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Leth'ar-gy. Morbid dullness or drow-Or-gan-zine' (zeen). A kind of silk siness. Li-ba'tion.

A sacrifice by pouring out

wine. Licu-ten'ant. rank; a deputy.

An officer second in

Logic. Science and art of reasoning. Lu-gu'bri-ous. Sad; mournful; doleful. Lus-tra'tion. tory offering.

Purification by expia

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Mir'a cle. A wonderful event; an occurrence at variance with the established laws of nature. Miz'zen (nautical). Hindmost. Mon'as-ter-y. A home for religious re

tirement; an abbey or convent. Mosque (mosk). A Mohammedan temple. Mu-nic'i-pal. Belonging to a corporation or city. Mu-ta-bil'i-ty.

Liability to change;

inconstancy. Mu-ti-neer'. One who commits mutiny. Mu'ti-ny. A revolt in the navy or army. Mys'ti-cal. Obscure; unintelligible. Myth-ol'o-gy. A history of the ancient fables, including those relating to the heathen deities.

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thread made like rope by twisting several strands into one thread. Or'i-flamme. The ancient royal stand ard of France.

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Per-fid'i-ous-ness. Treachery; faithlessness.

Per-sim'mon. A small tree, bearing a plum-like fruit, somewhat astringent in flavor, but rendered sweet by the frost. Phalanx. A compact body of infantry. Phe-nom'e-non (Plural -na). An ap

pearance; anything remarkable. Phleg-mat'ic. Dull; cold; abounding in phlegm (flem).

Pi-que blanc (pe-ka'blawng). White quilted stuff (French).

Pla-teau' (plah-to'). A lofty plain; a table-land.

Plau'si-ble. Having a truthful appear

ance.

Plight. To pledge; to give as surety. Po-lem'ic. Involving a dispute or discussion; controversial.

Por'ti-co. A series of columns; a porch.

Pos-ter'i-ty. Descendants; succeeding generations.

Po'ten-tate. One invested with great power; a priuce or sovereign. Price'tor. A Roman magistrate; a kind of judge.

Pre'am-ble. An introduction, or prefacc.

Pre-ca'ri-ous. Uncertain: depending on another's will. Pre d'a-to-ry. Subsisting on rapine or plunder. Pred-e-ces'sor. One who precedes To decree or appoint

another in an office. Pre-des'tine. beforehand.

Pre-dom'i-nance. Superior influ. ence; prevalence. Pre-em'i-nence. Superiority in rank priority.

Pre'fect. A governor; a commander. Pregnant. Fruitful; full.

Pre-ma-ture'. Ripe before the time; too early; unseasonable.

Pre'sage. Something that foreshows what is to occur; an omen. Pre-sent'i-ment. A notion of what is about to occur. Pri-me'val.

Original; first. Proc-la-ma'tion. A public announce. ment; an edict. Pro-con'sul. The governor of a province among the Romans. Prog-nos'tic. NOSTICS, signs. Prom'on-to-ry.

Foreshowing: PROG

A high and rocky

cape. Pro-pri'e-ta-ry. A possessor in his own right; an owner. Pro-scribe'.

To set down as con

demned; to outlaw. Prot'est-ant. Protesting against the decree of the Dict of Spires in 1529; opposed to the doctrine of the Catholic Church. Prov'ince.

A country subject to a foreign government. Prox-im'i-ty. Nearness; being adja

cent.

Pur'fled. Bordered with embroidery and other fancy work. Puʼri-tans. The Dissenters from the Church of England, so called from their alleged purity of doctrine. Pu-sil-lan'i-mous. Cowardly; devoid of courage.

Quæs'tor. A Roman magistrate who collected the revenues, etc. Que'ry. A question; an inquiry. Quin-tes'sence. An extract from any substance containing all its virtues; the fifth, or most subtle, essence. Ram'part. A wall or bank around any place; a fortification.

Ran'sack. To plunder; to search for booty or lunder. Rec-on-noi'tre.

To view or survey for military purposes. Reg'i-men. Regulation of diet; gov

ernment.

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Sat'el-lite. A small planet revolving round a large one.

Se-di'tious. Disposed to rebellion; factious.

Sep'ul-ture. Burial.

Serge. A coarse woollen stuff.
Ser'ried. Close; compact; crowded.
Shallop. A boat with two masts.
Si-mul-ta'ne-ous. Existing or occur-
ring at the same time.

Spec'tre. An apparition⚫ an illusive appearance; a ghost.

Spon-ta'ne-ous. Acting without cxternal force, voluntary. Spu'ri-ous. Not genuine; counterfeit. Squad'ron. A body of troops; a division of a fleet.

