...McGuffey's New First[-sixth] Eclectic Reader ...W. B. Smith & Company, 1857 - Readers |
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... Darkness . · 145. The Quarrel of Brutus and Cassius . 146. The Quack 148. Murder of Prince Arthur 149. The Remorse of King John 152. The Pleasant Rain 153. The Snow - Flake · • 155. The Widow and her Son 158. Song of the Shirt ...
... Darkness . · 145. The Quarrel of Brutus and Cassius . 146. The Quack 148. Murder of Prince Arthur 149. The Remorse of King John 152. The Pleasant Rain 153. The Snow - Flake · • 155. The Widow and her Son 158. Song of the Shirt ...
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... dost scare the world with tempests set on fire , The heavens with falling thunderbolts , or fill'st * Beware of running words together . The swift dark whirlwind that uproots the woods , Where 22 ARTICULATION . A Political Pause.
... dost scare the world with tempests set on fire , The heavens with falling thunderbolts , or fill'st * Beware of running words together . The swift dark whirlwind that uproots the woods , Where 22 ARTICULATION . A Political Pause.
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William Holmes McGuffey. The swift dark whirlwind that uproots the woods , Where is the mortal , that forgets not at the sight Of these tremendous tokens of thy power His pride , and lays his * strifes and follies by ? Canst thou fill ...
William Holmes McGuffey. The swift dark whirlwind that uproots the woods , Where is the mortal , that forgets not at the sight Of these tremendous tokens of thy power His pride , and lays his * strifes and follies by ? Canst thou fill ...
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... . - Negative sentences and members of sen- tences usually require the rising inflection . EXAMPLES . 1. It is not by starts of application that eminence can be attained " . 2. It was not an eclipse that caused the darkness INFLECTIONS . 29.
... . - Negative sentences and members of sen- tences usually require the rising inflection . EXAMPLES . 1. It is not by starts of application that eminence can be attained " . 2. It was not an eclipse that caused the darkness INFLECTIONS . 29.
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William Holmes McGuffey. 2. It was not an eclipse that caused the darkness at the cruci- fixion of our Lord : for the sun and moon were not relatively in a position to produce an eclipse " . 3. They are not fighting : do not disturb them ...
William Holmes McGuffey. 2. It was not an eclipse that caused the darkness at the cruci- fixion of our Lord : for the sun and moon were not relatively in a position to produce an eclipse " . 3. They are not fighting : do not disturb them ...
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