In which excerpt from john donne's a valediction forbidding mourning indicates what the speaker does not want his wife to mourn? a. while some of their sad friends do say /the breath goes now b. out two souls therefore, which are one/though i must go, endure not yet c. moving of th' earth brings harm and fears/men reckon what it did d. thy firmness makes my circle just/and makes me end

This excerpt is an example of a claim of a. fact b. policy c. value d. definition

What is the meaning of each underlined word in these excerpts from "a modest proposal" by jonathan swift? i think it is agreed by all parties, that this prodigious number of children in the arms, or on the backs, or at the heels of their mothers, and frequently of their fathers, is in the present deplorable state of the kingdom, a very great additional grievance; and therefore whoever could find out a fair, cheap and easy method of making these children sound and useful members of the common-wealth, would deserve so well of the publick, as to have his statue set up for a preserver of the nation. some persons of a desponding spirit are in great concern about that vast number of poor people, who are aged, diseased, or maimed; and i have been desired to employ my thoughts what course may be taken, to ease the nation of so grievous an incumbrance. the word prodigious means . the word desponding means .

Boss: oh no! that’s the phone again! secretary: blank boss: . a. shall i take it? b. will you answer it? c. can you do me a favor? d. may i hang it up?