The Fifth Reader
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ISBN13: 9780217757362
Paperback|9780217757362
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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: for learning and ingenuity. I suppose, now, that I was rather lucky in my judges, and that, perhaps, they were not really so very good ones as I then esteemed them. Benjamin Franklin. For Preparation.?I. This extract is taken from Franklin's Auto, biography. The method here described has been followed by many who have learned to write prose. Dr. Johnson, the celebrated critic, said, Whoever wishes to attain an English style, familiar but not coarse, and elegant but not ostentatious, must give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison. The best of Addison's essays appeared in the Spectator, a daily periodical edited by himself and Steele, and the most famous that ever appeared in England. Plutarch's Lives (of the great men of Greece and Rome). De Foe ?have you read his Kobinson Crusoe Grub Street (in London, inhabited by writers of popular ballads, histories, etc.; any low production was called Grub Street ). II. De-llght'-ed, suit'-a-ble, rSad'-i-ness, acquired', fan'-fy-ing, dis-gulse', prmt'-ing bouse, book'-sSll-er, bSg'-gar, rhyme (rim). III. Explain the use of capitals in the words New England Courant, Essays to do Good, Boston, English, Dr. MSth'-er'. IV. What is the difference in meaning between principal and principle ? Explain the meaning, in your own words, of hankering, apprehended, indentures, proficiency, frequented, occasional (for occasions), tolerable, ingenious, commented. V. Dr. Franklin's style is famous for its simplicity, directness, and idiomatic strength. It is, however, possible to find many slight blemishes, as, for example, where he sits up the greatest (greater ?) part of the night. II.?TRANSLATION OF THE TWENTY-THIRD PSALM 1. The Lord my pasture shall prepare, And feed me with a shepherd's...
| ISBN-13 | 9780217757362 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217757367 |
| Weight | 1.76 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 1.22 In |
| List Price | $21.89 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 548 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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