...McGuffey's New First[-sixth] Eclectic Reader ...W. B. Smith & Company, 1857 - Readers |
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... young` ? He said pain , not pain ́ . You should walk , not ride . Are you engaged , or at leisure ? Shall I say plain ́ , or pain` ? He went home , not abroad . Does he say able , or table ? He said hazy , not lazy . Must I say flat ...
... young` ? He said pain , not pain ́ . You should walk , not ride . Are you engaged , or at leisure ? Shall I say plain ́ , or pain` ? He went home , not abroad . Does he say able , or table ? He said hazy , not lazy . Must I say flat ...
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... young Octavius , come , Revenge yourselves alone on Cassius ; For Cassius is aweary of the world ; Hated by one he loves , braved by his brother , Checked like a bondsman , all his faults observed , Set in a note - book , learned and ...
... young Octavius , come , Revenge yourselves alone on Cassius ; For Cassius is aweary of the world ; Hated by one he loves , braved by his brother , Checked like a bondsman , all his faults observed , Set in a note - book , learned and ...
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... young speakers . What is called a graceful manner , can only be attained by those who have some natural advantages of person . So far as it is in the reach of study or practice , it seems to depend chiefly upon the general cultivation ...
... young speakers . What is called a graceful manner , can only be attained by those who have some natural advantages of person . So far as it is in the reach of study or practice , it seems to depend chiefly upon the general cultivation ...
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... young speakers is too much action . To emphasize all parts alike , is equivalent to no emphasis ; and by employing forcible gestures on unimportant passages , we diminish our power to render other parts impres- sive . TO TEACHERS . In ...
... young speakers is too much action . To emphasize all parts alike , is equivalent to no emphasis ; and by employing forcible gestures on unimportant passages , we diminish our power to render other parts impres- sive . TO TEACHERS . In ...
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... young childhood's shriek , Awfully piercing , bursts ; and woman's fears Are speechless . With a low , insidious moan , Rush past the gales that harbinger thy way , And hail thy advent ; gloom the murky clouds Darker around ; and heave ...
... young childhood's shriek , Awfully piercing , bursts ; and woman's fears Are speechless . With a low , insidious moan , Rush past the gales that harbinger thy way , And hail thy advent ; gloom the murky clouds Darker around ; and heave ...
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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