...McGuffey's New First[-sixth] Eclectic Reader ...W. B. Smith & Company, 1857 - Readers |
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... Speaking in the open air , at the top of the voice , is an admirable exercise . 6. If then , his Providence , out of our evil , seek to bring forth good , our labor must be to prevent that end . 7. He , born for the universe , narrowed ...
... Speaking in the open air , at the top of the voice , is an admirable exercise . 6. If then , his Providence , out of our evil , seek to bring forth good , our labor must be to prevent that end . 7. He , born for the universe , narrowed ...
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... speak rationally , or irrationally ? 5. Is the book yours ́ , or mine` ? 6. Shall we return to our allegiance while we may do so with safety and honor , or shall we wait until the ax of the executioner is at our throats ? 7. Shall we ...
... speak rationally , or irrationally ? 5. Is the book yours ́ , or mine` ? 6. Shall we return to our allegiance while we may do so with safety and honor , or shall we wait until the ax of the executioner is at our throats ? 7. Shall we ...
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... speak most easily to himself and most agreeably to others ; this may be called the natural pitch ; this is the pitch in which . we converse ; and this must be the basis of every improvement we acquire from art and exercise . In order ...
... speak most easily to himself and most agreeably to others ; this may be called the natural pitch ; this is the pitch in which . we converse ; and this must be the basis of every improvement we acquire from art and exercise . In order ...
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... speak to people at a great distance , so we naturally lower our key , as those , to whom we speak , come nearer . When , therefore , we have no idea of being heard at a distance , the voice will not be so apt to rise into a higher key ...
... speak to people at a great distance , so we naturally lower our key , as those , to whom we speak , come nearer . When , therefore , we have no idea of being heard at a distance , the voice will not be so apt to rise into a higher key ...
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... speak ? Thou breathest ! forest - oaks of centuries Turn their uprooted trunks toward the skies ! Thou thunderest ... Speaking in the open air , at the very top of the voice , is an exercise admirably adapted to strengthen the voice and ...
... speak ? Thou breathest ! forest - oaks of centuries Turn their uprooted trunks toward the skies ! Thou thunderest ... Speaking in the open air , at the very top of the voice , is an exercise admirably adapted to strengthen the voice and ...
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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