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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... laws - demanded this in a manner , which if it did not reach the ear of government , would at least have reached the ... laws , and of those whose indispensable duty it is to see the laws exe- cuted on those who violate them . 5. I enjoy ...
... laws - demanded this in a manner , which if it did not reach the ear of government , would at least have reached the ... laws , and of those whose indispensable duty it is to see the laws exe- cuted on those who violate them . 5. I enjoy ...
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... laws and natural sympathy would hold society together . As reasonably might we believe , that were the sun quenched in the heavens , our torches would illuminate , and our fires quicken and fertilize the creation . What is there in ...
... laws and natural sympathy would hold society together . As reasonably might we believe , that were the sun quenched in the heavens , our torches would illuminate , and our fires quicken and fertilize the creation . What is there in ...
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... laws , on whose fidelity and obedience can she depend ? May such geniuses never descend to flatter vice , en- courage folly , or propagate irreligion ; but exert all their pow- ers in the service of Virtue , and celebrate the noble ...
... laws , on whose fidelity and obedience can she depend ? May such geniuses never descend to flatter vice , en- courage folly , or propagate irreligion ; but exert all their pow- ers in the service of Virtue , and celebrate the noble ...
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