MIABLE (page 42).
QUESTIONS.
1. To what does _lovely_ often apply? 2. To what does _amiable_ always
apply? 3. How do _agreeable_, _attractive_, and _charming_ differ from
_amiable_? Give examples. 4. Is a _good-natured_ person necessarily
_agreeable_? an _amiable_ person?
EXAMPLES.
His life was ----; and the elements
So mixed in him, that Nature might stand up
And say to all the world, This was a man!
The east is blossoming! Yea a rose,
Vast as the heavens, soft as a kiss,
---- as the presence of woman is.
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ANALOGY (page 43).
QUESTIONS.
1. What is the specific meaning of _analogy_? 2. What is _affinity_?
_coincidence_? 3. Does _coincidence_ necessarily involve _resemblance_
or _likeness_? 4. What is _parity_ of _reasoning_? 5. What is a
_similitude_? 6. How do _resemblance_ and _similarity_ differ from
_analogy_?
EXAMPLES.
The two boys bore a close ---- to each other.
It is not difficult to trace the ---- of the home to the state.
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ANGER (page 44).
QUESTIONS.
1. What are the especial characteristics of _anger_? How does it differ
from _indignation_? _exasperation_? _rage_? _wrath_? _ire_?
EXAMPLES.
My enemy has long borne me a feeling of ----.
Christ was filled with ---- at the hypocrisy of the Jews.
I was overcome by a sudden feeling of ----.
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ANIMAL (page 45).
QUESTIONS.
1. What is an _animal_? a _brute_? a _beast_? 2. Is man an _animal_? 3.
What is implied if we speak of any particular man as an _animal_? a
_brute_? a _beast_? 4. What forms of existence does the word _creature_
include? 5. What are the animals of a country or region collectively
called?
EXAMPLES.
It is only within the last half century that societies have been
organized for the prevention of cruelty to ----.
O that men should put an enemy in their mouths to steal away their
brains! that we should with joy, pleasance, revel, and applause,
transform ourselves into ----!
Take a ---- out of his instinct, and you find him wholly deprived of
understanding.
Spurning manhood and its joys to loot,
To be a lawless, lazy, sensual ----.
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ANNOUNCE (page 46).
QUESTIONS.
1. What is it to _announce_? 2. Does it apply chiefly to the
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