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. Our people quarrel with obedience. Shak. But some defect in her Did quarrel with the noblest grace she owed. Shak.

The condition or quality of being quick or living; life. [Obs.] Touch it with thy celestial quickness. Herbert.

ne who, or that which, races, or contends in a race; esp., a race horse. And bade the nimblest racer seize the prize. Pope.

thousand of the rascal. Wyclif (1 Kings [1 Samuel] vi. 19). Poor men alone No, no; the noblest deer hath them [horns] as huge as the rascal. Shak.

bs.] They longed to see the day, to hear the lark Record her hymns, and chant her carols blest. Fairfax.

ood, or of that part of the spectrum farthest from violet, or a tint resembling these. "Celestial rosy red, love's proper hue." Milton.

The act of remembering; a holding in mind, or bringing to mind; recollection. Lest fierce remembrance wake my sudden rage. Milton. Lest the remembrance of his grief should fail. Addison.

To return; to pay back; to restore. Whose smallest minute lost, no riches render may. Spenser.

To change the mind, or the course of conduct, on account of regret or dissatisfaction. Lest, peradventure, the people repent when they see war, and they return to Egypt. Ex. xiii. 17.

, poetically, death. How sleep the brave who sink to rest, By all their country's wishes blest. Collins.

the state of being retired; withdrawal; seclusion; as, the retirement of an officer. O, blest Retirement, friend of life's decline. Goldsmith. Retirement, rural quiet, friendship, books. Thomson.

capræa) having erect, cylindrical, branched antlers, forked at the summit. This, the smallest European deer, is very nimble and graceful. It always prefers a mountainous country, or high grounds.

m, or qualities; blooming; red; blushing; also, adorned with roses. A smile that glowed Celestial rosy-red, love's proper hue. Milton. While blooming youth and gay delight Sit thy rosy cheeks confessed. Prior.

Ruffians, collectively; a body of ruffians. "The vilest ruffianage." Sir F. Palgrave.

, or unhappy; gloominess; sorrowfulness; dejection. Dim sadness did not spare That time celestial visages. Milton.

Of or pertaining to Samaria, in Palestine. -- n.

Our legs skulked under the table as free from sartorial impertinences as those of the noblest savages. Lowell.

The act, process, or result of saturating a substance, or of combining it to its fullest extent.

An act of cruelty; barbarity. The wildest savagery, the vilest stroke, That ever wall-eyed wrath or staring rage Presented to the tears of soft remorse. Shak.

A device in a candlestick to hold the ends of candles, so that they be burned.