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EXERCISE LVII.

Tell the difference in meaning between—­

1.  Please bring (fetch) a chair from the next room. 2.  You had better carry (bring) an umbrella with you. 3.  He asserts (alleges, maintains, declares, affirms, says) that he has
   been robbed.
4.  Mr. A. stated (declared) his opinion. 5.  He admits (confesses) the fault. 6.  The grocer asks for (demands) his money. 7.  He has let (hired) the boat for the afternoon. 8.  We have leased (taken a lease of) the cottage. 9.  He is learning (teaching) the alphabet. 10.  Dorothy likes (loves) Helen. 11.  Washington stayed (stopped) at this house on his way to Philadelphia. 12.  It transpired (happened) that we disagreed.

EXERCISE LVIII.

Insert the proper word in each blank, and give the reason for your choice:—­[100]

ANTAGONIZE, OPPOSE. 1.  Ex-Secretary Windom ——­d ex-Secretary Sherman’s bill. 2.  The body is balanced by an incessant shifting of the muscles, one
   group ——­ing the other.
3.  I am too weak to ——­ your cunning.

CALCULATE, INTEND. 4.  To-morrow he ——­s to hunt the boar. 5.  Bradley was able to ——­ the velocity of light. 6.  He ——­s to go.

CARRY, FETCH, BRING. 7.  Farmers ——­ their potatoes to market. 8.  What shall I ——­ you from Paris? 9.  Harry, please ——­ a chair from the hall. 10.  Go to the flock and ——­ me two young lambs. 11.  The Spartan was to ——­ his shield home, or to be borne home on it. 12.  When he dieth, he shall ——­ nothing away.

CHAMPION, SUPPORT. 13.  The Republican party ——­ed this measure. 14.  He ——­ed the policy of the administration. 15.  Gareth ——­ed the cause of Lynette in the combats with the craven
    knights.

CLAIM, ASSERT, ALLEGE, MAINTAIN, DECLARE, AFFIRM, STATE, SAY. 16.  The heavens ——­ the glory of God. 17.  Rhoda constantly ——­d that it was even so. 18.  I have endeavored to ——­ nothing but what I have good authority for. 19.  Nay, if my Lord ——­d that black was white,
         My word was this, your honour’s in the right.
20.  She ——­s her innocence in the strongest terms. 21.  I will ——­ what He hath done for my soul. 22.  What if Nemesis ——­ repayment? 23.  It is not directly ——­d, but it seems to be implied. 24.  That such a report existed in Claudian’s time cannot now be ——­d. 25.  Geologists ——­ that before there were men on earth this immense gulf
    was a forest.
26.  He fared on in haste to ——­ his kingdom. 27.  Will Mr. L. ——­ his reasons for disagreeing with the rest of the