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of fame." Swift. He that thinks he can afford to be negligent is not far from being poor. Rambler.

ble sentiment and appropriate dignity of style. Hangs odes upon hawthorns and elegies on brambles. Shak. O! run; prevent them with thy humble ode, And lay it lowly at his blessed feet. Milton. Ode factor, one who makes, or who traffics in, odes; -- used contemptuously.

is a poem in which any action or passion is represented by its effects on a country life. Rambler.

To walk about; to ramble; to stroll; as, he perambulated in the park.

st devotion to his service. Piety is the only proper and adequate relief of decaying man. Rambler.

To journey; to wander; to ramble. [R.] Grew. Carlyle.

approbation. There are men who always confound the praise of goodness with the practice. Rambler.

Great hurry; rash, tumultuous haste; impetuosity. "The precipitation of inexperience." Rambler.

n; emolument; as, a profit on the sale of goods. Let no man anticipate uncertain profits. Rambler.

trong confidence. I dare promise myself you will attest the truth of all I have advanced. Rambler.

as, the puncture of a nail, needle, or pin. A lion may perish by the puncture of an asp. Rambler.

To walk about; to gad or ramble idly. [Prov. Eng.]

A rambler.

A wandering or roving; a going to and fro; an excursion; a ramble; an expedition. He may take a range all the world over. South.

The thimble-shaped fruit of the Rubus Idæus and other similar brambles; as, the black, the red and the white raspberry.

ury. Benefits which can not be repaid . . . are not commonly found to increase affection. Rambler.

juncts, of repentance; yet they are too closely connected with it to be easily separated. Rambler.

irth and revel to dispend. Chaucer. Some men ruin . . . their bodies by incessant revels. Rambler. Master of the revels, Revel master. Same as Lord of misrule, under Lord.

The act of roaming; a wandering; a ramble; as, he began his roam o'er hill amd dale. Milton.

eæ) of which the rose is the type. It includes also the plums and cherries, meadowsweet, brambles, the strawberry, the hawthorn, applies, pears, service tress, and quinces.