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Mr. Lenay, the Editor and proprietor OF that paper, addressed letter to Mr.. Graham requesting q loan of money with which to purchase part OF the Star establishment. Neither the date Of the letter nor the precise phrascology /: recollected. Mr. Graham replied expressing his regret that he could not for some cause or ot...
prae-věnio, věnīre, vēni, ventum, n. and a., to go before, precede; anticipate, prevent; surpass, excel. prae-video, vidēre, vīdi, visum, a., to see beforehand, foresee. prandeo, prandēre, prandi, pransum, n. and a., to breakfast; to take as breakfast. prand-ium, ii, n. (prandeo, § 44, 1, c, 2), breakfast. prātum, i, n...
"If two adjectives or participles agree with the 46 same noun, &c." EXAMPLES. Questions. The exemplifying words? Which of these is the noun? Which the adjectives? By R. 4. or by R. 5? Why? (See C. 5. R. 7.) The nom. and adjuncts? 1. Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori. Hor. The noun is thing understood. 2. Ill...
Reformer does not appear more lovely in his life on account of this tenderness and affection? How demurely sweet his good nun-wife seems in the portrait, beside her fond yet rugged husband-Doctor. The first is dressed with a nun's veil in close folds enveloping her head; a dark fur mantle investing her person, except t...
THE LAIRD OF INCH. 211 in his race for honours. Scarce consciously, but with an instinct for safety, he clung to Hugh in his studies for his moral well being. And Mrs Shepherd at the Inch, avatching it all, chuckled to herself, as though to say, "Haud on, Walter Rae burn, or doon the hill ye go." But at the end of the ...
The descriptions and combinations under event. large, modified by an increase of the power of event, will apply to this organ very large. FULL.-One having event. full, will have a respectable memory of incidents, and a distinct recollection of those occurrences to which his attention has been particularly directed, ye...
76 EGYPT. ■j Scarce, greed of kith, the writhing rod withstood, Death holds his revels in a tide of blood. Vain the magicians their enchantments try, All nature droops beneath that sweltering sky ; The lowing herd in plaintive strain bewail, Denied a blessing in the plague of hail ; Spared a last torture, as the tortur...
It is most curious to note the boyish shyness and disrelish of praise for himself that came to Mr. Whittier in the closof his life. It is ever thus. A great work to do, a great message to deliver, makes men bold. But after the work is done and the message delivered, the soul by that heights and sees vaster vistas of Go...
Jackson, either at fair or market, at wake or Christmas, and she was always chosen for the May Queen : and yet, though she was so much admired by the men, the women all said she deserved it, for she was so modest and good, as well as beautiful. If she had one, she had twenty sweethearts, and might have chosen from amon...
The inhabitants desired him to relieve them from the hostile occupation of the three convents which commanded their city, and as, upon inspection, he considered that it would be necessary to attack them by regular siege operations, he determined to devote ten or fifteen days to this purpose, being in no way displeased ...
lic spirit in New England; but little Massachusetts provided more men and more money than all the wide States south of Mason's and Dixon's Line, and drove her Tories down to Halifax, while the Southern States kept theirs at home! While he was uttering his murmurs, the little State of Rhode Island had more than four tho...
making of homage or fealty to us, contrary to justice; by means whereof, if he should be suffered to enter and make his abode within our city, in contempt of us, he might and would not only raise and stir sedition among our subjects, but also procure the perdition thereof, like as the President of Paris's father and he...
1862. This report, after discussion and amendment, was adopted. After the rise of the Conference a periodical was started in New York, called the "Methodist," designed as an advocate of lay representation, and as an organ through which those favoring the measure could express their views. The following year, however, ...
Val wavered a moment, then faced about gravely. She planted herself before the old lady, with the wide-apart legs and tense look of one who braces herself to bear the crack of doom. "I'm sorry to hurt your feelings," she said; "but I'm a infidel." "What!" "Yes; father and I are both infidels." "Hush you don't know what...
12 o'clock M., Lat. 20° 38', Long. 108°, the mercury stood at 86 Fh. in the cabin. From this time forth the voyage was very monotonous, until the 14th, when we at last sighted the Island of Socorro, at half past 6 p.m., bearing west, my son being the first to see it. "By this time the wood for cooking purposes had enti...
Wrenching his neck around, he sees there are two of them, both in the uniform of naval officers, and both known to him. Their presence gives him many emotions, too many for his strength, so long and sorely tried. Overpowered by it, he becomes unconscious, as though the sight, instead of gladdening, had suddenly deprive...
265 from the world; and she built and endowed, at a great expense, the monastery of Wastein, in which she placed sixty nuns and twenty-four brothers, figuring the twelve apostles and seventy-two disciples of Christ. She prescribed to them the rule of St. Augustine, with certain particular constitutions which are said t...
He had stated in his paper the precautions he had taken to prevent any such bias in his own mind from affecting the result. Dr. Hewitt's paper, to which Dr. Galabin had referred, only showed that a number of invalids got well under the influence of rest and good diet. He (Dr. Herman) did not think that was enough to pr...
