Perhaps it will be best to treat the two subjects separately, though like all the child's curriculum at this stage they are inextricably confused and mingled both with each other, and with literature, as experiences of man's life and conduct.

Distracted then by various counsels and by listening to several advisers from every side, he had become hopelessly confused: eventually he ordered the senate to be convened.

And there was I, without my helpful gun, without light, and sadly confused, with the water deepening; depending solely upon my old friend Pepper, to help me out of that hellish place.

The central doctrine of the prevalent religious faith of Christendom was utterly confused and neutralized in my mind for years by one of those too common stories of actual life, which I overheard repeated in a whisper.

"But whyDan came for mehe said you sent himhe" he broke down, stammering, utterly confused.

"I hope," said he, taking advantage of a pause caused by the girls observing this action, and growing visibly confused by their involuntary stares of curiosity; "II hope that you, my new friends, will pardon a liberty I have taken.

Ned often looked behind with a pleased face, and I felt so proud to think I was doing well; but suddenly I got dreadfully confused when he turned around and said, "Hie out!"

Even without these, much might be effected, if the zoological collections, which are open to the public, were arranged according to what has been termed the "typical principle"; that is to say, if the specimens exposed to public view were so selected that the public could learn something from them, instead of being, as at present, merely confused by their multiplicity.

" I am still sadly confused, and cannot make up my mind what all this is about.

How hopelessly confused it all seemed!

The description of this palace is exceedingly confused and unintelligible, most probably from erroneous transcription and mistakes in translation.

I felt strangely confused, and, instinctively, tried to ward off the thing that licked.

And he had sustained a shock which momentarily confused him.

The poor damsel was terribly confused by their ardent glances and libertine scrutiny, and blushed to her very temples.

But this is what is done when a writer breaks up his principal sentence into little pieces, for the purpose of pushing into the gaps thus made two or three other thoughts by way of parenthesis; thereby unnecessarily and wantonly confusing the reader.

The best way to study the shades of meaning and the choice of words is in the actual production of a theme wherein there is need to bring out these differences in meaning by the use of words; but some help may be gained from a formal study of synonyms and antonyms and of the distinction in use and meaning between words which are commonly confused with each other.

Musing, restless, dimly confused, and doubly watchful, I rode through the timber-belt, and out at last into a dusty, sunny road.

A gleam of light absolutely shot over his whole countenance, like the vivid and instantaneous lightninghe stammered, hesitated, became excessively confused, and at length replied'Free, missis?

Swaying, cradled in his embrace, her lips murmured his name, or, parted breathless, touched his, as the exquisitely confused sense of headlong speed dimmed her senses to a happy madness.

"It will confuse the poor man dreadfully," said Euphemia.

With every step toward the Galway cottage she was increasingly confused and exasperated with herself for even thinking of a speech.

One is that it was the son of Catulus who begged as a boon from Sulla the death of this Marius, and his name was very likely confused with Catiline's in the street rumours of the time; and the other and more direct piece of evidence is, that Catiline was tried in the year 64 for murders committed at this time, and was acquitted.

Mentally confused.

It really suggests and almost postulates the existence of a second Declan whose Acts and those of our Declan have become mutually confused.

She appeared to become more painfully confused, and St. Eval could scarcely restrain himself from hurrying from her sight for ever; but he did restrain himself, only to be more tortured.