The National Fourth Reader: Containing a Course of Instruction in Elocution, Exercises in Reading and Declamation, and Copious Notes : Giving the Pronunciation and Definitions of Words, Bibliographical Sketches of Persons Whose Names Occur in the Reading Lessons, and the Explanation of Classical and Historical Allusions |
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... Very many of the prevailing faults of articulation result from a neglect of these rules , especially the second and ... věry little here , " said one to the other ; ' On this point , Dr. Rush mentions the error of a distinguished actor ...
... Very many of the prevailing faults of articulation result from a neglect of these rules , especially the second and ... věry little here , " said one to the other ; ' On this point , Dr. Rush mentions the error of a distinguished actor ...
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... very close . " " We will at least try , " said another ; and they approached . 4. The gentleman received the strangers in a friendly manner , and as he was taking them into the house , they made known to him the object of their visit ...
... very close . " " We will at least try , " said another ; and they approached . 4. The gentleman received the strangers in a friendly manner , and as he was taking them into the house , they made known to him the object of their visit ...
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... very torrent , tempest , and ( as I may say ) WHIRLWIND of your passion , you must acquire and beget a temperance that will give it smoothness . 19. O , now you weep ; and I perceive you feel the dint of PITY : these are gracious drops ...
... very torrent , tempest , and ( as I may say ) WHIRLWIND of your passion , you must acquire and beget a temperance that will give it smoothness . 19. O , now you weep ; and I perceive you feel the dint of PITY : these are gracious drops ...
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... very slight , and in others , a very marked upward or downward move- ment , depending on the nature of what is expressed . We do not give definite rules touching these shades of difference in the degree of inflection , as they would ...
... very slight , and in others , a very marked upward or downward move- ment , depending on the nature of what is expressed . We do not give definite rules touching these shades of difference in the degree of inflection , as they would ...
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... very little ༥ what immediate spôt may have been the birth - place of such a man as Washington . No people can claim no country can appropriate him . The EXERCISE ON PAUSES . 43 boon of Providence to the 42 NATIONAL FOURTH READER ...
... very little ༥ what immediate spôt may have been the birth - place of such a man as Washington . No people can claim no country can appropriate him . The EXERCISE ON PAUSES . 43 boon of Providence to the 42 NATIONAL FOURTH READER ...
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Abbas Pasha arms beautiful birds bless bosom brave breath bright Cairo called Casco Bay CHARLES MACKAY child clouds dark dear death delight dromedary earth eyes face fall father fear feeling flowers give gold green hand happy head hear heard heart heaven hermit hippopotamus hope hour human inflection Julius Cæsar kind king labor land light lived look Malay ment mind morning mother mountain nature never night noble Nubia o'er passed pause peace person pleasure poor prayer rich rising round Samuel Foote silent smile song sorrow soul sound spirit spring stand Staszic SUBTONICS sweet tears tell thee thing thought tion tree truth věry voice WASHINGTON IRVING White Nile wind words yellow water-lily young youth
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Page 412 - Little of all we value here Wakes on the morn of its hundredth year Without both feeling and looking queer. In fact, there's nothing that keeps its youth, So far as I know, but a tree and truth.
Page 426 - Ring out the grief that saps the mind, For those that here we see no more; Ring out the feud of rich and poor, Ring in redress to all mankind.
Page 341 - Ah, gentlemen ! that was a dreadful mistake. Such a secret can be safe nowhere. The whole creation of God has neither nook nor corner where the guilty can bestow it, and say it is safe.
Page 342 - The secret which the murderer possesses soon comes to possess him, and, like the evil spirits of which we read, it overcomes him, and leads him whithersoever it will. He feels it beating at his heart, rising to his throat, and demanding disclosure. He thinks the whole world sees it in his face, reads it in his eyes, and almost hears its workings in the very silence of his thoughts. It has become his master. It betrays his discretion, it breaks down his courage, it conquers his prudence. When suspicions...
Page 418 - Who take the ruffian billows by the top, Curling their monstrous heads, and hanging them With deaf'ning clamours in the slippery clouds, That, with the hurly, death itself awakes ? Canst thou, O partial sleep! give thy repose To the wet sea-boy in an hour so rude; And, in the calmest and most stillest night, With all appliances and means to boot, Deny it to a king ? Then, happy low, lie down ! Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.
Page 425 - Cannon to right of them, Cannon to left of them, Cannon in front of them Volley'd and thunder'd; Storm'd at with shot and shell, Boldly they rode and well, Into the jaws of Death, Into the mouth of hell Rode the six hundred. Flash'd all their sabres bare, Flash'd as they turn'd in air Sabring the gunners there, Charging an army, while All the world wonder'd. Plunged in the battery-smoke Right thro' the line they broke; Cossack and Russian Reel'd from the sabre-stroke Shatter'd and sunder'd.
Page 426 - Then they rode back, but not — Not the six hundred. Cannon to right of them, Cannon to left of them, Cannon behind them Volley'd and thunder'd; Storm'd at with shot and shell, While horse and hero fell, They that had fought so well Came thro...
Page 351 - . when the last account 'twixt heaven and earth Is to be made, then shall this hand and seal Witness against us to damnation. How oft the sight of means to do ill deeds Makes deeds ill done...
Page 411 - Step and prop-iron, bolt and screw, Spring, tire, axle, and linchpin too, Steel of the finest, bright and blue; Thoroughbrace bison-skin, thick and wide; Boot, top, dasher, from tough old hide Found in the pit when the tanner died. That was the way he "put her through.
Page 424 - Forward, the Light Brigade ! Charge for the guns ! " he said : Into the valley of Death Rode the six hundred. " Forward, the Light Brigade...