t_ and _incident_ differ etymologically? 2. Which is the
greater and more important? Give examples. 3. How does _circumstance_
compare with _incident_? 4. What is the primary meaning of _occurrence_?
5. What is an _episode_? 6. How does _event_ differ from _end_? 7. What
meaning does _event_ often have when applied to the future?
EXAMPLES.
Fate shall yield
To fickle ----, and Chaos judge the strife.
Men are the sport of ---- when
The ---- seem the sport of men.
Coming ---- cast their shadows before.
Where an equal poise of hope and fear
Does arbitrate the ----, my nature is
That I incline to hope rather than fear,
And gladly banish squint suspicion.
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EVERY (page 158).
QUESTIONS.
1. In what are _all_ and _both_ alike? _any_, _each_, and _every_? 2.
How does _any_ differ from _each_ and _every_? 3. How do _each_ and
_every_ differ from _all_? 4. How does _each_ compare with _every_? with
_both_? 5. What does _either_ properly denote? In what other sense is it
often used? What is the objection to the latter use?
EXAMPLES.
---- person in the room arose to his feet.
A free pardon was offered to ---- who should instantly lay down
their arms.
As the garrison marched out, the victorious troops stood in arms on
---- side of the way.
In order to keep his secret inviolate, he revealed it privately to
---- of his most intimate friends.
---- person giving such information shall be duly rewarded.
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EVIDENT (page 159).
QUESTIONS.
1. How do _apparent_ and _evident_ compare? 2. What is the special sense
of _manifest_? How does it compare in strength with _evident_? 3. What
is the sense of _obvious_? 4. How wide is the range of _visible_? 5. How
does _discernible_ compare with _visible_? What does it imply as to the
observer's action? 6. What is the sense of _palpable_ and _tangible_?
_conspicuous_?
EXAMPLES.
A paradox is a real truth in the guise of an ---- absurdity or
contradiction.
The prime minister was ---- by his absence.
The statement is a ---- absurdity.
On a comparison of the two works the plagiarism was ----.
Yet from those flames
No light; but only darkness ----.
These lies are like the father that begets them; gross as a
mountain, open, ----.
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