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. 1864 Excerpt: ...in expression and arrangement. Let the pupil freely exercise his taste. 1. The blessings of this life are fleeting. (Varied.) The good we find in this world is transitory. "How short-lived are the pleasures to be found in this earthly sphere! 2. AVealth alone will never secure happiness. 3. Knowledge can be obtained by ...
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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. 1864 Excerpt: ...in expression and arrangement. Let the pupil freely exercise his taste. 1. The blessings of this life are fleeting. (Varied.) The good we find in this world is transitory. "How short-lived are the pleasures to be found in this earthly sphere! 2. AVealth alone will never secure happiness. 3. Knowledge can be obtained by study alone. 4. Cheerfulness promotes happiness and usefulness. 5. Temperance and industry generally secure prosperity G. The indolent man deserves to be poor. 7. The river Nile annually overflows its banks. 8. Death is a doom richly merited by every traitor. VI. DIFFERENT KINDS OF COMPOSITION EXERCISE CXLVIII.--DEFINITIONS. Yliat are (he two forms of composition? The two forms of composition are prose and poetry. liat are the principal hinds of composition? The principle kinds of composition are 1. Narration. 3. Letter-writing 2. Description. 4. Essays. 1. NARRATION. EXERCISE CXLIX.--DEFINITIONS. What is Narration? It is relating events in the order of their occurrence. What arc the two general divisions of Narration? Narration may be, 1st. The relation of real events; as in Anecdotes, History, Biography, Obituary, Voyages, Travels, etc. 2d. The relation of imaginary events; as in Fables, Tales, Parables, Novels, Romances, etc. This latter is also called Fictitious Narrative. Fables. A Fable is a fictitious narrative, short and instructive, in which animals or inanimate objects are usually represented as speaking. The following exercises, 150 to 157, will consist of independent words, from which, as hints, the fables are to be completed by the learner. The use of some of these in an another form, (p. 24-29), adds to their value for the present purpose. EXERCISE CL, --THE ASS IN THE LION'S SKIN. 1. Ass, skin, Lion, put on. 2. Going, woods...
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