The Pacific Coast First [-fifth] Reader, Volume 5A. L. Bancroft, 1875 |
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... True Eloquence The Brain .... Inaugural Address ( extract ) .. Inaugural Address ( extract ) . A Dutch Governor .. 17. The Fate of Vasco Nuñez .. 19. David C. Broderick ... 21. The Schoolmaster ... 22. The Ariel Among the Shoals - Part ...
... True Eloquence The Brain .... Inaugural Address ( extract ) .. Inaugural Address ( extract ) . A Dutch Governor .. 17. The Fate of Vasco Nuñez .. 19. David C. Broderick ... 21. The Schoolmaster ... 22. The Ariel Among the Shoals - Part ...
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... True Greatness ... 49 . Literature as a Vocation .. 51. The First Eclipse .. 54. A Night in Méha .. ..Anonymous . 191 Matthew P. Deady . 195 Charles Sumner . 197 .Horace Greeley . 201 ..0 . M. Mitchell . 208 .Anonymous . 231 60. The ...
... True Greatness ... 49 . Literature as a Vocation .. 51. The First Eclipse .. 54. A Night in Méha .. ..Anonymous . 191 Matthew P. Deady . 195 Charles Sumner . 197 .Horace Greeley . 201 ..0 . M. Mitchell . 208 .Anonymous . 231 60. The ...
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... true , than to be rich , applauded and false . RELATIVE EMPHASIS is a force of voice laid upon some word or words , to compare or contrast the idea expressed by it or them , with that expressed by some other word or words ; as , He not ...
... true , than to be rich , applauded and false . RELATIVE EMPHASIS is a force of voice laid upon some word or words , to compare or contrast the idea expressed by it or them , with that expressed by some other word or words ; as , He not ...
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... true , this god did shake : His coward lips did from their color fly ; And that same eye , whose bend doth awe the world , Did lose its lustre . Circumflex and emphasis are very much alike ; so much so , indeed , that it is hardly ...
... true , this god did shake : His coward lips did from their color fly ; And that same eye , whose bend doth awe the world , Did lose its lustre . Circumflex and emphasis are very much alike ; so much so , indeed , that it is hardly ...
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... true to the last of their blood and their breath , And like reapers descend to the harvest of death . Then welcome be Cumberland's steed to the shock ! Let him dash his proud foam like a wave on the rock ! THE ASPIRATED QUALITY is a ...
... true to the last of their blood and their breath , And like reapers descend to the harvest of death . Then welcome be Cumberland's steed to the shock ! Let him dash his proud foam like a wave on the rock ! THE ASPIRATED QUALITY is a ...
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