Intermediate Language Lessons

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1914 Excerpt: ...20. I rose at five, and after breakfast washed the dishes, and then helped Mother work. Anna is in Boston with Cousin Louisa. I took care of Abby in the afternoon, and in the evening I made some pretty things for my dolly. Nov. 5. Did my lessons, and in the evening Mother read "Kenilworth" to us while we sewed. It is splendid! We have had a lovely day. All the trees were covered with ice and it shone like diamonds or fairy palaces.--From the Diary of Louisa M. Alcott. Copyright. 1889. by John S. P. Alcott. People often keep a record of the events of each day. This record is called a diary. Keep a diary for a week. Put down every day the events that interest you, or that you would like to remember. Complete the following sentences: 1. There is a period after Sept., because. 2. There is an apostrophe in it's, because. 3. Mother s is written with an apostrophe and s, because. 4. Anna begins with a capital letter, because. 5. Cousin begins with a capital letter, because. LESSON 146 LONGFELLOW'S DIARY Henry Wadsworth Longfellow put into his diary bits of beautiful description. The following was written June 23, 1831: I can almost fancy myself in Spain, the morning is so soft and beautiful. The tessellated shadow of the honeysuckle lies motionless upon my study floor, as if it were a figure in the carpet; and through the open window comes the fragrance of the wild brier and the mock orange. The birds are caroling in the trees, and their shadows flit across the window as they dart to and fro in the sunshine, while the murmur of the bee, the cooing of the doves from the eaves, and the whirring of a little humming bird that has its nest in the honeysuckle, send up a sound of joy to meet the rising sun. Find, in the dictionary, the meaning of the word tesse...