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History lesson   /hˈɪstəri lˈɛsən/   Listen
History lesson

noun
1.
A lesson in the facts of history.





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"History lesson" Quotes from Famous Books



... he had to carry out the class to the end! After the writing we had our history lesson; then the little ones sang all together their Ba, Be, Bi, Bo, Bu. There at the end of the room, old Hansor put on his spectacles, and holding his spelling-book with both hands, he spelt the letters with them. One could see that he too did his best; his voice trembled with emotion, and ...
— Winning a Cause - World War Stories • John Gilbert Thompson and Inez Bigwood
... the world, do you not? You must begin by obeying and studying it. Scholars study books; politicians study men, and their interests and the springs of action. Society and mankind in masses are fatalists; they bow down and worship the accomplished fact. Do you know why I am giving you this little history lesson? It seems to me that your ambition ...
— Lost Illusions • Honore De Balzac


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