Eager ( page 142 ).
Questions.
1. What is the distinction between eager and earnest in the nature of the feeling implied? in the objects toward which it is directed? 2. How does anxious in this acceptation differ from both eager and earnest?
Examples.
Hark! the shrill trumpet sounds to horse! away!
My soul's in arms, and —— for the fray.
I am in ——. I will not equivocate; I will not excuse; I will not retreat a single inch; and I will be heard!
I am —— to hear of your welfare, and of the prospects of the enterprise.