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William Holmes McGuffey

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  • AuthorWilliam Holmes McGuffey
  • SourceProject Gutenberg #16751
  • Length136,377 words · 9h 06m of reading
  • Chapters250
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  • CopyrightPublic domain in the United States
  • Source checked2026-08-28

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  1. 01NEW YORK-CHICHESTER-BRISBANE-SINGAPORE-TORONTO
  2. 02Preface (3)
  3. 03SELECTIONS FOR READING. (5)
  4. 04ALPHABETICAL LIST OF AUTHORS. (9)
  5. 05INTRODUCTION. (11)
  6. 06I. ARTICULATION. (11)
  7. 07ELEMENTARY SOUNDS. (12)
  8. 08VOCALS. (12)
  9. 09Sound as in
  10. 10SUBVOCALS AND ASPIRATES (13)
  11. 11Subvocals. as in
  12. 12Aspirates. as in
  13. 13SUBSTITUTES. (14)
  14. 14FAULTS TO BE REMEDIED. (15)
  15. 15CORRECT INCORRECT
  16. 16CORRECT INCORRECT
  17. 17EXERCISES. (16)
  18. 18EXAMPLE (16)
  19. 19EXERCISES. (17)
  20. 20Correct is improperly pronounced
  21. 21EXERCISE
  22. 22EXAMPLES
  23. 23EXERCISES. (18)
  24. 24II. INFLECTION. (18)
  25. 25EXAMPLES. (19)
  26. 26FALLING INFLECTION. (21)
  27. 27EXAMPLES. (21)
  28. 28EXAMPLES. (21)
  29. 29EXAMPLES. (22)
  30. 30EXAMPLE. (22)
  31. 31EXAMPLES. (22)
  32. 32RISING INFLECTION. (23)
  33. 33EXAMPLES. (23)
  34. 34EXAMPLES. (23)
  35. 35EXAMPLES. (24)
  36. 36EXAMPLES. (24)
  37. 37EXAMPLE. (24)
  38. 38EXAMPLES. (25)
  39. 39EXAMPLES. (25)
  40. 40EXAMPLES. (25)
  41. 41EXAMPLES. (25)
  42. 42RISING AND FALLING INFLECTIONS. (26)
  43. 43EXAMPLES. (26)
  44. 44EXAMPLES. (27)
  45. 45EXAMPLES. (27)
  46. 46EXAMPLES. (27)
  47. 47OF SERIES. (28)
  48. 48EXAMPLE. (28)
  49. 49EXAMPLE. (28)
  50. 50EXAMPLES. (28)
  51. 51EXAMPLES. (29)
  52. 52EXAMPLES. (29)
  53. 53EXAMPLES (30)
  54. 54EXAMPLES. (30)
  55. 55PARENTHESIS. (30)
  56. 56EXAMPLES. (30)
  57. 57CIRCUMFLEX. (31)
  58. 58EXAMPLES. (31)
  59. 59MONOTONE. (32)
  60. 60EXAMPLES. (32)
  61. 61III. ACCENT AND EMPHASIS. (33)
  62. 62EXAMPLES. (33)
  63. 63EXAMPLES. (33)
  64. 64SECONDARY ACCENT. (34)
  65. 65EMPHASIS. (34)
  66. 66ABSOLUTE EMPHASIS. (35)
  67. 67EXAMPLES. (35)
  68. 68RELATIVE EMPHASIS. (35)
  69. 69EXAMPLES. (35)
  70. 70EMPHASIS AND ACCENT. (37)
  71. 71EXAMPLES. (37)
  72. 72EMPHASIS AND INFLECTION. (37)
  73. 73EXAMPLES. (37)
  74. 74EMPHATIC PHRASE. (38)
  75. 75EXAMPLES. (38)
