Webster S Friend

Author : Hannah Whaley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2015-06-21
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0993001246

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Webster's Friend by Hannah Whaley Pdf

Webster thinks he has made a friend online... but who is he really talking to? Webster tries his best to impress when he makes a new friend online. Told in playful rhyme, this story takes a turn when the friend wants to meet and Webster finds out who he has really been talking to! "Webster's Friend" delicately introduces the concept of online safety to young readers, offering an early caution about strangers online and the pitfalls of anonymity on the internet. One of a collection of award winning picture books about technology for children, that introduce topics about online safety, over sharing, email, meeting strangers online and using computers responsibly. Appropriate for a young audience (ages 3-8) they are a perfect tool for parents, teachers and librarians to teach children about digital issues or for new readers to explore themselves.

Author : Stephen Vincent Benet,Stephen Vincent Benét
Publisher : Dramatists Play Service Inc
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1943-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0822203030

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The Devil and Daniel Webster by Stephen Vincent Benet,Stephen Vincent Benét Pdf

THE STORY: Jabez Stone, young farmer, has just been married, and the guests are dancing at his wedding. But Jabez carries a burden, for he knows that, having sold his soul to the Devil, he must, on the stroke of midnight, deliver it up to him. Shortly before twelve Mr. Scratch, lawyer, enters and the company is thunderstruck. Jabez bids his guests begone; he has made his bargain and will pay the price. His bride, however, stands by him, and so will Daniel Webster, who has come for the festivities. Webster takes the case. But Scratch is a lawyer himself and out-argues the statesman. Webster demands a jury of real Americans, living or dead. Very well, agrees the Devil, he shall have them, and ghosts appear. Webster thunders, but to no avail, and at last realizing Scratch can better him on technical grounds, he changes his tactics and appeals to the ghostly jury, men who have retained some love of country. Rising to the height of his powers, Webster performs the miracle of winning a verdict of Not Guilty.

Author : Noah Webster
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1788 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1864
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UBBS:UBBS-00109034

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Dr. Webster's Complete Dictionary of the English Language ... by Noah Webster Pdf

Author : Hannah Whaley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2014-08-29
Category : Conduct of life
ISBN : 0993001203

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Webster's Email by Hannah Whaley Pdf

Webster emails a funny picture of his sister Ivy to his Dad without thinking about how many other people will receive it.

Author : Noah Webster
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1592 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1864
Category : English language
ISBN : KBNL:KBNL03000144317

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New Illustrated Edition of Dr. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary of All the Words in the English Language by Noah Webster Pdf

Author : Webster's New World Dictionary,Editors Of Webster's II Dictionaries
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 1552 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Reference
ISBN : 0618396012

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Webster's II New College Dictionary by Webster's New World Dictionary,Editors Of Webster's II Dictionaries Pdf

A newly updated edition of the dictionary features more than 200,000 definitions, as well as revised charts and tables, proofreaders' marks, synonym lists, word histories, and context examples.

Author : Merriam-Webster, Inc
Publisher : Merriam-Webster
Page : 950 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Antonyms
ISBN : 0877793417

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Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Synonyms by Merriam-Webster, Inc Pdf

The ideal guide to choosing the right word. Entries go beyond the word lists of a thesaurus, explaining important differences between synonyms. Provides over 17,000 usage examples. Lists antonyms and related words.

Author : Milly S. Barranger
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2004-04-07
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0472113909

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Margaret Webster by Milly S. Barranger Pdf

A sweeping drama of the life and times of one of America's most innovative woman directors

Author : David Micklethwait
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2005-01-21
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0786421576

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Noah Webster and the American Dictionary by David Micklethwait Pdf

Noah Webster was described by the publisher of a competing dictionary as "a vain ... plodding Yankee, who aspired to be a second Johnson"--a criticism that rings mostly true. He was certainly vain and, born in Connecticut, undeniably a Yankee. Moreover, though he referred to Johnson's Dictionary of the English Language as a "barren desart of philology," the American lexicographer relied heavily on the book during the creation of his own American Dictionary, going so far as to filch whole sections. And few would seem more "plodding" than Webster, who was positively obsessed with collecting and preserving bits of information. He kept records of the weather, carefully logged the number of houses in every new town he passed through, filed away every scrap of his writing and everything written about him, and filled the margins of his books with references, dates and corrections. The proud Yankee's sensibilities, however, also made him a fine lexicographer. Generally credited with distinguishing American spelling and usage from British, Webster shunned prescriptive mores and was doggedly loyal to his own language habits, as well as to those of the average American speaker. The book covers Webster's major publications and the influences and methods that shaped them; recounts his life as schoolteacher, copyright law champion, and itinerant lecturer; and examines the Webster legacy. An appendix containing title page reproductions from Webster's books, as well as some from his predecessors and competitors, is also included.

