Study Malayalam sentences side-by-side with English translations. Compare structures, notice patterns, and deepen your understanding through parallel reading.
Study Malayalam sentences side-by-side with English translations. Compare structures, notice patterns, and deepen your understanding through parallel reading.
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Bright yellow daffodils nodded gaily.
2
The little brook sang softly.
3
Brave Robin Hood laughed aloud.
4
Again the great bell tolled.
5
Silently fell the great white snowflakes.
6
The kind old man laughed pleasantly.
7
My little white kitten purrs contentedly.
8
Slowly the great oaken door opened wide.
9
Forward marched that gallant company.
10
The happy days passed quickly by.
11
Sometimes the leaves whisper together softly.
12
Away sped Paul Revere's horse.
13
The pale moonlight shone softly.
14
Little Marygold wept bitterly.
15
The little maiden's eyes sparkled brightly.
16
Up started the frightened deer.
17
The two old friends walked along together.
18
Suddenly a great wind arose.
19
Down sank the great, glorious sun.
20
Peter Pan's voice rang out gaily.
21
The mighty river rolled silently onward.
22
Columbus' ship sailed away.
23
All the people cheered loudly.
24
Once the Indians fought here.
25
Down fluttered the bright red leaves.
26
Slowly she looked around.
27
The bright stranger then quickly departed.
28
The children's merry laughter rang out everywhere.
29
Sometimes we walk together.
30
Then the two strange guests went away.
31
Instantly the boys' shouts ceased.
32
Once the old woman looked cautiously around.
33
The clock will strike soon.
34
All the flags were fluttering gaily.
35
Great black clouds have gathered.
36
Everybody was working busily.
37
Little Puck was laughing slyly.
38
I have been sitting here alone.
39
Slowly a thick white mist was rising.
40
We should have been studying.
41
Now I am going away.
42
The two old comrades were talking together earnestly.
43
I have been sleeping soundly.
44
The little prince's horse had been carefully trained.
45
The children's toys were scattered about.
46
They had been romping noisily.
47
The mermaids were sweetly singing.
48
The great bell was solemnly tolling.
49
I am waiting here patiently.
50
The child's health is steadily improving.
51
They have often worked here together.
52
The rain has stopped.
53
Soon all the lessons were ended.
54
Little Cinderella's proud sisters laughed very scornfully.
55
You read too fast.
56
The same old story has been told too often.
57
The old soldier's horse neighed impatiently.
58
Too many unkind words are spoken thoughtlessly.
59
The little foreigners speak very correctly.
60
So merrily passed the day.
61
The old man's daughter comes here quite frequently.
62
A beautiful white swan swam slowly by.
63
Directly opposite stands a most wonderful palace.
64
The Man-in-the-Moon came down too soon.
65
They always start too late.
66
She bowed most graciously.
67
We all laughed so heartily.
68
Some very rare plants grow here.
69
Pale pink roses were growing everywhere.
70
The poor old man limped along very slowly.
71
Almost all people eat too rapidly.
72
The deep blue heavens smile again.
73
A most interesting old gentleman was talking.
74
I have been working long enough.
75
The Pilgrims landed at Plymouth.
76
The little pine-tree's leaves were changed to gold.
77
They sailed away from England.
78
Toward night the storm ceased.
79
The children in Holland often skate to school.
80
We will walk to school with you.
81
The dear old lady turned toward us graciously.
82
Rip's dog walked along slowly after him.
83
A little girl with curls sat near me.
84
Above us floated a soft white cloud.
85
The train starts from St. Louis at noon.
86
Without fear he leaped forward.
87
Our friends from New York will start for home tomorrow.
88
Before dawn the little birds were twittering sleepily.
89
I have been waiting for you for hours.
90
Everybody knows about Lincoln.
91
In the orchard sang many robins.
92
Along the beach flits the little sandpiper.
93
The child waited at the door for her father.
94
The cow jumped over the moon.
95
The peak of the mountain towers above the clouds.
96
Great fields of snow glowed brightly at sunset.
97
The children ran around the block.
98
The islands of Japan lie on the other side of the world.
99
The soldier's sword hangs at his side.
100
The river flows down to the sea.
101
Loudly the old clock ticked.
102
My cousin reads well.
103
Seven little sisters were walking in a row.
104
I carelessly wandered on.
105
The cattle were grazing peacefully at noon.
106
The little brook babbles noisily along.
107
Then up spoke brave Horatius.
108
Jane's mother has gone south.
109
The snow melts rapidly in the warm sunshine.
110
The boy's dog goes with him everywhere.
111
The cover of the box fell on the floor.
112
The first girl in the line stopped at the door.
113
In autumn the leaves fall from the trees.
114
Yesterday the best girl in the class missed in spelling.
115
In November some beautiful roses bloomed in our garden.
116
Everywhere fluttered gay American flags.
117
Loud laughed the merry men in the forest.
118
Suddenly the robber's band appeared on every side.
119
The flag of our country floats above us.
120
The ivy grows on the ruined wall.
121
The horn of the hunter is heard on the hill.
122
Violets grow beside the brook.
123
Suddenly my friend was standing beside me
124
My uncle often goes to London on business.
125
The voice of the captain was heard above the storm.
126
Some late flowers were blooming in one corner of the garden.
127
The little toy dog is covered with dust.
128
Will you walk to school with me today?
129
Was the child much hurt?
130
Were you born in St. Louis?
131
Have you ever traveled in Spain?
132
Did the postman ring?
133
Does your brother dance well?
134
Is your sister coming for you?
135
Have the neighbors gone away for the winter?
136
Where are you going now?
137
When was America discovered?
138
When did the Indians live here?
139
How was the baby hurt?
140
Why are you laughing?
141
How fast does the train go?
142
How often did you recite?
143
How high does the tide rise?
144
Sadly he turned away without a word.
145
Three black crows sat on a tree.
146
We sailed down the river for several miles.
147
Between the two lofty mountains lay a fertile valley.
148
Among the wheat grew tall red poppies.
149
Swiftly over the dark waters sailed the three little vessels.
150
Already the grass shoots forth.
151
The noisy crowd had rolled together like a summer cloud.
152
The sun's rays slowly fade from the western sky.
153
The lid of the teapot fell to the floor with a loud crash.
154
Have the first two examples in this lesson been corrected?
155
From the sky the sun looked down upon them through the branches.
156
Why are you sitting here alone in the dark?
157
The tops of the trees were waving gently in the breeze.
158
The broad river spread out without a ripple on its surface.
159
The lovely New England stream is sheltered from the breeze by thick woods.
160
High waves were dashing over the deck of our ship.
161
On the very top of the tree glittered a splendid star.
162
Hiawatha's canoe floated on the water like a yellow leaf in autumn.
163
Have you been writing at my desk?
164
On one branch of the tree were hanging nets of colored paper.
165
Above the clouds towered the peak of the mountain.
166
Does the robin sing in the rain?
167
The summer night fell like a perfumed curtain across the valley.
168
Has the grass on this slope been recently cut?
169
From the pool below the terraces came the bell-like clang of the frogs.
170
Instantly the pumpkin was changed into a splendid coach.
171
Near the margin of the lake grew lovely blue flags with their long slender leaves.
172
The mouse ran up the clock.
173
Great flocks of wild geese were flying toward the north.
174
The trees in apple-orchards with fruit are bending down.
175
The little hut stood by the ford, across the river.
176
The figure glided from the shadow of the wall.
177
The west wind blew across my face like a friendly caress.
178
Between the two cottages extended a hedge of lilacs.
179
The firelight was streaming through the open door across the little gravel path.
180
From morn till night the old cobbler sang softly at his work.
181
The little seeds waited patiently under the snow for the warm spring sun.
182
The warm south wind, heavy with the perfume of lilacs, came through my window.
183
Cinderella danced happily at the ball until midnight.
184
Jack-the-Giant-Killer climbed to the very top of the bean-stalk.
185
Many little girls with wreaths of flowers on their heads danced around the May-pole.
186
Robin Hood went to the shooting-match in the disguise of an old beggar.
187
The little saucy squirrel scampered away to his home in the hollow oak.
188
All sorts of strange articles were arranged on the shelves.
189
The spool of thread rolled across the floor.
190
A box of growing plants stood before the window.
191
Bits of straw were whirled about by the wind.
192
A little bit of common glass sometimes glit ters like a diamond.
193
A piece of bright patchwork lay across the foot of the bed.
194
The whole sky is blue.
195
I am very happy.
196
All nature is musical.
197
Those ripe strawberries look delicious.
198
Baby's cheeks are rosy.
199
You look sad.
200
Saturday is always a holiday.
201
The child will soon be a man.
202
This place was once an old fort.
203
The name of the vessel was Hesperus.
204
The little boy's father had once been a sailor.
205
I see some goldfish in the water.
206
I have sent all my valentines.
207
Polly wants a cracker.
208
A robin has built his nest here.
209
He waved the flag proudly.
210
Next Monday will be Washington's birthday.
211
Fair was the little maiden.
212
The humming-bird is a very dainty creature.
213
His colors are exquisite.
214
I see the man in the moon.
215
Our bird's name is Jaco.
216
Many brave deeds has this hero done.
217
The river knows the way to the sea.
218
Old King Cole was a merry old soul.
219
Genoa is the birthplace of Columbus.
220
Then he climbed the tower.
221
My glove had been mended.
222
Her father is a lawyer.
223
The streets are full of people.
224
She seems happy.
225
The boat sails away, like a bird on the wing.
226
Alexander was a famous Greek warrior.
227
The lazy man's garden is full of weeds.
228
I see your reflection in the water.
229
I have noticed many lovely traits in her character.
230
Have you seen the monkeys in the menagerie?
231
The long summer days were full of happiness.
232
Helen wrote a letter to her friend in San Antonio.
233
Robinson Crusoe was contented on his lonely island.
234
Is your pencil sharp?
235
The exquisite odor of blossoms filled the air.
236
Mount Hood lifts its snowy peak abruptly from the plain.
237
Mr. Jones bought a knife for his little boy.
238
Little Goldenlocks visited the house of the three bears.
239
The little violet lifts its cup of blue.
240
David killed Goliath.
241
The days are growing much shorter..
242
The thistle is the national flower of Scotland.
243
In winter most trees are leafless.
244
Miriam was Moses' sister.
245
We have enjoyed the story so much.
246
Their voices sounded very happy.
247
Shakespeare is the greatest English poet.
248
You should have been more careful.
249
Many wonderful tales did the old sailor tell.
250
Jack Frost is a queer little fellow.
251
We have been watching the antics of this funny little monkey.
252
William Penn was the friend of the Indians.
253
Everybody looks happy on Christmas-day.
254
I saw two birds' nests on my way to school.
255
Columbus discovered America.
256
The edges of this paper seem very rough.
257
We had so much fun.
258
The west wind will blow the clouds away.
259
We are all Americans.
260
The east wind usually brings rain.
261
The French were our firm friends during the war.
262
Abraham Lincoln was president during the Civil War.
263
Is today Saturday?
264
Have all the leaves fallen from the trees?
265
Will you be ready on time?
266
Have you read "Heidi'?
267
Will you mail this letter for me?
268
Have you been waiting for me long?
269
Is Sunday the first day of the week?
270
Are these gloves too big for you?
271
Did Jason get the Golden Fleece?
272
Are these last examples right?
273
How wide is the Mississippi River?
274
Why do we celebrate Thanksgiving-day?
275
Where did the Pilgrims land?
276
When does summer really begin?
277
When are the shadows longest?
278
What books shall I take with me?
279
Why do blossoms turn toward the light?
280
Be polite to everybody.
281
Be a hero in the strife.
282
Read to me some ballad.
283
Listen.
284
Sit here by me.
285
Sing a song of sixpence.
286
Keep this secret until tomorrow.
287
Come with us.
288
Put these ornaments on the Christmas-tree.
289
Bring your friends with you.
290
Stand straight.
291
Do your duty cheerfully.
292
Wait for me.
293
Arrange these flowers in vases around the room.
294
Be careful.
295
Eat more slowly.
296
Raise the window.
297
Join with us in the song.
298
Write these words in a list.
299
Hang all your leafy banners out.
300
Rip and his dog were great friends.
301
Cuba and Hayti are islands near Florida.
302
You and I will go together.
303
They opened all the doors and windows.
304
Saturday and Sunday are holidays.
305
Beads and ornaments were very valuable in the eyes of the Indians.
306
The children played and sang.
307
My favorite flowers are violets and daisies.
308
Great are the sea and the heavens.
309
Our flag is red, white, and blue.
310
The pipers played "Auld Lang Syne" and "Annie Laurie."
311
Slowly and sadly we laid him down.
312
He spoke frankly and fearlessly.
313
The postman brought some valentines for you and me.
314
The day is cold and dark and dreary.
315
Over the river and through the wood, To grandmother's house we go.
316
The winds were soft and low.
317
Ulysses was a brave hero and loved his country.
318
The skipper blew a whiff from his pipe and laughed scornfully.
319
Each nook and corner was clean and orderly.
320
Her ribbons and laces looked fresh and new.
321
He is small, but strong.
322
Did they arrive early or late?
323
I felt faint, but soon recovered.
324
Is this tree an oak or a maple?
325
Does the sky look blue or gray?
326
He read loud, but very indistinctly.
327
Come with your father or mother.
328
I am tired, but very happy.
329
Peter Pan's heart was full of gladness.
330
His laughter sounded through the quiet air.
331
Then he played a tune on his wonderful pipe.
332
Robin Hood had been outlawed by the King of England.
333
Ichabod Crane was a tall, lank fellow, with feet like shovels.
334
The torrents of Norway leap down from their mountain homes.
335
The evening wind made a disturbance among the trees.
336
In all climates spring is beautiful.
337
Benches were built along the sides of the porch.
338
Have some tea.
339
I am lord of the fowl and the brute.
340
Were you ever alone at night in a deep forest?
341
Buy a paper from this boy.
342
The north wind lays a cover over all the rivers and lakes.
343
Toward the end of August the days grow much shorter.
344
Washington tramped through the woods with his gun and surveyor's chain, and then slept at night on the ground under the stars.
345
A company of soldiers marched over the hill and across the meadow.
346
A troop of merry children rushed past my window.
347
The daisy listened with delight to the song of the happy lark.
348
Behind Hiawatha's wigwam rose the dark forest.
349
The carols of the birds are the sweetest songs in all nature.
350
The fairies have the flowers for their mu sical bells.
351
The winds are often noisy.
352
The first part of the story is very interesting.
353
We have written the first three verses of the poem.
354
I remembered the name of the flowers.
355
Columbus had always loved the sea.
356
Washington's birthday is a national holiday.
357
Anemones are very dainty little flowers.
358
The Swiss are a brave people.
359
During Shakespeare's boyhood, Queen Elizabeth often made royal progresses from palace to palace throughout the country.
360
The shadows of the trees were gradually growing shorter.
361
Finally the great boat had become a mere speck on the horizon.
362
They have been most courteous to us always.
363
The Indians had never seen a ship or a white man before.
364
Of all beasts he learned the language.
365
Swift of foot was Hiawatha.
366
Pleasant was the landscape round him.
367
In his arms he bore the maiden.
368
The old lady appeared very anxious about the child.
369
The Pilgrims invited the Indians to their first Thanksgiving.
370
The stream sparkled and rolled onward with a tuneful sound.
371
The children put a pipe into the snowman's mouth, and a hat on his head.
372
Mercury bound his winged sandals to his feet, and took his wand in his hand.
373
For many years I have been a wanderer.
374
Cousin Mary knows many fairy tales, and tells them at night.
375
The minstrel played and sang most beautifully.
376
The crow dropped some pebbles into the pitcher, and raised the water to the brim.
377
The oak is monarch of the woods.
378
The baby clapped her hands and laughed in glee.
379
Does the hedge grow around the whole garden?
380
Around went the wheels of the great machine.
381
Wash your face and hands, and come to dinner.
382
I took an armchair by the bright fire, and patiently awaited the arrival of my host.
383
The girl was careless, and dropped her basket of eggs.
384
Every pine and fir and hemlock wore ermine too dear for an earl.
385
Stop your play and be quiet.
386
Hide this sword under your cloak, and march bravely forward.
387
Do you take sugar and cream in your coffee?
388
The sound of the drums grew louder and louder.
389
Do you like summer or winter best?
390
Is June a spring or a summer month?
391
The bird seemed only a speck in the blue sky.
