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LESSON XXII.

Jute has a coarser fiber than cotton or flax.
Rapid as the wind, the fleet courser bounds along.

The full complement of men enlisted on the spot.
Deserved praise is a desirable form of compliment.
In drying apples, the core is removed.

General Sedgwick commanded the Sixth Army
Corps.

The Indian agent summoned the chiefs in council.
On legal affairs for counsel, we consult a lawyer.

"His cousins are reckoned by the dozens." 48
The jockey regularly cozens his customers in trade.

LESSON XXIII.

"She heard not the creak of the opening door,

But she saw the shadow that crept on the floor." 44

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Whatever of life that has ebbed away,

Comes flooding back with a ripply cheer

Into every bare inlet, and creek, and bay." 45

The whale-ship has gone on a cruise to the Pacific. The crews of the wrecked ships reached land safely.

Domestic jelly is made of the garden currant. "Forget Europe wholly; your veins throb with

blood

To which the dull current of hers is but mud.” 46

LESSON XXIV.

"Each canon and deacon, who heard the Dane speak, To be safely at home would have fasted a week." 47 He did not deign to notice the studied insult. "Henceforth to the sunset unchecked on its way Shall liberty follow the march of the day." 48 Commodore Decatur dealt with the Dey of Algiers. "How dear to my heart are the scenes of my childhood, When fond recollection presents them to view!" 49 "Oft on the trampling band, from crown Of some tall cliff, the deer looked down." 50

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LESSON XXV.

Up our long river-valley for days have not ceased,

The wail and the shriek of the bitter northeast." 51 The released prisoner walked unsteadily as in a daze.

"A foot more light, a step more true,

Ne'er from the heath-flower dashed the dew." 52
"And if the means be just, the conduct true,
Applause in spite of trivial faults is due." 58
"He woke, to die, midst flame and smoke,
And shout, and groan, and saber-stroke ! " 54
Indigo-dye makes the most permanent blue.

LESSON XXVI.

"He springs from his hammock, he flies to the deck, Amazement confronts him with images dire." 55 The dyer will restore color to faded fabrics.

"Far from the tumult fled the roe;

Close in his covert cowered the doe." 56

"In the wide gulf, themselves like Curtius throw, And try the virtues of cohesive dough." 57

"Has the gentleman done? has he completely done?" " "Tis morn, but scarce yon lurid sun

Can pierce the war-cloud's rolling dun.” 58

LESSON XXVII.

"Crook the pregnant hinges of the knee,

That thrift may follow fawning. Dost thou hear?" 59 "Dust thou art, to dust returnest,

Was not spoken of the soul." 60

"These shallow draughts intoxicate the brain,

But drinking largely sobers us again.” 61
Two forged drafts were detected at the bank.

"There the hero, silent lying,

Scorns to yield a groan in dying." 62

The art of dyeing has reached great perfection.

LESSON XXVIII.

"Bubbles we earn with a whole soul's tasking.” 63 "His corse may boast its urn and narrow cave, And they who loathed his life may gild his grave." 64

The distressed ewe bleats for her lost lamb.

A venerable yew stood near the entrance of the tomb. "I charge you disturb not my slumbering fair." 65

"A nice little boy held a golden ewer.” 6

"By the scale of a hemisphere shape your designs." 67

"To the flash of the lightning his eye casts a gleam." 68 "Ye crags and peaks, I am with you once again.

LESSON XXIX.

This famous Gothic fane is now a shapeless ruin. "Stay, stay, with us rest, thou art weary and worn, And fain was the war-broken soldier to stay." 70 The hypocrite will feign an emotion he does not feel. "The light wings of Zephyr oppressed with perfume, Wax faint o'er the gardens of Gull in their bloom." " The feint masked the real point of attack.

"At all the State fairs he held a fair station, Raised horses and cows, and his own reputation.” 72 The fare provided for the boarders was excellent.

LESSON XXX.

In faro novices bet and gamblers win.

Pharaoh raised Joseph to high position and power.

"Heaven from all creatures hides the book of Fate.” 73 Peace was celebrated by a brilliant fête.

To perform a juggler's feat requires great dexterity.

“Three pairs of boots, one pair of feet demands.” 74

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They shout to find him grim and lonely there.” 75
The rowdies were fined for their lawless behavior.
The Faun was a playful, harmless sylvan deity.
A servile man will fawn to gain favors.

LESSON XXXI.

Twilight prevailed in the dense forests of fir.
The fur-trade of the Northwest decreases each year.
"I lost my focus, dropped my book; the bug, who was
a flea,

At once exploded and commenced experiments on
me." 76

"The wicked flee when no man pursueth.” ”

"I flew to the pleasant fields traversed so oft,
In life's morning march when my bosom was young.
The swallows have choked the chimney-flue.

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