Test 106
1. The most important rules for sailboat competitions are aimed on the avoidance of collisions between competing boats.
It was paper Europeans learned about from the Islamic world which acquired it from China.
"You are an enthusiast in your line of thought, I per ceive, sir, because I am in mine," said he.
A good-natured Indian family who had been living here for three or four years gave us welcome and lay before us gourds full of cool, delicious water and a few cold boiled sweet potatoes.
The ruins of buildings were made of blocks of granite, some of which was beautifully fitted together in the most refined style of Inca architecture.
50 cents for his day's labour were not unreasonable, although it was two and one-half times his usual day's wage.
Gradually the table of contents, illustrations' list, explanatory notes, bibliography, and index were added,
Perceval, a mythical figure of traditional Welsh tales, is said to have been a member of King Arthur's legen dary nights of the Round Table.
been forgotten, however.
Although her parents were more concerned with mak ing sure she knew to knit and sew, she always wanted to be a writer.
You are much more better than you pretend to be.
I told her that I loved her, and she said she was not worthy being my wife.
Women, as some witty Frenchman once put it, in spire us with the desire to do masterpieces and always prevent us to carry them out.
The wide rooms seemed too narrow for his gait, and to himself he was in terror lest his broad shoulders collide with the doorways.
He did not know how was she was dressed, except that the dress was as wonderful as she.
Test 107
He had seen oil paintings in the show windows of shops but the glass of the windows had prevented his eage, eyes to approach too near.
He waved his hand and muttered that it was nothing a all, what he had done, and that any fellow would do n
For 25 years I have dealt with those species, and I havs come to the conclusion that a few members of the an imal kingdom are so difficult to keep in captivity.
Shortly before the United States entered into the wa Peters made a speech at a meeting of the Civic Leagu- in his hometown.
He was evidently unused to wear stiff collars.
Of course such an enthusiast became known to all oi the board.
He saw her hand coming out to his, and she lookec him straightly in the eyes as she shook hands, frankly like a man.
I have been looking forward to meet you ever since Arthur told us,
Those who have never seen Lake Superior get an in adequate, even inaccurate idea, by hearing its spoke.i of as a "lake".
You have such a scar on your neck, Mr. Eder. How did it happen? I am sure it must be some adven ture.
Everything was ready and we had only to wait favour able weather conditions.
I wish father had such bad luck with his farm machinery
Why are you keeping silent? Would you rather I wouldn't talk?
Each of the girls pointed out to me the direction in which her father's farm lay, and told me how many acres were in wheat that year and how much in corn
15. He watched the easy walk of the other in front of him, and for the first time realized that his walk was different from that of another men.
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We went ashore in one of their boats, and could not help congratulating them heartily with the beauty of the site they had chosen.
Colleges seem to have set down at random and to have grown in erratic, unpredictable directions.
A house for sale looks wonderfully in the summer sun shine, and it seems cheap compared with prices in Britain or Holland or especially Paris.
1 objected strongly, but at the end I agreed to under take the mission.
Several years ago we would be denied entry into Mus cat, for the country was closed to outsiders.
In rising, the air cools and this is the cause for various meteorological phenomena: clouds, rain, snow, storms.
Since Grasse has long been associated with the crea tion of high-class perfumes, much of the real money today lies in the production of aromas and flavours for more common product.
He made a great fortune, but, what was more, he used it nobly, not for hisself, but for his country and his Empire.
The problem is so difficult and the road travels so long, however, that the work cannot be undertaken too soon.
It wouldn't be half so interesting if we knew all about everything, wouldn't it?
11. Matthew was not used to decide on the colours of ladies' dresses, but in tiiis case there couldn't be much doubt.
12. She knew only that no man had ever affected on her before as this one had.
A few provincial cities anywhere are more crowded with incident and achievement.
The scenery of the bay is of the grandest description There is nothing as it elsewhere in Ontario.
That time is in the last hours of the night or the twi light that procedes dawn.