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McGuffey’s Sixth Eclectic Reader

by William Holmes McGuffey

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  1. 1Epigraph
  2. 2M’g Rev. 6th Ec. Ep 118 — Preface (3)
  3. 3Contents (5) — Introduction
  4. 4I — Articulation. (11)
  5. 5Elementary Sounds. (12)
  6. 6Vocals. (12)
  7. 7Table of Vocals. (13)
  8. 8Subvocals and Aspirates (13)
  9. 9Table of Subvocals and Aspirates. (14)
  10. 10Aspirate — Substitutes. (14)
  11. 11Faults to Be Remedied. (15)
  12. 12II — Inflection. (18)
  13. 13Exercises. (20)
  14. 14Falling Inflection. (21)
  15. 15Of Series. (28)
  16. 16Parenthesis. (30)
  17. 17Circumflex. (31)
  18. 18Monotone. (32)
  19. 19III — Accent and Emphasis. (33)
  20. 20Secondary Accent. (34)
  21. 21Emphasis. (34)
  22. 22Absolute Emphasis. (35)
  23. 23Relative Emphasis. (35)
  24. 24Emphasis and Accent. (37)
  25. 25Examples. (37)
  26. 26Emphatic Phrase. (38) — Examples. (38)
  27. 27Emphatic Pause. (39)
  28. 28IV — Instructions for Reading Verse. (39)
  29. 29Accent and Emphasis. (41)
  30. 30Simile. (44)
  31. 31V — The Voice. (46)
  32. 32Quantity and Quality. (49)
  33. 33Short Quantity. (51)
  34. 34VI — Gesture. (55)
  35. 35Elocution and Reading. (57)
  36. 36McGuffey’s Sixth Reader. (61)
  37. 37II — The Needle. (67)
  38. 38III — Dawn. (68)
  39. 39IV — Description of a Storm. (70)
  40. 40V — After the Thunderstorm. (72)
  41. 41VI — House Cleaning. (73)
  42. 42VII — Schemes of Life Often Illusory. (78)
  43. 43VIII — The Brave Old Oak. (81)
  44. 44IX — The Artist Surprised. (82)
  45. 45X — Pictures of Memory. (88)
  46. 46XI — The Morning Oratorio. (90)
  47. 47XII — Short Selections in Poetry. (94)
  48. 48III — A Good Name. (95)
  49. 49IV — Sunrise
  50. 50V — Old Age and Death. (95)
  51. 51VI — Milton. (96)
  52. 52XIII — Death of Little Nell. (96)
  53. 53XIV — Vanity of Life. (100)
  54. 54XV — A Political Pause. (102)
  55. 55XVI — My Experience in Elocution. (104)
  56. 56XVII — Elegy in a Country Churchyard. (108)
  57. 57XVIII — Tact and Talent. (113)
  58. 58XIX — Speech Before the Virginia Convention. (115)
  59. 59XX — The American Flag. (119)
  60. 60XXI — Ironical Eulogy on Debt. (121)
  61. 61XXII — The Three Warnings. (124)
  62. 62XXIII — The Memory of Our Fathers. (128)
  63. 63XXIV — Short Selections in Prose. (130)
  64. 64II — Las Casas Dissuading From Battle. (130)
  65. 65III — Action and Repose. (131)
  66. 66IV — Time and Change. (131)
  67. 67V — The Poet. (132)
  68. 68VI — Mountains. (132)
  69. 69XXV — The Jolly Old Pedagogue. (133)
  70. 70XXVI — The Teacher and Sick Scholar. (135)
  71. 71XXVII — The Snow Shower. (141)
  72. 72XXVIII — Character of Napoleon Bonaparte. (143)
  73. 73XXIX — Napoleon at Rest. (146)
  74. 74XXX — War. (148)
  75. 75XXXI — Speech of Walpole in Reproof of Mr. Pitt. (151)
  76. 76XXXII — Pitt’s Reply to Sir Robert Walpole. (152)
  77. 77XXXIII — Character of Mr. Pitt. (154)
  78. 78XXXIV — The Soldier’s Rest. (156)
  79. 79XXXV — Henry V. to His Troops. (158)
  80. 80XXXVI — Speech of Paul on Mars Hill. (160)
  81. 81XXXVII — God Is Everywhere. (161)
  82. 82XXXVIII — Lafayette and Robert Raikes. (163)
  83. 83XL — The Philosopher. (171)
  84. 84XLI — Marmion and Douglas. (176)
  85. 85XLII — The Present. (178)
  86. 86XLIII — The Baptism. (180)
  87. 87XLIV — Sparrows. (185)
  88. 88XLV — Observance of the Sabbath. (186)
  89. 89XLVI — God’s Goodness to Such as Fear Him. (189)
  90. 90XLVII — Character of Columbus. (192)
  91. 91XLVIII — “He Giveth His Beloved Sleep.” (195)
  92. 92XLIX — Description of a Siege. (197)
  93. 93L — Marco Bozzaris. (202)
  94. 94Li. Song of the Greek Bard. (205)
  95. 95LII — North American Indians. (209)
  96. 96LIII — Lochiel’s Warning. (211)
