Polyglot Reader, and Guide for Translation: Consisting of a Series of English Extracts, with Their Translation Into French, German, Spanish, and Italian; [the Several Parts Designed to Serve as Mutual Keys]. English TextD. Appleton and Company, 1867 - Readers and speakers |
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... presents the best model for our imitation in devising & method of learning languages . Without premeditated design on his part to learn , or on that of his parents to teach him the language , a young child unconsciously gains the power ...
... presents the best model for our imitation in devising & method of learning languages . Without premeditated design on his part to learn , or on that of his parents to teach him the language , a young child unconsciously gains the power ...
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... present materials for de composition and classification , so precept and theory assist in recomposing the elements ... presents little interest , and few means of mental activity in the first stages of instruction . But , although it ...
... present materials for de composition and classification , so precept and theory assist in recomposing the elements ... presents little interest , and few means of mental activity in the first stages of instruction . But , although it ...
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... present great facilities for studying the language in the absence of the teacher ; they can , in point of matter and style , as well as by means of explanations accompanying them , be adapted to a begin- ner , and to every degree of ...
... present great facilities for studying the language in the absence of the teacher ; they can , in point of matter and style , as well as by means of explanations accompanying them , be adapted to a begin- ner , and to every degree of ...
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... present , efforts have been made by the most eminent scholars and grammarians themselves to oppose the gradual encroachment of gramma in schools . Dean Colet , in his address to the masters of St. Paul's school , of which he was the ...
... present , efforts have been made by the most eminent scholars and grammarians themselves to oppose the gradual encroachment of gramma in schools . Dean Colet , in his address to the masters of St. Paul's school , of which he was the ...
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... present less temptation to apply unnecessarily to the interpretations ; and the last , more especially pro- vides against the pupils glancing at the explanation , when examined by their teacher , besides presenting other advantages to ...
... present less temptation to apply unnecessarily to the interpretations ; and the last , more especially pro- vides against the pupils glancing at the explanation , when examined by their teacher , besides presenting other advantages to ...
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