Various
Graded Literature Readers: Fourth Book
The Star-Spangled Banner
By Francis Scott Key
Francis Scott Key (1780-1843): An American lawyer, who will be remembered as the author of "The Star-Spangled Banner."
During the second war with England, in 1814, the British made an attack upon the city of Baltimore. The British war ships moved up near Fort McHenry and opened a heavy fire of cannon balls, bomb shells, and rockets. These latter were made like our well-known sky rockets, and could be thrown at the enemy.
During the battle some Americans, one of whom was Francis Scott Key, carried a flag of truce out to the British fleet to secure the release of an American citizen who had been taken prisoner. The Americans were detained over night on a ship far to the rear of the attack. During the night they listened anxiously to the sound of the guns, and watched the red rockets and the bursting bombs, being sure that, as long as the firing continued, the fort still held out; but late in the night the guns became silent. Did it mean that the attack had been repulsed? Or had the fort surrendered? Only daylight would tell.
Before dawn the anxious Americans were watching. The first faint light of day showed them the stars and stripes still floating over the fort; then they knew that the attack had failed and that the Americans were victorious.
While on the deck of the British war ship, Mr. Key composed the poem which has become our national anthem.
1. Oh, say! can you see, by the dawn's early light,
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming —
Whose broad stripes and bright stars, through the clouds of the fight,
O'er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming?
And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there.
Oh, say! does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?
2. On that shore dimly seen through the mists of the deep,
Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes,
What is that which the breeze o'er the towering steep,
As it fitfully blows, now conceals, now discloses?
Now it catches the gleam of the morning's first beam;
In full glory reflected now shines on the stream;
'Tis the star-spangled banner; oh! long may it wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!
3. And where is that band who so vauntingly swore
That the havoc of war and the battle's confusion
A home and a country should leave us no more?
Their blood has washed out their foul foot-steps' pollution;
No refuge could save the hireling and slave
From the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave;
And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.
4. Oh! thus be it ever when freemen shall stand
Between their loved homes and war's desolation!
Blessed with victory and peace, may the heaven-rescued land
Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation!
Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just,
And this be our motto, "In God is our trust;"
And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.
Răm´pärts: walls surrounding a place for its defence. Tow´ẽr ĭng: very high. Väunt´ĭng ly̆: boastingly; braggingly. Hăv´ŏc: destruction; ruin. Pol lu´tion: uncleanness. Hīre´lĭng: one who serves for gain only.
Young men, you are the architects of your own fortunes. Rely on your own strength of body and soul. Take for your star self-reliance. Energy, invincible determination, with a right motive, are the levers that move the world. Love your God and your fellowmen. Love truth and virtue. Love your country and obey its laws.
PORTER
My Native Land
By Sir Walter Scott
Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832): A Scotch poet and novelist. "Marmion," "The Lady of the Lake," and "The Lay of the Last Minstrel" are considered the best of his poems; and of his many novels probably "Ivanhoe" and "Kenilworth" are most read. Children enjoy "The Tales of a Grandfather," stories from Scottish history written for his own little grandson.
This selection is from "The Lay of the Last Minstrel."
1. Breathes there the man with soul so dead,
Who never to himself hath said,
"This is my own, my native land!"
Whose heart hath ne'er within him burned,
As home his footsteps he hath turned
From wandering on a foreign strand?
2. If such there breathe, go, mark him well!
For him no minstrel raptures swell.
High though his titles, proud his name,
Boundless his wealth as wish can claim —
Despite those titles, power, and pelf,
The wretch, concentered all in self,
Living shall forfeit fair renown,
And, doubly dying, shall go down
To the vile dust from whence he sprung,
Unwept, unhonored, and unsung.
Strănd: shore. Pĕlf: money; riches. Cŏn çĕn´tẽred: concentrated; fixed.
Hunting the Grizzly 1
By Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt (1858 – ): The twenty-sixth President of the United States. He was made Assistant Secretary of the Navy in 1897, and the next year resigned to organize with Dr. Leonard Wood the First U. S. Cavalry Volunteers, popularly called Roosevelt's Rough Riders. The regiment distinguished itself in action in Cuba, and Roosevelt was made colonel for gallantry in the battle of La Quasina. In 1898 he was elected Governor of New York, and in 1900 Vice-President. On the death of President McKinley, September 14, 1901, he became President. He has done much big game shooting in the West, and is the author of a number of books, among which are "The Winning of the West" and "The Life of Gouverneur Morris."