392
Put some flowers in the center of the table.
393
Be accurate in all your work.
394
Honor thy father and thy mother.
395
How far do these great wheat fields extend?
396
June 21 is the longest day in the year.
397
The little princess grew more beautiful and gracious.
398
Aha! I have caught you!
399
Pshaw! this string is too short!
400
Oh, dear! The wind has blown my hat away!
401
Alas! that news is sad, indeed!
402
Whew! that north wind freezes my nose!
403
Philemon and Baucis were the kindest old people in the world.
404
For supper they had only a bit of a brown loaf, and a drink of fresh warm milk.
405
To no stranger did they ever refuse the best hospitality of their poor cottage.
406
This cottage stood on a low hill, at some distance from the village.
407
In past ages, the site of this village had been the bed of a lake.
408
The people of the lovely village were selfish and hard-hearted, and treated all strangers unkindly.
409
On a fine summer evening, the two old people were sitting outside the door of their cottage.
410
Suddenly two travelers appeared, and asked for a morsel of supper, and shelter for the night.
411
Baucis hastened indoors, but soon reappeared, with a loaf of bread and a pitcher of milk in her hands.
412
The two strangers were really Jupiter and Mercury.
413
They looked cautiously about, but saw nothing.
414
He is a great leader and a most courteous gentleman.
415
All nature appears calm and peaceful.
416
The moon revolves, and keeps the same side toward us.
417
Take this note, carry it to your mother, and wait for an answer.
418
They were good people, and lived very happily together.
419
He took a key from his pocket, unlocked the chest, and lifted the heavy lid.
420
I awoke early, dressed hastily, and went down to breakfast.
421
Knots of seaweed hung upon the jagged stones, and trembled in every breath of wind.
422
I rose, and found the shining dew on every buttercup.
423
The groves were God's first temples.
424
Vainly, but well, that chief had fought.
425
They threw the poor dog a bone.
426
Offer the old lady a chair.
427
Send the child some flowers.
428
The old sailor made the little boy a beautiful boat.
429
Give me your attention.
430
We bought the baby a new cap.
431
Tell us the news.
432
He left his children all his wealth.
433
Pass me the sugar and cream.
434
They granted us our request.
435
The child wrote her mother a long letter.
436
They assigned us a very difficult task.
437
They have done us a great kindness.
438
Our neighbors, the Browns, left for the North.
439
I have a picture of Mr. Taft, our President.
440
I read Ivanhoe, a novel by Walter Scott.
441
Wm. Penn, the Quaker, was a friend of the Indians.
442
They followed Miles Standish, their captain.
443
Hiawatha lived with his grandmother, Nokomis.
444
You, his best friend, will cheer him in his trouble.
445
We visited Mt. Vernon, the home of Washington.
446
He lost his only weapon, his sword.
447
Stratford is the birthplace of Shakespeare, the greatest English poet.
448
The king saw the two strangers, mother and child.
449
Master Cheever, the old schoolmaster, taught arithmetic and reading.
450
We made a trip to Norway, the land of the midnight sun.
451
The dress of the little princess was embroidered with roses, the national flower of the country.
452
Lincoln, the son of a poor settler, became President of the United States.
453
On Christmas-day we had a pie, A nice round pie with a crimpy rim.
454
The little house had three rooms, -a sittingroom, a bedroom, and a tiny kitchen.
455
On the borders of a certain island Tom found Gotham, a very curious place.
456
Sir Philip Sidney, an English general, was severely wounded in battle.
457
We visited London, the largest city in the world.
458
They wore red caps, the symbol of liberty.
459
The year 1908 was a leap year.
460
We sent her some flowers as a birthday greeting.
461
With him as our protector, we fear no danger.
462
The Tabernacle, or Holy Tent, was placed in the middle of the Israelite camp.
463
The sweet gum, or liquid amber, is a pretty tree.
464
They gave him a medal as a reward for his bravery.
465
They waited an hour.
466
Go home.
467
He stayed away a month.
468
Walk one mile every morning after breakfast.
469
Robin Hood stepped backward several paces.
470
Seven long days and nights he fasted.
471
This tea costs a dollar a pound.
472
This plant grows an inch a week.
473
My friend has moved three blocks away.
474
They gave him a dollar a day.
475
This street is two miles long and fifty feet wide.
476
Some trains can go seventy miles an hour.
477
This month the baby will be three years old.
478
We go to dancing school every Monday and Thursday.
479
We learned something new each day.
480
This train leaves five minutes earlier this week.
481
Last summer we went north.
482
I saw a snake a yard long.
483
The fish weighs five pounds.
484
Give us this day our daily bread.
485
I will make this undertaking my special care.
486
Did you find the distance too great?
487
They considered the great oak their trystingplace.
488
They showed us every possible attention and made us most welcome.
489
The people of Liliput called Gulliver the man-mountain.
490
Everybody thinks Rose a beautiful girl.
491
A blazing fire soon made us dry and comfortable.
492
The judge pronounced the prisoner innocent of the crime.
493
Exercise keeps one well.
494
The noise of the pounding nearly drove us mad.
495
We chose him as our guide.
496
They sent little cakes as valentines.
497
Take this veil as protection from the cutting wind.
498
Use this umbrella as a cane.
499
How many words did you have right?
500
He remained poor all his life.
501
Bless me, my father.
502
Cousin, be merry.
503
How old are you, little girl?
504
Hurry, children.
505
Madam, I will obey your command.
506
You, sir, have been my best friend.
507
You are wrong, my child.
508
Ring out, wild bells.
509
Boatman, do not tarry.
510
Do not cry, little baby.
511
Do you not know me, my son?
512
I am not ready, mother.
513
The ocean seemed at rest.
514
The whole village was in a commotion.
515
Our roses are now in full bloom.
516
The clouds in the west seemed on fire.
517
She was in despair over her Easter bonnet.
518
The grass looked like a bright green carpet.
519
Whom does the baby look like?
520
We were all in most excellent spirits.
521
Be of good cheer, brave comrades.
522
The young man is not of age.
523
Make yourselves at home, my friends.
524
They still kept up some faint observance of the once popular rites of May.
525
Promise me one thing, great king.
526
This month is named in honor of Janus, an ancient Roman god.
527
I stood, a little mite of a girl, upon a chair by the window, and watched the falling flakes.
528
Out of a low cave of rock at the foot of a limestone crag, the great fountain rose.
529
In Japan the little girls, even baby girls, wear bright red or yellow.
530
The door was painted green, and had a brass knocker.
531
Queen Elizabeth called the new country Virginia, in honor of herself.
532
The little Dutch settlement on Manhattan Island had become the largest and wealthiest city in America.
533
The Pilgrims landed Dec. 22, the shortest day in the year.
534
The Pilgrims signed an agreement, and then chose John Carver governor.
535
Sit here and sing us a song.
536
Last week Mr. Weber, the florist, sent us a fern three feet high.
537
All her finery, -lace, ribbons, and feathers, -was packed away in a trunk.
538
Gentlemen, do you think this law just?
539
Show the guests these curios, my son, and tell them their strange history.
540
The governor granted the prisoner his request, and later pardoned him.
541
Did I promise you anything last night?
542
I will give thy camels drink also, stranger.
543
Most beloved by Hiawatha was the gentle Chibiabos.
544
I a light canoe will build me.
545
Like a fire upon the hearth-stone is a neighbor's homely daughter.
546
Go, my son, into the forest.
547
Light he thought her, like a feather.
548
All the spring flowers, -lilies of the valley, columbines, and violets, come like fairies from their subterraneous palaces.
549
Books of voyage and travel became his passion.
550
Robin Hood, the famous outlaw, was the best archer in all England.
551
The woods rang with the song of the birds, -throstle, cuckoo, and wood-pigeon.
552
We have come a long distance-ten or twelve miles, sir.
553
We arrived at Dublin late at night, and drove to our hotel in an Irish jaunting-car.
554
On a brilliant winter's day, we started off in the sleigh, in the gayest of spirits.
555
A thirsty crow saw a pitcher, and flew to it in great delight.
556
The old man brought candy and nuts, a treat for the little folks.
557
I bought a picture of Fuji, the sacred mountain of Japan.
558
The schoolroom, children, was a dingy room with a sanded floor.
559
He was the boys' best friend, that dear old schoolmaster.
560
Caesar, the leader of the Roman army, was a mighty warrior.
561
You alone are responsible for this accident.
562
His armor was of glittering brass.
563
His character is beyond reproach.
564
Her conduct was above criticism.
565
The Israelites considered the Ark of the Covenant their most precious possession.
566
The opinion of the junto was completely controlled by Nicholas Vedder, a patriarch of the village, and landlord of the inn.
567
Go not forth, Hiawatha, To the kingdom of the West-Wind.
568
Rise, O Youth, and wrestle with me.
569
Many days they talked together.
570
Out of a pellucid brook Pebbles round and smooth I took.
571
Every knight was overcome but Lancelot.
572
The deed was but mischance.
573
The child is but two years old.
574
He tried, but failed.
575
He did but glance toward us.
576
This horse is strong, but exceedingly gentle.
577
Do anything but that.
578
O my children, love is sunshine.
579
The toys gave the little sick child so much pleasure.
580
The water makes the pebbles round and smooth.
581
Rain, rain, go away, Come again some other day.
582
These traits of character, a kind heart and a poetic imagination, made his life joyous.
583
We reached the magnificent glacier of the Rhone, a frozen cataract two thousand feet high and many miles broad.
584
Sir Philip Sidney, the noble English general, offered the poor soldier a cup of water.
585
Every spring and fall they pay us a long visit.
586
The beavers build themselves lodges beneath the surface of the water.
587
Through woods and mountain passes, The winds, like anthems, roll.
588
There he stands in the foul weather, The foolish, fond Old Year.
589
Sleep, little one.
590
Hast thou seen that lordly castle, That castle by the sea?
591
Gems I held from every land In the hollow of my hand.
592
Pentecost, day of joy, had come.
593
Birds were singing their carols, a jubilant hymn to the Highest.
594
The young Mondamin, With his long and glossy plumage, Stood and beckoned at the doorway.
595
Give me your bark, O Birch-tree!
596
Don't cry, little girl.
597
Jack Frost looked forth one still, clear night.
598
One day I saw a mullein-stalk nearly six feet tall.
599
Athena, the goddess of Wisdom, heard Arachne's boastful speech.
600
Good queen, I am friendless and a stranger.
601
Grant us thy peace.
602
Her kindness soon put the awkward youth at his ease.
603
Columbus named the island San Salvador, and took possession of it for the king and queen of Spain.
604
Queen Elizabeth, the Virgin Queen, named the new country Virginia in honor of herself.
605
Captain John Smith, the sturdy explorer, showed the Indians his pocket compass.
606
I am Jason, the son of Aeson, the heir of all this fair land.
607
Then Orpheus took his harp and began his magic music.
608
Puck was a lively little sprite, and played many mischievous pranks.
609
Gertrude, queen of Denmark, was the mother of Hamlet.
610
In our climate the grass remains green all winter.
611
Do you want all the windows and doors open?
612
You must keep this news a secret until tomorrow.
613
Oberon and Titania, the king and queen of the fairies, held their midnight revels in the wood.
614
Most noble sir, I have obeyed all your commands with the utmost care.
615
Two good friends had Hiawatha, Chibiabos, the musician, And the very strong man, Kwasind.
616
The four fairies' names were Pease-blossom, Cobweb, Moth, and Mustard-seed.
617
Lady-bird, Lady-bird, fly away home.
618
Nothing I hear but the chirp of the crickets.
619
My window remained open all night.
620
Up soared the lark into the air, A shaft of song, a winged prayer.
621
Sweet the memory is to me, Of a land beyond the sea.
622
Three caskets they bore on their saddlebows, Three caskets of gold, with golden keys.
623
Be satisfied with nothing but your best.
624
Colder and louder blew the wind, A gale from the northeast.
625
Thou art like a beauteous flower.
626
Time and tide wait for no man.
627
How many words did you have right?
628
Iris always wore a chain of raindrops for pearls, and a cloud for a robe.
629
We peeped into the well, and saw our reflection in the water.
630
At the head of the procession marched a funny man with a tall fur hat and a great heavy walking-stick.
631
I myself will mail the letter.
632
They did the work themselves.
633
I gave the papers to the governor himself.
634
They themselves have done this.
635
The little girl made the doll's dress herself.
636
I hurt myself.
637
She was talking to herself.
638
He proved himself trustworthy.
639
I made myself a printing-press.
640
We could see ourselves in the water.
641
Do it yourself.
642
I feel ashamed of myself.
643
The little children themselves gathered these flowers.
644
I will attend to that myself.
645
The people themselves do not believe the story.
646
Sit here by yourself.
647
I gave myself a dreadful blow on the head.
648
Hurrah! I have finished my work in time for a good game of ball before dinner!
649
I lost the book that you gave me.
650
The boy who brought the note has left.
651
These are the flowers that you ordered.
652
Have you seen the book that I left on the library table?
653
Have you returned the umbrella that you borrowed yesterday?
654
The Indians that Columbus found in America were poor.
655
I have read the book to which you refer.
656
The snowdrop is the first flower that opens in the spring.
657
The fisherman who owned the boat now demanded payment.
658
He named the island that he had discovered San Salvador.
659
Come when you are called.
660
I shall stay at home if it rains.
661
When he saw me, he stopped.
662
If you want me, telephone before noon.
663
Since my country calls me, I obey.
664
I saw a ship that sailed the sea.
665
The books that you spoke of are not for sale.
666
The daisy, by the shadow that it casts, Protects the lingering dewdrop from the sun.
667
If thou art alive, sweet sir, awake.
668
Do not laugh at me because I seem so absentminded.
669
Happy is the simple man whose heart is very young.
670
When the trees bow down their heads, The wind is passing by.
671
I had scaled the massive rock which commands the town.
672
The prettiest toy of all was a little lady, who stood at the open door of the castle.
673
She had a little narrow blue ribbon over her shoulders, that looked like a scarf.
674
Catherine lingered a minute after she had been served.
675
The valley had been dry land so long that oaks had sprung up, and grown great and high.
676
As the stranger listened, a smile beamed over his countenance.
677
I will lend you the books that you need.
678
When I heard the knock, I ran to the door and opened it.
679
Come early next Monday, if you can.
680
Boys, choose him leader, for he has won three times.
681
They chose him king, because he had proven himself worthy.
682
If you come early, wait in the study-hall.
683
The poor duckling was sad because he looked so ugly.
684
The Indians were not the only enemies that the colonists feared.
685
If you find the bucket empty, fill it.
686
The shield which the goddess bore was polished, and shone in the sun.
687
If you see your cousins Saturday, give them my regards.
688
Her carriage was a shell of many hues, which glittered in the sunshine.
689
He had a little sister who was his constant companion.
690
They wondered at the goodness and power of God, who made the lovely world.
691
A certain man had a goose that laid him a golden egg every day.
692
The patter and beat of the storm was a joyous sound to children who owned sleds.
693
Philomel, with melody Sing in our sweet lullaby.
694
I had a younger brother whose name was Antonio.
695
They chose him as chief, because they considered him the bravest man among their company.
696
The wood in which they met was the favorite haunt of the fairies.
697
If you have time, pay us a visit.
698
Have you seen the flowers that the children brought?
699
I have read the books you recommend.
700
I found the ring I lost.
701
I will come at whatever time you appoint.
702
The sun shines, and the weather is warm.
703
The lark sang, and the daisy was happy.
704
In summer the days are long and the nights are short.
705
Her brothers are very dark, but she is different.
706
The sun is shining, but it is very cold.
707
I knocked, but no one answered.
708
The day is cold and dark and dreary; It rains, and the wind is never weary.
709
Her mouth smiled, but her eyes were very sad.
710
Spring has come, but the snow still lingers on the mountain side.
711
The thunder is loud, and the lightning plays among the clouds.
712
When I arrived, I went to the hotel, but all the rooms had been taken.
713
The wind is high, but the tide is low.
714
The eleven brothers were all princes; and each went to school with a star on his breast and a sword at his side.
715
The morning had been beautiful, but by noon the sky was quite overcast.
716
The Grasshopper begged for a little food; but the Ants only mocked him.
717
The fairy godmother touched the six mice, and they became six prancing steeds, with harnesses of gold.
718
Diana's chariot is bright like silver, but her horses are black as night.
719
A large fire burned briskly in the grate; a kettle hissed and bubbled on the hob.
