I'd rather take a spin on the old bicycle.

Our roads are so good, it is a great temptation to hire a machine, and astonish the natives.

That's what comes of idleness.

So brace up, my boy, and go to work, for vacation is over," answered Frank, gravely regarding the tall pile of books before him, as if trying to welcome his old friends, or tyrants, rather, for they ruled him with a rod of iron when he once gave himself up to them.
"Ah, but vacation is not over, my dears," said Mrs.Minot, hearing the last words as she came in prepared to surprise her family.
"Glad of it.

How much longer is it to be ?" asked Jack, hoping for a week at least.
"Two or three years for some of you." "What ?" cried all three, in utter astonishment, as they stared at Mamma, who could not help smiling, though she was very much in earnest.
"For the next two or three years I intend to cultivate my boys' bodies, and let their minds rest a good deal, from books at least.