oom up of my absent child,
Lies in his bed, walks up and down with me,
Puts on his pretty ----, repeats his words.

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AIRY (page 27).

QUESTIONS.

1. How does _airy_ agree with and differ from _aerial_? Give instances
of the uses of the two words. 2. What does _ethereal_ signify?
_sprightly_? 3. Are _lively_ and _animated_ used in the favorable or
unfavorable sense?

EXAMPLES.

---- tongues that syllable men's names, on sands and shores and
desert wildernesses.

The ---- mold
Incapable of stain, would soon expel
Her mischief, and purge off the baser fire,
Victorious.

Society became my glittering bride,
And ---- hopes my children.

Soft o'er the shrouds ---- whispers breathe,
That seemed but zephyrs to the train beneath.

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ALARM (page 28).

QUESTIONS.

1. What is the derivation and distinctive meaning of _alarm_? 2. What do
_affright_ and _fright_ express? Give an illustration of the contrasted
terms. 3. How are _apprehension_, _disquietude_, _dread_, and
_misgiving_ related to the danger that excites them? 4. What are
_consternation_, _dismay_, and _terror_, and how are they related to the
danger? 5. What is _timidity_?

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ALERT (page 28).

QUESTIONS.

1. To what do _alert_, _wide-awake_, and _ready_ refer? 2. How does
_ready_ differ from _alert_? from _prepared_? 3. What does _prompt_
signify? 4. What is the secondary meaning of _alert_?

EXAMPLES.

To be ---- for war is one of the most effectual ways of preserving
peace.

He who is not ---- to-day will be less so to-morrow.

Thus ending loudly, as he would o'erleap
His destiny, ---- he stood.

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ALIEN, _a. & n._ (page 29).

QUESTIONS.

1. How does _alien_ differ from _foreign_? 2. Is a _foreigner_ by birth
necessarily an _alien_? 3. Are the people of one country while residing
in their own land _foreigners_ or _aliens_ to the people of other lands?
4. How can one residing in a _foreign_ country cease to be an _alien_ in
that country? 5. How do _foreign_ and _alien_ differ in their figurative
use?

EXAMPLES.

By ---- hands thy dying eyes were closed
. . .
By ---- hands thy humble grave adorned
By strangers honored and by