720
The hut was humble; but it was clean and white, like a sea-shell.
721
Oft to his frozen lair Tracked I the grizzly bear, While from my path the hare Fled like a shadow.
722
With splendid courage they faced danger, while they concealed their deeper feelings.
723
Her hair was thick with many a curl That clustered round her head.
724
If you would have a faithful servant, serve yourself.
725
Did you ever watch the wonderful cloudhorses that the north wind drives across the sky?
726
Here and there skims a blue dragon-fly, with his firm wings that look like thinnest gauze.
727
The old man played his fiddle, and all the little children danced merrily.
728
Play and I will sing.
729
In this country Christmas comes in winter, but in the southern hemisphere it comes in midsummer.
730
It is day here, but it is night in Japan.
731
The sun smiles, and the whole world returns the smile.
732
Swift kindnesses are best; a long delay in kindness takes the kindness all away.
733
She had a rustic, woodland air, And she was wildly clad.
734
Sit here and we can see the fun.
735
We carried umbrellas, but we did not need them.
736
They told me that wonderful tale, but I do not believe it.
737
These are the books you selected.
738
Any time you mention will suit me.
739
On the surface of the broad smooth pond, among their flat green leaves, float the great waterlilies.
740
He laughs best who laughs last.
741
Give me the articles I ordered.
742
That is the funniest story I ever heard.
743
While you wait, I'll tell you a joke I read.
744
She is taller than he.
745
They are no wiser than we.
746
Light travels faster than sound.
747
We have more time than they.
748
She has more friends than enemies.
749
I can endure heat better than cold.
750
London is much larger than Paris.
751
He is far more lucky than wise.
752
Your judgment is better than his.
753
I know her better than her sister.
754
Spring is the morning of the year, The summer is the noontide bright, The autumn is the evening clear That comes before the winter's night.
755
Rip now hurried forth, and hastened to his old resort, the village inn; but it, too, was gone.
756
He walked along cautiously to the very edge of the precipice, and then leaned over.
757
To the left, in the mellow sunset light, stretched the lovely vineyards, with their rows of Mellised vines.
758
A Connecticut farmer took me out under his porch one April day, and showed me a phoebebird's nest six stories high.
759
The same bird had returned each year, and had built a new nest upon the old foundation.
760
I wandered lonely as a cloud That floats on high o'er vales and hills.
761
The waves beside them danced; but they Outdid the sparkling waves in glee.
762
We can finish nothing in this life; but we may make a beginning, and bequeath a noble example. +115. He who guides thy certain flight Will lead my steps aright.
763
The vine still clings to the mouldering wall, But at every gust the dead leaves fall, And the day is cold and dark and dreary.
764
Jack be nimble, Jack be quick, Jack jump over the candle stick.
765
Work, for the night is coming.
766
In the depths of the forest, on the margin of a clear lake, stood a wonderful palace, with walls of shining marble.
767
The old man, in a voice that seldom rose above the howling of the wind upon the moor, was singing them a Christmas song. When
768
They were very tired when they came home, and went to bed immediately.
769
The gate of Gotham was so wide that little people could not get through.
770
The mice had no peace, because the cat was always watching them.
771
After a little time the patient spider made a seventh trial and succeeded.
772
He was very poor, and with his wife and five children lived in a little low cabin of mud and stones.
773
Trees and hills had seen their images in that broad and peaceful mirror.
774
When the wind blew, the traveler wrapped his mantle more closely about him.
775
The sun poured down his warm rays, and the traveler unfastened his cloak and threw it off.
776
Washington retreated from Long Island when he found his army outnumbered.
777
I am certain that they will go.
778
They called the place at which they landed Jamestown, in honor of their sovereign, James the First.
779
The position that they offered him was so good that he accepted at once.
780
One by one, in the infinite meadows of heaven, Blossomed the lovely stars, the forget-menots of the angels.
781
The torrents of Norway leap down from their mountain homes, and run brief but glorious races to the sea.
782
The birds utter a few rapturous notes, and then wait for an answer in the silent woods.
783
Where shall we keep the holiday, And duly greet the entering May?
784
The elms before the window no longer lisped, but were eloquent in the softest zephyrs.
785
The rough walls of the fishermen's cottages were adorned with spoils of the fresh-water seas,shells, agate, spar, and curious pebbles.
786
It was a summer evening, and the wind had ceased.
787
Tristram tuned his harp to a sweet melody, while the waves lapped softly on the shore.
788
I consider her my friend, because she has many times given me good advice.
789
Hearty and hale was he, an oak that is covered with snowflakes.
790
He was so frightened that he could not speak.
791
We went back to the place where we saw the roses.
792
Bring me the book we were reading last Wednesday.
793
The mill will not turn with the water that is past.
794
Buttercups and anemones are flowers that bloom in the early spring.
795
Have you seen the box of Plows' candies that Lucy gave me yesterday?
796
The Judge is a man whose opinions are valuable.
797
We slept in a pleasant room which opened toward the east.
798
The great Greek sculptor, Phidias, made a statue of Zeus that was forty feet high.
799
At noon our juvenile party assembled in a dell, through the depths of which ran a brook.
800
The box was so highly polished that little Pandora could see her face in its surface.
801
The frost had so covered the window panes that we could not get a glimpse of the scenery outside.
802
When he came home, the first thing that he noticed was the statue which had been erected in the public square.
803
As he ran along the road, he saw in the orchard a beautiful tree, upon which were golden apples.
804
Athena came and poured sweet sleep over Odysseus' eyes, that he might find quiet rest after all his toils.
805
Diana drives in a golden chariot over the floor of heaven, which is studded with twinkling stars.
806
Violets are purple, buttercups are yellow, and hepaticas are pale pink.
807
As Orpheus sang, the forest grew calm again.
808
Sing us that song again, brave Orpheus, that we may forget the Sirens and their spell.
809
Then out spoke the magic bough which Jason had fastened to the mast.
810
Many weary years the Argonauts wandered, till they had atoned for the crime of Medea, the dark witch-maiden.
811
Then they dreamed of bright still gardens, and of slumbers under murmuring pines, till all their toil seemed foolishness.
812
The moss upon the forest bark Was pole-star when the night was dark.
813
The purple berries in the wood Supplied me necessary food.
814
They also serve who only stand and wait.
815
Father, Thy hand Hath reared these venerable columns, Thou Didst weave this verdant roof.
816
I know that you are right.
817
I will tell you where she lives.
818
The servant said that they had gone out.
819
My firm conviction is that they are innocent.
820
The important question is, Where shall we
821
My great consolation has always been that the accident was no fault of mine.
822
That some accident had occurred was very evident.
823
Just how the prisoner escaped is a mystery.
824
That the earth is round has been proved.
825
He repeated the old proverb, Haste makes waste.
826
The question, Where shall we go? has not been answered.
827
This fact only proves my statement that they are innocent.
828
The father's ambition was that his son might become a great physician.
829
I know that he has received a letter.
830
The world is better, life is richer, because noble men have lived.
831
You will hardly believe what I must now tell you.
832
Now you can understand why Philemon spoke so sorrowfully.
833
"Come and see my study," East said to Tom.
834
"Rose, my child, what are you doing?" called her mother.
835
A baby does not understand that it cannot have the moon.
836
Everybody knows that Columbus discovered America in 1492.
837
My first impression was that I had seen the man before.
838
They came after the sun had set.
839
I lay awake until the clock struck twelve.
840
We started on our journey before the day dawned.
841
It is my hope that they will return in the fall.
842
It is my opinion that you are wrong.
843
It is impossible that he should fail.
844
It is almost certain our team will win.
845
It is quite possible that they will arrive today.
846
It is the father's ambition that his son should be a soldier.
847
"Be patient, my children," the mother said.
848
"The dwarfs," said he, "are very fond of ham, and rarely get any."
849
It has been proved that the earth is round.
850
"What have I done?" asked the man.
851
The Esquimaux believe that bear's grease is the daintiest of dishes.
852
I think that that man is a Swede.
853
"This tree is fifty feet high," said the gardener.
854
I think that this train leaves five minutes earlier today.
855
My opinion is that the governor will grant him a pardon.
856
Why he has left the city is a mystery.
857
The house stands where three roads meet.
858
The officer selected seven men, veterans whose courage had often been tested.
859
The place from which the light proceeded was a small chapel.
860
What is new is not always true.
861
I am sure that the report is correct.
862
The woman grieved over what she had lost.
863
Those are the rocks that sailors call the Hen and Chickens.
864
What man is called the Father of his Country?
865
I must now relate what happened to me a few days before the ship sailed.
866
We have less room than they.
867
She has much more leisure than you.
868
I can remain later today than tomorrow.
869
Boston is much smaller than New York.
870
He has far more money than brains.
871
Your advice seems better than his.
872
I like summer better than winter.
873
Exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem bold, And to the presence in the room he said, "What writest thou?"
874
The vision answered, "The names of those who love the Lord."
875
Ponce de Leon discovered a land bright with flowers, which he named Florida.
876
The Japanese can twist the English language into the strangest knots that you ever saw.
877
A little vessel with one loose sail was riding at anchor, keel to keel with another that lay right under it, its own reflection
878
'Tis the prettiest little parlor That ever you did spy.
879
Read from some humbler poet, Whose songs gushed from his heart.
880
From the mountain-top hung a curtain of mist, whose heavy folds waved to and fro in the valley below.
881
She spoke and said, "I am the Queen of Olympus, Hera, the wife of the great Zeus."
882
"Wed a maiden of your people," said old Nokomis.
883
Gay was he, for his doublet was of scarlet silk, and on his cap waved a long feather.
884
Robin Hood was jovial and kindly, and often gave to the poor what he took from the rich.
885
When a man is in earnest and knows what he is about, his work is half done.
886
To me the meanest flower that blows can give Thoughts that do often lie too deep for tears.
887
Books give to all who faithfully use them the spiritual presence of the best and greatest of our race.
888
Friend, all the world is a little queer, excepting thee and me; and sometimes I think thee a little peculiar.
889
A wind came up out of the sea, And said, "O mists, make room for me!"
890
It was a still July morning; the leaves overhead moved slightly back and forth across the sky, that was deeply blue and cloudless.
891
I wonder if any artist who ever lived could catch just those tints.
892
"How did you like the party, children?" asked the old lady who met us.
893
The parapet of that house projects so far forward that no one can see out of our windows what is going on in that direction.
894
Evidently that gate is never opened, for the long grass and the great hemlocks grow close against it.
895
As the sun goes to the horizon, we have an effect that is sometimes produced by the best Dutch artists, a wonderful transparent light, in which the landscape looks like a picture.
896
The highroads in rural England are made pleasant to the traveler by a border of trees, and often afford him the hospitality of a wayside bench beneath a comfortable shade.
897
I met a little cottage girl; She was eight years old, she said.
898
The terns and gulls flew to and fro from shore to shore, and whistled sweet and wild.
899
The shadows of clouds ran races over the bright blue bay, and the breakers plunged merrily upon the wide white sands.
900
She said, "I am the nymph of the tree which you have saved." it.
901
Ask what I can give you, and you shall have
902
He tried and tried, but all his efforts were in vain.
903
The prince walked in the wet fields beside his shadow, and was glad.
904
Everything was white save the river, that marked its course by a winding black line across the landscape.
905
The face, chest, and arms of the great statue of Zeus were of ivory; the hair and beard were of solid gold; and the robe was covered with jeweled flowers.
906
Fuji is the sacred mountain of Japan; and for thousands of years it has been scaled by pile ump grims who come from every province of the empire.
907
As Fuji is a sacred mountain, it is scaled every year by pilgrims from all parts of the empire.
908
Pandora had called the box ugly, but in reality it was a very beautiful article of furniture.
909
As the child had no other looking-glass, I wonder that she did not consider the box valuable on this account.
910
When I was building my house, a little mouse that had its nest under the floor would come out regularly at meal-times.
911
One day, when I offered the mouse a bit of cheese, it came and nibbled it, then cleaned its face and paws like a fly, and walked away.
912
The little mouse soon became quite familiar, for it knew that I was its friend.
913
I gradually made this discovery, that it considered me its friend and not its enemy.
914
As no tidings of the ship had been brought, the women of the village were in despair.
915
Robert Bruce, the royal hero of Scotland, when he was pursued by his enemies, took refuge in a cave.
916
As he lay there, he watched a spider that was spinning a web across the entrance.
917
"If this spider," said Bruce, "makes a sev-
918
Major Pendennis told his nephew's tutor that the young man would go to college next October.
919
How sweet and gracious, even in common speech, Is that fine sense which men call Courtesy!
920
Every sound was muffled by the snow, every noise was changed to something soft and musical.
921
In his early youth, while he was still minding his herds on the rich pastures of Mount Ida, Paris received a visit from the goddesses of Mount Olympus.
922
Paris landed on the shores of Lacedaemon, where the people received him kindly, and helped him on his journey to Sparta.
923
He spent his childhood in the log-cottage where he was born, and was dutiful to his mother, and helpful to her in many ways.
924
To err is human.
925
I like to read.
926
The bridge seems to move.
927
His ambition was to succeed.
928
I have a horse to sell.
929
I came to study.
930
His request to leave was granted.
931
We are about to leave.
932
It is easy to swim.
933
They tried to persuade us.
934
To do the example requires time.
935
He seemed to know everybody.
936
His one desire is to make money fast.
937
I bought a machine to print cards.
938
We hurried to catch the train.
939
We appreciate his desire to please us.
940
They seemed about to leave the house.
941
It is quite impossible to find a needle in a haystack.
942
I do not expect to go at once.
943
There is a plan afoot to make him leader.
944
There is one chance to win.
945
There is no opportunity to succeed in this little place.
946
There are two more hills to climb.
947
There were several difficulties to overcome.
948
There will be nothing to eat.
949
There is nothing to do.
950
The young man appeared to be perfectly at ease.
951
It is almost impossible to refuse her anything.
952
To be good is to be happy.
953
I like to be alone sometimes.
954
I am most anxious to hear the news.
955
He planned to march that night.
956
This example is difficult to solve.
957
To stand so long is very tiresome.
958
They were anxious to go home.
959
They asked to leave an hour earlier.
960
I bought a book to read on the train.
961
The leaves seem to whisper to one another.
962
To go now is quite impossible.
963
We decided to wait for the next boat.
964
Her chief delight was to recall the scenes of her childhood.
965
I want to go to school to study.
966
He was quick to detect the mistake.
967
They are needed to assist in the office.
968
He has too much money to spend.
969
Do the children seem to appreciate the books?
970
His desire to revisit his native land has been gratified.
971
The soldiers heard the command to halt.
972
You seem to want to remain.
973
Everybody wants to be happy.
974
To give up now would be to lose all.
975
They are anxious to leave town.
976
We have no desire to leave.
977
To do one's duty is noble.
978
It is sometimes the hardest thing in the world to save money.
979
It was ever the queen's pleasure to superintend the education of her children.
980
It is mankind's lot to toil.
981
It is generally tedious business to wait for a train.
982
It was my wish to join the expedition to the Indies.
983
It was delightful to hear the continuous sound of the sea.
984
To aim and to hit the mark are not the same thing.
985
They were just about to enter the house.
986
We have no choice but to go.
987
They seemed about to speak.
988
I supposed him to be a gentleman.
989
I am ashamed to be seen in such company.
990
The weather is almost warm enough to melt the snow.
991
The story made us laugh.
992
We helped him lift the heavy load.
993
The ability to laugh is peculiar to mankind.
994
Why do you hesitate to go?
995
I want to show you the best way to do that.
996
They asked us to provide some suitable entertainment for the children.
997
I felt something stir in the dark.
998
Plan to stay with us two weeks longer next winter.
999
Elizabeth's delight was to move in splendid progresses from place to place.
1000
They made the people wait an hour at the entrance.
1001
Do you want me to post these letters?
1002
All men strive to excel.
1003
He chanced to enter my office one day.
1004
They want us to go.
1005
Tell her to wait.
1006
They forced him to go.
1007
We expected her to go with us.
1008
Did you order them to advance?
1009
I directed the children to stand in line.
1010
I do not wish you to do that.
1011
I trusted her to tell the truth.
1012
I enjoy reading.
1013
Reading is my chief delight.
1014
I take great delight in reading.
1015
He gained their confidence by speaking frankly.
1016
Before leaving the city, they sold their house.
1017
He was rewarded for doing the work well.
1018
I am tired of waiting.
