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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Page 193
... whole frame shiver . He then drew a picture of the sufferings of our Savior ; his trial before Pilate ; his ascent up Calvary ; his crucifixion ; I knew the whole history : but never until then , had I heard the circumstances so ...
... whole frame shiver . He then drew a picture of the sufferings of our Savior ; his trial before Pilate ; his ascent up Calvary ; his crucifixion ; I knew the whole history : but never until then , had I heard the circumstances so ...
Page 248
... whole social fabric would quake , and with what a fearful crash it would sink into hopeless ruin , were the ideas of a supreme Being , of accountableness , and of a future life , to be utterly erased from every mind . 3. And , let men ...
... whole social fabric would quake , and with what a fearful crash it would sink into hopeless ruin , were the ideas of a supreme Being , of accountableness , and of a future life , to be utterly erased from every mind . 3. And , let men ...
Page 279
... whole deliciously perfumed with musk and attar of roses - young ladies who col- lect " copies of verses , " and charades - keep albums - copy pat terns - make bread seals - work little dogs upon footstools , and paint flowers without ...
... whole deliciously perfumed with musk and attar of roses - young ladies who col- lect " copies of verses , " and charades - keep albums - copy pat terns - make bread seals - work little dogs upon footstools , and paint flowers without ...
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