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McGuffey's Sixth Eclectic Reader by William Holmes McGuffey
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2. Does the gentleman suppose it is in his power', to exhibit in Carolina
a name so bright' as to produce envy' in my bosom?

3. If it be admitted, that strict integrity is not the shortest way to
success, is it not the surest', the happiest', the best'?

4. Is there not rain enough in the sweet heavens, To wash this crimson
hand as white as snow'?

Exception.--Emphasis may reverse this rule.


EXAMPLES. (25)

1, Can' you be so blind to your interest? Will' you rush headlong to
destruction?

2. I ask again, is' there no hope of reconciliation? Must' we abandon all
our fond anticipations?

3. Will you deny' it? Will you deny' it?

4. Am I Dromio'? Am I your man'? Am I myself'?


RULE VII.--Interrogative exclamations, and words repeated as a kind
of echo to the thought, require the rising inflection.

EXAMPLES. (25)

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