od"--transcendent fate!
That God's ---- forgot, she plucked and ate.

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OSTENTATION (page 259).

QUESTIONS.

1. What is _ostentation_? How does it compare with _boasting_?
_display_? _show_? 2. What is _pomp_? _pageant_ or _pageantry_? What do
the two latter words suggest, and how do they compare with _pomp_? 3.
From what is _parade_ derived? What is its primary meaning? With what
implication is it always used in the metaphorical sense? How does
_parade_ compare with _ostentation_?

EXAMPLES.

The boast of heraldry, the ---- of power,
And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave.
Await alike the inevitable hour;
The paths of glory lead but to the grave.

The President's salary does not permit ----, nor, indeed, is ----
expected of him.

With all his wealth, talent, and learning, he was singularly free
from ----.

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OVERSIGHT (page 260).

QUESTIONS.

1. In what two contrasted senses is _oversight_ used? 2. How does
_superintendence_ compare with _oversight_? 3. With what special
reference is _control_ used? 4. What kind of a term is _surveillance_,
and what does it imply?

EXAMPLES.

Those able to conduct great enterprises must be allowed wages of
----.

O Friendship, equal poised ----!

Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the ---- thereof
not by constraint, but willingly.

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OUGHT (page 260).

QUESTIONS.

1. What does _ought_ properly signify? 2. How does _ought_ compare with
_should_? 3. In what secondary sense is _ought_ sometimes used?

EXAMPLES.

He has not a right to do what he likes, but only what he ---- with
his own, which after all is his own only in a qualified sense.

Age ---- have reverence, and ---- be worthy to have it.

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PAIN (page 261).

QUESTIONS.

1. What is _pain_? _suffering_? 2. How does _distress_ rank as compared
with _pain_ and _suffering_? 3. What is an _ache_? a _throe_? a
_paroxysm_? 4. What is _agony_? _anguish_?

EXAMPLES.

To each his ----s; all are men,
Condemned alike to groan;
The tender for another's ----,
The unfeeling for his own.

The weariest and most loathed worldly life
That age, ----, penury, and imprisonment
Can lay on nature.

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