McGuffey's Sixth
McGuffey's Sixth Eclectic Reader
作者：McGuffey, William Holmes, 1800-1873
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共 374 题- Produced by Don Kostuch
- ECLECTIC EDUCATIONAL SERIES.
- REVISED EDITION.
- McGuffey Editions and Colophon are Trademarks of
- JOHN WILEY & SONS. INC.
- NEW YORK-CHICHESTER-BRISBANE-SINGAPORE-TORONTO
- Preface (3)
- CONTENTS (5)
- INTRODUCTION.
- SELECTIONS FOR READING. (5)
- ALPHABETICAL LIST OF AUTHORS. (9)
- DUKE OF NEWCASTLE 65 H. F. Farney. F.Juengling
- INTRODUCTION. (11)
- I. ARTICULATION. (11)
- ELEMENTARY SOUNDS. (12)
- VOCALS. (12)
- TABLE OF VOCALS. (13)
- Sound as in
- Sound as in
- SUBVOCALS AND ASPIRATES (13)
- TABLE OF SUBVOCALS AND ASPIRATES. (14)
- Subvocals. as in
- Aspirates. as in
- SUBVOCAL as in
- ASPIRATE.
- SUBSTITUTES. (14)
- FAULTS TO BE REMEDIED. (15)
- 1. Dropping an unaccented vocal.
- EXAMPLES.
- CORRECT INCORRECT
- 2. Sounding incorrectly an unaccented vowel.
- EXAMPLES.
- CORRECT INCORRECT
- EXERCISES. (16)
- 3. Suppressing the final subvocals or aspirates.
- EXAMPLE (16)
- EXERCISES. (17)
- 4. Omitting or mispronouncing whole syllables.
- EXAMPLES.
- Correct is improperly pronounced
- EXERCISE
- 5. Blending the end of one word with the beginning of the next.
- EXAMPLES
- EXERCISES. (18)
- II. INFLECTION. (18)
- Roll on, thou deep and dark blue Ocean--roll
- EXAMPLES. (19)
- EXERCISES. (20)
- FALLING INFLECTION. (21)
- EXAMPLES. (21)
- 1. By virtue we secure happiness'.
- EXAMPLES. (21)
- EXAMPLES. (22)
- 1. Charge', Chester, charge'; on', Stanley, on'.
- 4. I insist' upon this point': I urge' you to it; I press' it, demand' it.
- EXAMPLE. (22)
- 1. How many books did he purchase'?
- 2. Why reason ye these things in your hearts'?
- 3. What see' you, that you frown so heavily to-day'?
- 4. Ah! what is that flame which now bursts on his eye'?
- EXAMPLES. (22)
- 1. Where did you say he had gone'?
- 2. To whom did you say the blame was to be imputed'?
- 3. What is' he? A knave. What' is he? A knave, I say.
- RISING INFLECTION. (23)
- EXAMPLES. (23)
- 1. Nature being exhausted', he quietly resigned himself to his fate.
- 8. O Lancaster', I fear thy overthrow.
- 9. Ye crags' and peaks', I'm with you once again.
- EXAMPLES. (23)
- 1. If you care not for your property', you surely value your life'.
- 3. It is your place to obey', not to command'.
- EXAMPLES. (24)
- 1. Romans, countrymen, and lovers', hear me for my cause, etc.
- 2. Gentlemen of the jury', I solicit your attention, etc.
- 3. O Hubert', Hubert', save me from these men.
- EXAMPLES. (24)
- 1. It is not by starts of application that eminence can be attained'.
- 4. My Lord, we could not have had such designs'.
- EXAMPLE. (24)
- EXAMPLES. (25)
- EXAMPLES. (25)
- 1. Are fleets and armies necessary to a work of love and reconciliation'?
- EXAMPLES. (25)
- 3. Will you deny' it? Will you deny' it?
- 4. Am I Dromio'? Am I your man'? Am I myself'?
- EXAMPLES. (25)
- 1. Where grows', where grows it not'?
- 2. What'! Might Rome have been taken'? Rome taken when I was consul'?
- 3. Banished from Rome'! Tried and convicted traitor'!
- 4. Prince Henry. What's the matter'?
- 5. Ha'! laughest thou, Lochiel, my vision to scorn?
- RISING AND FALLING INFLECTIONS. (26)
- EXAMPLES. (26)
- 2. What they know by reading', I know by experience'.
- 3. I could honor thy courage', but I detest thy crimes'.
- 5. Homer was the greater genius', Virgil the better artist'.
- EXAMPLES. (27)
- 1. Shall we advance', or retreat'?
- 2. Do you seek wealth', or power'?
- 3. Is the great chain upheld by God', or thee'?
- EXAMPLES. (27)
- 1. You were paid to fight' against Philip, not to rail' at him.
- 2. I said rationally', not irrationally'.
