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McGuffey's Sixth Eclectic Reader by William Holmes McGuffey
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And that which should accompany old age,
As honor, love, obedience, troops of friends,
I must not look to have.


Calm

A very great portion of this globe is covered
with water, which is called sea, and is very
distinct from rivers and lakes.


Fierce Anger

Burned Marmion's swarthy cheek like fire,
And shook his very frame for ire;
And--"This to me!" he said,--
"An 't were not for thy hoary beard,
Such hand as Marmion's had not spared
To cleave the Douglas' head!


Loud and Explosive

"Even in thy pitch of pride,
Here, in thy hold, thy vassals near,
I tell thee, thou 'rt defied!
And if thou said'st I am not peer
To any lord in Scotland here,
Lowland or Highland, far or near,
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