Read the sentence from Samuel Johnson’s preface to A Dictionary of the English Language. And such is the fate of hapless lexicography, that not only darkness, but light, impedes and distresses it; things may be not only too little, but too much known, to be happily illustrated. What is the best definition of the underlined word as it is used in the sentence? unlucky or unfortunate; pitiable unknown or unfamiliar; mysterious without intelligence; foolish without tenderness; harsh.

Read the excerpt from act ii, scene v of romeo and juliet. friar laurence: these violent delights have violent ends, and in their triumph die, like fire and powder, which, as they kiss consume: the sweetest honey is loathsome in his own deliciousness and in the taste confounds the appetite: 15 therefore love moderately; long love doth so; too swift arrives as tardy as too slow. friar laurence is motivated to offer this warning because he knows that something bad will certainly happen to the lovers. feels that romeo is acting foolishly and should not get married. enjoys giving advice because he is wise and can others. wants to caution romeo about the consequences of his actions.

Ihave only a christmas cards left to write. a. few b. fewer c. less d. little

What is the purpose of kings nobel peace prize acceptance speech