American Education: Its Principles and Elements. Dedicated to the Teachers of the United StatesA.S. Barnes & Company, 1853 - 330 pages |
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... style , and clear and hand- somely printed , it is a book , we apprehend , that will supersede all others in the class and exhibition room , and become a general favorite with both teachers and students " -Literary Advertiser . O O O O ...
... style , and clear and hand- somely printed , it is a book , we apprehend , that will supersede all others in the class and exhibition room , and become a general favorite with both teachers and students " -Literary Advertiser . O O O O ...
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... Style .. 66 the Guide of Imagination 66 an Educator ..... 66 how to be selected CHAPTER XI . 220 222 225 230 239 243 CONVERSATION AN INSTRUCTOR Utility of Conversation .... .... Conversation , how directed 66 .... how carried on ...
... Style .. 66 the Guide of Imagination 66 an Educator ..... 66 how to be selected CHAPTER XI . 220 222 225 230 239 243 CONVERSATION AN INSTRUCTOR Utility of Conversation .... .... Conversation , how directed 66 .... how carried on ...
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... the written expression of thought . Let us now consider briefly what this literature actually does in forming and edu- cating the human mind . LITERATURE IN FORMING STYLE . In any use of speech 224 AMERICAN EDUCATION .
... the written expression of thought . Let us now consider briefly what this literature actually does in forming and edu- cating the human mind . LITERATURE IN FORMING STYLE . In any use of speech 224 AMERICAN EDUCATION .
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... style of his own - a style which distinguishes him from most , if not all other authors . This style is the creature of literature . It is a combination of both art and nature . In a high state of civilization we might as well think of ...
... style of his own - a style which distinguishes him from most , if not all other authors . This style is the creature of literature . It is a combination of both art and nature . In a high state of civilization we might as well think of ...
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... style is even greater . It is almost impossible to over - esti- mate the effect of the eloquence of style on the mass of readers ; it is almost impossible to conceive how much meagreness of matter it has concealed ; how much rotundity ...
... style is even greater . It is almost impossible to over - esti- mate the effect of the eloquence of style on the mass of readers ; it is almost impossible to conceive how much meagreness of matter it has concealed ; how much rotundity ...
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