The Massachusetts Teacher, Volume 23Mass. Teachers' Association, 1870 |
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Page 122 - Right means straight ; wrong means twisted. Spirit primarily means wind ; transgression, the crossing of a line ; supercilious, the raising of the eyebrow.
Page 97 - While laurel-boughs and flowers, From house-tops and from windows, Fell on their crests in showers. When they drew nigh to Vesta, They vaulted down amain, And washed their horses in the well That springs by Vesta's fane. And straight again they mounted, And rode to Vesta's door ; Then, like a blast, away they passed, And no man saw them more.
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Page 144 - Like the leaves of the forest when Summer is green, That host with their banners at sunset were seen; Like the leaves of the forest when Autumn hath blown, That host on the morrow lay withered and strown.
Page 330 - Thou must be true thyself, If thou the truth wouldst teach ; Thy soul must overflow, if thou Another soul wouldst reach, — It needs the overflowing heart To give the lips full speech. Think truly, and thy thought . Shall the world's famine feed; Speak truly, and thy word Shall be a fruitful seed ; Live truly, and thy life shall be A great and noble creed.
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Page 381 - Astronomy, accompanied with numerous Illustrations, a Colored representation of the Solar, Stellar, and Nebular Spectra, and Celestial Charts of the Northern and the Southern Hemispheres.
Page 288 - In the discharge of thy place set before thee the best examples; for imitation is a globe of precepts. And after a time set before thee thine own example; and examine thyself strictly whether thou didst not best at first. Neglect not also the examples of those that have carried themselves ill in the same place; not to set off thyself by taxing their memory, but to direct thyself what to avoid.
Page 376 - Any city or town may, and every city and town having more than ten thousand inhabitants shall, annually make provision for giving free instruction in industrial or mechanical drawing...
Page 10 - Miss — gave the D class a lesson in history. She is one of the best teachers in her class. She is sprightly, animated, and critical. The lesson was well taught; a map having been neatly drawn on the board, the teacher required the most important places to be pointed out upon it. Teaching average, 100.