Clever ( page 109 ).
Questions.
1. What is the meaning of clever as used in England? 2. What was the early New England usage? 3. What is to be said of the use of smart and sharp? 4. What other words of this group are preferable to clever in many of its uses?
Examples.
His brief experience in the department had made him very —— in the work now assigned him.
She was especially —— in song.
Be good, sweet maid, and let who will be ——;
Do noble things, not dream them, all day long;
And so make life, death, and the vast forever
One grand, sweet song.