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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... close of a sentence is some- times called a cadence , and properly speaking , there is a slight difference between it and the falling inflection , but for all prac- tical purposes they may be considered as one and the same . It is of ...
... close of a sentence is some- times called a cadence , and properly speaking , there is a slight difference between it and the falling inflection , but for all prac- tical purposes they may be considered as one and the same . It is of ...
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... . 5. On casting up his accounts at the close of a particular year ' , he found a deficit ' of ten thousand ducats ' . Alarmed at this dis- : covery ' , he went to the minister ' 46 MCGUFFEY'S FOURTH READER . Anonymous April Day,............
... . 5. On casting up his accounts at the close of a particular year ' , he found a deficit ' of ten thousand ducats ' . Alarmed at this dis- : covery ' , he went to the minister ' 46 MCGUFFEY'S FOURTH READER . Anonymous April Day,............
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... close ? 4. What is meant by his banishing a Braganza , and espousing a Hapsburg ? 5 . What was his ruling passion ? 6. Explain the inflections in paragraphs 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , and 7. ( Chiefly antithesis and series . Rules VI . II . 39 ...
... close ? 4. What is meant by his banishing a Braganza , and espousing a Hapsburg ? 5 . What was his ruling passion ? 6. Explain the inflections in paragraphs 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , and 7. ( Chiefly antithesis and series . Rules VI . II . 39 ...
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