Two Years' Course in English CompositionGinn and Company, 1912 - 377 páginas |
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... morning till night , we are compos- ing sentences , whether in conversation or in more carefully prepared talks , called oral compositions . We should be constantly on the alert to improve our speech and to put words together in such a ...
... morning till night , we are compos- ing sentences , whether in conversation or in more carefully prepared talks , called oral compositions . We should be constantly on the alert to improve our speech and to put words together in such a ...
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... morning service . II . The afternoon outing . III . The quiet of the morning . In the third place , the plan should have climax ; that is , the successive thoughts should increase in interest and strength . The foregoing six topics are ...
... morning service . II . The afternoon outing . III . The quiet of the morning . In the third place , the plan should have climax ; that is , the successive thoughts should increase in interest and strength . The foregoing six topics are ...
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... morning that is , if a locomotive may be called an old friend . I first saw the locomotive last spring at the Braintree freight yards . There were two of these engines , Nos . 431 and 432 , belonging to a class called Moguls . They had ...
... morning that is , if a locomotive may be called an old friend . I first saw the locomotive last spring at the Braintree freight yards . There were two of these engines , Nos . 431 and 432 , belonging to a class called Moguls . They had ...
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... morning , I saw a peculiar street - car accident . 4. The elm in front of our house presents many interesting changes according to the season of the year . 5. Good penmanship is a part of good manners . 6. Letter writing is a practical ...
... morning , I saw a peculiar street - car accident . 4. The elm in front of our house presents many interesting changes according to the season of the year . 5. Good penmanship is a part of good manners . 6. Letter writing is a practical ...
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... morning I saw two sparrows attack a small gray bird . 6. The most exciting event of my life was of very short duration . 83. Write the theme outlined in one of your two plans , and give your topic sentence , or sentences . 84. Write a ...
... morning I saw two sparrows attack a small gray bird . 6. The most exciting event of my life was of very short duration . 83. Write the theme outlined in one of your two plans , and give your topic sentence , or sentences . 84. Write a ...
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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.