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Page 153. — 1, wau, dull. 2. ungilded. 3. polecat, à sort of weazel. 4. the shade. 5. pock-fretted, speckled. 6. gimblet.

7. worn, c thread-bare.' 8. milleped, aninsect found under logs of wood, large stones, &c.

468 EXPLAXATORY NOTES.

Page 155. — 1. (and shakes your hand so heartily) that he almost dislocates your wrisi. 2. to be candid with you. 3. transaction to settle. 4. attorney. 5. a man of abrupt manners, but of a benevolent heart.

Page 158. — î. starched, stiff. 2. self-important. 3. undescribed. 4. opening. 5. jeering, deriding. 6. gait, pace, behaviour, habits. 7. coach-office. 8. horse-hair. 9. meanness. 10. deceit, ( trickery.' 11. attempts, attacks. 12. open air. 13. smells, c anticipâtes/ 14. furious, anxious, * greedy' customer. 15. puns.

Page 163. — 1. are blunted, € weakened.' 2. in slackening, ' diminishing the rapidity of.' 3. the higher branches of philological study, logic, &c.

Page 173. — 1. you are very ignorant of the occurrences of the town. 2. we are very stupid. 3. the appellation of Monsieur is given to the eldest brother of the King of France.

Page 176. — 1. is well established. 2. do not make a useless display of wit. 3. confine yourself.

Page 178. — 1. alliance, union. 2. 3. & 4. dishonourable contrivances bring more knaves to misery than to fortune.

Page 179. — 1. portmanteau. 2. bolster. 3. loft. 4. rafters.

Page 182. — 1. we only bring for th. 2. flesh-worm.

Page 184. — 1. dry up. 2. it is already approaching.

Page 185. — 1. yet could ï but avoid. 2. delusion ! 3. to grow dim. 4. there is no escape.

Page 186. — 1. plebeian.

Page 188. — 1. withers. 2. chaff. 3. mote. 4. restless.

Page 191. — l.broken down, decayed. 2. simples, 'médicinal herbs.'

Page 197. — 1. fit of delirium. 2. nurses.

Page 198. — 1. to open to the art of teaching. 2. innovating. 3. swaddling bands, ' shackles.'

Page 201. — 1. exposes it to the shafts (of death).

Page 204. — 1. I would not build. 2. well versed in its pursuit. 3. to take a part in. 4. in exercise. 5. would render ceremony unnecessary. 6. a merry contest. 7. good-natured remarks. 8. my heart moved with compassion. 9. would join in the chorus.

Page 210. — 1. substance, summary. 2. ' calm, smooth sea.

Page 214. — 1. Thou who. 2. the murderous steel. 3. dry up.

Page 215. — 1. wins, entices. 2. alleviating.

Page 218. — I. he was informed. 2. either willingly, orbecause they were compelled. 3. intimate recollection or dévotion. 4. e vvhich it would perhaps never hâve routed;' enfoncer, to break into.

Page 227. — 1. bursting its way. 2. fire-irons generally used in supporting logs of wood, the cominon fuel on the continent.

Page 230. — 1. deck. 2. fragment, stump. 3. bounded over him with a single leap. 4. two smith's pïncers or nippers. 5. panting.

Page 233. — 1. whiled away the tiresomeness of. 2. and men do nothing else. 3. raising his voice.

Page 237. — 1. hurdles of wicker-work. 2. surplîce.