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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... thing should be prominently attended to at a time , many things may be joined collaterally , if proper pains be taken . Let a class be called to read . The teacher requires the pupil to pay particular atten- tion to emphasis . But he ...
... thing should be prominently attended to at a time , many things may be joined collaterally , if proper pains be taken . Let a class be called to read . The teacher requires the pupil to pay particular atten- tion to emphasis . But he ...
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... thing inseparably upon one's children . 13. Pelf , n . money , riches . LOVE OF APPLAUSE . - Hawes . 1. To be insensible to public opinion , or to the estimation in which we are held by others , indicates any thing , rather than a good ...
... thing inseparably upon one's children . 13. Pelf , n . money , riches . LOVE OF APPLAUSE . - Hawes . 1. To be insensible to public opinion , or to the estimation in which we are held by others , indicates any thing , rather than a good ...
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... thing - Steam does every thing now - a - days . Dear Mr. Brunel , set about it , I beseech you , and achieve the most glorious of your undertakings . The block - machine at Portsmouth would be nothing to it - That spares manual labor ...
... thing - Steam does every thing now - a - days . Dear Mr. Brunel , set about it , I beseech you , and achieve the most glorious of your undertakings . The block - machine at Portsmouth would be nothing to it - That spares manual labor ...
Contents
DIRECTIONS FOR READING | 13 |
Falling Inflection | 20 |
The Town Pump | 23 |
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Common terms and phrases
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