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 91
... notes should produce no discords , and that they should result in such complete har- mony . In this multitudinous confusion of voices , no two notes are confounded , and none has sufficient duration to grate harshly with a dissimilar ...
... notes should produce no discords , and that they should result in such complete har- mony . In this multitudinous confusion of voices , no two notes are confounded , and none has sufficient duration to grate harshly with a dissimilar ...
Page 93
... notes so clear and mellow as to be heard above every other sound . Add- ing a pleasing variety to all this harmony , the lisping notes of the meadowlark , uttered in a shrill tone , and with a peculiar pensive modulation , are plainly ...
... notes so clear and mellow as to be heard above every other sound . Add- ing a pleasing variety to all this harmony , the lisping notes of the meadowlark , uttered in a shrill tone , and with a peculiar pensive modulation , are plainly ...
Page 99
... notes so clear and mellow as to be heard above every other sound . Add- ing a pleasing variety to all this harmony , the lisping notes of the meadowlark , uttered in a shrill tone , and with a peculiar pensive modulation , are plainly ...
... notes so clear and mellow as to be heard above every other sound . Add- ing a pleasing variety to all this harmony , the lisping notes of the meadowlark , uttered in a shrill tone , and with a peculiar pensive modulation , are plainly ...
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