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ian to be concerned for the reputation or discredit his life may bring on his profession. Rogers.

ither are God's methods or intentions different in his dispensations to each private man. Rogers.

tement. I need not offer anything farther in support of one, or in disproof of the other. Rogers.

ng to divert; diverting; amusing; interesting. Things of a pleasant and divertive nature. Rogers.

el for transporting lumber, cotton, etc., coastwise; as, a lumber drogher. [Written also droger.] Ham. Nar. Encyc.

spirits. That law preserves the earth a sphere And guides the planets in their course. S. Rogers. In heaven, or earth, or under earth, in hell. Milton.

o persuade. It were a fruitless attempt to appease a power whom no prayers could entreat. Rogers.

I do not grant the fact. De Foe. This reasoning is founded upon a fact which is not true. Roger Long.

ped; prostrate; degraded; ruined; decreased; dead. Some ruined temple or fallen monument. Rogers.

Intestine motion; heat; tumult; agitation. Subdue and cool the ferment of desire. Rogers. the nation is in a ferment. Walpole. in a ferment in a state of agitation, applied to human groups.

; plastic,; as, a flexible language. This was a principle more flexible to their purpose. Rogers.

leasure or satisfaction; pleasure derived from possession or use. "Capacity of fruition." Rogers. "Godlike fruition." Milton. Where I may have fruition of her love. Shak.

fragmentary perception; a quick sight. Here hid by shrub wood, there by glimpses seen. S. Rogers.

fe. Men are led on from one stage of life to another in a condition of the utmost hazard. Rogers

inct from conscience, 't is no more than a regard to the censure and esteem of the world. Rogers.

peculiarity or eccentricity of character, which he indulges in odd or whimsical ways. He [Roger de Coverley] . . . was a great humorist in all parts of his life. Addison.

dness of heart. He will advance from one degree of wickedness and impenitence to another. Rogers.

s. By some, religious duties . . . appear to be regarded . . . as an incidental business. Rogers.

these gracious indulgences are without any effect on us, we must perish in our own folly. Rogers.

amity, etc. His severest inflictions are in themselves acts of justice and righteousness. Rogers.