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1. That evening we almost had a visit from one of the animals we were after. Several times we had heard at night the musical calling of the bull elk – a sound to which no writer has as yet done justice.
2. This particular night, when we were in bed and the fire was smoldering, we were roused by a ruder noise – a kind of grunting or roaring whine, answered by the frightened snorts of the ponies. It was a bear which had evidently not seen the fire, as it came from behind the bank, and had probably been attracted by the smell of the horses.
3. After it made out what we were, it stayed round a short while, again uttered its peculiar roaring grunt and went off. We had seized our rifles and had run out into the woods, but in the darkness could see nothing; indeed, it was rather lucky we did not stumble across the bear, as he could have made short work of us when we were at such a disadvantage.
4. Next day we went off on a long tramp through the woods and along the sides of the canyons. There were plenty of berry bushes growing in clusters, and all around these there were fresh tracks of bear. But the grizzly is also a flesh-eater, and has a great liking for carrion.
5. On visiting the place where Merrifield had killed the black bear, we found that the grizzlies had been there before us, and had utterly devoured the carcass, with cannibal relish. Hardly a scrap was left, and we turned our steps toward where lay the bull elk I had killed.
6. It was quite late in the afternoon when we reached the place. A grizzly had evidently been at the carcass during the preceding night, for his great footprints were in the ground all around it, and the carcass itself was gnawed and torn and partially covered with earth and leaves; for the grizzly has a curious habit of burying all of his prey that he does not at the moment need.
7. A great many ravens had been feeding on the body, and they wheeled about over the tree tops above us, uttering their barking croaks.
8. The forest was composed mainly of what are called ridge-pole pines, which grow close together, and do not branch out until the stems are thirty or forty feet from the ground. Beneath these trees we walked over a carpet of pine needles, upon which our moccasined feet made no sound. The woods seemed vast and lonely, and their silence was broken now and then by the strange noises always to be heard in the great forests, and which seem to mark the sad and everlasting unrest of the wilderness.
9. We climbed up along the trunk of a dead tree which had toppled over until its upper branches stuck in the limb crotch of another, that thus supported it at an angle half-way in its fall. When above the ground far enough to prevent the bear's smelling us, we sat still to wait for his approach until, in the gathering gloom, we could no longer see the sights of our rifles, and could but dimly make out the carcass of the great elk.
10. It was useless to wait longer, and we clambered down, and stole out to the edge of the woods. The forest here covered one side of a steep, almost canyon-like ravine, whose other side was bare, except of rock and sage brush. Once out from under the trees there was still plenty of light, although the sun had set, and we crossed over some fifty yards to the opposite hillside and crouched down under a bush to see if perchance some animal might not also leave the cover.
11. To our right the ravine sloped downward toward the valley of the Bighorn River, and far on its other side we could catch a glimpse of the great main chain of the Rockies, their snow peaks glinting crimson in the light of the set sun.
12. Again we waited quietly in the growing dusk, until the pine trees in our front blended into one dark, frowning mass. We saw nothing; but the wild creatures of the forest had begun to stir abroad. The owls hooted dismally from the tops of the tall trees, and two or three times a harsh, wailing cry, probably the voice of some lynx or wolverine, arose from the depths of the woods.
13. At last, as we were rising to leave, we heard the sound of the breaking of a dead stick from the spot where we knew the carcass lay. It was a sharp, sudden noise, perfectly distinct from the natural creaking and snapping of the branches; just such a sound as would be made by the tread of some heavy creature. "Old Ephraim" had come back to the carcass.
14. A minute afterward, listening with strained ears, we heard him brush by some dry twigs. It was entirely too dark to go in after him; but we made up our minds that on the morrow he should be ours.
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15. Early the next morning we were over at the elk carcass, and, as we expected, found that the bear had eaten his fill at it during the night. His tracks showed him to be an immense fellow, and were so fresh that we doubted if he had left long before we arrived; and we made up our minds to follow him up and try to find his lair.
