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Title: Sixth reader for the use of schools
Year: 1868 (1860s)
Authors: Newell, McFadden Alexander
Subjects: Readers
Publisher: Kelly, Piet
Contributing Library: Towson University, Special Collections at the Albert S. Cook Library
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^* One-Hoss Shay 315 Farewell Address to the Senate 349 The Brides of Enderby 355 English Operatives in Manufacturing Districts 355 Homeless 357 A Storm 359 Train the Children 360 God Help the Poor 362 Death to the Good Desirable 304 Advice to Students 865 The Siege of Belgrade 367 The Italian Bride 868 The Funeral of the Widows Son 872 Alfred The Great to his Men .: 375 The Battle 376 Geology 379 The Pig 382 The Skeleton in Armor 884 Mans Use and Function 389 The Paven 391 Boys 394 The Diver 396 The Four Misfortunes 401 Christmas Day 403 Pichelieus Vindication 405 The Dead Lighthouse-Keeper 408 Loves Young Dream 411 Gems from Homer 413 Operations of Nature 415 Jephthas Daughter ^^^ 16 CONTENTS. Page Song 3f the Shirt 420 The Mayflower 423 The Vagabonds 424 Franklin and Frederick The Great 428 The Last Charge 430 Too Late 431 rermancnce of Arneiican Liberty 432 My P.salm 433 Godfrey to the Crusaders 436 The Furies 438 From Dante 439 Spirit of Beauty.... .,„.. 4 li^ THE SIXTH READER.
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-^^^^N^Sj^ ^^ I.—BIRTH-PLACE AND TOMB OF SHAKESPEAliE. 1. I HAD come to Stratford on a poetical pilgrimage. My first visitwas to the house where Shakespeare was born, and where, accordingto tradition, he was brought up to his fathers craft of wool-combing.It is a small, mean-looking edifice of wood and plaster, a true ncstllng-place of genius, v>^hich seems to delight in hatching its oiFsprings inby-corners. The walls of its squalid chambers are covered withnames and inscriptions in every language, by pilgrims of all nations,ranks, and conditions, from the prince to the peasant; and presenta simple, but striking instance of the spontaneous and universalhomage of mankind to the great poet of nature. 2. The house is shown by a garrulous old lady, in a frosty redface, lighted up by a cold blue anxious eye, and garnished withartificial locks of flaxen hair, curling from under an exceedingly dirty 18 THE SIXTH READEH. cap. She was peculiarly assiduous in exhibiting the relics withwhicsixthreaderforus06newe

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