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od. Ps. cxxxv. 2. And round the cool green courts there ran a row Cf cloisters. Tennyson. Goldsmith took a garret in a miserable court. Macualay.

[by which] both sides are prepared for all the matrimonial adventures that are to follow. Goldsmith.

. Our dame sits cowering o'er a kitchen fire. Dryden. Like falcons, cowering on the nest. Goldsmith.

complishments; a fop. Fond to be seen, she kept a bevy Of powdered coxcombs at her levee. Goldsmith. Some are bewildered in the maze of schools, And some made coxcombs, nature meant but fools. Pope.

or the coy maid, half willings to be pressed, Shall kiss the cup, to pass it to the rest. Goldsmith.

reparation. In vain she tries her paste and creams, To smooth her skin or hide its seams. Goldsmith.

eputation or esteem; reputable; estimable. This gentleman was born of creditable parents. Goldsmith.

than a river and larger than a brook. Lesser streams and rivulets are denominated creeks. Goldsmith.

break with a short, sharp fracture; as, crisp snow. The cakes at tea ate short and crisp. Goldsmith.

them; a reviewer. The opininon of the most skillful critics was, that nothing finer [than Goldsmith's "Traveler"] had appeared in verse since the fourth book of the "Dunciad." Macaulay.

A goldsmith's crucible or melting pot.

mer; by this means he gets credit for something considerable, and then never pays for it. Goldsmith.

itlepage, another works away at the body of the book, and the therd is a dab at an index. Goldsmith.

To invoke damnation; to curse. "While I inwardly damn." Goldsmith.

lly applied to a farm laborer, or to a workman who does not work at any particular trade. Goldsmith.

unerring; fixed; complete; as, a dead shot; a dead certainty. I had them a dead bargain. Goldsmith.

The fathers were ordered to decamp, and the house was once again converted into a tavern. Goldsmith.

ay. Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates and men decay. Goldsmith.

. E'en while fashion's brightest arts decoy, The heart, distrusting, asks if this be joy. Goldsmith.

To become clear, pure, or free. Goldsmith.