16. My companion was a skillful tracker, and we took up the trail at once. For some distance it led over the soft, yielding carpet of moss and pine needles, and the footprints were quite easily made out, although we could follow them but slowly; for we had, of course, to keep a sharp lookout ahead and around us as we walked noiselessly on in the somber half light always prevailing under the great pine trees.
17. We made no sound ourselves, and every little sudden noise sent a thrill through me as I peered about, with each sense on the alert. Two or three of the ravens that we had scared from the carcass flew overhead, croaking hoarsely; and the pine tops moaned and sighed in the slight breeze – for pine trees seem to be ever in motion, no matter how light the wind.
18. After going a few hundred yards the tracks turned off on a well-beaten path made by the elk; the woods were in many places cut up by these game trails, which had often become as distinct as ordinary footpaths. The beast's footprints were perfectly plain in the dust, and he had lumbered along up the path until near the middle of the hillside, where the ground broke away and there were hollows and bowlders.
19. Here there had been a windfall, and the dead trees lay among the living, piled across one another in all directions; while between and around them sprouted up a thick growth of young spruces and other evergreens. The trail turned off into the tangled thicket, within which it was almost certain we would find our quarry.
20. We could still follow the tracks, by the slight scrapes of the claws on the bark, or by the bent and broken twigs; and we advanced with noiseless caution, slowly climbing over the dead tree trunks and upturned stumps, and not letting a branch rustle or catch on our clothes. When in the middle of the thicket, we crossed what was almost a breastwork of fallen logs, and Merrifield, who was leading, passed by the upright stem of a great pine.
21. As soon as he was by it he sank suddenly on one knee, turning half round, his face fairly aflame with excitement; and as I strode past him, with my rifle at the ready, there, not ten steps off, was the great bear, slowly rising from his bed among the young spruces. He had heard us, but apparently hardly knew exactly where or what we were, for he reared up on his haunches, sideways to us.
22. Then he saw us and dropped down again on all fours, the shaggy hair on his neck and shoulders seeming to bristle as he turned toward us. As he sank down on his fore feet I had raised the rifle; his head was bent slightly down, and when I saw the top of the white bead fairly between his small, glittering, evil eyes, I pulled the trigger.
23. Half rising up, the huge beast fell over on his side in the death throes, the ball having gone into his brain, striking as fairly between the eyes as if the distance had been measured by a carpenter's rule.
24. The whole thing was over in twenty seconds from the time I caught sight of the game; indeed, it was over so quickly that the grizzly did not have time to show fight at all, or come a step toward us. It was the first I had ever seen, and I felt not a little proud as I stood over the great brindled bulk which lay stretched out at length in the cool shade of the evergreens.
25. He was a monstrous fellow, much larger than any I have seen since, whether alive or brought in dead by the hunters. As near as we could estimate – for of course we had nothing with which to weigh more than very small portions – he must have weighed about twelve hundred pounds; and though this is not so large as some of his kind are said to grow in California, it is yet a very unusual size for a bear. He was a good deal heavier than any of our horses; and it was with the greatest difficulty that we were able to skin him.
26. He must have been very old, his teeth and claws being all worn down and blunted; but nevertheless he had been living in plenty, for he was as fat as a prize hog, the layers of his back being a finger's length in thickness.
27. He was still in the summer coat, his hair being short, and in color a curious brindled brown, somewhat like that of certain bulldogs; while all the bears we shot afterward had the long, thick winter fur, cinnamon or yellowish brown.
28. By the way, the name of this bear has reference to its character and not to its color, and should, I suppose, be properly spelled "grisly" – in the sense of horrible, exactly as we speak of a "grisly specter" – and not "grizzly;" but perhaps the latter way of spelling it is too well established to be now changed.
I. Smōl´dẽr ĭng: burning and smoking without flame. Căn´yȯns̝: deep gorges or hollows between steep banks, worn by water courses. Căr´rĭ ȯn: dead bodies of animals, unfit for food. Căn´nĭ bal: an animal that devours its own kind. Sāġe brŭsh: a low shrub which grows in great quantities on the plains of the Western United States. "Old Ephraim": a hunter's name for the grizzly bear.
