Schools, Brothers of the Christian / 2008-11-15 00:00:00
What does "he walked as if moving on air" mean?
BREATHLESS = _breath_+_less_, without breath, out of breath;
holding the breath on account of great interest.
BREATHLESSLY, in a breathless manner. Use _breath, breathless,
breathlessly,_ in sentences of your own.
Pronounce separately the two similar consonant sounds coming together in
the following words and phrases:
humming; meanness; is sure; his spirit; send down; this shows; eyes
sparkled; wept together; frequent trials.
Memory Gems:
A single sunbeam is enough to drive away many shadows.
_St. Francis of Assisi._
Howe'er it be, it seems to me,
'Tis only noble to be good.
Kind hearts are more than coronets,
And simple faith than Norman blood.
_Tennyson_.
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_18_
SEPTEMBER.
The golden-rod is yellow;
The corn is turning brown;
The trees in apple orchards
With fruit are bending down.
The gentian's bluest fringes
Are curling in the sun;
In dusty pods the milkweed
Its hidden silk has spun.
The sedges flaunt their harvest
In every meadow nook;
And asters by the brookside
Make asters in the brook.
From dewy lanes at morning
The grapes' sweet odors rise;
At noon the roads all flutter
With yellow butterflies.
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