the flames and scorpions thy second master shall torment thee with hereafter !

Definitions, &c.—Front—effrontery: what is that? Define wherefore, complain, dares, assert, enslaved, pensioners, stipendiaries, salary-men, multiplying, riot, spoils, eastern, gale, waft, insect, estates, corrupt, sycophants, pretence, soliciting, authority, proclaimed, profound, (perfect?) standing armies, (armies permanently kept up,) preclude, solace, bitterness, ray, (from hope, as if a sun,) renowned, barons, waded, crimson gore, opposition, useless, supportable, shackled, derive, charter, pusillanimously, surrender, birthright, discharged, debt, posterity, paid, coward, hidest, reward, prize, capable, animating, dastard, miscreant, whips, stripes, lash, flames, scorpions, torment, hereafter. Master, second master-the King of England and the devil.

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SECT. CCXXVIII.-ISAIAH, CHAP. LX.

ARISE: shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee.

For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross 2 darkness the people; but the Lord shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee; and the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising.

Lift up thine eyes round about, and see all they gather 3 themselves together; they come to thee: thy sons shall come from far, and thy daughters shall be nursed at thy side.

Then thou shalt see, and flow together, and thine heart 4 shall fear, and be enlarged; because the abundance of the sea shall be converted unto thee: the forces of the Gentiles shall come unto thee.

The multitude of camels shall cover thee; the dromeda5 ries of Midian and Ephah: all they from Sheba shall come; they shall bring gold and incense; and they shall show forth the praises of the Lord.

All the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered together unto 6 thee; the rams of Nebaioth shall minister unto thee: they shall come up with acceptance on mine altar; and I will glorify the house of my glory.

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Who are these that fly as a cloud, and as the doves to their windows?

Surely the isles shall wait for me, and the ships of Tar

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8 shish first, to bring thy sons from far, their silver and their gold with them, unto the name of the Lord thy God, and to the Holy One of Israel, because he hath glorified thee? DEFINITIONS, &c.—And look, understood in Sent. 3d after eyes. Define nursed, enlarged, abundance, converted unto thee, (turned to thy use,) forces, (resources,) Gentiles, (every people except the Jews,) multitude, camels, dromedaries, incense, praises, flocks, ams, minister, acceptance, altar, cloud, doves, windows, isles. Sent. 8th delivered with the waving slide. (See Part. I. iv. 3.)

SECT. CCXXIX.-THE MAGNIFICENT PROSPECT.

THIS beautiful house was on the declivity of a hill, from 1 whence you beheld the sea, sometimes clear and smooth as glass, sometimes idly irritated against the rocks on which it broke: bellowing, and swelling its waves like mountains. On 2 another side was seen a river, in which were islands bordered with blooming limes, and lofty poplars, which raised their 3 proud heads to the very clouds. The several channels, which formed those islands, seemed sporting in the plain. Some rolled their limpid waters with rapidity: some had a 4 peaceful and still course: others, by long windings, ran back again, to reascend as it were to their source, and seemed not to have power to leave these enchanting borders. At a distance were seen hills and mountains, which 5 were lost in the clouds, and formed, by their fantastic figure, as delightful a horizon as the eye could wish to behold. The 6 neighboring mountains were covered with verdant vine branches, hanging in festoons: the grapes, brighter than purple, could not conceal themselves under the leaves; and the vine was overloaded with its fruit. The fig, the olive, the pome7 granate, and all other trees, overspread the plain, and made it one large garden.

DEFINITIONS, &C.-Define declivity, beheld, glass, irritated, broke, bellowing, side, river, islands, bordered, blooming, limes, lofty, poplars, raised, several, channels, sporting, plain, rolled, limpid, rapidity, course, windings, reascend, source, enchanting, fantastic figure, horizon, neighboring, verdant, vine, branches, hanging, festoons, grapes, purple, conseal, leaves, overloaded, fig, olive, pomegranate, garden.

SECT. CCXXX.-W HACKETT & SON,

1 BAKERS, CONFECTIONERS,

AND DEALERS IN FANCY TOYS,

Nos. 151, 180, and 182 Genesee-street, Utica.

HACKETT & SON BEG TO INFORM THEIR FRIENDS

W. now

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⚫ and customers, that they have now completed the largest and best-assorted stock of Fancy Articles that they have ever before had the pleasure of offering. It has been 3 selected with great care in New York, and embraces all kinds of Fancy Toys for children, and many choice aricles of costly material and beautiful workmanship, designed for ornament and use, and forming elegant and appropriate Holiday Presents.

