...McGuffey's New First[-sixth] Eclectic Reader ...W. B. Smith & Company, 1857 - Readers |
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... present variety of style and subject , to attract by interest of matter , to elevate by purity and delicacy of sentiment , and especially to furnish the mind with valuable information , and to influence the heart by sound moral and ...
... present variety of style and subject , to attract by interest of matter , to elevate by purity and delicacy of sentiment , and especially to furnish the mind with valuable information , and to influence the heart by sound moral and ...
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... present , conductor of the periodical " Household Words . " 1. SHE was dead . No sleep so beautiful and calm , so free from trace of pain ' , so fair to look upon . She seemed a creature fresh from the hand of God , and waiting for the ...
... present , conductor of the periodical " Household Words . " 1. SHE was dead . No sleep so beautiful and calm , so free from trace of pain ' , so fair to look upon . She seemed a creature fresh from the hand of God , and waiting for the ...
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... present now at the field of slaughter , and were to inquire for what they were fighting " , -- " Fight- ing ! " * would be the answer " ; " they are not fighting ́ ; they are pausing . " " Why is that man expiring ? Why is that other ...
... present now at the field of slaughter , and were to inquire for what they were fighting " , -- " Fight- ing ! " * would be the answer " ; " they are not fighting ́ ; they are pausing . " " Why is that man expiring ? Why is that other ...
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... present life shall disappear` , and the conqueror and his captive` ; the monarch and his subject ; the lord and his vassal ; the statesman and the peasant ; the philosopher and the unlettered hind ' ; shall find their distinctions to ...
... present life shall disappear` , and the conqueror and his captive` ; the monarch and his subject ; the lord and his vassal ; the statesman and the peasant ; the philosopher and the unlettered hind ' ; shall find their distinctions to ...
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... presents an example , in which the matter included in the parenthesis , is disconnected with the main subject , and is , therefore , subject to the general principles of inflection . 1 . THOU happy , happy elf ! ( But , stop , first let ...
... presents an example , in which the matter included in the parenthesis , is disconnected with the main subject , and is , therefore , subject to the general principles of inflection . 1 . THOU happy , happy elf ! ( But , stop , first let ...
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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