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Author
Anonymous
Title
The fourth progressive reader : Carefully arranged for the use of schools
Original Publication
New York: P. O'Shea, 1871.
Credits
Juliet Sutherland and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net
Language
English
LoC Class
PE: Language and Literatures: English
Subject
Readers
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 74195
Release Date
August 5, 2024
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.THE FOURTH PROGRESSIVE READER.
  2. 2.PREFACE.
  3. 3.CONTENTS. — TABLE OF VOWEL SOUNDS. — TABLE OF CONSONANT SOUNDS. — EXERCISES ON THE VOWEL SOUNDS.
  4. 4.INTRODUCTION. — PRONUNCIATION. — ARTICULATION. — DIRECTIONS AND EXERCISES. — ACCENT. — EXAMPLES. — TIME. — EMPHASIS. — INFLECTION. — CIRCUMFLEX INFLECTION. — MONOTONE. — PARENTHESIS AND PARENTHETICAL CLAUSES. — TONE. — EXPRESSION AND ENERGY. — EXPRESSION. — ENERGY. — ON READING OF VERSE. — RESTS IN VERSE. — EXAMPLE. — EXERCISES.
  5. 5.PART SECOND.
  6. 6.I.—TEACHING AND CHARACTER OF JESUS CHRIST.
  7. 7.II.—LITTLE AT FIRST, BUT GREAT AT LAST
  8. 8.III.—THE DEVOTED SON AND THE GENEROUS STRANGER.
  9. 9.IV.—THE CHRISTIAN MOTHER.
  10. 10.V.—WOODMAN, SPARE THAT TREE.
  11. 11.VI.—THE TWO ROADS.
  12. 12.VII.—THE LABORERS.
  13. 13.VIII.—THE BOY.
  14. 14.IX.—THE YOUNG SHEPHERD.
  15. 15.X. THE YOUNG SHEPHERD— Continued.
  16. 16.XI.—OLD TIMES.
  17. 17.XII.—THE BROKEN HEART.
  18. 18.XIII.—LITTLE VICTORIES.
  19. 19.XIV.—LITTLE VICTORIES.— Continued.
  20. 20.XV.—OUR TITLES.
  21. 21.XVI.—THE WIDOW OF THE PINE COTTAGE.
  22. 22.XVII.—A PSALM OF LIFE.
  23. 23.XVIII.—LET VIRTUE BE YOUR AIM.
  24. 24.XIX. -THE BOBOLINK.
  25. 25.XX.—THE BOBOLINK.— Continued.
  26. 26.XXI.—WHO IS MY NEIGHBOR?
  27. 27.XXII.—PORTRAIT OF A VIRTUOUS AND ACCOMPLISHED WOMAN.
  28. 28.XXIII.—THE WORK OF TO-DAY.
  29. 29.XXIV.—THE AVARICIOUS MILLER.
  30. 30.XXV.—THE DEATH OF THE LITTLE SCHOLAR.
  31. 31.XXVI.—GOD, THE TRUE SOURCE OF CONSOLATION.
  32. 32.XXVII.—THE MARTYRDOM OF ST. AGNES.
  33. 33.XXVIII.—THE MONK OF ST. FRANCIS.
  34. 34.XXIX.—MY MOTHER’S GRAVE.
  35. 35.XXX.—GOOD COUNSEL.
  36. 36.XXXI.—THE SISTER OF CHARITY.
  37. 37.XXXII.—REPROOF TO AN AFFECTED [259] SPEAKER.
  38. 38.XXXIII.—MY BIRTHDAY.
  39. 39.XXXIV.—LABOR.
  40. 40.XXXV.—OUR MISERIES OFTEN OUR FAULT.
  41. 41.XXXVI.—TRUE PATRIOTISM. [303]
  42. 42.XXXVII.—INFLUENCE OF RELIGION ON THE TYROLESE.
  43. 43.XXXVIII.—HYMN OF THE MOUNTAINEERS.
  44. 44.XXXIX.—EXHORTATION TO PRAYER.
  45. 45.XL.—BEHIND TIME.
  46. 46.XLI.—EVIL INFLUENCE OF SKEPTICISM.
  47. 47.XLII.—DAVID’S LAMENT FOR ABSALOM.
  48. 48.XLIII.—A STORM AT SEA.
  49. 49.XLIV.—THE ATMOSPHERE.
  50. 50.XLV.—THE CHERWELL WATER-LILY.
  51. 51.XLVI.—DISCRETION.
