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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... death thus leering through the tinselry of fashion - the " vain show " of artificial joy was a horrible mockery of the fooleries of life ! 10. Indeed , it was a most humiliating and shocking spectacle . Poor creature ' ! struck dead ...
... death thus leering through the tinselry of fashion - the " vain show " of artificial joy was a horrible mockery of the fooleries of life ! 10. Indeed , it was a most humiliating and shocking spectacle . Poor creature ' ! struck dead ...
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... death seem to divide between them the domin- ion of mankind , and life to have the larger share . It is other- wise in war ; death reigns there without a rival , and without control . 2. War is the work , the element , or rather the ...
... death seem to divide between them the domin- ion of mankind , and life to have the larger share . It is other- wise in war ; death reigns there without a rival , and without control . 2. War is the work , the element , or rather the ...
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... death of Socrates were those of a sage , the life and death of Jesus were those of a God . Shall we say that the evangelical history is a mere fiction - it does not bear the stamp of fiction , but the contrary . The history of Socrates ...
... death of Socrates were those of a sage , the life and death of Jesus were those of a God . Shall we say that the evangelical history is a mere fiction - it does not bear the stamp of fiction , but the contrary . The history of Socrates ...
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