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Page 302 - The noisy geese that gabbled o'er the pool, The playful children just let loose from school; The watch-dog's voice that bayed the whispering wind, And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind; These all in sweet confusion sought the shade, And filled each pause the nightingale had made.
Page 58 - 18. Some temptations come to the industrious; but all temptations attack the idle. — CH Spurgeon. 19. Look not mournfully into the Past; it comes not back again. Wisely improve the Present; it is thine. Go forth to meet the shadowy Future, without fear, and with a manly heart. — Longfellow.
Page 305 - The aspirated tone of voice is not a pure, vocal sound, but rather a forcible breathing utterance, and is used to express amazement, fear, terror, anger, revenge, remorse, and fervent emotions. Example Oh, coward conscience how dost thou affright me! The lights burn blue. It is now dead midnight; Cold, fearful drops stand on my trembling flesh.
Page 58 - 17. Let us have faith that right makes might, and, in that faith, let us to the end dare to do our duty as we understand it. — Lincoln.
Page 303 - Brutus. Go to; you are not, Cassius. Cassius. I am. Brutus. I say you are not. Cassius. Urge me no more; I shall forget myself. Have mind upon your health; tempt me no further.
Page 305 - The guttural quality is a deep, aspirated tone of voice, used to express aversion hatred, loathing, and contempt. Example Tell me I hate the bowl? Hate is a feeble word: I loathe, ABHOR, my very soul With strong disgust is stirred, Whene'er I see, or hear, or tell, Of the dark beverage of hell.
Page 353 - A number is divisible By 3, if the sum of its digits is divisible by 3. By 4, if the number represented by the two digits at the right is divisible by
Page 58 - 20. Lord of the Universe, shield us and guide us, Trusting Thee always through shadow and sun! Thou hast united us, who shall divide us? Keep us, oh keep us, the Many in One. — Oliver Wendell Holmes.
Page 364 - of a fraction by the same number does not change the value of the fraction. 2. Multiplying the numerator or dividing the denominator of a fraction by
Page 258 - Attention should be given to current events and to historic anniversaries, as Lincoln's Birthday, Washington's Birthday, Decoration Day, Independence Day, and Thanksgiving. In order to make the subject of history real and vivid, pupils should be encouraged to visit the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the American Museum of Natural History, the museum of the Brooklyn Institute, the historical and general libraries.