The directors of the company encouraged this movement for self-education by granting the use of a small cottage which stood at the rear of the present building.

The boys, still young, not yet enamored of kung fu, would sprawl below the soft brown sofa, legs and hands entangled, eyes agoggle at the screen.

to set pear trees in an orchard

In late November and early December, General [William] Rosecrans juggled his units in preparation for the upcoming drive against [Braxton] Bragg. Among the changes, Sill's brigade relinquished its position in the advance of the army as other units leap-frogged south to the head of the army.