The Popular Educator, Volume 6John Cassell, 1855 |
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... LESSONS IN ARITHMETIC . 99 on the Coal Measures Old Red Sandstone , or " the Devonian Forma- tion ; Lithological Character of the Devonian ; Organic Remains of the Devonian ; Some Geological Phenomena of the Devonian Period LESSONS IN ...
... LESSONS IN ARITHMETIC . 99 on the Coal Measures Old Red Sandstone , or " the Devonian Forma- tion ; Lithological Character of the Devonian ; Organic Remains of the Devonian ; Some Geological Phenomena of the Devonian Period LESSONS IN ...
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... LESSONS IN MORAL SCIENCE . I. Conscience , or the Moral Faculty ; The Moral Faculty , Original and Universal ; A Moral Faculty being supposed , whether its Dictates are Uniform ? How far all Men are agreed in their Moral Judgments . IL ...
... LESSONS IN MORAL SCIENCE . I. Conscience , or the Moral Faculty ; The Moral Faculty , Original and Universal ; A Moral Faculty being supposed , whether its Dictates are Uniform ? How far all Men are agreed in their Moral Judgments . IL ...
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... LESSONS IN FRENCH PRONUNCIATION . - No . I. ALPHABET OF THE FRENCH LANGUAGE . 1. A tolerable Pronunciation of any spoken language may be acquired by imitating the sounds of that language , as uttered by a living teacher . But the ...
... LESSONS IN FRENCH PRONUNCIATION . - No . I. ALPHABET OF THE FRENCH LANGUAGE . 1. A tolerable Pronunciation of any spoken language may be acquired by imitating the sounds of that language , as uttered by a living teacher . But the ...
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... Lessons in French . " This accent also serves to distinguish parts of speech from each other , viz . : is a Participle from the Verb CROÎTRE . Crû Cru is a Noun and Adjective . Dû is a Participle from the Verb DEVOIR . Du is an Article ...
... Lessons in French . " This accent also serves to distinguish parts of speech from each other , viz . : is a Participle from the Verb CROÎTRE . Crû Cru is a Noun and Adjective . Dû is a Participle from the Verb DEVOIR . Du is an Article ...
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... LESSONS IN ITALIAN GRAMMAR . - No . XXXIV . III . Calére , to matter . INFINITIVE MOOD . Present : Calére , to matter . Past Participle : Calúto , mattered . INDICATIVE MOOD . Present . Cale , it matters . Imperfect . Caléva or caléa ...
... LESSONS IN ITALIAN GRAMMAR . - No . XXXIV . III . Calére , to matter . INFINITIVE MOOD . Present : Calére , to matter . Past Participle : Calúto , mattered . INDICATIVE MOOD . Present . Cale , it matters . Imperfect . Caléva or caléa ...
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Page 684 - Yes ! let the rich deride, the proud disdain These simple blessings of the lowly train ; To me more dear, congenial to my heart, One native charm, than all the gloss of art...
Page 405 - This is that which I think great readers are apt to be mistaken in. Those who have read of everything are thought to understand everything too; but it is not always so. Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking makes what we read ours.
Page 684 - Where once the sign-post caught the passing eye, Low lies that house where nut-brown draughts inspired, Where grey-beard mirth and smiling toil retired, Where village statesmen talk'd with looks profound, And news much older than their ale went round. Imagination fondly stoops to trace The parlour splendours of that festive place...
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Page 670 - The style of an author should be the image of his mind, but the choice and command of language is the fruit of exercise. Many experiments were made before I could hit the middle tone between a dull chronicle and a rhetorical declamation : three times did I compose the first chapter, and twice the second and third, before I was EDWAHD GIBBON tolerably satisfied with their effect.
Page 700 - Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free, They touch our country, and their shackles fall.
Page 700 - No powder'd pert proficient in the art Of sounding an alarm, assaults these doors Till the street rings. No stationary steeds Cough their own knell, while, heedless of the sound, The silent circle fan themselves and quake. But here the needle plies its busy task, The pattern grows, the well-depicted...