đ âLive all you can; itâs a mistake not to. It doesnât so much matter what you do in particular so long as you have your life. If you havenât had that what have you had? Iâm too oldâ too old at any rate for what I see. What one loses one loses; make no […]
đ ‘The young people were all wild to see Lyme ⊠and to Lyme they were to go – Charles, Mary, Anne, Henrietta, Louisa, and Captain Wentworth.’ – Jane Austen, Persuasion (1818) ⊠I was re-listening to the audiobook version of one of my favourite Austen novels â Persuasion â when this sentence inspired me
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,
đ “You had better explore to Donwell,â replied Mr. Knightley. âThat may be done without horses. Come, and eat my strawberries. They are ripening fast ⊠” [Mrs Elton replied]: “It is to be a morning scheme, you know, Knightley; quite a simple thing. I shall wear a large bonnet, and bring one of my
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
đ Grace’s disposition to make the best of everything, and to wink at deficiencies in Winterborne’s menage, was so uniform and persistent that he suspected her of seeing even more deficiencies than he was aware of ⊠â⊠It reminds me so pleasantly that everything here in dear old Hintock is just as it used
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As a proofreader and a tutor, the most common mistake I see on a daily basis is the misappropriation (placing in the wrong places) of apostrophes (â) in English. Even native English speakers make this mistake from time to time! If you have been reading my Lessons for a while, you may remember that I
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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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