1. What is the meaning of _barbarian_? 2. What is the added significance of _barbaric_? 3. How does _barbarous_ in general use differ from both the above words? 4. What special element is commonly implied in _savage_? 5. In what less opprobrious sense may _barbarous_ and _savage_ be used? Give instances.
EXAMPLES.
A mult.i.tude like which the populous North Poured never from her frozen loins, to pa.s.s Rhene or the Danaw, when her ---- sons Came like a deluge on the south.
Or when the gorgeous East, with richest hand, Showers on her kings ---- pearl and gold.
It is most true, that a natural and secret hatred and aversation toward society, in any man, hath somewhat of the ---- beast.
Thou art bought and sold among those of any wit like a ---- slave.
BARRIER (page 74).
QUESTIONS.
1. What is a _bar_? and what is its purpose? 2. What is a _barrier_? 3.
Which word is ordinarily applied to objects of great extent? 4. Would a mountain range be termed a _bar_ or a _barrier_? 5. What distinctive name is given to a ma.s.s of sand across the mouth of a river or harbor?
BATTLE (page 74).
QUESTIONS.
1. What is the general meaning of _conflict_? 2. What is a _battle_? 3.
How long may a _battle_ last? 4. On how many fields may one _battle_ be fought? 5. How does _engagement_ differ from _battle_? How does _combat_ differ? _action_? _skirmish_? _fight_?
BEAUTIFUL (page 76).
QUESTIONS.
1. What is necessary to const.i.tute an object or a person _beautiful_? 2.
Can _beautiful_ be said of that which is harsh and ragged, however grand? 3. How is _beautiful_ related to our powers of appreciation? 4.
How does _pretty_ compare with _beautiful_? _handsome_? 5. What does _fair_ denote? _comely_? _picturesque_?
EXAMPLES.
I pray thee, O G.o.d, that I may be ---- within.
A happy youth, and their old age is ---- and free.
"Twas sung, how they were ---- in their lives And in their death had not divided been.
How ---- has the day been, how bright was the sun.
How lovely and joyful the course that he run.
Though he rose in a mist when his race he began And there followed some droppings of rain!
BECOMING (page 77).
QUESTIONS.
1. What is the meaning of _becoming_? of _decent_? of _suitable_? 2. Can that which is worthy or beautiful in itself ever be otherwise than _becoming_ or _suitable_? Give instances. 3. What is the meaning of _fit_? How does it differ from _fitting_ or _befitting_?
EXAMPLES.
A merrier man, Within the limit of ---- mirth, I never spent an hour"s talk withal.
Still govern thou my song, Urania, and ---- audience find, tho few.
Indeed, left nothing ---- for your purpose Untouch"d, slightly handled, in discourse.
In such a time as this, it is not ---- That every nice offense should bear his comment.
How could money be better spent than in erecting a ---- building for the greatest library in the country?
BEGINNING (page 78).
QUESTIONS.
1. From what language is _beginning_ derived? _commencement_? How do the two words differ in application and use? Give instances. 2. What is an _origin_? a _source_? a _rise_? 3. How are _fount_, _fountain_, and _spring_ used in the figurative sense?
EXAMPLES.
For learning is the ---- pure, Out from which all glory springs.
Truth is the ---- of every good to G.o.ds and men.
Courage, the mighty attribute of powers above, By which those great in war are great in love; The ---- of all brave acts is seated here.
It can not be that Desdemona should long continue her love to the Moor, nor he his to her: it was a violent ----, and thou shalt see an answerable sequestration.