Click to read the passage from "The Shot," by Aleksandr Pushkin. Then answer the question.
Based on the passage, how does the setting of the story affect the way the
narrator views the civilian?
A. It causes the him to feel sorry for the civilian, because in all
aspects the civilian seems to live a simple life,
O B. It makes him jealous, as the civilian clearly does not suffer from
the surroundings the way the narrator does.
C. It confuses him, because the civilian's surroundings are simple but
he has expensive books and champagne.
D. It gives him a sense of peace, as he and the civilian share the
same background

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 .