The Franklin Sixth Reader and Speaker: Consisting of Extracts in Prose and Verse, with Biographical and Critical Notices of the AuthorsTaintor Brothers, Merrill, & Company, 1878 - 444 pages |
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... whole roof after them with burst of thunder . Contrast Cleopatra's last words as the poisonous serpent at her breast is stinging her to death . ( Shakespeare's " Antony and Cleopatra , " Act V. Sc . 2. ) CHARMIAN ( to CLEOPATRA ) ...
... whole roof after them with burst of thunder . Contrast Cleopatra's last words as the poisonous serpent at her breast is stinging her to death . ( Shakespeare's " Antony and Cleopatra , " Act V. Sc . 2. ) CHARMIAN ( to CLEOPATRA ) ...
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... whole function suiting With forms to his conceit ? and all for nothing ! · Yet I , a dull and muddy - mettled rascal Can say nothing ! SHAKESPEARE . CONTEMPT is usually of slight force , quick or moderate move- ment , moderate pitch ...
... whole function suiting With forms to his conceit ? and all for nothing ! · Yet I , a dull and muddy - mettled rascal Can say nothing ! SHAKESPEARE . CONTEMPT is usually of slight force , quick or moderate move- ment , moderate pitch ...
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... whole phalanx . Let them come forth ! I tell the ministers , I will neither give quarter nor take it ! GRATTAN . - COMMAND is usually loud , of moderate or quick movement , moderate or high pitch , large volume ; pure quality , unless ...
... whole phalanx . Let them come forth ! I tell the ministers , I will neither give quarter nor take it ! GRATTAN . - COMMAND is usually loud , of moderate or quick movement , moderate or high pitch , large volume ; pure quality , unless ...
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... whole body may share in the movement . The hand may be lifted and carried towards the locality , and perhaps the index finger may accurately point it out . Lastly , when fit words have been chosen , the voice names the object . So ...
... whole body may share in the movement . The hand may be lifted and carried towards the locality , and perhaps the index finger may accurately point it out . Lastly , when fit words have been chosen , the voice names the object . So ...
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... whole body may turn . Both hands may sometimes be used . A small object , occupying but a point in the speaker's real or imagined field of vision , is singled out with the index finger ; a larger object , with the whole hand extended ...
... whole body may turn . Both hands may sometimes be used . A small object , occupying but a point in the speaker's real or imagined field of vision , is singled out with the index finger ; a larger object , with the whole hand extended ...
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