Speaking of the honor paid to good men, is it not time to —— for a reform in the writing of biographies?


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PLEASANT ([page 275]).

QUESTIONS.

1. What does pleasant add to the sense of pleasing? 2. How does pleasant compare with kind? 3. What does good-natured signify? How does it compare with pleasant?

EXAMPLES.

Like one that wraps the drapery of his couch
About him, and lies down to —— dreams.

When fiction rises —— to the eye,
Men will believe because they love the lie.

... If we must part forever,
Give me but one —— word to think upon.