Independent Fifth Reader: Containing a Simple, Practical, and Complete Treatise on Elocution : Illustrated with Diagrams, Selected and Classified Readings and Recitations, with Copious Notes, and Complete Supplementary Index |
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... took down my hat - t , and put it upon my head - d . 5. Unaccented Syllables should be pronounced as distinctly as those which are accented ; they should merely have less fōrce of voice and less prolongation ; as , The thoughtless ...
... took down my hat - t , and put it upon my head - d . 5. Unaccented Syllables should be pronounced as distinctly as those which are accented ; they should merely have less fōrce of voice and less prolongation ; as , The thoughtless ...
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... took a turn up behind . He invaria- bly wore white lambs ' - wool stockings and buckled shoes , and walked with a cane . It was evident that the old man was not a worker - Sundays and week - days , he was always dressed the same . 3 3 ...
... took a turn up behind . He invaria- bly wore white lambs ' - wool stockings and buckled shoes , and walked with a cane . It was evident that the old man was not a worker - Sundays and week - days , he was always dressed the same . 3 3 ...
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... took its name , no doubt , from the bird , ' Sō'bri'e ty , the habit of sober- ness or temperance , as to the use of spirituous liquors ; eälmness . 2 Plǎs'tic , having power to give fashion or form to a måss of matter ; capable of ...
... took its name , no doubt , from the bird , ' Sō'bri'e ty , the habit of sober- ness or temperance , as to the use of spirituous liquors ; eälmness . 2 Plǎs'tic , having power to give fashion or form to a måss of matter ; capable of ...
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... took itself off . He looked after it as it went ; then , when it had disap- peared , he seized his two fore - paws , and , as if satisfied with this faultless attitude , he resumed his contemplation.1 I assure you I watched his ...
... took itself off . He looked after it as it went ; then , when it had disap- peared , he seized his two fore - paws , and , as if satisfied with this faultless attitude , he resumed his contemplation.1 I assure you I watched his ...
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... took it into my head to go my rounds on foot . I armed myself from head to foot against the inroads of the cold ; I enveloped myself in a large Astrakhan 2 frock - coat ; I buried my ears in a fûr cap ; I wound round my neck a Căsh ...
... took it into my head to go my rounds on foot . I armed myself from head to foot against the inroads of the cold ; I enveloped myself in a large Astrakhan 2 frock - coat ; I buried my ears in a fûr cap ; I wound round my neck a Căsh ...
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åfter âir ǎlōne arms ǎway band of horses beâr beautiful befōre bird bless Bob-o'-link born Boy George breast bright brow called cälm câre chee child clouds cried Cusha Danger Island dark death deep died Dora earth ELIZA COOK ěvèry eyes face father fear feel feet flowers fōrth gråss green hälf hand head hear heard heart heaven hills hōme Hunger and Cold instinets John Hull kite land lapstone låst läughed leaves light live looked måster mōre mother never night o'er påssed påssing påst Pelatiah poet poor river round shining shōre shout smile song sound spring star stood SUBTONICS summer sweet tears thee thêre thing thou town trees tûrn tûrned Uberto uppe věry village voice watch whêre wild wind words yět young
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Page 283 - My liege, I did deny no prisoners. But, I remember, when the fight was done, When I was dry with rage, and extreme toil, Breathless and faint, leaning upon my sword, Came there a certain lord, neat, trimly dress'd, Fresh as a bridegroom...
Page 285 - Julius bleed for justice' sake ? What villain touched his body, that did stab, And not for justice ? What, shall one of us, That struck the foremost man of all this world, But for supporting robbers, shall we now Contaminate our fingers with base bribes, And sell the mighty space of our large honours For so much trash as may be grasped thus ? I had rather be a dog, and bay the moon, Than such a Roman.
Page 283 - He was perfumed like a milliner ; And 'twixt his finger and his thumb he held A pouncet-box, which ever and anon He gave his nose, and took't away again ; — Who therewith angry, when it next came there, Took it in snuff : — and still he smil'd and talk'd . And as the soldiers bore dead bodies by.
Page 258 - Meanwhile, his friend, through alley and street, Wanders and watches with eager ears, Till in the silence around him he hears The muster of men at the barrack door, The sound of arms, and the tramp of feet, And the measured tread of the grenadiers, Marching down to their boats on the shore.
Page 46 - THE CURFEW tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea, The plowman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me.
Page 284 - Out of the bowels of the harmless earth, Which many a good tall fellow had destroy'd So cowardly ; and, but for these vile guns, He would himself have been a soldier.
Page 44 - ... in hot haste: the steed, The mustering squadron, and the clattering car, Went pouring forward with impetuous speed, And swiftly forming in the ranks of war; And the deep thunder peal on peal afar; And near, the beat of the alarming drum Roused up the soldier ere the morning star; While thronged the citizens with terror dumb, Or whispering, with white lips - 'The foe! they come! they come!' And wild and high the 'Cameron's gathering
Page 332 - Come wealth or want, come good or ill, Let young and old accept their part, And bow before the Awful Will, And bear it with an honest heart, Who misses or who wins the prize. — Go, lose or conquer as you can ; But if you fail, or if you rise, Be each, pray God, a gentleman.
Page 286 - For I can raise no money by vile means: By heaven, I had rather coin my heart, And drop my blood for drachmas, than to wring From the hard hands of peasants their vile trash By any indirection...
Page 309 - Week in, week out, from morn till night, You can hear his bellows blow; You can hear him swing his heavy sledge, With measured beat and slow, Like a sexton ringing the village bell, When the evening sun is low. And children coming home from school Look in at the open door...