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uty. Byron. There will always be a wide interval between practical and ideal excellence. Rambler.

urs with ignominy after conquest. Addison. Vice begins in mistake, and ends in ignominy. Rambler. Ignominy is the infliction of such evil as is made dishonorable, or the deprivation of such good as is made honorable by the Common wealth. Hobbes.

ugh all her train the soft infection ran. Pope. Mankind are gay or serious by infection. Rambler.

or increase of possession deluges the soul, and we sink into the gulfs of insatiability. Rambler.

Not susceptive or susceptible. [R.] Rambler.

ne. Whoever had qualities to alarm our jealousy, had excellence to deserve our fondness. Rambler.

aterial things, or to figurative uses. The lapse to indolence is soft and imperceptible. Rambler. Bacon was content to wait the lapse of long centuries for his expected revenue of fame. I. Taylor.

se. To die is the fate of man; but to die with lingering anguish is generally his folly. Rambler.

dromache overwhelmed with terror, sends her for consolation to the loom and the distaff. Rambler.

nowledge of previous thoughts, impressions, or events. Memory is the purveyor of reason. Rambler.

f fame." Swift. He that thinks he can afford to be negligent is not far from being poor. Rambler.

s a poem in which any action or passion is represented by its effects on a country life. Rambler.

t devotion to his service. Piety is the only proper and adequate relief of decaying man. Rambler.

A gamester; a gambler.

approbation. There are men who always confound the praise of goodness with the practice. Rambler.

Great hurry; rash, tumultuous haste; impetuosity. "The precipitation of inexperience." Rambler.

; emolument; as, a profit on the sale of goods. Let no man anticipate uncertain profits. Rambler.

rong confidence. I dare promise myself you will attest the truth of all I have advanced. Rambler.

as, the puncture of a nail, needle, or pin. A lion may perish by the puncture of an asp. Rambler.

A rambler.