The Standard Fifth Reader: (first-class Standard Reader) : for Public and Private Schools : Containing a Summary of Rules for Pronunciation and Elocution, Numerous Exercises for Reading and Recitation, a New System of Reference to Rules and Definitions, and a Copious Explanatory Index

Phillips, Sampson, 1856 - 478 pages

24	21

HORNE	27

108	31

Turning the Grindstone	33

Hymn	35

The Cataract of Lodore	36

Climate of the Catskill Mountains	39

The Spring Shower	42

Unity and Progress of Mankind	193

The Treasures by the Wayside	199

A Storm in the Indian Ocean	200

RUSKIN	222

GOLDSMITH	256

DE QUINCEY AND OTHERS	259

The Beautiful	264

Degeneracy of AthensDemosthenes Value of LiteratureCicero	267

A Retrospective Review	48

On Reading Poetry	52

The Carrierpigeon	54

Affectation	60

God	66

The Folly of Castlebuilding	71

Hymn of the Hebrew Maid	72

Practical Jokes	77

Advance	79

First Voyage of Columbus	85

Heroism of Grace Darling	91

To the Flyingfish	100

The Ship	106

Sound and Sense	109

True Courage	113

John Pounds the Cobbler	115

The Youth of Washington	117

SELECT PASSAGES IN VERSE	120

ELOQUENCE OF STATESMEN	125

45	129

Spirit the Motive Power c	138

Selfkilling	144

Astronomy and Immortality Part I	150

The Mind its own Educator	151

A Storm on the Mountains	156

The Complaint of a Stomach	157

Progress of Civilization	160

From Miltons Paradise Lost	164

A Paper of Tobacco	166

A Pupils Tribute c	167

The Electric Telegraph	175

MITCHELL	176

Passages from Shakspeare	182

66	184

SELECT PASSAGES IN VERSE	190

Archimedes	275

Elegy in a Country Churchyard	276

Ferdinand and Isabella	281

Excelsior	285

THE REPUBLIC	287

What a Common Man may say	293

POETRY OF THE SEASONS	297

THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS	299

Adventure in Calabria	305

ROGERS	309

Shakspeares Power of Expression	311

Indebtedness to Society Mountford Love of Home Webster	338

IRVING	367

Telegraphs	376

The Colosseum by Moonlight	386

Napoleon	393

Obligations to Literature Hood The Worth of Books Chan	399

Common Errors	408

Pizarro in Peru	417

Peculiarities of our Liberty	425

False and True Energy	431

Epistle to Arbuthnot	434

Advice to an Affected Speaker	437

Proverbs of Solomon	443

Strong Drink maketh Fools	448

MOORE	449

The World of Water	454

299	460

SHAKSPEARE	463

HEYWOOD	465

The Best Kind of Revenge	469

SCHILLER	470

319	471

CONGREVE FRATZEL POPE 286	473

Title	The Standard Fifth Reader: (first-class Standard Reader) : for Public and Private Schools : Containing a Summary of Rules for Pronunciation and Elocution, Numerous Exercises for Reading and Recitation, a New System of Reference to Rules and Definitions, and a Copious Explanatory Index Sargent's standard series Issue 5 of Standard series, Epes Sargent
Author	Epes Sargent
Publisher	Phillips, Sampson, 1856
Original from	the New York Public Library
Digitized	3 Mar 2009
Length	478 pages

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