McGuffey's Newly Revised Fourth ReaderW. B. Smith, 1844 - 336 pages |
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... thing that contains the Alphabet will do . " This is a great mistake . It is exceed- ingly important that small children , when first led over the threshold of learning , should be furnished with a book peculiarly calculated to direct ...
... thing that contains the Alphabet will do . " This is a great mistake . It is exceed- ingly important that small children , when first led over the threshold of learning , should be furnished with a book peculiarly calculated to direct ...
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... thing is pre- sented , always excites and fixes the attention , so that the exercises are regarded as a pleasure rather than a task . 3. The proper gradation is observed in the selection and arrangements of the lessons - keeping pace ...
... thing is pre- sented , always excites and fixes the attention , so that the exercises are regarded as a pleasure rather than a task . 3. The proper gradation is observed in the selection and arrangements of the lessons - keeping pace ...
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... things which he does not know ? The teacher who never dares to say " I do not know " in reply to the questions of his pupil , must be conscious of extreme ig- " He must be poor indeed , who would be bankrupted by the loss of a far- thing ...
... things which he does not know ? The teacher who never dares to say " I do not know " in reply to the questions of his pupil , must be conscious of extreme ig- " He must be poor indeed , who would be bankrupted by the loss of a far- thing ...
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... thing , which he cannot easily understand . When he has thus identified himself with the author , he has the substance of all rules in his own breast . It is by going to nature that we find rules . The child or the savage orator , never ...
... thing , which he cannot easily understand . When he has thus identified himself with the author , he has the substance of all rules in his own breast . It is by going to nature that we find rules . The child or the savage orator , never ...
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... things for such an object ? He is called the friend ' of virtue . lover ' , the devoted protector ' , rather . The friend ' ! aye ! the enthusiastic So also when one receives unexpected information , he exclaims , ah ' ! indeed ' ! In ...
... things for such an object ? He is called the friend ' of virtue . lover ' , the devoted protector ' , rather . The friend ' ! aye ! the enthusiastic So also when one receives unexpected information , he exclaims , ah ' ! indeed ' ! In ...
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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