Excitement
Herbert's victory at chess against his father
sinister
The chess game is very tense. Father and son duel and the Father even tries tactic to distract his son from noticing his error. After the son check mates his father, the Father becomes grumpy.
Answer: To block, impede, prevent
Explanation: Vocab
Answer:
Even the expression is impious; for so unlimited a power can belong only to God. Whether the independence of the continent was declared too soon, or delayed too long, I will not now enter into as an argument; my own simple opinion is, that had it been eight months earlier, it would have been much better.
Explanation:
What is the passage you just read ???
I think the answer would be the third option.