1019
Waiting so long is tiresome.
1020
Playing solitaire is his chief amusement.
1021
I object to waiting.
1022
I bought a rug woven in India.
1023
I met her going to school.
1024
Looking around, I saw some violets growing on the hillside.
1025
We bought baskets made by the Indians.
1026
The light thrown upon the stage made a curious effect.
1027
I saw them staring helplessly about.
1028
They showed us some curios brought from Asia.
1029
That bird sitting in the peach tree is an owl.
1030
The children, dressed in their very best, looked uncomfortable.
1031
I found them waiting.
1032
After hearing the news, I came away.
1033
I always enjoy watching the game.
1034
The boy's chief delight is driving over the fields.
1035
I made a mistake in adding the second column.
1036
Giving them money does not satisfy them.
1037
Eating hastily injures the health.
1038
Telling stories to the children was the old man's delight.
1039
Little Jack Horner sat in a corner, eating a Christmas pie.
1040
The signal, flashed along the coast, roused the militia.
1041
The feathers, pasted on a fine cotton web, were wrought into dresses for the wealthy.
1042
Who owns this package wrapped in brown paper?
1043
We saw a building erected in 1820.
1044
I saw them standing at the gate.
1045
Standing by the gate, I saw her pass.
1046
Banners bearing strange devices floated from the gables.
1047
The great elm, broken by the wind, fell against the house.
1048
The ancient ruins of Melrose, seen by moonlight, are most picturesque.
1049
Writing to her gives me great pleasure.
1050
I have just finished writing a letter.
1051
The people seemed pleased with the singing.
1052
He received a reward for doing the work.
1053
His chief pleasure is working in his garden.
1054
Before starting they bade me goodbye.
1055
Making promises is not keeping them.
1056
Suddenly we heard a loud knocking at the gate.
1057
His answering so carelessly caused us much annoyance.
1058
On entering the village, I found a large crowd gathered about the courthouse.
1059
The eye, partaking of the quickness of the flashing light, saw in its every gleam a multitude of objects.
1060
The light struggles dimly through windows darkened by dust.
1061
A marble figure of Mary lies stretched upon the tomb.
1062
The footpaths go wandering away from stile to stile.
1063
Her dress was of a lavender color, scantily made.
1064
Two months afterwards, the man, returning, met the same spectre.
1065
I was surprised one morning at seeing a canoe gliding over the bay.
1066
The whole field seemed sprinkled with gold.
1067
Wounded severely, the poor soldier struggled on.
1068
Seeing him, I stopped.
1069
Most people dislike trying to make both ends meet.
1070
It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord.
1071
It is well for us to know our faults.
1072
The toys hanging on the tree delighted the children.
1073
I bought a basket woven by the Indians.
1074
He first learned to write by imitating printed books.
1075
I see trees laden with ripening fruit.
1076
Raising his rifle to take aim, Tom saw the bear plunge into the woods.
1077
The dandy walked up the street, flourishing his cane.
1078
Landing at Calais, we proceeded by rail to Paris.
1079
Who saw them go?
1080
It is a mistake to hurry so.
1081
The cottages were not unlike scows, drifted ashore and moored on the beach for houses.
1082
Those who are in the habit of remarking such matters must have noticed the passive quiet of an English landscape on Sunday.
1083
A poor wayfaring stranger, accompanied by a small boy, makes his appearance at the gate of the convent.
1084
The housekeeper stood at the door to bid us welcome.
1085
To have taken the field openly against his rival would have been madness.
1086
I profess not to know how hearts are wooed and won.
1087
Every window and crevice seemed bursting with the treasures of the farm.
1088
Brom Bones was noted for preferring vicious animals.
1089
The fox, hidden behind some bushes, wished to escape the farmer's notice.
1090
If you find her waiting for me, tell her that I cannot come.
1091
When they saw the queen coming, the people, dressed in holiday attire, thronged into the square.
1092
It seemed that the king had lost the power of acting intelligently.
1093
Berry-picking was near enough to hunting and fishing to enlist me when I was a boy.
1094
The fancied land proved to be nothing but an evening cloud.
1095
I attempted to hide my confusion by proceeding with my breakfast.
1096
Seeing my aunt so occupied, I dared not express my anxiety.
1097
I saw him pause before entering the room.
1098
It was impossible to refrain from laughing.
1099
It is impossible to resist the gladdening influence of fine weather.
1100
How gallant did our ship appear, decked out in all her canvas, and careering gaily over the curling waves!
1101
It is now time to get to shore.
1102
Ichabod picked up many bright shillings by instructing young folks in psalmody.
1103
Rip taught the children to fly kites and to shoot marbles, and told them long stories about witches and Indians.
1104
Panting and fatigued, he threw himself on a green knoll covered with mountain herbage.
1105
There the wrinkled old Nokomis Nursed the little Hiawatha, Rocked him in his linden cradle, Bedded soft with moss and rushes, Safely bound with reindeer sinews.
1106
We could not refrain from laughing when we saw him looking so surprised.
1107
Be sure to tell them to try to come on time.
1108
I hope to find your health much improved.
1109
The caravan was a picture to stir the dullest imagination.
1110
I passed several hours in rambling about Westminster Abbey.
1111
Shining metal spires and churchroofs, distant and rarely seen, had sparkled in the view.
1112
No one who visits Nuremberg is likely to dispute its antiquity.
1113
On coming down in the morning, I found my aunt musing over the breakfast-table.
1114
It would have made a Stoic smile to see me and my little family sit down to dinner.
1115
It is the mark of a noble nature to be quick to recognize that which is praiseworthy in others.
1116
The mingling notes came softened from below.
1117
It was really delightful to see the old squire seated in his hereditary elbow-chair.
1118
The fireplace was an old one, built by some Dutch merchant, and set all around with quaint Dutch tiles, designed to illustrate the Scriptures.
1119
Built upon a dismal reef of sunken rocks, on which the waters chafed and dashed the wild year through, stood a solitary lighthouse.
1120
If you listen, you can hear the leaves singing.
1121
Defeated in his attempts to master these difficulties, he soon became tired of trying.
1122
Nothing except a battle lost can be half so melancholy as a battle won.
1123
Come hither, come hither, my little daughter, And do not tremble so; For I can weather the roughest gale That ever the wind did blow.
1124
Be still, sad heart, and cease repining.
1125
Did you ever hear of the Fountain of Youth, which Ponce de Leon, the Spanish adventurer, went in search of, two or three centuries ago?
1126
All things that are on earth shall wholly pass away, Except the love of God, which shall live and last for aye.
1127
O Lord, that lends me life, lend me a heart replete with thankfulness.
1128
Near him was seated John Alden, his friend and household companion. X3. "It's very easy to take more if you've had nothing," said the Hatter.
1129
A wood-fire is a kindly, sociable spirit, and knows that to create warmth is but one of the good offices expected of it.
1130
Columbus told them that the broad flat earth on which we tread is round.
1131
Then Arthur made an order that all lords and knights should draw unto a castle called Camelot.
1132
It is my wish to be here, because I feel that should not be at ease elsewhere.
1133
A fisherman stood aghast. To see the form of a maiden fair, Lashed close to a drifting mast.
1134
Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
1135
It is never too late to mend.
1136
Count that day lost whose low descending sun Views from thy hand no worthy action done.
1137
Sweet are the uses of adversity, Which, like the toad, ugly and venomous, Wears yet a precious jewel in its head. inde وا علي؟ and
1138
I hear in the chamber above me The patter of little feet, The sound of a door that is opened, And voices soft and sweet.
1139
Then Jason went down toward Iolcus, and as he walked, he found that he had lost one of his sandals.
1140
The people called after him, "Who are you, fair youth, and whence do you come?"
1141
Jason's heart leaped in him when he heard he would soon see his father.
1142
It was the schooner Hesperus, That sailed the wintry sea, And the skipper had taken his little daughter To bear him company.
1143
I gave them my full assurance that I was most willing to undertake the task.
1144
I rejoice to feel myself free amidst scenes so lovely.
1145
When the warm sun, that brings A Seedtime and harvest, has returned again, 'Tis sweet to visit the still wood, where springs The first flower of the plain.
1146
There is a quiet spirit in these woods, That dwells where'er the gentle south wind blows.
1147
Only one walked apart and silent, Asclepius, the too wise child.
1148
I heard the man break out with a lamentable cry, saying, "What shall I do?"
1149
As the receding wave swept back with a hoarse roar, it seemed to scoop out deep caves in the beach, as if its purpose were to undermine the earth.
1150
It always seems to me as if every rootlet of grass that lifted its first green blade from the matted débris of the old year's decay, bore my spirit upon it, nearer to the largess of Heaven.
1151
Feeble gleams of encrimsoned light made their way through the trellised panes, and served to render sufficiently distinct the more prominent objects around.
1152
They tell us, sir, that we are weak, unable to cope with so formidable an adversary.
1153
The river flows softly through the deepest heart of a wood, which whispers it to be quiet.
1154
I tell you earnestly and authoritatively that you must get into the habit of looking intensely at words, and assuring yourself of their meaning.
1155
"Well, my little fellows," began the doctor, drawing himself up with his back to the fire, "what makes you so late?"
1156
The fairy path that we pursue, Distinguished but by greener hue) Winds around the purple brae.
1157
Every day of my life makes me feel more and more how seldom a fact is accurately stated.
1158
"What you say may be true," replied the artist, "but recollect that trifles make perfection, and that perfection is no trifle."
1159
Throughout the summer there were cherries and currants; and then came Autumn with his immense burden of apples, dropping them continually from his shoulders as he trudged along.
1160
In the stillest afternoon, if I listened, the thump of a great apple was audible, falling without a breath of wind.
1161
The little songsters of the woods, and those that haunt man's dwelling and claim human friendship by building their nests under the sheltering eaves, require a touch more delicate and a gentler heart than mine to do them justice.
1162
We need not deem it a too high and solemn word to call their outburst of melody a hymn of praise to the Creator.
1163
Thou art in the soft winds, That run along the summit of these trees In music. Yon clear spring, that midst its herbs Wells softly forth and visits the strong roots Of half the mighty forest, tells no tale Of all the good it does.
1164
My heart is awed within me, when I think Of the great miracle that still goes on In silence round me the perpetual work Of Thy creation.
1165
Standing at the foot of Niagara Falls, one may often see a beautiful rainbow outlined in the spray that dashes into the air at the base of the mighty cataract.
1166
Embosomed amongst a family of lofty mountains, there was a valley so spacious that it contained many thousand inhabitants.
1167
The wild highland rivulet, tumbling down from its birthplace in the upper mountain region, had been caught and tamed by human cunning, and compelled to turn the machinery of cottonfactories.
1168
Chains may subdue the feeble spirit, but thee, Man of the iron heart! they could not tame.
1169
His mother was an affectionate and thoughtful woman, and felt that it was wisest not to discourage the hopes of her little boy.
1170
Hamlet welcomed the players, and, remembering how a certain speech had formerly given him pleasure, requested one of them to repeat it.
1171
The pirates, who had the prince in their power, showed themselves gentle enemies.
1172
Hamlet was a loving and gentle prince, and greatly beloved for his noble and prince-like qualities; and would no doubt have proved a most royal and complete king to Denmark.
1173
When they were rested after the fatigue of their journey, they began to like their new way of life, and almost fancied themselves to be the shepherd and shepherdess they feigned to be.
1174
Morning, evening, noon, and night, "Praise God," sang Theocrite.
1175
Then to his poor trade he turned, Whereby the daily bread was earned.
1176
King Francis was a hearty king, and loved a royal sport, And one day, as his lions fought, sat looking on the court.
1177
The two young Cratchits crammed spoons into their mouths, lest they should shriek for goose before their turn came to be served.
1178
Even Tiny Tim, excited by the two young Cratchits, beat on the table with his knife and feebly cried, "Hurrah!"
1179
Bob said he didn't believe there ever was such a goose cooked.
1180
As we lived near the road, we often bad the traveler or stranger visit us to taste our gooseberry wine, for which we had great reputation.
1181
Then King Arthur followed fast after Morgan le Fay, to recover the scabbard of his sword which she had stolen.
1182
The doorway opened into a court alive with birds and shady with trees, whose leaves hung wilted and curled in the flaming sunshine.
1183
As Ichabod's horse jogged on, the motion of
1184
Verses, too, were written over the windows in old-fashioned letters, and grotesque faces, curiously carved, grinned at you from under the cornices.
1185
Sea and sky scarce seemed to move, but floated in a smooth, still dream; and Tristram, resting on the beach, tuned his harp to a sweet melody, while the waves iapped softly on the shore.
1186
The fancied iand proved to be nothing but an evening cloud, and had vanished in the night.
1187
And the brook seemed thus to sing, "Patience conquers everything." X64. Goneril, Lear's eldest daughter, declared that her father was dearer to her than the light of her own eyes, dearer than life and liberty.
1188
Then turning to his youngest daughter, Cordelia, whom he called his joy, he asked what she had to say.
1189
When Duncan reigned king of Scotland, there lived a great thane, or lord, called Macbeth.
1190
Gertrude, Queen of Denmark, becoming a widow by the sudden death of King Hamlet, married his brother Claudius.
1191
What troubled young Hamlet most was the uncertainty about the manner of his father's death.
1192
We see Elizabeth in all her weakness, and in all her strength, surrounded by the handsome favorites, whom she never trusted, and the wise old statesmen, whom she never dismissed, uniting in herself the most contradictory qualities of both her parents, the coquetry, the caprice, the petty malice of Anne, -the haughty and resolute spirit of Henry. /
1193
Not content with causing his parents trouble and anxiety, he looked about him for the means to worry his friends. /
1194
Everything belonging to Miss Nancy was of delicate purity and nattiness; not a crease was where it had no business to be, not a bit of her linen professed whiteness without fulfilling its profession; the very pins on her pincushion were stuck in after a pattern from which she was careful to allow no aberration; and as for her own person, it gave the same idea of perfect unvarying neatness as the body of a little bird.
1195
It was, perhaps, from hearing marriage so often recommended, that my eldest son, just upon leaving college, fixed his affection upon the daughter of a neighboring clergyman, who was a dignitary in the church, and in circumstances to give her a large fortune.
1196
No picture, and no history, can present us with the whole truth; but those are the best pictures and the best histories which exhibit such parts of the truth as most nearly produce the effect of the whole.
1197
A band of musicians accompanied Drake's
1198
Silas had inherited from his mother some acquaintance with medicinal herbs, a little store of wisdom which she had imparted to him as a solemn bequest; but of late years he had had doubts about the lawfulness of applying this knowledge, believing that herbs could have no efficacy without prayer, and that prayer might suffice without herbs.
1199
Nothing could be more unlike his native town, set within sight of the widespread hillsides, than this low, wooded region, where he felt hidden even from the heavens by the screening trees and hedgerows.
1200
To write history respectably, that is, to abbreviate dispatches, and make extracts from speeches, to intersperse in due proportion epithets of praise and abhorrence, to draw up antithetical characters of great men, setting forth how many contradictory virtues and vices they united; all this is very easy.
#1
Bright yellow daffodils nodded gaily.
#2
The little brook sang softly.
#3
Brave Robin Hood laughed aloud.
#4
Again the great bell tolled.
#5
Silently fell the great white snowflakes.
#6
The kind old man laughed pleasantly.
#7
My little white kitten purrs contentedly.
#8
Slowly the great oaken door opened wide.
#9
Forward marched that gallant company.
#10
The happy days passed quickly by.
#11
Sometimes the leaves whisper together softly.
#12
Away sped Paul Revere's horse.
#13
The pale moonlight shone softly.
#14
Little Marygold wept bitterly.
#15
The little maiden's eyes sparkled brightly.
#16
Up started the frightened deer.
#17
The two old friends walked along together.
#18
Suddenly a great wind arose.
#19
Down sank the great, glorious sun.
#20
Peter Pan's voice rang out gaily.
#21
The mighty river rolled silently onward.
#22
Columbus' ship sailed away.
#23
All the people cheered loudly.
#24
Once the Indians fought here.
#25
Down fluttered the bright red leaves.
#26
Slowly she looked around.
#27
The bright stranger then quickly departed.
#28
The children's merry laughter rang out everywhere.
#29
Sometimes we walk together.
#30
Then the two strange guests went away.
#31
Instantly the boys' shouts ceased.
#32
Once the old woman looked cautiously around.
#33
The clock will strike soon.
