Cromwell, I charge thee, fling away ---- By that sin, fell the angels.
Envy, to which th' ignoble mind's a slave, Is ---- in the learn'd or brave.
I have no spur To prick the sides of my intent, but only Vaulting ----.
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AMEND (page 41).
QUESTIONS.
1. What is it to
amend? 2. How do
advance,
better, and
improve differ from
amend? 3.
Are these words
applied to matters decidedly bad, foul, or evil? 4. What is the difference between
amend and
emend?
EXAMPLES.
Return ye now every man from his evil way, and ---- your doings.
The construction here is difficult, and the text at this point has been variously ----.
Human characters and conditions never reach such perfection that they can not be ----.
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AMIABLE (page 42).
QUESTIONS.
1. To what does
lovely often apply? 2. To what does
amiable always apply? 3. How do
agreeable,
attractive,
and
charming differ from
amiable? Give examples. 4. Is a
good-natured person
necessarily agreeable? an
amiable person?
EXAMPLES.
His life was ----; and the elements So mixed in him, that Nature might stand up And say to all the world, This
was a man!
The east is blossoming! Yea a rose, Vast as the heavens,
soft as a kiss, ---- as the presence of woman is.
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ANALOGY (page 43).
QUESTIONS.
1. What is the specific meaning of
analogy? 2. What is
affinity?
coincidence? 3. Does
coincidence necessarily
involve
resemblance or
likeness? 4. What is
parity of
reasoning? 5. What is a
similitude? 6. How do
resemblance and
similarity differ from
analogy?
EXAMPLES.
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The two boys bore a close ---- to each other.
It is not difficult to trace the ---- of the home to the state.
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ANGER (page 44).
QUESTIONS.
1. What are the
especial characteristics of anger? How does it differ from
indignation?
exasperation?
rage?
wrath?
ire?
EXAMPLES.
My enemy has long borne me a feeling of ----.
Christ was filled with ---- at the hypocrisy of the Jews.
I was overcome by a sudden feeling of ----.
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ANIMAL (page 45).
QUESTIONS.
1. What is an
animal? a
brute? a
beast? 2. Is man an
animal? 3. What is implied if we speak of any particular
man as an
animal? a
brute? a
beast? 4. What forms of existence does the word
creature include? 5. What are
the animals of a country or region collectively called?
EXAMPLES.
It is only within the last half century that societies have been organized for the prevention of cruelty to ----.
O that men should put an enemy in their mouths to steal away their brains!
that we should with joy, pleasance,
revel, and applause, transform ourselves into ----!
Take a ---- out of his instinct, and you find him wholly deprived of understanding.
Spurning manhood and its joys to loot, To be a lawless, lazy, sensual ----.
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ANNOUNCE (page 46).
QUESTIONS.
1. What is it to
announce? 2. Does it apply chiefly to the past or the future? 3. To what is
advertise chiefly
applied?
propound?
promulgate?
publish?
EXAMPLES.
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The Sphinx ---- its riddles with life and death depending on the answer.
Through the rare felicity of the times you are permitted to think what you please and to ---- what you please.
The songs of birds and the wild flowers in the woodlands ---- the coming of spring.
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ANSWER (page 46).
QUESTIONS.
1. What is a verbal
answer? 2. In what wider sense is
answer used? 3. What is a
reply? a
rejoinder? 4. How
does an
answer to a charge, an argument, or the like,
differ from a reply or
rejoinder? 5. What is the special
quality of a
response? 6. What is a
retort? How does it differ from
repartee?
EXAMPLES.
I can no other ---- make, but thanks.
Theirs not to make ---- Theirs not to reason why, Theirs but to do and die.
Upon
thy princely warrant I descend, To give thee ---- of thy just demand.
He could not be content without finding a ---- in Nature to every mood of his mind; and he does find it.
A man renowned for ---- Will seldom scruple to make free With friendship's honest feeling.
Nothing is so easy and inviting as the ---- of abuse and sarcasm; but it is a paltry and unprofitable contest.
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ANTICIPATE, ANTICIPATION (page 47).
QUESTIONS.
1. What are the two contrasted senses of
anticipate? 2. Which is now the more common? 3. How does
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