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 112
... TALENT . TALENT is something , but tact is everything . Talent is serious , sober , grave , and respectable : tact is all that , and more too . It is not a sixth sense , but it is the life of all the five . It is the open eye , the ...
... TALENT . TALENT is something , but tact is everything . Talent is serious , sober , grave , and respectable : tact is all that , and more too . It is not a sixth sense , but it is the life of all the five . It is the open eye , the ...
Page 114
... talent sees its way clearly , but tact is first at its journey's end . Talent has many a compliment from the bench , but tact touches fees . Talent makes the world wonder that it gets on no faster , tact arouses astonishment that it ...
... talent sees its way clearly , but tact is first at its journey's end . Talent has many a compliment from the bench , but tact touches fees . Talent makes the world wonder that it gets on no faster , tact arouses astonishment that it ...
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... talent sees its way clearly , but tact is first at its journey's end . Talent has many a compliment from the bench , but tact touches fees . Talent makes the world wonder that it gets on no faster , tact arouses astonishment that it ...
... talent sees its way clearly , but tact is first at its journey's end . Talent has many a compliment from the bench , but tact touches fees . Talent makes the world wonder that it gets on no faster , tact arouses astonishment that it ...
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