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, united under an independent government of their own. A nation is the unity of a people. Coleridge. Praise the power that hath made and preserved us a nation. F. S. Key.

raw near; to approach. A speck, a mist, a shape, I wist! And still it neared, and neared. Coleridge.

taste or judgment. "Our author happy in a judge so nice." Pope. "Nice verbal criticism." Coleridge.

State of being in excess. [R.] There is a nimiety, a too-muchess, in all Germans. Coleridge.

d. Shak. I am perplx'd and doubtful whether or no I dare accept this your congratulation. Coleridge. There is none righteous, no, not one. Rom. iii. 10. No! Nay, Heaven forbid. Coleridge.

becomes of age; legal immaturity; minority. The human mind . . . was still in its nonage. Coleridge.

To render trifling or futile; to make silly. [R.] Coleridge.

See Woad. [Obs.] Coles.

an object. In the latter, as objectized by the former, arise the emotions and affections. Coleridge.

obscures; one who prevents enlightenment or hinders the progress of knowledge and wisdom. Coleridge.

Of all varieties, forms, or kinds. "Omnifarious learning." Coleridge.

the disputed point into a transcendent, and you may defy the opponent to lay hold of it. Coleridge.

An operative person or thing. [R.] Coleridge.

An opponent. [R.] Coleridge.

osition with regard to one another and the whole. Their dramatic ordonnance of the parts. Coleridge.

the connection of parts in and for a whole, so that each part is, at once, end and means Coleridge.

Excessive; too much. [R.] Coleridge.

Placable. [R.] Coleridge.

The act of pacifying; a peacemaking. Coleridge.

adorned with paint; portrayed in colors. As idle as a painted ship Upon a painted ocean. Coleridge.