← "And even the miserable lives we lead are not allowed to reach their natural span. 🔊
← "And remember, comrades, your resolution must never falter. No argument must lead you astray. Never listen when they tell you that Man and the animals have a common interest, that the prosperity of the one is the prosperity of the others. 🔊
← They were unfailing in their attendance at the secret meetings in the barn, and led the singing of Beasts of England, with which the meetings always ended. 🔊
← A minute later all five of them were in full flight down the cart−track that led to the main road, with the animals pursuing them in triumph. 🔊
← Napoleon then led them back to the store−shed and served out a double ration of corn to everybody, with two biscuits for each dog. 🔊
← 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 harvest is more important. Comrade Snowball will lead the way. I shall follow in a few minutes. 🔊
← Jones and all his men, with half a dozen others from Foxwood and Pinchfield, had entered the five−barred gate and were coming up the cart−track that led to the farm. 🔊
← Snowball was racing across the long pasture that led to the road. He was running as only a pig can run, but the dogs were close on his heels. 🔊
← They could only be traced for a few yards, but appeared to lead to a hole in the hedge. 🔊
← On some suitable pretext Whymper was led through the store−shed and allowed to catch a glimpse of the bins. 🔊
← Led by three young Black Minorca pullets, the hens made a determined effort to thwart Napoleon's wishes. 🔊
← At the appointed time the animals would leave their work and march round the precincts of the farm in military formation, with the pigs leading, then the horses, then the cows, then the sheep, and then the poultry. 🔊
← Sometimes on the slope leading to the top of the quarry, when he braced his muscles against the weight of some vast boulder, it seemed that nothing kept him on his feet except the will to continue. 🔊
← One day in early summer Squealer ordered the sheep to follow him, and led them out to a piece of waste ground at the other end of the farm, which had become overgrown with birch saplings. 🔊
← Without saying anything, she tugged gently at his mane and led him round to the end of the big barn, where the Seven Commandments were written. 🔊
← At the gate they paused, half frightened to go on but Clover led the way in. 🔊