Read the excerpt below and answer the question. behold, i answer to him who asks, what was god doing before he made heaven and earth? i answer not, as a certain person is reported to have done facetiously (avoiding the pressure of the question), he was preparing hell, says he, for those who pry into mysteries. (confessions, book xi, chapter 12)

this quote is from st. augustine’s discussion

time
divine punishment
the folly of philosophy
the nature of god

Read the excerpt from "a modest proposal." the poorer tenants will have something valuable of their own, which by law may be made liable to a distress, and to pay their landlord's rent, their corn and cattle being already seized, and money a thing unknown. which statement effectively uses a quotation to show that swift claims that the poor will also benefit from his proposal? “swift writes that poorer tenants will have something valuable of their own, which by law may be made liable to a distress.” swift writes that poorer tenants will finally have something to pay their landlord’s rent since they have neither money nor trade. swift writes that poorer tenants will have something to trade for rent since “their corn and cattle” have already been seized. swift writes that “poorer tenants will have something valuable of their own” that can “ to pay their landlord’s rent.”

Which pair of words has similar denotation but different connotations?

Review the theme beauty exists within each person which line from beauty best communicates this theme