II. Lâir: the bed of a wild beast. On the alert: on the lookout against danger. Bōwl´dẽrs̝: large stones worn smooth by the action of water; rocks, rounded or not, carried by natural agencies far from their native bed. Wĭnd´fa̤ll: portion of a forest blown down in a wind storm. Quạr´ry̆: the animal hunted for. Spĕc´tẽr: ghost.
The spring is pleasant. The air is warm. Flowers are in blossom. The days and nights are equal.
Summer also will be pleasant. The air will be hot. Many flowers will be in blossom. The days will be long.
Winter was not so pleasant. The air was cold. The flowers were not in blossom. The days were short.
Which sentences tell (1) how things are now; (2) how they were; (3) how they will be?
Write these sentences as if (1) winter were here; (2) as if it were still to come.
Words in Fourth Reader
ȧ băn´dȯn: give up.
ăc´cū̍ rȧ çy̆: correctness.
Ǣ´sȯn.
Ǣ ē´tēs̝.
Äh´mĕd.
ȧ māin´: busily.
ȧ māze´ment: surprise.
Ä´pï ä.
är´c̵hi tĕct: a person skilled in the art of building.
Är´gō̍ na̤uts.
Är´gus.
ăs´pĕct: appearance; look.
ăs pīr´ĭng: rising upward.
ăs sāiled´: attacked.
ăs sĕv´ẽr āt ĕd: said earnestly.
ȧs sured (shṳrd´): sure; certain.
ȧ sŭn´dẽr: apart; in two.
ăt´mŏs phere (fēr): air.
ȧ wēa´ry̆: tired.
ȧ wrȳ´: twisted toward one side.
băde: ordered.
bälm: a gummy substance which flows from the fir tree.
ba̤l´sam: a gummy substance which flows from the fir tree.
băl´ŭs trā̍de: a railing along the edge of a bridge or staircase.
bärg̣´ĕs̝: roomy boats to carry goods or passengers.
bär´nȧ cles̝: small shellfish which fasten themselves on rocks, timbers, other animals, etc.
bȧss: a kind of fish.
băt tăl´ion (yŭn): body of troops.
bȧ zäar´: in the East a shop where goods are kept for sale.
bē̍ līke´: perhaps.
bē̍ nĕv´ō̍ lent: kind.
bē̍ nŭmbed´: deprived of feeling, as by cold.
bē̍ sēech´: beg; ask earnestly.
bĭl´lō̍ws̝: great waves of the sea.
Bĭs nȧ gär´.
blīt̵he´sȯme: gay; cheerful.
bōard: go on deck of.
bōwld´dẽrs̝: large stones worn smooth by the action of water; rocks, rounded or not, carried by natural agencies far from their native bed.
brĕt̵h´rĕn: brothers.
brīn´y̆: salty.
buoy (bwoi): a floating object chained in place to mark a channel or to show the position of something under the water, as a rock.
bûr´den: the chorus of a song.
bŭr´rō̍ws̝: holes in the ground, made for homes by certain animals.
bŭs'tlĭng: noisy; active.
cā´dençe: the close or fall of a strain of music.
Căd´mus.
căn´nĭ bal: an animal that devours its own kind.
cȧ no̤e´: a small, light boat.
căn´yȯns̝: deep gorges or hollows between steep banks, worn by water courses.
căp´tĭve: a prisoner taken in war.
căr´ȧ văn: a company of travelers through a desert.
căr´rĭ ȯn: dead bodies of animals, unfit for food.
căt´ȧ răcts: great falls of water over steep places.
çĕl´ē̍ brā tĕd: famous, well known.
Çĕn´ta̤urs̝.
çĕr´ē̍ mō̍ nĭes̝: forms of politeness.
chăr´ĭ ty̆: kindness to the poor.
Chēe ma̤un´: a birch canoe.
C̵hī´rŏn.
Çĭn´trȧ: a town in Portugal.
clăṉ´gor: a sharp, harsh, ringing sound.
clēave: cut; part.
clī´ent: one who asks advice of a lawyer.
