e crowd.

But, alas, to make
A fixed figure, for the hand of ----
To point his slow unmoving finger at.

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NEW (page 252).

QUESTIONS.

1. What is the meaning of _new_? of _modern_? of _recent_? 2. How does
_recent_ compare with _new_? 3. What is the meaning of _novel_? of
_fresh_? 4. To what do _young_ and _youthful_ distinctively apply?

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NIMBLE (page 253).

QUESTIONS.

1. To what does _nimble_ properly refer? 2. To what does _swift_ apply?
3. How does _alert_ compare with _nimble_? For what is _alert_ more
properly a synonym?

EXAMPLES.

Win her with gifts, if she respect not words;
Dumb jewels often, in their silent kind,
More ---- than words, do move a woman's mind.

Profound thinkers are often helpless in society, while shallow men
have ---- and ready minds.

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NORMAL (page 253).

QUESTIONS.

1. What does _natural_ signify? _normal_? Give instances of the
distinctive use of the two words. 2. What does _typical_ signify?
_regular_? _common_?

EXAMPLES.

He does it with a better grace, but I do it more ----.

The ---- round of work may grow monotonous, but it is evidently
necessary.

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NOTWITHSTANDING (page 254).

QUESTIONS.

1. What is the signification of _however_ as a conjunction? of
_nevertheless_? 2. Which is the most emphatic word of the group and what
does it signify? 3. How do _yet_ and _still_ compare with
_notwithstanding_? with _but_? 4. What is the force of _tho_ and
_altho_? 5. How does _notwithstanding_ as a preposition differ from
_despite_ or _in spite of_?

EXAMPLES.

---- do thy worst, old Time; despite thy wrong,
My love shall in my verse ever live young.

---- till all graces be in one woman, one woman shall not come in my
grace.

There was an immense crowd ---- the inclement weather.

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OATH (page 254).

QUESTIONS.

1. What is an _oath_? an _affidavit_? How does the _affidavit_ differ
from the _oath_? 2. What is an _adjuration_? 3. What is a _vow_? How
does it differ from an _oath_? 4. Of what words is _oath_ a popular
synonym? 5. In what do _anathema_, _curse_, _execration_, and
_imprecation_ agree? 6. What is an _anathema_? 7. Is a _curse_ just or
unjust? 8