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 Schools |
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... heard speakers , who , without endeavoring to speak loud , rendered themselves clearly understood by a large audience ; while the remarks of others , although they screamed and vociferated so as to cause pain to their hear- ers , were ...
... heard speakers , who , without endeavoring to speak loud , rendered themselves clearly understood by a large audience ; while the remarks of others , although they screamed and vociferated so as to cause pain to their hear- ers , were ...
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... heard at so great a distance . The same may be said in regard to singing . Every one knows that the entire sound must be expressed by dwelling on the vowel sounds , in pronouncing such words as end with a mute consonant , as , d , k , p ...
... heard at so great a distance . The same may be said in regard to singing . Every one knows that the entire sound must be expressed by dwelling on the vowel sounds , in pronouncing such words as end with a mute consonant , as , d , k , p ...
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... heard in reading and speaking ; as , Will you gó or stay ? 8 1. In this example the voice rises on go , and falls on stay . These inflections should be made in reading , the same as in speaking or conversation . 2. These modifications ...
... heard in reading and speaking ; as , Will you gó or stay ? 8 1. In this example the voice rises on go , and falls on stay . These inflections should be made in reading , the same as in speaking or conversation . 2. These modifications ...
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... heard , nor a funeral note , As his corse to the ramparts we hurried . Remark 2. - It , however , sometimes happens that these small particles become important in sense , and necessarily become emphatic , showing that emphasis is not ...
... heard , nor a funeral note , As his corse to the ramparts we hurried . Remark 2. - It , however , sometimes happens that these small particles become important in sense , and necessarily become emphatic , showing that emphasis is not ...
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... heard in reading and animated conversation , which are prompted by the feelings and emo- tions that the subject inspires . EXAMPLE . Whither shall I flee from thy presence ? If I ascend up into heaven - Thou art there ! If I make my bed ...
... heard in reading and animated conversation , which are prompted by the feelings and emo- tions that the subject inspires . EXAMPLE . Whither shall I flee from thy presence ? If I ascend up into heaven - Thou art there ! If I make my bed ...
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Common terms and phrases
accented antithetic Arachne Art thou articulation beautiful bright brother called Carthage Carthaginians child circumflex dark deep degree of emphasis denoted divíne earth emphatic example expressed falling inflection father feelings fifth verse flowers fourth verse give Goody Blake grave hand happy Harry Gill hath heard heart heaven Indian kind knowledge labor land last line last verse LESSON live look Lord Lucy Davis means mighty destroyer mind mother mountains never NOTE o'er pass peace phatic pitch poetry poor prangly QUESTIONS.-1 quotation rising inflection river Raisin Rolla Rudbari Rule VII Samaria Samuel second verse Seneca Nation sentence smile sorrow soul sounds speak SPELL AND DEFINE-1 spirit summer heath syllables thee thing third verse thou art thought tion tone of voice unto utterance verse be read wild words young youth
Popular passages
Page 278 - Besides, sir, we have no election. If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest. There is no retreat but in submission and slavery ! Our chains are forged ; their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston! The war is inevitable — and let it come! I repeat it, sir, let it come! It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, Peace, peace; but there is no peace.
Page 213 - A soft answer turneth away wrath : but grievous words stir up anger.
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 131 - Come near to me, I pray you. And they came near. And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt. Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither : for God did send me before you to preserve life.
Page 255 - ... proclaims that happiest spot his own, Extols the treasures of his stormy seas, And his long nights of revelry and ease; The naked negro, panting at the line, Boasts of his golden sands and palmy wine, Basks in the glare, or stems the tepid wave, And thanks his Gods for all the good they gave. Such is the patriot's boast, where'er we roam, His first, best country ever is, at home.
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. He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted ; Neither turneth he back from the sword.
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 225 - ... it came even to pass as the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking the Lord ; and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of music, and praised the Lord, saying, For he is good ; for his mercy endureth for ever...
Page 246 - He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.