The Executive Committee of the Ctizehs Iroior had conference last evening In the headquarters at No. 80 East Twenty-third-s" and received a report from a subcommittee consisting of r. Fulton Cutting. Joseph Id rocoue and Carl Schurz who had an interVie" with Seth Low several days ago. Mr CUTTING was not ut the conferen...
- ~. Instance, Lady Blake had alyvav, sent me card for her annual baiI Sometimes 1 went, Sometimes % not \| go. my head tC ulu not care much about danc;nc anu was sitting alone in a reces, watcS lig Ine cancers as they whirled bv -, ana listening to the waltz music yha' ' Wy a.tehIion was attracted by a beanti ,ui ...
Natal to the Great Fish River would be up in arms. The news would flash from tribe to tribe, from kraal to kraal, quicker than a telegraphic message. "That you, Payne?" cried Hoste. The man addressed, who formed one of an arguing knot, turned. "Thought it was," went on the first speaker, shaking hands. "Here's Milne, ...
Adelaide could not trust herself to speak as she read on: "I love Adelaide very much, dear father; let her have anything of mine she likes-my dear tiny little watch, which rings the half-hours in the night. Adelaide will think how often I have touched it when I was lying tossing about at Florence. "Then Giovanni is to ...
He concludes expressing his regrets that, "as to the theological-trinitarian differences between sects, he can suggest no means of conciliation." I shall venture, in my individual capacity, to go a step farther. I do see my way out of this difficulty. This difficulty is but misunderstanding; it is getting less and les...
oti-AU An hour or se later there came 4 second and lsked anxiousiy about the first. When 7 told him ne was beyond, he seemed content enough, and followed. The third. vour friend With the blouse. asked II he were Tie iirst thst had wanted me that day. He asked me peracuiarly eDoot me Two had already rowed %to tse sed bt...
3. The teacher herself touches one of the objects, and desires all the children, who know its name to raise their hands; one child is afterward selected to apply the name. The same to be done with each of the objects. 4. The teacher to remove the objects out of sight, and then ask the children what things she has been...
No, no, my captain. We will inveigle ladies fair, and wed them in our secret cavern. We will unite ourselves with blooming beauties, captain." "I'll tell you what, my buck," said Mr. Tappertit, releasing his leg; "I'll trouble you not to take liberties, and not to broach certain questions unless certain questions are b...
My son," he said, "this grain must be cut. To-morrow I will cut it myself, and you may help me." "Oh, Mother! Mother!" cried the young larks. "We must fly away now. The farmer is coming in the morning to do the work himself." 66 66 Yes," said the mother bird. We must fly away now. The grain will be cut to-morrow. C...
204 ABEL DRAKES WIFE. " Ay -- to do as aw do : Gather honey all the day, Pra every openin' flower. Ax mester the meanin' o'that. Go alung, little boys.'" When they were gone, and Job had enjoyed his secret chuckle, he began to think he had been over-magnanimous in his dealings with them. " Idle rogues ; thae might hae ...
Marshall Herrick sat in his saddle ready to start on his cruel errand, fully believing that arresting witches was a most commendable and praiseworthy service and particularly pleasing to the Lord. Just fancy how grim he must have looked on his gaunt, gray horse, as he rode swiftly through Wenham town after poor Andrew...
67 posed. His preceptor and friend Ausonius was among the most earnest of those, who attempted to shake his resolution; and the correspondence which passed between them on the occasion contains so many beautiful passages, illustrative of the modes of living, conversing, and thinking among nominal and real Christians at...
the ONCE OF AttoIuNy 'N" A. ting the fees aud salaries OF state ~ torneys, and moved To amend oy auu'us a provision that the state shaii pay ho special Attorneys for any asS'stauoe rendered in the prosecution OF crl"i'n"' cases agreed TO- go MIR Chapman moved the adoption OF substitute bill, which provides thaC inc st...
thing important will be Effected lhe recogniton Of the independence OF Mexico and oil the Governments in South America, and the APP poin,ment Of ENJOYS and Agents to represent the United States at those respective Govern ments, were proper measures: But the plan OF a Congress 10 unite our destnies with theirs, or 10 fo...
*Note (by Evelyn's editor in 1827): 'A kind of enter tainment like that we now have of eating beefsteaks drest on the stoker's shovel, and drinking porter at the famous brewhouses in London,' diamonds, and to the Hot Wells at its foote. There is also on the side of this horrid Alp a very romantic seate and so we retu...
The only point of contact between the State and our agricultural system is the Inclosure Office, whose chief duty is now to improve suburban commons under a system of regulation by which the land may be drained, planted for ornament and shelter, and the surface be improved for pasturage, without excluding the public fr...
And that are sweet to man and bee; When winter comes at home I then Would live the summer o'er again. THE RAIN-DOVE THE RAIN-DOVE HEN the clouds have gathered deep O'er the languid summer sky, And the breeze has gone to sleep, To be wakened by and by ; From the wood I hear the call Of the rain-dove, as from some...