The Popular Educator, Volum 6John Cassell, 1855 |
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Side 412
... divided into VowELS and CON- 9. VOWELS . These six letters are called Vowels , viz . : — SONANTS . & 11. COMPOUND VOWELS . They are thus called , because. All bodies have , like glass , the power of polarising light by reflection , but ...
... divided into VowELS and CON- 9. VOWELS . These six letters are called Vowels , viz . : — SONANTS . & 11. COMPOUND VOWELS . They are thus called , because. All bodies have , like glass , the power of polarising light by reflection , but ...
Side 413
... divided into syllables , viz . : — i - ai i - au i - eu ou - a u - ei u - ie and ou - e ou - i u - ai u - eu . The first syllable of this word is marked with an accent ; must the stress of voice therefore be placed upon the syllable DE ...
... divided into syllables , viz . : — i - ai i - au i - eu ou - a u - ei u - ie and ou - e ou - i u - ai u - eu . The first syllable of this word is marked with an accent ; must the stress of voice therefore be placed upon the syllable DE ...
Side 414
... divided , so that a part of it is at the extreme right - hand of a page , and the rest at the extreme left . 29. APOSTROPHE . The APOSTROHE is like a comma placed at the upper end of letters , instead of at the lower end , or at the ...
... divided , so that a part of it is at the extreme right - hand of a page , and the rest at the extreme left . 29. APOSTROPHE . The APOSTROHE is like a comma placed at the upper end of letters , instead of at the lower end , or at the ...
Side 417
... divided by the root of the denominator . 21. Thus the square root of a 22. Required the nth root of . 23. Required the square root of x ay For X SIGNS .- ( 1 . ) An odd root of any quantity has the same sign as the quantity itself . ( 2 ...
... divided by the root of the denominator . 21. Thus the square root of a 22. Required the nth root of . 23. Required the square root of x ay For X SIGNS .- ( 1 . ) An odd root of any quantity has the same sign as the quantity itself . ( 2 ...
Side 422
... divided into three classes , determinatives , attributives , and objectives . The determinatives are those compounds in which the secondary component determines the exact meaning of the primary , and in these the second word is the ...
... divided into three classes , determinatives , attributives , and objectives . The determinatives are those compounds in which the secondary component determines the exact meaning of the primary , and in these the second word is the ...
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according action adjective answer appear attraction become body bring called cause cent cloth coal combination common complete Compound consequently consists contains copper covers decimal direction divided effect electricity English English word equal equation exercise existence experiment expressed feeling figure fluid force French future Gerund give given glass Greek hand hold INDICATIVE INDICATIVE MOOD influence interest kind less LESSONS letters light magnetic manner means metallic mind MOOD moral Multiply nature needle negative noun object observed Past period person pile plate poles positive possess Present principle produced pronounced Pronunciation quantity ratio reason Reduce regard remain represented root rule sentence simple sound Spanish speak square syllable Tenses term thing thou tion turn verb virtue vowel whole
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Side 684 - No more the woodman's ballad shall prevail ; No more the smith his dusky brow shall clear, Relax his ponderous strength, and lean to hear...
Side 700 - Toll for the brave ! Brave Kempenfelt is gone ; His last sea-fight is fought ; His work of glory done. It was not in the battle ; No tempest gave the shock ; She sprang no fatal leak ; She ran upon no rock.
Side 684 - Yes ! let the rich deride, the proud disdain These simple blessings of the lowly train ; To me more dear, congenial to my heart, One native charm, than all the gloss of art...
Side 405 - This is that which I think great readers are apt to be mistaken in. Those who have read of everything are thought to understand everything too; but it is not always so. Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking makes what we read ours.
Side 684 - Where once the sign-post caught the passing eye, Low lies that house where nut-brown draughts inspired, Where grey-beard mirth and smiling toil retired, Where village statesmen talk'd with looks profound, And news much older than their ale went round. Imagination fondly stoops to trace The parlour splendours of that festive place...
Side 684 - Ye friends to truth, ye statesmen who survey The rich man's joys increase, the poor's decay, 'Tis yours to judge, how wide the limits stand Between a splendid and a happy land.
Side 699 - Shoots into port at some well-havened isle, Where spices breathe, and brighter seasons smile, There sits quiescent on the floods, that show Her beauteous form reflected clear below, While airs impregnated with incense play Around her, fanning light her streamers gay; — So thou, with sails how swift! hast reached the shore " Where tempests never beat nor billows roar," And thy loved consort on the dangerous tide Of life long since has anchored by thy side.
Side 670 - The style of an author should be the image of his mind, but the choice and command of language is the fruit of exercise. Many experiments were made before I could hit the middle tone between a dull chronicle and a rhetorical declamation : three times did I compose the first chapter, and twice the second and third, before I was EDWAHD GIBBON tolerably satisfied with their effect.
Side 700 - Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free, They touch our country, and their shackles fall.
Side 700 - No powder'd pert proficient in the art Of sounding an alarm, assaults these doors Till the street rings. No stationary steeds Cough their own knell, while, heedless of the sound, The silent circle fan themselves and quake. But here the needle plies its busy task, The pattern grows, the well-depicted...