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... facts . Truth and fact are synonymous only when we are dealing with fact ; a novel like " Romola " or a bit of non- sense like " Alice in Wonderland " is quite as sincere , as true in a sense , as a psychology or a treatise on the white ...
... facts . Truth and fact are synonymous only when we are dealing with fact ; a novel like " Romola " or a bit of non- sense like " Alice in Wonderland " is quite as sincere , as true in a sense , as a psychology or a treatise on the white ...
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... fact remains that only a small proportion of people write a good business letter . Much of the criticism that business men pass on the work of the schools is caused by the poor letters that come to them day after day . A great deal of ...
... fact remains that only a small proportion of people write a good business letter . Much of the criticism that business men pass on the work of the schools is caused by the poor letters that come to them day after day . A great deal of ...
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... fact , either in the body of the letter or by adding " Enclosure " near the left - hand margin and below the signature . The envelope should be addressed so that the post - office department can with the least possible effort deliver ...
... fact , either in the body of the letter or by adding " Enclosure " near the left - hand margin and below the signature . The envelope should be addressed so that the post - office department can with the least possible effort deliver ...
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... fact that it is night ? Why does Stevenson say at first that he tied Modestine to a branch , and later saw her tied to a beech ? How do you know that the clouds have cleared and a fair day is coming ? How do you know , from the ...
... fact that it is night ? Why does Stevenson say at first that he tied Modestine to a branch , and later saw her tied to a beech ? How do you know that the clouds have cleared and a fair day is coming ? How do you know , from the ...
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... facts show one how delicate and sensitive a man's relation to outward nature through his bodily senses may become . Heighten it a little more , and he could forecast the weather and the seasons and detect hidden springs and minerals . A ...
... facts show one how delicate and sensitive a man's relation to outward nature through his bodily senses may become . Heighten it a little more , and he could forecast the weather and the seasons and detect hidden springs and minerals . A ...
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Page 74 - Tirra lirra,' by the river Sang Sir Lancelot. She left the web, she left the loom, She made three paces thro...
Page 23 - Howe'er it be, it seems to me, 'Tis only noble to be good. Kind hearts are more than coronets, And simple faith than Norman blood.
Page 230 - These clumsy feet, still in the mire, Go crushing blossoms without end; These hard, well-meaning hands we thrust Among the heart-strings of a friend. "The ill-timed truth we might have kept — Who knows how sharp it pierced and stung! The word we had not sense to say — Who knows how grandly it had rung!
Page 120 - And now he feels the bottom ; Now on dry earth he stands; Now round him throng the Fathers To press his gory hands; And now with shouts and clapping, And noise of weeping loud, He enters through the River-Gate, Borne by the joyous crowd.
Page 76 - Shut in from all the world without, We sat the clean-winged hearth about, Content to let the north-wind roar In baffled rage at pane and door, While the red logs before us beat The frost-line back with tropic heat; And ever, when a louder blast Shook beam and rafter as it passed, The merrier up its roaring draught The great throat of the chimney laughed...
Page 132 - Long as thine Art shall love true love, Long as thy Science truth shall know, Long as thine Eagle harms no Dove, Long as thy Law by law shall grow, Long as thy God is God above, Thy brother every man below, So long, dear Land of all my love, Thy name shall shine, thy fame shall glow !
Page 232 - Morn and eve, night and day, Have I piloted your bay, Entered free and anchored fast at the foot of Solidor. Burn the fleet and ruin France? That were worse than fifty Hogues! Sirs, they know I speak the truth! Sirs, believe me there's a way! Only let me lead the line, Have the biggest ship to steer, Get this Formidable...
Page 19 - Seaweed WHEN descends on the Atlantic The gigantic Storm-wind of the equinox, Landward in his wrath he scourges The toiling surges, Laden with seaweed from the rocks: From Bermuda's reefs; from edges Of sunken ledges, In some far-off, bright Azore; From Bahama, and the dashing, Silver-flashing Surges of San Salvador...
Page 172 - Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.
Page 118 - And the poplars tall ; And the barn's brown length, and the cattle-yard, And the white horns tossing above the wall.