McGuffey's Sixth Eclectic Reader
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She sits, inclining forward as to speak, Her lips half-open, and her finger up, As though she said, Beware!
(Item XCV. Ginevra)
McGUFFEY'S SIXTH ECLECTIC READER.
William Holmes McGuffey
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ECLECTIC EDUCATIONAL SERIES.
SUPPLEMENTARY READING FOR GRAMMAR AND HIGH SCHOOL GRADES ECLECTIC ENGLISH CLASSICS.
CONTENTS (5)
SELECTIONS FOR READING. (5)
INTRODUCTION. (11)
1. ARTICULATION. 4. READING VERSE. 2. INFLECTION. 5. THE VOICE. 3. ACCENT AND EMPHASIS. 6. GESTURE.
I. ARTICULATION. (11)
ELEMENTARY SOUNDS. (12)
VOCALS. (12)
TABLE OF VOCALS. (13)
SUBVOCALS AND ASPIRATES (13)
TABLE OF SUBVOCALS AND ASPIRATES. (14)
ASPIRATE.
SUBSTITUTES. (14)
FAULTS TO BE REMEDIED. (15)
EXERCISES. (16)
EXERCISES. (17)
EXERCISE
EXERCISES. (18)
II. INFLECTION. (18)
EXERCISES. (20)
FALLING INFLECTION. (21)
EXAMPLES. (21)
EXAMPLES. (21)
EXAMPLES. (22)
EXAMPLES. (22)
RISING INFLECTION. (23)
EXAMPLES. (24)
EXAMPLES. (24)
EXAMPLE. (24)
EXAMPLES. (25)
EXAMPLES. (25)
EXAMPLES. (25)
EXAMPLES. (25)
RISING AND FALLING INFLECTIONS. (26)
EXAMPLES. (27)
EXAMPLES. (27)
EXAMPLES. (27)
OF SERIES. (28)
EXAMPLE. (28)
EXAMPLE. (28)
EXAMPLES. (28)
EXAMPLES. (29)
EXAMPLES. (29)
EXAMPLES (30)
EXAMPLES. (30)
PARENTHESIS. (30)
EXAMPLES. (30)
CIRCUMFLEX. (31)
EXAMPLES. (31)
MONOTONE. (32)
EXAMPLES. (32)
III. ACCENT AND EMPHASIS. (33)
EXAMPLES. (33)
EXAMPLES. (33)
SECONDARY ACCENT. (34)
EMPHASIS. (34)
ABSOLUTE EMPHASIS. (35)
EXAMPLES. (35)
RELATIVE EMPHASIS. (35)
EXAMPLES. (35)
EMPHASIS AND ACCENT. (37)
EXAMPLES. (37)
EMPHASIS AND INFLECTION. (37)
EXAMPLES. (37)
EMPHATIC PHRASE. (38)
EXAMPLES. (38)
EMPHATIC PAUSE. (39)
IV. INSTRUCTIONS FOR READING VERSE. (39)
EXERCISES IN INFLECTION. (40)
ACCENT AND EMPHASIS. (41)
EXAMPLES. (42)
EXAMPLES. (44)
SIMILE. (44)
EXAMPLES. (45)
V. THE VOICE. (46)
EXAMPLES IN PITCH (46)
QUANTITY AND QUALITY. (49)
LONG QUANTITY. (49)
MEDIUM QUANTITY. (50)
SHORT QUANTITY. (51)
MOVEMENT. (51)
SLOW MOVEMENT. (52)
MODERATE MOVEMENT. (52)
QUICK MOVEMENT. (53)
EXAMPLES. (54)
VI. GESTURE. (55)
ELOCUTION AND READING. (57)
MCGUFFEY'S SIXTH READER. (61)
MCGUFFEY'S SIXTH READER. (63)
