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He descanted on the advantages of this manual, and ocular mode of teaching the science of numbers, and gave us practical illustrations of its efficacy, by examining his pupils in our presence.

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Three weeks later that photograph was reproduced as a double-page illustration in one of the prominent pictorial weeklies.

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The book is neatly set forth, with illustrations by Messrs. ROBERTS, BROTHERS, of Boston.

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"Take an illustration from the levelling of the ground.

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The Shakespeare gallery engravings were the costly series of illustrations to Shakespeare commissioned by John Boydell (1719-1804), Lord Mayor of London in 1790.

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There is also a portrait of this arch rogue and star-gazer, an admirable illustration for Lavater.

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(Line 18 as a whole gives us a vivid sense of the justice's readiness to speak sapiently, after the manner of justices, and to trot out his trite illustrations on the slightest provocation.)

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* * EASY LESSONS IN MECHANICS: with Familiar Illustrations of the Practical Application of Mechanical Principles.

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Trace the development of the hundred in accordance with the following outline: a. Intermediate groups between clans and tribes. b. Illustrations from Greece and the North American Indians. c.

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And of this there could be no better illustration than the tariff.

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I should like to see the gravestones which have been disturbed all removed, and the ground levelled, leaving the flat tombstones; epitaphs were never famous for truth, but the old reproach of "Here lies" never had such a wholesale illustration as in these outraged burial-places, where the stone does lie above, and the bones do not lie beneath.]

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16s. MEMORIALS OF THE COLLEGES AND HALLS IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD, with numerous Illustrations on Steel and Wood.

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Her joy in the exquisite illustrations with which the book was embellished even exceeded mine.

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GRIMM'S FAIRY STORIES Colored Illustrations by JOHN B. GRUELLE Pen and Ink Sketches by R. EMMETT OWEN 1922 CONTENTS THE GOOSE-GIRL THE LITTLE BROTHER AND SISTER HANSEL AND GRETHEL OH, IF I COULD BUT SHIVER!

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" I have just one other illustration before closing this subject.

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He used the very illustration about the cavern and the point of light that you did.

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To glance at a few illustrations out of many that present themselves.

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As the latter employment engaged the great body of the Israelites, the Apostle amplifies his illustration under that head by much detailand enumerates the five great departments of agricultural labor among the Jewsvine-dressing, plowing, sowing, reaping and threshing, as the representatives of universal labor.

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[Illustration: Medley of Tenniel's Illustrations in "Alice.

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] Ritson ("Notes and Illustrations to Robin Hood," i. 62) observes correctly that Fitzwater confounds one man with another, and that Harold Harefoot was the son and successor of Canute the Great.

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Then test your knowledge by embodying each word of each pair in a sentence, or in an illustration like those of the race-track and the bear in the preceding paragraphs.

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I nearly had a practical illustration during my examination, which, however, did not last long, for the side of the rock glistened with the filth of years, and the stench and flies were unbearable.

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We give an illustration below showing the arrangement of a pair of filter presses with pneumatic pressure apparatus, which has been successfully applied for dealing with sludge containing a large amount of fibrous matter and rubbish, which could not be conveniently treated with by pumps in the ordinary way.

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CONTENTS CHAPTER I.FAMILY RELATIONS II.PHYSIQUE III.EDUCATION IV.RELATIONS WITH THE FAIR SEX V.FARMER AND PROPRIETOR VI.MASTER AND EMPLOYER VII.SOCIAL LIFE VIII.TASTES AND AMUSEMENTS IX.FRIENDS X.ENEMIES XI.SOLDIER XII.CITIZEN AND OFFICE-HOLDER List of Illustrations with Notes MINIATURE OF WASHINGTON.

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From discoveries at Herculaneum and Pompeii a great deal of information has been gained of the domestic life of the wealthier Roman citizens, and there is a useful illustration at the end of this chapter of the furniture of a library or study in which the designs are very similar to the Greek ones we have noticed; it is not improbable they were made and executed by Greek workmen.

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