- 3. I did not say rationally', but irrationally'.
- 4. I said an elder' soldier, not a better'.
- 5. Let us retract while we can', not when we must'.
- EXAMPLES. (27)
- 1. A countenance more in sorrow', than anger'.
- 2. A countenance less in anger', than sorrow'.
- 3. You should show your courage by deeds', rather than by words.
- 4. If we can not remove' pain, we may alleviate' it.
- OF SERIES. (28)
- EXAMPLE. (28)
- EXAMPLE. (28)
- EXAMPLES. (28)
- 1. War', famine', pestilence', storm', and fire' besiege mankind.
- EXAMPLES. (29)
- 2. Property', character', reputation', everything', was sacrificed.
- 3. Toils', sufferings', wounds', and death' was the price of our liberty.
- EXAMPLES. (29)
- EXAMPLES (30)
- EXAMPLES. (30)
- 3. They fought', they bled', they died', for freedom.
- PARENTHESIS. (30)
- EXAMPLES. (30)
- CIRCUMFLEX. (31)
- EXAMPLES. (31)
- 1. Man never is, but always to be, blest.
- MONOTONE. (32)
- EXAMPLES. (32)
- III. ACCENT AND EMPHASIS. (33)
- ACCENT.
- EXAMPLES. (33)
- EXAMPLES. (33)
- SECONDARY ACCENT. (34)
- EMPHASIS. (34)
- ABSOLUTE EMPHASIS. (35)
- EXAMPLES. (35)
- 1. We praise thee, O God; we acknowledge thee to be the Lord.
- 2. Roll on, thou deep and dark blue Ocean--roll!
- 3. Arm, warriors, arm!
- RELATIVE EMPHASIS. (35)
- EXAMPLES. (35)
- 1. We can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth.
- 2. But I am describing your condition, rather than my own.
- 3. I fear not death, and shall I then fear thee?
- 4. Hunting men, and not beasts, shall be his game.
- 7. To err is human, to forgive, divine.
- 8. John was punished; William, rewarded.
- 9. Without were fightings, within were fears.
- 10. Business sweetens pleasure, as labor sweetens rest.
- 11. Justice appropriates rewards to merit, and punishments to crime.
- 18. I shall enter on no encomiums upon Massachusetts.
- EMPHASIS AND ACCENT. (37)
- EXAMPLES. (37)
- 1. What is the difference between probability and possibility?
- 2. Learn to unlearn what you have learned amiss.
- 3. John attends regularly. William, irregularly.
- 4. There is a great difference between giving and forgiving.
- EMPHASIS AND INFLECTION. (37)
- EXAMPLES. (37)
- EMPHATIC PHRASE. (38)
- EXAMPLES. (38)
- EMPHATIC PAUSE. (39)
- EXAMPLES. (39)
- IV. INSTRUCTIONS FOR READING VERSE. (39)
- INFLECTIONS.
- EXERCISES IN INFLECTION. (40)
- ACCENT AND EMPHASIS. (41)
- EXAMPLE. (41)
- EXAMPLES. (42)
- POETIC PAUSES. (43)
- EXAMPLES. (44)
- SIMILE. (44)
- EXAMPLES. (45)
- V. THE VOICE. (46)
- PITCH AND COMPASS.
- EXAMPLES IN PITCH (46)
- 1. Charge'! Chester" charge'! On'! Stanley, on'!
- 2. A horse'! a horse'! my kingdom' for a horse'!
- 4. Run'! run'! run for your lives!
- 5. Fire'! fire'! fire'! Ring the bell'!
- 6. Gentlemen may cry peace'! peace'! but there is no peace!
- Medium Pitch. (47)
- Low Pitch. (48)
- QUANTITY AND QUALITY. (49)
- LONG QUANTITY. (49)
- 1. Liberty! Freedom! Tyranny is dead!
- 2. Woe, woe, to the inhabitants of Jerusalem!
- MEDIUM QUANTITY. (50)
- SHORT QUANTITY. (51)
- 1. Quick! or he faints! stand with the cordial near!
- 2. Back to thy punishment, false fugitive!
- MOVEMENT. (51)
- SLOW MOVEMENT. (52)
- 3. O Lord'! have mercy upon us, miserable offenders'!
- MODERATE MOVEMENT. (52)
- QUICK MOVEMENT. (53)
- 1. Awake'! arise'! or be forever fallen.
- EXAMPLES. (54)
- Passion and Grief
- Plaintive
- Calm
- Fierce Anger
- Loud and Explosive
- VI. GESTURE. (55)
- ELOCUTION AND READING. (57)
- ON MODULATION. (59)
- FROM LLOYD.
- MCGUFFEY'S SIXTH READER. (61)
- MCGUFFEY'S SIXTH READER. (63)
- SELECTIONS FOR READING.
- I. ANECDOTE OF THE DUKE OF NEWCASTLE.
