...McGuffey's New First[-sixth] Eclectic Reader ...W. B. Smith & Company, 1857 - Readers |
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... sleep'st , great Ocean , laid'st thy waves * at rest , And hush'dst thy mighty minstrelsy QUESTIONS . - What should be the first object of the student of elo- cution ? What is said of the advantage of practice upon elementary sounds ...
... sleep'st , great Ocean , laid'st thy waves * at rest , And hush'dst thy mighty minstrelsy QUESTIONS . - What should be the first object of the student of elo- cution ? What is said of the advantage of practice upon elementary sounds ...
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... sleep weighs down the eyelids of the world , And life is as it were not ; down the sky Forth from thy cave , wide - roaming , thou dost come To hold nocturnal orgies . Behold ! Stemming with eager prow the Atlantic tide , Holds on the ...
... sleep weighs down the eyelids of the world , And life is as it were not ; down the sky Forth from thy cave , wide - roaming , thou dost come To hold nocturnal orgies . Behold ! Stemming with eager prow the Atlantic tide , Holds on the ...
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... sleeps In its own little lake . And thence at departing Awakening and starting , It runs through the reeds , And away it proceeds , Through meadow and glade In sun and in shade , And through the wood - shelter , Among crags in its ...
... sleeps In its own little lake . And thence at departing Awakening and starting , It runs through the reeds , And away it proceeds , Through meadow and glade In sun and in shade , And through the wood - shelter , Among crags in its ...
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... 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 breath of life ; not one who had lived ' , and suffered death . Her couch was ...
... 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 breath of life ; not one who had lived ' , and suffered death . Her couch was ...
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... sleep . They could tell by what she faintly uttered in her dreams , that they were of her journeyings with the old man ; they were of no painful scenes , but of those who had helped them , and used them kindly ; for she often said " God ...
... sleep . They could tell by what she faintly uttered in her dreams , that they were of her journeyings with the old man ; they were of no painful scenes , but of those who had helped them , and used them kindly ; for she often said " God ...
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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