LESSON XCVII. In the frigid zones, icy barriers stop all research. LESSON XCVIII. The daughter was devoted to her parents; We should obey wise regulations cheerfully. LESSON XCIX. The locomotive is in charge of an engineer. LESSON C. In the fable, the giant and dwarf traveled together. LESSON CI. A private watchman guarded the premises; See yon tall shaft! it felt the earthquake's thrill Cling to its base, and greets the sunrise still." 54 LESSON CII. “Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty." 55 A scowl indicates ill-temper. "Where ignorance is bliss, 'tis folly to be wise.” 56 Round and round the ragged rascal ran. Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. "Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows." 57 LESSON CIII. We celebrate independence on the Fourth of July. "Yankee Doodle" and "Hail Columbia" are national songs. We must harvest crops before they freeze. LESSON CIV. "The crampy shackles of the plowboy's walk Tie the small muscles when he strives to talk." 59 "No rogue e'er felt the halter draw, With good opinion of the law." 60 "A little nonsense, now and then, Is relished by the wisest men." 61 66 They saw, through sorrow's lengthening night, Naught but the fagot's guilty light; The cloud, they gazed at, was the smoke That round their murdered brethren broke." 62 PART II. WORDS ALIKE IN SOUND BUT DIFFERENT IN MEANING. LESSON I. The clerk adds numbers to find the sum total. "What does ail the child?" asked the nurse. "He turned, but she was gone! Naught was there left but the column-stone! For honest men and bonny lasses." 2 The miser's property was soon dissipated by his profligate heir. Abraham built an altar unto the Lord. The bleak winds of winter soon alter the whole appearance of the landscape. |