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I opened the letter read it & made a note of its contents
My brother you will be pleased to hear is now in perfect health
2
The next ten or twelve pages are filled with a curious set of entries
The best way to see a country unless you are pressed for time is to travel on foot
3
In 1769 when Napoleon was born Corsica had but recently been acquired by France
Coleridge wrote The Rime of the Ancient Mariner a few miles from Bridgewater
Stevenson's romances are entertaining & full of exciting adventure
4
The audience was at first indifferent later it became more & more interested
Unaware that we had learned of this treachery we greeted it with a smile
5
The situation is perilous but there is still one chance of escape
As the early records of the city have disappeared
The story of its first years can no longer be reconstructed
6
It is nearly half past five
So I probably can’t reach town before dark
I had never been in the place before
So I had difficulty in finding my way about
7
I met them on an ocean liner several years ago
Coming home from Liverpool to New York
I was an interesting talker
A man who had traveled all over the world
& lived in half a dozen countries
Again & again I called out no reply
8
Walking slowly down the road I saw a woman accompanied by two children
I saw a woman accompanied by two children walking slowly down the road
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A soldier of unproved valor I was entrusted with the defense of the city
Young & inexperienced I thought the task easy
10
Although the temperature reaches misery in the daytime
The nights are often chilly
11
The campaign opened with a series of reverses
At length I thought I might return to the stockade
12
I picked up the heavy lamp
& began to explore
Another flight of steps
& I emerged on the roof
Without a friend to counsel me
I found the temptation irresistible
13
I will always remember my first visit to Boston
The breeze served me admirably
Dead leaves covered the ground
14
The sound of the falls still reaches my ears
Failing health compels me to leave home
I soon repent my words
This region was surveyed in I don’t know when
15
The army was rapidly mobilized
These reports cannot be confirmed
16
I usually arrived late
I thought the study of Latin useless then
Now I know better
17
The women in The Taming of the Shrew are unattractive
Katharine is disagreeable Bianca insignificant
18
Formerly science was taught by the textbook method
Now it is taught by the laboratory method
19
Not for charity but simple justice
I loved Caesar less but Rome the more
21
The sun never sets upon the British flag
The ceremony was both long & tedious
22
You must either grant my request or incur my ill will
My objections are first that the measure is unjust
Second that it is unconstitutional
23
In my eye was a look that boded mischief
Not all the members were present
24
I found only two mistakes
Deceit or treachery I could never forgive
25
So vast & rude
Fretted by the action
Of nearly three thousand years
A time not for words but for action
26
Being in a dilapidated condition
I was able to buy the house very cheap
The fragments of its architecture seem
Like works of nature
27
Great kings worship at my shrine
Through the middle of the valley flows a winding stream
28
On Tuesday evening at eight
I will give in Bailey Hall a lecture titled
"My Experiences in Mesopotamia"
The public is invited
29
I went to his house yesterday
(My third attempt to see him)
But he had left town I later learned
(& why should I doubt his good faith)
That he is now certain of success
30
Many of the rooms were poorly ventilated
Bliss was it in that dawn to be alive
31
I had always wanted to visit Spain
But the roads were almost impassable
32
At last however I succeeded in reaching camp
However discouraging the prospect I never lost heart
33
I had fewer men than in the previous campaign
A flood of abuse literally dead with fatigue
34
The office & salesrooms
are on the ground floor
The rest of the building
is devoted to manufacturing
35
I admire his energy
at the same time
I wish it were employed
in a better cause
36
My books are not worth reading
Once a year I visit the old mansion
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