  76. 76EMPHATIC PAUSE. (39)
  77. 77EXAMPLES. (39)
  78. 78IV. INSTRUCTIONS FOR READING VERSE. (39)
  79. 79EXERCISES IN INFLECTION. (40)
  80. 80ACCENT AND EMPHASIS. (41)
  81. 81EXAMPLE. (41)
  82. 82EXAMPLES. (42)
  83. 83POETIC PAUSES. (43)
  84. 84EXAMPLES. (44)
  85. 85SIMILE. (44)
  86. 86EXAMPLES. (45)
  87. 87V. THE VOICE. (46)
  88. 88EXAMPLES IN PITCH (46)
  89. 89Medium Pitch. (47)
  90. 90Low Pitch. (48)
  91. 91QUANTITY AND QUALITY. (49)
  92. 92LONG QUANTITY. (49)
  93. 93MEDIUM QUANTITY. (50)
  94. 94SHORT QUANTITY. (51)
  95. 95MOVEMENT. (51)
  96. 96SLOW MOVEMENT. (52)
  97. 97MODERATE MOVEMENT. (52)
  98. 98QUICK MOVEMENT. (53)
  99. 99Passion and Grief
  100. 100Plaintive
  101. 101Calm
  102. 102Fierce Anger
  103. 103Loud and Explosive
  104. 104VI. GESTURE. (55)
  105. 105ELOCUTION AND READING. (57)
  106. 106ON MODULATION. (59)
  107. 107MCGUFFEY'S SIXTH READER. (63)
  108. 108II. THE NEEDLE. (67)
  109. 109III. DAWN. (68)
  110. 110IV. DESCRIPTION OF A STORM. (70)
  111. 111V. AFTER THE THUNDERSTORM. (72)
  112. 112VI. HOUSE CLEANING. (73)
  113. 113VII. SCHEMES OF LIFE OFTEN ILLUSORY. (78)
  114. 114VIII. THE BRAVE OLD OAK. (81)
  115. 115IX. THE ARTIST SURPRISED. (82)
  116. 116X. PICTURES OF MEMORY. (88)
  117. 117XI. THE MORNING ORATORIO. (90)
  118. 118XII. SHORT SELECTIONS IN POETRY. (94)
  119. 119III. A GOOD NAME. (95)
  120. 120V. OLD AGE AND DEATH. (95)
  121. 121VI. MILTON. (96)
  122. 122XIII. DEATH OF LITTLE NELL. (96)
  123. 123XIV. VANITY OF LIFE. (100)
  124. 124XV. A POLITICAL PAUSE. (102)
  125. 125XVI. MY EXPERIENCE IN ELOCUTION. (104)
  126. 126XVII. ELEGY IN A COUNTRY CHURCHYARD. (108)
  127. 127XVIII. TACT AND TALENT. (113)
  128. 128XIX. SPEECH BEFORE THE VIRGINIA CONVENTION. (115)
  129. 129XX: THE AMERICAN FLAG. (119)
  130. 130XXI. IRONICAL EULOGY ON DEBT. (121)
  131. 131XXII. THE THREE WARNINGS. (124)
  132. 132XXIII. THE MEMORY OF OUR FATHERS. (128)
  133. 133XXIV. SHORT SELECTIONS IN PROSE. (130)
  134. 134II. LAS CASAS DISSUADING FROM BATTLE. (130)
  135. 135III. ACTION AND REPOSE. (131)
  136. 136IV. TIME AND CHANGE. (131)
  137. 137V. THE POET. (132)
  138. 138VI. MOUNTAINS. (132)
  139. 139XXV. THE JOLLY OLD PEDAGOGUE. (133)
  140. 140XXVI. THE TEACHER AND SICK SCHOLAR. (135)
  141. 141XXVII. THE SNOW SHOWER. (141)
  142. 142XXVIII. CHARACTER OF NAPOLEON BONAPARTE. (143)
  143. 143XXIX. NAPOLEON AT REST. (146)
