McGuffey's Eclectic ReadersSince 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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... hour of conflict drew near ' ( and this was a con 、 flict to be dreaded even by him ' ) , he began to waver , and to abate much of his boasting . CIRCUMFLEX . RULE XII . - The circumflex is used to express irony , sarcasm , hypothesis ...
... hour of conflict drew near ' ( and this was a con 、 flict to be dreaded even by him ' ) , he began to waver , and to abate much of his boasting . CIRCUMFLEX . RULE XII . - The circumflex is used to express irony , sarcasm , hypothesis ...
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... hour When Greece , her knee in suppliance bent , Should tremble at his power . 4. On New Year's night , an old man stood at his window , and looked , with a glance of fearful despair , up the immov- able , unfading heaven , and down ...
... hour When Greece , her knee in suppliance bent , Should tremble at his power . 4. On New Year's night , an old man stood at his window , and looked , with a glance of fearful despair , up the immov- able , unfading heaven , and down ...
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... hour the unearthly clank and rush of the train . It was a mild , serene , midsummer's night , the sky was without a ... hours high , was the herald of the day ; the Pleiades , just above the horizon , shed their sweet influ- ence in the ...
... hour the unearthly clank and rush of the train . It was a mild , serene , midsummer's night , the sky was without a ... hours high , was the herald of the day ; the Pleiades , just above the horizon , shed their sweet influ- ence in the ...
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... hour of solitude I said thus to myself , leaning against a cedar which spread its branches . over my head : ' Seventy years are allowed to man ; I have yet fifty remaining . " Ten years I will allot to the attainment of knowl- edge ...
... hour of solitude I said thus to myself , leaning against a cedar which spread its branches . over my head : ' Seventy years are allowed to man ; I have yet fifty remaining . " Ten years I will allot to the attainment of knowl- edge ...
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... hours on a warm summer night . This strain , which is a continued trilling sound , is repeated with diminishing intervals , until it becomes almost incessant . But ere the hairbird has uttered many notes , a single robin begins to ...
... hours on a warm summer night . This strain , which is a continued trilling sound , is repeated with diminishing intervals , until it becomes almost incessant . But ere the hairbird has uttered many notes , a single robin begins to ...
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