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and the other membranous parts vibrate according to the nature and species of the stroke. Burke. Pulse glass, an instrument consisting to a glass tube with terminal bulbs, and containing ether or alcohol, which the heat of the hand causes to boil; -- so called from the pulsating motion of the liquid when thus warmed. P…

A politician, to do great things, looks for a power -- what our workmen call a purchase. Burke.

Tending to cleanse; cleansing; expiatory. Burke.

To pander; -- with to. " Their turpitude purveys to their malice." [R.] Burke.

nd want of courage; feeble; as, pusillanimous counsels. "A low and pusillanimous spirit." Burke.

Like a quack; boasting; characterized by quackery. Burke.

c] The objections of these speculatists of its forms do not quadrate with their theories. Burke.

n. There is no qualification for government but virtue and wisdom, actual or presumptive. Burke.

Quantity; amount. "Without authenticating . . . the quantum of the charges." Burke.

rmined exertions of that authority, against them, only showed their radical independence. Burke.

ould not be easy to conceive the passion, rancor, and malice of their tongues and hearts. Burke.

d in me to range myself on the side of the Duke of Bedford and the corresponding society. Burke.

rankles inward. Rowe. This would have left a rankling wound in the hearts of the people. Burke.

y reasonable cause of doubting. Bp. Wilkins. Men have no right to what is not reasonable. Burke.

forcement. The state is to have recruits to its strength, and remedies to its distempers. Burke.

nce. Shak. This was an error of opinion which a conflicting opinion would have rectified. Burke.

t or forfeited; -- a term of civil and canon law. Restoring and rehabilitating the party. Burke.

al. "The remains of old Rome." Addison. When this remain of horror has entirely subsided. Burke.

One who, or that which, reproduces. Burke.

e vices. There is also a false, reptile prudence, the result not of caution, but of fear. Burke. And dislodge their reptile souls From the bodies and forms of men. Coleridge.