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thought or language. "He makes another paragraph about our refining in controversy." Atterbury.

tions on his once flourishing estate did at the same time afflict and encourage him. Atterbury.

hak. He knows how to prize his advantages, and to relish the honors which he enjoys. Atterbury.

Reprieve. Overbury.

a resolution passed, in 1870, by both houses of the Convocation of the Province of Canterbury, England. Both English and American revisers were employed on the work. It was first published in a complete form in 1885, and is a revised form of the Authorized Version. See Authorized Version, under Authorized.…

ith couplet rhyme; -- probably so called from the mounted pilgrims described in the Canterbury Tales. Dr. Guest. -- Riding school, a school or place where the art of riding is taught.

To banter severely. [Colloq.] Atterbury.

have but twelve pence in his purse, he will give it for the best room in a playhouse. Overbury. When thou art bidden of any man to a wedding, sit not down in the highest room. Luke xiv. 8.

sions, or emotions. To rouse up a people, the most phlegmatic of any in Christendom. Atterbury.

The act of making loyal to a king. [R.] Saintsbury.

or general consent, or by common practice. That's are ruled case with the schoolmen. Atterbury.

An apple, or a pear, of a russet color; as, the English russet, and the Roxbury russet.

To adopt the principles of the Sadducees. Atterbury.

To bury (oysters) beneath drifting sand or mud.

ences of the truth of the gospel are in themselves most firm, solid, and satisfying. Atterbury.

ns of men in high stations are all conspicuous, and liable to be scanned and sifted. Atterbury.

f things. Locke. Such a scheme of things as shall at once take in time and eternity. Atterbury. Arguments . . . sufficient to support and demonstrate a whole scheme of moral philosophy. J. Edwards. The Revolution came and changed his whole scheme of life. Macaulay.

cond helpmate . . . she is sealed to him under the solemn sanction of the church. H. Stansbury.

of virtue consists in abstaining from that wherein sensual men place their felicity. Atterbury.

war. Milton. That by them [Luther's works] we may pass sentence upon his doctrines. Atterbury.