mbiguity. (_b_) "It was thought he would
have shown &c." (_c_) Distinguish between "fortitude" and
"bravery." (_d_) What would be the meaning if "that" were
substituted for "which"? It will be perhaps better to substitute
for "which," "since they."

96. "A notion has sprung up that the Premier, though he can legislate,
cannot govern, and has attained an influence which renders it
imperative, if this Ministry is to go on, that (_a_) _it_ should be
dispersed."

(_a_) Who or what "has attained"? Write "and this notion has
become so powerful that, unless it is dispersed...."

97. "Those who are _habitually silent_ (_a_) (3) _by disposition_ and
morose are less liable to the fault of exaggerating than those who are
_habitually_ (_a_) (3) _fond of talking_, and (40 _a_) _of_ (_a_) (3)
_a pleasant disposition_."

(a) Each of these periphrases must be condensed into a single
adjective.

98. "This author, (_a_) (31) though he is not (_b_) _altogether_ (_c_)
_guiltless of_ (_b_) _occasional_ (_c_) _faults_ of exaggeration,
which are to be found as plentifully in his latest works as in _those
which he_ (_d_) _published when he was beginning his career as an
author_, yet, _notwithstanding these_ (_e_) _defects_, surpassed all
_those who were living_ _at the_ (_f_) _same time with him_ in the
_clear_ (_g_) _manner in_ which he could, as it were, see into the
feelings of the people at large, and in the power--_a power that
indeed could not be_ (_f_) _resisted_--with which he _drew_ (_f_)
_toward himself_ the sympathy of _those who_ (_f_) _perused his
works_." See (54).

(_a_) Convert the parenthesis into a separate sentence. (_b_) One
of these words is unnecessary. (_c_) One of these is unnecessary.
(_d_) Condense: "his earliest." (_e_) Omit these words as
unnecessary. (_f_) Express all this in one word. (_g_) "clearness
with."

99. "_Among the North_ (_a_) (23) _American Indians_ I had indeed
heard of the perpetration of similar atrocities; but it seemed
intolerable that such things should occur in a civilized land: and I
rushed from the room at once, leaving the wretch where he stood, with
his tale half told, (30) _horror-stricken at his crime_."

(_a_) Make it evident whether the speaker once _lived_ among the
North American Indians, or not, and show who is
"horror-stricken."

100. "His (1) _bravery_ under this painful operation and the (1