← He seldom talked, and when he did, it was usually to make some cynical remark−for instance, he would say that God had given him a tail to keep the flies off, but that he would sooner have had no tail and no flies. 🔊
← Yet he is lord of all the animals. He sets them to work, he gives back to them the bare minimum that will prevent them from starving, and the rest he keeps for himself. 🔊
← Napoleon sent for pots of black and white paint and led the way down to the five−barred gate that gave on to the main road. 🔊
← The Meeting always ended with the singing of Beasts of England, and the afternoon was given up to recreation. 🔊
← Any animal caught singing it was given a flogging on the spot. And yet the song was irrepressible. 🔊
← He gave his orders quickly, and in a couple of minutes every animal was at his post. 🔊
← The men gave a shout of triumph. They saw, as they imagined, their enemies in flight, and they rushed after them in disorder. 🔊
← Do you give me your word of honour that that man was not stroking your nose?" 🔊
← In spite of the shock that Snowball's expulsion had given them, the animals were dismayed by this announcement. 🔊
← They had also dropped their championship of Jones, who had given up hope of getting his farm back and gone to live in another part of the county. 🔊
← Napoleon snuffed deeply at them and pronounced them to be Snowball's. He gave it as his opinion that Snowball had probably come from the direction of Foxwood Farm. 🔊
← Nine hens had died in the meantime. Their bodies were buried in the orchard, and it was given out that they had died of coccidiosis. 🔊
← The plot was for Snowball, at the critical moment, to give the signal for flight and leave the field to the enemy. 🔊
← Whatever happened she would remain faithful, work hard, carry out the orders that were given to her, and accept the leadership of Napoleon. 🔊
← At about the same time it was given out that Napoleon had arranged to sell the pile of timber to Mr. Pilkington; he was also going to enter into a regular agreement for the exchange of certain products between Animal Farm and Foxwood. 🔊
← A week later Napoleon gave orders that the small paddock beyond the orchard, which it had previously been intended to set aside as a grazing−ground for animals who were past work, was to be ploughed up. 🔊
← It was given out that the pasture was exhausted and needed re−seeding; but it soon became known that Napoleon intended to sow it with barley. 🔊
← For the time being, the young pigs were given their instruction by Napoleon himself in the farmhouse kitchen. 🔊
← All the other animals immediately raced back to the farmhouse to give Squealer the news. 🔊
← "Fools! Do you not see what is written on the side of that van?" That gave the animals pause, and there was a hush. 🔊