The School Reader: Fourth Book. Containing Instructions in the Elementary Principles of Reading, and Selected Lessons from the Most Elegant Writers. For the Use of Academies and the Higher Classes in Common and Select SchoolsM.H. Newman, 1845 - 304 pages |
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... Causes .. 37. Description of Niagara Falls ..................... .. 38. Scene on the Banks of the ludson 39. The Rich Man and the Poor Man . 40. Time and the Traveler ... .. .................. . 41 : Joseph making Himself known to his ...
... Causes .. 37. Description of Niagara Falls ..................... .. 38. Scene on the Banks of the ludson 39. The Rich Man and the Poor Man . 40. Time and the Traveler ... .. .................. . 41 : Joseph making Himself known to his ...
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... cause of this difference , 3. The importance of a correct enunciation , will be better illustrated by the following ... causes of a violation of this rule , arise , 1st . from reading too fast , or with too much indifference ; and 2nd ...
... cause of this difference , 3. The importance of a correct enunciation , will be better illustrated by the following ... causes of a violation of this rule , arise , 1st . from reading too fast , or with too much indifference ; and 2nd ...
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... causes of a violation of this rule ? 7 . How many faults , occasioned by these circumstances , are mentioned ? 8. Repeat the first , and its examples . 9. The second . 10. Third . 11. Fourth . 12. How may the last fault be remedied ...
... causes of a violation of this rule ? 7 . How many faults , occasioned by these circumstances , are mentioned ? 8. Repeat the first , and its examples . 9. The second . 10. Third . 11. Fourth . 12. How may the last fault be remedied ...
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... causes why many public speakers are afflicted with weak- ness of lungs , is , they have been accustomed to speak on the same uniform pitch ; and it is mainly on account of this sameness , that such speakers are generally accused of ...
... causes why many public speakers are afflicted with weak- ness of lungs , is , they have been accustomed to speak on the same uniform pitch ; and it is mainly on account of this sameness , that such speakers are generally accused of ...
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... cause may be assigned , why many public speakers are afflicted with weakness of lungs ? 13 . What should be the character of these variations ? 14. What is said of mechanical variations ? 15. In what do these mainly consist ? 16. What ...
... cause may be assigned , why many public speakers are afflicted with weakness of lungs ? 13 . What should be the character of these variations ? 14. What is said of mechanical variations ? 15. In what do these mainly consist ? 16. What ...
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accented antithetic Arachne Art thou beautiful bright brother Carthage Carthaginians cheerful child circumflex dark dead deep denoted earth emphasis emphatic example expressed falling inflection father feelings fifth verse flowers fourth verse give Goody grave hand happy hath hear heard heart heaven Indian kind knowledge labor land last line last verse learned LESSON live look Lord Lucy Davis means mighty mighty destroyer mind mother mountains nature never night Note o'er object pass peace pitch poetry poor prangly questions QUESTIONS.-1 rising inflection river Raisin Rolla Rudbari Samaria second verse Seneca Nation sentence sixth verse smile sorrow soul sounds speak SPELL AND DEFINE.-1 spirit summer heath syllables thee things third verse thou art thought tion toil tone of voice unto utterance verse be read wild words young youth
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Page 73 - For I have told him that I will judge his house for ever for the iniquity which he knoweth ; because his sons made themselves vile, and he restrained them not.
Page 213 - A soft answer turneth away wrath : but grievous words stir up anger.
Page 246 - But blessed are your eyes, for they see ; and your ears, for they hear. For verily I say unto you, That many prophets and righteous men have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them ; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them.
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 98 - The woman saith unto Him, Sir, thou hast " nothing to draw with, and the well is deep : from " whence then hast thou that living water ? " Art Thou greater than our father Jacob, which " gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and " his children, and his cattle...
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 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.
Page 277 - Ask yourselves how this gracious reception of our petition comports with those warlike preparations which cover our waters and darken our land. Are fleets and armies necessary to a work of love and reconciliation? Have we shown ourselves so unwilling to be reconciled that force must be called in to win back our love?
Page 219 - 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. The quiver rattleth against him, The glittering spear and the shield. He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage; Neither believeth he that it is the sound of the trumpet. He saith among the trumpets, "Ha, Ha!" And he smelleth the battle afar off, The thunder of the captains, and the shouting.
Page 98 - The woman saith unto him, I know that Messias cometh, which is called Christ: when he is come, he will tell us all things.