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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... Tell . A monster . Ges . Ha ! Beware - Think on thy chains . Tell . Though they were doubled , and did weigh me down Prostrate to earth , methinks I could rise up-- Erect , with nothing but the honest pride Of telling thee , usurper ...
... Tell . A monster . Ges . Ha ! Beware - Think on thy chains . Tell . Though they were doubled , and did weigh me down Prostrate to earth , methinks I could rise up-- Erect , with nothing but the honest pride Of telling thee , usurper ...
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... Tell . Perhaps an only child . Ges . No matter . Tell . He may have a mother . Ges . So the viper hath ; And yet , who spares it for the mother's sake ? Tell . I talk to stone ! I talk to it as though ' T were flesh ; and know ' t is ...
... Tell . Perhaps an only child . Ges . No matter . Tell . He may have a mother . Ges . So the viper hath ; And yet , who spares it for the mother's sake ? Tell . I talk to stone ! I talk to it as though ' T were flesh ; and know ' t is ...
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... Tell . My boy ! ( Holding out his arms to him . ) Alb . My father ! ( Rushing into Tell's arms . ) Tell . If thou canst bear it , should not I ? and keep in mind that I can shoot My son Go , boy The apple be thou but steady , I will hit ...
... Tell . My boy ! ( Holding out his arms to him . ) Alb . My father ! ( Rushing into Tell's arms . ) Tell . If thou canst bear it , should not I ? and keep in mind that I can shoot My son Go , boy The apple be thou but steady , I will hit ...
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 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 laws 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