  144. 144XXX. WAR. (148)
  145. 145XXXI. SPEECH OF WALPOLE IN REPROOF OF MR. PITT. (151)
  146. 146XXXII. PITT'S REPLY TO SIR ROBERT WALPOLE. (152)
  147. 147XXXIII. CHARACTER OF MR. PITT. (154)
  148. 148XXXIV. THE SOLDIER'S REST. (156)
  149. 149XXXV. HENRY V. TO HIS TROOPS. (158)
  150. 150XXXVI. SPEECH OF PAUL ON MARS HILL. (160)
  151. 151XXXVII. GOD IS EVERYWHERE. (161)
  152. 152XXXVIII. LAFAYETTE AND ROBERT RAIKES. (163)
  153. 153XXXIX. FALL OF CARDINAL WOLSEY. (167)
  154. 154XL. THE PHILOSOPHER. (171)
  155. 155XLI. MARMION AND DOUGLAS. (176)
  156. 156XLII. THE PRESENT. (178)
  157. 157XLIII. THE BAPTISM. (180)
  158. 158XLIV. SPARROWS. (185)
  159. 159XLV. OBSERVANCE OF THE SABBATH. (186)
  160. 160XLVI. GOD'S GOODNESS TO SUCH AS FEAR HIM. (189)
  161. 161XLVII. CHARACTER OF COLUMBUS. (192)
  162. 162XLVIII. "HE GIVETH HIS BELOVED SLEEP." (195)
  163. 163XLIX. DESCRIPTION OF A SIEGE. (197)
  164. 164L. MARCO BOZZARIS. (202)
  165. 165LI. SONG OF THE GREEK BARD. (205)
  166. 166LII. NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS. (209)
  167. 167LIII. LOCHIEL'S WARNING. (211)
  168. 168LIV. ON HAPPINESS OF TEMPER. (215)
  169. 169LV. THE FORTUNE TELLER. (218)
  170. 170LVI. RIENZI'S ADDRESS TO THE ROMANS. (221)
  171. 171LVIII. LANDING OF THE PILGRIM FATHERS. (226)
  172. 172LIX. NECESSITY OF EDUCATION. (228)
  173. 173LX. RIDING ON A SNOWPLOW. (231)
  174. 174LXI. THE QUARREL OF BRUTUS AND CASSIUS. (234)
  175. 175LXII. THE QUACK. (238)
  176. 176LXIII. RIP VAN WINKLE. (242)
  177. 177LXIV. BILL AND JOE. (246)
  178. 178LXV. SORROW FOR THE DEAD. (249)
  179. 179LXVI. THE EAGLE. (251)
  180. 180LXVII. POLITICAL TOLERATION. (253)
  181. 181LXVIII. WHAT CONSTITUTES A STATE? (255)
  182. 182LXIX. THE BRAVE AT HOME. (256)
  183. 183LXX. SOUTH CAROLINA. (257)
  184. 184LXXI. MASSACHUSETTS AND SOUTH CAROLINA. (259)
  185. 185LXXII. THE CHURCH SCENE FROM EVANGELINE. (262)
  186. 186LXXIII. SONG OF THE SHIRT. (266)
  187. 187LXXIV. DIAMOND CUT DIAMOND. (269)
  188. 188LXXV. THANATOPSIS. (275)
  189. 189LXXVI. INDIAN JUGGLERS. (278)
  190. 190LXXVII. ANTONY OVER CAESAR'S DEAD BODY. (281)
  191. 191LXXVIII. THE ENGLISH CHARACTER. (286)
  192. 192LXXIX. THE SONG OF THE POTTER. (290)
  193. 193LXXX. A HOT DAY IN NEW YORK. (292)
  194. 194LXXXI. DISCONTENT.--AN ALLEGORY. (295)
  195. 195LXXXII. JUPITER AND TEN. (301)
  196. 196Sir R. Sauerkraut, you old crab
