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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... thought , in order to intelligent , and intelligible answers . The selections are of a higher grade of literary and intellectual excellence . The mind of the pupil is presumed to have improved , and expanded , as he advanced through the ...
... thought , in order to intelligent , and intelligible answers . The selections are of a higher grade of literary and intellectual excellence . The mind of the pupil is presumed to have improved , and expanded , as he advanced through the ...
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... thought- ful posture , and in the midst of a speculation , stumbled and fell out of sight . Multitudes were very busy in the pursuit of bub- bles , that glittered in their eyes , and danced before them ; but of- ten , when they thought ...
... thought- ful posture , and in the midst of a speculation , stumbled and fell out of sight . Multitudes were very busy in the pursuit of bub- bles , that glittered in their eyes , and danced before them ; but of- ten , when they thought ...
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... thoughts bubbled up to the well - head , at regular periods , a pint at a time , to be bottled off for immedi- ate use . Thought ! what has thought to do in such a corres- pondence ? It murders thought , quenches fancy , wastes time ...
... thoughts bubbled up to the well - head , at regular periods , a pint at a time , to be bottled off for immedi- ate use . Thought ! what has thought to do in such a corres- pondence ? It murders thought , quenches fancy , wastes time ...
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