New School
It was Annie's first day at a new school. She waited outside the principal's offic...
When the barbican was carried, the Sable Knight sent notice of the happy event to Locksley, requesting him at the same time, to keep such a strict observation on the castle as might prevent the defenders from combining their force for a sudden sally, and recovering the outwork, which they had lost. This the knight was chiefly desirous of avoiding, conscious that the men whom he led, being hasty and untrained volunteers, imperfectly armed and unaccustomed to discipline, must, upon any sudden attack, fight at great disadvantage with the veteran soldiers of the Norman knights, who were well provided with arms both defensive and offensive; and who, to match the zeal and high spirit of the besiegers, had all the confidence that arises from perfect discipline and the habitual use of weapons.
It was Annie's first day at a new school. She waited outside the principal's offic...
Entering that gable-ended Spouter-Inn, you found yourself in a wide, low, straggling entry...
Have you ever been so absorbed in a daydream that you were startled when someone spoke to ...