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... thousands of youths throughout the land whom a simple and concise digest of the facts and bearings of leading subjects would have converted into diligent and earnest votaries of knowledge , but whom confused plenty has disgusted and ...
... thousands of youths throughout the land whom a simple and concise digest of the facts and bearings of leading subjects would have converted into diligent and earnest votaries of knowledge , but whom confused plenty has disgusted and ...
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... thousand times a thousand . It is true , that we have adopted from the Greek the term myriad , which signifies ten thousand , and which might properly commence a new series ; but it has not been admitted into the nomenclature of our ...
... thousand times a thousand . It is true , that we have adopted from the Greek the term myriad , which signifies ten thousand , and which might properly commence a new series ; but it has not been admitted into the nomenclature of our ...
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... thousand ; civil , civil ; profil , profile ; ville , town ; and its derivatives ; tranquille , tranquillité , & c . , quiet , quietness , & c . 1 is silent in baril , barrel ; chenil , kennel ; coutil , ticking ; fils . son ; fournil ...
... thousand ; civil , civil ; profil , profile ; ville , town ; and its derivatives ; tranquille , tranquillité , & c . , quiet , quietness , & c . 1 is silent in baril , barrel ; chenil , kennel ; coutil , ticking ; fils . son ; fournil ...
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... Thousands of words have myself learnt while walking for recreation . I Having thoroughly mastered the vocabulary , take a slate and write down the Latin into English ; then write the English into Latin . Look over what you have done ...
... Thousands of words have myself learnt while walking for recreation . I Having thoroughly mastered the vocabulary , take a slate and write down the Latin into English ; then write the English into Latin . Look over what you have done ...
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... thousand words ; of course , each of these words belongs to one or other of the following ten parts of speech . 1. The ARTICLE is placed before a noun , to point it out , and to fix its exact meaning . 2. The NOUN is the name of ...
... thousand words ; of course , each of these words belongs to one or other of the following ten parts of speech . 1. The ARTICLE is placed before a noun , to point it out , and to fix its exact meaning . 2. The NOUN is the name of ...
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Page 138 - And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
Page 268 - ... and a glass of water, had the rest of the » time till their return for study, in which I made the greater progress, from that greater clearness of head and quicker apprehension which usually attend temperance in eating and drinking.
Page 61 - So Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, and took away the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the king's house ; he took all : he carried away also the shields of gold which Solomon had made.
Page 295 - But never reached the town. The wretched parents all that night Went shouting far and wide; But there was neither sound nor sight To serve them for a guide. At...
Page 268 - This was to teach me method in the arrangement of thoughts. By comparing my work afterwards with the original, I discovered many faults and amended them; but I sometimes had the pleasure of fancying that, in certain particulars of small import, I had been lucky...
Page 268 - He instantly agreed to it, and I presently found that I could save half what he paid me. This was an additional fund for buying books. But I had another advantage in it.
Page 268 - I had gone on making verses ; since the continual occasion for words of the same import, but of different length, to suit the measure, or of different sound for the rhyme, would have laid me under a constant necessity of searching for variety, and also have tended to fix that variety in my mind and make me master of it.
Page 295 - The wretched parents all that night Went shouting far and wide; But there was neither sound nor sight To serve them for a guide. At daybreak on a hill they stood That overlooked the moor; And thence they saw the bridge of wood, A furlong from their door. They wept — and, turning homeward, cried, "In heaven we all shall meet !" — When in the snow the mother spied The print of Lucy's feet.
Page 128 - The adversaries of the LORD shall be broken to pieces ; out of heaven shall he thunder upon them : the LORD shall judge the ends of the earth ; and he shall give strength unto his king, and exalt the horn of his anointed.