McGuffey's Sixth Eclectic Reader by William Holmes McGuffey
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E'en at the sound himself had made'.
Where be your gibes' now? your gambols'? your songs'? your flashes of merriment, that were wont to set the table on a roar'? Thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; "I dwell in the high and holy place." FALLING INFLECTION. (21) RULE I.--Sentences, and parts of sentences which make complete sense in themselves, require the falling inflection. EXAMPLES. (21) 1. By virtue we secure happiness'. 2. For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven': I will exalt my throne above the stars of God': I will sit, also, upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north'. 3. The wind and the rain are over'; calm is the noon of the day\: the clouds are divided in heaven'; over the green hills flies the inconstant sun'; red through the stormy vale comes down the stream'. 4. This proposition was, however, rejected,' and not merely rejected, but |
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