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LESSON LII.

The ship sprang a leak in mid-ocean.

The leek has the odor and flavor of the onion.

“Lo! anointed by Heaven with the vials of wrath, Behold! where he flies on his desolate path!" 158 "The kingfisher watches, while o'er him his foe, The fierce hawk, sails circling each moment more low." 154

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"Tis the sunset of life gives me mystical lore,

And coming events cast their shadows before." 155 "In the lowest deep, a lower deep,

Still threatening to devour one, opens wide." 156

LESSON LIII.

To lessen waste is to increase wealth.

The professor assigned a long lesson to his class.
The government readily effected a loan at a low rate.
""Tis lone on the waters; when eve's mournful bell
Sounds forth on the breezes a note of farewell." 157

"One burnished sheet of living gold,

Loch Katrine lay beneath him rolled." 158 "A spring-lock, that lay in ambush there,

Fastened her down forever." 159

The philosophy of Locke is founded on experience.

LESSON LIV.

"Princes and lords may flourish or may fade,
A breath can make them as a breath hath made." 160
"A chieftain's daughter seemed the maid,

Her golden brooch such birth betrayed.” 161

"The golden wheat-fields glimmered in the sun,
And the tall maize its yellow tassels spun." 162
"Expatiate free o'er all this scene of man,
A mighty maze, but not without a plan." 168
A courteous manner secures kindly regard.
The lord of the manor has many servants.

LESSON LV.

"Sir Launfel flashed forth in his unscarred mail, To seek in all lands for the holy grail." 164 The male bird has the most gorgeous plumage.

"We waited-how long-but we waited in vain, And we looked over land, and we looked over main.” 165 "He grasped the mane with both his hands,

And eke with all his might." 166

Mount Desert Island is on the coast of Maine.

The wide mantel was loaded with ornaments.
A heavy silk mantle was wrapped about her.

LESSON LVI.

"Oft has it been my lot to mark

A proud, conceited, talking spark.” 167
Letters of marque are issued in war-times.

"The king has come to marshal us,
All in his armor dressed.” 168

"He lay like a warrior, taking his rest, With his martial cloak around him.” 169

"I was an hungered, and ye gave me no meat." 170 "When shall we three meet again?" 171

The measure we mete is measured to us again.

LESSON LVII.

"Me miserable! which way shall I fly
Infinite wrath and infinite despair ? ” 172
Mi is a syllable in musical notation.

"There is never a blade or a leaf too mean
To be some happy creature's palace." 178
"His martial step, his stately mien,
His hunting suit of Lincoln green,

His eagle glance, remembrance claims." 174

Congress voted a gold medal to Commodore Perry.

Meddle not with business that concerns you not.

LESSON LVIII.

A foot-path led across the grassy mead.

A gallant act receives a meed of praise.
Darius the Mede invaded Egypt.

General Meade commanded at Gettysburg.

Iron is cast by pouring the liquid metal into molds.
The skirmish tried the mettle of the horses.

The cat mews to receive food and caresses.

"I come to muse in this quiet place.'

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Infants mewl when disturbed or uneasy.
The mule has great powers of endurance.

LESSON LIX.

"With the speed of the wind-gust, the glancing of light,

The gray forest eagle swoops down in his might." 176
The poor widow gave her mite for charity.

A miner works in dreary chambers under-ground.
A minor does not have the full privileges of a citizen.

A draw-bridge spanned the castle-moat.
Most people can see the mote in their neighbor's eye.

"Was it the wind through some hollow stone
Sent that soft and tender moan?" 177

We are refreshed with the odor of new-mown hay.

LESSON LX.

"All seemed as peaceful and as still
As the mist slumbering on the hill." 178
"Oh! yes, 'twould be joy beyond measure
To know that they missed me at home." 179

No mode of instruction can dispense with study.
The farmer mowed his fields with the new machine.

“The subsequent proceedings interested him no

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The lawn-mower shaves the grass evenly.

Collins's" Ode on the Passions" is a classic poem.
The bankrupt owed more than he could pay.

LESSON LXI.

"Let your communication be yea, yea, and nay, nay.' "Hark to the trump and the drum,

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And the neigh of the steed, and the multitude's hum!" 182

"He sings to the wide world, and she to her nest; In the nice ear of Nature, which song is the best?" 183 The gneiss-rock is closely allied to granite.

"The maid, alarmed, with hasty oar,

Pushed the light shallop from the shore." 184
"My little ones kissed me a thousand times o'er." 185

The vein of ore yielded a large amount of platinum.

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