This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1871 Excerpt: ...--The object of the following exercises is to cultivate copiousness of expression. By using such exercises properly, two ends are gained; the scholar becomes more observant of the qualities of objects, and he stores his memory with the words needed for expressing those qualities. He increases at once his knowledge, and ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1871 Excerpt: ...--The object of the following exercises is to cultivate copiousness of expression. By using such exercises properly, two ends are gained; the scholar becomes more observant of the qualities of objects, and he stores his memory with the words needed for expressing those qualities. He increases at once his knowledge, and his power of expressing it. Example.--We may say of a forest, it is dense, dark, deep, gloomy, entangled, pathless, primeval, uninhabited, lonely, mysterious. Direction.--Write, in like manner, not less than ten things which you can think of as applicable to each of the following objects: 1. A tree in the forest. 2. The foliage of the tree. 3. The branches of the tree. 4. The trunk of the tree. 5. The bark of the tree. Example.--The sky is--serene, cloudy, stormy, clear, overcast, misty, hazy, foggy, lowering, bright, resplendent, brilliant, blue, azure, red, boundless, threat Direction.--Write, in like manner, as many things as you can think of (not less than ten) as being applicable to each of the following objects: 1. The cloudss 5. Fire. 2. The stars. G. Snow. 3. The ground. 7. Ice. 4. The horse. 8. Rain. Note.--No additional examples under this head are given, because any one can make them to any extent to suit himself. The teacher should pursue the method, selecting examples to suit the degree of advancement of the scholars, until he has established in them a habit of attention to the subject. When once a scholar gets into the way of noticing accurately whatever he sees, and of thinking what word or words are needed to express exactly his notions of the same, both his knowledge and his power of expressing it will grow apace. COMPOSITIONS. Direction.--Make up an outline of not less than six topics on each of the following subjects: 1. A ...
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