...morning before the family was stirring. 2. Early one summer morning, before the family was stirring, an old clock that had stood for fifty years in a farmer's...kitchen without giving its owner any cause of complaint, suddenly stopped. 25. Directions. — In combining a number of given elements into a complex sentence,...

...things), antics (funny actions), plaudits (clapping of hands, etc.). III.— THE DISCONTENTED PENDULUM. 1. An old Clock, that had stood for fifty years in a...family was stirring, suddenly stopped. Upon this the Dial Plate (if we may credit the fable) changed countenance with alarm ; the Hands made an ineffectual...

...one summer morning, before the family was stirring, suddenly stopped. This may be varied thus : 1. An old clock that had stood for fifty years in a farmer's...kitchen without giving its owner any cause of complaint, suddenly stopped early one summer morning before the family was stirring. 2. Early one summer morning,...

...Rhyme," and " Contributions of QQ." Her writings are graceful, and often contain a useful moral. 1. AN old clock, that had stood for fifty years in a...fable) changed countenance with alarm ; the hands made a vain effort to continue their course; the wheels remained motionless with surprise ; the weights...

...when we set the pale That leaves one human heart beyond. HENRY MORFOKD. THE DISCONTENTED PENDULUM. AN old clock, that had stood for fifty years in a...fable) changed countenance with alarm ; the hands made a vain effort to continue their course; the wheels remained motionless with surprise; the weights hung...

...morning before the family was stirring. 2. Early one summer morning, before the family was stirring, an old clock that had stood for fifty years in a farmer's...kitchen without giving its owner any cause of complaint, suddenly stopped. 25. Directions.—In combining a number of given elements into a complex sentence,...

...called " The Discontented Pendulum," which she had read in former days. THE DISCONTENTED PENDULUM. AN old clock that had stood for fifty years in a farmer's...family was stirring, suddenly stopped. Upon this, the dial plate (if we may credit the fable) changed countenance with alarm ; the hands made an ineffectual...

...doi '" Perfectly." I answe "Come along then, before papa comes bac' THE DISCONTENTED PENDULUM. [By [N old clock that had stood for fifty years in a farmer's...complaint, early one summer's morning, before the family were stirring, suddenly stopped. Upon this the dial-plate, if we may credit the fable, changed countenance...

...changing the position of phrases), and also by changing the position of clauses. Illustration. — An old clock that had stood for fifty years in a farmer's kitchen without giving its owner any cause of com, plaint, early one summer morning, before the family was stirring, •suddenly stopped. This may...

...one summer morning, before the family was stirring, suddenly stopped. This may be varied thus : 1. An old clock that had stood for fifty years in a farmer's kiichen without giving its owner any cause of complaint, suddenly stopped early one summer morning...