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You may assist me in arranging for the auction. Some antique furniture will be on sale.

"Thus I steer my bark, and sail

On even keel, with gentle gale."

"From the cool cistern of the midnight air,

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My spirit drank repose."

Many receive advice; only the wise profit by it."

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"Lies pass away; truth endures." The man who kidnaped the child was found guilty by the jury.

"Pain and misery are fruits of vice." "The trees their fairest foliage yield, In apple blossom time."

"Life, like

like every other blessing, derives its blessing from its use alone."

"Seek not to reform every one's dial by your own watch."

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The large island of Australia is often called a continent.

An islet is a very small island.

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An atoll is a ring-shaped, coral island, inclosing a body of water, called lagoon.

"I regret that I have but one life to give to my country."

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Envy comes from little minds.” "Attempt the end, never stand to doubt."

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A stanza is a division of poetry.

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Though the cause of evil prosper,

Yet 'tis truth alone is strong.

"Forsake not an old friend.”

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Because the boy is so very obstinate the teacher will expel him.

"Accuse not others to excuse self."

"Not failure, but low aim is crime." "And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites."

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"Sometimes the loftiest monument towers above the grave of the poet who has starved to death."

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""Tis an old maxim in the schools, That flattery is the food of fools; Yet, now and then, your men of wit Will condescend to take a bit." "Self-defense is nature's first law." "Wert thou more fickle than the restless sea, still I should love thee."

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"Invisible hands from summer lands
Have plucked the icicles one by one."
"Ill habits gather by unseen degrees."
The hill was enveloped in fog.
The envelope is oblong.

"To climb steep hills requires slow pace at first."

"To whom the goblin full of wrath replied."

"A man wise in his own conceit learns but little."

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"What mighty contests arise from trivial things."

I shall contest his right to continue in office.

"Falsehood is cowardice; truth is courage."

"The good can well afford to wait." With their parents' consent, the boys took a ramble in the woods.

The man collects stamps for recreation.

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The year 1865 marks the close of the Civil War, bitterly waged between the North and the South. The North opposed the effort of the South to secede from the Union. The people of the South were strongly in favor of State sovereignty and slavery, and meant to protect their property and to defend their rights. War followed, and the slaves were liberated.

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Myriads of insects swarm upon the earth. In some respects, all insects are alike. Their bodies consist of three distinct parts, the head, the thorax, and the abdomen. All have six legs. All insects pass through four stages,the egg, the larva, the pupa, and finally the perfect insect.

The variety of insects is far greater than that of either fishes, animals, or birds.

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