They also keep the largest manufactory of Cakes and 4 Candies to be found in this section of country; which is constantly producing every description of the richest Confec5 tionery and the choicest kinds of Cakes. Their Wedding Cakes in particular, are beautifully ornamented, and have 6 never failed in giving satisfaction to customers. None can be obtained, west of New York, equal to those produced at this establishment. They flatter themselves, that from their 7 extensive custom, long experience, and the attention they have paid to supplying Weddings, Parties, and Balls, they can give entire satisfaction to all who may favor them with their patronage. They make nothing but what is the very 8 best; in doing which, they spare neither time nor expense; which gives them the assurance of being able to please whoever may want a good article.

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DEFINITIONS, &c.-Define bakers, confectioners, dealers, fancy toys, (fanciful toys.) Where is Utica? Define customers, completed, assorted, stock, offering, (for sale?) selected, embraces, choice, (chosen, desirable, because elegant,) workmanship, ornament, use, elegant, appropriate, holiday presents, manufactory, section, producing, every description, establishment, flatter, extensive, supplying, weddings, parties, balls, entire, (perfect,) patronage. Understand occupy, or live at, or may be found at, before Nos. 151, &c. in Sent. 1st, and after offering in Sent. 2d, for sale, or to the public for sale.

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SECT. CCXXXI.-PSALM XXIII.

THE Lord is my shepherd": I shall not want.

He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth

2 me beside the still waters: he restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake: yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil'; for thou art with me: thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.

Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine 3 enemies thou anointest my head with oil: my cup runneth

over.

Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days 4 of my life'; and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever".

DEFINITIONS, &c.—Define maketh, pastures, restoreth, paths, his name's sake, valley, shadow, death, (valley over which death casts a shadow; i. o. what we call "the passage to the tomb:" death,) evil, rod, staff, comfort, (i. e. the rod and staff of my Shepherd give me assurance of safety and happiness,) preparest, table, presence, anointest, oil, cup, runneth over, house of the Lord, (temple?)

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My Father! Oh! let me unlade my breast':
Pour out the fulness of my soul before you':
Show every tender, every grateful thought,

This wondrous goodness stirs". But 'tis impossible,
And utt'rance all is vile; since I can only

Swear you reign here, but never tell how much.

ENTREATY.

Reward him for the noble deed, just Heavens':
For this one action, guard him, and distinguish him
With signal mercies, and with great deliverance,
Save him from wrong, adversity, and shame.
Let never-fading honors flourish round him,
And consecrate his name, even to time's end:
Let him know nothing else, but good on earth
And everlasting blessedness hereafter.

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A SILLY TRICK OF LAUGHING.

COMMANDING.

Silence, ye winds!

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That make outrageous war upon the ocean";
And thou, old ocean! lull thy boist'rous waves.
Ye warring elements! be hushed as death,
While I impose my dread commands on hell.
And thou, profoundest hell! whose dreadful sway,
Is given to me by fate and demogorgon,

Hear, hear my powerful voice, through all thy regions,
And from thy gloomy caverns, thunder the reply.

RESIGNATION.

Yet, yet endure, nor murmur, 0 my soul' !

For, are not thy transgressions great and numberless?
Do they not cover thee, like rising floods,

And press thee, like a weight of waters, down?
Does not the hand of righteousness afflict thee?
And who shall plead against it? who shall say
To Power Almighty, Thou hast done enough;
Or bid his dreadful rod of vengeance stay?

Wait, then, with patience, till the circling hours
Shall bring the time of thy appointed rest,

And lay thee down in death.

Does this last word
Define winds, out

DEFINITIONS, &c.-Define unlade, pour, tender, utterance, since, only, reign, much, reward, noble, signal, shame, hereafter. mean just after this moment, or forever after death? rageous, boisterous, waves, warring, elements. How many elements are there? I will tell you: they are almost innumerable; but the ancients did not know this, as we do: they thought there were only four: earth, air, fire, water; and these we generally mean by elements: so in the text Define death, hell, profoundest, sway, demogorgon, regions, thunder, reply, endure, murmur, soul, transgressions, numberless, cover, rising, floods, righteousness, plead, rod, stay, wait, patience, circling, (going round in a circle ?)

SECT. CCXXXIII.-A SILLY TRICK OF LAUGHING

SOME people have a silly trick of laughing whenever they 1 speak; so that they are always on the grin, and their faces are ever distorted. This and a thousand other tricks, such 2 as scratching their heads, twirling their hats, fumbling with their button, playing with their fingers, &c., are acquired from a false modesty at their first outset in life. Being