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The state of being in proportion. Coleridge.

strange folly to set ourselves no mark, to propound no end, in the hearing of the gospel. Coleridge.

or having power, to propel; driving on; urging. "[The] propulsive movement of the verse." Coleridge.

That which is in the form of prose writing; a prosaic manner. Coleridge.

prose and poetry, that is; prose -- words in their best order; poetry -- the best order. Coleridge.

The act of leaping forth or forward; projection. "Such prosiliency of relief." Coleridge.

The first or anterior segment of the thorax in insects. See Illusts. of Butterfly and Coleoptera.

One who is governed by, or acts from, prudential motives. [R.] Coleridge.

Pertaining to, or embodying, psilanthropy. "A psilanthropic explanation." Coleridge.

Love of empty of empty talk or noise. Coleridge.

A trifling nicety; a cavil; a quibble. We laugh at the quiddities of those writers now. Coleridge.

rd. M. Arnold. Burn's English, though not so racy as his Scotch, is generally correct. H. Coleridge. The rich and racy humor of a natural converser fresh from the plow. Prof. Wilson.

rt or ramparts. Those grassy hills, those glittering dells, Proudly ramparted with rocks. Coleridge. Rampart gun (Fort.), a cannon or large gun for use on a rampart and not as a fieldpiece.

to work for less wages, or on other conditions, than those established by a trades union. Coleridge . . . incurred the reproach of having ratted, solely by his inability to follow the friends of his early days. De Quincey.

entative; as, a ratiocinative process. The ratiocinative meditativeness of his character. Coleridge.

One who realizes. Coleridge.

Stewart. By the pure reason I mean the power by which we become possessed of principles. Coleridge. The sense perceives; the understanding, in its own peculiar operation, conceives; the reason, or rationalized understanding, comprehends. Coleridge.

To center again; to restore to the center. Coleridge.

The quality or state of being rectilinear. Coleridge.

either another generation of rediæ, or else cercariæ within its own body. Called also proscolex, and nurse. See Illustration in Appendix.