Baron, n. a nobleman. Briton, n. a native of Britain. Collar, n. a band for the neck; v. to seize by the neck. Coward, n. one who wants courage. Grot, n. a grotto. Of, prep. belonging to. Barren, adj. unfruitful. Cowherd, n. one who takes Groat, n. a coin, value four pence. Off, adv. away from. Profit, n. advantage; v. to Prophet, n. one who foretells gain advantage. future events. 1. The district between the Elbe and the Weser is exceedingly 2. 'Must I give way and room to your rash . Shall I be frighted when a mad-man stares ?' 3. Go, preach to the, thou death-telling seer!' 4. On special occasions the knights-the various orders wear their appropriate chains or - gold, in addition to the other insignia - knighthood. 5. The compelled John to sign Magna Charta, A.D. 1215. 6. In the early part - his life he was employed -on that estate. as a 7. "Treasures wickedness nothing." us all.' 9. There are five degrees in the peerage of Great -, viz., duke, marquis, earl, viscount, and -. 10. "Ais not without honor save in his own country and in his own house." 8. Thus conscience does make 11. He has made a large by his successful cultivation that once waste. 12. Malachi was the last - the Old Testament13. Never put till to-morrow what can be done to-day. 14. He ran like a the instant he heard 17. The Phoenicians were the first foreigners who held commercial intercourse with the 18. A pin a day is a 19. Here in cool " a year.' We rural fays and fairies dwell.’ 20. In the middle the fifteenth century, the highest wages received by masons and carpenters were a - a day, with meat and drink in summer, and a penny less in winter. 21. The policeman took him by the -, and led him to the station. Bury, v. to inter. Dust, n. fine powder. Subtle, adj. artful. Subtler, adj. comparative of subtle. Berry, n. a fruit. Suttle, n. a term in arithmetic. Sum, n. the total, a question | Some, adj. certain, not none. in arithmetic. 1. Fearing the approach of the enemy, the determined to a considerable secret part of the wood. of money, in a 2. "Now the serpent was more beast of the field." 3. " than any thou art, and unto shalt thou return." 4. When several deductions are to be made from the gross weight of goods, the weight remaining when part only of those allowances have been made is termed -. 5. A is a camp-follower who sells victuals, &c., to the soldiers. pro 6. 'Hast thou not spoke like thunder on my side, And- thou now fall over to my foes ?' 7. Pepper is the seed contained in a duced by a climbing plant, called the pepper-vine. 8. All-spice or Pimento is the dried, or seedvessel of a species of myrtle cultivated in the West Indies. 9. "They bought with them the potter's field to strangers in." 10. " me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Macpelah." 11. The result of a division is called the quo tient. fellow, he generally contrives one to do his for him. Dun, n. a color; adj. dust- | Done, v. from to do. 1. ''Tis morn, but scarce yon level 2. Twenty hundred-weight make is a measure of capacity, containing two 3. A pipes or butts. 4. "Twas not by fetter or by spear, His sovereignty was held or 5. What must be, if not a dunce, You'll do unasked, and do at once.' 6. The is ninety-five millions of miles distant from the earth. 7. 'Here were deeds of glory And battles by our fathers -:' 8. 'He* perished, but his wreath was He perished in his height of fame; Then spread the cloud o'er Athens' Yet still she conquered in his name. 9. The lady-abbess was attended by several 10. "Let of you suffer as a busy-body in other men's matters." 11. bad example will spoil the best precepts. 12. of the came in while we were there. 13. Freedom's battle once begun, Bequeathed by bleeding sire to -, 14. The Dauphin in mockery of Henry V. sent of tennis-balls. him a 15. of his rose to the same degree of emi nence as their father. 16. Wept o'er his wounds, or tales of sorrow Shouldered his crutch, and showed how fields were § 4. Words pronounced alike, the letters c, g, gh, or k, not being sounded. Dane, n. a native of Den- | Deign, v. to condescend. Fain, adv. willingly. Sine, n. a mathematical term. Senior, adj. older; n. an aged person. Feign, v. to pretend. Sign, n. a mark; v. to mark, * Pericles. 1. The 6 prevented me from coming. 2. Most potent, grave, and reverend My very noble and approved good masters.' 3. "He would - have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat." 4. A halo round the moon is generally a - 5. The Grand did not to return the least answer to their application. 6. A hypocrite - to be what he is not. 7. Very few persons in the of William Rufus were able to their names. 8. The ratio of the perpendicular to the hypothenuse, is termed the of the angle opposite the per pendicular. 9. The members of the society would - keep all the power in their own hands. 10. Antonio, many a time and oft, On the Rialto you have rated me.' 11. Words are articulate sounds used by common consent, as - of our ideas. 12. "There shall no the prophet Jonas." - -- be given, but the of 13. When a ray of light passes from a rarer to a denser medium, the of the angle of incidence is greater than the of the angle of refraction. 14. "They sent forth spies who should selves just men.' them. |