Whenever you find your heart despair of doing some goodly thing,
Con over this strain, try bravely again, and remember the Spider and King.
Word Exercise.
- ceil´ing (sēl´ing)
- gŏs´sips
- idleness (ī´dl-nĕs)
- travelled (trăv´eld)
- grieved (grēvd)
- anx´ious (angk´shus)
- mon´arch (mon´ark)
- endeavor (en-dĕv´or)
- pŏn´dered
Phrase Exercise.
1. Lonely mood.—2. His heart was beginning to sink.—3. Low despair.—4. Silken clew.—5. Ceiling dome.—6. Bruce could not divine.—7. Strong endeavor.—8. Slipping sprawl.—9. Bruce braced his mind.—10. Con over this strain.
XXIII.—THE FARMER AND THE FOX.
J. A. Froude.