...me, and the face of the fields has often comforted me more than the faces of men. — John Burroughs. A tart temper never mellows with age, and a sharp...only edged tool that grows keener with constant use. — Washington Irving. "Rip Van Winkle." G-od be thanked for books. They are the voices of the distant,...

...best.— Oarlyle. 8. I slept and dreamed that life is Beauty; I woke and found that life is Duty. 4. A tart temper never mellows with age ; and a sharp...only edged tool that grows keener with constant use. — Irving. 5. A moral, sensible, and well-bred man Will not affront me, and no other can. — Cowper....

...best.—Oarlyle. 3. I slept and dreamed that life is Beauty; I woke and found that life is Duty. 4. A tart temper never mellows with age ; and a sharp...the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use.—Irving. 5. A moral, sensible, and well-bred man Will not affront me, and no other can.—Cowper....

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...or ladle, he would fly to the door with yelping precipitation. Times grew worse and worse with Rip Van Winkle as years of matrimony rolled on ; a tart...mellows with age, .and a sharp tongue is the only edge tool that grows keener with constant use. For a long while he used to console himself, when driven...

...precipitation. Times grew worse and worse with Rip Van Winkle as years of matrimony rolled on : a tart so temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue...philosophers, and other idle personages of the village; which s held its sessions on a bench before a small inn, designated by a rubicund portrait of His Majesty...

...or ladle, he would fly to the door with yelping precipitation. Times grew worse and worse with Rip Van Winkle, as years of matrimony rolled on : a tart...never mellows with age. and a sharp tongue is the only edge tool that grows keener with constant use. For a long while he used to console himself, when driven...

...be compound. Sometimes an independent clause in a compound sentence is itself compound or complex. A. tart temper never mellows with age; and a sharp...the only edged tool that grows keener with constant tise. The second independent clause in this sentence is complex. common of these are : and, either,...

...Indians. 4. He said that his farm was the most pestilent little piece of ground in the whole country. 5. A tart temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows sharper with constant use. LXXXV. COMPARISON OF ADJECTIVES. Many descriptive adjectives are inflected,...

...fool's heart is in his tongue ; but a wis« man's tongue is in his heart. — Quartet. TRADE. TRAVEL. A tart temper never mellows with age; and a sharp tongue is the only edge-tool that grows keener with constant rise. — Washington Irving. The heart's attorney. — Sliakespeare....