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In the ---- G.o.d created the heaven and the earth.
BEHAVIOR (page 79).
QUESTIONS.
1. How do _behavior_ and _conduct_ differ? 2. What is the special sense of _carriage_? of _bearing_? _demeanor_? 3. What is _manner_? _manners_?
EXAMPLES.
Our thoughts and our ---- are our own.
Good ---- are made up of petty sacrifices.
BENEVOLENCE (page 80).
QUESTIONS.
1. What is the original distinction between _benevolence_ and _beneficence_? 2. In what sense is _benevolence_ now most commonly used?
3. What words are commonly used for _benevolence_ in the original sense?
4. What was the original sense of _charity_? the present popular sense?
5. What of _humanity_? _generosity_? _liberality_? _philanthropy_?
EXAMPLES.
---- is a virtue of the heart, and not of the hands.
The secrets of life are not shown except to ---- and likeness.
BIND (page 81).
QUESTIONS.
1. What is the distinctive sense of _bind_? 2. What is the special meaning of _tie_? 3. In how general a sense is _fasten_ used? 4. Which of the above three words is used in a figurative sense?
EXAMPLES.
Shut, shut the door, good John! fatigu'd, I said; ---- up the knocker, say I'm sick, I'm dead.
Adjust our lives to loss, make friends with pain, ---- all our shattered hopes and bid them bloom again.
BITTER (page 81).
QUESTIONS.
1. How may _acid_, _bitter_, and _acrid_ be distinguished? _pungent_?
_caustic_? 2. In metaphorical use, how are _harsh_ and _bitter_ distinguished? 3. What is the special significance of _caustic_? 4. Give examples of these words in their various uses.
BLEACH (page 82).
QUESTIONS.
1. How do _bleach_ and _blanch_ differ from _whiten_? from each other?
EXAMPLES.
You can behold such sights, And keep the natural ruby of your cheeks, When mine is ---- with fear.
We let the years go: wash them clean with tears, Leave them to ---- out in the open day.
BLEMISH (page 82).
QUESTIONS.
1. What is a _blemish_? 2. How does it differ from a _flaw_ or _taint_?
3. What is a _defect_? a _fault_? 4. Which words of this group are naturally applied to reputation, and which to character?
EXAMPLES.
Every page enclosing in the midst A square of text that looks a little ----.
The n.o.ble Brutus Hath told you Caesar was ambitious: If it were so, it was a grievous ----.
BLUFF (page 83).