Cŏl´c̵hĭs.
cŏm mĕnd´ĕd: praised.
cŏm pass´iȯn ā̍te ly̆: (păsh) pityingly.
cŏm pĕlled´: forced, obliged.
cŏm´plā̍i sănt ly̆: politely.
cŏm prē̍ hĕnd´: understand.
cŏn çĕn´tẽred: concentrated; fixed.
cŏn fīd´ĭng: trusting.
cŏn jĕc´tū̍re: guess.
cŏn jūre´: beg earnestly.
cȯn´ jŭr ẽr: a magician.
cŏn´ sē̍ quĕnt ly̆: accordingly; as a result.
cŏn strŭc´tion (shŭn): manner of building; arrangement.
cŏn vẽrt´ĕd: changed.
cŏn ve̱yed´: carried.
cȯv´ẽrt: shelter.
Crṳ´sōes̝: men like Robinson Crusoe, the hero of the story of that name. He was a shipwrecked sailor who lived many years on an uninhabited island.
dē̍ ci´siȯn: fixed purpose. (sĭzh)
deficiency (dē̍ fĭsh´en çy̆): want.
dē̍ lĭb´ẽr ā̍te: slow and careful.
dē̍ mūre´ly̆: soberly.
dĭs guīs̝ed´: dressed for the purpose of concealment.
dĭs̝´mal: sad.
dĭ vẽrt´: turn aside.
Dō dō´nȧ.
drēar´ĭ ĕst: most comfortless and sorrowful.
drow´s̝y̆: sleepy.
ĕd´dy̆ ĭng: moving in a circle.
ē̍ mẽrġed´: came out.
ĕm´ĭ grants: emigrants are people who have left one country to settle in another.
ĕn coun´tẽr: meet.
ĕn´ẽr ġy̆: force and resolution; power for work.
ĕn tẽr tāin´ment: amusement.
ē̍ quĭpped´: dressed; fitted out.
ĕs pīed´: saw.
ē̍ thē´rē̍ al: heavenly.
fēat´ly̆: nimbly.
fēats: tricks.
fēe: charge.
fĕs´tĭ vals̝: feasts.
fī´broŭs: composed of fibers or threads; tough.
fĭ dĕl´ĭ ty̆: faithfulness.
fis´sṳre: a narrow opening. (fĭsh)
fit´fụl: changeable.
fläunt: wave; spread out.
flēe: run away.
flĭm´s̝y̆ thin.
fŏr beâr´: keep from.
fŏr´eĭgn: belonging to other countries.
fōur scōre: eighty.
fra̤ud: deceit; cheat.
frŏth´y̆: full of bubbles.
fŭṉc´tions (shŭns̝): actions suitable to a business or profession.
găl´lant: brave.
găl´ley̆: a vessel with oars, used by ancient people.
gärb: dress.
Gēe´zĭs: the sun.
ġē´nĭes̝: spirits; powerful fairies.
giving ear: listening.
glâre: stare; look fiercely.
glēe: joy; mirth.
glŏss´y̆: smooth and shining.
grăt´ĭ tū̍de: thankfulness.
grăv ĭ tā´tion (shŭn): the law of nature by which all bodies are drawn toward one another.
Great Wall, the: a wall fourteen hundred miles long, built many hundreds of years ago for the defense of the Chinese Empire.
grēen´swa̤rd: turf green with grass.
guärd´ĭ an: one to whose care a person or thing is committed.
gŭlls̝: long-winged seabirds.
hăv´ŏc: destruction; ruin.
ha̤ws̝´ẽrs̝: large ropes.
hẽr´mĭt: a man who lives apart from other people.
hĭl´lȯck: a small mound.
hīre´lĭng: one who serves for gain only.
hŏp´pẽr: a box through which grain passes into a mill.
Ho̤us´sā̍in.
hȯv´ẽrs̝: covers; shelters.
hū̍ mĭl´ĭ ā´tion (shŭn): shame; disgrace.
ĭl lū´mĭ nāt ĕd: lighted up; brightened.
ĭm ăġ´ĭ nȧ tĭve: full of fancies.
ĭm pĕt´ū̍ oŭs: hasty.
ĭm pŏs´tor: a cheat; one who imposes upon others.
ĭn crē̍ dū´lĭ ty̆: unbelief.
ĭn´fĭ nĭte ly̆: beyond measure; greatly.
ĭn ġē̍ nū´ĭ ty̆: skill; inventiveness.
