McGuffey's Fifth Eclectic Reader

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Author

McGuffey, William Holmes, 1800-1873

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Produced by Don Kostuch

Language

English

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PE: Language and Literatures: English

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eBook-No.

15040

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/15040

Release Date

February 14, 2005

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.PREFACE. — CONTENTS. — SELECTIONS IN PROSE AND POETRY. — LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. — INTRODUCTION. — SUBVOCALS AND ASPIRATES. — SUBSTITUTES. — FAULTS TO BE REMEDIED. — EXAMPLES. — EXERCISES IN ARTICULATION. — FALLING INFLECTIONS. — EXAMPLES — STRONG EMPHASIS. — SERIES OF WORDS OR MEMBERS. — RISING INFLECTION. — RISING AND FALLING INFLECTIONS. — CIRCUMFLEX. — MONOTONE. — IV. ACCENT. — V. EMPHASIS. — ABSOLUTE EMPHASIS. — RELATIVE EMPHASIS. — EMPHATIC PHRASE. — VI. MODULATION. — QUANTITY AND QUALITY. — VII. POETIC PAUSES. — EXERCISES. — II. BONAPARTE. — III. HAMLET ON SEEING THE SKULL OF YORICK. — IV. DESCRIPTION OF A BATTLE. — V. LORD ULLIN'S DAUGHTER. — ALPHABETICAL LIST OF AUTHORS. — 1. THE GOOD READER. — II. THE BLUEBELL. — III. THE GENTLE HAND. — IV. THE GRANDFATHER. — V. A BOY ON A FARM. — VI. THE SINGING LESSON. — VII. DO NOT MEDDLE. — VIII. WORK. — IX. THE MANIAC. — X. ROBIN REDBREAST. — XI. THE FISH I DID N'T CATCH. — XII. IT SNOWS. — XIII. RESPECT FOR THE SABBATH REWARDED. — XIV. THE SANDS O' DEE. — XV. SELECT PARAGRAPHS. — XVI. THE CORN SONG. — XVII. THE VENOMOUS WORM. — XVIII. THE FESTAL BOARD. — XIX. HOW TO TELL BAD NEWS. — XX. THE BATTLE OF BLENHEIM. — XXI. "I PITY THEM." — XXII. AN ELEGY ON MADAM BLAIZE. — XXIII. KING CHARLES II AND WILLIAM PENN. — XXIV. WHAT I LIVE FOR. — XXV. THE RIGHTEOUS NEVER FORSAKEN. — XXVI. ABOU BEN ADHEM. — XXVII. LUCY FORESTER. — XXVIII. THE REAPER AND THE FLOWERS. — XXIX. THE TOWN PUMP. — XXX. GOOD NIGHT. — XXXI. AN OLD-FASHIONED GIRL. — XXXII. MY MOTHER'S HANDS. — XXXIII. THE DISCONTENTED PENDULUM. — XXXIV. THE DEATH OF THE FLOWERS. — XXXV. THE THUNDERSTORM. — XXXVI. APRIL DAY. — XXXVII. THE TEA ROSE. — XXXVIII. THE CATARACT OF LODORE. — XXXIX. THE BOBOLINK. — XL. ROBERT OF LINCOLN. — XLI. REBELLION IN MASSACHUSETTS STATE PRISON. — XLII. FAITHLESS NELLY GRAY. — XLIII. THE GENEROUS RUSSIAN PEASANT. — XLIV. FORTY YEARS AGO. — XLV. MRS. CAUDLE'S LECTURE. — XLVI. THE VILLAGE BLACKSMITH. — XLVII. THE RELIEF OF LUCKNOW. — XLVIII. THE SNOWSTORM. — XLIX. BEHIND TIME. — L. THE OLD SAMPLER. — LI. THE GOODNESS OF GOD. — LII. MY MOTHER. — LIII. THE HOUR OF PRAYER. — LIV. THE WILL. — LV. THE NOSE AND THE EYES. — LVI. AN ICEBERG. — LVII. ABOUT QUAIL. — LVIII. THE BLUE AND THE GRAY. — LIX. THE MACHINIST'S RETURN. — LX. MAKE WAY FOR LIBERTY. — LXI. THE ENGLISH SKYLARK. — LXII. HOW SLEEP THE BRAVE. — LXIII. THE RAINBOW. — LXIV. SUPPOSED SPEECH OF JOHN ADAMS. — LXV. THE RISING. — LXVI. CONTROL YOUR TEMPER. — LXVII. WILLIAM TELL. — LXIX. THE CRAZY ENGINEER. — LXX. THE HERITAGE. — LXXI. NO EXCELLENCE WITHOUT LABOR. — LXXII. THE OLD HOUSE CLOCK. — LXXIII. THE EXAMINATION — LXXIV. THE ISLE OF LONG AGO. — LXXV. THE BOSTON MASSACRE. — LXXVI. DEATH OF THE BEAUTIFUL. — LXXVII. SNOW FALLING. — LXXVIII. SQUEERS'S METHOD. — LXXIX. THE GIFT OF EMPTY HANDS. — LXXX. CAPTURING THE WILD HORSE. — LXXXI. SOWING AND REAPING. — LXXXII. TAKING COMFORT. — LXXXIII. CALLING THE ROLL. — LXXXIV. TURTLE SOUP. — LXXXV. THE BEST KIND OF REVENGE. — LXXXVI. THE SOLDIER OF THE RHINE. — LXXXVII. THE WINGED WORSHIPERS.
2. 2.LXXXVIII. THE PEEVISH WIFE. — LXXXIX. THE RAINY DAY. — XC. BREAK, BREAK, BREAK. — XCI. TRANSPORTATION AND PLANTING OF SEEDS. — XCII. SPRING AGAIN. — XCIII. RELIGION THE ONLY BASIS OF SOCIETY. — XCIV. ROCK ME TO SLEEP. — XCV. MAN AND THE INFERIOR ANIMALS. — XCVI. THE BLIND MEN AND THE ELEPHANT. — XCVII. A HOME SCENE. — XCVIII. THE LIGHT OF OTHER DAYS. — XCIX. A CHASE IN THE ENGLISH CHANNEL. — C. BURIAL OF SIR JOHN MOORE. — CI. LITTLE VICTORIES. — CII. THE CHARACTER OF A HAPPY LIFE. — CIII. THE ART OF DISCOURAGEMENT. — CIV. THE MARINER'S DREAM. — CV. THE PASSENGER PIGEON. — CVI. THE COUNTRY LIFE. — CVII. THE VIRGINIANS. — CVIII. MINOT'S LEDGE. — CIX. HAMLET. — CX. DISSERTATION ON ROAST PIG. — CXI. A PEN PICTURE. — CXII. THE GREAT VOICES. — CXIII. A PICTURE OF HUMAN LIFE. — CXIV. A SUMMER LONGING. — CXV. FATE. — CXVI. THE BIBLE THE BEST OF CLASSICS. — CXVII. MY MOTHER'S BIBLE.

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