In the first Parliament of James the House of Commons refused for the first time to —— business on a Sunday.
The treaty of peace that closed the war of 1812 had been already —— before the battle of New Orleans was fought.
Any direction of Christ or any direction or act of his apostles respecting the —— of business in the church, is binding upon us, unless such direction or act was grounded upon peculiar circumstances then existing.
TRANSIENT ([page 361]).
QUESTIONS.
1. What is the derivation of transient and transitory? 2. How does transient differ in signification from transitory? 3. What is the distinctive meaning of temporary? 4. From what is ephemeral derived, and with what sense? 5. How does ephemeral differ from transient or transitory? 6. What does ephemeral suggest besides brevity of time? 7. What is the derivation and meaning of fugitive? 8. What is the distinctive meaning of evanescent?
EXAMPLES.
Mirth is short and ——, cheerfulness fixed and permanent.
Neither gratitude nor revenge had any share in determining his [Charles II.'s] course; for never was there a mind on which both services and injuries left such faint and —— impressions.