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... work of grammar - makers , or the florid style of Telemachus . The English public of our days , even in spite of those who still follow the trite system of teaching languages , have not remained behind civilization in that respect . In ...
... work of grammar - makers , or the florid style of Telemachus . The English public of our days , even in spite of those who still follow the trite system of teaching languages , have not remained behind civilization in that respect . In ...
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... work , the author , believing , with the antiquated school of grammarians , that our language is to be taught by following the order of the parts of speech as enumerated in books , and not ac- cording to their importance in the sentence ...
... work , the author , believing , with the antiquated school of grammarians , that our language is to be taught by following the order of the parts of speech as enumerated in books , and not ac- cording to their importance in the sentence ...
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... work on the subject . These applications , flattering as they were , did not mislead us as to the difficulty of the undertaking ; and revising the various documents written at different times whilst engaged in professional duties , we ...
... work on the subject . These applications , flattering as they were , did not mislead us as to the difficulty of the undertaking ; and revising the various documents written at different times whilst engaged in professional duties , we ...
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... work with them , either within six months or six years . Where our predecessors stopped , and left the pupil to get out of the difficulty in the best manner he could , there we put powerful means at his disposal , and present to him the ...
... work with them , either within six months or six years . Where our predecessors stopped , and left the pupil to get out of the difficulty in the best manner he could , there we put powerful means at his disposal , and present to him the ...
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... work is the most complete of all ; and for any one who would be inclined to plod over grammar in the old way , there is here enough to keep him at work for twenty years to come . As to the choice of pieces offered as the ground of study ...
... work is the most complete of all ; and for any one who would be inclined to plod over grammar in the old way , there is here enough to keep him at work for twenty years to come . As to the choice of pieces offered as the ground of study ...
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Page 295 - Un, deux, trois, quatre, cinq, six, sept, huit, neuf, dix, onze, douze, Treize, quatorze, quinze, seize, dix-sept, dix-huit, dix-neuf, vingt.
Page 148 - ... had altogether sunk below the horizon, and an early and lurid shade of darkness blotted the serene twilight of a summer evening. The wind began next to arise, but its wild and moaning sound was heard for some time, and its effects became visible on the bosom of the sea, before the gale was felt on shore.
Page 182 - ... danger, however, and the result was wonderful. Each year added to its charms : it grew younger and younger ; a new wheel, a new spring; I christened it the Immortal; it was known all over the neighbourhood ; the village boys cheered it, and the village dogs barked at it ; but Faber mece fortunes was my motto, and we had no false shame.
Page 123 - Mon père se levait à quatre heures du matin, hiver comme été : il venait dans la cour intérieure appeler et éveiller son valet de chambre, à l'entrée de l'escalier de la tourelle. On lui apportait un peu de café à cinq heures ; il travaillait ensuite dans son cabinet jusqu'à midi. Ma mère et ma sœur déjeunaient chacune dans leur chambre, à huit heures du matin. Je n'avais aucune heure fixe, ni pour me lever, ni pour déjeuner ; j'étais censé étudier jusqu'à midi : la plupart du...
Page 177 - Au physique, Grandet était un homme de cinq pieds, trapu, carré, ayant des mollets de douze pouces de circonférence, des rotules noueuses et de larges épaules; son visage était rond, tanné, marqué de petite vérole...
Page 181 - I had little furniture, so I bought a cart-load of deals; took a carpenter (who came to me for parish relief, called Jack Robinson) with a face like a full-moon, into my service ; established him in a barn, and said,
Page 197 - ... at society, and was blown about by its slightest veerings of opinion ; at literary fame, and left fair copies of his private letters, with copious notes, to be published after his decease ; at rank, and never for a moment forgot...
Page 124 - Lorsqu'en se promenant, il s'éloignait du foyer, la vaste salle était si peu éclairée par une seule bougie qu'on ne le voyait plus; on l'entendait seulement encore marcher dans les ténèbres; puis il revenait lentement vers la lumière et émergeait peu à peu de l'obscurité, comme un spectre, avec sa roble blanche, son bonnet blanc, sa figure longue et pâle.
Page 181 - ... advice of the farmer instead of the gentleman ; sold my oxen, bought a team of horses, and at last, in spite of a frost which delayed me six weeks, in spite of walls running down with wet, in spite of the advice and remonstrances of friends who predicted our death, in spite of an infant of six months old, who had never been out of the house, I landed my family in my new house nine months after laying the first stone, on the...
Page 198 - Lui, marchand ? C'est pure médisance : il ne l'a jamais été. Tout ce qu'il faisait, c'est qu'il était fort obligeant, fort officieux ; et comme il se connaissait fort bien en étoffes, il en allait choisir de tous les côtés, les faisait apporter chez lui, et en donnait à ses amis pour de l'argent.