15. He brooded on the mockeries of Chance,
On page [58] we saw Hugh in the act of literary composition; now we see him a philosopher. This is a common fact among what we call the “common” people. Note the grave-digger scene in Hamlet, Act V.
Define: smacked, hoar, frore.
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1. Revealed the havoc of the living flood, etc.
Point out each word and statement that pictures the havoc wrought in the valley by the herd.
9. A food-devouring plethora of food
Devouring what food? What plethora?
10. Had come to make a starving solitude!
What idea is modified by the word “starving”?