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bilateral stroke, is the soul of epigram in its later and technical signification. B. Cracroft.

rong opinion; mistake; misapprehension. Herror, though his candor remained unimpaired. Bancroft.

must precede union could be established only by consummate prudence and self-control. Bancroft.

9. Daily new exactions are devised. Shak. Illegal exactions of sheriffs and officials. Bancroft.

Shak. His enemies were pleased, for he had acted exactly as their interests required. Bancroft.

Without exception. A universal, . . . exceptionless disqualification. Bancroft.

cian, workman, soldier; an experienced eye. The ablest and most experienced statesmen. Bancroft.

xplicit declaration. The language of the charter was too explicit to admit of a doubt. Bancroft.

Employed in, or designed for, exploration. "Exploring parties." Bancroft.

use in expenditure; prodigal; wasteful; as, an extravagant man. "Extravagant expense." Bancroft.

old, of virtue and vice; extremes meet. His parsimony went to the extreme of meanness. Bancroft.

triumph or exceedingly; to triumph; as, an exulting heart. "An exulting countenance." Bancroft. The dumb shall sing, the lame his crutch forego, And leap exulting like the bounding roe. Pope.

One of a faction. Abp. Bancroft.

arburton. [Congress] fletched their complaint, by adding: "America loved his brother." Bancroft.

A close; a yard; a croft; a garden; as, a cloister garth. A clapper clapping in a garth To scare the fowl from fruit. Tennyson.

in; to be a harbinger of. "Thus did the star of religious freedom harbinger the day." Bancroft.

no hysteric weakness or feverish excitement, they preserved their peace and patience. Bancroft.

yment of this life than shame South. Imbittered against each other by former contests. Bancroft.

The mutual right to civic privileges, in the different States. Bancroft.

oral. Macaulay. All old religious jealousies were condemned as low-minded infirmities. Bancroft.