Two Years' Course in English CompositionGinn and Company, 1912 - 377 páginas |
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... notes , letters , reports , and other papers as we shall be called on to prepare from time to time , that we study written composition . 3. The Practical Value of Composition . Fortunately most of us have to work for a living , and all ...
... notes , letters , reports , and other papers as we shall be called on to prepare from time to time , that we study written composition . 3. The Practical Value of Composition . Fortunately most of us have to work for a living , and all ...
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... left us unharmed . In " An Exciting Moment " the title , as well as the subject , shows that the time is limited . In the following verses note how limited the subject is not the title . The 14 THE CHOICE OF A SUBJECT.
... left us unharmed . In " An Exciting Moment " the title , as well as the subject , shows that the time is limited . In the following verses note how limited the subject is not the title . The 14 THE CHOICE OF A SUBJECT.
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... note to a friend or a petition to the President of the United States , it should be neat and attractive . A margin about three fourths of an inch wide on the left - hand side of the page is convenient for criticisms . Mar- gins as wide ...
... note to a friend or a petition to the President of the United States , it should be neat and attractive . A margin about three fourths of an inch wide on the left - hand side of the page is convenient for criticisms . Mar- gins as wide ...
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... NOTE . A composition should be complete without a title . are writing about Fred Brown , do not try to avoid repetition by begin- ning " He is a boy of my age , " but use your title- or as much as you need of it in your opening sentence ...
... NOTE . A composition should be complete without a title . are writing about Fred Brown , do not try to avoid repetition by begin- ning " He is a boy of my age , " but use your title- or as much as you need of it in your opening sentence ...
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... NOTE . The heavy - faced section numbers in this book may be used to call the pupil's attention to the discussion of a particular fault . would refer him to The Heading , page 20 . །། When you find a " ¶ " in one of your margins , do ...
... NOTE . The heavy - faced section numbers in this book may be used to call the pupil's attention to the discussion of a particular fault . would refer him to The Heading , page 20 . །། When you find a " ¶ " in one of your margins , do ...
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Página 254 - The school-boy whips his taxed top — the beardless youth manages his taxed horse, with a taxed bridle on a taxed road ; — and the dying Englishman pouring his medicine, which has paid seven per cent.
Página 277 - By just his horse's mane, a boy: You hardly could suspect — (So tight he kept his lips compressed, Scarce any blood came through) You looked twice ere you saw his breast Was all but shot in two. "Well," cried he, "Emperor, by God's grace We've got you Ratisbon!
Página 84 - Haste thee, nymph, and bring with thee Jest, and youthful Jollity, Quips, and cranks,* and wanton* wiles, Nods, and becks, and wreathed smiles, Such as hang on Hebe's cheek, And love to live in dimple sleek; Sport that wrinkled Care derides, And Laughter holding both his sides.
Página 43 - WHOEVER has made a voyage up the Hudson must remember the Kaatskill mountains. They are a dismembered branch of the great Appalachian family, and are seen away to the west of the river, swelling up to a noble height, and lording it over the surrounding country. Every change of season, every change of weather, indeed, every hour of the day, produces some change in the magical hues and shapes of these mountains, and they are regarded by all the good wives, far and near, as perfect barometers. When...
Página 277 - My plans That soar, to earth may fall. Let once my army-leader Lannes Waver at yonder wall " — Out 'twixt the battery-smokes there flew A rider, bound on bound Full-galloping ; nor bridle drew Until he reached the mound.
Página 187 - I have observed that he was a simple, good-natured man; he was, moreover, a kind neighbor, and an obedient, hen-pecked husband. Indeed, to the latter circumstance might be owing that meekness of spirit which gained him such universal popularity; for those men are most apt to be obsequious and conciliating abroad, who are under the discipline of shrews at home.
Página 276 - You know, we French stormed Ratisbon : A mile or so away On a little mound, Napoleon Stood on our storming-day ; With neck out-thrust, you fancy how, Legs wide, arms locked behind, As if to balance the prone brow Oppressive with its mind. ii Just as perhaps he mused " My plans " That soar, to earth may fall, " Let once my army-leader Lannes
Página 244 - Now Giant Despair had a wife, and her name was Diffidence ; so when he was gone to bed, he told his wife what he had done, to wit, that he had taken a couple of prisoners, and cast them into his dungeon for trespassing on his grounds. Then he asked her also what he had best to do further to them. So she asked him what they were, whence they came, and whither they were bound, and he told her.
Página 40 - To an American visiting Europe, the long voyage he has to make is an excellent preparative. The temporary absence of worldly scenes and employments produces a state of mind peculiarly fitted to receive new and vivid impressions.
Página 253 - Advance, then, ye future generations! We would hail you, as you rise in your long succession, to fill the places which we now fill, and to taste the blessings of existence, where we are passing, and soon shall have passed, our own human duration. We bid you welcome to this pleasant land of the fathers.