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Men are the sport of ---- when The ---- seem the sport of men.
Coming ---- cast their shadows before.
Where an equal poise of hope and fear Does arbitrate the ----, my nature is That I incline to hope rather than fear, And gladly banish squint suspicion.
EVERY (page 158).
QUESTIONS.
1. In what are _all_ and _both_ alike? _any_, _each_, and _every_? 2.
How does _any_ differ from _each_ and _every_? 3. How do _each_ and _every_ differ from _all_? 4. How does _each_ compare with _every_? with _both_? 5. What does _either_ properly denote? In what other sense is it often used? What is the objection to the latter use?
EXAMPLES.
---- person in the room arose to his feet.
A free pardon was offered to ---- who should instantly lay down their arms.
As the garrison marched out, the victorious troops stood in arms on ---- side of the way.
In order to keep his secret inviolate, he revealed it privately to ---- of his most intimate friends.
---- person giving such information shall be duly rewarded.
EVIDENT (page 159).
QUESTIONS.
1. How do _apparent_ and _evident_ compare? 2. What is the special sense of _manifest_? How does it compare in strength with _evident_? 3. What is the sense of _obvious_? 4. How wide is the range of _visible_? 5. How does _discernible_ compare with _visible_? What does it imply as to the observer's action? 6. What is the sense of _palpable_ and _tangible_?
_conspicuous_?
EXAMPLES.
A paradox is a real truth in the guise of an ---- absurdity or contradiction.
The prime minister was ---- by his absence.
The statement is a ---- absurdity.
On a comparison of the two works the plagiarism was ----.
Yet from those flames No light; but only darkness ----.
These lies are like the father that begets them; gross as a mountain, open, ----.
EXAMPLE (page 160).
QUESTIONS.
1. What is the etymological meaning of _example_? 2. What two contradictory meanings does _example_ derive from this primary sense? 3.
How does _example_ differ from _sample_? 4. How does it compare with _model_? with _pattern_? 5. How does _exemplar_ agree with, and differ from _example_? 6. What is an _exemplification_? an _ensample_?
EXAMPLES.
I bid him look into the lives of men as tho himself a mirror, and from others to take an ---- for himself.
We sleep, but the loom of life never stops and the ---- which was weaving when the sun went down is weaving when it comes up to-morrow.
History is an ---- of philosophy.
The commander was resolved to make an ---- to deter others from the like offense.
EXCESS (page 160).
QUESTIONS.
1. What is _excess_? Is it used in the favorable or unfavorable sense?
2. What is _extravagance_? 3. What is _exorbitance_? 4. What kind of _excess_ do _overplus_ and _superabundance_ denote? _lavishness_ and _profusion_? 5. Is _surplus_ used in the favorable or unfavorable sense?
6. To what do _redundance_ and _redundancy_ chiefly refer? 7. What words are used as synonyms of _excess_ in the moral sense?
EXAMPLES.
Saving requires self-denial, and ---- is the death of self-denial.
Where there is great ---- there usually follows corresponding ----.
---- of wealth is cause of covetousness.
Haste brings ----, and ---- brings want.
The ---- of the demand caused unfeigned surprise.
