Two Years' Course in English CompositionGinn and Company, 1912 - 377 páginas |
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... criticize the work of others may , of course , be neglected if the teacher prefers ; but the strong appeal they make to boys and girls , and the satisfaction with which teachers have used them in the author's " English Composition ...
... criticize the work of others may , of course , be neglected if the teacher prefers ; but the strong appeal they make to boys and girls , and the satisfaction with which teachers have used them in the author's " English Composition ...
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... criticize your own sentences as you hear them read . Your ear will rapidly grow sensitive to tire- some repetitions , to unnecessary words , and to awkward constructions . But oral reading , to be effective , must be well done . To ...
... criticize your own sentences as you hear them read . Your ear will rapidly grow sensitive to tire- some repetitions , to unnecessary words , and to awkward constructions . But oral reading , to be effective , must be well done . To ...
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... criticized in accordance with Exercise 36 , page 30 . The next lesson is to write a secretary's report of to - day's recita- tion . Every one was present . Respectfully submitted , Arthur H. Brown.1 1 Some teachers of English find it ...
... criticized in accordance with Exercise 36 , page 30 . The next lesson is to write a secretary's report of to - day's recita- tion . Every one was present . Respectfully submitted , Arthur H. Brown.1 1 Some teachers of English find it ...
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... criticize the work under the following heads : ( 1 ) neatness , ( 2 ) margins , ( 3 ) heading ( including wording of title ) , ( 4 ) inden- tion of paragraphs , ( 5 ) sentence structure , ( 6 ) punctuation , ( 7 ) spelling , ( 8 ) ...
... criticize the work under the following heads : ( 1 ) neatness , ( 2 ) margins , ( 3 ) heading ( including wording of title ) , ( 4 ) inden- tion of paragraphs , ( 5 ) sentence structure , ( 6 ) punctuation , ( 7 ) spelling , ( 8 ) ...
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... - 1 1 Long experience in composition - teaching has convinced the author that it is important to see that every criticism or suggestion is understood . changed and criticized by the pupils . On other occasions REVISING AND REWRITING 27.
... - 1 1 Long experience in composition - teaching has convinced the author that it is important to see that every criticism or suggestion is understood . changed and criticized by the pupils . On other occasions REVISING AND REWRITING 27.
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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.