"Might as well give the lad a lift," he said to a man who stood by, smiling; "he looked awful solemn when the last train before went and left him.

SIR: A great misfortune has given me more than one solemn and important duty to fulfill, and the ardent desire of accomplishing with fidelity my father's last will emboldens me to claim the patronage of the President of the United States and his benevolent intervention when I am obliged respectfully and mournfully to address the Senate and Representatives of a whole nation.

When they were ready for sea, the whole congregation assembled themselves together, and observed a solemn fast, which concluded with prayer; and Robinson preached to them from Ezra viii, 21: 'Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we might afflict ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance.'

My story has a moral: I have a missing friend, Pleiad its name, and robin, And guinea in the sand, And when this mournful ditty, Accompanied with tear, Shall meet the eye of traitor In country far from here, Grant that repentance solemn May seize upon his mind, And he no consolation Beneath the sun may find.

I read with ardent assiduity, Not what the poor ink-spillers say In sparkling "par," or essay solemn; No, what I read, with triumph gay Or hope deferred, isthe Prize Column!

At the same time the Walk of Elms, with the Croaking of the Ravens which from time to time are heard from the Tops of them, looks exceeding solemn and venerable.

Willie went home solemn with his secret.

When winds go round and round in bands, And thrum upon the door, And birds take places overhead, To bear them orchestra, I crave him grace, of summer boughs, If such an outcast be, He never heard that fleshless chant Rise solemn in the tree, As if some caravan of sound On deserts, in the sky, Had broken rank, Then knit, and passed In seamless company.

It has given a new lease to the political philosophy of Machiavelli; and made of every budding statesman and historian a solemn or a cynical defender of the gospel of force.

The Egyptians, Phoenicians, and the Assyrians held the "solemn fast" in high favour.

If he is dealing with the question of the "eating of meats," the great doctrine reappears and interposes its solemn and yet elevating principle: "destroy not him with thy meat for whom Christ died."

'That I was much obliged to his Lordship for his intended goodness to me on an occasion the most solemn of my life.

When the news of it reached Borne, the Holy Father the Pope caused a medal to be struck in commemoration of the event, illuminated his capital, ordained general rejoicings, as if for some signal victory over the Turks; and, assisted by his cardinals and clergy, marched in glad procession to St. Peter's Church, and offered up a solemn Te Deum for this vile and treacherous slaughter of sixty thousand Protestants.

Blake came, examined the defences, and, according to custom, proclaimed a solemn fast.

The intelligence that Balthazar was among them produced a solemn and deep silence.

The worst point of all, in the opinion of those two men, was that Veronica sincerely believed herself married to Gianluca, as in her intention she really was, while Gianluca himself, having pronounced the solemn

"Spec' Miss Dorry busy," observed the old man, raising his solemn, wrinkled face to listen.

Nothing seemed to have been neglected which could render the execution solemn and impressive; the scenery and the weather gave additional awe to the melancholy proceedings.

The whole appearance of nature resembled those solemn preludes to earthquakes and hurricanes in the West Indies, from which the east in general is providentially free.

Mars Sam wuz settin' by de table, w'en Mis' Polly come downstairs, slow an' solemn, an' stood dere in de middle er de flo', all in black, till Mars Sam sot a cheer fer her.

But not at morning's hour, Nor yet when clouds above my pathway lower; Let me bear up against affliction's power, Till life's red sun has sought its quiet west, Till o'er me spreads the solemn, silent night, When, having passed the portals of the blessed, I may repose upon the Infinite, And learn aright

on; above; over *sobrecoger* overcome *sobresalir* stand out *sobrina* f. niece *sobrino* m. nephew *sociedad* f. society *solapa* f. lapel *soldado* m. soldier *solemne* solemn; impressive; out and out *solemnidad* f. solemnity; *pobres de y solemnes pobres* utterly and hopelessly poor *soler* be in the habit of; be accustomed to *solicitar* solicit; beg *solo* adj.

He had sworn a solemn and silent oath that he would not kill this faithful, courageous fellow from the mountains.

A cloud of cinder-dotted smoke, whose billows rise and swell A solemn Sabbath stillness lies along the Mudville lanes A stretch of hill and valley, swathed thick in robes of white Almost every other evenin', jest as reg'lar as the clock "Blessed are the poor in spirit": there, I'll just remember that Climb to my knee, little boy, little boy,

[Footnote 8: Should not the actor here make a pause, with hand uplifted, as taking a solemn though silent oath?]