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GIVE (page 185).
QUESTIONS.
1. What is the primary meaning of _give_? the secondary meaning? 2. Can we _give_ what is undesired? 3. Can we _give_ what we are paid for? 4.
How is _give_ always understood when there is no limitation in the context? 5. Is it correct to say "He _gave_ it to me for nothing"? 6.
What is to _grant_? 7. What is implied when we speak of _granting_ a favor? 8. What is to _confer_? 9. What is especially implied in _impart_? in _bestow_?
EXAMPLES.
My G.o.d shall ---- all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.
---- to every man that asketh of thee, and from him that would borrow of thee, turn not thou away.
The court promptly ---- the injunction.
The king ---- upon him the honor of knighthood.
One of the pleasantest things in life is to ---- instruction to those who really desire to learn.
GOVERN (page 185).
QUESTIONS.
1. What does the word _govern_ imply? How does it differ from _control_?
2. How do _command_ and _control_ differ? 3. How do _rule_ and _govern_ differ? 4. What is the special significance of _sway_? of _mold_? 5.
What is it to _manage_? 6. What is the present meaning of _reign_? How does it compare with _rule_?
EXAMPLES.
He that ---- his spirit is greater than he that taketh a city.
For some must follow, and some ---- Tho all are made of clay.
Daniel Webster well described the character of "Old Hickory" in the sentence, "I do not say that General Jackson did not mean to ---- his country well, but I do say that General Jackson meant to ---- his country."
GRACEFUL (page 186).
QUESTIONS.
1. What does _graceful_ denote? How is it especially distinguished from _beautiful_?
EXAMPLES.
How ---- upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings that publisheth peace.
A ---- myrtle rear'd its head.
GRIEF (page 187).
QUESTIONS.
1. What is _grief_? 2. How does _grief_ compare with _sorrow_? with _sadness_? with _melancholy_? 3. What two chief senses has _affliction_?
4. What is implied in _mourning_, in its most common acceptation?
EXAMPLES.
We glory in ---- also.
For our light ---- which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory.
What private ---- they have, alas! I know not, that made them do it.
HABIT (page 187).
QUESTIONS.
1. What is _custom_? _routine_? Which is the more mechanical? 2. What element does _habit_ add to _custom_ and _routine_? 3. Should we preferably use _custom_ or _habit_ of a society? of an individual? 4.
What is _fas.h.i.+on_? _rule_? _system_? 5. What are _use_ and _usage_, and how do they differ from each other? 6. What is _practise_? 7. What is the distinctive meaning of _wont_?
EXAMPLES.
Every ---- is preserved and increased by correspondent actions, as the ---- of walking by walking, of running by running.
Montaigne is wrong in declaring that ---- ought to be followed simply because it is ----, and not because it is reasonable or just.
Lord Brougham says "The longer I live the more careful I am to entrust everything that I really care to do to the beneficent power of ----."
---- makes perfect.
Without ---- little that is valuable is ever learned or done.
