I do not mean to insult the reader by pretending that I killed, for instance, a regiment of cavalry or swallowed a battery of guns, —such _______ tales would disgrace both the hearer and the teller.

Her mind had been __________ into such a condition as she could not very likely have imagined possible a few months since.

Wecannot_____thecountry’stelecommunicationstounqualifiedpeople。

Thelittlehandsofthechildclosedroundthesoldier?sfinger______themotherlookedupinhisfacewithmaternalpleasure.

Hermindhadbeen__________intosuchaconditionasshecouldnotverylikelyhaveimaginedpossibleafewmonthssince.