đ âMarilla, isnât it nice to think that tomorrow is a new day with no mistakes in it yet?â âIâll warrant youâll make plenty in it,â said Marilla. âI never saw your beat for making mistakes, Anne.â âYes, and well I know it,â admitted Anne mournfully. âBut have you ever noticed one encouraging thing about […]
A few days ago, I mentioned how I enjoy painting whenever I have the opportunity. đš To be honest, there was a time when I thought I would pursue this interest more professionally. But for now, I just enjoy it as a pastime – that said, the urge to perfect paintings or drawings is still
đ ⊠For Mark had some practical knowledge of such matters, and Martin learned of him; whereas the other settlers who remained upon the putrid swamp (a mere handful, and those withered by disease), appeared to have wandered there with the idea that husbandry was the natural gift of all mankind. They helped each other
It has been a busy summer here in the west of Ireland! I spent several weeks editing my Learn English Through Literature book (I promise to keep everyone updated on its progress!) while also preparing study materials, workbooks, etc. for my English language coaching students this season. đ đš And as you can see from
A few days ago, on my early morning walk, I noticed these nice daisies that grow so plentifully by the roadside near my home. đŒ I took a photograph of them to remember them by when they would be withered away. I was glad that I did, because when I returned a few days later,
This is Part 2 of our Lesson covering useful pairs of antonyms (words expressing contrast, opposition) and synonyms (words expressing similar meanings) as found in A Little Princess, Frances Hodgson Burnettâs famous childrenâs classic. We have covered some antonyms in Part 1, and are focusing here on 8 pairs of synonyms that you will find
A Little Princess is a 1905 classic by British author Frances Hodgson Burnett, who also wrote the famous Little Lord Fauntleroy (1886) and The Secret Garden (1911). I found my old copy of it recently, and while reminiscing (remembering with pleasure) how much it meant to me as a child, I saw how Hodgson Burnettâs
đ Our novel today is George Eliotâs Daniel Deronda (1876), which tells the story of two characters on a quest to find out their meaning in life and their place in the community they live in. While each of them has personal questions and struggles to face, sometimes they are able to share those experiences
One of the nicest aspects of preparing these Lessons is that I am always on the look-out for inspiration. In the last few days, I noticed how beautiful the laburnumâs flowers in our garden looked â the laburnum being a tree with drooping branches and yellow blossoms (flowers) that flower in May and June every
đ ‘Altogether it was a perfect night, such a night as you sometimes get in Southern Africa, and it threw a garment of peace over everybody as the moon threw a garment of silver over everything.’ – H. Rider Haggard, King Solomon’s Mines (1885) ⊠For many of you, reading adventure stories was an important
đ âHe had been most warmly attached to her, and had never seen a woman since whom he thought her equal; but, except from some natural sensation of curiosity, he had no desire of meeting her again. Her power with him was gone for ever.â – Jane Austen, Persuasion (1818) … Welcome back to our
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đ She was persuaded to believe the engagement a wrong thing: indiscreet, improper, hardly capable of success, and not deserving it … No second attachment, the only thoroughly natural, happy, and sufficient cure, at her time of life, had been possible to the nice tone of her mind, the fastidiousness of her taste, in the
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