Elementary lessons in EnglishLondon, 1906 |
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Modern English: Elementary Lessons in English Henry Pendexter Emerson,Ida C Bender No preview available - 2016 |
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abbreviations adjectives adverbs Æsop answer Arthur baby beautiful begin birds blue weather called capital letters Charles Kingsley commas Copy dear EXERCISE IN READING EXERCISE IN STORY express fable feel Fill the blanks following sentences girl give groups of words Helen Hunt Jackson Henry W imperative sentences James James Baldwin James Russell Lowell kind of letter King King Arthur lesson Longfellow looked Lord Tennyson lullaby means Miss Clinton mother numbered Oral Exercise Oral Exercises.-I person Phaethon picture plural noun poem poet predicate pronoun proper nouns questions quotation marks second sentence sentences given show possession silently singular noun Sir Ector Sir Kay song spell stanza Study the following Study these sentences teacher tell or assert Tell the story tences thing thought trooper band verb wind Word Study word-picture Write a paragraph Write five Written Exercise Written Exercises.-I Xerxes
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Page 216 - PIPING down the valleys wild, Piping songs of pleasant glee, On a cloud I saw a child, And he laughing said to me: ' Pipe a song about a Lamb !' So I piped with merry cheer. ' Piper, pipe that song again;' So I piped : he wept to hear.
Page 91 - Swifter than the moon's sphere; And I serve the fairy queen, To dew her orbs upon the green. The cowslips tall her pensioners be : In their gold coats spots you see ; Those be rubies, fairy favours, In those freckles live their savours : I must go seek some dewdrops here And hang a pearl in every cowslip's ear.
Page 66 - Philomel with melody Sing in our sweet lullaby. Lulla, lulla, lullaby; lulla, lulla, lullaby. Never harm Nor spell nor charm Come our lovely lady nigh. So good night, with lullaby.
Page 236 - Yet, ere we part, one lesson I can leave you For every day. Be good, sweet maid, and let who will be clever; Do noble things, not dream them, all day long: And so make life, death, and that vast for-ever One grand, sweet song.
Page 95 - Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky, The flying cloud, the frosty light: The year is dying in the night; Ring out, wild bells, and let him die. Ring out the old, ring in the new, Ring, happy bells, across the snow: The year is going, let him go; Ring out the false, ring in the true.
Page 65 - Sweet and low, sweet and low, Wind of the western sea, Low, low, breathe and blow, Wind of the western sea ! Over the rolling waters go, Come from the dying moon, and blow, Blow him again to me; While my little one, while my pretty one, sleeps. Sleep and rest, sleep and rest, Father will come to thee soon...
Page 16 - Then the little Hiawatha Learned of every bird its language, Learned their names and all their secrets, How they built their nests in Summer, Where they hid themselves in Winter, Talked with them whene'er he met them, Called them
Page 156 - I SHOT an arrow into the air, It fell to earth, I knew not where; For, so swiftly it flew, the sight Could not follow it in its flight. I breathed a song into the air, It fell to earth, 1 knew not where ; For who has sight so keen and strong.
Page 133 - Hats off! Along the street there comes A blare of bugles , a ruffle of drums; And loyal hearts are beating high: Hats off ! The flag is passing by!
Page 127 - What animal walks on four legs in the morning, on two at noon, and on three at night...