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ntradictory. Show me one that has it in his power To act consistent with himself an hour. Pope. With reference to such a lord, to serve and to be free are terms not consistent only, but equivalent. South.

spirits of; to relieve; to comfort; to soothe. And empty heads console with empty sound. Pope. I am much consoled by the reflection that the religion of Christ has been attacked in vain by all the wits and philosophers, and its triumph has been complete. P. Henry.

The act of sleeping, or of lulling, to sleep. [Obs.] Pope.

y. The chiefs around, In silence wrapped, in onsternation downed. Attend the stern reply. Pope.

ance or malice of our enemies. Bp. Stilingfleet. And to be dull was construed to be good. Pope.

Acquiescence without examination. [Obs.] The sense they humbly take upon content. Pope.

when there are hopes of victory. Bp. Burnet. Of man, who dares in pomp with Jove contest Pope.

r carries on; as, the continuation of a story. My continuation of the version of Statius. Pope.

ke yourself happy by only continuing such a life as you have been long acustomed to lead. Pope.

o contract a debt; to contract a disease. Each from each contract new strength and light. Pope. Such behavior we contract by having much conversed with persons of high statiSwift.

convoke. And now the almighty father of the gods Convenes a council in the blest abodes. Pope.

phy. Dryden. he uses the different dialects as one who had been conversant with them all. Pope. Conversant only with the ways of men. Cowper.

; chat. Formed by thy converse happily to steer From grave to gay, from lively to severe. Pope.

The red, or corn, poppy. [Written also cup-rose.]

condemned (a. d. 451) by the council of Chalcedon, and allows its priests to marry. The "pope and patriarch" has jurisdiction over the Abyssinian Church. Since the 7th century the Coptic Church has been so isolated from modifying influences that in many respects it is the most ancient monument of primitive Christian r…

The wild poppy, or red corn rose.

e; a grain. "Corn of sand." Bp. Hall. "A corn of powder." Beau & Fl. Corn ball, a ball of popped corn stuck together with soft candy from molasses or sugar. -- Corn bread, bread made of Indian meal. -- Corn cake, a kind of corn bread; johnny cake; hoecake. -- Corn cockle (Bot.), a weed (Agrostemma or Lychnis Githago…

The pomp or assembly at a coronation. Pope.

ibery. It was necessary, by exposing the gross corruptions of monasteries, . . . to exite popular indignation against them. Hallam. They abstained from some of the worst methods of corruption usual to their party in its earlier days. Bancroft.

First, robed in white, the nymph intent adores, With head uncovered, the cosmetic powers. Pope.