The Academy: A Journal of Secondary Education, Volume 5G.A.Bacon, 1890 |
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... complete , full by college work ; work that shall be upon the same grade with the work which is done in mathematics , in languages , and in English litera- ture . It is not elementary work ; it ought not to be elementary work . It ...
... complete , full by college work ; work that shall be upon the same grade with the work which is done in mathematics , in languages , and in English litera- ture . It is not elementary work ; it ought not to be elementary work . It ...
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... complete set of examinations , and to give in November a limited list , preliminary subjects and a selection of the other branches , it would help the matter very much . It has occurred to me that per- haps if it were understood that ...
... complete set of examinations , and to give in November a limited list , preliminary subjects and a selection of the other branches , it would help the matter very much . It has occurred to me that per- haps if it were understood that ...
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... complete year . It was the intent of the com- mittee that that should be in mind . Principal Hopkins : I would like to move the insertion of the words , " or three terms of eleven weeks each . " I do not wish to do anything contrary to ...
... complete year . It was the intent of the com- mittee that that should be in mind . Principal Hopkins : I would like to move the insertion of the words , " or three terms of eleven weeks each . " I do not wish to do anything contrary to ...
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... complete ; in the first place because it had to be easy ; in the second place , it was conditioned by the books that we had in our library and by the notions prevalent in the school regarding cer- tain books . Somebody who had read a ...
... complete ; in the first place because it had to be easy ; in the second place , it was conditioned by the books that we had in our library and by the notions prevalent in the school regarding cer- tain books . Somebody who had read a ...
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... complete list of those in attendance : Marion E. H. Barrows , Hopedale . A. G. Boyden , Bridgewater . Wm . F. Bradbury , Cambridge . W. R. Butler , Reading . George R. Dwelly , Watertown . Frederick T. Farnsworth , Brookline . Arthur E ...
... complete list of those in attendance : Marion E. H. Barrows , Hopedale . A. G. Boyden , Bridgewater . Wm . F. Bradbury , Cambridge . W. R. Butler , Reading . George R. Dwelly , Watertown . Frederick T. Farnsworth , Brookline . Arthur E ...
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Page 407 - I am no orator, as Brutus is; But, as you know me all, a plain blunt man, That love my friend; and that they know full well That gave me public leave to speak of him: For I have neither wit, nor words, nor worth, Action, nor utterance, nor the power of speech, To stir men's blood: I only speak right on; I tell you that which you yourselves do know...
Page 342 - The High Court of Parliament was to sit, according to forms handed down from the days of the Plantagenets, on an Englishman accused of exercising tyranny over the lord of the holy city of Benares, and over the ladies of the princely house of Oude.
Page 340 - If their names were not found in the registers of heralds, they were recorded in the Book of Life. If their steps were not accompanied by a splendid train of menials, legions of ministering angels had charge over them. Their palaces were houses not made with hands ; their diadems crowns of glory which should never fade away.
Page 343 - There the historian of the Roman Empire thought of the days when Cicero pleaded the cause of Sicily against Verres, and when, before a senate which still retained some show of freedom, Tacitus thundered against the oppressor of Africa.
Page 343 - There were seen, side by side, the greatest painter and the greatest scholar of the age. The spectacle had allured Reynolds from that easel which has preserved to us the thoughtful foreheads of so many writers and statesmen, and the sweet smiles of so many noble matrons.
Page 342 - Heathfield, recently ennobled for his memorable defence of Gibraltar against the fleets and armies of France and Spain. The long procession was closed by the Duke of Norfolk, Earl Marshal of the realm, by the great dignitaries, and by the brothers and sons of the King. Last of all came the Prince of Wales, conspicuous by his fine person and noble bearing.
Page 340 - The Puritans were men whose minds had derived a peculiar character from the daily contemplation of superior beings and eternal interests. Not content with acknowledging, in general terms, an overruling Providence, they habitually ascribed every event to the will of the Great Being for whose power nothing 5 was too vast, for whose inspection nothing was too minute.
Page 338 - For who, to dumb forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing, anxious being e'er resigned, Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, Nor cast one longing, lingering look behind...
Page 342 - Charles had confronted the High Court of Justice with the placid courage which has half redeemed his fame. Neither military nor civil pomp was wanting. The avenues were lined with grenadiers.
Page 384 - Let us consider, too, how differently young and old are affected by the words of some classic author, such as Homer or Horace. Passages, which to a boy are but rhetorical commonplaces, neither better nor worse than a hundred others which any clever writer might supply, which he gets by heart and thinks very fine, and imitates, as he thinks, successfully, in his own flowing versification...