#34
All the flags were fluttering gaily.
#35
Great black clouds have gathered.
#36
Everybody was working busily.
#37
Little Puck was laughing slyly.
#38
I have been sitting here alone.
#39
Slowly a thick white mist was rising.
#40
We should have been studying.
#41
Now I am going away.
#42
The two old comrades were talking together earnestly.
#43
I have been sleeping soundly.
#44
The little prince's horse had been carefully trained.
#45
The children's toys were scattered about.
#46
They had been romping noisily.
#47
The mermaids were sweetly singing.
#48
The great bell was solemnly tolling.
#49
I am waiting here patiently.
#50
The child's health is steadily improving.
#51
They have often worked here together.
#52
The rain has stopped.
#53
Soon all the lessons were ended.
#54
Little Cinderella's proud sisters laughed very scornfully.
#55
You read too fast.
#56
The same old story has been told too often.
#57
The old soldier's horse neighed impatiently.
#58
Too many unkind words are spoken thoughtlessly.
#59
The little foreigners speak very correctly.
#60
So merrily passed the day.
#61
The old man's daughter comes here quite frequently.
#62
A beautiful white swan swam slowly by.
#63
Directly opposite stands a most wonderful palace.
#64
The Man-in-the-Moon came down too soon.
#65
They always start too late.
#66
She bowed most graciously.
#67
We all laughed so heartily.
#68
Some very rare plants grow here.
#69
Pale pink roses were growing everywhere.
#70
The poor old man limped along very slowly.
#71
Almost all people eat too rapidly.
#72
The deep blue heavens smile again.
#73
A most interesting old gentleman was talking.
#74
I have been working long enough.
#75
The Pilgrims landed at Plymouth.
#76
The little pine-tree's leaves were changed to gold.
#77
They sailed away from England.
#78
Toward night the storm ceased.
#79
The children in Holland often skate to school.
#80
We will walk to school with you.
#81
The dear old lady turned toward us graciously.
#82
Rip's dog walked along slowly after him.
#83
A little girl with curls sat near me.
#84
Above us floated a soft white cloud.
#85
The train starts from St. Louis at noon.
#86
Without fear he leaped forward.
#87
Our friends from New York will start for home tomorrow.
#88
Before dawn the little birds were twittering sleepily.
#89
I have been waiting for you for hours.
#90
Everybody knows about Lincoln.
#91
In the orchard sang many robins.
#92
Along the beach flits the little sandpiper.
#93
The child waited at the door for her father.
#94
The cow jumped over the moon.
#95
The peak of the mountain towers above the clouds.
#96
Great fields of snow glowed brightly at sunset.
#97
The children ran around the block.
#98
The islands of Japan lie on the other side of the world.
#99
The soldier's sword hangs at his side.
#100
The river flows down to the sea.
#101
Loudly the old clock ticked.
#102
My cousin reads well.
#103
Seven little sisters were walking in a row.
#104
I carelessly wandered on.
#105
The cattle were grazing peacefully at noon.
#106
The little brook babbles noisily along.
#107
Then up spoke brave Horatius.
#108
Jane's mother has gone south.
#109
The snow melts rapidly in the warm sunshine.
#110
The boy's dog goes with him everywhere.
#111
The cover of the box fell on the floor.
#112
The first girl in the line stopped at the door.
#113
In autumn the leaves fall from the trees.
#114
Yesterday the best girl in the class missed in spelling.
#115
In November some beautiful roses bloomed in our garden.
#116
Everywhere fluttered gay American flags.
#117
Loud laughed the merry men in the forest.
#118
Suddenly the robber's band appeared on every side.
#119
The flag of our country floats above us.
#120
The ivy grows on the ruined wall.
#121
The horn of the hunter is heard on the hill.
#122
Violets grow beside the brook.
#123
Suddenly my friend was standing beside me
#124
My uncle often goes to London on business.
#125
The voice of the captain was heard above the storm.
#126
Some late flowers were blooming in one corner of the garden.
#127
The little toy dog is covered with dust.
#128
Will you walk to school with me today?
#129
Was the child much hurt?
#130
Were you born in St. Louis?
#131
Have you ever traveled in Spain?
#132
Did the postman ring?
#133
Does your brother dance well?
#134
Is your sister coming for you?
#135
Have the neighbors gone away for the winter?
#136
Where are you going now?
#137
When was America discovered?
#138
When did the Indians live here?
#139
How was the baby hurt?
#140
Why are you laughing?
#141
How fast does the train go?
#142
How often did you recite?
#143
How high does the tide rise?
#144
Sadly he turned away without a word.
#145
Three black crows sat on a tree.
#146
We sailed down the river for several miles.
#147
Between the two lofty mountains lay a fertile valley.
#148
Among the wheat grew tall red poppies.
#149
Swiftly over the dark waters sailed the three little vessels.
#150
Already the grass shoots forth.
#151
The noisy crowd had rolled together like a summer cloud.
#152
The sun's rays slowly fade from the western sky.
#153
The lid of the teapot fell to the floor with a loud crash.
#154
Have the first two examples in this lesson been corrected?
#155
From the sky the sun looked down upon them through the branches.
#156
Why are you sitting here alone in the dark?
#157
The tops of the trees were waving gently in the breeze.
#158
The broad river spread out without a ripple on its surface.
#159
The lovely New England stream is sheltered from the breeze by thick woods.
#160
High waves were dashing over the deck of our ship.
#161
On the very top of the tree glittered a splendid star.
#162
Hiawatha's canoe floated on the water like a yellow leaf in autumn.
#163
Have you been writing at my desk?
#164
On one branch of the tree were hanging nets of colored paper.
#165
Above the clouds towered the peak of the mountain.
#166
Does the robin sing in the rain?
#167
The summer night fell like a perfumed curtain across the valley.
#168
Has the grass on this slope been recently cut?
#169
From the pool below the terraces came the bell-like clang of the frogs.
#170
Instantly the pumpkin was changed into a splendid coach.
#171
Near the margin of the lake grew lovely blue flags with their long slender leaves.
#172
The mouse ran up the clock.
#173
Great flocks of wild geese were flying toward the north.
#174
The trees in apple-orchards with fruit are bending down.
#175
The little hut stood by the ford, across the river.
#176
The figure glided from the shadow of the wall.
#177
The west wind blew across my face like a friendly caress.
#178
Between the two cottages extended a hedge of lilacs.
#179
The firelight was streaming through the open door across the little gravel path.
#180
From morn till night the old cobbler sang softly at his work.
#181
The little seeds waited patiently under the snow for the warm spring sun.
#182
The warm south wind, heavy with the perfume of lilacs, came through my window.
#183
Cinderella danced happily at the ball until midnight.
#184
Jack-the-Giant-Killer climbed to the very top of the bean-stalk.
#185
Many little girls with wreaths of flowers on their heads danced around the May-pole.
#186
Robin Hood went to the shooting-match in the disguise of an old beggar.
#187
The little saucy squirrel scampered away to his home in the hollow oak.
#188
All sorts of strange articles were arranged on the shelves.
#189
The spool of thread rolled across the floor.
#190
A box of growing plants stood before the window.
#191
Bits of straw were whirled about by the wind.
#192
A little bit of common glass sometimes glit ters like a diamond.
#193
A piece of bright patchwork lay across the foot of the bed.
#194
The whole sky is blue.
#195
I am very happy.
#196
All nature is musical.
#197
Those ripe strawberries look delicious.
#198
Baby's cheeks are rosy.
#199
You look sad.
#200
Saturday is always a holiday.
#201
The child will soon be a man.
#202
This place was once an old fort.
#203
The name of the vessel was Hesperus.
#204
The little boy's father had once been a sailor.
#205
I see some goldfish in the water.
#206
I have sent all my valentines.
#207
Polly wants a cracker.
#208
A robin has built his nest here.
#209
He waved the flag proudly.
#210
Next Monday will be Washington's birthday.
#211
Fair was the little maiden.
#212
The humming-bird is a very dainty creature.
#213
His colors are exquisite.
#214
I see the man in the moon.
#215
Our bird's name is Jaco.
#216
Many brave deeds has this hero done.
#217
The river knows the way to the sea.
#218
Old King Cole was a merry old soul.
#219
Genoa is the birthplace of Columbus.
#220
Then he climbed the tower.
#221
My glove had been mended.
#222
Her father is a lawyer.
#223
The streets are full of people.
#224
She seems happy.
#225
The boat sails away, like a bird on the wing.
#226
Alexander was a famous Greek warrior.
#227
The lazy man's garden is full of weeds.
#228
I see your reflection in the water.
#229
I have noticed many lovely traits in her character.
#230
Have you seen the monkeys in the menagerie?
#231
The long summer days were full of happiness.
#232
Helen wrote a letter to her friend in San Antonio.
#233
Robinson Crusoe was contented on his lonely island.
#234
Is your pencil sharp?
#235
The exquisite odor of blossoms filled the air.
#236
Mount Hood lifts its snowy peak abruptly from the plain.
#237
Mr. Jones bought a knife for his little boy.
#238
Little Goldenlocks visited the house of the three bears.
#239
The little violet lifts its cup of blue.
#240
David killed Goliath.
#241
The days are growing much shorter..
#242
The thistle is the national flower of Scotland.
#243
In winter most trees are leafless.
#244
Miriam was Moses' sister.
#245
We have enjoyed the story so much.
#246
Their voices sounded very happy.
#247
Shakespeare is the greatest English poet.
#248
You should have been more careful.
#249
Many wonderful tales did the old sailor tell.
#250
Jack Frost is a queer little fellow.
#251
We have been watching the antics of this funny little monkey.
#252
William Penn was the friend of the Indians.
#253
Everybody looks happy on Christmas-day.
#254
I saw two birds' nests on my way to school.
#255
Columbus discovered America.
#256
The edges of this paper seem very rough.
#257
We had so much fun.
#258
The west wind will blow the clouds away.
#259
We are all Americans.
#260
The east wind usually brings rain.
#261
The French were our firm friends during the war.
#262
Abraham Lincoln was president during the Civil War.
#263
Is today Saturday?
#264
Have all the leaves fallen from the trees?
#265
Will you be ready on time?
#266
Have you read "Heidi'?
#267
Will you mail this letter for me?
#268
Have you been waiting for me long?
#269
Is Sunday the first day of the week?
#270
Are these gloves too big for you?
#271
Did Jason get the Golden Fleece?
#272
Are these last examples right?
#273
How wide is the Mississippi River?
#274
Why do we celebrate Thanksgiving-day?
#275
Where did the Pilgrims land?
#276
When does summer really begin?
#277
When are the shadows longest?
#278
What books shall I take with me?
#279
Why do blossoms turn toward the light?
#280
Be polite to everybody.
#281
Be a hero in the strife.
#282
Read to me some ballad.
#283
Listen.
#284
Sit here by me.
#285
Sing a song of sixpence.
#286
Keep this secret until tomorrow.
#287
Come with us.
#288
Put these ornaments on the Christmas-tree.
#289
Bring your friends with you.
#290
Stand straight.
#291
Do your duty cheerfully.
#292
Wait for me.
#293
Arrange these flowers in vases around the room.
#294
Be careful.
#295
Eat more slowly.
#296
Raise the window.
#297
Join with us in the song.
#298
Write these words in a list.
#299
Hang all your leafy banners out.
#300
Rip and his dog were great friends.
#301
Cuba and Hayti are islands near Florida.
#302
You and I will go together.
#303
They opened all the doors and windows.
#304
Saturday and Sunday are holidays.
#305
Beads and ornaments were very valuable in the eyes of the Indians.
#306
The children played and sang.
#307
My favorite flowers are violets and daisies.
#308
Great are the sea and the heavens.
#309
Our flag is red, white, and blue.
#310
The pipers played "Auld Lang Syne" and "Annie Laurie."
#311
Slowly and sadly we laid him down.
#312
He spoke frankly and fearlessly.
#313
The postman brought some valentines for you and me.
#314
The day is cold and dark and dreary.
#315
Over the river and through the wood, To grandmother's house we go.
#316
The winds were soft and low.
#317
Ulysses was a brave hero and loved his country.
#318
The skipper blew a whiff from his pipe and laughed scornfully.
#319
Each nook and corner was clean and orderly.
#320
Her ribbons and laces looked fresh and new.
#321
He is small, but strong.
#322
Did they arrive early or late?
#323
I felt faint, but soon recovered.
#324
Is this tree an oak or a maple?
#325
Does the sky look blue or gray?
#326
He read loud, but very indistinctly.
#327
Come with your father or mother.
#328
I am tired, but very happy.
#329
Peter Pan's heart was full of gladness.
#330
His laughter sounded through the quiet air.
#331
Then he played a tune on his wonderful pipe.
#332
Robin Hood had been outlawed by the King of England.
#333
Ichabod Crane was a tall, lank fellow, with feet like shovels.
#334
The torrents of Norway leap down from their mountain homes.
#335
The evening wind made a disturbance among the trees.
#336
In all climates spring is beautiful.
#337
Benches were built along the sides of the porch.
#338
Have some tea.
#339
I am lord of the fowl and the brute.
#340
Were you ever alone at night in a deep forest?
#341
Buy a paper from this boy.
#342
The north wind lays a cover over all the rivers and lakes.
#343
Toward the end of August the days grow much shorter.
#344
Washington tramped through the woods with his gun and surveyor's chain, and then slept at night on the ground under the stars.
#345
A company of soldiers marched over the hill and across the meadow.
#346
A troop of merry children rushed past my window.
#347
The daisy listened with delight to the song of the happy lark.
#348
Behind Hiawatha's wigwam rose the dark forest.
#349
The carols of the birds are the sweetest songs in all nature.
#350
The fairies have the flowers for their mu sical bells.
#351
The winds are often noisy.
#352
The first part of the story is very interesting.
#353
We have written the first three verses of the poem.
#354
I remembered the name of the flowers.
#355
Columbus had always loved the sea.
#356
Washington's birthday is a national holiday.
#357
Anemones are very dainty little flowers.
#358
The Swiss are a brave people.
#359
During Shakespeare's boyhood, Queen Elizabeth often made royal progresses from palace to palace throughout the country.
#360
The shadows of the trees were gradually growing shorter.
#361
Finally the great boat had become a mere speck on the horizon.
#362
They have been most courteous to us always.
#363
The Indians had never seen a ship or a white man before.
#364
Of all beasts he learned the language.
#365
Swift of foot was Hiawatha.
#366
Pleasant was the landscape round him.
#367
In his arms he bore the maiden.
#368
The old lady appeared very anxious about the child.
#369
The Pilgrims invited the Indians to their first Thanksgiving.
#370
The stream sparkled and rolled onward with a tuneful sound.
#371
The children put a pipe into the snowman's mouth, and a hat on his head.
#372
Mercury bound his winged sandals to his feet, and took his wand in his hand.
#373
For many years I have been a wanderer.
#374
Cousin Mary knows many fairy tales, and tells them at night.
#375
The minstrel played and sang most beautifully.
#376
The crow dropped some pebbles into the pitcher, and raised the water to the brim.
#377
The oak is monarch of the woods.
#378
The baby clapped her hands and laughed in glee.
#379
Does the hedge grow around the whole garden?
#380
Around went the wheels of the great machine.
#381
Wash your face and hands, and come to dinner.
#382
I took an armchair by the bright fire, and patiently awaited the arrival of my host.
#383
The girl was careless, and dropped her basket of eggs.
#384
Every pine and fir and hemlock wore ermine too dear for an earl.
#385
Stop your play and be quiet.
#386
Hide this sword under your cloak, and march bravely forward.
#387
Do you take sugar and cream in your coffee?
#388
The sound of the drums grew louder and louder.
#389
Do you like summer or winter best?
#390
Is June a spring or a summer month?
#391
The bird seemed only a speck in the blue sky.
#392
Put some flowers in the center of the table.
#393
Be accurate in all your work.
#394
Honor thy father and thy mother.
#395
How far do these great wheat fields extend?
#396
June 21 is the longest day in the year.
#397
The little princess grew more beautiful and gracious.
#398
Aha! I have caught you!
#399
Pshaw! this string is too short!
#400
Oh, dear! The wind has blown my hat away!
#401
Alas! that news is sad, indeed!
#402
Whew! that north wind freezes my nose!
#403
Philemon and Baucis were the kindest old people in the world.
#404
For supper they had only a bit of a brown loaf, and a drink of fresh warm milk.
