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dence; but the wound had penetrated deep into his heart: his grief gradually subsided into a settled melancholy; and it is said, that om that day he was never o served to smile.
. latiida, the wife of the prince, by the death of her husband, became a widow at the age of twelve, within six months after their marriage. By Henry she was treated with the a ection of a parent, but· at the demand of her ther, returned to Anjou, and ten years a erwards put on the veil in the convent of Fontevraud.
LING RD.
LESSON XIX.
HUMILITY, THE FOUNDATION OF P TIENCE.
GRANDEE', n., a man of great rank or power. I. and S. gran (gran­ dee), through the F. grand, great, om grandis, L., great, large, magni cent.
FRIEND, ., one joined to another in mutual benevolence and intimacy. A.S. freond, and Go. frigonds, the latter om frigon, to love.
CoMPAssroN (-pash'-), n., commiseration, painful sympathy. F. com- • paN.ion, om patior, L., I su er.
OMrssrnN (-mish'-), n., a neglect of duty. F. omission, om L. it­ tere (ob and mittere), to put by, lay aside, &c.
REsIGNA1TION, n., a submission to the Divine Will, which implies a renunciation of one's own. F. resignation. L. resignare, to undo the sign or seal, and hence to annul the instrument, and thereby yield up what had been granted under seal ;- om signum, a sign.
PRIVA1TION, n., the want or absence of something. '. privation. L. privare, to deprive, or take away, om privus, bereft, particul , peculiar.
CoNvic'TION, n., convincement. F. conviction, om vinco, L., I con­ quer :-to convince or convict (in argument), is to overcome, to vanquish.
TEMPTA1TION, n., a hard trial, or proof of delity. F. tentation, om tento, L., I try.
INSIN1UATE, v., to steal in imperceptibly. L. insinuare, to creep in secretly ;-in, and sinus, the bosom.
PusILLANIM1ITY, n., intheartedness, cowardice. F. pusillanimite. L. pusillanimus, little-min ed, om pusillus, weak, little,-and ani­ mus, the mind.