...McGuffey's New First[-sixth] Eclectic Reader ...W. B. Smith & Company, 1857 - Readers |
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... close . 4. Composition is taught in all its elementary principles . THEIR POPULARITY . Probably no series of grammars published , ever attained so firm an introduction into the best schools of the country . This is owing to their rare ...
... close . 4. Composition is taught in all its elementary principles . THEIR POPULARITY . Probably no series of grammars published , ever attained so firm an introduction into the best schools of the country . This is owing to their rare ...
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... would not take with him a Tonga wife ; and , accordingly , to their great astonishment , having steered close to the rock , he desired them to wait while he went into the sea to fetch her , jumped overboard 80 NEW SIXTH READER .
... would not take with him a Tonga wife ; and , accordingly , to their great astonishment , having steered close to the rock , he desired them to wait while he went into the sea to fetch her , jumped overboard 80 NEW SIXTH READER .
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... close touch which sus- tained them , and they will drop at the lightest motion . 5. If you go upon the south side of the wood at that hour , you will hear music . The dry foilage of the summer's shedding is scattered over the ground ...
... close touch which sus- tained them , and they will drop at the lightest motion . 5. If you go upon the south side of the wood at that hour , you will hear music . The dry foilage of the summer's shedding is scattered over the ground ...
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... close` , Something attempted , something done Has earn'd a night's repose . 8. Thanks , thanks to thee , my worthy friend , For the lesson thou hast taught ! Thus , at the flaming forge of life ́ , Our fortunes must be wrought` , Thus ...
... close` , Something attempted , something done Has earn'd a night's repose . 8. Thanks , thanks to thee , my worthy friend , For the lesson thou hast taught ! Thus , at the flaming forge of life ́ , Our fortunes must be wrought` , Thus ...
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... A DEADLY feud subsisted , almost from time immemo- rial , between the families of Macpherson of Bendearg , and Grant of Cairn` , and was handed down unimpaired even to the close of the last century . In the earlier 96 NEW SIXTH READER .
... A DEADLY feud subsisted , almost from time immemo- rial , between the families of Macpherson of Bendearg , and Grant of Cairn` , and was handed down unimpaired even to the close of the last century . In the earlier 96 NEW SIXTH READER .
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Common terms and phrases
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