Among my skimming swallows."

"For men may come, and men may go,
But I go on forever."

Read the last two lines, and state whether the _inflected words_ are
also _emphatic words_.

Find a similar example of _inflection_ and _emphasis_ upon the same
words in the last stanza of Lesson XXXVI.

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Language Lesson.--Let pupils explain the meaning of the following
expressions.

_Join the brimming river_.

_Netted sunbeam_.

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LESSON LXI.

de terred', _kept from_.

en'ter prise, _an undertaking_.

im'ple ments, _articles used in a trade_.

sur vey'ing, _measuring land_.

in'di cated, _showed; pointed out_.

re clin'ing, _partly lying down_.

re lease', _let go_.

con clu'sion, _final decision_.

suc ces'sion, _following one after another_.

hur'ri cane, _a high wind_.

an'ec dote, _incident; story_.

com pact', _closely put together_.

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ANECDOTE OF WASHINGTON.

PART I

It was a calm, sunny day in the year 1750; the scene, a piece of forest
land in the north of Virginia, near a noble stream of water.

Implements of surveying were lying about, and several men reclining
under the trees, indicated by their dress and appearance, that they were
engaged in laying out the wild lands of the country.

These persons had just finished their dinner. Apart from the group
walked a young man of a tall and compact frame, who moved with the firm
and steady tread of one accustomed to constant exercise in the open air.

His face wore a look of decision and manliness not usually found in one
so young, for he was but little over eighteen years of age.

Suddenly there was a shriek, then another, and then several more in
rapid succession. The voice was that of a woman, and seemed to proceed
from the other side of a small piece of wooded land.

At the first scream, the youth turned his head in the direction of the
sound; but when it was repeated, he pushed aside the undergrowth and
soon dashed into an open space on the banks of the stream, where stood a
small log-cabin.

As the young man broke from the undergrowth, he saw his companions
crowded together on the banks of the river, while in their midst stood a
woman, from whom proceeded the shrieks he had heard. She was held by two
of the men, but was struggling to free herself.

The instant the wom