Read these lines from fredrick douglass's speech "what to the slave is the fourth of july? " but i fancy i hear someone of my audience say, it is just in this circumstance that you and your brother abolitionists fail to make a favorable impression on the public mind. which word is most similar to how fancy is used here? accept believe desire insist

When taking in consideration the context where the word fancy is used, one understands that it’s intention is to express a longing for something and therefore the correct answer would be option C "Desire", the word fancy as a verb can be used to denote when someone wants something, for example: I fancy a cup of tea.  

he is suggesting that this widow is a strong woman, who is giving constructive criticism and she has enough to worry about, and she takes care of him, so he does not take it to heart.

the answer can be "credo" it means to believe = the word credo means "an official statement of beliefs"