McGuffey's Sixth Eclectic ReaderSince 1836, children have been delighted by these volumes filled with exotic adventures, exciting stories, beautiful poems, and funny fables. The Sixth Eclectic Reader includes selections from Patrick Henry, Sir Walter Scott, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, and William Shakespeare. |
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Page 69
... stars , like little children , went first to rest ; the sister beams of the Pleiades soon melted together ; but the bright constellations of the west and north remained unchanged . Steadily the wondrous transfiguration went on . Hands ...
... stars , like little children , went first to rest ; the sister beams of the Pleiades soon melted together ; but the bright constellations of the west and north remained unchanged . Steadily the wondrous transfiguration went on . Hands ...
Page 75
... stars , like little children , went first to rest ; the sister beams of the Pleiades soon melted together ; but the bright constellations of the west and north remained unchanged . Steadily the wondrous transfiguration went on . Hands ...
... stars , like little children , went first to rest ; the sister beams of the Pleiades soon melted together ; but the bright constellations of the west and north remained unchanged . Steadily the wondrous transfiguration went on . Hands ...
Page 75
... stars and the Polar Star are nearly in the same straight line . Blue Hills , hills about seven hundred feet high , southwest of Boston , Massachusetts . Magians , Persian worshipers of fire and the sun , as rep- resentatives of the ...
... stars and the Polar Star are nearly in the same straight line . Blue Hills , hills about seven hundred feet high , southwest of Boston , Massachusetts . Magians , Persian worshipers of fire and the sun , as rep- resentatives of the ...
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