"God — man out of the dust of the ground." Philosophers describe the earth as having the like a flattened sphere.

of an orange, that is,

"The first watches were not made round as they are now, but were of -, and were called Nüremberg eggs."

an oval

"Fathers and mothers, friends and relations, seem to have no other wish towards the little girl, but that she may have a fair skin, a fine dress well, and dance to admiration."

"Gold will endure a vehement fire without any change, and after it has been divided by corrosive liquors into invisible parts, yet may presently be precipitated, so as to appear again in its

"It stood still, but I could not discern the

"The

If

"The other

it could be called which

thereof."

had none,

Distinguishable in member, joint, or limb."

of the locusts were like unto horses prepared for battle."

Talent-Genius.

Genius is a strong bent of the mind to some occupation in which the faculty of imagination is chiefly employed. Genius originates ideas, creates new forms, new expressions. Talent is employed in reducing to practice the ideas of others. Talent imitates faithfully, copies correctly, evolves diligently; but originates nothing. Great artists are geniuses. Great historians are men of talent. We speak of a genius for poetry, painting, music, &c.; and of a talent for mathematics, history diplomacy. In genius, the imagination is exercised, in talent the memory.

[Clown. Well, God give them wisdom that have it; and those that are fools, let them use their talents. Twelfth Night, i. 5.

His

—that one talent which is death to hide,
Lodged with me useless, though my soul more bent
To serve therewith my Maker, and present
My true account, lest He, returning, chide.

MILTON. Sonnets.

ye proud

Heart-swoln, while in your pride ye contemplate
Your talents, power, or wisdom, deem him not
A burthen of the earth!

WORDSWORTH. The Old Cumberland Beggar.'
by science led,

His genius mounted to the plains of heaven.

Exercise.

The Excursion, vi.]

unfitted him for the every-day routine of ordinary life, and he longed for an opportunity to distinguish himself against the enemies of his country.

The unparalleled cruelty and intolerable severity of this general towards his soldiers made him generally detested; but he was a man of such that the state could not dispense with his services, and he was appointed to take the command of the expedition.

—are called forth.

In the greatest emergencies the greatest Napoleon Bonaparte was one of the greatest military — that ever lived; and he was born at a time in which the most favourable opportunities for the display of his were afforded him.

It is a melancholy reflection, that the most brilliant —are oftener employed in vicious pursuits than in furthering the cause of truth and virtue. The of Homer shines like the morning star on the horizon of an

tiquity.

Temper-Humour.

Temper is fixed; humour is temporary. The former belongs to the permanent character of the individual, and exercises an influence, for good or for evil, over all the actions of his life; the latter expresses a state of mind produced by particular circumstances, and extends over a comparatively short space of time. The best-tempered men are occasionally in an illhumour, and those of the worst temper have their moments of good-humour. The good-tempered are, of course, much more frequently in a good-humour than those of a contrary disposi

tion. Temper seems to be the principle: humour, its result. Cheerfulness has been defined—" An habitual good-humour."

[Mort. He holds your temper in a high respect And curbs himself even of his natural scope, When you do cross his humour.

1 Henry IV., iii. 1.

The moment he entered the room, I saw that something had vexed him, for he was in such an ill "" that he seemed resolved to be pleased with

nothing I could say or do.

ger the same even

Since my cousin's return, I find her very much altered; she has no lonfor which she was so remarkable, but frequently which make her far from an agreeable companion. but when in the

falls into fits of

He was a man of very grave and reserved

he could unbend, and be as communicative and agreeable as others.

Temple-Church.

The gods of the ancients were worshipped in temples. The God of Christians is worshipped in churches. Church signifies the house of the Lord; temple is derived from templum, the Latin word for a building consecrated to the worship of a

divinity. The word temple, however, is used by modern writers to signify the place where God chooses to dwell; in contradistinction from church, as conveying the idea of the place in which he is worshipped. This may be illustrated in the expressions, "the temple of the Lord;" and "the Christian church." Since, however, God is omnipresent, it is evident that every church must be a temple, though every temple is not a church. The leading idea in temple is place, i. e. holy place. The prominent idea in church is worship, i. e. place of worship.

The word church is frequently employed in the sense of "an assembly of the faithful," or to specify a sect of Christians; as, "the church of Christ," "the church of England," the “Catholic church," &c. &c. The word temple is never so used.

[Cor. The noble sister of Publicola,
The moon of Rome; chaste as the icicle
That's curded by the frost from purest snow,
And hangs on Dian's temple.

Duke.

Coriolanus, v. 3.

we have seen better days;

Beautiful region! o'er thy towns and farms,
Statues and temples, and memorial tombs ;

"The Excursion,' iv.
And this gracious Church,

That wears a look so full of peace and hope
And love, benignant mother of the vale,
How fair amid her brood of cottages!

Exercise.

Id., vi.]

In the earliest times, there appear to have been very few

at Rome,

and in many spots the worship of a certain divinity had existed from time immemorial, though we hear of no building of a temple to the same divinity till a comparatively late period.

It is said that Ethelbert, on his conversion, gave up his own palace to the missionaries, and the which they built adjoining it occupied the site

of the present cathedral of Canterbury. The character of the early Greek

was dark and mysterious, for

they had no windows, and they received the light only through the door, which was very large, or from lamps burning in them.

Henry the Second, the most powerful monarch of his time, having ended his contest with the now looked forward to the enjoyment of peace

and tranquillity.

Vestige-Trace.

A vestige is properly the mark made by a footstep; a trace is a succession of marks. They both refer to indistinct appearances of bygone things or actions. A vestige is an isolated mark. A trace consists of a number of succeeding marks, partly obliterated, but still indistinctly connected. Vestiges are scattered; traces are followed. Vestiges are points by which we may trace. If a plough should be dug up on an uninhabited island, it might be considered as a vestige of its former cultivation. If, in the same island, the remains of hedges, old gates, tools, ruins of farm-houses, &c., were discovered, they might be looked upon as traces of agriculture.

Many

[Pisa. He hath been searched among the dead and living,
But no trace of him.
Cymbeline, v. 5.

Ere Julius landed on her white-cliffed shore,

They sank, delivered o'er

To fatal dissolution; and I ween,

No vestige then was left that such had ever been.

WORDSWORTH. Artegal and Elidure.'

Of that day's shame

Or glory, not a vestige seems to endure,

Save in this Rill that took from blood the name

Which yet it bears, sweet Stream! as crystal pure.

So may all trace and sign of deeds aloof
From the true guidance of humanity,
Thro' Time and Nature's influence, purify
Their spirit;-

Exercise.

'Near the Lake of Thrasymene.']

of the Roman dominion are still to be found in all the south

ern, and some of the northern countries of Europe.

In many parts of England, of Roman roads, encampments, and fortifications have been discovered, which prove the state of perfection in arts, as well as arms, which the ancient rulers of the world had attained.

The patient, though he had suffered severely from his long illness, was now perfectly recovered; and neither his countenance nor frame bore the