#405
To no stranger did they ever refuse the best hospitality of their poor cottage.
#406
This cottage stood on a low hill, at some distance from the village.
#407
In past ages, the site of this village had been the bed of a lake.
#408
The people of the lovely village were selfish and hard-hearted, and treated all strangers unkindly.
#409
On a fine summer evening, the two old people were sitting outside the door of their cottage.
#410
Suddenly two travelers appeared, and asked for a morsel of supper, and shelter for the night.
#411
Baucis hastened indoors, but soon reappeared, with a loaf of bread and a pitcher of milk in her hands.
#412
The two strangers were really Jupiter and Mercury.
#413
They looked cautiously about, but saw nothing.
#414
He is a great leader and a most courteous gentleman.
#415
All nature appears calm and peaceful.
#416
The moon revolves, and keeps the same side toward us.
#417
Take this note, carry it to your mother, and wait for an answer.
#418
They were good people, and lived very happily together.
#419
He took a key from his pocket, unlocked the chest, and lifted the heavy lid.
#420
I awoke early, dressed hastily, and went down to breakfast.
#421
Knots of seaweed hung upon the jagged stones, and trembled in every breath of wind.
#422
I rose, and found the shining dew on every buttercup.
#423
The groves were God's first temples.
#424
Vainly, but well, that chief had fought.
#425
They threw the poor dog a bone.
#426
Offer the old lady a chair.
#427
Send the child some flowers.
#428
The old sailor made the little boy a beautiful boat.
#429
Give me your attention.
#430
We bought the baby a new cap.
#431
Tell us the news.
#432
He left his children all his wealth.
#433
Pass me the sugar and cream.
#434
They granted us our request.
#435
The child wrote her mother a long letter.
#436
They assigned us a very difficult task.
#437
They have done us a great kindness.
#438
Our neighbors, the Browns, left for the North.
#439
I have a picture of Mr. Taft, our President.
#440
I read Ivanhoe, a novel by Walter Scott.
#441
Wm. Penn, the Quaker, was a friend of the Indians.
#442
They followed Miles Standish, their captain.
#443
Hiawatha lived with his grandmother, Nokomis.
#444
You, his best friend, will cheer him in his trouble.
#445
We visited Mt. Vernon, the home of Washington.
#446
He lost his only weapon, his sword.
#447
Stratford is the birthplace of Shakespeare, the greatest English poet.
#448
The king saw the two strangers, mother and child.
#449
Master Cheever, the old schoolmaster, taught arithmetic and reading.
#450
We made a trip to Norway, the land of the midnight sun.
#451
The dress of the little princess was embroidered with roses, the national flower of the country.
#452
Lincoln, the son of a poor settler, became President of the United States.
#453
On Christmas-day we had a pie, A nice round pie with a crimpy rim.
#454
The little house had three rooms, -a sittingroom, a bedroom, and a tiny kitchen.
#455
On the borders of a certain island Tom found Gotham, a very curious place.
#456
Sir Philip Sidney, an English general, was severely wounded in battle.
#457
We visited London, the largest city in the world.
#458
They wore red caps, the symbol of liberty.
#459
The year 1908 was a leap year.
#460
We sent her some flowers as a birthday greeting.
#461
With him as our protector, we fear no danger.
#462
The Tabernacle, or Holy Tent, was placed in the middle of the Israelite camp.
#463
The sweet gum, or liquid amber, is a pretty tree.
#464
They gave him a medal as a reward for his bravery.
#465
They waited an hour.
#466
Go home.
#467
He stayed away a month.
#468
Walk one mile every morning after breakfast.
#469
Robin Hood stepped backward several paces.
#470
Seven long days and nights he fasted.
#471
This tea costs a dollar a pound.
#472
This plant grows an inch a week.
#473
My friend has moved three blocks away.
#474
They gave him a dollar a day.
#475
This street is two miles long and fifty feet wide.
#476
Some trains can go seventy miles an hour.
#477
This month the baby will be three years old.
#478
We go to dancing school every Monday and Thursday.
#479
We learned something new each day.
#480
This train leaves five minutes earlier this week.
#481
Last summer we went north.
#482
I saw a snake a yard long.
#483
The fish weighs five pounds.
#484
Give us this day our daily bread.
#485
I will make this undertaking my special care.
#486
Did you find the distance too great?
#487
They considered the great oak their trystingplace.
#488
They showed us every possible attention and made us most welcome.
#489
The people of Liliput called Gulliver the man-mountain.
#490
Everybody thinks Rose a beautiful girl.
#491
A blazing fire soon made us dry and comfortable.
#492
The judge pronounced the prisoner innocent of the crime.
#493
Exercise keeps one well.
#494
The noise of the pounding nearly drove us mad.
#495
We chose him as our guide.
#496
They sent little cakes as valentines.
#497
Take this veil as protection from the cutting wind.
#498
Use this umbrella as a cane.
#499
How many words did you have right?
#500
He remained poor all his life.
#501
Bless me, my father.
#502
Cousin, be merry.
#503
How old are you, little girl?
#504
Hurry, children.
#505
Madam, I will obey your command.
#506
You, sir, have been my best friend.
#507
You are wrong, my child.
#508
Ring out, wild bells.
#509
Boatman, do not tarry.
#510
Do not cry, little baby.
#511
Do you not know me, my son?
#512
I am not ready, mother.
#513
The ocean seemed at rest.
#514
The whole village was in a commotion.
#515
Our roses are now in full bloom.
#516
The clouds in the west seemed on fire.
#517
She was in despair over her Easter bonnet.
#518
The grass looked like a bright green carpet.
#519
Whom does the baby look like?
#520
We were all in most excellent spirits.
#521
Be of good cheer, brave comrades.
#522
The young man is not of age.
#523
Make yourselves at home, my friends.
#524
They still kept up some faint observance of the once popular rites of May.
#525
Promise me one thing, great king.
#526
This month is named in honor of Janus, an ancient Roman god.
#527
I stood, a little mite of a girl, upon a chair by the window, and watched the falling flakes.
#528
Out of a low cave of rock at the foot of a limestone crag, the great fountain rose.
#529
In Japan the little girls, even baby girls, wear bright red or yellow.
#530
The door was painted green, and had a brass knocker.
#531
Queen Elizabeth called the new country Virginia, in honor of herself.
#532
The little Dutch settlement on Manhattan Island had become the largest and wealthiest city in America.
#533
The Pilgrims landed Dec. 22, the shortest day in the year.
#534
The Pilgrims signed an agreement, and then chose John Carver governor.
#535
Sit here and sing us a song.
#536
Last week Mr. Weber, the florist, sent us a fern three feet high.
#537
All her finery, -lace, ribbons, and feathers, -was packed away in a trunk.
#538
Gentlemen, do you think this law just?
#539
Show the guests these curios, my son, and tell them their strange history.
#540
The governor granted the prisoner his request, and later pardoned him.
#541
Did I promise you anything last night?
#542
I will give thy camels drink also, stranger.
#543
Most beloved by Hiawatha was the gentle Chibiabos.
#544
I a light canoe will build me.
#545
Like a fire upon the hearth-stone is a neighbor's homely daughter.
#546
Go, my son, into the forest.
#547
Light he thought her, like a feather.
#548
All the spring flowers, -lilies of the valley, columbines, and violets, come like fairies from their subterraneous palaces.
#549
Books of voyage and travel became his passion.
#550
Robin Hood, the famous outlaw, was the best archer in all England.
#551
The woods rang with the song of the birds, -throstle, cuckoo, and wood-pigeon.
#552
We have come a long distance-ten or twelve miles, sir.
#553
We arrived at Dublin late at night, and drove to our hotel in an Irish jaunting-car.
#554
On a brilliant winter's day, we started off in the sleigh, in the gayest of spirits.
#555
A thirsty crow saw a pitcher, and flew to it in great delight.
#556
The old man brought candy and nuts, a treat for the little folks.
#557
I bought a picture of Fuji, the sacred mountain of Japan.
#558
The schoolroom, children, was a dingy room with a sanded floor.
#559
He was the boys' best friend, that dear old schoolmaster.
#560
Caesar, the leader of the Roman army, was a mighty warrior.
#561
You alone are responsible for this accident.
#562
His armor was of glittering brass.
#563
His character is beyond reproach.
#564
Her conduct was above criticism.
#565
The Israelites considered the Ark of the Covenant their most precious possession.
#566
The opinion of the junto was completely controlled by Nicholas Vedder, a patriarch of the village, and landlord of the inn.
#567
Go not forth, Hiawatha, To the kingdom of the West-Wind.
#568
Rise, O Youth, and wrestle with me.
#569
Many days they talked together.
#570
Out of a pellucid brook Pebbles round and smooth I took.
#571
Every knight was overcome but Lancelot.
#572
The deed was but mischance.
#573
The child is but two years old.
#574
He tried, but failed.
#575
He did but glance toward us.
#576
This horse is strong, but exceedingly gentle.
#577
Do anything but that.
#578
O my children, love is sunshine.
#579
The toys gave the little sick child so much pleasure.
#580
The water makes the pebbles round and smooth.
#581
Rain, rain, go away, Come again some other day.
#582
These traits of character, a kind heart and a poetic imagination, made his life joyous.
#583
We reached the magnificent glacier of the Rhone, a frozen cataract two thousand feet high and many miles broad.
#584
Sir Philip Sidney, the noble English general, offered the poor soldier a cup of water.
#585
Every spring and fall they pay us a long visit.
#586
The beavers build themselves lodges beneath the surface of the water.
#587
Through woods and mountain passes, The winds, like anthems, roll.
#588
There he stands in the foul weather, The foolish, fond Old Year.
#589
Sleep, little one.
#590
Hast thou seen that lordly castle, That castle by the sea?
#591
Gems I held from every land In the hollow of my hand.
#592
Pentecost, day of joy, had come.
#593
Birds were singing their carols, a jubilant hymn to the Highest.
#594
The young Mondamin, With his long and glossy plumage, Stood and beckoned at the doorway.
#595
Give me your bark, O Birch-tree!
#596
Don't cry, little girl.
#597
Jack Frost looked forth one still, clear night.
#598
One day I saw a mullein-stalk nearly six feet tall.
#599
Athena, the goddess of Wisdom, heard Arachne's boastful speech.
#600
Good queen, I am friendless and a stranger.
#601
Grant us thy peace.
#602
Her kindness soon put the awkward youth at his ease.
#603
Columbus named the island San Salvador, and took possession of it for the king and queen of Spain.
#604
Queen Elizabeth, the Virgin Queen, named the new country Virginia in honor of herself.
#605
Captain John Smith, the sturdy explorer, showed the Indians his pocket compass.
#606
I am Jason, the son of Aeson, the heir of all this fair land.
#607
Then Orpheus took his harp and began his magic music.
#608
Puck was a lively little sprite, and played many mischievous pranks.
#609
Gertrude, queen of Denmark, was the mother of Hamlet.
#610
In our climate the grass remains green all winter.
#611
Do you want all the windows and doors open?
#612
You must keep this news a secret until tomorrow.
#613
Oberon and Titania, the king and queen of the fairies, held their midnight revels in the wood.
#614
Most noble sir, I have obeyed all your commands with the utmost care.
#615
Two good friends had Hiawatha, Chibiabos, the musician, And the very strong man, Kwasind.
#616
The four fairies' names were Pease-blossom, Cobweb, Moth, and Mustard-seed.
#617
Lady-bird, Lady-bird, fly away home.
#618
Nothing I hear but the chirp of the crickets.
#619
My window remained open all night.
#620
Up soared the lark into the air, A shaft of song, a winged prayer.
#621
Sweet the memory is to me, Of a land beyond the sea.
#622
Three caskets they bore on their saddlebows, Three caskets of gold, with golden keys.
#623
Be satisfied with nothing but your best.
#624
Colder and louder blew the wind, A gale from the northeast.
#625
Thou art like a beauteous flower.
#626
Time and tide wait for no man.
#627
How many words did you have right?
#628
Iris always wore a chain of raindrops for pearls, and a cloud for a robe.
#629
We peeped into the well, and saw our reflection in the water.
#630
At the head of the procession marched a funny man with a tall fur hat and a great heavy walking-stick.
#631
I myself will mail the letter.
#632
They did the work themselves.
#633
I gave the papers to the governor himself.
#634
They themselves have done this.
#635
The little girl made the doll's dress herself.
#636
I hurt myself.
#637
She was talking to herself.
#638
He proved himself trustworthy.
#639
I made myself a printing-press.
#640
We could see ourselves in the water.
#641
Do it yourself.
#642
I feel ashamed of myself.
#643
The little children themselves gathered these flowers.
#644
I will attend to that myself.
#645
The people themselves do not believe the story.
#646
Sit here by yourself.
#647
I gave myself a dreadful blow on the head.
#648
Hurrah! I have finished my work in time for a good game of ball before dinner!
#649
I lost the book that you gave me.
#650
The boy who brought the note has left.
#651
These are the flowers that you ordered.
#652
Have you seen the book that I left on the library table?
#653
Have you returned the umbrella that you borrowed yesterday?
#654
The Indians that Columbus found in America were poor.
#655
I have read the book to which you refer.
#656
The snowdrop is the first flower that opens in the spring.
#657
The fisherman who owned the boat now demanded payment.
#658
He named the island that he had discovered San Salvador.
#659
Come when you are called.
#660
I shall stay at home if it rains.
#661
When he saw me, he stopped.
#662
If you want me, telephone before noon.
#663
Since my country calls me, I obey.
#664
I saw a ship that sailed the sea.
#665
The books that you spoke of are not for sale.
#666
The daisy, by the shadow that it casts, Protects the lingering dewdrop from the sun.
#667
If thou art alive, sweet sir, awake.
#668
Do not laugh at me because I seem so absentminded.
#669
Happy is the simple man whose heart is very young.
#670
When the trees bow down their heads, The wind is passing by.
#671
I had scaled the massive rock which commands the town.
#672
The prettiest toy of all was a little lady, who stood at the open door of the castle.
#673
She had a little narrow blue ribbon over her shoulders, that looked like a scarf.
#674
Catherine lingered a minute after she had been served.
#675
The valley had been dry land so long that oaks had sprung up, and grown great and high.
#676
As the stranger listened, a smile beamed over his countenance.
#677
I will lend you the books that you need.
#678
When I heard the knock, I ran to the door and opened it.
#679
Come early next Monday, if you can.
#680
Boys, choose him leader, for he has won three times.
#681
They chose him king, because he had proven himself worthy.
#682
If you come early, wait in the study-hall.
#683
The poor duckling was sad because he looked so ugly.
#684
The Indians were not the only enemies that the colonists feared.
#685
If you find the bucket empty, fill it.
#686
The shield which the goddess bore was polished, and shone in the sun.
#687
If you see your cousins Saturday, give them my regards.
#688
Her carriage was a shell of many hues, which glittered in the sunshine.
#689
He had a little sister who was his constant companion.
#690
They wondered at the goodness and power of God, who made the lovely world.
#691
A certain man had a goose that laid him a golden egg every day.
#692
The patter and beat of the storm was a joyous sound to children who owned sleds.
#693
Philomel, with melody Sing in our sweet lullaby.
#694
I had a younger brother whose name was Antonio.
#695
They chose him as chief, because they considered him the bravest man among their company.
#696
The wood in which they met was the favorite haunt of the fairies.
#697
If you have time, pay us a visit.
#698
Have you seen the flowers that the children brought?
#699
I have read the books you recommend.
#700
I found the ring I lost.
#701
I will come at whatever time you appoint.
#702
The sun shines, and the weather is warm.
#703
The lark sang, and the daisy was happy.
#704
In summer the days are long and the nights are short.
#705
Her brothers are very dark, but she is different.
#706
The sun is shining, but it is very cold.
#707
I knocked, but no one answered.
#708
The day is cold and dark and dreary; It rains, and the wind is never weary.
#709
Her mouth smiled, but her eyes were very sad.
#710
Spring has come, but the snow still lingers on the mountain side.
#711
The thunder is loud, and the lightning plays among the clouds.
#712
When I arrived, I went to the hotel, but all the rooms had been taken.
#713
The wind is high, but the tide is low.
#714
The eleven brothers were all princes; and each went to school with a star on his breast and a sword at his side.
#715
The morning had been beautiful, but by noon the sky was quite overcast.
#716
The Grasshopper begged for a little food; but the Ants only mocked him.
#717
The fairy godmother touched the six mice, and they became six prancing steeds, with harnesses of gold.
