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 60
... force of all gesture consist in its timely , judicious , and natural employment , when it can serve to illustrate the meaning or give emphasis to the force of an important passage . The usual fault of young speakers is too much action ...
... force of all gesture consist in its timely , judicious , and natural employment , when it can serve to illustrate the meaning or give emphasis to the force of an important passage . The usual fault of young speakers is too much action ...
Page 116
... force must be called in to win back our love ? Let us not deceive ourselves . These are the implements of war and subjugation , the last arguments to which kings resort . - I ask , gentlemen , what means this martial array , if its ...
... force must be called in to win back our love ? Let us not deceive ourselves . These are the implements of war and subjugation , the last arguments to which kings resort . - I ask , gentlemen , what means this martial array , if its ...
Page 346
... force , yet remain to be brought to light . When the causes now in operation have produced their full effect , and inventions and discoveries shall have been exhausted - if that may ever be - they will give a force to public opinion ...
... force , yet remain to be brought to light . When the causes now in operation have produced their full effect , and inventions and discoveries shall have been exhausted - if that may ever be - they will give a force to public opinion ...
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