The First-[sixth] Reader: Of the United States Series; Embracing, in Brief, the Principles of Rhetoric, Criticism, Eloquence, and Oratory, as Applied to Both Prose and Poetry. The Whole Adapted to Elocutionary Instruction, Књига 5Harper & brothers, 1872 |
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... asking a repetition of what was not at first understood , it takes the rising inflection . " What did ho say ? " is an indirect question , with the falling inflection , asking for inform- ation . But if I myself heard the person speak ...
... asking a repetition of what was not at first understood , it takes the rising inflection . " What did ho say ? " is an indirect question , with the falling inflection , asking for inform- ation . But if I myself heard the person speak ...
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... asked a Frenchman of a Switzer , " that you Swiss always fight for money , while we French only fight for honor ? " 66 I suppose , " said the Switzer , " that each fights for what he most lacks . " LESSON XVIII . UNCLE JOLLY . [ Adapted ...
... asked a Frenchman of a Switzer , " that you Swiss always fight for money , while we French only fight for honor ? " 66 I suppose , " said the Switzer , " that each fights for what he most lacks . " LESSON XVIII . UNCLE JOLLY . [ Adapted ...
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... asked , " like to go outside ' ? " 19. " Like " ! " thought Could with a laugh . like to ride outside in such a wind as this ' ! " Who would Thank Heav- en , I never take cold , but I don't 70 HARPER'S UNITED STATES SERIES .
... asked , " like to go outside ' ? " 19. " Like " ! " thought Could with a laugh . like to ride outside in such a wind as this ' ! " Who would Thank Heav- en , I never take cold , but I don't 70 HARPER'S UNITED STATES SERIES .
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... asked Can . " Potatoes for dinner , " said the child . " It is very heavy for you , " remarked Can , observing how she bent under the weight of it . 25. " Mother is ill , and there is nobody to go to the shop but me , " replied the ...
... asked Can . " Potatoes for dinner , " said the child . " It is very heavy for you , " remarked Can , observing how she bent under the weight of it . 25. " Mother is ill , and there is nobody to go to the shop but me , " replied the ...
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... asked if I did not know him . I told him I did not . " Do you remember , " said he , " being at a spelling - school ... asking your forgiveness for that act . " 16. George Sumner acted honorably then , and I gave him my hand as a pledge ...
... asked if I did not know him . I told him I did not . " Do you remember , " said he , " being at a spelling - school ... asking your forgiveness for that act . " 16. George Sumner acted honorably then , and I gave him my hand as a pledge ...
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Страница xx - ... as unknown, and yet well known ; as dying, and behold, we live ; as chastened, and not killed ; as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing ; as poor, yet making many rich ; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.
Страница 127 - But the same servant went out, and found one of his fellow-servants which owed him an hundred pence, and he laid hands on him, and took him by the throat, saying, Pay me that thou owest. And his fellow-servant fell down at his feet and besought him, saying, Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all.
Страница xxii - I would not live alway; I ask not to stay Where storm after storm rises dark o'er the way; The few lurid mornings that dawn on us here Are enough for life's woes, full enough for its cheer. 2 I would not live alway...
Страница 151 - Sloth, like rust, consumes faster than labor wears; while the used key is always bright, as Poor Richard says. But dost thou love life, then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of, as Poor Richard says.
Страница 236 - The bird in his cage pursued me into my room; I sat down close to my table, and leaning my head upon my hand, I began to figure to myself the miseries of confinement. I was in a right frame for it, and so I gave full scope to my imagination. I was going to begin with the millions of my fellow-creatures, born to no inheritance but slavery: but finding, however affecting the picture was, that I could not bring it near me, and that the multitude of sad groups in it did but distract me — — I took...
Страница 152 - What though you have found no treasure, nor has any rich relation left you a legacy, Diligence is the mother of good luck, and God gives all things to industry. Then plough deep while sluggards sleep, and you shall have corn to sell and to keep.
Страница 275 - For they covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened; and they did eat every herb of the land, and all the fruit of the trees which the hail had left...
Страница 43 - So the merry brown thrush sings away in the tree, To you and to me, to you and to me; And he sings all the day, little girl, little boy, "O, the world's running over with joy! But long it won't be, Don't you know? don't you see? Unless we are as good as can be?
Страница 239 - O thou that rollest above, round as the shield of my fathers, whence are thy beams O sun, thy everlasting light? Thou comest forth in thy awful beauty; the stars hide themselves in the sky; the moon, cold and pale sinks in the western wave; but thou thyself movest alone. Who can be a companion of thy course?
Страница 261 - They saw the vault covered, and the stone fixed down. Then, when the dusk of evening had come on, and not a sound disturbed the sacred stillness of the place — when the bright moon poured in her light on tomb and monument, on pillar, wall, and arch, and most of all (it seemed to them) upon her quiet grave...