Read the following passage from The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens: "On either side, the banks of the Medway, covered with
corn-fields and pastures, with here and there a windmill, or
a distant church, stretched away as far as the eye could
see, presenting a rich and varied landscape, rendered more
beautiful by the changing shadows which passed swiftly
across it as the thin and half-formed clouds skimmed
away in the light of the morning sun. The river, reflecting
the clear blue of the sky, glistened and sparkled as it
flowed noiselessly on; and the oars of the fishermen
dipped into the water with a clear and liquid sound."
Which of the following phrases from the passage contribute to the peaceful
mood of the text?
O A. light of the morning sun
O B. oars of the fishermen
O c. half-formed clouds
O D. swiftly across

d. swiftly across

Explanation:

The reason why this phrase contributes to a peaceful mood is because the word swiftly suggests something quiet and quick, and quiet is always associated with peacefulness.

its english as a dog

explanation:

it was surely an odd creature that one made up by reading the historians first and the poets afterwards a worm winged like an eagle; the spirit of life and elegance and charm,   in a kitchen chopping up suet. but these creatures, monst'r however entertaining to the imagination, hast no existence in fact. what one might doth to bringeth h'r to life wast to bethink poetically and prosaically at one and the same moment,   thus keeping in toucheth with fact—that the lady is mrs martin, ag'd thirty-six, did dress in blue, wearing a black coxcomb and brown shoeth; but not losing sight of fiction eith'r—that the lady is a vessel in which all s'rts of spirits and f'rces art coursing and flashing p'rpetually. the moment, howev'r, yond one tries this method with the elizabethan mistress, one brancheth of illumination fails; one is did hold up by the scarcity of facts.   one knoweth nothing detailed, nothing p'rfectly true and substantial about h'r.   hist'ry scarcely mentions h'r.   and i did turn to professeth'r trevelyan again to seeth what hist'ry meanteth to that gent.   i hath found by looking at his chapt'r headings yond t meanteth.