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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... manners , in private life , in the social circle , in the family . It cannot well be superinduced upon all the other ... manner ' , " or ' , " Put your- self into a different attitude ' . " You can explain to him the dif ference between ...
... manners , in private life , in the social circle , in the family . It cannot well be superinduced upon all the other ... manner ' , " or ' , " Put your- self into a different attitude ' . " You can explain to him the dif ference between ...
Page 83
... manner that I had been taught what little I knew ; for I could not compre- hend words . I wanted images , and these , my mother , by her manner , and the comparisons she would draw from familiar things , could succeed in picturing to my ...
... manner that I had been taught what little I knew ; for I could not compre- hend words . I wanted images , and these , my mother , by her manner , and the comparisons she would draw from familiar things , could succeed in picturing to my ...
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... manner with my privileges , though I visit his hen - roost in the night that I may not disturb him . " 12. " Agreed , " hissed a rattlesnake , " for he wont let me bite him , though he knows it is my nature , and kills me according to ...
... manner with my privileges , though I visit his hen - roost in the night that I may not disturb him . " 12. " Agreed , " hissed a rattlesnake , " for he wont let me bite him , though he knows it is my nature , and kills me according to ...
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