Young Ladies Class Book A Selection Of Lessions For Reading In Prose And Verse

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Excerpt from The Young Ladies' Class Book: A Selection of Lessons for Reading, in Prose and Verse There is not a rank Of female society, however high, which does not now pay homage to literature, or that would not blush even at the suspicion Of that ignorance, which, a half century ago, was neither uncommon nor discreditable. There is not a parent, Whose pride may not glow at the thought, that his daughter's happiness is, in a great measure, within her Own command, whether she keeps the Cool, sequestered vale Of life, or visits the busy walks Of fashion. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1841 edition. Excerpt: ... "Nay, nay, my little girl," quoth he, "It was a famous victory, "And every body praised the duke Who such a fight did win." "But what good came of it at last V Quoth little Peterkin. "Why, that I cannot tell," said he; "But 'twas a famous victory" LESSON LXXVIII. The Study of History; or a Solid and a Superficial Education contrasted.--From Ruhnken. Teacher. I Hear that you have made great progress in history, and that you have at home a very able instructress in it. Pupil. Yes, that is the case; our governess knows all history; and I have profited much from her instruction. T. But what have you learned? Tell me. P. All history. T. But what is all history? P. (Hesitating.) All history? Why it is--it is--what is in books. T. Well, I have here many books on history, as Herodotus, Livy, Tacitus and others; I suppose you know those authors. P. No, I do not; but I know the facts related in history. T. I dare say you do; I see, however, that, out of your knowledge of all history, we must deduct a knowledge of the authors who have written it. But perhaps that governess of yours has informed you who Homer, Hesiod, Plato and the other poets and philosophers were? P. I don't think she has; for, if she had, I should have remembered it. T. Well, we must then make one farther deduction from your knowledge of all history; and that is, the history of the poets and philosophers. P. Why, I said just now that I did not learn those things; I learned matters of fact and events. T. But those things, as you call them, were men: however, I now understand you; the knowledge you acquired was a knowledge of things, but not of men; as, for instance, you learned that the city of Rome was built, but you did not learn any thing of the men that built it. P. True, ...

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