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of the matter that lies before him. Addison. Dryden was poor and impatient of poverty. Macaulay.

to pages. Shak. His bold, contemptuous, and imperious spirit soon made him conspicuous. Macaulay.

impassable, impervious. Milton. The minds of these zealots were absolutely impervious. Macaulay.

n implacable prince. I see thou art implacable. Milton. An object of implacable enmity. Macaulay.

e ship money . . . Johnson could not pronounce to have been an unconstitutional impost. Macaulay.

ir tomb no trophies raise. Gray. One vice of a darker shade was imputed to him -- envy. Macaulay.

tuated in the forty-first degree of latitude. Gibbon. Matter for censure in every page. Macaulay.

patriotism or love to one's country; unfriendliness to one's state or government. [R.] Macaulay.

; incapable; unable; inadequate; unfit. Incompetent to perform the duties of the place. Macaulay.

ss, etc. "Incongruous mixtures of opinions." I. Taylor. "Made up of incongruous parts." Macaulay. Incongruous denotes that kind of absence of harmony or suitableness of which the taste and experience of men takes cognizance. C. J. Smith. Incongruous numbers (Arith.), two numbers, which, with respect to a third, are suc…

s, an indecisive battle, argument, answer. The campaign had everywhere been indecisive. Macaulay.

ible or title. That the king had a divine and an indefeasible right to the regal power. Macaulay.

urity of mind; coarse; rude; as, an indelicate word or suggestion; indelicate behavior. Macaulay. -- In*del"i*cate*ly, adv.

A large vessel in the India trade. Macaulay.

ve of sense and judgment; also, to stupefy. The inebriating effect of popular applause. Macaulay.

xhilarates, as success. Sir T. Browne. Preserve him from the inebriation of prosperity. Macaulay.

leet. Ludlow. Sympathy is rarely strong where there is a great inequality of condition. Macaulay.

ggish; dull; inactive; indolent; lifeless. The inert and desponding party of the court. Macaulay. It present becomes extravagant, then imbecile, and at length utterly inert. I. Taylor.

; an inexhaustible stock of elegant words. Dryden. An inexhaustible store of anecdotes. Macaulay. -- In`ex*haust"i*ble*ness, n. -- In`ex*haust"i*bly, adv.

candalous to the last degree; as, an infamous act; infamous vices; infamous corruption. Macaulay.