Friendship was in their looks, but in their hearts there was hatred.
Oh! the blood more stirs
To rouse a lion than to start a hare.
You will find it less easy to uproot faults than choke them by gaining virtues.
A maiden’s wrath has two eyes—one blind, the other keener than a falcon’s.
The storm that rends the oak uproots the flower.
But break, my heart, for I must hold my tongue.
Suggestions for a class lesson follow:
Let us look at the following sentence: “I heard William say it.” Can you read that sentence now? I should say you could not, and my reason is, that you are not quite sure of its meaning. Let us see what that meaning is.
One person might mean that he had heard William say it, but that you had not. How would you read the sentence then? Another person might mean, “I am sure William said it, for I was there to hear him.” How would you express that? Again, a third person might mean that he was sure George or John had not said it, but William. How would you read that?