17. The laws and institutions of his country ought to have been
more to him than all the men in his country.

18. Like most gifted men, he won affections with ease.

19. His letters aim to elicit the inmost experience and outward
fortunes of those he loves, yet are remarkably self-forgetful.

20. Their name was the last word upon his lips.

21. The captain said it was the last stick he had seen.

22. Before sunrise the next morning they let us out again.

23. He was curious to know to what sect we belonged.

24. Two hours elapsed, during which time I waited.

25. In music especially, you will soon find what personal benefit
there is in being serviceable.

26. To say what good of fashion we can, it rests on reality, and
hates nothing so much as pretenders.

27. Here lay two great roads, not so much for travelers that were
few, as for armies that were too many by half.

28. On whichever side of the border chance had thrown Joanna, the
same love to France would have been nurtured.