II. THE NEEDLE. (67)
III. DAWN. (68)
IV. DESCRIPTION OF A STORM. (70)
V. AFTER THE THUNDERSTORM. (72)
VI. HOUSE CLEANING. (73)
VII. SCHEMES OF LIFE OFTEN ILLUSORY. (78)
VIII. THE BRAVE OLD OAK. (81)
X. PICTURES OF MEMORY. (88)
XI. THE MORNING ORATORIO. (90)
XII. SHORT SELECTIONS IN POETRY. (94)
III. A GOOD NAME. (95)
IV. SUNRISE.
V. OLD AGE AND DEATH. (95)
VI. MILTON. (96)
XIII. DEATH OF LITTLE NELL. (96)
XIV. VANITY OF LIFE. (100)
XV. A POLITICAL PAUSE. (102)
XVI. MY EXPERIENCE IN ELOCUTION. (104)
XVII. ELEGY IN A COUNTRY CHURCHYARD. (108)
XVIII. TACT AND TALENT. (113)
XIX. SPEECH BEFORE THE VIRGINIA CONVENTION. (115)
XX: THE AMERICAN FLAG. (119)
XXI. IRONICAL EULOGY ON DEBT. (121)
XXII. THE THREE WARNINGS. (124)
XXIII. THE MEMORY OF OUR FATHERS. (128)
XXIV. SHORT SELECTIONS IN PROSE. (130)
II. LAS CASAS DISSUADING FROM BATTLE. (130)
III. ACTION AND REPOSE. (131)
IV. TIME AND CHANGE. (131)
V. THE POET. (132)
VI. MOUNTAINS. (132)
XXV. THE JOLLY OLD PEDAGOGUE. (133)
XXVI. THE TEACHER AND SICK SCHOLAR. (135)
XXVII. THE SNOW SHOWER. (141)
XXVIII. CHARACTER OF NAPOLEON BONAPARTE. (143)
XXIX. NAPOLEON AT REST. (146)
XXX. WAR. (148)
XXXI. SPEECH OF WALPOLE IN REPROOF OF MR. PITT. (151)
XXXII. PITT'S REPLY TO SIR ROBERT WALPOLE. (152)
XXXIV. THE SOLDIER'S REST. (156)
XXXV. HENRY V. TO HIS TROOPS. (158)
XXXVII. GOD IS EVERYWHERE. (161)
XXXVIII. LAFAYETTE AND ROBERT RAIKES. (163)
XL. THE PHILOSOPHER. (171)
XLI. MARMION AND DOUGLAS. (176)
XLII. THE PRESENT. (178)
XLIII. THE BAPTISM. (180)
XLVI. GOD'S GOODNESS TO SUCH AS FEAR HIM. (189)
XLVII. CHARACTER OF COLUMBUS. (192)
XLVIII. "HE GIVETH HIS BELOVED SLEEP." (195)
XLIX. DESCRIPTION OF A SIEGE. (197)
LI. SONG OF THE GREEK BARD. (205)
LII. NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS. (209)
LIII. LOCHIEL'S WARNING. (211)
LIV. ON HAPPINESS OF TEMPER. (215)
LV. THE FORTUNE TELLER. (218)
LVI. RIENZI'S ADDRESS TO THE ROMANS. (221)
LVIII. LANDING OF THE PILGRIM FATHERS. (226)
LIX. NECESSITY OF EDUCATION. (228)
LX. RIDING ON A SNOWPLOW. (231)
LXI. THE QUARREL OF BRUTUS AND CASSIUS. (234)
LXII. THE QUACK. (238)
LXIII. RIP VAN WINKLE. (242)
LXIV. BILL AND JOE. (246)
LXV. SORROW FOR THE DEAD. (249)
LXVI. THE EAGLE. (251)
LXVII. POLITICAL TOLERATION. (253)
LXVIII. WHAT CONSTITUTES A STATE? (255)
