4th Grade Spelling Words With Definition

It was an illuminated book, with beautiful Gothic characters, and so weighty with gold, that a servant always carried it before the cardinal on days of great solemnity.

Then the pope and Caesar Borgia invited the two cardinals to dinner.

Caesar gave way before such cogent reasoning, and the cardinals were consequently invited to dinner.

But you got to be mighty careful.

But it was too late to be careful.

He was careful to keep from Becky what it was he had seen.

Go straight on, and in the evening you will arrive at a castle.

Projecting over a narrow mountain-path there hangs an old feudal castle.

One solitary tower only, and some remains of a wall, show where the castle once stood.

We got a splendid stock of sorted spiders, and bugs, and frogs, and caterpillars, and one thing or another; and we like to got a hornet's nest, but we didn't.

Why, in truth, sir," was Monte Cristo's reply, "man is but an ugly caterpillar for him who studies him through a solar microscope; but you said, I think, that I had nothing else to do.

Then we helped him fix his chain back on the bed-leg, and was ready for bed ourselves.

This night twelve men will come: their faces will be black, and they will be dressed in chain armour.

The goldsmith was in his workshop making a gold chain, when he heard the song of the bird on his roof.

Doubtless you wish to make me appear a very eccentric character.

I know his character; he is inflexible in any resolutions formed for his own interests.

The description he gave me perfectly corresponds with the features and character of the man before us.

The twelve huntsmen always followed the king to the chase, and his liking for them continually increased.

Pursue your chase after him to-morrow as eagerly as you please; but never bring him near me, if you would not see me die of terror.

Danglars resembled a timid animal excited in the chase; first it flies, then despairs, and at last, by the very force of desperation, sometimes succeeds in eluding its pursuers.

You should install yourself here, and cheer my solitude.

There was cheer in every face and a spring in every step.

He reminded them of the imposing secret, and raised a ray of cheer.

It had to go into his pocket with the cheese.

Then she rolled the other cheese after it; and away it went, nobody knows where, down the hill.

The peasant listened, and when he heard them talk about feasting he was vexed that he had been forced to make shift with a slice of bread and cheese.

The white steam was ascending like a plume of feathers from the black chimney.

They knocked at the chimney of the Finland woman; for as to a door, she had none.

The brigadier sent for some sticks and straw, and having filled the chimney with them, set a light to it.

But they cared nothing for marbles, or circus, or swimming, or anything.

The circus would leave before night, so our show would have a pretty good chance.

I went to the circus and loafed around the back side till the watchman went by, and then dived in under the tent.

They sat down and he took a clumsy little brown paper package out of his coat pocket.

It was not long before they grew quite at home, and played tricks with their clumsy guest.

Martha gave her hand a clumsy little shake, as if she was not accustomed to this sort of thing either.

The president stopped the coach.

de Villefort get into the same mourning coach, and thought this meeting forboded evil.

Here are thirty francs; I will sleep at the Red Horse, and will secure a place in the first coach.

His shirt collar was securely sewed.

It is surprising how well you preserve your teeth, Miss, said the collar.

They all had much to say, but the collar the most; for he was a real boaster.

But by good luck the dwarfs came in very early that evening; and when they saw Snowdrop lying on the ground, they thought what had happened, and soon found the poisoned comb.

They lifted her up, and combed her hair, and washed her face with wine and water; but all was in vain, for the little girl seemed quite dead.

And soon came a gale of wind, and carried away Curdken's hat, and away went Curdken after it, while the girl went on combing and curling her hair.

I had often heard him complain of the disproportion of his rank with his fortune; and I advised him to invest all he had in an annuity.

A faint wind moaned through the trees, and Tom feared it might be the spirits of the dead, complaining at being disturbed.

Edmond opened his eyes, complained of great pain in his knee, a feeling of heaviness in his head, and severe pains in his loins.

There were tender little fluting sounds here and there and everywhere, as if scores of birds were beginning to tune up for a concert.

He was never seen at the theatres, at concerts, or in any place of public resort.

And he got up very sulkily and crossed over to the other side of the court.

Here one of the guinea-pigs cheered, and was immediately suppressed by the officers of the court.

The Hatter looked at the March Hare, who had followed him into the court, arm-in-arm with the Dormouse.

My cousin knows how to take care of me.

No; I have a cousin who has undertaken this sad office.

Dickon and my cousin have worked and made it come alive.

There was some that they called crayons, which one of the daughters which was dead made her own self when she was only fifteen years old.

He then took his cane, which he had placed against an old cupboard, and went out.

La Carconte went to a cupboard, and returned with an old leathern pocket-book and a bag.

Tom contrived to scarify the cupboard with it, and was arranging to begin on the bureau, when he was called off to dress for Sunday-school.

At last he rose up sighing and departed in the darkness.

She could see nothing, in fact, but a dense darkness on either side.

Beyond the light of the fire everything was swallowed up in the blackness of darkness.

Two hundred deer and more came running inside the circle at once, and the huntsmen shot them.

Thus war was announced to the Bear, and all four-footed animals were summoned to take part in it, oxen, asses, cows, deer, and every other animal the earth contained.

Yes, the servant has given his description.

The description he gave me perfectly corresponds with the features and character of the man before us.

Debray, I need not give a further description, because to you my beautiful pair of dappled grays were well known.

In that case his last hope would have been destroyed.

This accursed letter would have destroyed all my hopes.

One thing only perplexed Edmond, and destroyed his theory.

I only stayed to go to that silly dinner party.

Her dinner was waiting on the table, and Martha was waiting near it.

Mary thought it looked a queer dinner, but he seemed ready to enjoy it.

Then he scraped away the dirt, and exposed a pine shingle.

The other oar was smashed off, and the raft was littered up with leaves and branches and dirt.