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But the study of Latin is not pursued in our common schools ; and if it were , an
immense majority of the youth taught in them have neither the means , time , nor
incination to pursue it . If possible , therefore , a substitute should be provided .
But the study of Latin is not pursued in our common schools ; and if it were , an
immense majority of the youth taught in them have neither the means , time , nor
incination to pursue it . If possible , therefore , a substitute should be provided .
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... the whole period between his fifth and his fifteenth year , with no certainty of
being a good reader after all : still less that the expense of instruction and of
books should be regarded by his parent as a serious inroad on his pecuniary
means .
... the whole period between his fifth and his fifteenth year , with no certainty of
being a good reader after all : still less that the expense of instruction and of
books should be regarded by his parent as a serious inroad on his pecuniary
means .
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Still , I am by no means tenacious . If any one should choose to call it the infinitive
mood , I have no objection , except that , additionally to what I have just said , it
differs from every other mood in having no subject ; while the term infinitive does
...
Still , I am by no means tenacious . If any one should choose to call it the infinitive
mood , I have no objection , except that , additionally to what I have just said , it
differs from every other mood in having no subject ; while the term infinitive does
...
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Obs . The preceding enumeration , drawn mainly from Go Brown , is by no means
complete , nor are the divisions in all respects the most accurate ; still they
present a general idea of the nature and uses of adverbs , and that is the
principal ...
Obs . The preceding enumeration , drawn mainly from Go Brown , is by no means
complete , nor are the divisions in all respects the most accurate ; still they
present a general idea of the nature and uses of adverbs , and that is the
principal ...
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... and the time at which : “ a little before the beginning of the Christian era . " With
this we may connect the means : some thousands of men . ” We may We may
give Cæsar an attribute : “ the immortal CLASSIFICATION OF SENTENCES . 37.
... and the time at which : “ a little before the beginning of the Christian era . " With
this we may connect the means : some thousands of men . ” We may We may
give Cæsar an attribute : “ the immortal CLASSIFICATION OF SENTENCES . 37.
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affections answer appear beauty beginning better blessed cause character Christ close common compact compound connection correlative words dead death deep definite double earth Examples expressed face father fear feel fire give given glory hand happy hath hear heard heart heaven honor hope hour human interest interrogative kind knowledge land light live look loose Lord means mind moral nature never object once pass peace perfect present principles question reason relation rich seen sense Sentence short simple single single compact soul sound speak spirit stand sure tell thee things third thou thought tion true truth turn unto verb virtue voice whole
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Página 190 - ... When my eyes shall be turned to behold for the last time the sun in heaven, may I not see him shining on the broken and dishonored fragments of a once glorious Union ; on States dissevered, discordant, belligerent ; on a land rent with civil feuds, or drenched, it may be, in fraternal blood! Let their last feeble and lingering glance rather behold the gorgeous ensign of the republic, now known and honored throughout the earth, still full high advanced, its arms and trophies streaming in their...
Página 140 - He saith unto him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith unto him, Feed my sheep.
Página 144 - For if the word spoken by angels was steadfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompense of reward ; how shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation ; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him...
Página 90 - FORASMUCH as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us, even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were eyewitnesses, and ministers of the word...
Página 289 - High instincts before which our mortal Nature Did tremble like a guilty Thing surprised: But for those first affections, Those shadowy recollections, Which, be they what they may, Are yet the fountain light of all our day, Are yet a master light of all our seeing...
Página 74 - Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof. Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin : but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.
Página 253 - Sir, we are not weak, if we make a proper use of those means which the God of nature hath placed in our power. Three millions of people, armed in the holy cause of liberty, and in such a country as that which we possess, are invincible by any force which our enemy can send against us.
Página 87 - Yet in the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that by my voice I might teach others also, than ten thousand words in an unknown tongue.
Página 238 - We should be wary therefore what persecution we raise against the living labours of public men, how we spill that seasoned life of man preserved and stored up in books ; since we see a kind of homicide may be thus committed, sometimes a martyrdom...
Página 87 - Although the fig tree shall not blossom, Neither shall fruit be in the vines; The labour of the olive shall fail, And the fields shall yield no meat ; The flock shall be cut off from the fold, And there shall be no herd in the stalls : Yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation.
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| Título | A Course of Reading for Common Schools and the Lower Classes of Academies: On the Plan of the Author's "Elements of Reading and Oratory" |
| Autor | Henry Mandeville |
| Editora | D. Appleton & Company, 1851 |
| Original de | Universidade de Harvard |
| Digitalizado | 30 Mar 2007 |
| Número de páginas | 377 páginas |
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