...McGuffey's New First[-sixth] Eclectic Reader ...W. B. Smith & Company, 1857 - Readers |
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... answers from her misty shroud , Back to the joyous Alps , which call to her aloud . Thou that dost scare the world with tempests set on fire , The heavens with falling thunderbolts , or fill'st * Beware of running words together . The ...
... answers from her misty shroud , Back to the joyous Alps , which call to her aloud . Thou that dost scare the world with tempests set on fire , The heavens with falling thunderbolts , or fill'st * Beware of running words together . The ...
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... Interrogative sentences and members of sentences which can not be answered by yes or no , gen- erally require the falling inflection . REMARK . - Such questions usually commence with pronouns or INFLECTIONS . 27 PAGE.
... Interrogative sentences and members of sentences which can not be answered by yes or no , gen- erally require the falling inflection . REMARK . - Such questions usually commence with pronouns or INFLECTIONS . 27 PAGE.
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... 1. Eloquence is action ; noble , sublime , god - like action . 2. If you care not for your life , respect your honor` . RULE VII . — Interrogative sentences and members of sentences , which can be answered by yes or no 30 INFLECTIONS .
... 1. Eloquence is action ; noble , sublime , god - like action . 2. If you care not for your life , respect your honor` . RULE VII . — Interrogative sentences and members of sentences , which can be answered by yes or no 30 INFLECTIONS .
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William Holmes McGuffey. sentences , which can be answered by yes or no , generally require the rising inflection . REMARK . - Such sentences most commonly commence with verbs . EXAMPLES . 1. Are fleets and armies necessary to a work of ...
William Holmes McGuffey. sentences , which can be answered by yes or no , generally require the rising inflection . REMARK . - Such sentences most commonly commence with verbs . EXAMPLES . 1. Are fleets and armies necessary to a work of ...
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... answers his captain , " aye , aye ; and in the command of the officer to his troops , when , amid the thunder of artillery , he gives the order , " march , " or " halt . " This fullness or roundness of tone is secured , by dwelling on ...
... answers his captain , " aye , aye ; and in the command of the officer to his troops , when , amid the thunder of artillery , he gives the order , " march , " or " halt . " This fullness or roundness of tone is secured , by dwelling on ...
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1st Capt 1st Sold 2d Capt Antiparos arms beauty Boabdil Boskos bosom breath bright Brutus Cæsar cesura circumflex clouds dark dead death deep dream earth emphasis EXAMPLES eyes face falling inflection father fear fire friends give grave hand happy hast hath head hear heard heart heaven honor hope hour Iago Ivanhoe king La Fayette land live look Lord mighty mind Morar morning murmur nature Nelly Gray never night noble o'er passed pause peace poor Rebecca replied rienced rising inflection roar Robert Raikes rock round scene silence sleep smile sorrow soul sound South Carolina speak spirit stars stood storm stranger sweet sword tapestry of national tears tell tempest thalers thee thine thing THOMAS HOOD thought thunder tone Tonga trembling unto voice waters waves wind wings words young