they indurate and pervert.

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MARRIAGE (page 236).

QUESTIONS.

1. What does _matrimony_ specifically denote? 2. What two senses has
_marriage_? 3. From what language is _wedlock_ derived? what is its
distinctive use? 4. What is the meaning of _wedding_? _nuptials_?

EXAMPLES.

Let me not to the ---- of true minds admit impediments.

The lover was killed in a duel on the night before the intended
----.

I'll join my eldest daughter, and my joy,
To him forthwith in holy ---- bonds.

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MASCULINE (page 237).

QUESTIONS.

1. To what is _male_ applied? To what _masculine_? 2. To what does
_manly_ refer? _manful_? In what connection can _manly_ be used where
_manful_ could not be substituted? 3. What is the sense of _mannish_?
_virile_?

EXAMPLES.

Every virtue in the higher phases of ---- character begins in truth
and pity or truth and reverence to all womanhood.

One brave and ---- struggle
And he gained the solid land
And the cover of the mountains
And the carbines of his band.

So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he
him; ---- and female created he them.

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MASSACRE (page 237).

QUESTIONS.

1. What is _massacre_? _butchery_? _havoc_? 2. To what does _carnage_
especially refer? _slaughter_? 3. Which of these words can be used of
the destruction of life in open and honorable warfare?

EXAMPLES.

Mark! where his ---- and his conquests cease!
He makes a solitude and calls it peace!

Forbade to wade through ---- to a throne,
And shut the gates of mercy on mankind.

The capture of Port Arthur was followed by a terrible ----.

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MEDDLESOME (page 238).

QUESTIONS.

1. What is the conduct specially characteristic of a _meddlesome_
person? of an _intrusive_ person? of one who is _obtrusive_?
_officious_? 2. To what is _obtrusive_ chiefly applied? _intrusive_?
_officious_? _meddlesome_?

EXAMPLES.

Where sorrow's held ---- and turned out,
There wisdom will not enter nor true power,
Nor aught that dignifies humanity.

A ---- monkey had been among the papers.

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MELODY (page 238).

QUESTIONS.

1. What is _harmony_? _melody_? In what special feature doe