EXAMPLES.
Every page enclosing in the midst
A square of text that looks a little ——.
The noble Brutus
Hath told you Cæsar was ambitious:
If it were so, it was a grievous ——.
BLUFF ([page 83]).
QUESTIONS.
1. In what sense are bluff, frank, and open used? 2. In what sense are blunt, brusk, rough, and rude employed?
EXAMPLES.
There are to whom my satire seems too ——.
Stout once a month they march, a —— band
And ever but in times of need, at hand.