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gitation or excitement of mind; coolness in trying circumstances; indifference; calmness. Burke.

In a sanguine manner. I can not speculate quite so sanguinely as he does. Burke.

inst her will. Sir H. Wotton. The scornful, ferocious, sardonic grin of a bloody ruffian. Burke. Sardonic grin or laugh, an old medical term for a spasmodic affection of the muscles of the face, giving it an appearance of laughter.

To adorn with a sash or scarf. Burke.

nrestrained and intemperate jollity; riotously merry; dissolute. "Saturnalian amusement." Burke.

Excuse me if I have given too much scope to the reflections which have arisen in my mind. Burke. An intellectual cultivation of no moderate depth or scope. Hawthorne.

A secular ecclesiastic, or one not bound by monastic rules. Burke.

Of or pertaining to a seignior; seigneurial. "Kingly or seignioral patronage." Burke.

sibilities so fine!" Cowper. The true lawgiver ought to have a heart full of sensibility. Burke. His sensibilities seem rather to have been those of patriotism than of wounded pride. Marshall.

tant far. Milton. He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill. Burke.

is this passion which drives men to all the ways we see in use of signalizing themselves. Burke.

y violence; to dash to pieces; to crush. Here everything is broken and smashed to pieces. Burke.

ithing. The din of all his smithery may some time or other possibly wake this noble duke. Burke.

a needle snaps. But this weapon will snap short, unfaithful to the hand that employs it. Burke.

wrath. Shak. We have something fairer play than a reasoner could have expected formerly. Burke. My sense of touch is something coarse. Tennyson. It must be done to-night, And something from the palace. Shak.

oots with mud. Upon any occasion he is to be spattered over with the blood of his people. Burke.

ussell were so enormous, as not only to outrage economy, but even to stagger credibility. Burke.

unic wars could not have stood the human race in less than three millions of the species. Burke. -- To stand in hand, to conduce to one's interest; to be serviceable or advantageous. -- To stand off. (a) To keep at a distance. (b) Not to comply. (c) To keep at a distance in friendship, social intercourse, or acquainta…

preserve, and an ability to improve, taken together, would be my standard of a statesman. Burke.

stretch one's credit. They take up, one day, the most violent and stretched prerogative. Burke.