...McGuffey's New First[-sixth] Eclectic Reader ...W. B. Smith & Company, 1857 - Readers |
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... tones . From the 74th Exercise onward , rhetorical notation is dispensed with , the learner being left to his own judgment , except such aid as the teacher may think proper occasionally to give , it being supposed that , in the several ...
... tones . From the 74th Exercise onward , rhetorical notation is dispensed with , the learner being left to his own judgment , except such aid as the teacher may think proper occasionally to give , it being supposed that , in the several ...
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... tone than the rest of the sentence , and should terminate with the same in- flection that next precedes it . If , however , it is compli- cated , or emphatic , or disconnected with the main sub- ject , the inflections must be governed ...
... tone than the rest of the sentence , and should terminate with the same in- flection that next precedes it . If , however , it is compli- cated , or emphatic , or disconnected with the main sub- ject , the inflections must be governed ...
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... tone of voice , than other parts of the passage . EXAMPLES . ( The Similes are put in Italics . ) 1. Part curb their fiery steeds , or shun the goal With rapid wheels , or fronted brigades form . As when , to warn proud cities , war ...
... tone of voice , than other parts of the passage . EXAMPLES . ( The Similes are put in Italics . ) 1. Part curb their fiery steeds , or shun the goal With rapid wheels , or fronted brigades form . As when , to warn proud cities , war ...
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... tone , we ought to read and speak in it , as loud as possible , without suffering the voice to rise into a higher key . This , however , is no easy operation . It is not very difficult to be loud in a high tone , but to be loud and ...
... tone , we ought to read and speak in it , as loud as possible , without suffering the voice to rise into a higher key . This , however , is no easy operation . It is not very difficult to be loud in a high tone , but to be loud and ...
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... tone . - Rhetorical Grammar , p . 245 . LOW TONES OF VOICE , May be acquired and strengthened , by practice on such pieces as naturally require a pitch a little below the natural or con- versational tone ; such , for example , as ...
... tone . - Rhetorical Grammar , p . 245 . LOW TONES OF VOICE , May be acquired and strengthened , by practice on such pieces as naturally require a pitch a little below the natural or con- versational tone ; such , for example , as ...
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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