McGuffey's Fifth Eclectic Reader
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The plan of the revision of McGUFFEY'S FIFTH READER is the same as that pursued in the other books of the REVISED SERIES. The book has been considerably enlarged, but the new pieces have been added or substituted only after the most careful consideration, and where the advantages to be derived were assured.…
Details
- AuthorWilliam Holmes McGuffey
- SourceProject Gutenberg #15040
- Length98,483 words · 6h 34m of reading
- Chapters15
- DictionaryIncluded
- CopyrightPublic domain in the United States
- Source checked2026-08-28
Contents
15 chapters
Recovered from the original source text, so you can open the book at any of them.
- 01McGuffey Editions and Colophon are Trademarks of
- 02ASPIRATES
- 03EXAMPLES.[1
- 04EXAMPLES
- 05Passion and Grief
- 06Fierce Anger
- 07Loud and Explosive
- 08McGuffey's Fifth Reader
- 09SCENE 1.--A Chamber in the Castle. Enter Gesler, Officers, and Sarnem, with Tell in chains and guarded.
- 10Tell. He is my child. (Weeps.)
- 11LXVIII. WILLIAM TELL. (Concluded.)
- 12Ver. Come, Albert! (Leading him out.)
- 13Alb. My father! (Rushing into Tell's arms.)
- 14Ges. You are. (Crossing angrily behind.)
- 15LXXIII. THE EXAMINATION
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