The Standard Fifth Reader: (first-class Standard Reader) : for Public and Private Schools : Containing a Summary of Rules for Pronunciation and Elocution, Numerous Exercises for Reading and Recitation, a New System of References to Rules and Definitions, and a Copious Explanatory Index |
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... cause the bad ones to be forgotten . " An objection to many of the reading exercises selected for schools is , that they either fall below the requirements of a sound literary taste , or are not of a character to be understood by those ...
... cause the bad ones to be forgotten . " An objection to many of the reading exercises selected for schools is , that they either fall below the requirements of a sound literary taste , or are not of a character to be understood by those ...
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... cause of a defective articulation . It must not , however , be supposed that a proper rapidity of utterance is inconsistent with distinctness . A habit of undue precision and deliberation in enunciating is quite as offensive as the ...
... cause of a defective articulation . It must not , however , be supposed that a proper rapidity of utterance is inconsistent with distinctness . A habit of undue precision and deliberation in enunciating is quite as offensive as the ...
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... cause of a bad articula tion ? 9. Mention another cause . LESSON II . SOUNDS AND LETTERS . 11. THE primary division of our articulate sounds is into Vowels and Consonants . The Vowels , that is , the Vowel Letters , are a , e , i , o ...
... cause of a bad articula tion ? 9. Mention another cause . LESSON II . SOUNDS AND LETTERS . 11. THE primary division of our articulate sounds is into Vowels and Consonants . The Vowels , that is , the Vowel Letters , are a , e , i , o ...
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... cause , and sometimes to the Italian a , as in aunt , and to long a in gauge . In haut- boy ( the t mute ) it has the sound of long o . Aw , an Improper Diphthong , has the sound of broad a , as in maw . Ay , a Proper Diphthong in the ...
... cause , and sometimes to the Italian a , as in aunt , and to long a in gauge . In haut- boy ( the t mute ) it has the sound of long o . Aw , an Improper Diphthong , has the sound of broad a , as in maw . Ay , a Proper Diphthong in the ...
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... cause , and sometimes to the Italian a , as in aunt , and to long a in gauge . In haut- boy ( the t mute ) it has the sound of long o . Aw , an Improper Diphthong , has the sound of broad a , as in maw . Ay , a Proper Diphthong in the ...
... cause , and sometimes to the Italian a , as in aunt , and to long a in gauge . In haut- boy ( the t mute ) it has the sound of long o . Aw , an Improper Diphthong , has the sound of broad a , as in maw . Ay , a Proper Diphthong in the ...
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Common terms and phrases
1st Voice 3d Voice accent acute accent Akmed beauty bless blood Brahmin brave breath Cæsura called Carbonic Acid clouds Columbus Consonant dark death Demosthenes divine earth elementary sound exercise fall father fear feel fire flowers forest France genius Gil Blas give glorious glory Gout grave accent hand happy hath heard heart heaven honor hope hour human Improper Diphthong inflection John Henderson John Pounds king labor land language light live look Lord Madame Roland mark means mind moon moral morning mountain mute nature never night o'er ocean once palace passed poor pronounced rising round seemed ship smile sometimes soul spirit stars stream syllable thee things Thomas Hood thought thousand tion truth turn utter Vowel waves whale wind wings word youth ΕΙ
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Page 178 - Truth, crushed to earth, shall rise again, — The eternal years of God are hers; But Error, wounded, writhes in pain, And dies among his worshippers.
Page 273 - It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, Peace, Peace — but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish ? What would they have ? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery ? Forbid it, Almighty God ! I know not what course others may take;...
Page 276 - For who, to dumb Forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing, anxious being e'er resigned; Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, Nor cast one longing, lingering look behind?
Page 218 - Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And e'en his failings leaned to virtue's side ; But in his duty, prompt at every call, He watched and wept, he prayed and felt for all. And as a bird each fond endearment tries, To tempt its new-fledged offspring to the skies, He tried each art, reproved each dull delay, Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way.
Page 349 - 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 406 - And yet anon repairs his drooping head And tricks his beams, and with new-spangled ore Flames in the forehead of the morning sky...
Page 149 - Soon as the evening shades prevail, The moon takes up the wondrous tale ; And nightly, to the listening earth, Repeats the story of her birth...
Page 351 - O, I could weep My spirit from mine eyes ! There is my dagger, And here my naked breast ; within, a heart Dearer than Plutus' mine, richer than gold ; If that thou be'st a Roman, take it forth ; I, that denied thee gold, will give my heart ; Strike, as thou didst at Caesar ; for I know, When thou didst hate him worst, thou lovedst him better Than ever thou lovedst Cassius.
Page 407 - the cooling western breeze," In the next line, it "whispers through the trees:" If crystal streams "with pleasing murmurs creep...
Page 70 - The waves beside them danced; but they Out-did the sparkling waves in glee: A poet could not but be gay, In such a jocund company: I gazed— and gazed— but little thought What wealth the show to me had brought: For oft, when on my couch I lie In vacant or in pensive mood, They flash upon that inward eye Which is the bliss of solitude; And then my heart with pleasure fills, And dances with the daffodils.