English for Foreigners, Book 2Houghton Mifflin, 1909 - English language |
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Page 65 - MEASURES. 2 pints are 1 quart 8 quarts " 1 peck (pk.) 4 pecks " 1 bushel (bu.) 4 gills (gi.) are 1 pint (pt.) 2 pints " 1 quart (qt.) 4 quarts " 1 gallon (gal.) 2. Name some things that are bought by the quart or gallon. Some sold by the bushel or peck. 3. How many quarts in 9 gallons ? Pints ? 4. How many gallons in 28 quarts ? In 16 pints ? 5. How many pecks in 7 bushels...
Page 148 - Let music swell the breeze, And ring from all the trees Sweet freedom's song ! Let mortal tongues awake ; Let all that breathe partake ; Let rocks their silence break,— The sound prolong ! Our fathers...
Page 148 - t is of thee, Sweet land of liberty, Of thee I sing. Land where my fathers died, Land of the pilgrims' pride, From every mountain side Let freedom ring. 2 My native country, thee, — Land of the noble, free, — Thy name, — I love ; I love thy rocks and rills, Thy woods and templed hills ; My heart with rapture thrills Like that above.
Page 112 - Thirty days hath September, April, June, and November— All the rest have thirty-one, Excepting February alone, Which has but twenty-eight in fine, Till Leap Year gives it twenty-nine.
Page 57 - Los números cardinales 0: zero 1: one 2: two 3: three 4: four 5: five 6: six 7: seven 8: eight 9: nine 10: ten 11: eleven 12: twelve 13: thirteen 14: fourteen 15: fifteen 16: sixteen 17: seventeen 18: eighteen 19: nineteen 20: twenty...
Page 148 - Land of the pilgrims' pride, From every mountain-side Let freedom ring. * My native country, thee, / Land of the noble free, Thy name I love ; I love thy rocks and rills, Thy woods and templed hills; My heart with rapture thrills Like that above. Let music swell the breeze, And ring from all the trees Sweet Freedom's song; Let mortal tongues awake, Let all that breathe partake, Let rocks their silence break, The sound prolong. Our Fathers...
Page 110 - What day is today? What day was yesterday? What day will tomorrow be?" As the children call out the names of the various days, she stops to correct them: "Give your answers in sentences!
Page 136 - THE OLD MAN AND HIS SONS. AN Old Man had many Sons, who were often falling out with one another. When the Father had exerted his authority, and used other means in order to reconcile them, and all to no purpose, at last he had recourse to this expedient : he ordered his Sons to be called before him, and a short bundle of sticks to be brought ; and then commanded...
Page 114 - THE WIND AND THE SUN The North Wind and the Sun once had a dispute as to which was the stronger of the two. They were about to part in anger when they saw a traveler coming along the road, and they agreed that whichever one succeeded in making him take off his cloak, should be acknowledged the stronger.