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difference is there in the use of these words? 2. From what language is _home_ derived? What is its distinctive meaning? EXAMPLES. An ---- giddy and unsure Hath he that buildeth on the vulgar heart. The attempt to abolish the ideal woman and keep the ideal ---- is a predestinated failure. A house without love may be a castle or a palace, but it is not a ----. Love is the life of a true ----. * * * * * HONEST (page 202). QUESTIONS. 1. What is the meaning of _honest_ in ordinary use? 2. What is the meaning of _honorable_? 3. How will the merely _honest_ and the truly _honorable_ man differ in action? 4. What is _honest_ in the highest and fullest sense? How, in this sense, does it differ from _honorable_? EXAMPLES. ---- labor bears a lovely face. An ---- man's the noblest work of God. No form of pure, undisguised murder will be any longer allowed to confound itself with the necessities of ---- warfare. * * * * * HORIZONTAL (page 202). QUESTIONS. 1. What does _horizontal_ signify? How does it compare with _level_? 2. From what language is _flat_ derived? 3. What is its original meaning? its most common present sense? In what derived sense is it often used? 4. What are the senses of _plain_ and _plane_? EXAMPLES. Sun and moon were in the ---- sea sunk. Ample spaces o'er the smooth and ---- pavement. The prominent lines in Greek architecture were ----, and not vertical. * * * * * HUNT (page 203). QUESTIONS. 1. What is a _hunt_? 2. For what is a _chase_ or _pursuit_ conducted? a _search_? 3. What does _hunt_ ordinarily include? 4. Is it correct to use _hunt_ when _search_ only is contemplated? 5. How are these words used in the figurative senses? EXAMPLES. Among the inalienable rights of man are life, liberty, and the ---- of happiness. All things have an end, and so did our ---- for lodgings. The ---- formed the principal amusement of our Norman kings, who for that purpose retained in their possession forests in every part of the kingdom. The ---- is up, but they shall know The stag at bay's a dangerous foe. * * * * * HYPOCRISY (page 204). QUESTIONS. 1. From what language is _pretense_ derived, and what does it sig
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