Warmth from memory borrow means become more angry when we remember our own acts of kindness toward the person now doing us injury.
Explain the meaning of the following expressions.
Strew roses on our way. Breach of faith.
LESSON LXV.
ref'uge, a place of safety.
fo'li age, leaves and branches of trees or shrubs.
op pressed', heavily burdened.
be tray', give information to an enemy.
con trived', managed; arranged.
rec'og nized, knew by seeing.
ren'der, give; make.
im'mi nent, close by; threatening.
com pel', make one do any thing.
cav'al ry, soldiers mounted on horses.
false, not true; unreal.
re spond'ed, answered; replied.
AN INCIDENT OF THE REVOLUTION.
During the Revolutionary War, when the American people were fighting for independence, a governor of one of the colonies found himself in great danger of being captured by British soldiers.
The governor, whose name was Griswold, contrived to reach the house of a relative, and while there, was informed that the soldiers had discovered his place of refuge and were then on their way to seize him.
Griswold at once realizing that his peril was imminent, determined, if possible, to reach a small stream, where he had left a boat so hidden, by the foliage that it could not be seen from the road.