ĭn hĕr´ĭt ançe: possession.
ĭn scrĭp´tion (shŭn): that which is inscribed or written, especially on a building or monument.
ĭn sta̤lled´: placed in office.
ĭn stĭnc´tĭve: acting according to one's nature.
ĭn tẽr çēde´: speak in one's behalf.
ĭn tŏl´ẽr ȧ ble: not to be borne.
ĭn´vȧ lĭd: one who is weak from illness.
Ĭ ŏl´c̵hŏs.
Jā´sȯn.
jŭṉ´gles̝: thickets of trees and vines.
Kägh: the hedgehog.
kīne: cows.
knīght: a man who receives a rank which entitles him to be called Sir; as, Sir Walter Scott.
lăg: go slowly.
lâir: the bed of a wild beast.
lēa: meadow; field.
lēagues̝: a league is a measure of distance of from two to four miles.
lė´gal: relating to law; governed by the rules of law.
Lē ŏn´ĭ das.
line, the: the Equator.
lĭṉ´guĭst: a person skilled in languages.
lōath: unwilling.
low´ẽr: seem dark and gloomy.
măl´ĭçe: ill will.
măn ū̍ făc´tū̍red: made.
mā´trȯn ly̆: womanly; motherly.
māze: a tangle; a network.
mē̍ c̵hăn´ĭ cal: relating to tools and machinery.
mĕc̵h´an ĭs̝m: arrangement of the parts of anything.
Mē dē´ȧ.
mĕd´ĭ tāte: intend; think seriously.
mēed: reward.
mĭn´ȧ rĕt: the tall, slender tower of a mosque.
mĭn´strĕl: poet; singer.
mĭs chȧnçe´: misfortune; ill luck.
mĭs´chiē̍ voŭs: doing harm in play.
mŏc´cȧ sĭn: an Indian shoe made of deerskin, the sole and the upper part being in one piece.
Moon of Leaves: May.
mosque (mŏsk): a church in Eastern countries.
mo̤u̱s tȧçh´ĭ ō̍s̝: mustache.
mŭl´lĕt: a kind of fish.
my̆s´tẽr y̆: something secret.
năn kēen´: a kind of yellow cotton cloth.
Nĕp´tū̍ne.
no͝ok: corner.
No̤ur´gĭ hän.
No̤u rŏn´nĭ här.
ō̍ bēi´sançe: bow.
ŏb scū´rĭ ty̆: darkness.
ŏb s̝ẽrv´ĭng: seeing; noticing.
ôr´bĭts: paths round the sun.
Ôr´pheus (fūs).
palanquin (păl aṉ kēn´): an inclosed carriage, used in China and India, which is borne on the shoulders of men by means of two poles.
păr´ȧ çhṳte: a sort of umbrella by means of which descent is made from a balloon.
păt´tĕns̝: wooden soles made to raise the feet above mud.
pēers̝: equals.
pĕlf: money; riches.
Pē´lĭ ăs.
pĕn´ē̍ trāte: pierce into.
Pĕ rï bä´no̤u.
pĕs´tĭ lençe: the plague; a deadly disease.
philosophy (fĭ lŏs´ō̍ fy̆): the science or knowledge of things, their causes and their effects.
phiz (fĭz): face.
pilot-cloth sack: a coat made of coarse dark blue cloth such as pilots wear.
plī´ant: bending easily without breaking.
plŭm´my̆: full of plums.
pŏl´lȯck: a sea-fish somewhat like the cod.
pŏl lū´tion (shŭn): uncleanness.
pôr´pȯis ĕs̝: sea animals.
pōrt: manner of carrying oneself.
pōr trāy´al: description.
pō´tion (shŭn): drink; dose, usually of liquid medicine.
prīed: looked closely.
prŏd´ûçe: that which is brought forth from the ground.
profession (prō̍ fĕsh´ŭn): employment; the business which one follows.
prō̍ mōt´ĕd: advanced; raised in rank.
prō̍ trūd´ĕd: thrust out.
prow: the forepart of a vessel.
prowl´ĭng: going stealthily or slyly.
quạd´rụ pĕd: an animal having four feet.
quāint: odd; curious.
quạr´ry̆: the animal hunted.
