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4. Which implies the seconding of another's exertions? Do we _aid_ or _help_ the helpless? 5. How do _cooperate_ and _a.s.sist_ differ? 6. To what do _encourage_ and _uphold_ refer? _succor_ and _support_?
EXAMPLES.
He does not prevent a crime when he can ---- it.
Know then whatever cheerful and serene ---- the mind ---- the body too.
HERETIC (page 196).
QUESTIONS.
1. What is a _heretic_? a _schismatic_? 2. In what does a _heretic_ differ from his church or religious body? a _schismatic_? 3. How do a _heretic_ and a _schismatic_ often differ in action? 4. How are the terms _dissenter_ and _non-conformist_ usually applied?
EXAMPLES.
A man that is an ----, after the first and second admonition, reject.
Churchmen and ---- alike resisted the tyranny of James II.
HETEROGENEOUS (page 196).
QUESTIONS.
1. When are substances _heterogeneous_ as regards each other? 2. When is a mixture, as cement, said to be _heterogeneous_? when _h.o.m.ogeneous_? 3.
What is the special significance of _non-h.o.m.ogeneous_? 4. How does _miscellaneous_ differ from _heterogeneous_?
EXAMPLES.
My second son received a sort of ---- education at home.
Courtier and patriot can not mix Their ---- politics Without an effervescence.
HIDE (page 197).
QUESTIONS.
1. Which is the most general term of this group, and what does it signify? 2. Is an object _hidden_ by intention, or in what other way or ways, if any? 3. Does _conceal_ evince intention? 4. How does _secrete_ compare with _conceal_? How is it chiefly used? 5. What is it to _cover_? to _screen_?
EXAMPLES.
Men use thought only as authority for their injustice, and employ speech only to ---- their thoughts.
Ye little stars! ---- your diminished rays.
HIGH (page 198).
QUESTIONS.
1. What kind of a term is _high_? What does it signify? Give instances of the relative use of the word. 2. How does _high_ compare with _deep_? To what objects may these words be severally applied? 3. What is the special significance of _tall_? 4. What element does _lofty_ add to the meaning of _high_ or _tall_? 5. How do _elevated_ and _eminent_ compare in the literal sense? in the figurative? 6. How do the words above mentioned compare with _exalted_? 7. What contrasted uses has _high_ in the figurative sense? 8. What is _towering_ in the literal, and in the figurative sense?
EXAMPLES.
A pillar'd shade, ---- overarched, and echoing walks between.
A daughter of the G.o.ds, divinely ---- and most divinely fair.
What is that which the breeze on the ---- steep, As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses?
He knew Himself to sing, and build the ---- rime.
HINDER (page 199).
QUESTIONS.
1. What is it to _hinder_? 2. How does _hinder_ differ from _delay_? 3.
How does _hinder_ compare with _prevent_? 4. What is the meaning of _r.e.t.a.r.d_? 5. What is it to _obstruct_? to _resist_? How do these two words compare with each other?
EXAMPLES.
---- the Devil, and he will flee from you.
My tears must stop, for every drop ---- my needle and thread.
It is the study of mankind to ---- that advance of age or death which can not be ----.
HISTORY (page 200).
