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ch in reversed order. The two armies marched and countermarched, drew near and receded. Macaulay.

lled also a shire. See Shire. Every county, every town, every family, was in agitation. Macaulay.

criminal charge. Impelled by the strongest pressure of hope and fear to criminate him. Macaulay.

usation; charge; complaint. The criminations and recriminations of the adverse parties. Macaulay.

t in the Bay. Palfrey. An incumbrance which would permanently cripple the body politic. Macaulay.

n Goldsmith's "Traveler"] had appeared in verse since the fourth book of the "Dunciad." Macaulay.

d by the critics; and yet the faults of the plan might seem to invite severe criticism. Macaulay.

re. Addison. Images came crowding on his mind faster than he could put them into words. Macaulay.

ckstone. Large arrears of pay were due to the civil and military servants of the crown. Macaulay.

tumult; popular demand. Again that cry was found to have been as unreasonable as ever. Macaulay.

The edible flower head of certain brassicaceous plants, as the broccoli and cauliflower. Broccoli should be cut while the curd, as the flowering mass is termed, is entire. R. Thompson. Cauliflowers should be cut for use while the head, or curd, is still close and compact. F. Burr.

simple or plain; strange; rare. "Acurious tale" Shak. A multitude of curious analogies. Mocaulay. Many a quaint and curiousvolume of forgotten lore. E. A. Poe. Abstruse investigations in recondite branches of learning or sciense often bring to light curious results. C. J. Smith. Curious arts, magic. [Obs.] Many . . . w…

ic, whose opinion it was impossible to despise, scarcely any not acidulated with scorn. Macaulay.

. that in New England his dream was the daily subject of the conversation of thousands. Macaulay.

ed particularly to the inhabitants of the valleys in the north of England, Norway, etc. Macaulay.

word! Sir J. Lubbock. The failure of his enterprise damped the spirit of the soldiers. Macaulay.

rrow; stay with us; The ways are dangerous. Shak. It is dangerous to assert a negative. Macaulay.

did not the ministers use their new law Bacause they durst not, because they could not. Macaulay. Who dared to sully her sweet love with suspicion. Thackeray. The tie of party was stronger than the tie of blood, because a partisan was more ready to dare without asking why. Jowett (Thu

lancholy took possesion of him, and gave a dark tinge to all his views of human nature. Macaulay. There is, in every true woman-s heart, a spark of heavenly fire, which beams and blazes in the dark hour of adversity. W. Irving.

ial kindness and tenderness; favorite. "Some darling science." I. Watts. "Darling sin." Macaulay.