McGuffey's Sixth Eclectic ReaderSince 1836, children have been delighted by these volumes filled with exotic adventures, exciting stories, beautiful poems, and funny fables. The Sixth Eclectic Reader includes selections from Patrick Henry, Sir Walter Scott, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, and William Shakespeare. |
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Page 131
... hear all the news . " " There's none , " cries he , " and if there were , I've grown so deaf , I could not hear . " 66 Nay , then , " the specter stern rejoined , 66 ' These are unpardonable yearnings ; If you are lame , and deaf , and ...
... hear all the news . " " There's none , " cries he , " and if there were , I've grown so deaf , I could not hear . " 66 Nay , then , " the specter stern rejoined , 66 ' These are unpardonable yearnings ; If you are lame , and deaf , and ...
Page 131
McGuffey. Pizarro , hear me ! Hear me , chieftains ! And thou , All - powerful ! whose thunder can shiver into sand the ada- mantine rock , whose lightnings can pierce the core of the riven and quaking earth , oh let thy power give ...
McGuffey. Pizarro , hear me ! Hear me , chieftains ! And thou , All - powerful ! whose thunder can shiver into sand the ada- mantine rock , whose lightnings can pierce the core of the riven and quaking earth , oh let thy power give ...
Page 283
... hear the will : read it , Mark Antony . All . The will , the will ; we will hear Cæsar's will . Ant . Have patience , gentle friends , I must not read it ; It is not meet you know how Cæsar loved you . You are not wood , you are not ...
... hear the will : read it , Mark Antony . All . The will , the will ; we will hear Cæsar's will . Ant . Have patience , gentle friends , I must not read it ; It is not meet you know how Cæsar loved you . You are not wood , you are not ...
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