McGuffey's Newly Revised Eclectic Fourth Reader: Containing Elegant Extracts in Prose and Poetry : with Rules for Reading, and Exercises in Articulation, Defining, EtcClark, Austin & Smith, 1890 - 336 pages |
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... character of the lessons , and in the questions appended to them . D The lessons are of a higher grade than in the preceding volumes . The author , however , ventures to predict , that if any of them shall be found unintelligible to the ...
... character of the lessons , and in the questions appended to them . D The lessons are of a higher grade than in the preceding volumes . The author , however , ventures to predict , that if any of them shall be found unintelligible to the ...
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... Character of Napoleon Bonaparte , 89. Capturing the Wild Horse ,. 40. Scene at the Sandwich Islands , 43. Niagara Falls , 45. The Alhambra by Moonlight , 47. A Morning Ramble ,. 50. A Picture of Human Life , 51. Remarkable Preservation ...
... Character of Napoleon Bonaparte , 89. Capturing the Wild Horse ,. 40. Scene at the Sandwich Islands , 43. Niagara Falls , 45. The Alhambra by Moonlight , 47. A Morning Ramble ,. 50. A Picture of Human Life , 51. Remarkable Preservation ...
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... character . By industry we obtain wealth , and persevering exertion will seldom be unrewarded . Exception . When a sentence concludes with a negative clause , or with a contrast or comparison , ( called also antithesis ) , the first ...
... character . By industry we obtain wealth , and persevering exertion will seldom be unrewarded . Exception . When a sentence concludes with a negative clause , or with a contrast or comparison , ( called also antithesis ) , the first ...
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... character of a man we say , He is too honorable ' to be guilty of a vile act` . But if he is accused of some act of baseness , a contrast is , at once , instituted between his character and the specified act , and we change the ...
... character of a man we say , He is too honorable ' to be guilty of a vile act` . But if he is accused of some act of baseness , a contrast is , at once , instituted between his character and the specified act , and we change the ...
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... character to language . Accent , inflection , and , indeed , every thing yields to emphasis . The inflec- tions , especially , are auxiliary to it . In the article on that subject , it has already been observed , how often they yield to ...
... character to language . Accent , inflection , and , indeed , every thing yields to emphasis . The inflec- tions , especially , are auxiliary to it . In the article on that subject , it has already been observed , how often they yield to ...
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Abishai Absalom Ahimaaz ARTICULATE distinctly Babylon beautiful birds boat bosom called cesura character child children of men circumflex clouds commenced dark dear death deep ducats earth emphasis emphatic eternity examples exercise Explain the inflections eyes falling inflection father fault fear feel genius give hand happy hast hath head heard heart heaven hour human inflections marked Joab judge kind king laws lesson light live look Lord Lord Byron mind mother nature never nouns o'er object paragraph Parse passed pause Pinneo's Analytical Grammar poetry poor praise PRONOUNCE Correctly pupil QUESTIONS QUESTIONS.-What reader Repeat rising inflection Rule Rule II sentence shalt ship Shylock Socrates soul sound spirit stanza syllable teacher Tell thee thing thou thought thousand thousand guineas tion tone unto utterance verbs voice waves William Reed wind words young