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r. Nay, as a duty, it had no place or rubric in human conceptions before Christianity. De Quincey.

white crystalline substance, which on oxidation produces a red dyestuff related to anthraquinone.

bond; an apostate; a renegade. See Renegade. Bunyan. Wretched runagates from the jail. De Quincey. Who has not been a runagate from duty Hare.

(Salmo salar) of Northern Europe and Eastern North America, and the California salmon, or quinnat, are the most important species. They are extensively preserved for food. See Quinnat.

gerow. The name is applied to other species of the genus Rusa, as the Bornean sambur (R. equina).

r the protection of public health, such as quarantine, fever hospitals, draining, etc. De Quincey.

firm; to approve. Would have counseled, or even sanctioned, such perilous experiments. De Quincey.

.] Sapodilla plum (Bot.), the fruit of Achras Sapota. It is about the size of an ordinary quince, having a rough, brittle, dull brown rind, the flesh being of a dirty yellowish white color, very soft, and deliciously sweet. Called also naseberry. It is eatable only when it begins to be spotted, and is much used in dess…

A rascal; a swindler; a rogue. De Quincey.

ct; a theatrical display. Probably no lover of scenes would have had very long to wait De Quincey. Behind the scenes, behind the scenery of a theater; out of the view of the audience, but in sight of the actors, machinery, etc.; hence, conversant with the hidden motives and agencies of what appears to public view.…

uations communicate a scenical animation to the wild romance, if treated dramatically. De Quincey.

A squinch.

A squinch.

trines in philosophy and theology, in opposition to the Thomists, or followers of Thomas Aquinas, the Dominican scholastic.

a bit; a fragment; a detached, incomplete portion. I have no materials -- not a scrap. De Quincey.

The name used by the Algonquin Indians for the shell beads which passed among the Indians as money.

Half conscious; imperfectly conscious. De Quincey.

That which is part fable and part truth; a mixture of truth and fable. De Quincey.

Senatorial. [R.] De Quincey.

the motions of his mind were slow, solemn, and sequacious, like those of the planets. De Quincey.