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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... speaking in verse eighth , and onward ? 2. What is a " figure of speech ? " 3. What is that figure of speech called ... speak such little words as the , of , a , in , from , at , by , very distinctly ; and yet not dwell on them so long ...
... speaking in verse eighth , and onward ? 2. What is a " figure of speech ? " 3. What is that figure of speech called ... speak such little words as the , of , a , in , from , at , by , very distinctly ; and yet not dwell on them so long ...
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... speak with . Ges . Hence with him ! Tell . A moment ! -Stop ! Let me speak to the boy . Ges . Is he thy son ? Tell . And if He were , art thou so lost to nature , as To send me forth to die before his face ? Ges . Well ! speak with him ...
... speak with . Ges . Hence with him ! Tell . A moment ! -Stop ! Let me speak to the boy . Ges . Is he thy son ? Tell . And if He were , art thou so lost to nature , as To send me forth to die before his face ? Ges . Well ! speak with him ...
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... Speak to me ! Speak to me ! Ver . He cannot , boy ! Your Albert's safe , dear father ; Alb . You grant him life ? Ges . I do . Alb . And we are free ? Ges . You are . ( Crossing angrily behind . ) Ver . Open his vest , And give him air ...
... Speak to me ! Speak to me ! Ver . He cannot , boy ! Your Albert's safe , dear father ; Alb . You grant him life ? Ges . I do . Alb . And we are free ? Ges . You are . ( Crossing angrily behind . ) Ver . Open his vest , And give him air ...
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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