judgment in making those pauses which the sense of the
sentence dictates, but which are not noted in the book;
and the sooner the pupil is taught to make them, with
proper discrimination, the surer and the more rapid
will be his progress in the art of reading.]
While they were at their silent meal a horseman came galloping to the
door, and, with a loud voice, called out that he had been sent express
with a letter to Gilbert Ainslee.
The golden head that was wont to rise at that part of the table was now
wanting.
For even though absent from school I shall get the lesson.
For even though dead I will control the trophies of the capitol.
It is now two hundred years since attempts have been made to civilize
the North American savage.
Doing well has something more in it than the fulfilling of a duty.
You will expect me to say something of the lonely records of the former
races that inhabited this country.
There is no virtue without a characteristic beauty to make it
particularly loved by the good, and to make the bad ashamed of their
neglect of it.
A sacrifice was never yet offered to a principle, that was not made up
to us by self-approval, and the consideration of what our degradation
would have been had we done otherwise.
The following story has been handed down by family tradition for more
than a century.
The succession and contrast of the seasons give scope to that care and
foresight, diligence and industry, which are essential to the dignity
and enjoyment of human beings, whose happiness is connected with the
exertion of their faculties.
A lion of the largest size measures from eight to nine feet from the
muzzle to the origin of the tail, which last is of itself about four
feet long. The height of the larger specimens is four or five feet.
The following anecdote will show with what obstinate perseverance
pack-horses have been known to preserve the line of their order.
Good-morning to you, Charles! Whose book is that which you have under
your arm?
A benison upon thee, gentle huntsman! Whose towers are these that
overlook the wood?
The incidents of the last few days have been such as will probably never
again be witnessed by the people of America, and such as were never
before witnessed by any nation under heaven.
To the memory of Andre his country has erected the most magnificent
monuments, and bestowed on his family the highest honors and most
liberal rewards.
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