McGuffey's Newly Revised Fourth ReaderW. B. Smith, 1844 - 336 pages |
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Page 49
... heaven's bright rain ' ; Fresh hopes were born for other years : - He never smiled again ! QUESTIONS .-- 1 . Relate the historical event upon which this poem is founded . 2. About how long since , did it happen ? 3. Where is Normandy ...
... heaven's bright rain ' ; Fresh hopes were born for other years : - He never smiled again ! QUESTIONS .-- 1 . Relate the historical event upon which this poem is founded . 2. About how long since , did it happen ? 3. Where is Normandy ...
Page 50
... heaven ' . But , sir ' , among all your changes , you must destroy human corruption ' , before you can make the world quite as perfect as you pretend ' . Mr. F. Your project would rivet the chains which mine is designed to break . Mr. F ...
... heaven ' . But , sir ' , among all your changes , you must destroy human corruption ' , before you can make the world quite as perfect as you pretend ' . Mr. F. Your project would rivet the chains which mine is designed to break . Mr. F ...
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... heavens . 2. Me - di - oc ' - ri - ty , n . a middle state , or 6. Career ' - ing , a . moving rapidly . degree of talents . [ of moderate talents Me - di - o - cre ' , n . ( pro . me - di - okr ' ) , a man 4. Fi ' - at , n . decree ...
... heavens . 2. Me - di - oc ' - ri - ty , n . a middle state , or 6. Career ' - ing , a . moving rapidly . degree of talents . [ of moderate talents Me - di - o - cre ' , n . ( pro . me - di - okr ' ) , a man 4. Fi ' - at , n . decree ...
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... Heaven , to call forth and apply a holy , fraternal fellowship between the East and the West , which shall secure our preservation , and make the prosperity of our nation durable as time , and as abundant as the waves of the sea . 9. I ...
... Heaven , to call forth and apply a holy , fraternal fellowship between the East and the West , which shall secure our preservation , and make the prosperity of our nation durable as time , and as abundant as the waves of the sea . 9. I ...
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... Heaven . The descent of desolation ' will correspond with the past eleva- tion ' . 10. No punishments of Heaven are so severe as those for mercies abused ' ; and no instrumentality employed in their in- fliction is so dreadful as the ...
... Heaven . The descent of desolation ' will correspond with the past eleva- tion ' . 10. No punishments of Heaven are so severe as those for mercies abused ' ; and no instrumentality employed in their in- fliction is so dreadful as the ...
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Common terms and phrases
Absalom accented Ahimaaz Babylon beautiful birds boat bosom called cesura character child children of men circumflex clouds commenced consonants dark dear death deep Demosthenes ducats dust earth emphasis emphatic ERRORS eternity examples EXERCISES Explain the inflections eyes falling inflection father fault fear feel genius give hand happy hast hath head heard heart heaven hour inflections marked Joab judge kind king LESSON light live look Lord mind mother nature never o'er paragraph Parse passed pause poetry poor praise pronounced pupil QUESTIONS QUESTIONS.-1 reader Repeat rising inflection Rule Rule II sentence shalt ship Shylock sight Socrates soul sound SPELL AND DEFINE SPELL AND DEFINE.-1 spirit stanza syllable Tell thee thing thou thought thousand thousand guineas tion tone unto utterance voice vowels William Reed wind wonderful words young