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omnibus," is a rule not more applicable to other witness than to consciousness. Sir W. Hamilton.

m; hence, to sit quietly, as if brooding. Birds of calm sir brooding on the charmed wave. Milton.

The general air of the countenance. To whom thus Satan with contemptuous brow. Milton. He told them with a masterly brow. Milton.

The views or teachings of Robert Brown of the Brownists. Milton.

aters smooth, and brush the buxom wave. Fairfax. Brushed with the kiss of rustling wings. Milton.

Of or pertaining to a brute; as, brutal nature. "Above the rest of brutal kind." Milton.

reature . . . not prone And brute as other creatures, but endued With sanctity of reason. Milton.

Lined with budge; hence, scholastic. "Budge gowns." Milton.

ricate; to make; to raise. Nor aught availed him now To have built in heaven high towers. Milton.

one of the pope's bulls, as if he should say universal particular; a Catholic schimatic. Milton. The Golden Bull, an edict or imperial constitution made by the emperor Charles IV. (1356), containing what became the fundamental law of the German empire; -- so called from its golden seal.

e inform you, a toothless satire is as improper as a toothed sleek stone, and as bullish. Milton.

he chestnut and burdock. Also, any weed which bears burs. Amongst rude burs and thistles. Milton. Bur and brake and brier. Tennyson.

g uneasiness or fatigue; oppressive. The debt immense of endless gratitude So burdensome. Milton.

e combat burns. Pope. The parching air Burns frore, and cold performs the effect of fire. Milton.

From the egg that soon Bursting with kindly rupture, forth disclosed Their callow young. Milton.

he face in the hands. And all their confidence Under the weight of mountains buried deep. Milton.

Full of bushes; overgrowing with shrubs. Dingle, or bushy dell, of this wild wood. Milton.

eady; to array; to dress. [Scot. & Old Eng.] Busk you, busk you, my bonny, bonny bride. Hamilton.

Trodden by buskins; pertaining to tragedy. "The buskined stage." Milton.

Only; solely; merely. Observe but how their own principles combat one another. Milton. If they kill us, we shall but die. 2 Kings vii. 4. A formidable man but to his friends. Dryden.