  97. 97LIV — On Happiness of Temper. (215)
  98. 98LV — The Fortune Teller. (218)
  99. 99LVI — Rienzi’s Address to the Romans. (221)
  100. 100LVIII — Landing of the Pilgrim Fathers. (226)
  101. 101LIX — Necessity of Education. (228)
  102. 102LX — Riding on a Snowplow. (231)
  103. 103LXI — The Quarrel of Brutus and Cassius. (234)
  104. 104LXII — The Quack. (238)
  105. 105LXIII — Rip van Winkle. (242)
  106. 106LXIV — Bill and Joe. (246)
  107. 107LXV — Sorrow for the Dead. (249)
  108. 108LXVI — The Eagle. (251)
  109. 109LXVII — Political Toleration. (253)
  110. 110LXVIII — What Constitutes a State? (255)
  111. 111LXIX — The Brave at Home. (256)
  112. 112LXX — South Carolina. (257)
  113. 113LXXI — Massachusetts and South Carolina. (259)
  114. 114LXXII — The Church Scene From Evangeline. (262)
  115. 115LXXIII — Song of the Shirt. (266)
  116. 116LXXIV — Diamond Cut Diamond. (269)
  117. 117LXXV — Thanatopsis. (275)
  118. 118LXXVI — Indian Jugglers. (278)
  119. 119LXXVII — Antony Over Caesar’s Dead Body. (281)
  120. 120LXXVIII — The English Character. (286)
  121. 121LXXIX — The Song of the Potter. (290)
  122. 122LXXX — A Hot Day in New York. (292)
  123. 123LXXXI — Discontent — An Allegory. (295)
  124. 124LXXXII — Jupiter and Ten. (301)
  125. 125LXXXIII — Scene From “The Poor Gentleman”
  126. 126LXXXIV — My Mother’s Picture. (310)
  127. 127LXXXV — Death of Samson. (312)
  128. 128LXXXVI — An Evening Adventure. (315)
  129. 129LXXXVII — The Barefoot Boy. (317)
  130. 130LXXXIX — The Folly of Intoxication. (322)
  131. 131XC — Starved Rock. (325)
  132. 132XCI — Prince Henry and Falstaff. (327)
  133. 133XCII — Studies. (332)
  134. 134XCIII — Surrender of Granada. (334)
  135. 135XCIV — Hamlet’s Soliloquy. (339)
  136. 136XCV — Ginevra. (340)
  137. 137XCVI — Inventions and Discoveries. (344)
  138. 138XCVII — Enoch Arden at the Window. (347)
  139. 139XCVIII — Lochinvar. (350)
  140. 140XCIX — Speech on the Trial of a Murderer. (352)
  141. 141C — The Closing Year. (355)
  142. 142CI — A New City in Colorado. (358)
  143. 143CII — Importance of the Union. (362)
  144. 144CIII — The Influences of the Sun. (364)
  145. 145CIV — Colloquial Powers of Franklin. (366)
  146. 146CV — The Dream of Clarence. (368)
  147. 147CVI — Homeward Bound. (371)
  148. 148CVII — Impeachment of Warren Hastings. (375)
  149. 149CVIII — Destruction of the Carnatic
  150. 150CIX — The Raven
  151. 151CX — A View of the Colosseum. (389)
  152. 152CXI — The Bridge. (392)
  153. 153CXII — Objects and Limits of Science. (394)
  154. 154CXIII — The Downfall of Poland. (396)
  155. 155CXIV — Labor. (398)
  156. 156CXV — The Last Days of Herculaneum. (401)
  157. 157CXVI — How Men Reason. (405)
  158. 158CXVII — Thunderstorm on the Alps. (408)
  159. 159CXVIII — Origin of Property. (410)
  160. 160CXIX — Battle of Waterloo. (415)
  161. 161CXX — “With Brains, Sir.” (417)
  162. 162CXXI — The New England Pastor. (419)
  163. 163CXXII — Death of Absalom. (420)
  164. 164CXXIII — Abraham Davenport. (424)
  165. 165CXXIV — The Falls of the Yosemite. (426)
  166. 166CXXV — A Psalm of Life. (429)
  167. 167CXXVI — Franklin’s Entry Into Philadelphia. (431)
  168. 168CXXVII — Lines to a Waterfowl. (434)
  169. 169CXXVIII — Goldsmith and Addison. (435)
  170. 170CXXIX — Immortality of the Soul. (438)
  171. 171CXXX — Character of Washington. (440)
  172. 172CXXXI — Eulogy on Washington. (444)
  173. 173CXXXII — The Solitary Reaper. (446)
  174. 174CXXXIII — Value of the Present. (447)
  175. 175CXXXIV — Happiness. (451)
  176. 176CXXXV — Marion. (453)
  177. 177CXXXVI — A Common Thought. (456)
  178. 178CXXXVII — A Definite Aim in Reading. (457)
  179. 179CXXXVIII. Ode to Mt. Blanc. (462)

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