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... continues , and long after it has terminated . It appears to me , that the usual practice in teaching is faulty in commencing too early , and advancing too rapidly . The composition of words and their meaning is LANGUAGE . 21.
... continues , and long after it has terminated . It appears to me , that the usual practice in teaching is faulty in commencing too early , and advancing too rapidly . The composition of words and their meaning is LANGUAGE . 21.
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... practice of distinguishing them many dif- ficulties will occur . Many words , from a peculiarity of construction in the sentence , will not be recognised easily as belonging to their real denomination , or will be mis- taken for other ...
... practice of distinguishing them many dif- ficulties will occur . Many words , from a peculiarity of construction in the sentence , will not be recognised easily as belonging to their real denomination , or will be mis- taken for other ...
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... practice that is familiar to her . Do not confine yourself to one standard of gramma- tical authority . Let your study of writers on language be very extensive and extensively comparative . Espe- cially study those writers who treat of ...
... practice that is familiar to her . Do not confine yourself to one standard of gramma- tical authority . Let your study of writers on language be very extensive and extensively comparative . Espe- cially study those writers who treat of ...
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... practice of punctuation ; its principles being regulated by the degrees of connection between sentence and sentence , and between the com- ponent parts of each . When the principles of grammar are thoroughly comprehended , and rendered ...
... practice of punctuation ; its principles being regulated by the degrees of connection between sentence and sentence , and between the com- ponent parts of each . When the principles of grammar are thoroughly comprehended , and rendered ...
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... practice of narration , as highly useful in the acquirement of language ; it is not less useful as enabling you to judge of the charac- ter of your pupil's reading . I do not mean the charac- ter of the books , ( it does this also ...
... practice of narration , as highly useful in the acquirement of language ; it is not less useful as enabling you to judge of the charac- ter of your pupil's reading . I do not mean the charac- ter of the books , ( it does this also ...
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Page 166 - Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest birds : pleasant the sun, When first on this delightful land he spreads His orient beams, on herb, tree, fruit, and flower, Glistering with dew; fragrant the fertile earth^ After soft showers ; and sweet the coming on Of grateful evening mild...
Page 244 - THE visible Church of Christ is a congregation of faithful men, in the which the pure Word of God is preached, and the Sacraments be duly ministered according to Christ's ordinance, in all those things that of necessity are requisite to the same.
Page 166 - Where the great Sun begins his state Robed in flames and amber light, The clouds in thousand liveries dight; While the ploughman, near at hand, Whistles o'er the furrow'd land, And the milkmaid singeth blithe, And the mower whets his scythe, And every shepherd tells his tale Under the hawthorn in the dale.
Page 166 - To hear the lark begin his flight, And singing startle the dull night, From his watch-tower in the skies, Till the dappled dawn doth rise...
Page 9 - For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept ; line upon line, line upon line ; here a little, and there a little...
Page 272 - If the soul be immortal, it requires to be cultivated with attention, not only for what we call the time of life, but for that which is to follow, I mean eternity ; and the least neglect in this point may be attended with endless consequences.
Page 166 - His mirror, with full face borrowing her light From him, for other light she needed none In that...
Page 103 - ... des marchands, qui ruine le commerce en ruinant les hommes qui le font. Sur-tout n'entreprenez jamais de gêner le commerce pour le tourner selon vos vues. Il faut que le prince ne s'en mêle point, de peur de le gêner, et qu'il en laisse tout le profit à ses sujets qui en ont la peine ; - autrement il les découragera: il en tirera...
Page 166 - While the cock with lively din Scatters the rear of darkness thin, And to the stack, or the barn-door, Stoutly struts his dames before...
Page 253 - For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them that perish : to the one we are the savour of death unto death ; and to the other the savour of life unto life.