Analytical Sixth Reader: Containing an Introductory Article on the General Principles of Elocution, with a Thorough Method of Analysis, Intended to Develop the Pupil's Appreciation of the Thought and Emotion, and a Critical Phonic Analysis of English Words : Designed for the Use of Normal and High Schools, and the Highest Classes in Common SchoolsTaintor & Company, 1867 - 494 pages |
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... arm . ȧ , as in ask . ô , as in or . Ŏ , as in odd . ō , as in ōak . ọ , as in ooze . DIPHTHONGS . ī , as in ice . oi , as in oil . ou , as in out . ul , as in tune . SONANTS . b , as in bin . d , as in did . j , as in jig . g , as in ...
... arm . ȧ , as in ask . ô , as in or . Ŏ , as in odd . ō , as in ōak . ọ , as in ooze . DIPHTHONGS . ī , as in ice . oi , as in oil . ou , as in out . ul , as in tune . SONANTS . b , as in bin . d , as in did . j , as in jig . g , as in ...
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... arm , pointing the traveler's eye Through the small opening ' mid the green birch trees , Toward yonder mountain summit towering high , There pause . What doth thy anxious gaze espy ? A crag abrupt hung from the mountain's brow ! Look ...
... arm , pointing the traveler's eye Through the small opening ' mid the green birch trees , Toward yonder mountain summit towering high , There pause . What doth thy anxious gaze espy ? A crag abrupt hung from the mountain's brow ! Look ...
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... arm " ? What is this arm ? Why called an arm ? What letters are on it ? To what does it point ? Does it point horizontally , downward , or up- ward ? [ Examine the fourth line . ] What makes the " open- ing " in the trees ? How large an ...
... arm " ? What is this arm ? Why called an arm ? What letters are on it ? To what does it point ? Does it point horizontally , downward , or up- ward ? [ Examine the fourth line . ] What makes the " open- ing " in the trees ? How large an ...
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... arms and back of my chair ; If I try to escape , they surround me ; They seem to be everywhere . 7. They almost devour me with kisses , Their arms about me entwine , Till I think of the Bishop of Bingen In his Mouse - Tower on the Rhine ...
... arms and back of my chair ; If I try to escape , they surround me ; They seem to be everywhere . 7. They almost devour me with kisses , Their arms about me entwine , Till I think of the Bishop of Bingen In his Mouse - Tower on the Rhine ...
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... arms bare , And wearies in his easy chair ; A heritage , it seems to me , One would not care to hold in fee . 4. What does the poor man's son inherit ? Stout muscles and a sinewy heart ; A hardy frame , a hardier spirit ; King of two ...
... arms bare , And wearies in his easy chair ; A heritage , it seems to me , One would not care to hold in fee . 4. What does the poor man's son inherit ? Stout muscles and a sinewy heart ; A hardy frame , a hardier spirit ; King of two ...
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Abraham Lincoln accented breath Cæsar called character cheerfulness Cicero circumflex clause consonants constitution Crowfield digraph earth element Emphatic words Etymology and meaning expression eyes falling inflection fear force Give the etymology grave Greece group of words hand hast hath hear heard heart heaven heritage hold in fee honor hope human Inchcape Rock inflection king labor land last line laws LESSON liberty living look meant merry mind moderate mountain never noble non-sonant numbers o'er Oliver Cromwell paragraph Parthia pass patriotism pauses phatic pitch poor man's son positive statement Pronounce questions Represent require rising inflection rock Romulus and Remus Rover sentence sonant sound spirit spoken stanza stars stress syllable teacher tell thee things thou thought tion tone tongue truth Tycho Brahe utterance voice vowel Webster's Dictionary zounds
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