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EXAMPLES.
That ---- is best which procures the greatest happiness for the greatest numbers.
There is no death! What seems so is ----; This life of mortal breath Is but a suburb of the life elysian, Whose portal we call Death.
The Copernican theory first clearly explained the ---- of the planets.
MUTUAL (page 246).
QUESTIONS.
1. What is the meaning of _common_? _mutual_? _reciprocal_? 2. Is it correct to speak of a _mutual_ friend?
EXAMPLES.
---- friends.h.i.+ps will admit of division, one may love the beauty of this, the good humor of that person.
In all true family life there is a ---- dependence which binds hearts together.
---- action is the rule in the human body, where every part is alternately means and end, and every action both cause and effect.
NAME (page 247).
QUESTIONS.
1. What is a _name_ in the most general sense? 2. In the more limited sense, how does a _name_ differ from an _appellation_? a _t.i.tle_? Give instances of the use of these three words. 3. From what language is _epithet_ derived? What is its primary meaning? 4. What does _epithet_ signify in literary use? 5. What part of speech is an _epithet_? Is it favorable or unfavorable in signification? 6. What is a _cognomen_? How does it differ from a _surname_? 7. What is _style_ considered as a synonym of _name_?
EXAMPLES.
Those he commands, move only in command Nothing in love: now does he feel the ---- Hang loose about him, like a giant's robe Upon a dwarfish thief.
O magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt his ---- together.
NATIVE (page 248).
QUESTIONS.
1. What does _native_ denote? _natal_? _natural_? 2. What examples are given in the text of the correct use of these words?
EXAMPLES.
I would advise no child's being taught music who has not a ---- apt.i.tude for it.
It was the 4th of July, the ---- day of American freedom.
NAUTICAL (page 248).
QUESTIONS.
1. From what is _marine_ derived? _maritime_? What do these two words respectively signify? 2. From what is _naval_ derived? _nautical_? How do these words differ in meaning? 3. How does _ocean_, used adjectively, differ from _oceanic_?
EXAMPLES.
That sea-beast, Leviathan, which G.o.d of all his works Created hugest that swim the ---- stream.
NEAT (page 249).
QUESTIONS.
1. What does _clean_ signify? 2. Does _orderly_ apply to persons or things, and in what sense? 3. What does _tidy_ denote? 4. What is the meaning of _neat_? 5. How does _nice_ compare with _neat_? 6. What is the significance of _spruce_? _trim_? _dapper_?
EXAMPLES.
If he (Jefferson) condescended to turn ---- sentences for delicate ears--still, he was essentially an earnest man.
Still to be ----, still to be drest, As you were going to a feast, Still to be powder'd, still perfum'd.
NECESSARY (page 250).
QUESTIONS.
1. When is a thing properly said to be _necessary_? 2. What is the meaning of _essential_? How does it differ from _indispensable_? 3. With reference to what is a thing said to be _requisite_? How does _requisite_ compare with _essential_ and _indispensable_? 4. How do _inevitable_ and _unavoidable_ compare? To what kind of things are both these words applied? 5. How do _needed_ and _needful_ compare with _necessary_?