Author : Joel Parker
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 632 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1853
Category : Electronic
ISBN : HARVARD:HX37D6

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Daniel Webster as a Jurist by Joel Parker Pdf

Author : Noah Webster
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 566 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1846
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0022875849

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Webster's Complete Dictionary of the English Language ... revised ... by C. A. Goodrich ... and N. Porter ... assisted by Dr. C. A. F. Mahn ... New edition of 1880, with a supplement of new words, and an additional appendix of biographical names. (Authorized and unabridged edition.) With a portrait by Noah Webster Pdf

Author : Randolph Paul Runyon
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 387 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2021-10-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9780813184128

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Delia Webster and the Underground Railroad by Randolph Paul Runyon Pdf

In this captivating tale, Randolph Paul Runyon follows the trail of the first woman imprisoned for assisting runaway slaves and explores the mystery surrounding her life and work. In September 1844, Delia Webster took a break from her teaching responsibilities at Lexington Female Academy and accompanied Calvin Fairbank, a Methodist preacher from Oberlin College, on a Saturdary drive in the country. At the end of their trip, their passengers—Lewis Hayden and his family—remained in southern Ohio, ticketed for the Underground Railroad. Webster and Fairbank returned to a near riot and jail cells. Webster earned a sentence to the state penitentiary in Frankfort, where the warden, Newton Craig, married and a father, became enamored of her and was tempted into a compromising relationship he would come to regret. Hayden reached freedom in Boston, where he became a prominent businessman, the ringleader in the courthouse rescue of a fugitive slave, and the last link in the chain of events that led to the Harpers Ferry Raid. Webster, the focal point at which these lives intersect, remains an enigma. Was she, as one contemporary noted, "A young lady of irreproachable character?" Or, as another observed, "a very bold and defiant kind of woman, without a spark of feminine modesty, and, withal, very shrewd and cunning?" Runyon has doggedly pursued every historical lead to bring color and shape to the tale of these fascinating characters.

Author : Kusujiro Miyoshi
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2008-12-19
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783484970939

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Johnson's and Webster's Verbal Examples by Kusujiro Miyoshi Pdf

This book analyses Noah Webster's and Samuel Johnson's use of verbal examples in their dictionaries as a means of giving guidance on word usage. The author's major interest lies in elucidating how uniquely Webster, who was originally a grammarian, made use of verbal examples. In order to achieve this purpose, the author provides chapters based on types of entry words in their functional contexts. Johnson's selection of sources of citations and the frequency of his quoting citations tended to vary strongly according to the type of entry word; he also supplied invented examples rather than citations when he thought it especially necessary to clarify the use of a word. By contrast, with the exception of biblical ones, almost all of Webster's citations were taken from Johnson's »Dictionary«. However, Webster significantly made full use of such citations to express his view on word usage, which differs essentially from Johnson's. Besides, Webster had a strong tendency to quote phrases and sentences from the Bible for the same purpose.

Author : Sydney Nathans
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2019-12-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781421430935

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Daniel Webster and Jacksonian Democracy by Sydney Nathans Pdf

Originally published in 1973. Professor Nathans illuminates the changes wrought by Jacksonian democracy on the career of Daniel Webster, a major political figure, and on the destiny of a major political party, the Whigs. Daniel Webster was a creative anachronism in the Jacksonian era. His career illustrates the fate of a generation of American politicians, reared to rule in a traditional world of defined social classes where gentlemen led and the masses followed. With extensive research into primary sources, Nathans interprets Webster as a leader in the older political tradition, hostile to permanent organized political parties and fearful of social strife that party conflict seemed to promote. He focuses on Webster's response to the rise of entrenchment of voter-oriented partisan politics. He analyzes Webster's struggle to survive, comprehend, and finally manipulate the new politics during his early opposition to Jackson; his roles in the Bank War and the nullification crisis; and the contest for leadership within the Whig Party from 1828 to 1844. Webster and the Whigs resisted and then belatedly attempted to answer the demands of the new egalitarian mass politics. When Webster failed as an apologist for government by the elite, he became a rhapsodist of American commercial enterprise. Seeking a new power base, he adapted his public style to the standards of simplicity and humility that the voters seemed to reward. Nathans shows, however, that Webster developed a realistic vision of the common bonds of Jacksonian society—of the basis for community—that would warrant anew the trust needed for the kind of leadership he offered. The meaning of Webster's career lies in these attempts to bridge the old and new politics, but his attempt was doomed to ironic and revealing failure. Nathans studies Webster's impact on the Whig party, showing that his influence was strong enough to thwart the ambitions of his rivals Henry Clay and John C. Calhoun but not strong enough to achieve his own aspirations. Nathans argues that Webster, through his efforts to increase his authority within the party, merely revealed his true weakness as a sectional leader. His successful blocking of Clay and Calhoun brought about a deadlock that significantly hastened the transfer of power to men more committed to strong party organization and more talented at voter manipulation. Webster's dilemma was the crisis of an entire political generation reared for a traditional world and forced to function in a modern one.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1296 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1892
Category : Electronic
ISBN : LLMC:NYA2ENREM90I

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The People and C. Against Burton C. Webster by Anonim Pdf