Behold in the bloom of apples,
And the violets in the sward,
A —— of the old, lost beauty
Of the garden of the Lord!
Time is truly the comforter, at once lessening the tendency to —— of images of sorrow, and softening that very sorrow when the images arise.
An —— is cowardly because it can seldom be directly answered, and the one who makes it can always retreat behind an assumed misconstruction of his words; but the —— is the stab in the back, sneaking as it is malicious.
SUPERNATURAL ([page 347]).
QUESTIONS.
1. What is the original meaning of supernatural? of preternatural? 2. What is commonly implied in the use of preternatural? 3. In what sense do some hold a miracle to be supernatural? What descriptive term would others prefer? 4. What is the meaning of superhuman? In what secondary sense is it often used?
EXAMPLES.
It was something altogether ——, as when God said, 'Let there be light,' and there was light.
With an imagination of intense vividness and —— activity, Choate was as practical as the most sordid capitalist that ever became an "incarnation of fat dividends."