LXX. SOUTH CAROLINA. (257)
LXXI. MASSACHUSETTS AND SOUTH CAROLINA. (259)
LXXII. THE CHURCH SCENE FROM EVANGELINE. (262)
LXXIV. DIAMOND CUT DIAMOND. (269)
LXXV. THANATOPSIS. (275)
LXXVI. INDIAN JUGGLERS. (278)
LXXVII. ANTONY OVER CAESAR'S DEAD BODY. (281)
LXXVIII. THE ENGLISH CHARACTER. (286)
LXXIX. THE SONG OF THE POTTER. (290)
LXXX. A HOT DAY IN NEW YORK. (292)
LXXXI. DISCONTENT.—AN ALLEGORY. (295)
LXXXII. JUPITER AND TEN. (301)
LXXXIII. SCENE FROM "THE POOR GENTLEMAN."
LXXXIV. MY MOTHER'S PICTURE. (310)
LXXXV. DEATH OF SAMSON. (312)
LXXXVI. AN EVENING ADVENTURE. (315)
LXXXVII. THE BAREFOOT BOY. (317)
LXXXIX. THE FOLLY OF INTOXICATION. (322)
XC. STARVED ROCK. (325)
XCI. PRINCE HENRY AND FALSTAFF. (327)
XCII. STUDIES. (332)
XCIII. SURRENDER OF GRANADA. (334)
XCIV. HAMLET'S SOLILOQUY. (339)
XCV. GINEVRA. (340)
XCVI. INVENTIONS AND DISCOVERIES. (344)
XCVII. ENOCH ARDEN AT THE WINDOW. (347)
XCVIII. LOCHINVAR. (350)
XCIX. SPEECH ON THE TRIAL OF A MURDERER. (352)
C. THE CLOSING YEAR. (355)
CI. A NEW CITY IN COLORADO. (358)
CII. IMPORTANCE OF THE UNION. (362)
CIII. THE INFLUENCES OF THE SUN. (364)
CIV. COLLOQUIAL POWERS OF FRANKLIN. (366)
CV. THE DREAM OF CLARENCE. (368)
CVI. HOMEWARD BOUND. (371)
CVII. IMPEACHMENT OF WARREN HASTINGS. (375)
CVIII. DESTRUCTION OF THE CARNATIC.
CIX. THE RAVEN.
CX. A VIEW OF THE COLOSSEUM. (389)
CXI. THE BRIDGE. (392)
CXII. OBJECTS AND LIMITS OF SCIENCE. (394)
CXIII. THE DOWNFALL OF POLAND. (396)
CXIV. LABOR. (398)
CXVI. HOW MEN REASON. (405)
CXVII. THUNDERSTORM ON THE ALPS. (408)
CXVIII. ORIGIN OF PROPERTY. (410)
CXIX. BATTLE OF WATERLOO. (415)
CXX. "WITH BRAINS, SIR." (417)
CXXI. THE NEW ENGLAND PASTOR. (419)
CXXII. DEATH OF ABSALOM. (420)
CXXIII. ABRAHAM DAVENPORT. (424)
CXXIV. THE FALLS OF THE YOSEMITE. (426)
CXXV. A PSALM OF LIFE. (429)
CXXVI. FRANKLIN'S ENTRY INTO PHILADELPHIA. (431)
CXXVII. LINES TO A WATERFOWL. (434)
CXXVIII. GOLDSMITH AND ADDISON. (435)
CXXIX. IMMORTALITY OF THE SOUL. (438)
CXXX. CHARACTER OF WASHINGTON. (440)
CXXXI. EULOGY ON WASHINGTON. (444)
CXXXII. THE SOLITARY REAPER. (446)
CXXXIII. VALUE OF THE PRESENT. (447)
CXXXIV. HAPPINESS. (451)
CXXXV. MARION. (453)
CXXXVI. A COMMON THOUGHT. (456)
CXXXVII. A DEFINITE AIM IN READING. (457)
CXXXVIII. ODE TO MT. BLANC. (462)