 Then you can put words together !" ' Yes, sir." ' Then," said the master, " you may take your slate and go out behind the school-house, and there you can find something to write about, and then you can tell what it is, what it is for, and what is to...  Bright Boys, Or, Climbing the Ladder of Fame - Page 1131896 - 291 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Conduct of life - 1881 - 792 pages
...was the reply. ' Then you can put words together !" ' Yes, sir." ' Then," said the master, " you may take your slate and go out behind the school-house,...behind Mr. Finney's barn, which chanced to be near by, and seeing a fine turnip growing up, he thought he knew what that was, what it was for, and what... | |
 | American literature - 1881 - 408 pages
...was the reply. " Then you can put words together?" " Yes, sir." " Then," said the master, " you may take your slate and go out behind the school-house,...out. He went behind Mr. Finney's barn, which chanced tobe near by, and seeing a fine turnip growing up, he thought he knew what that was, what it was for,... | |
 | William Sloane Kennedy - Authors, American - 1882 - 380 pages
...reply. " ' Then, you can put words together ? ' " ' Yes, sir.' " ' Then,' said the master, ' you may take your slate, and go out behind the schoolhouse,...is for, and what is to be done with it ; and that is a composition.' "Henry took his slate, and went out. He went behind Mr. Finney's barn, which chanced... | |
 | Anna L. Beck Möring - American literature - 1882 - 164 pages
...you can put words together ? " "Yes, sir." " Then," said the master, " you may take your slate and go behind the school-house, and there you can find something...about, and then you can tell what it is, what it is used for, and what is to be done with it, and that will be a composition." Henry took his slate and... | |
 | Home economics - 1889 - 332 pages
...reply. " ' Then, you can put words together? ' " ' Yes, sir.' " ' Then," said the master, ' you may take your slate and go out behind the schoolhouse,...is for, and what is to be done with it : and that is a composition.' " Henry took his slate and went out. He went behind Mr. Finney's barn, which chanced... | |
 | Lottie E. Jones, S. W. Black - Readers - 1897 - 170 pages
...take your slate and go out behind the school house, and there you can find something to write about. Then you can tell what it is, what it is for, and what is to be done with it. That will be a composition." Henry took his slate and went out by a barn in the lot next to the school... | |
 | Sherwin Cody - Poets, American - 1899 - 264 pages
...the response. "Then you can put words together?" "Yes, sir." "Then," said the instructor, "you may take your slate and go out behind the schoolhouse,...chanced to be near; and, seeing a fine turnip growing, he thought he knew what it was, what it was for, and what would be done with it. A half hour had been... | |
 | Herbert Sherman Gorman - College teachers - 1926 - 398 pages
...words and Henry averred that he could. "Then, you can put words together?" "Yes, sir." "Then you may take your slate, and go out behind the schoolhouse,...it is, what it is for, and what is to be done with itj and that will be a composition." Henry took his slate and wandered off, presumably somewhat dubiously.... | |
 | 604 pages
...was the reply. "Then you can put words together ? ' ' "Yes, sir!" "Well, then," was the reply, "just take your slate and go out behind the schoolhouse, and there you will be sure to find something to writo about, and then you can tell what it is for and what will DP... | |
 | Herbert Sherman Gorman - College teachers - 1926 - 404 pages
...words and Henry averred that he could. "Then, you can put words together?" "Yes, sir." "Then you may take your slate, and go out behind the schoolhouse,...that will be a composition." Henry took his slate and wandered off, presumably somewhat dubiously. He went behind Mr. Finney's barn and there he chanced... | |
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