_The Word "Alarm"_ (Vol. ii., pp. 151. 183.).--I send you an instance of
the accurate use of the word "alarm" which may be interesting. In an
account of the attempt made on the 29th of Oct. 1795, to assassinate Geo.
III., the Earl of Onslow (as cited in Maunder's _Universal Biog._ p. 321.)
uses the following expression:--
"His Majesty showed, and, I am persuaded, felt, no alarm; much less did
he fear."
Is not this a good instance of the true difference of meaning in these two
words, which are now loosely used as if strictly synonymous?