dom or idealization?
EXAMPLES.
Things done without ----, in their issue
Are to be fear'd.
Be a ---- to others, and then all will go well.
Washington and his compeers had no ---- of a federal republic with
constitutional bonds and limitations.
Moses was admonished, See that thou make all things according to the
---- shewed to thee in the mount.
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MODESTY (page 244).
QUESTIONS.
1. What is _modesty_ in the general sense? In what specific sense is the
word also used? 2. What is _bashfulness_? _diffidence_? _coyness_?
_reserve_?
EXAMPLES.
For silence and chaste ---- is woman's genuine praise, and to remain
quiet within the house.
If a young lady has that discretion and ----, without which all
knowledge is little worth, she will never make an ostentatious
parade of it.
His shrinking ---- was often mistaken for a proud ----.
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MONEY (page 244).
QUESTIONS.
1. What is _money_? _specie_? _cash_? 2. How does _property_ differ from
_money_? 3. What is _bullion_? _capital_?
EXAMPLES.
I am not covetous for ----;
Nor care I who doth feed upon my cost.
For the love of ---- is the root of all evil.
He converted all his ---- into ready ----.
One who undertakes to do business without ---- is likely to be
speedily straitened for ----.
---- in reversion may be of far less value than ---- in hand.
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MOROSE (page 245).
QUESTIONS.
1. By what characteristics are the _morose_ distinguished? the _sullen_
and _sulky_? 2. How does _sullen_ differ from _sulky_? 3. What is the
meaning of _surly_? 4. Which of these words denote transient moods and
which denote enduring states or disposition?
EXAMPLES.
My master is of ---- disposition,
And little recks to find the way to heaven
By doing deeds of hospitality.
A poet who fails in writing, becomes often a ---- critic.
He answered with a ---- growl.
Achilles remained in his tent in ---- inaction.
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MOTION (page 246).
QUESTIONS.
1. What is _motion_? 2. How does _motion_ differ from _movement_? Give
examples. 3. In what sense is _move_ employed? 4. What is the special
sense of _motion_ in a deliberative assembly? 5. Is _action_ or _motion_
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