...with yelping precipitation. Times grew worse and worse with Rip Van Winkle, as years of mat- ' rimony rolled on: a tart temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edge tool that grows keener with constant use. For a long while he used to console himself, when driven...

...Atfive sharp = À cinq heures, heure militaire. Keep a sharp eye on them = Surveillez-les de près. A sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use= [!RVING.] Une langue bien affilée est le seul instrument tranchant qui ne s'émousse pas par un usage...

...broomstick or ladle he would fly to the door with yelping precipitation. Times grew worse and worse with Rip Van Winkle as years of matrimony rolled on ; a tart...grows keener with constant use. For a long while he vised to console himself, when driven from home, by frequenting a kind of perpetual club of the sages,...

...form which it undergoes. 4. What causes these changes. 71 LESSON 56. QUOTATION MARKS. 1. Irving says, "A tart temper never mellows with age, and a sharp...only edged tool that grows keener with constant use." Notice that the writer has copied into his sentence [quoted] the exact words of Irving. The two marks...

...broomstick or ladle he would fly to the door yelping. 6. Times grew worse and worse with Rip Van AVinkle. For a long while he used to console himself, when driven from home, by frequenting a kind of club of idle personages of the village, which held its sessions on a bench before a small inn, designated...

...arduous work. Well "(thou) when Cx. Imp." tell i vou I wl i- |S when friend our -kd'=tous him that A tart temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows sharper with use. Cd. Cx. SD temper | tart and Cx. D. tongue is — tool a sharp the only edged that...

...called quotation marks. 2. Irving somewhere says that a tart temper never mellows with age, and that a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use. Does the writer use the exact words of Irving in this sentence ? Compare this sentence with the one...

...broomstick or ladle he would fly to the door with yelping precipitation. Times grew worse and worse with Rip Van Winkle as years of matrimony rolled on ; a tart...of perpetual club of the sages, philosophers, and idle personages of the village ; which held its sessions on a bench before a small inn, designated...

...broomstick or ladle he would fly to the door with yelping precipitation. Times grew worse and worse with Rip Van Winkle as years of matrimony rolled on ; a tart...of perpetual club of the sages, philosophers, and idle personages of the village ; which held its sessions on a bench before a small inn, designated...

...broomstick or ladle he would fly to the door yelping. 6. Times grew worse and worse with Rip Van Winkle. For a long while he used to console himself, when driven from home, by frequenting a kind of club of idle personages of the village, which held its sessions on a bench before a small inn, designated...