Elements of Rhetoric and Literary Criticism: With Copious Practical Exercises and Examples. For the Use of Common Schools and Academies. Including, Also, a Succinct History of the English Language, and of British and American Literature from the Earliest to the Present Times |
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... hand , and should be continued until the art of composing well has been matured , and is acquired as perfectly as the art of speak . ing the language well . OBJECTS AND PLAN OF THIS WORK . Its object is to train the young mind to think ...
... hand , and should be continued until the art of composing well has been matured , and is acquired as perfectly as the art of speak . ing the language well . OBJECTS AND PLAN OF THIS WORK . Its object is to train the young mind to think ...
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... hand , should daily be employed in copying their reading - books and other text - books , to familiarize them with correct spelling , punc- tuation , use of capitals , and the division of paragraphs into sen- tences , as well as the ...
... hand , should daily be employed in copying their reading - books and other text - books , to familiarize them with correct spelling , punc- tuation , use of capitals , and the division of paragraphs into sen- tences , as well as the ...
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... hands ; for , if properly used , it will secure to them suitable instruction , while at school , in the indispensable art which is here set forth and recommended . His strongest desire , in relation to the literary management of schools ...
... hands ; for , if properly used , it will secure to them suitable instruction , while at school , in the indispensable art which is here set forth and recommended . His strongest desire , in relation to the literary management of schools ...
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... , when , all complete , in freshest beauty , from jehovah's hand , creation bloom'd ; when eden's twilight face smiled like a sleeping babe . VII . The first monarch of great britain and ireland 18 [ PART I. SPELLING .
... , when , all complete , in freshest beauty , from jehovah's hand , creation bloom'd ; when eden's twilight face smiled like a sleeping babe . VII . The first monarch of great britain and ireland 18 [ PART I. SPELLING .
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... hand . He turned up the cradle . He found his child unhurt . He found an enormous serpent lying dead on the floor . The serpent had been killed by the faithful dog . The courage and fidelity of the dog preserved the life of the child ...
... hand . He turned up the cradle . He found his child unhurt . He found an enormous serpent lying dead on the floor . The serpent had been killed by the faithful dog . The courage and fidelity of the dog preserved the life of the child ...
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