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He was in Logic a great ---- Profoundly skill'd in a.n.a.lytic; He could distinguish, and divide A hair 'twixt south and south-west side.
The greatest works in poetry, painting, and sculpture have not been done by ----.
The mere ---- who produces nothing, and whose business is only to judge and enjoy.
AMAZEMENT (page 39).
QUESTIONS.
1. What do _amazement_ and _astonishment_ agree in expressing? 2. How do the two words differ? 3. What is the meaning of _awe_? of _admiration_?
4. How does _surprise_ differ from _astonishment_ and _amazement_? 5.
What are the characteristics of _wonder_?
EXAMPLES.
'Twas while he toiled him to be freed, And with the rein to raise the steed, That, from ----'s iron trance, All Wycklif's soldiers waked at once.
Can such things be, And overcome us like a summer's cloud, Without our special ----?
The fool of nature stood with stupid eyes And gaping mouth that testified ----.
AMBITION (page 40).
QUESTIONS.
1. What two senses has _ambition_? 2. How does _ambition_ differ from _aspiration_? Which is the higher word? 3. What is the distinctive sense of _emulation_? 4. Has _emulation_ a good side? How does it compare with _aspiration_?
EXAMPLES.
Cromwell, I charge thee, fling away ---- By that sin, fell the angels.
Envy, to which th' ign.o.ble mind's a slave, Is ---- in the learn'd or brave.
I have no spur To p.r.i.c.k the sides of my intent, but only Vaulting ----.
AMEND (page 41).
QUESTIONS.
1. What is it to _amend_? 2. How do _advance_, _better_, and _improve_ differ from _amend_? 3. Are these words applied to matters decidedly bad, foul, or evil? 4. What is the difference between _amend_ and _emend_?
EXAMPLES.
Return ye now every man from his evil way, and ---- your doings.
The construction here is difficult, and the text at this point has been variously ----.
Human characters and conditions never reach such perfection that they can not be ----.
AMIABLE (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.
a.n.a.lOGY (page 43).
QUESTIONS.
1. What is the specific meaning of _a.n.a.logy_? 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 _a.n.a.logy_?
EXAMPLES.
The two boys bore a close ---- to each other.
It is not difficult to trace the ---- of the home to the state.
ANGER (page 44).
