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ABIDE (page 5).

QUESTIONS.

1. What limit of time is expressed by _abide_? by _lodge_? by _live_,
_dwell_, _reside_? 2. What is the meaning of _sojourn_? 3. Should we say
one is _stopping_ or _staying_ at a hotel? and why? 4. Give examples of
the extended, and of the limited use of _abide_.

EXAMPLES.

One generation passeth away and another generation cometh, but the
earth ---- forever.

And there were in the same country shepherds ---- in the field,
keeping watch over their flock by night.

So great was the crowd of visitors that many were compelled to ----
in the neighboring villages.

He is ---- at the Albemarle.

He has ---- for forty years in the same house.

By faith he ---- in the land of promise, as in a strange country.

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ABOLISH (page 6).

QUESTIONS.

1. Is _abolish_ used of persons or material objects? 2. Of what is it
used? Give examples. 3. What does _annihilate_ signify? Is it stronger
or weaker than _abolish_? 4. What terms do we use for doing away with
_laws_, and how do those terms differ among themselves? 5. What are the
differences between _overthrow_, _suppress_, and _subvert_? especially
between the last two of those words? 6. How does _prohibit_ differ from
_abolish_? 7. What word do we especially use of putting an end to a
nuisance? 8. What other words of this class are especially referred to?
9. Give some antonyms of _abolish_.

EXAMPLES.

The one great endeavor of Buddhism is to ---- sorrow.

Modern science seems to show conclusively that matter is never ----.

The law, which had long been ---- by the revolutionists, was at last
---- by the legislature.

The ancient statute was found to have been ---- by later enactments,
though never formally ----.

The Supreme Court ---- the adverse decision of the inferior
tribunal.

Even in a republic, sedition should be promptly ----, or it may
result in the ---- of free institutions.

From the original settlement of Vineland, New Jersey, the sale of
intoxicating liquor has been ----.

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ABOMINATION (page 7).

QUESTIONS.

1. To what was _abomination_ originally applied? 2. Does it refer to a
state of mind or to some act or other object of thought? 3. How does
_abomination_ differ from _aversion_ or _disgust_? 4. How