#718
Diana's chariot is bright like silver, but her horses are black as night.
#719
A large fire burned briskly in the grate; a kettle hissed and bubbled on the hob.
#720
The hut was humble; but it was clean and white, like a sea-shell.
#721
Oft to his frozen lair Tracked I the grizzly bear, While from my path the hare Fled like a shadow.
#722
With splendid courage they faced danger, while they concealed their deeper feelings.
#723
Her hair was thick with many a curl That clustered round her head.
#724
If you would have a faithful servant, serve yourself.
#725
Did you ever watch the wonderful cloudhorses that the north wind drives across the sky?
#726
Here and there skims a blue dragon-fly, with his firm wings that look like thinnest gauze.
#727
The old man played his fiddle, and all the little children danced merrily.
#728
Play and I will sing.
#729
In this country Christmas comes in winter, but in the southern hemisphere it comes in midsummer.
#730
It is day here, but it is night in Japan.
#731
The sun smiles, and the whole world returns the smile.
#732
Swift kindnesses are best; a long delay in kindness takes the kindness all away.
#733
She had a rustic, woodland air, And she was wildly clad.
#734
Sit here and we can see the fun.
#735
We carried umbrellas, but we did not need them.
#736
They told me that wonderful tale, but I do not believe it.
#737
These are the books you selected.
#738
Any time you mention will suit me.
#739
On the surface of the broad smooth pond, among their flat green leaves, float the great waterlilies.
#740
He laughs best who laughs last.
#741
Give me the articles I ordered.
#742
That is the funniest story I ever heard.
#743
While you wait, I'll tell you a joke I read.
#744
She is taller than he.
#745
They are no wiser than we.
#746
Light travels faster than sound.
#747
We have more time than they.
#748
She has more friends than enemies.
#749
I can endure heat better than cold.
#750
London is much larger than Paris.
#751
He is far more lucky than wise.
#752
Your judgment is better than his.
#753
I know her better than her sister.
#754
Spring is the morning of the year, The summer is the noontide bright, The autumn is the evening clear That comes before the winter's night.
#755
Rip now hurried forth, and hastened to his old resort, the village inn; but it, too, was gone.
#756
He walked along cautiously to the very edge of the precipice, and then leaned over.
#757
To the left, in the mellow sunset light, stretched the lovely vineyards, with their rows of Mellised vines.
#758
A Connecticut farmer took me out under his porch one April day, and showed me a phoebebird's nest six stories high.
#759
The same bird had returned each year, and had built a new nest upon the old foundation.
#760
I wandered lonely as a cloud That floats on high o'er vales and hills.
#761
The waves beside them danced; but they Outdid the sparkling waves in glee.
#762
We can finish nothing in this life; but we may make a beginning, and bequeath a noble example. +115. He who guides thy certain flight Will lead my steps aright.
#763
The vine still clings to the mouldering wall, But at every gust the dead leaves fall, And the day is cold and dark and dreary.
#764
Jack be nimble, Jack be quick, Jack jump over the candle stick.
#765
Work, for the night is coming.
#766
In the depths of the forest, on the margin of a clear lake, stood a wonderful palace, with walls of shining marble.
#767
The old man, in a voice that seldom rose above the howling of the wind upon the moor, was singing them a Christmas song. When
#768
They were very tired when they came home, and went to bed immediately.
#769
The gate of Gotham was so wide that little people could not get through.
#770
The mice had no peace, because the cat was always watching them.
#771
After a little time the patient spider made a seventh trial and succeeded.
#772
He was very poor, and with his wife and five children lived in a little low cabin of mud and stones.
#773
Trees and hills had seen their images in that broad and peaceful mirror.
#774
When the wind blew, the traveler wrapped his mantle more closely about him.
#775
The sun poured down his warm rays, and the traveler unfastened his cloak and threw it off.
#776
Washington retreated from Long Island when he found his army outnumbered.
#777
I am certain that they will go.
#778
They called the place at which they landed Jamestown, in honor of their sovereign, James the First.
#779
The position that they offered him was so good that he accepted at once.
#780
One by one, in the infinite meadows of heaven, Blossomed the lovely stars, the forget-menots of the angels.
#781
The torrents of Norway leap down from their mountain homes, and run brief but glorious races to the sea.
#782
The birds utter a few rapturous notes, and then wait for an answer in the silent woods.
#783
Where shall we keep the holiday, And duly greet the entering May?
#784
The elms before the window no longer lisped, but were eloquent in the softest zephyrs.
#785
The rough walls of the fishermen's cottages were adorned with spoils of the fresh-water seas,shells, agate, spar, and curious pebbles.
#786
It was a summer evening, and the wind had ceased.
#787
Tristram tuned his harp to a sweet melody, while the waves lapped softly on the shore.
#788
I consider her my friend, because she has many times given me good advice.
#789
Hearty and hale was he, an oak that is covered with snowflakes.
#790
He was so frightened that he could not speak.
#791
We went back to the place where we saw the roses.
#792
Bring me the book we were reading last Wednesday.
#793
The mill will not turn with the water that is past.
#794
Buttercups and anemones are flowers that bloom in the early spring.
#795
Have you seen the box of Plows' candies that Lucy gave me yesterday?
#796
The Judge is a man whose opinions are valuable.
#797
We slept in a pleasant room which opened toward the east.
#798
The great Greek sculptor, Phidias, made a statue of Zeus that was forty feet high.
#799
At noon our juvenile party assembled in a dell, through the depths of which ran a brook.
#800
The box was so highly polished that little Pandora could see her face in its surface.
#801
The frost had so covered the window panes that we could not get a glimpse of the scenery outside.
#802
When he came home, the first thing that he noticed was the statue which had been erected in the public square.
#803
As he ran along the road, he saw in the orchard a beautiful tree, upon which were golden apples.
#804
Athena came and poured sweet sleep over Odysseus' eyes, that he might find quiet rest after all his toils.
#805
Diana drives in a golden chariot over the floor of heaven, which is studded with twinkling stars.
#806
Violets are purple, buttercups are yellow, and hepaticas are pale pink.
#807
As Orpheus sang, the forest grew calm again.
#808
Sing us that song again, brave Orpheus, that we may forget the Sirens and their spell.
#809
Then out spoke the magic bough which Jason had fastened to the mast.
#810
Many weary years the Argonauts wandered, till they had atoned for the crime of Medea, the dark witch-maiden.
#811
Then they dreamed of bright still gardens, and of slumbers under murmuring pines, till all their toil seemed foolishness.
#812
The moss upon the forest bark Was pole-star when the night was dark.
#813
The purple berries in the wood Supplied me necessary food.
#814
They also serve who only stand and wait.
#815
Father, Thy hand Hath reared these venerable columns, Thou Didst weave this verdant roof.
#816
I know that you are right.
#817
I will tell you where she lives.
#818
The servant said that they had gone out.
#819
My firm conviction is that they are innocent.
#820
The important question is, Where shall we
#821
My great consolation has always been that the accident was no fault of mine.
#822
That some accident had occurred was very evident.
#823
Just how the prisoner escaped is a mystery.
#824
That the earth is round has been proved.
#825
He repeated the old proverb, Haste makes waste.
#826
The question, Where shall we go? has not been answered.
#827
This fact only proves my statement that they are innocent.
#828
The father's ambition was that his son might become a great physician.
#829
I know that he has received a letter.
#830
The world is better, life is richer, because noble men have lived.
#831
You will hardly believe what I must now tell you.
#832
Now you can understand why Philemon spoke so sorrowfully.
#833
"Come and see my study," East said to Tom.
#834
"Rose, my child, what are you doing?" called her mother.
#835
A baby does not understand that it cannot have the moon.
#836
Everybody knows that Columbus discovered America in 1492.
#837
My first impression was that I had seen the man before.
#838
They came after the sun had set.
#839
I lay awake until the clock struck twelve.
#840
We started on our journey before the day dawned.
#841
It is my hope that they will return in the fall.
#842
It is my opinion that you are wrong.
#843
It is impossible that he should fail.
#844
It is almost certain our team will win.
#845
It is quite possible that they will arrive today.
#846
It is the father's ambition that his son should be a soldier.
#847
"Be patient, my children," the mother said.
#848
"The dwarfs," said he, "are very fond of ham, and rarely get any."
#849
It has been proved that the earth is round.
#850
"What have I done?" asked the man.
#851
The Esquimaux believe that bear's grease is the daintiest of dishes.
#852
I think that that man is a Swede.
#853
"This tree is fifty feet high," said the gardener.
#854
I think that this train leaves five minutes earlier today.
#855
My opinion is that the governor will grant him a pardon.
#856
Why he has left the city is a mystery.
#857
The house stands where three roads meet.
#858
The officer selected seven men, veterans whose courage had often been tested.
#859
The place from which the light proceeded was a small chapel.
#860
What is new is not always true.
#861
I am sure that the report is correct.
#862
The woman grieved over what she had lost.
#863
Those are the rocks that sailors call the Hen and Chickens.
#864
What man is called the Father of his Country?
#865
I must now relate what happened to me a few days before the ship sailed.
#866
We have less room than they.
#867
She has much more leisure than you.
#868
I can remain later today than tomorrow.
#869
Boston is much smaller than New York.
#870
He has far more money than brains.
#871
Your advice seems better than his.
#872
I like summer better than winter.
#873
Exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem bold, And to the presence in the room he said, "What writest thou?"
#874
The vision answered, "The names of those who love the Lord."
#875
Ponce de Leon discovered a land bright with flowers, which he named Florida.
#876
The Japanese can twist the English language into the strangest knots that you ever saw.
#877
A little vessel with one loose sail was riding at anchor, keel to keel with another that lay right under it, its own reflection
#878
'Tis the prettiest little parlor That ever you did spy.
#879
Read from some humbler poet, Whose songs gushed from his heart.
#880
From the mountain-top hung a curtain of mist, whose heavy folds waved to and fro in the valley below.
#881
She spoke and said, "I am the Queen of Olympus, Hera, the wife of the great Zeus."
#882
"Wed a maiden of your people," said old Nokomis.
#883
Gay was he, for his doublet was of scarlet silk, and on his cap waved a long feather.
#884
Robin Hood was jovial and kindly, and often gave to the poor what he took from the rich.
#885
When a man is in earnest and knows what he is about, his work is half done.
#886
To me the meanest flower that blows can give Thoughts that do often lie too deep for tears.
#887
Books give to all who faithfully use them the spiritual presence of the best and greatest of our race.
#888
Friend, all the world is a little queer, excepting thee and me; and sometimes I think thee a little peculiar.
#889
A wind came up out of the sea, And said, "O mists, make room for me!"
#890
It was a still July morning; the leaves overhead moved slightly back and forth across the sky, that was deeply blue and cloudless.
#891
I wonder if any artist who ever lived could catch just those tints.
#892
"How did you like the party, children?" asked the old lady who met us.
#893
The parapet of that house projects so far forward that no one can see out of our windows what is going on in that direction.
#894
Evidently that gate is never opened, for the long grass and the great hemlocks grow close against it.
#895
As the sun goes to the horizon, we have an effect that is sometimes produced by the best Dutch artists, a wonderful transparent light, in which the landscape looks like a picture.
#896
The highroads in rural England are made pleasant to the traveler by a border of trees, and often afford him the hospitality of a wayside bench beneath a comfortable shade.
#897
I met a little cottage girl; She was eight years old, she said.
#898
The terns and gulls flew to and fro from shore to shore, and whistled sweet and wild.
#899
The shadows of clouds ran races over the bright blue bay, and the breakers plunged merrily upon the wide white sands.
#900
She said, "I am the nymph of the tree which you have saved." it.
#901
Ask what I can give you, and you shall have
#902
He tried and tried, but all his efforts were in vain.
#903
The prince walked in the wet fields beside his shadow, and was glad.
#904
Everything was white save the river, that marked its course by a winding black line across the landscape.
#905
The face, chest, and arms of the great statue of Zeus were of ivory; the hair and beard were of solid gold; and the robe was covered with jeweled flowers.
#906
Fuji is the sacred mountain of Japan; and for thousands of years it has been scaled by pile ump grims who come from every province of the empire.
#907
As Fuji is a sacred mountain, it is scaled every year by pilgrims from all parts of the empire.
#908
Pandora had called the box ugly, but in reality it was a very beautiful article of furniture.
#909
As the child had no other looking-glass, I wonder that she did not consider the box valuable on this account.
#910
When I was building my house, a little mouse that had its nest under the floor would come out regularly at meal-times.
#911
One day, when I offered the mouse a bit of cheese, it came and nibbled it, then cleaned its face and paws like a fly, and walked away.
#912
The little mouse soon became quite familiar, for it knew that I was its friend.
#913
I gradually made this discovery, that it considered me its friend and not its enemy.
#914
As no tidings of the ship had been brought, the women of the village were in despair.
#915
Robert Bruce, the royal hero of Scotland, when he was pursued by his enemies, took refuge in a cave.
#916
As he lay there, he watched a spider that was spinning a web across the entrance.
#917
"If this spider," said Bruce, "makes a sev-
#918
Major Pendennis told his nephew's tutor that the young man would go to college next October.
#919
How sweet and gracious, even in common speech, Is that fine sense which men call Courtesy!
#920
Every sound was muffled by the snow, every noise was changed to something soft and musical.
#921
In his early youth, while he was still minding his herds on the rich pastures of Mount Ida, Paris received a visit from the goddesses of Mount Olympus.
#922
Paris landed on the shores of Lacedaemon, where the people received him kindly, and helped him on his journey to Sparta.
#923
He spent his childhood in the log-cottage where he was born, and was dutiful to his mother, and helpful to her in many ways.
#924
To err is human.
#925
I like to read.
#926
The bridge seems to move.
#927
His ambition was to succeed.
#928
I have a horse to sell.
#929
I came to study.
#930
His request to leave was granted.
#931
We are about to leave.
#932
It is easy to swim.
#933
They tried to persuade us.
#934
To do the example requires time.
#935
He seemed to know everybody.
#936
His one desire is to make money fast.
#937
I bought a machine to print cards.
#938
We hurried to catch the train.
#939
We appreciate his desire to please us.
#940
They seemed about to leave the house.
#941
It is quite impossible to find a needle in a haystack.
#942
I do not expect to go at once.
#943
There is a plan afoot to make him leader.
#944
There is one chance to win.
#945
There is no opportunity to succeed in this little place.
#946
There are two more hills to climb.
#947
There were several difficulties to overcome.
#948
There will be nothing to eat.
#949
There is nothing to do.
#950
The young man appeared to be perfectly at ease.
#951
It is almost impossible to refuse her anything.
#952
To be good is to be happy.
#953
I like to be alone sometimes.
#954
I am most anxious to hear the news.
#955
He planned to march that night.
#956
This example is difficult to solve.
#957
To stand so long is very tiresome.
#958
They were anxious to go home.
#959
They asked to leave an hour earlier.
#960
I bought a book to read on the train.
#961
The leaves seem to whisper to one another.
#962
To go now is quite impossible.
#963
We decided to wait for the next boat.
#964
Her chief delight was to recall the scenes of her childhood.
#965
I want to go to school to study.
#966
He was quick to detect the mistake.
#967
They are needed to assist in the office.
#968
He has too much money to spend.
#969
Do the children seem to appreciate the books?
#970
His desire to revisit his native land has been gratified.
#971
The soldiers heard the command to halt.
#972
You seem to want to remain.
#973
Everybody wants to be happy.
#974
To give up now would be to lose all.
#975
They are anxious to leave town.
#976
We have no desire to leave.
#977
To do one's duty is noble.
#978
It is sometimes the hardest thing in the world to save money.
#979
It was ever the queen's pleasure to superintend the education of her children.
#980
It is mankind's lot to toil.
#981
It is generally tedious business to wait for a train.
#982
It was my wish to join the expedition to the Indies.
#983
It was delightful to hear the continuous sound of the sea.
#984
To aim and to hit the mark are not the same thing.
#985
They were just about to enter the house.
#986
We have no choice but to go.
#987
They seemed about to speak.
#988
I supposed him to be a gentleman.
#989
I am ashamed to be seen in such company.
#990
The weather is almost warm enough to melt the snow.
#991
The story made us laugh.
#992
We helped him lift the heavy load.
#993
The ability to laugh is peculiar to mankind.
#994
Why do you hesitate to go?
#995
I want to show you the best way to do that.
