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Werken van Sarah Louise Arnold

The Way of Understanding (1934) 16 exemplaren
The Mother Tongue Book 1 (1902) 14 exemplaren
Stepping Stones to Literature (1897) 5 exemplaren
Mastery Of Words, The 4 exemplaren
The Mother tongue 3 exemplaren

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Algemene kennis

Geboortedatum
1859
Overlijdensdatum
1943
Geslacht
female
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Organisaties
Simmons College

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This well worn book is inscribed, in a childhood hand, Verna Williams 2724 Mallon. Verna, who lived in Spokane, WA, was a first cousin to my mother, Eleanor Harkless.
 
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Elleneer | Jun 23, 2015 |
Fascinating study of English grammar as it was taught at the turn of the last century. Much more comprehensive than nowadays, I assure you. The title says "Elementary" but this is intended for high school students.

I was struck by the obsolete phrases; ie in the section on subjunctive verbs, one of the example sentences is "I had as lief do it as not. Also, many examples in the same section (subjunctive) are from quite sophisticated literature and poetry sources.

Inscribed: "Elmer Louis Spray, Mound Valley School, Sept. 18, 1907"

Elmer is my grandfather. Oddly, September 18th is my birthday (although NOT 1907!!)
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MerryMary | May 2, 2007 |

Misschien vindt je deze ook leuk

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36
Leden
144
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#143,281
Waardering
½ 4.5
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3
ISBNs
6

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