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ers. That which before us lies in daily life. Milton. By experience of life abroad in the world. Ascham. Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime. Longfellow. 'T is from high life high characters are drawn. Pope

probability; probable; likely. [Likely is more used now.] Shak. But it is like the jolly world about us will scoff at the paradox of these practices. South. Many were not easy to be governed, nor like to conform themselves to strict rules. Clarendon.

c. "The limitary ocean." Trench. The poor, limitary creature calling himself a man of the world. De Quincey.

rature or with men of letters; as, a literary man. In the literary as well as fashionable world. Mason. Literary property. (a) Property which consists in written or printed compositions. (b) The exclusive right of publication as recognized and limited by law.

strange. Reflect upon numerous litter of strange, senseless opinions that crawl about the world. South.

s; narrow; shallow; contracted; mean; illiberal; ungenerous. The long-necked geese of the world that are ever hissing dispraise, Because their natures are little. Tennyson. Little chief. (Zoöl.) See Chief hare. -- Little finger, the fourth and smallest finger of the hand. -- Little go (Eng. Universities), a public ex…

an Catholic Church it includes all forms and services in any language, in any part of the world, for the celebration of Mass.

presence as, to look down opposition. A spirit fit to start into an empire, And look the world to law. Dryden.

a low comparison. In comparison of these divine writers, the noblest wits of the heathen world are low and dull. Felton.

A genus of Old World plants belonging to the Pink family (Caryophyllaceæ). Most of the species have brilliantly colored flowers and cottony leaves, which may have anciently answered as wicks for lamps. The botanical name is in common use for the garden species. The corn cockle (Lychnis Githago) is a common weed in whea…

The great world; that part of the universe which is exterior to man; -- contrasted with microcosm, or man. See Microcosm.

To run mad after, to pursue under the influence of infatuation or immoderate desire. "The world is running mad after farce." Dryden.

of august dignity, stateliness, or imposing grandeur; lofty; noble; grand. "The majestic world." Shak. "Tethys'grave majestic pace." Milton. The least portions must be of the epic kind; all must be grave, majestic, and sublime. Dryden .

A companion; a mate; often, a husband or a wife. [Obs.] For in this world no woman is Worthy to be my make. Chaucer.

Devotion to the pursuit of wealth; worldliness. Carlyle.

them all . . . the elements So mixed in him that Nature might stand up And say to all the world "This was a man! Shak.

etween them there existed a third power, neither wholly good nor evil, the Creator of the world and of man, and the God of the Jewish dispensation. Brande & C.

of the farmes have marketed their crops. Industrious merchants meet, and market there The world's collected wealth. Southey.

struck with surprise, astonishment, or wonder; to wonder. Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you. 1 john iii. 13.

hence, a revel; a frolic; a delusive show. Bacon. This thought might lead me through the world's vain mask. Milton.