#996
They asked us to provide some suitable entertainment for the children.
#997
I felt something stir in the dark.
#998
Plan to stay with us two weeks longer next winter.
#999
Elizabeth's delight was to move in splendid progresses from place to place.
#1000
They made the people wait an hour at the entrance.
#1001
Do you want me to post these letters?
#1002
All men strive to excel.
#1003
He chanced to enter my office one day.
#1004
They want us to go.
#1005
Tell her to wait.
#1006
They forced him to go.
#1007
We expected her to go with us.
#1008
Did you order them to advance?
#1009
I directed the children to stand in line.
#1010
I do not wish you to do that.
#1011
I trusted her to tell the truth.
#1012
I enjoy reading.
#1013
Reading is my chief delight.
#1014
I take great delight in reading.
#1015
He gained their confidence by speaking frankly.
#1016
Before leaving the city, they sold their house.
#1017
He was rewarded for doing the work well.
#1018
I am tired of waiting.
#1019
Waiting so long is tiresome.
#1020
Playing solitaire is his chief amusement.
#1021
I object to waiting.
#1022
I bought a rug woven in India.
#1023
I met her going to school.
#1024
Looking around, I saw some violets growing on the hillside.
#1025
We bought baskets made by the Indians.
#1026
The light thrown upon the stage made a curious effect.
#1027
I saw them staring helplessly about.
#1028
They showed us some curios brought from Asia.
#1029
That bird sitting in the peach tree is an owl.
#1030
The children, dressed in their very best, looked uncomfortable.
#1031
I found them waiting.
#1032
After hearing the news, I came away.
#1033
I always enjoy watching the game.
#1034
The boy's chief delight is driving over the fields.
#1035
I made a mistake in adding the second column.
#1036
Giving them money does not satisfy them.
#1037
Eating hastily injures the health.
#1038
Telling stories to the children was the old man's delight.
#1039
Little Jack Horner sat in a corner, eating a Christmas pie.
#1040
The signal, flashed along the coast, roused the militia.
#1041
The feathers, pasted on a fine cotton web, were wrought into dresses for the wealthy.
#1042
Who owns this package wrapped in brown paper?
#1043
We saw a building erected in 1820.
#1044
I saw them standing at the gate.
#1045
Standing by the gate, I saw her pass.
#1046
Banners bearing strange devices floated from the gables.
#1047
The great elm, broken by the wind, fell against the house.
#1048
The ancient ruins of Melrose, seen by moonlight, are most picturesque.
#1049
Writing to her gives me great pleasure.
#1050
I have just finished writing a letter.
#1051
The people seemed pleased with the singing.
#1052
He received a reward for doing the work.
#1053
His chief pleasure is working in his garden.
#1054
Before starting they bade me goodbye.
#1055
Making promises is not keeping them.
#1056
Suddenly we heard a loud knocking at the gate.
#1057
His answering so carelessly caused us much annoyance.
#1058
On entering the village, I found a large crowd gathered about the courthouse.
#1059
The eye, partaking of the quickness of the flashing light, saw in its every gleam a multitude of objects.
#1060
The light struggles dimly through windows darkened by dust.
#1061
A marble figure of Mary lies stretched upon the tomb.
#1062
The footpaths go wandering away from stile to stile.
#1063
Her dress was of a lavender color, scantily made.
#1064
Two months afterwards, the man, returning, met the same spectre.
#1065
I was surprised one morning at seeing a canoe gliding over the bay.
#1066
The whole field seemed sprinkled with gold.
#1067
Wounded severely, the poor soldier struggled on.
#1068
Seeing him, I stopped.
#1069
Most people dislike trying to make both ends meet.
#1070
It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord.
#1071
It is well for us to know our faults.
#1072
The toys hanging on the tree delighted the children.
#1073
I bought a basket woven by the Indians.
#1074
He first learned to write by imitating printed books.
#1075
I see trees laden with ripening fruit.
#1076
Raising his rifle to take aim, Tom saw the bear plunge into the woods.
#1077
The dandy walked up the street, flourishing his cane.
#1078
Landing at Calais, we proceeded by rail to Paris.
#1079
Who saw them go?
#1080
It is a mistake to hurry so.
#1081
The cottages were not unlike scows, drifted ashore and moored on the beach for houses.
#1082
Those who are in the habit of remarking such matters must have noticed the passive quiet of an English landscape on Sunday.
#1083
A poor wayfaring stranger, accompanied by a small boy, makes his appearance at the gate of the convent.
#1084
The housekeeper stood at the door to bid us welcome.
#1085
To have taken the field openly against his rival would have been madness.
#1086
I profess not to know how hearts are wooed and won.
#1087
Every window and crevice seemed bursting with the treasures of the farm.
#1088
Brom Bones was noted for preferring vicious animals.
#1089
The fox, hidden behind some bushes, wished to escape the farmer's notice.
#1090
If you find her waiting for me, tell her that I cannot come.
#1091
When they saw the queen coming, the people, dressed in holiday attire, thronged into the square.
#1092
It seemed that the king had lost the power of acting intelligently.
#1093
Berry-picking was near enough to hunting and fishing to enlist me when I was a boy.
#1094
The fancied land proved to be nothing but an evening cloud.
#1095
I attempted to hide my confusion by proceeding with my breakfast.
#1096
Seeing my aunt so occupied, I dared not express my anxiety.
#1097
I saw him pause before entering the room.
#1098
It was impossible to refrain from laughing.
#1099
It is impossible to resist the gladdening influence of fine weather.
#1100
How gallant did our ship appear, decked out in all her canvas, and careering gaily over the curling waves!
#1101
It is now time to get to shore.
#1102
Ichabod picked up many bright shillings by instructing young folks in psalmody.
#1103
Rip taught the children to fly kites and to shoot marbles, and told them long stories about witches and Indians.
#1104
Panting and fatigued, he threw himself on a green knoll covered with mountain herbage.
#1105
There the wrinkled old Nokomis Nursed the little Hiawatha, Rocked him in his linden cradle, Bedded soft with moss and rushes, Safely bound with reindeer sinews.
#1106
We could not refrain from laughing when we saw him looking so surprised.
#1107
Be sure to tell them to try to come on time.
#1108
I hope to find your health much improved.
#1109
The caravan was a picture to stir the dullest imagination.
#1110
I passed several hours in rambling about Westminster Abbey.
#1111
Shining metal spires and churchroofs, distant and rarely seen, had sparkled in the view.
#1112
No one who visits Nuremberg is likely to dispute its antiquity.
#1113
On coming down in the morning, I found my aunt musing over the breakfast-table.
#1114
It would have made a Stoic smile to see me and my little family sit down to dinner.
#1115
It is the mark of a noble nature to be quick to recognize that which is praiseworthy in others.
#1116
The mingling notes came softened from below.
#1117
It was really delightful to see the old squire seated in his hereditary elbow-chair.
#1118
The fireplace was an old one, built by some Dutch merchant, and set all around with quaint Dutch tiles, designed to illustrate the Scriptures.
#1119
Built upon a dismal reef of sunken rocks, on which the waters chafed and dashed the wild year through, stood a solitary lighthouse.
#1120
If you listen, you can hear the leaves singing.
#1121
Defeated in his attempts to master these difficulties, he soon became tired of trying.
#1122
Nothing except a battle lost can be half so melancholy as a battle won.
#1123
Come hither, come hither, my little daughter, And do not tremble so; For I can weather the roughest gale That ever the wind did blow.
#1124
Be still, sad heart, and cease repining.
#1125
Did you ever hear of the Fountain of Youth, which Ponce de Leon, the Spanish adventurer, went in search of, two or three centuries ago?
#1126
All things that are on earth shall wholly pass away, Except the love of God, which shall live and last for aye.
#1127
O Lord, that lends me life, lend me a heart replete with thankfulness.
#1128
Near him was seated John Alden, his friend and household companion. X3. "It's very easy to take more if you've had nothing," said the Hatter.
#1129
A wood-fire is a kindly, sociable spirit, and knows that to create warmth is but one of the good offices expected of it.
#1130
Columbus told them that the broad flat earth on which we tread is round.
#1131
Then Arthur made an order that all lords and knights should draw unto a castle called Camelot.
#1132
It is my wish to be here, because I feel that should not be at ease elsewhere.
#1133
A fisherman stood aghast. To see the form of a maiden fair, Lashed close to a drifting mast.
#1134
Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
#1135
It is never too late to mend.
#1136
Count that day lost whose low descending sun Views from thy hand no worthy action done.
#1137
Sweet are the uses of adversity, Which, like the toad, ugly and venomous, Wears yet a precious jewel in its head. inde وا علي؟ and
#1138
I hear in the chamber above me The patter of little feet, The sound of a door that is opened, And voices soft and sweet.
#1139
Then Jason went down toward Iolcus, and as he walked, he found that he had lost one of his sandals.
#1140
The people called after him, "Who are you, fair youth, and whence do you come?"
#1141
Jason's heart leaped in him when he heard he would soon see his father.
#1142
It was the schooner Hesperus, That sailed the wintry sea, And the skipper had taken his little daughter To bear him company.
#1143
I gave them my full assurance that I was most willing to undertake the task.
#1144
I rejoice to feel myself free amidst scenes so lovely.
#1145
When the warm sun, that brings A Seedtime and harvest, has returned again, 'Tis sweet to visit the still wood, where springs The first flower of the plain.
#1146
There is a quiet spirit in these woods, That dwells where'er the gentle south wind blows.
#1147
Only one walked apart and silent, Asclepius, the too wise child.
#1148
I heard the man break out with a lamentable cry, saying, "What shall I do?"
#1149
As the receding wave swept back with a hoarse roar, it seemed to scoop out deep caves in the beach, as if its purpose were to undermine the earth.
#1150
It always seems to me as if every rootlet of grass that lifted its first green blade from the matted débris of the old year's decay, bore my spirit upon it, nearer to the largess of Heaven.
#1151
Feeble gleams of encrimsoned light made their way through the trellised panes, and served to render sufficiently distinct the more prominent objects around.
#1152
They tell us, sir, that we are weak, unable to cope with so formidable an adversary.
#1153
The river flows softly through the deepest heart of a wood, which whispers it to be quiet.
#1154
I tell you earnestly and authoritatively that you must get into the habit of looking intensely at words, and assuring yourself of their meaning.
#1155
"Well, my little fellows," began the doctor, drawing himself up with his back to the fire, "what makes you so late?"
#1156
The fairy path that we pursue, Distinguished but by greener hue) Winds around the purple brae.
#1157
Every day of my life makes me feel more and more how seldom a fact is accurately stated.
#1158
"What you say may be true," replied the artist, "but recollect that trifles make perfection, and that perfection is no trifle."
#1159
Throughout the summer there were cherries and currants; and then came Autumn with his immense burden of apples, dropping them continually from his shoulders as he trudged along.
#1160
In the stillest afternoon, if I listened, the thump of a great apple was audible, falling without a breath of wind.
#1161
The little songsters of the woods, and those that haunt man's dwelling and claim human friendship by building their nests under the sheltering eaves, require a touch more delicate and a gentler heart than mine to do them justice.
#1162
We need not deem it a too high and solemn word to call their outburst of melody a hymn of praise to the Creator.
#1163
Thou art in the soft winds, That run along the summit of these trees In music. Yon clear spring, that midst its herbs Wells softly forth and visits the strong roots Of half the mighty forest, tells no tale Of all the good it does.
#1164
My heart is awed within me, when I think Of the great miracle that still goes on In silence round me the perpetual work Of Thy creation.
#1165
Standing at the foot of Niagara Falls, one may often see a beautiful rainbow outlined in the spray that dashes into the air at the base of the mighty cataract.
#1166
Embosomed amongst a family of lofty mountains, there was a valley so spacious that it contained many thousand inhabitants.
#1167
The wild highland rivulet, tumbling down from its birthplace in the upper mountain region, had been caught and tamed by human cunning, and compelled to turn the machinery of cottonfactories.
#1168
Chains may subdue the feeble spirit, but thee, Man of the iron heart! they could not tame.
#1169
His mother was an affectionate and thoughtful woman, and felt that it was wisest not to discourage the hopes of her little boy.
#1170
Hamlet welcomed the players, and, remembering how a certain speech had formerly given him pleasure, requested one of them to repeat it.
#1171
The pirates, who had the prince in their power, showed themselves gentle enemies.
#1172
Hamlet was a loving and gentle prince, and greatly beloved for his noble and prince-like qualities; and would no doubt have proved a most royal and complete king to Denmark.
#1173
When they were rested after the fatigue of their journey, they began to like their new way of life, and almost fancied themselves to be the shepherd and shepherdess they feigned to be.
#1174
Morning, evening, noon, and night, "Praise God," sang Theocrite.
#1175
Then to his poor trade he turned, Whereby the daily bread was earned.
#1176
King Francis was a hearty king, and loved a royal sport, And one day, as his lions fought, sat looking on the court.
#1177
The two young Cratchits crammed spoons into their mouths, lest they should shriek for goose before their turn came to be served.
#1178
Even Tiny Tim, excited by the two young Cratchits, beat on the table with his knife and feebly cried, "Hurrah!"
#1179
Bob said he didn't believe there ever was such a goose cooked.
#1180
As we lived near the road, we often bad the traveler or stranger visit us to taste our gooseberry wine, for which we had great reputation.
#1181
Then King Arthur followed fast after Morgan le Fay, to recover the scabbard of his sword which she had stolen.
#1182
The doorway opened into a court alive with birds and shady with trees, whose leaves hung wilted and curled in the flaming sunshine.
#1183
As Ichabod's horse jogged on, the motion of
#1184
Verses, too, were written over the windows in old-fashioned letters, and grotesque faces, curiously carved, grinned at you from under the cornices.
#1185
Sea and sky scarce seemed to move, but floated in a smooth, still dream; and Tristram, resting on the beach, tuned his harp to a sweet melody, while the waves iapped softly on the shore.
#1186
The fancied iand proved to be nothing but an evening cloud, and had vanished in the night.
#1187
And the brook seemed thus to sing, "Patience conquers everything." X64. Goneril, Lear's eldest daughter, declared that her father was dearer to her than the light of her own eyes, dearer than life and liberty.
#1188
Then turning to his youngest daughter, Cordelia, whom he called his joy, he asked what she had to say.
#1189
When Duncan reigned king of Scotland, there lived a great thane, or lord, called Macbeth.
#1190
Gertrude, Queen of Denmark, becoming a widow by the sudden death of King Hamlet, married his brother Claudius.
#1191
What troubled young Hamlet most was the uncertainty about the manner of his father's death.
#1192
We see Elizabeth in all her weakness, and in all her strength, surrounded by the handsome favorites, whom she never trusted, and the wise old statesmen, whom she never dismissed, uniting in herself the most contradictory qualities of both her parents, the coquetry, the caprice, the petty malice of Anne, -the haughty and resolute spirit of Henry. /
#1193
Not content with causing his parents trouble and anxiety, he looked about him for the means to worry his friends. /
#1194
Everything belonging to Miss Nancy was of delicate purity and nattiness; not a crease was where it had no business to be, not a bit of her linen professed whiteness without fulfilling its profession; the very pins on her pincushion were stuck in after a pattern from which she was careful to allow no aberration; and as for her own person, it gave the same idea of perfect unvarying neatness as the body of a little bird.
#1195
It was, perhaps, from hearing marriage so often recommended, that my eldest son, just upon leaving college, fixed his affection upon the daughter of a neighboring clergyman, who was a dignitary in the church, and in circumstances to give her a large fortune.
#1196
No picture, and no history, can present us with the whole truth; but those are the best pictures and the best histories which exhibit such parts of the truth as most nearly produce the effect of the whole.
#1197
A band of musicians accompanied Drake's
#1198
Silas had inherited from his mother some acquaintance with medicinal herbs, a little store of wisdom which she had imparted to him as a solemn bequest; but of late years he had had doubts about the lawfulness of applying this knowledge, believing that herbs could have no efficacy without prayer, and that prayer might suffice without herbs.
#1199
Nothing could be more unlike his native town, set within sight of the widespread hillsides, than this low, wooded region, where he felt hidden even from the heavens by the screening trees and hedgerows.
#1200
To write history respectably, that is, to abbreviate dispatches, and make extracts from speeches, to intersperse in due proportion epithets of praise and abhorrence, to draw up antithetical characters of great men, setting forth how many contradictory virtues and vices they united; all this is very easy.
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