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LISTEN (page 232).

QUESTIONS.

1. What does _hear_ signify? What does _listen_ add to the meaning of
_hear_? 2. What does _attend_ add to the meaning of _listen_? 3. What
does _heed_ further imply? 4. What is the difference between _listen
for_ and _listen to_?

EXAMPLES.

And ----! how blithe the throstle sings;
He, too, is no mean preacher;

Till I ---- and ----
If a step draweth near.

Chill airs and wintry winds! my ear
Has grown familiar with your song;
I ---- it in the opening year,
I ----, and it cheers me long.

----, every one
That ---- may, unto a tale
That's merrier than the nightingale.

The men lay silent in the tall grass ---- for the signal gun that
should bid them rise and charge.

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LITERATURE (page 233).

QUESTIONS.

1. What is _literature_ in the most general sense? in more limited
sense? 2. What does _literature_, used absolutely, denote? 3. How may
_literature_ include _science_? How is it ordinarily contrasted with
_science_?

EXAMPLES.

Wherever ---- consoles sorrow or assuages pain; wherever it brings
gladness to eyes which fail with wakefulness and tears--there is
exhibited in its noblest form the immortal influence of Athens.

---- are lifelong friends.

---- are embalmed minds.

In our own language we have a ---- nowhere surpassed, in whose lock
no foreign key will ever rust.

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LOAD (page 233).

QUESTIONS.

1. From what language is _burden_ derived, and with what primary
meaning? _load_? 2. What does _weight_ signify? How does it compare with
_load_ and _burden_? 3. What are _cargo_, _freight_, and _lading_? 4.
What is the distinctive sense of _pack_?

EXAMPLES.

Bear ye one another's ----.

Wearing all that ----
Of learning lightly like a flower.

The ass will carry his ----, but not a double ----.

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LOOK (page 234).

QUESTIONS.

1. What is the distinction between _look_ and _see_? between these words
and _behold_? 2. What is it to _gaze_? to _glance_? to _stare_? 3. What
do _scan_, _inspect_, and _survey_ respectively express, and how are
they distinguished from one another? 4. What element or elements does
_watch_ add to the meaning of _look_?

EXAMPLES.

It is always well to ---- at p