gs unto them in ----, saying, Behold a sower
went forth to sow.

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ALLEVIATE (page 33).

QUESTIONS.

1. How does _alleviate_ differ from _relieve_? from _remove_? 2. Is
_alleviate_ used of persons? 3. What are the special significations of
_abate_? _assuage_? _mitigate_? _moderate_? 4. How does _alleviate_
compare with _allay_? (Compare synonyms for ALLAY.)

EXAMPLES.

To pity distress is but human; to ---- it is Godlike.

But, O! what mighty magician can ----
A woman's envy?

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ALLIANCE (page 34).

QUESTIONS.

1. What is an _alliance_? how does it differ from _partnership_? from
_coalition_? from _league_? 2. How does a _confederacy_ or _federation_
differ from a _union_?

EXAMPLES.

The two nations formed an offensive and defensive ---- against the
common enemy.

Till the war-drum throbbed no longer, and the battle-flags were furled,
In the Parliament of man, the ---- of the world.

Business ---- are the warrant for the existence of trade ----.

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ALLOT (page 34).

QUESTIONS.

1. Does _allot_ refer to time, place, or person? 2. To what does
_appoint_ refer? _assign_? 3. How does _destine_ differ from _appoint_?
4. How does _award_ differ from _allot_, _appoint_, and _assign_?

EXAMPLES.

Man hath his daily work of body or mind ----.

He ----eth the moon for seasons; the sun knoweth his going down.

The king is but as the hind ...
Who may not wander from the ---- field
Before his work be done.

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ALLOW (page 35).

QUESTIONS.

1. What is the difference between _allow_ and _permit_? between a
_permit_ and _permission_? 2. What instances can you give of the use of
these words, also of _tolerate_ and _submit_? 3. What does _yield_
imply?

EXAMPLES.

Frederick ---- the Austrians to cross the mountains that he might
attack them on a field of his own choosing.

The cruelty and envy of the people
---- by our dastard nobles, who
Have all forsook me, hath devoured the rest.

State churches have ever been unwilling to ---- dissent.

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ALLUDE (page 36).

QUESTIONS.

1. What is the distinctive sense of _allude_? of _advert_? of _refer_?
2. How do the above words compare with _mention_ as