Stern'fast. The rope attached to the stern of a vessel in order to secure it. Sto'i-cism. Insensibility to pain; the system of Zeno, the stoic.

Stylus. A sharp-pointed instrument used by the ancients for writing on waxen tablets.

Sua vi-ty. Sweetness: mildness. Sub-or-di-na'tion. Subjection; inferiority of rank.

Sub-orn'. To procure to take a false

oath.

Sub-side'. To settle down into a quiet

state.

Sub'si-dy. Aid in money. Su-per-nat'u-ral. Beyond what is natural; contrary to the laws of nature. Su-prem'a-cy. The highest rank and authority. Suspicious

Sur-veillance (vāl'yans). watch.

Sweep. A long oar.

Syc'o-phant. A mean flatterer a parasite.

Symptom. A sign or toker

Tam'bour. A kind of embroidery; the frame for such work. Tap'es-try. Woven haugings, sometimes ornamented with figures. arpaulin. Canvas tarred; a sailor's tarred hat.

Tartan. A kind of cloth of various colors.

Te Deum. A hymn of thanksgiving, so named from the first two words. Ter-ra'que-ous. Consisting of land

and water.

The o-ry. A supposition; exposition of the principles of a subject.

Ti-a'ra. A crown; a diadem, or headdress.

Toc'sin. An alarm-bell. Tol-er a'tion. Permission given for freedom of worship.

Tra-di'tion. That which is handed down by oral communication. Tran'sept. A cross aisle in a church. Tri-um vir-ate, An association of three men.

Trou'ba-dour. A poet and musician
in France during the middle ages.
Truncheon. An officer's staff.
Ty-pog'ra-phy. The art of printing.
Ty-ran'ni-cide. One who kills a tyrant.

U-biq'ui-ty. Omnipresence; the being | Vi-ca'ri-ous.

everywhere at the same time.

Um'brage. Offense; an affront.
U-ten'sil. An instrument for any use;

a vessel.

U-to'pi-an. Fanciful; imaginary.

another.

Done or suffered for

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Vi-ril'i-ty. Manhood; character of a man.

Wam'pum. (See peag.)

Valet-de-chambre(val'a-duh-shongbr). Wat'tled. Covered with osiers or twigs.

A body-servant.

Van'dal-ism. Barbarity; reckless ferocity.

Vas'sal. A subject; a dependent. Vas'sal-age. The condition of a vas

sal.

Whit'tle. A knife; generally, a pocketknife.

Wig'wam. An Indian hut.
Wold. A plain open country.

Yat'a-gan. A short curved sword or cimeter.

GEOGRAPHICAL INDEX.

[CONTAINING THE NAMES OF THE PRINCIPAL PLACES MENTIONED IN THE
READER, WITH THEIR PRONUNCIATION AND LOCATION.]

Adda (ad'dah), a river in Northern Italy |
tributary to the Po.

Agincourt (ad-jin-kõr), a village in the
northern part of France.
Albuera (al-bwa'rah), a town in the
southwestern part of Spain.
Alexandria, a seaport in the northern
part of Egypt, founded by Alexander |
the Great.

Amsterdam, a noted seaport, the
largest and most important city of Hol-
land.

Anatolia (an-ah-toʻle-ah), a name some-
times given to Asia Minor.
Anjou (awng'joo), an old province in the
western part of France.
Antwerp (ant'werp), a noted city of Bel-
gium on the Scheldt River.
Armenia (ar-me'ni-a), a mountainous

country now forming the northern part
of Asiatic Turkey.

Athelney (ath'el-ney), a small tract of
land in the western part of England,
formerly an island.

Athens (ath'ens), the capital of Greece;

in ancient times the capital of Attica,
and the most celebrated city in all
Greece. Its seaport was Piræus.
Ayr (air), a seaport town in the south-
western part of Scotland.

Babylon (bab'y-lon), the ancient capital
of the Assyrian empire, situated on the
Euphrates River.
Balaklava (bah-lah-klah'vah), a town
of Russia, on the Black Sea.
Bannockburn (ban'nock-burn), a town
in the southern part of Scotland, on
the Bannock River, a branch of the
Forth.

Barbary (bar'ba-ry), an extensive re-
gion forming nearly all the northern
part of Africa.

Benares (ben-ah'rez), a large city of Hin-
dostan, on the Ganges.
Beresina (ber-e-ze'nah), a river in the
western part of Russia, tributary to the
Dnieper.
Bla'densburg, a village of Maryland,
six miles northeast of Washington.

Blenheim (blen'ime), a village in Bava-
ria, on the Danube River.

