up nor down . The surface of the water in a pond , or a bowl , when it is still ...
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Page 56 - The ram, the bull, the heavenly twins, And next the crab the lion shines, The virgin and the scales, The scorpion, archer, and sea-goat, The man that holds the watering-pot, And fish with glittering tails.
Page 39 - Every circumference of a. circle, whether the circle be large or small, is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts called degrees. Each degree is divided into 60 equal parts called minutes, and each minute into 60 equal parts called seconds.
Page 116 - George Washington John Adams Thomas Jefferson James Madison James Monroe John Quincy Adams Andrew Jackson Martin Van Buren William Henry Harrison * John Tyler James K. Polk Zachary Taylor * Millard Fillmore Franklin Pierce James Buchanan Abraham Lincoln * Andrew Johnson Ulysses S. Grant Rutherford B. Hayes James A. Garfield * Chester A.
Page 70 - Nuevitas and took possession of the country In the name of the King of Spain.
Page 110 - He would not accept his life, when offered on the condition that he should make peace with the English. When he was informed that it was determined to put him to death, he said, 'I like it well; I shall die before my heart is soft, before I shall have spoken anything unworthy of myself.
Page 26 - In the New England states — Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island...
Page 30 - What is a river ? A river is a large stream of water flowing through the, land. What is a lake ? A lake is a body of water surrounded by land.
Page 11 - And this point is called the centre of the circle, [and any straight line drawn from the centre to the circumference is called a radius of the circle].
Page 29 - What is an Island ? An Isl'and is a portion of Land entirely surrounded by Water.'How do you spell Island ? 12.
Page 88 - I see that the English are my friends and love me, and while I live I will never forget the kindness they have shown me.