- II. THE NEEDLE. (67)
- III. DAWN. (68)
- IV. DESCRIPTION OF A STORM. (70)
- V. AFTER THE THUNDERSTORM. (72)
- VI. HOUSE CLEANING. (73)
- VII. SCHEMES OF LIFE OFTEN ILLUSORY. (78)
- VIII. THE BRAVE OLD OAK. (81)
- IX. THE ARTIST SURPRISED. (82)
- X. PICTURES OF MEMORY. (88)
- XI. THE MORNING ORATORIO. (90)
- XII. SHORT SELECTIONS IN POETRY. (94)
- 1. THE CLOUD.
- II. MY MIND.
- III. A GOOD NAME. (95)
- IV. SUNRISE.
- V. OLD AGE AND DEATH. (95)
- VI. MILTON. (96)
- XIII. DEATH OF LITTLE NELL. (96)
- XIV. VANITY OF LIFE. (100)
- XV. A POLITICAL PAUSE. (102)
- XVI. MY EXPERIENCE IN ELOCUTION. (104)
- On coming to the passage,--
- XVII. ELEGY IN A COUNTRY CHURCHYARD. (108)
- THE EPITAPH.
- XVIII. TACT AND TALENT. (113)
- XIX. SPEECH BEFORE THE VIRGINIA CONVENTION. (115)
- XX: THE AMERICAN FLAG. (119)
- XXI. IRONICAL EULOGY ON DEBT. (121)
- XXII. THE THREE WARNINGS. (124)
- XXIII. THE MEMORY OF OUR FATHERS. (128)
- XXIV. SHORT SELECTIONS IN PROSE. (130)
- I. DRYDEN AND POPE.
- II. LAS CASAS DISSUADING FROM BATTLE. (130)
- III. ACTION AND REPOSE. (131)
- IV. TIME AND CHANGE. (131)
- V. THE POET. (132)
- VI. MOUNTAINS. (132)
- XXV. THE JOLLY OLD PEDAGOGUE. (133)
- XXVI. THE TEACHER AND SICK SCHOLAR. (135)
- XXVII. THE SNOW SHOWER. (141)
- XXVIII. CHARACTER OF NAPOLEON BONAPARTE. (143)
- XXIX. NAPOLEON AT REST. (146)
- XXX. WAR. (148)
- XXXI. SPEECH OF WALPOLE IN REPROOF OF MR. PITT. (151)
- XXXII. PITT'S REPLY TO SIR ROBERT WALPOLE. (152)
- XXXIII. CHARACTER OF MR. PITT. (154)
- XXXIV. THE SOLDIER'S REST. (156)
- XXXV. HENRY V. TO HIS TROOPS. (158)
- XXXVI. SPEECH OF PAUL ON MARS HILL. (160)
- XXXVII. GOD IS EVERYWHERE. (161)
- XXXVIII. LAFAYETTE AND ROBERT RAIKES. (163)
- XXXIX. FALL OF CARDINAL WOLSEY. (167)
- XL. THE PHILOSOPHER. (171)
- XLI. MARMION AND DOUGLAS. (176)
- XLII. THE PRESENT. (178)
- XLIII. THE BAPTISM. (180)
- XLIV. SPARROWS. (185)
- XLV. OBSERVANCE OF THE SABBATH. (186)
- XLVI. GOD'S GOODNESS TO SUCH AS FEAR HIM. (189)
- XLVII. CHARACTER OF COLUMBUS. (192)
- XLVIII. "HE GIVETH HIS BELOVED SLEEP." (195)
- XLIX. DESCRIPTION OF A SIEGE. (197)
- L. MARCO BOZZARIS. (202)
- LI. SONG OF THE GREEK BARD. (205)
- LII. NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS. (209)
- LIII. LOCHIEL'S WARNING. (211)
- LIV. ON HAPPINESS OF TEMPER. (215)
- LV. THE FORTUNE TELLER. (218)
- LVI. RIENZI'S ADDRESS TO THE ROMANS. (221)
- LVll. CHARACTER OF THE PURITAN FATHERS OF NEW ENGLAND. (223)
- LVIII. LANDING OF THE PILGRIM FATHERS. (226)
- LIX. NECESSITY OF EDUCATION. (228)
- LX. RIDING ON A SNOWPLOW. (231)
- LXI. THE QUARREL OF BRUTUS AND CASSIUS. (234)
- 238 ECLECTIC SERIES.
