The National Fourth Reader: Containing a Simple Comprehensive, and Practical Treatise on Elocution, Numerous and Classified Exercises in Reading and Declamation, Copious Notes, and a Complete Supplementary Index |
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... head , heifer , leopard , friend , bury , guess . For ê , ea , i , o , ou , u , ue , y ; as in earth , girl , word , scourge , burn , guerdon , myrrh . For ì , ai , ei , eye , ie , oi , ui , uy , y , ye ; as in aisle , sleight , eye ...
... head , heifer , leopard , friend , bury , guess . For ê , ea , i , o , ou , u , ue , y ; as in earth , girl , word , scourge , burn , guerdon , myrrh . For ì , ai , ei , eye , ie , oi , ui , uy , y , ye ; as in aisle , sleight , eye ...
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... head - d . 5. UNACCENTED SYLLABLES should be pronounced as dis- tinctly as those which are accented : they should merely have less force of voice and less prolongation ; as , The thoughtless , helpless , homeless girl did not resent his ...
... head - d . 5. UNACCENTED SYLLABLES should be pronounced as dis- tinctly as those which are accented : they should merely have less force of voice and less prolongation ; as , The thoughtless , helpless , homeless girl did not resent his ...
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... . Dismiss , as soon as may be , all angry thoughts . 2. I am sure , if you provide for your young brothers and sis- ters , that God will bless you . 3. The general , with his head drooping , and SLUR . 35 SLUR Exercises in Slur.
... . Dismiss , as soon as may be , all angry thoughts . 2. I am sure , if you provide for your young brothers and sis- ters , that God will bless you . 3. The general , with his head drooping , and SLUR . 35 SLUR Exercises in Slur.
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... head drooping , and his hands lean- ing on his horse's neck , moved feebly out of the battle . 4. The rivulet sends forth glad sounds , and , tripping o'er its bed of pebbly sands , or leaping down the rocks , seems with contin- uous ...
... head drooping , and his hands lean- ing on his horse's neck , moved feebly out of the battle . 4. The rivulet sends forth glad sounds , and , tripping o'er its bed of pebbly sands , or leaping down the rocks , seems with contin- uous ...
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... head up toward heaven's blue and cloudless dome ? She . I dream , I dream ; mine eyes are hid in tears ; My heart is wandering round our ancient home . He . Why , then , we'll go . Farewell , ye tender skies , Who sheltered us , when we ...
... head up toward heaven's blue and cloudless dome ? She . I dream , I dream ; mine eyes are hid in tears ; My heart is wandering round our ancient home . He . Why , then , we'll go . Farewell , ye tender skies , Who sheltered us , when we ...
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Abbas Pasha arms beautiful birds bless breath bright called CASCO BAY CHARLES MACKAY child clouds dark dead dear death earth eyes feeling flowers give gold grave hand happy hath hear heard heart heaven HENRY WARD BEECHER hippopotamus hope hour human Julius Cæsar kind labor land light lips live look ment mind mōre morning mother nature never night Nubia o'er oral elements passed pause peace person poor prayer rich rising round Samuel Foote shōre silent smile song sorrow soul sound spirit spring stand Staszic subtonic sweet tears tell thee thing THOMAS BUCHANAN READ thou thought tion tree turned utter věry voice walked WASHINGTON IRVING WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT wind words young youth