EXAMPLES.
Hesiod exhorted the husbandman to —— for a harvest, but to do so with his hand upon the plow.
I kneel, and then —— her blessing.
PRECARIOUS ([page 282]).
QUESTIONS.
1. To what is the term uncertain applied? 2. What did precarious originally signify? How is it now used, and how does it differ from uncertain?
EXAMPLES.
... Thou know'st, great son,
The end of war's ——.
Life seems to be —— in proportion to its value.