School Reader: 4th bookM.H. Newman & Company, 1842 |
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... important characteristics , those facilities whereby the scholar might acquire an easy and fluent manner of read- ing - aiming to prevent the acquisition of those pernicious habits , so com- monly contracted in the perusal of first ...
... important characteristics , those facilities whereby the scholar might acquire an easy and fluent manner of read- ing - aiming to prevent the acquisition of those pernicious habits , so com- monly contracted in the perusal of first ...
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... importance has not been lost sight of , which is , that they possess a pure and chaste style , as well as elegance of ex- pression . The monotonous method of reading , so often acquired in consequence of perusing successive lessons ...
... importance has not been lost sight of , which is , that they possess a pure and chaste style , as well as elegance of ex- pression . The monotonous method of reading , so often acquired in consequence of perusing successive lessons ...
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... importance of a correct enunciation , will be better illustrated by the following examples : 1. The culprits ought to be punished . 2. He can debate on either side of the question . 3. The soldiers skilled themselves by practice . By an ...
... importance of a correct enunciation , will be better illustrated by the following examples : 1. The culprits ought to be punished . 2. He can debate on either side of the question . 3. The soldiers skilled themselves by practice . By an ...
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... importance of a correct enunciation illus- trated ? 5. What general rule is given to guard against a faulty articula- tion ? 6. What are the principal causes of a violation of this rule ? 7. How many faults are mentioned ? 8. Repeat the ...
... importance of a correct enunciation illus- trated ? 5. What general rule is given to guard against a faulty articula- tion ? 6. What are the principal causes of a violation of this rule ? 7. How many faults are mentioned ? 8. Repeat the ...
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... importance of much care and practice on the part of the be- ginner , in this branch of Elocution . 3. It is , therefore , particularly recommended , that the class , and even the whole school , be frequently exercised in utter- ing the ...
... importance of much care and practice on the part of the be- ginner , in this branch of Elocution . 3. It is , therefore , particularly recommended , that the class , and even the whole school , be frequently exercised in utter- ing the ...
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accented antithetic Arachne Art thou articulation beautiful bright brother called Carthage Carthaginians child circumflex dark deep degree of emphasis denoted divíne earth emphatic example expressed falling inflection father feelings fifth verse flowers fourth verse give Goody Blake grave hand happy Harry Gill hath heard heart heaven hour Indian kind knowledge land last line last verse LESSON live look Lord Lucy Davis means mighty destroyer mind mother mountains never NOTE o'er pass peace phatic pitch poetry poor prangly QUESTIONS.-1 quotation rising inflection river Raisin Rolla Rudbari Rule VII Samaria Samuel second verse Seneca Nation sentence smile sorrow soul sounds speak SPELL AND DEFINE-1 spirit summer heath syllables thee thing third verse thou art thought tion tone of voice unto utterance verse be read wild words young youth
Popular passages
Page 298 - Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in their death they were not divided : they were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions.
Page 26 - The hills Rock-ribbed and ancient as the sun ; the vales Stretching in pensive quietness between ; The venerable woods, rivers that move In majesty, and the complaining brooks That make the meadows green ; and poured round all Old ocean's gray and melancholy waste Are but the solemn decorations all Of the great tomb of man.
Page 131 - And Joseph said unto his brethren, Come near to me, I pray you. And they came near. And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt. Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither : for God did send me before you to preserve life.
Page 97 - Then saith the woman of Samaria unto him, How is it that thou, being a Jew, askest drink of me, which am a woman of Samaria? for the Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans.
Page 131 - Then Joseph could not refrain himself before all them that stood by him ; and he cried, Cause every man to go out from me.
Page 80 - Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection and the life : he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this ? She saith unto him, Yea, Lord : I believe that thou art the Christ the Son of God, which should come into the world.
Page 287 - LAERTES' head. And these few precepts in thy memory Look thou character. Give thy thoughts no tongue, Nor any unproportioned thought his act. Be thou familiar, but by no means vulgar. The friends thou hast, and their adoption tried, Grapple them to thy soul with hooks of steel; But do not dull thy palm with entertainment Of each new-hatched, unfledged comrade.
Page 219 - Hast thou given the horse strength ? Hast thou clothed his neck with thunder ? Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper ? The glory of his nostrils is terrible. He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength : He goeth on to meet the armed men. He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted ; Neither turneth he back from the sword.
Page 189 - Thou makest darkness, and it is night: wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth. The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat from God.
Page 225 - Jacob selah lift up your heads O ye gates and be ye lifted up ye everlasting doors and the King of glory shall come in...