← I have had a long life, I have had much time for thought as I lay alone in my stall, and I think I may say that I understand the nature of life on this earth as well as any animal now living. 🔊
← But it reminded me of something that I had long forgotten. Many years ago, when I was a little pig, my mother and the other sows used to sing an old song of which they knew only the tune and the first three words. 🔊
← I had known that tune in my infancy, but it had long since passed out of my mind. 🔊
← Last night, however, it came back to me in my dream. And what is more, the words of the song also came back−words, I am certain, which were sung by the animals of long ago and have been lost to memory for generations. 🔊
← "Comrades," said Snowball, "it is half−past six and we have a long day before us. 🔊
← About the Rebellion and its results he would express no opinion. When asked whether he was not happier now that Jones was gone, he would say only "Donkeys live a long time. 🔊
← Obviously they were going to attempt the recapture of the farm. This had long been expected, and all preparations had been made. 🔊
← And−I was a long way away, but I am almost certain I saw this−he was talking to you and you were allowing him to stroke your nose. 🔊
← In the long pasture, not far from the farm buildings, there was a small knoll which was the highest point on 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. 🔊
← Napoleon ended his speech with his usual cry of "Long live Animal Farm!" and after the singing of Beasts of England the animals were dismissed. 🔊
← For a long time the quarry was full of snowdrifts and nothing could be done. 🔊
← There were times when it seemed to the animals that they worked longer hours and fed no better than they had done in Jones's day. 🔊
← Frederick and his men might make their long−expected attack at any moment. Sentinels were placed at all the approaches to the farm. 🔊
← BOXER'S split hoof was a long time in healing. They had started the rebuilding of the windmill the day after the victory celebrations were ended. Boxer refused to take even a day off work, and made it a point of honour not to let it be seen that he was in pain. 🔊
← In fact, it was he who had actually been the leader of the human forces, and had charged into battle with the words "Long live Humanity!" 🔊
← 'Forward, comrades!' he whispered. 'Forward in the name of the Rebellion. Long live Animal Farm! 🔊
← The talk of setting aside a corner of the pasture for superannuated animals had long since been dropped. 🔊
← And a moment later, out from the door of the farmhouse came a long file of pigs, all walking on their hind legs. 🔊
← It was a source of great satisfaction to him, he said−and, he was sure, to all others present−to feel that a long period of mistrust and misunderstanding had now come to an end. 🔊