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English Essays For Young School Students
When we take up many things in hand and fail in most of them, we bewail our lot and try to console by saying that we were fated to achieve this and fail in that. But fate is a figment of man’s imagination: it is a refuge only for those who are cowardly and lack … Read more
The saying owes its origin to the great English poet Pope who says:A little learning is a dangerous thing:Drink deep, or taste not the Perian spring;The shallow draughts intoxicate the brain,And drinking largely sobers again.The saying means that shallow knowledge is a danger. As empty vessels sound much, so a man with a smattering of … Read more
A train journey is a common experience. Still, it is a wonderful experience. The people we meet during a train journey are of some many kinds that every train journey becomes a unique one. I, with some of my friends, made a long journey once from Karachi to Lahore. We had booked our seats a … Read more
Last year, my aunt in Lahore invited me to spend my summer holidays with her. I gratefully accepted her invitation. As I had never travelled by train before, I decided to do so this time. In the afternoon of the 15th of July I reached the railway station. I was told that the train for … Read more
As soon as our college closed for winter, I began to make necessary preparations for going home. Our family resides in Sukkar where my father is a lawyer. I make my journeys to and from Sukkar by train. Some of my classmates hail from Khairpur. They pressed hard that this time I should go to … Read more
During the last holidays, I had to go to Singapore by Air. On the day of my departure for Singapore, I reached the aerodrome long before the ‘plane was due to arrive. My brothers, my sisters and many of my friends were with me. They had all come to see, me off. The plane arrived … Read more
It was on the 7th of November that a fire broke out in a big house. The house was situated in one of the most crowded lanes of the city. It had three stories and many rooms. It is said that about six families were occupying this house. The fire started on the second floor, … Read more
A holiday in the life of a student is always of utmost importance. Besides the enjoyment of the particular holiday, we have a sensation of getting it. This sensation crosses the limits of time and begins a day or two earlier than the holiday itself. I am going to describe a holiday which is indeed … Read more
A few months ago a ‘Good Manners Week’ was observed in our school. On the first day of the week, an assembly was held. The headmaster, who was the sole speaker at the assembly, spoke on the need for good manners. At the end of his speech, he quoted Portia’s famous plea for mercy with … Read more
Last Sunday, as I was walking along the river swift, which flows, by our town, I stopped to watch a boy of nearly my age swim the river. The river was in high flood. The way the boy started his swim-at right angles to the current showed that he was not an experienced swimmer.He had … Read more