Blois (blwah), an ancient city of France,
on the Loire River.
Bombay (bom-bay'), a large seaport,

capital of the presidency of Bombay, in
the western part of Hindostan.
Brus'sels, an important city of Europe,
capital of Belgium.

Cadiz (ka'diz), a seaport in the southern
part of Spain.

Calais (kalis), a seaport in France on the
Strait of Dover.

Calcut'ta, a large city in the northeast-
ern part of Hindostan, the capital of
British India.

Cambridge, a city of Massachusetts,
near Boston, the seat of Harvard Uni-
versity.

Canary Isles, a group of islands in the
Atlantic Ocean, about sixty miles from
the west coast of Africa.

Cannæ (kan'ne), an ancient town in the
southeastern part of Italy. The field
of Cannæ is still called the "Field of
Blood."

Canterbury, a city and county in the
southeastern part of England.

Capres (cap're-œ), an island of Italy, at
the entrance of the Bay of Naples, now
called Capri.

Carnat'ic, formerly a subdivision of In-
dia, extending along the eastern coast.
Carthage, a famous city of the ancient

world, situated on the northern coast
of Africa, near the present site of Tunis.
Castile (kas-teel'), a former kingdom of

Spain, occupying all the central part
of the peninsula.
Cathay', the name by which China was
formerly known to Europeans.
Caxamalca, a city of ancient Peru.
Chalons (shah-long), a city on the Marne

River, about ninety miles east from
Paris.

Champagne (sham-pahn'), an old prov.
ince in the eastern part of France.
Charlestown, a city of Massachusetts,
near Boston.

land, on the Thames, about four miles from London.

Chios (ki'os), an island off the western | Greenwich (grin'idge), a town in Eng. coast of Asia Minor. Its modernu name is Scio (shee'o). Cipango (che-pan'go), an island spoken of by Marco Polo, probably one of the Japan Islands.

Clermont (klare-mong'), a city in the southern part of France. Cologne (ko-lone), a city in the western part of Prussia.

Corinth, a celebrated city of Greece, on the Isthmus of Corinth, in ancient times noted for its commerce and wealth.

Crecy (kres'se), a town in the northern part of France. Cullo'den, a moor in the northeastern part of Scotland, a few miles from In

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Galata (gah'lah-tah), a suburb of Constantinople.

Garonne, a large river of France, flow

ing into the Gironde, a tributary to the Bay of Biscay.

Genoa, a city of Northern Italy, once a famous republic. Glastonbury, an ancient town in the southwest of England, noted for its abbey, which is said to have been founded in 60 A.D.

Gomera (go-ma'rah), one of the Canary

Islands. Gravesend, a town in the southeastern

part of England, on the Thames, twenty miles east from London.

Guadalquiver (gaw-dal-quiv'er), an important river in the southwestern part of Spain.

Hastings, a town on the southeastern coast of England.

Hecla, a noted volcano in the island of Iceland.

Hispaniola, the name given by Colum bus to the island of Hayti. Holland, a low country in the western part of Europe, bordering on the North Sea.

Iax'artes, a river of Independent Toorkistan, Tributary to the Sea of Aral; now Sir Daria.

Iceland a large island in the Atlantic Ocean, between Europe and North America.

'ium the ancient name of the city of Troy, in Asia Minor.

India a large country in the southern part of Asia, deriving its name from its great river, the Indus.

Ivry (eev're), a small town in the northern Lart of France.

Jamestown a former town of Virginia,

on the James River, noted as the first settlement.

Java (jah'rah), a large island in the Malay Archipelago, near the northern coast

of Asia.

Jerusalem a famous city of Palestine, between the Dead Sea and the Mediterranean Sea.

Kent a county in the southeastern part of England.

Lan'ark an ancient horongh and town
of Scotland, thirty miles southwest of
Edinburgh.
Lieuwarden (loo'war-den), a town of
Holland, seventy miles northeast of
Amsterdam.

Leyden ('den), an important city of Holland, about seventeen miles southwest of Amsterdam.

Lochlev'in a small lake in the eastern

part of Scotland, on one of the islands in which stood the castle in which Mary Queen of Scots was imprisoned. It is now in ruins.

Lodi (lo' dee), a city of Lombardy in the north of Italy, on the Adda River. Lorraine (lor-rane'), a former extensive province in the eastern part of France.

Lucerne (lu-sern'). a canton in the central part of Switzerland. Its capital is the town of Lucerne.

Madras (mah-dras'), a maritime city on the western coast of Hindostan. Malta (mail'tah), a noted island in the Mediterranean Sea, south of Sicily. It belongs to the British.

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