  52. 52.XLVII.—STABILITY OF CHARACTER.
  53. 53.THE YEAR OF SORROW—IRELAND—1849. — XLVIII.—SPRING.
  54. 54.XLIX.—SUMMER.
  55. 55.L.—AUTUMN.
  56. 56.LI.—WINTER.
  57. 57.LII.—DEATH OF LITTLE NELL.
  58. 58.LIII.—SORROW FOR THE DEAD.
  59. 59.LIV.—ISABELLA THE CATHOLIC, QUEEN OF SPAIN.
  60. 60.LV.—PALESTINE.
  61. 61.LVI.—LOVE OF COUNTRY AND OF HOME.
  62. 62.LVII.—THE HEAVENLY REST.
  63. 63.LVIII.—LOVE OF COUNTRY.
  64. 64.LIX.—THE CHARMED SERPENT.
  65. 65.LX.—MY ROSARY.
  66. 66.LXI.—THE INDIANS.
  67. 67.LXII.—INDIAN NAMES.
  68. 68.LXIII.—THE FRIARS AND THE KNIGHT.
  69. 69.LXIV.—WHERE THERE’S A WILL THERE’S A WAY.
  70. 70.LXV.—NOW, TO-DAY.
  71. 71.LXVI.—PATRIOTISM AND CHRISTIANITY.
  72. 72.LXVII.—BEST KIND OF REVENGE.
  73. 73.LXVIII—QUEEN ELIZABETH OF HUNGARY.
  74. 74.LXIX.—WILLIAM TELL.
  75. 75.LXX.—THE PRESUMPTION OF YOUTH.
  76. 76.LXXI.—MARY MAGDALEN.
  77. 77.LXXII.—THE WEXFORD MASSACRE.
  78. 78.LXXIII.—A PICTURE OF HUMAN LIFE.
  79. 79.LXXIV.—THE DOUBTING HEART.
  80. 80.LXXV.—ON THE WASTE OF TIME.
  81. 81.LXXVI.—THE REAPER, DEATH.
  82. 82.LXXVII.—DIALOGUE WITH THE GOUT.
  83. 83.LXXVIII.—THE DEATH OF THE FLOWERS.
  84. 84.LXXIX.—EDWARD THE CONFESSOR.
  85. 85.LXXX.—THE COMING OF WINTER.
  86. 86.LXXXI.—THE SISTER OF CHARITY.
  87. 87.LXXXII.—WASHINGTON AND BONAPARTE COMPARED.
  88. 88.LXXXIII.—CHARACTER OF FRANKLIN.
  89. 89.LXXXIV.—THE LAST MINSTREL.
  90. 90.LXXXV.—THE MINSTREL BOY.
  91. 91.LXXXVI.—ARMY HYMN.
  92. 92.LXXXVII.—THE ROMAN PONTIFFS.
  93. 93.LXXXVIII.—LABOR AND GENIUS
  94. 94.LXXXIX.—THE DYING GIRL.
  95. 95.XC.—THE ANGELUS BELL.
  96. 96.XCI.—A CURTAIN LECTURE OF MRS. CAUDLE.
  97. 97.XCII.—THE SONG OF THE SHIRT.
  98. 98.XCIII.—BERNARDO DEL CARPIO.
  99. 99.XCIV.—GOD GAVE TO HIS CHURCH CHARITY.
  100. 100.XCV.—UNION AND LIBERTY.
  101. 101.XCVI.—GEORGE WASHINGTON.
  102. 102.XCVII.—CONDUCT OF LA FAYETTE IN THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION.
  103. 103.XCVIII.—PAUL REVERE’S RIDE.
  104. 104.XCIX.—SIR THOMAS MOORE.
  105. 105.C.—THE BATTLE FIELD.
  106. 106.CI.—THE RELIGION OF CATHOLICS.
  107. 107.CII.—A BIRTH-DAY OFFERING.
  108. 108.CIII.—SPEECH OF LOGAN, CHIEF OF THE MINGOES.
  109. 109.CIV.—GOD IS EVERY WHERE.
  110. 110.CV.—CHARACTER OF THE IRISH PEASANTRY.
  111. 111.CVI.—ADVICE TO A YOUNG CRITIC.
  112. 112.CVII.—MARIE ANTOINETTE.
  113. 113.CVIII.—ELEGY WRITTEN IN A COUNTRY CHURCH-YARD.
  114. 114.CIX.—THE VOLUNTARY CONFESSION OF SIN.

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