[123] A.S. Hill: Principles of Rhetoric, revised edition, p. 39.
[124] Ibid., p. 18.
[125] Ibid., p. 38.
[126] A.S. Hill: Principles of Rhetoric, revised edition, p. 19.
[127] R.W. Emerson; The Superlative.
EXERCISE LXXII.
Tell the difference in meaning between—
1. The average (ordinary) yield of wheat.
2. He is bound (determined) to come.
3. There was continual (continuous) fighting for three days.
4. It was deadly (deathly) cold in the cave.
5. A decided (decisive) victory.
6. The boy is dumb (stupid).
7. His story is apparently (evidently, manifestly) true.
8. The existing (extant) portraits of Milton.
9. His actions were very funny (odd).
10. This is a healthy (wholesome) plant.
11. A human (humane) being.
12. His latest (last) attempt.
13. Long (lengthy) explanations.
14. She became mad (angry).
15. A new (novel) style.
16. An oral (verbal) message.
17. A pitiable (pitiful) man.
18. Your purpose seems practical (practicable).
19. A prominent (an eminent) man.
20. He was really (very) glad to see us.
EXERCISE LXXIII.
Insert the proper word in each blank:—
Apparently, evidently, manifestly.
1. The motion which—- belongs to the sun, really belongs to the earth.
2. The stranger was—- in the prime of manhood.
3. The apparent (evident) discrepancy between the two narratives is not real.
4. Our country is—- growing in wealth.
5. A straight line is—- the shortest distance between two points.
Average, ordinary.
6. To be excited is not the—- state of the mind.
7. This picture has only—- merit.
8.—- conversation is not instructive.
9. The—- American is not wealthy.
10. The—- expenses per man of the Yale class of '95 during Freshman year were $912.
11. The life of the—- man is safer and more comfortable than it was a century ago.
12. The—- age of the signers of the Declaration of Independence was nearly forty-four.
13. Their—- duties were easy.
Bound, determined.
14. He worked hard at his piece, for he was—- to speak it well.
15. We have promised, therefore we are—- to go.
16. I am—- to win, if I can.
17. They were—- that they would see the end of the play, even though they should miss their train.
Continual, Continuous.
18. He was exposed to—- interruptions.
19. A—- line in space.
20. —— victory makes leaders insolent.
21. A —— siege of six months.
22. The power of abstract study or of —— thought is rare.