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Title: Illustrated lessons in our language; or, How to speak and write correctly. Designed to teach English grammar, without its technicalities
Year: 1876 (1870s)
Authors: Quackenbos, G. P. (George Payn), 1826-1881
Subjects: English language
Publisher: New York, D. Appleton and company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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irl has just entered into the field. D hereupon suggests that ircfo is wrong,as the object really belongs to the verb enters. Right, says the teacher;ugo on. It seems to be a colored girl, says D. She has a basket on onearm, and a pail in her hand. Behind her is the tow-path of the canal. Onit is a man with two horses. Here E, rising, claims that is, as just used,was wrong, for that two subjects, taken together, require the plural formare. D replies that there is but one subject, man—horses being the objectof the preposition with—and that is, therefore, is right. The teacher OF ENGRA VIiVGS. 171 decides in Ds favor, and he proceeds. The two horses, says he, arelike many that I have seen on canals, old and lean—particularly the hind-most one. F rises and makes the point that, as he is speaking of but two,he should use the comparative hinder in stead of hindmost. FJs criticismis admitted as sound, and so the description of the picture proceeds tillevery part has been touched upon.
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Rural Industrial Scene. The engraving suggests the following subjects for compositions: Agriculture.—Its importance, as supplying what? Its antiq-uity—when and where first practised? The farmers life—inspring—in summer—in autumn—in winter. Agricultural opera-tions—ploughing, planting, mowing, cutting grain (describe thecradle, as shown in the engraving—why it is used). Advantagesand disadvantages of the farmers life. Manufactures.—Meaning; mention some manufactured articlesmade here—mention some imported. Factories; describe their ex-ternal appearance (the one in the picture, for instance); generallysituated how, and why? What may take the place of water, as a 172 EXERCISES IN COMPOSITION. motive power? Describe the interior of a factory ; the operatives.Where in this country is the most manufacturing done ? Effect ofhard times on manufacturing industry; on the operatives. Wouldyou prefer the life of a farmer or a manufacturer, and why? Canals.—Describe (referrin

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