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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... received his accounts , but thinking it a duty to secure a person who might probably be a defaulter , he caused him ... receiving his accounts , he was a long time silent ; then suddenly awaking as if from a trance , he repeated , once ...
... received his accounts , but thinking it a duty to secure a person who might probably be a defaulter , he caused him ... receiving his accounts , he was a long time silent ; then suddenly awaking as if from a trance , he repeated , once ...
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... received or be- stowed by the man who governs his temper , and that by the man who does not , is immense . There is no misery so con- stant , so distressing , and so intolerable to others ' , as that of hav- ing a disposition which is ...
... received or be- stowed by the man who governs his temper , and that by the man who does not , is immense . There is no misery so con- stant , so distressing , and so intolerable to others ' , as that of hav- ing a disposition which is ...
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... received his sight , until they called the parents of him that had received his sight . And they asked them , saying , Is this your son , who ye say was born blind ? how then doth he now see ? His parents answered them and said , We ...
... received his sight , until they called the parents of him that had received his sight . And they asked them , saying , Is this your son , who ye say was born blind ? how then doth he now see ? His parents answered them and said , We ...
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