Lessons in English: Adapted to the Study of American Classics : a Text-book for High Schools and AcademiesGinn & Company, 1891 - 403 من الصفحات |
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... idea that everything in nature rings when it is struck , and each substance has a different ring . So , according to this theory , man was a kind of bell , and when a thought struck him , he rang in response . Of course , these are only ...
... idea that everything in nature rings when it is struck , and each substance has a different ring . So , according to this theory , man was a kind of bell , and when a thought struck him , he rang in response . Of course , these are only ...
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... idea are expressed by certain changes in the form of the root , the simplest element which expresses that idea . To inflect means to bend 8 LESSONS IN ENGLISH .
... idea are expressed by certain changes in the form of the root , the simplest element which expresses that idea . To inflect means to bend 8 LESSONS IN ENGLISH .
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... idea . To inflect means to bend ; so when we inflect a verb , we really bend the form of expression to make it fit ... idea of killing . The following are some of the variations of this elementary idea : - = qatala he killed . qattala ...
... idea . To inflect means to bend ; so when we inflect a verb , we really bend the form of expression to make it fit ... idea of killing . The following are some of the variations of this elementary idea : - = qatala he killed . qattala ...
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... idea of his experiences in this hitherto unknown country . He tells us that the Britons were brave , fierce , and warlike . Strabo , a Roman geographer , says that their houses were made of a conical framework of poles , with long ...
... idea of his experiences in this hitherto unknown country . He tells us that the Britons were brave , fierce , and warlike . Strabo , a Roman geographer , says that their houses were made of a conical framework of poles , with long ...
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... ideas , and knew more about other countries in the world . The two races found that there were many good things which they could learn from each other ; and so in the course of many generations the old relations of master and servant ...
... ideas , and knew more about other countries in the world . The two races found that there were many good things which they could learn from each other ; and so in the course of many generations the old relations of master and servant ...
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الصفحة 113 - tis not to me she speaks: Two of the fairest stars in all the heaven, Having some business, do entreat her eyes To twinkle in their spheres till they return. What if her eyes were there, they in her head?
الصفحة 106 - Life ! we've been long together Through pleasant and through cloudy weather; 'Tis hard. to part when friends are dear — Perhaps 'twill cost a sigh, a tear; — Then steal away, give little warning, Choose thine own time; Say not Good Night, — but in some brighter clime Bid me Good Morning.
الصفحة 105 - The Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were gleaming in purple and gold; And the sheen of their spears was like stars on the sea, When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee. Like the leaves of the forest when summer is green, That host with their banners at sunset were seen: Like the leaves of the forest when autumn hath blown, That host on the morrow lay withered and strown.
الصفحة 111 - I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan; very pleasant hast thou been unto me; thy love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women.
الصفحة 101 - I have seen A curious child, who dwelt upon a tract Of inland ground, applying to his ear The convolutions of a smooth-lipped shell ; To which, in silence hushed, his very soul Listened intensely ; and his countenance soon Brightened with joy ; for murmurings from within Were heard, sonorous cadences ! whereby, To his belief, the monitor expressed Mysterious union with its native sea.
الصفحة 84 - Brutus, and the rest, (For Brutus is an honourable man; So are they all, all honourable men;) Come I to speak in Caesar's funeral. He was my friend, faithful and just to me: But Brutus says he was ambitious; And Brutus is an honourable man.
الصفحة 114 - The glories of our blood and state Are shadows, not substantial things ; There is no armour against fate ; Death lays his icy hand on kings : Sceptre and crown Must tumble down, And in the dust be equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade.
الصفحة 84 - And will, no doubt, with reasons answer you. I come not, friends, to steal away your hearts ; I am no orator, as Brutus is: But, as you know me all, a plain blunt man, That love my friend : and that they know full well That gave me public leave to speak of him.
الصفحة 86 - The style of Dryden is capricious and varied, that of Pope is cautious and uniform; Dryden obeys the motions of his own mind, Pope constrains his mind to his own rules of composition. Dryden is sometimes vehement and rapid; Pope is always smooth, uniform, and gentle.
الصفحة 85 - And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud : for he is a god ; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked...