Furor. Lat." A rage."-Furor loquendi, an eagerness for speaking.-Furor scribendi, an itch for writing. -Vide Cacoethes.

Furor fit læsa sæpius patientia. Lat. Prov." Patience when too often outraged is converted into madness." -There is a certain degree of irritation which is beyond all endurance.

Fuyez les dangers du loisir. Fr.—“ Avoid the dangers of idleness."

Fuyez les procès sur toutes choses: la conscience s'y interesse, la sante y altère, les biens s'y dissipent. Fr. LA BRUYERE." Avoid lawsuits beyond all things: they influence your conscience, impair your health, and dissipate your property."

G

Gaiété de cœur. Fr.-" Gaiety of heart."-Sportiveness.
High animal spirits.

Garde fou. Fr.-"Fool-preserver."-Parapet of a bridge.
Gardez la foi. Fr.-" Guard the faith."
Gardez la foy. Fr.-"Keep the faith."

Garrit aniles ex re fabellas. Lat. HOR." He tells an old wife's tale rather pertinently."-This is sometimes addressed to one who is possessed of more anecdote than argument.

Gaudetque viam fecisse ruina. Lat. LUCAN.-" He rejoices to have made his way by ruin."-This is the character given by the poet to Cæsar. It will equally suit any other ambitious despot, who, in the pursuit of his object, is regardless of the havoc which he may occasion amongst the human race.

Gaudet tentamine virtus. Lat.-" Virtue rejoices in temptation."

I

Gaulois. Fr.-" Old French."
Gens d'armes. Fr.-" Guards."

de condition. Fr.-" People of rank."
d'église. Fr.-"Churchmen."

de guerre. Fr.-"Military men."

de peu. Fr." The meaner sort of people." Genus ignavum, quod tecto gaudet et umbra. Lat. Juv. "A lazy race, who love the house and shade." Genus irritabile vatum. Lat.-"The irritable tribe of Poets."-Proverbially used, in consequence of the acrimony which generally enters into any contest between writers of this class. An English poet has described, in terms still more forcible,

"The jealous, waspish, wrong-head, rhyming race." Gibier de potence. Fr.-" Game for the gallows."-Anglicè, Newgate birds.

Gladiator in arena consilium capit. Lat." The gladiator takes counsel on the stage where he is to fight."The man asks for that advice in the very hour of danger, which he should previously and in a cooler moment have solicited.

Gloria virtutis umbra. Lat.-"Glory is the shadow (or the companion) of virtue."

гYWO GEαUTOV. Gnothi seauton. Gr." Know thyself."The saying of SOLON, one of the seven wise men of Greece. A precept at once the most necessary and the most difficult to be obeyed.

Gobe-mouche. Fr.-" A fly catcher."-One who eagerly listens to every idle report.

Gorge. Fr. Military Term.-" A strait or narrow pass." Goutte à goutte. Fr.-"Drop by drop."

Græculus esuriens ad cœlum jusseris ibit. Lat. JUVENAL. 'A poor hungry Greek, if you order him, will even

go to heaven."-That is, will attempt a thing the most difficult. This was the reproach of Imperial Rome to the natives of the Greek provinces who resorted to that metropolis.

Gram. loquitur, Dia vera docet, Rhe. verba colorat, Mu. canit, Ar. numerat, Geo. ponderat, As. docet astra. Lat. This is a definition given by the schoolmen in verse, to assist the memory, of what are called the seven liberal sciences." Grammar speaks, Dialectics teach the truth, Rhetoric gives colouring to our speech, Music sings, Arithmetic numbers, Geometry weighs, and Astronomy teaches the knowledge of the stars."

Grammatici certant, et adhuc sub judice lis est. Lat. HOR. "Grammarians dispute, and the controversy remains still undecided."

Grata superveniet quæ non sperabitur hora. Lat.-"The hour of happiness shall come, more gratifying when it is not expected."-This is a general topic of consolation to the unfortunate.

Gratior ac pulchro veniens in corpore virtus.

Lat. VIRGIL. "Even virtue is more fair, when it appears in a beautiful person."-Beauty lends a grace even to intrinsic worth.

Gratis. Lat." For nothing."-Free of cost.

Gratis anhelans, multa agendo nil agens. Lat. РHÆDRUS. "Panting without a cause, and in affecting to do much, really doing nothing."-The description of a busy, pompous blockhead.

Gratis dictum. Lat." Said for nothing."-Spoken of a transitory observation, which makes nothing to the argument.

Grave virus munditias pepulit.

Lat. HORACE. "The virulence of the poison has destoyed all that was sound and healthy."-This phrase is often used

to mark some spreading cancer in the political world. Graviora manent. Lat." Greater afflictions await us.” Graviora quædam sunt remedia periculis. Lat. Prov."Some remedies are worse than the disease." Gravis ira regum semper. Lat. SENECA." The

anger

of kings is always severe."-Those who possess unlimited power are vindictive from habit.

Grossièreté. Fr.-" Grossness."-Rudeness in conversation.

Guerre à mort. Fr.-" War till death."

Guerre à outrance. Fr.-"War to the uttermost."Or, a war of extermination.

Gutta cavat lapidem non vi, sed sæpe cadendo. Lat. Prov. -"The drop hollows the stone not by its force but by the frequency of its falling."-An allusion to the power of perseverance.

H

Habeas corpus. Law Lat.-"You may have the body." This is the great writ of personal liberty. It lies where a person being indicted and imprisoned, has offered sufficient bail, which has been refused though the case be bailable; in this case he may have an habeas corpus out of the proper court, in order to remove himself thither, and to answer the cause at the bar of that court,

Habeas corpus ad prosequendum. Law Lat." You may have the body in order to prosecute."-A writ for the removal of a person for the purpose of prosecution and trial in the proper county.

Habeas corpus ad respondendum. Law Lat." You may have the body to answer."-A writ to remove a person confined in any other prison, to answer to an action in the court.

Habeas corpus ad satisfaciendum. Law Lat. You may

have the body to satisfy."-A writ which lies against a person in prison, &c. to charge him in execution.

Habemus confitentem reum. Lat. CICERO." We have before us a criminal who confesses his guilt." Habemus luxuriam atque avaritiam, publicè egestatem, privatim opulentiam. Lat. SALLUST.-"We have luxury and avarice, public debt and private opulence." This is the description of Rome, put by the historian in the mouth of CATO.

Habere facias possessionem. Lat. Law Term.-" You shall cause to take possession."-This is a writ which lies where a man has recovered a term for years in an action of ejectment, and it is directed to the sheriff, in order to put the plaintiff into pos

session.

Habere facias visum. Law Lat.-"You shall cause a view to be taken."-This is a writ which lies in several cases, as in Dower, Formedon, &c. where a view is to be taken of the lands or tenements in question.

Habet aliquid ex iniquo omne magnum exemplum, quod contra singulos, utilitate publicâ rependitur. Lat. TACITUS." Every great example of punishment has in it some tincture of injustice, but the sufferings of individuals are compensated by the promotion of the public good."

Hæc generi incrementa fides. Lat." This faith will furnish new increase to our race."-This faith will be of service to our descendants.

Hæc olim meminisse juvabit. Lat. VIRG." It will be pleasing to recollect these things hereafter."-There is a melancholy pleasure in the recollection of past

misfortunes.

Hæc studia adolescentiam alunt, senectutem oblectant, secundas res ornant, adversis solatium et perfugium præbent, delectant domi, non impediunt foris, pernoc