4th Grade Spelling Words With Definition

The tooth hung dangling by the bedpost, now.

So he thought he would hold the tooth in reserve for the present, and seek further.

He had nothing more to do now, but with the iron tooth of the pickaxe to draw the stones towards him one by one.

The lights of the Christmas tree rose higher and higher, she saw them now as stars in heaven; one fell down and formed a long trail of fire.

It was strong enough to wave the branches of the trees, and it was more than strong enough to sway the trailing sprays of untrimmed ivy hanging from the wall.

Dickon pushed the chair slowly round and round the garden, stopping every other moment to let him look at wonders springing out of the earth or trailing down from trees.

Splendid paintings by the first masters were ranged against the walls, intermingled with magnificent trophies of war, while heavy curtains of costly tapestry were suspended before the different doors of the room.

An old seaman, bronzed by the tropical sun, advanced, twirling the remains of a tarpaulin between his hands.

The boy worked on, apparently unconscious.

Monte Cristo appeared to be unconscious of what passed.

His grief was so profound that he was nearly unconscious.

The marvel of Nature shaking off sleep and going to work unfolded itself to the musing boy.

He came there, and the plan was unfolded to him for leaving Elba, the projected landing, etc.

The young man had found Signor Pastrini looking very much alarmed, and this had only made him the more anxious to read Albert's letter; and so he went instantly towards the waxlight, and unfolded it.

The unhappy young man had not thought of this.

That was one of her unhappy, disagreeable ways.

Misgivings came; they grew troubled and unhappy; a sigh or two escaped, unawares.

Whence it came no one knew, and it spoke an unknown tongue.

The young man sat safe within, till at length it ran ashore upon an unknown land.

And she bowed her head down in her lap, and Death took her child and went with it into the unknown land.

The woman came up the three steps to the tailor with her heavy basket, and he made her unpack all the pots for him.

Every time he was going to untie his sledge, the person nodded to him, and then Kay sat quiet; and so on they went till they came outside the gates of the town.

He untied the skiff at the stern, slipped into it, and was soon rowing cautiously upstream.

He untied the string and inside there were ever so many neater and smaller packages with a picture of a flower on each one.

Then she felt for the little piece of wood; but when she unwrapped the cloth it was not there, and she saw she had lost the gift of the good stars.

He smiled now and his smile was wider than usual.

AT half-past nine, that night, Tom and Sid were sent to bed, as usual.

The usual whisperings among the lawyers and gathering together of papers followed.

In his flight he had forgotten the most valuable things he had, the blue light and the gold, and had only one ducat in his pocket.

And he measured ten double handfuls of pearls, diamonds, and other gems, many of which, mounted by the most famous workmen, were valuable beyond their intrinsic worth.

"He is, as you see, a very valuable animal," said Maximilian.

So they fell upon it with such violence that all its branches cracked; if it had not been fixed firmly in the ground, it would certainly have tumbled down.

"Yes, and without violence," said Louise.

But, instead of growing easier, Dantes' pains appeared to increase in violence.

The French government, without protecting them openly, as you know, gave countenance to volunteer assistance.

"Our Dickon," they volunteered, was over at the Manor working in one of the gardens where he went several days each week.

Mr. Jones left the wagon near the door and followed.

It was a kind of covered wagon, painted black, and was one of the first to arrive.

Then we took the trunk and put it in my wagon, and he drove off his way and I drove mine.

The waiter did as he was desired.

He entered, and on his way met the waiter.

Noirtier directed their attention to a waiter, on which was placed a decanter containing lemonade and a glass.

He sent to the little tailor and caused him to be informed that as he was a great warrior, he had one request to make to him.

He used to always whale me when he was sober and could get his hands on me; though I used to take to the woods most of the time when he was around.

A quarter of an hour afterwards the postilion, having been put in the right road, passed with a crack of his whip through the gateway of the Barriere Saint-Martin.

This was worse than a thousand whippings, and Tom's heart was sorer now than his body.

She resolved to let him get whipped on the damaged spelling-book's account, and to hate him forever, into the bargain.

They continued to whisper for some little time.

He liked the mysteriousness of it and did his best, but in the midst of excited enjoyment it is rather difficult never to laugh above a whisper.

They ran from one part of the garden to another and found so many wonders that they were obliged to remind themselves that they must whisper or speak low.

Presently Tom checked his whistle.

Then he gave a low, distinct whistle.

Without losing sight of her for an instant, the concierge took a whistle from his pocket as soon as they entered the court, and blew it.

The skipping-rope was a wonderful thing.

Almost the next moment a wonderful thing happened.

It was so new and big and wonderful and such a heavenly color.

He sent them word I had not gone.

He gazed and gazed and gulped a lump down his throat and did not say a word.

Ben Weatherstaff scolds him and makes fun of him, and he hops about and looks as if he understood every word, and I know he likes it.

He was the worst I ever struck.

Pardieu, that is exactly the worst of all.

Old Mrs. Hotchkiss was the worst; her tongue was a-going all the time.

The man was wrapped up in a large cloak.

In a fine linen cloth was wrapped a new-born child.

He hastily seized the coverlet of his bed, and wrapped it round him.

But I said, come on, if we get left on this wreck we are in a fix, sure.

The skiff was half full of plunder which that gang had stole there on the wreck.

The lightning showed us the wreck again just in time, and we fetched the stabboard derrick, and made fast there.

And now at last the young wrens were satisfied, and sat down together and ate and drank, and made merry till quite late into the night.

Of course neither the robin nor his mate had ever heard of the champion wrestler, Bob Haworth, and his exercises for making the muscles stand out like lumps.

He made me take off the rattles and tie them around his wrist, too.

Morrel rushed forward to tear it from him, but Monte Cristo perceiving his intention, seized his wrist with his iron grasp.

Hines he hurt my wrist dreadful pulling and tugging so, and I reckon he clean forgot I was in the world, he was so excited and panting.