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race of mortals, whom, I suppose, no other man wishes to resemble.

"The Papists have, indeed, denied to the laity the use of the Bible; but, this prohibition, (in [but] few places now very rigorously enforced,*) is defended by arguments, which have for their foundation the care of souls. To obscure, upon motives merely political, the light of Revelation, is a practice reserved for the Reformed; and, surely, the blackest midnight of Popery is meridian sunshine, to such a Reformation. To those, who have nothing in their thoughts but trade or policy, present power or present money, I should not think it necessary to defend my opinions. Knowledge always desires increase it is like fire, which must first be kindled by some external agent; but, which will afterwards propagate itself. This speculation may, perhaps, be thought more subtle, than the grossness of real life will easily admit. Let it, however, be remembered, that the efficacy of Ignorance has long been tried, and has not produced the consequence expected. Let Knowledge, therefore, take its turn; and let the patrons of privation stand awhile aside, and admit the operation of positive principles. I am sir, Your most humble servant,

"Johnson's Court, Fleet-Street: August 13, 1766."

SAM. JOHNSON."

* Will our Correspondent, "A Catholic," or any other wellinformed person, tell us, whether under any, and what, circumstances, the people, generally, of the Roman Catholic Church are allowed to have, and to read, the Bible in their native tongue ?

XVI. BISHOP HURD'S DESCRIPTION OF A

MISSIONARY.

"We have seen the faithful Minister of the Word go forth, with the zeal of an Apostle, and the constancy of a Martyr: we have seen him forsake ease and affluence: a competency at least; and the ordinary comforts of society; and, with the Gospel in his hand, and the love of the Saviour in his heart, make his way through burning deserts, and the howling wilderness: braving the rage of climates, and all the inconveniences of long and perilous voyages: submitting to the drudgery of learning barbarous languages; and to the disgust of complying with barbarous manners watching the dark suspicions, and exposed to the capricious fury, of impotent savages: courting their offensive society: adopting their loathsome customs: assimilating his very nature, almost, to theirs: in a word, "enduring all things," "becoming all things," in the patient hope of finding a way to their good opinion; and of succeeding, finally, in his unwearied endeavours, to make the Word of Life and Salvation not unaceptable to them. I confess, when I reflect on all these things, I humble myself before such heroic virtue; or, rather, I adore the Grace of God in Christ Jesus, which is able to produce such examples of it, in our degenerate world."

* If this be a citation of 1 Cor. ix. 22. (“I am made all things to all men,'') we beg to observe, the present version of that verse is wide of the original, as we hope soon to prove.

XVII.

ETYMOLOGICUM PARVUM: No. I.

INCLUDING DERIVATIONS AND AFFINITIES, COINCIDENCES

AND CONJECTURES.

Allegory, s. ay ȧyopɛów, Gr. (alitèr loquor) i. e. to speak otherwise than is meant.

All my eye and Betty Martin, phrase: O, mihi beaté Martiné, &c. Lat. an invocation to St. Martin, in the Popish ritual. See Hocus Pocus.

A'lóne, a. and ad. all one, Engl. à l'un, Fr. An'ecdote, s. ȧvéкdoтov, (à and Erdoтov,) Gr. a thing unpublished. N.B. a story, once published, is no longer an anecdote !

Apoll'yon, s. 'Amoλówv, Gr. destroying. See the conjecture of Dr. Croly, reprobated in p. 68, note *. A'tóne, v. at one, Engl. to bring together, make "one," un-ite (unite.)

Both'erátion, s. both ear[s], Engl. quasi at "both ears" of a man. See one of Hogarth's Pictures. Bul'wark, s. boulevard, Fr. [unless we reverse cause and effect.]

Bull and Mouth, sign: Boulogne Mouth, a harbour in France.

Cadaver, (Lat.) s. ca[ro] da[ta] ver[mĭbus], Lat. flesh given to worms. But quære; because of the short

ǎ in dăta.

Car'fax, s. qua[r]tre voies, Fr. four ways.

Carnival, s. carni vale, Lat. good bye to [eating] flesh. Cat and Wheel, sign: [St.] Catherine [on the] wheel, [or rack,] a Christian female-martyr.

Charity, s. charitas, Lat. love. Charity, then, is not mere almsgiving: this may be done (1 Cor. xiii. 3,) "without charity." Charity is Love to God, through Christ; and Love to Man, for Christ's sake. Boniface, s. bona faciens, Lat. a benefactor, or host: lodger of Christians: now, inn-keeper.

Church, s. Kuptak, Gr. the Lord's [house].

Coun'try-dance, s. contre danse, Fr. a dance of persons in opposite rows.

Dev'il and bag of nails, sign: Satyr and Bacchanals.

Disaster,s.doc ȧornp, Gr. ill-star,unfavorable horoscope. Dix'ie, surname, dixi, Lat. quasi, “quod dixi, dixi:” what I have spoken, I have spoken: which one, on being told by the mendacious bearer of this motto, that he could not translate it, said, meant, “Tell a lie, and stand to 't"!

Dru’id, s. ôpûç, vòç (et qu. ídos,) Gr. deru, Celt. an oak. Ea'gle and Child, sign: aiguille et fil, Fr. needle and thread.

Ear'wig, s. eruca, Lat.

East'er, s. Eoster (oster) Sax. quasi ǹ á¿[úμwv]Tp[iTN]

Gr. the third day of the feast of unleavened bread. Flag'on, s. lagēna, Lat. prefixed by an f, or the Eolic digamma, or double gamma.

Foot, s. πou odds, Gr. b, f, p, and v, are cognate letters. Fortescue, surname: fortis scutum est, Lat. the hero is [the king's] shield; or, forte scutum, salus ducum." Goat and Compasses, sign: [may] God encompass us! One of the [im]pious sayings of the Commonwealthsmen, during the rebellion, regicide, and usurpation, of Cromwell and his crew.

Good Woman, sign: 'Ayuðà, Gr. the "good *woman," a Christian female-martyr, who was beheaded by heathens; and her decollated person painted on a sign, to invite Christians to refreshment. She is Calendared Feb. 5. Editor. See Boniface. Hel'ter-skelter, ad. hilaritèr celeritèr, Lat. merrily and speedily. Editor. Ho'cus pócus, s. hoc est corpus [Christi], Lat. part of the old form of giving the bread, by Roman Catholic priests. N. B. The priests took [liked] the cup for themselves! The early Reformers thus exprest their disbelief of Popery, by calling any imposture a "hocus pocus." See "All my eye and Betty Martin." [To be continued.]

• While Libertines, Rakes, and bad Husbands, maintain, that a woman, to be good, must lose her head; the Christian Husband, Father, Brother, Son, and Friend, will not forget, that "the Woman is the Glory of the Man"! 1. Cor. xi. 7.

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