He shall have merely ----, and his bond.
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KEEP (page 226).
QUESTIONS.
1. What is the general meaning of _keep_? 2. How does _keep_ compare
with _preserve_? _fulfil_? _maintain_? 3. What does _keep_ imply when
used as a synonym of _guard_ or _defend_?
EXAMPLES.
These make and ---- the balance of the mind.
The good old rule
Sufficeth them,--the simple plan,
That they should take who have the power
And they should ---- who can.
---- thy shop, and thy shop will ---- thee.
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KILL (page 226).
QUESTIONS.
1. What is it to _kill_? 2. To what are _assassinate_, _execute_, and
_murder_ restricted? 3. What is the specific meaning of _murder_?
_execute_? _assassinate_? To what class of persons is the latter word
ordinarily applied? 4. What is it to _slay_? 5. To what is _massacre_
limited? With what special meaning is it used? 6. To what do _butcher_
and _slaughter_ primarily apply? What is the sense of each when so used?
7. What is it to _despatch_?
EXAMPLES.
To look into her eyes was to ---- doubt.
Two presidents of the United States have been ----.
Hamilton was ---- in a duel by Aaron Burr.
The place was carried by storm, and the inhabitants ---- without
distinction of age or sex.
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KIN (page 227).
QUESTIONS.
1. How does _kind_ compare with _kin_? 2. What do _kin_ and _kindred_
denote? 3. What is _affinity_? How does it differ from _consanguinity_?
EXAMPLES.
A little more than ----, and less than ----.
He held his seat,--a friend to the human ----.
The patient bride, a little sad,
Leaving of home and ----.
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KNOWLEDGE (page 227).
QUESTIONS.
1. What is _knowledge_? How does it differ from _information_? 2. What
is _perception_? _apprehension_? _cognizance_? 3. What is _intuition_?
4. What is _experience_, and how does it differ from _intuition_? 5.
What is _learning_? _erudition_?
EXAMPLES.
---- comes, but wisdom lingers.
The child is continually seeking ----; hence his endless questions.
'Tis the sunset of life gives me mystical ----,
And coming events cast their shadows before.
----s lie at the very foundation of all reasoning.
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