- LXII. THE QUACK. (238)
- LXIII. RIP VAN WINKLE. (242)
- LXIV. BILL AND JOE. (246)
- LXV. SORROW FOR THE DEAD. (249)
- LXVI. THE EAGLE. (251)
- LXVII. POLITICAL TOLERATION. (253)
- LXVIII. WHAT CONSTITUTES A STATE? (255)
- LXIX. THE BRAVE AT HOME. (256)
- LXX. SOUTH CAROLINA. (257)
- LXXI. MASSACHUSETTS AND SOUTH CAROLINA. (259)
- LXXII. THE CHURCH SCENE FROM EVANGELINE. (262)
- LXXIII. SONG OF THE SHIRT. (266)
- LXXIV. DIAMOND CUT DIAMOND. (269)
- Jidda is a city in Arabia, on the Red Sea
- LXXV. THANATOPSIS. (275)
- LXXVI. INDIAN JUGGLERS. (278)
- LXXVII. ANTONY OVER CAESAR'S DEAD BODY. (281)
- LXXVIII. THE ENGLISH CHARACTER. (286)
- LXXIX. THE SONG OF THE POTTER. (290)
- LXXX. A HOT DAY IN NEW YORK. (292)
- LXXXI. DISCONTENT.--AN ALLEGORY. (295)
- LXXXII. JUPITER AND TEN. (301)
- LXXXIII. SCENE FROM "THE POOR GENTLEMAN."
- Sir R. Sauerkraut, you old crab
- Hum. (Reading.) "The curate's horse is dead."
- LXXXIV. MY MOTHER'S PICTURE. (310)
- LXXXV. DEATH OF SAMSON. (312)
- LXXXVI. AN EVENING ADVENTURE. (315)
- LXXXVII. THE BAREFOOT BOY. (317)
- LXXXVIII. THE GLOVE AND THE LIONS. (321)
- LXXXIX. THE FOLLY OF INTOXICATION. (322)
- XC. STARVED ROCK. (325)
- XCI. PRINCE HENRY AND FALSTAFF. (327)
- Gadshill. We four set upon some dozen--
- Gad. As we were sharing, some six or seven fresh men set upon us--
- XCII. STUDIES. (332)
- XCIII. SURRENDER OF GRANADA. (334)
- XCIV. HAMLET'S SOLILOQUY. (339)
- XCV. GINEVRA. (340)
- XCVI. INVENTIONS AND DISCOVERIES. (344)
- XCVII. ENOCH ARDEN AT THE WINDOW. (347)
- XCVIII. LOCHINVAR. (350)
- XCIX. SPEECH ON THE TRIAL OF A MURDERER. (352)
- C. THE CLOSING YEAR. (355)
- CI. A NEW CITY IN COLORADO. (358)
- CII. IMPORTANCE OF THE UNION. (362)
- CIII. THE INFLUENCES OF THE SUN. (364)
- CIV. COLLOQUIAL POWERS OF FRANKLIN. (366)
- CV. THE DREAM OF CLARENCE. (368)
- CVI. HOMEWARD BOUND. (371)
- CVII. IMPEACHMENT OF WARREN HASTINGS. (375)
- CVIII. DESTRUCTION OF THE CARNATIC.
- CIX. THE RAVEN.
- CX. A VIEW OF THE COLOSSEUM. (389)
- CXI. THE BRIDGE. (392)
- CXII. OBJECTS AND LIMITS OF SCIENCE. (394)
- CXIII. THE DOWNFALL OF POLAND. (396)
- CXIV. LABOR. (398)
- CXV. THE LAST DAYS OF HERCULANEUM. (401)
- CXVI. HOW MEN REASON. (405)
- NOTES.--The above selection is from the "Autocrat of the Breakfast Table."
- CXVII. THUNDERSTORM ON THE ALPS. (408)
- CXVIII. ORIGIN OF PROPERTY. (410)
- CXIX. BATTLE OF WATERLOO. (415)
- CXX. "WITH BRAINS, SIR." (417)
- CXXI. THE NEW ENGLAND PASTOR. (419)
- CXXII. DEATH OF ABSALOM. (420)
- CXXIII. ABRAHAM DAVENPORT. (424)
- CXXIV. THE FALLS OF THE YOSEMITE. (426)
- CXXV. A PSALM OF LIFE. (429)
- CXXVI. FRANKLIN'S ENTRY INTO PHILADELPHIA. (431)
- CXXVII. LINES TO A WATERFOWL. (434)
- CXXVIII. GOLDSMITH AND ADDISON. (435)
- 1. GOLDSMITH.
- II. ADDISON. (436)
- CXXIX. IMMORTALITY OF THE SOUL. (438)
- CXXX. CHARACTER OF WASHINGTON. (440)
- CXXXI. EULOGY ON WASHINGTON. (444)
- CXXXII. THE SOLITARY REAPER. (446)
- CXXXIII. VALUE OF THE PRESENT. (447)
- CXXXIV. HAPPINESS. (451)
- CXXXV. MARION. (453)
- CXXXVI. A COMMON THOUGHT. (456)
- CXXXVII. A DEFINITE AIM IN READING. (457)
- CXXXVIII. ODE TO MT. BLANC. (462)