qua̤r´tẽr stạff: a long, stout staff used as a weapon.
quĕst: search.
răm´pärts: walls surrounding a place for its defense.
rē̍ lŭc´tant: unwilling.
rĕm ĭ nĭs´çĕnç ĕs̱ recollections.
rē̍ mŏn´stranç ĕs̝: objections.
rē̍ nounçe´: give up.
rē̍ pĕl´: drive away.
rē̍ prōach´fụl ly̆: chidingly.
rē̍ quīred´: needed.
rĕs̝´ĭn: a gummy substance which flows from the fir tree.
rē̍ splĕn´dent: very bright; shining.
rē̍ tīred´: went away.
rĕv ẽr ĕn´tial (shal): respectful; humble.
rōamed: wandered; went from place to place.
rō´s̝ē̍ ā̍te: rosy.
ro̤u tïne´: regular course of action.
rŭd´dĭ nĕss: redness.
săl´lĭed: ran out.
Säm ar känd´.
Sä mō´ä.
săn´dals̱: shoes consisting of soles strapped to the feet.
scĕp´tẽr: a staff carried by a king as a sign of his authority.
sēa-pīes̱: shore birds, sometimes called oyster catchers.
sē̍ clūd´ĕd: apart from others; lonely.
sĕdġ´ĕs̝: coarse grasses which grow in marshy places.
Sĕ rā´pĭs.
shēer: straight up and down.
shĭl´lĭngs̝: the shilling is a silver coin of Great Britain equal in value to about twenty-four cents of our money.
shōal: a great number, a crowd – said especially of fish.
smōl´dẽr ĭng: burning and smoking without flame.
sō´joûrn ẽrs̝: those who dwell for a time.
sō̍ lĭç´ĭt: ask earnestly.
sŏl´ĭ tā̍ ry̆: lonely.
sŏm´bẽr: dark; gloomy.
sōre´ly̆: greatly.
sȯv´ẽr eĭgn: effectual.
species (spē´shēz): kinds.
spīked: made the guns useless by stopping the vent or touchhole with a nail or spike.
sprāy: water falling in very small drops.
sprītes: spirits; fairies.
squa̤ws̝: Indian women.
strāight´wāy: at once.
strănd: shore.
strĭds̝: passages between steep rocks or banks so narrow that they look as if they might be crossed at a stride.
stûr´dy̆: strong.
sŭb´stĭ tū̍te: a person or thing put in place of another.
sŭlk´ĭ ly̆: peevishly; angrily.
sŭl´tan: an Eastern king.
sŭp´ple: easily bent.
sŭs pĕnd´ĕd: hung.
swēep: a boy who cleans chimneys by sweeping them.
swĩrl´ĭng: whirling.
sylph (sĭlf): a fairy.
sy̆m´pȧ thīze: pity.
Tăm´ȧ răck: the American larch.
Tȧ quȧ mē´na̤w: a river of northern Michigan, which flows into Lake Superior.
tẽrns̝: long-winged seabirds.
tĕt̶h̶´ẽred: fastened by a rope, for feeding within certain limits.
Thẽr mŏp´y (ē̍) laē.
t̶h̶ĭt̶h̶´ẽr: to this place.
tō´kens̝: signs.
tow'ẽr ĭng: very high.
trăṉ´quĭl: quiet, calm.
trăns pâr´ent: that can be seen through.
trăns pōrt´ĕd: carried.
tûr´bū̍ lent: disturbed; roused to great commotion.
ŭn ġĕn´tle: not gentle; rough.
ûr´chĭn: a little boy.
Vaī lï´ma.
văl´iant (yant): brave.
văl´or: courage.
väunt´ĭng ly̆: boastingly; braggingly.
vēered: turned; changed direction.
vẽr´dū̍r oŭs: green.
vī´brātes: moves to and fro.
vĭz´iers (yẽrs̝): in Eastern countries, officers of high rank.
Vŭl´can.
whĭst: still; quiet.
wĭg'wạms̝: Indian houses made of poles covered with mats or bark.
wĭnd´fa̤ll: portion of a forest blown down in a wind storm.
wrôught: worked.
Xerxes (Zẽrx´ēs̝).
yạcht: a light sea-going vessel used for parties of pleasure, racing, etc.