...McGuffey's New First[-sixth] Eclectic Reader ...W. B. Smith & Company, 1857 - Readers |
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... seemed A pillar of state . 10. Thee , Sion , and the flowery brooks beneath , That wash thy hallowed feet , and warbling flow , Nightly I visit : nor sometimes forget Those other two , equaled with me in fate . NOTE . The principle ...
... seemed A pillar of state . 10. Thee , Sion , and the flowery brooks beneath , That wash thy hallowed feet , and warbling flow , Nightly I visit : nor sometimes forget Those other two , equaled with me in fate . NOTE . The principle ...
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... and basking in the summer ray , Disordered , stops to shun the danger near , Then walks with faintness on , and looks with fear , — So seemed the sire , when first upon the road 50 ON READING VERSE . The Fortune-Teller.
... and basking in the summer ray , Disordered , stops to shun the danger near , Then walks with faintness on , and looks with fear , — So seemed the sire , when first upon the road 50 ON READING VERSE . The Fortune-Teller.
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William Holmes McGuffey. So seemed the sire , when first upon the road , The shining spoil his wily partner showed . QUESTIONS . - What is the difference between the inflection proper in prose and in verse ? What is the principal ...
William Holmes McGuffey. So seemed the sire , when first upon the road , The shining spoil his wily partner showed . QUESTIONS . - What is the difference between the inflection proper in prose and in verse ? What is the principal ...
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... seemed to be moved and to have inflicted their ven- geance upon him . I appeal to , I call to witness you , 0 ye hills and groves of Alba ! you , the demolished Alban altars ! ever ac- counted holy by the Romans , and coeval with our ...
... seemed to be moved and to have inflicted their ven- geance upon him . I appeal to , I call to witness you , 0 ye hills and groves of Alba ! you , the demolished Alban altars ! ever ac- counted holy by the Romans , and coeval with our ...
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... seemed to lead to a place totally dark , and which one of the natives assured us contained nothing more than a res- ervoir of water . 7. " Upon this information , we made an experiment , by throwing down some stones , which rumbling ...
... seemed to lead to a place totally dark , and which one of the natives assured us contained nothing more than a res- ervoir of water . 7. " Upon this information , we made an experiment , by throwing down some stones , which rumbling ...
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