Page 109 - Third Book of Reading Lessons

108 THIRD BOOK OF FRAGMENT.
0 SLIPPERY state of things! what sudden turns, What strange vicissitudes, in the rst leaf
Of man's sad history!-to-day most happy; And ere to-morrow's sun hath set, most a ect.
····
§ 3. LESSON I.
SAYINGS OF POOR RICH RD.
Gov1ERNMENT, n., an establishment of legal authority. ment, om guberno, L., I govern, I guide, I steer.
S UAN'DER, v., to spend pro sely. Ger. verschwenden, from ichanden, to destroy.
PRODIGAL1ITY, n., extravagance, waste. F. prodigalite, om L. prodi­ ,qus (a.), and this from pro ere (pro, and agere), to drive rth. PERPLEX1ITY, n., entanglement, distraction of mind. F. perplexite,
om plecto, L., I twist.
D1L'IGENCE, n., assiduity. F. diligence, L. ligens (a.), om lego, I
chooe, I read.
LA'ZINEss, n., idleness, sloth. Ger. lassigfeit, om lassen, to intermit, to relax.
GAIN, n., pro t, anything acquired. F. gain, om A.S. agan, to obtain.
TREAS'URE, n., wealth hoarded. F. tresor, om L. thesaurus,-and this om G. thesawros,-thesein, to put or place, and auros,­ whence the L. aurum, gold, or made of gold.
LEG'ACY, n., a bequest or gift by testament; the person to whom the legacy was given is styled the legatee. L. l atum, om l o, I send, I bequeath.
0A1BLE, n., the large rope to which the ship's anchor is a xed. F. cable, om kamelos, G., a camel; probably because cables were anciently made of camel's hair.
1. IT would be thought a hard government, that should tax its people one-tenth part of their time, to be employed in its service : but idleness taxes many of us much more : sloth, by bringing on disease, ab­ solutely shortens li . "Sloth, like rust, consumes
BLAIR.
F. gouverne­