  197. 197LXXXIV. MY MOTHER'S PICTURE. (310)
  198. 198LXXXV. DEATH OF SAMSON. (312)
  199. 199LXXXVI. AN EVENING ADVENTURE. (315)
  200. 200LXXXVII. THE BAREFOOT BOY. (317)
  201. 201LXXXVIII. THE GLOVE AND THE LIONS. (321)
  202. 202LXXXIX. THE FOLLY OF INTOXICATION. (322)
  203. 203XC. STARVED ROCK. (325)
  204. 204XCI. PRINCE HENRY AND FALSTAFF. (327)
  205. 205XCII. STUDIES. (332)
  206. 206XCIII. SURRENDER OF GRANADA. (334)
  207. 207XCIV. HAMLET'S SOLILOQUY. (339)
  208. 208XCV. GINEVRA. (340)
  209. 209XCVI. INVENTIONS AND DISCOVERIES. (344)
  210. 210XCVII. ENOCH ARDEN AT THE WINDOW. (347)
  211. 211XCVIII. LOCHINVAR. (350)
  212. 212XCIX. SPEECH ON THE TRIAL OF A MURDERER. (352)
  213. 213C. THE CLOSING YEAR. (355)
  214. 214CI. A NEW CITY IN COLORADO. (358)
  215. 215CII. IMPORTANCE OF THE UNION. (362)
  216. 216CIII. THE INFLUENCES OF THE SUN. (364)
  217. 217CIV. COLLOQUIAL POWERS OF FRANKLIN. (366)
  218. 218CV. THE DREAM OF CLARENCE. (368)
  219. 219CVI. HOMEWARD BOUND. (371)
  220. 220CVII. IMPEACHMENT OF WARREN HASTINGS. (375)
  221. 221CX. A VIEW OF THE COLOSSEUM. (389)
  222. 222CXI. THE BRIDGE. (392)
  223. 223CXII. OBJECTS AND LIMITS OF SCIENCE. (394)
  224. 224CXIII. THE DOWNFALL OF POLAND. (396)
  225. 225CXIV. LABOR. (398)
  226. 226CXV. THE LAST DAYS OF HERCULANEUM. (401)
  227. 227CXVI. HOW MEN REASON. (405)
  228. 228CXVII. THUNDERSTORM ON THE ALPS. (408)
  229. 229CXVIII. ORIGIN OF PROPERTY. (410)
  230. 230CXIX. BATTLE OF WATERLOO. (415)
  231. 231CXX. "WITH BRAINS, SIR." (417)
  232. 232CXXI. THE NEW ENGLAND PASTOR. (419)
  233. 233CXXII. DEATH OF ABSALOM. (420)
  234. 234CXXIII. ABRAHAM DAVENPORT. (424)
  235. 235CXXIV. THE FALLS OF THE YOSEMITE. (426)
  236. 236CXXV. A PSALM OF LIFE. (429)
  237. 237CXXVI. FRANKLIN'S ENTRY INTO PHILADELPHIA. (431)
  238. 238CXXVII. LINES TO A WATERFOWL. (434)
  239. 239CXXVIII. GOLDSMITH AND ADDISON. (435)
  240. 240II. ADDISON. (436)
  241. 241CXXIX. IMMORTALITY OF THE SOUL. (438)
  242. 242CXXX. CHARACTER OF WASHINGTON. (440)
  243. 243CXXXI. EULOGY ON WASHINGTON. (444)
  244. 244CXXXII. THE SOLITARY REAPER. (446)
  245. 245CXXXIII. VALUE OF THE PRESENT. (447)
  246. 246CXXXIV. HAPPINESS. (451)
  247. 247CXXXV. MARION. (453)
  248. 248CXXXVI. A COMMON THOUGHT. (456)
  249. 249CXXXVII. A DEFINITE AIM IN READING. (457)
  250. 250CXXXVIII. ODE TO MT. BLANC. (462)

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