...McGuffey's New First[-sixth] Eclectic Reader ...W. B. Smith & Company, 1857 - Readers |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 68
Page 16
... whole nation lamented him . His eye through vast immensity can pierce . Observe these nice dependencies . He is a formidable adversary . Away ! presumptuous man . I will go and be reconciled to my brother . He is generous to his friends ...
... whole nation lamented him . His eye through vast immensity can pierce . Observe these nice dependencies . He is a formidable adversary . Away ! presumptuous man . I will go and be reconciled to my brother . He is generous to his friends ...
Page 37
... whole of a con- cluding series with the falling inflection and the whole of a commencing series with the rising inflection , and it is not im- probable that this may be ere long the prevailing custom . PARENTHESIS . RULE XII . — A ...
... whole of a con- cluding series with the falling inflection and the whole of a commencing series with the rising inflection , and it is not im- probable that this may be ere long the prevailing custom . PARENTHESIS . RULE XII . — A ...
Page 40
... whole subject , how- ever , properly belongs to dictionaries and spelling - books . ON EMPHASIS . EMPHASIS Consists in a certain manner of uttering a word or phrase , designed to give it force and energy , and to draw the attention of ...
... whole subject , how- ever , properly belongs to dictionaries and spelling - books . ON EMPHASIS . EMPHASIS Consists in a certain manner of uttering a word or phrase , designed to give it force and energy , and to draw the attention of ...
Page 41
... for ours only , but for the sins of the whole world . 6. It may moderate and restrain , but was not designed to banish gladness from the heart of man . In the following examples , there are two sets of 4 ON EMPHASIS . 41.
... for ours only , but for the sins of the whole world . 6. It may moderate and restrain , but was not designed to banish gladness from the heart of man . In the following examples , there are two sets of 4 ON EMPHASIS . 41.
Page 58
... whole secret of acquiring a graceful style of gesture , we apprehend , lies in the habitual practice , not only when speaking , but at all times , of free and graceful movements of the limbs . There is no limb nor feature , which the ...
... whole secret of acquiring a graceful style of gesture , we apprehend , lies in the habitual practice , not only when speaking , but at all times , of free and graceful movements of the limbs . There is no limb nor feature , which the ...
Contents
172 | |
175 | |
178 | |
185 | |
197 | |
200 | |
206 | |
212 | |
70 | |
77 | |
84 | |
100 | |
108 | |
113 | |
117 | |
120 | |
123 | |
127 | |
132 | |
134 | |
136 | |
141 | |
147 | |
154 | |
226 | |
232 | |
238 | |
240 | |
251 | |
265 | |
274 | |
280 | |
283 | |
317 | |
330 | |
340 | |
379 | |
401 | |
425 | |
442 | |
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