The Eclectic Fourth Reader: Containing Elegant Extracts in Prose and Poetry, from the Best American and English Writers : with Copious Rules for Reading and Directions ... |
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... Rules for Reading and Directions ... William Holmes McGuffey. Here sum and blind , according to Rule I. would take the fall- ing inflection , but as they are emphatic , and the object of em- phasis is to draw attention to the word ...
... Rules for Reading and Directions ... William Holmes McGuffey. Here sum and blind , according to Rule I. would take the fall- ing inflection , but as they are emphatic , and the object of em- phasis is to draw attention to the word ...
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... Rule I. c Rule IV . Rule I. Remark . • Rule III . * Now is contrasted with the past , and the circumflex is proper . f Rule V. Rule IV . Exception or Rule II . 4s . h Rule II . 19 Extracts from a description of the battle of Flodden ...
... Rule I. c Rule IV . Rule I. Remark . • Rule III . * Now is contrasted with the past , and the circumflex is proper . f Rule V. Rule IV . Exception or Rule II . 4s . h Rule II . 19 Extracts from a description of the battle of Flodden ...
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... Rule IV . Rule II . 3§ . b Rule I. * Rule II . 29 . Rule I. Remark . Rule II . 19 . d Rule VI . 15 . Reply of Shylock to Antonio , who wished to borrow money of him . a Seignor Antonio ' , many a time ' , and oft ' , " In the Rialto ...
... Rule IV . Rule II . 3§ . b Rule I. * Rule II . 29 . Rule I. Remark . Rule II . 19 . d Rule VI . 15 . Reply of Shylock to Antonio , who wished to borrow money of him . a Seignor Antonio ' , many a time ' , and oft ' , " In the Rialto ...
Contents
DIRECTIONS FOR READING | 13 |
Falling Inflection | 20 |
The Town Pump | 23 |
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Absalom Ahimaaz Arth Babylon beautiful birds blessed boat bosom breath called cesura character child circumflex commenced consonants dark dear death deep Demosthenes ducats earth emphasis emphatic ERRORS ERRORS.1 eternity examples EXERCISES Explain the inflections eyes falling inflection father fault fear feel genius give hand happy hath head heard heart heaven hour inflections marked Joab kind king LESSON liberty light live Lochiel look Lord mind mother nature never o'er paragraph Parse passed pause poetry poor praise pronounced pupil QUESTIONS QUESTIONS.-1 reader Repeat rising inflection rocks Rule Rule II sentence ship Shylock sight smile Socrates soul sound SPELL AND DEFINE SPELL AND DEFINE.-1 spirit stanza sweet syllable Tell thee thing thought thousand thousand guineas tion tone unto utterance voice vowels William Reed wind wonderful words young