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intellectual _fancy_? 2. How does a _conceit_ differ from a _fancy_? a _conception_ from both? 3. What is an emotional or personal _fancy_? 4. What is _fancy_ as a faculty of the mind? EXAMPLES. Tell me where is ---- bred; Or in the heart or in the head? Elizabeth united the occasional ---- of her sex with that sense and sound policy in which neither man nor woman ever excelled her. That fellow seems to me to possess but one ----, and that is a wrong one. If she were to take a ---- to anybody in the house, she would soon settle, but not till then. * * * * * FAREWELL (page 168). QUESTIONS. 1. To what language do _farewell_ and _good-by_ belong etymologically? How do they differ? 2. From what language have _adieu_ and _conge_ been adopted into English? 3. What is the special significance of _conge_? 4. What are _valediction_ and _valedictory_? EXAMPLES. ---- my paper's out so nearly I've only room for yours sincerely. The train from out the castle drew, But Marmion stopped to bid ----. ----! a word that must be, and hath been-- A sound which makes us linger;--yet------. * * * * * FEAR (page 168). QUESTIONS. 1. What is the generic term of this group? 2. What is _fear_? Is it sudden or lingering? In view of what class of dangers? 3. What is the etymological meaning of _horror_? What does the word signify in accepted usage? 4. What are the characteristics of _affright_, _fright_, and _terror_? 5. How is _fear_ contrasted with _fright_ and _terror_ in actual or possible effects? 6. What is _panic_? What of the numbers affected by it? 7. What is _dismay_? How does it compare with _fright_ and _terror_? EXAMPLES. Even the bravest men may be swept along in a sudden ----. With much more ---- I view the fight than thou that mak'st the fray. Look in, and see Christ's chosen saint In triumph wear his Christ-like chain; No ---- lest he should swerve or faint. The ghastly spectacle filled every beholder with ----. A lingering ---- crept upon him as he waited in the darkness. * * * * * FEMININE (page 169). QUESTIONS. 1. How are _female_ and _feminine_ discriminated? 2. What is the difference between a _female_ voice and a _feminine_ voice? 3. How are _womanly_ and _woma
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