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 for Avoiding Common ErrorsDevelops advanced vocabulary and thinking skills. Introduces some of the greatest English authors - Webster, Jefferson, Shakespeare, Johnson, Schiller and others. Students will read of Napoleon and Wilberforce, of Jesus and the Apostle Paul. They will ponder death, good and evil, the Bible, eternity, duty, and God. Elocution helps included. May be used at high school level, although some schools use it with good readers in junior high. |
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... passed the bounds of flaming space Where angels tremble while they gaze ; He saw , till blasted with excess of light , He closed his eyes in endless night . " 8. But it was the light of the body only that was extinguished ; " the ...
... passed the bounds of flaming space Where angels tremble while they gaze ; He saw , till blasted with excess of light , He closed his eyes in endless night . " 8. But it was the light of the body only that was extinguished ; " the ...
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... passed away unaccounted . His deviations had perplexed his memory , and he knew not towards what point to travel . He stood pensive and confused , afraid to go forward lest he should go wrong , yet conscious that the time of loitering ...
... passed away unaccounted . His deviations had perplexed his memory , and he knew not towards what point to travel . He stood pensive and confused , afraid to go forward lest he should go wrong , yet conscious that the time of loitering ...
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... passed away ; and there was no more sea . I John saw the Holy City , New Jerusalem , coming down from God out of heaven , prepared as a bride adorned for her husband . I heard a great voice out of heaven saying , Behold ! The taber ...
... passed away ; and there was no more sea . I John saw the Holy City , New Jerusalem , coming down from God out of heaven , prepared as a bride adorned for her husband . I heard a great voice out of heaven saying , Behold ! The taber ...
Contents
LESSON PAGE I Remarkable Preservation | 1 |
The Maniac | 7 |
Scene at the Sandwich Islands | 10 |
Copyright | |
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