19. O'DE, _a song_.
ODE, _a lyric poem_.
MEL'ODY (Gr. n. _mel'os_, a song), _an agreeable succession of musical
sounds_.
PAR'ODY, _the alteration of the works of an author to another subject_.
PROS'ODY, _the study of versification_.
PSAL'MODY, _the practice of singing psalms_.
TRAG'EDY (Gr. n. _trag'os_, a goat[9]), _a dramatic representation of a sad
or calamitous event_.
EXERCISE.
The _periods_ of _astronomy_ go far beyond any _chronology_. The
_phonograph_ and the _telegraph_ are both American inventions. By the aid
of a _diagram_ the _problem_ was readily solved. Dr. Holmes, the _Autocrat_
of the Breakfast Table, has written many _parodies_. In the struggle
between _monarchy_ and _democracy_ Mexico has often been in a state of
_anarchy_. His _antagonist_ suffered great _agony_ from the _disaster_ that
occurred. The _eulogy_ pronounced on the great _zooelogist_ Agassiz was well
deserved. What is the _etymological_ distinction between _geography_ and
_geology_? The _aeronaut_ took with him a _barometer_, a _thermometer_, and
a _chronometer_. I owe you an _apology_ for not better knowing your
_genealogy. Typography_ has been well called "the art preservative of all
the arts." Who is called the great American _lexicographer? Tautology_ is
to be avoided by all who make any pretence to _grammar_. One may be a
_democrat_ without being a _demagogue_. You cannot be an _architect_
without knowing _geometry. Zoology_ shows that there is great _symmetry_ in
the structure of animals.
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