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ENoa' ous, a., huge. F. enorme. L. enormis,-e and norma, an in­ strument by which angles were known to be right or not. ' •
PAN1THE , n., an animal of many colours. G. pant er, an, all, and ther, a beast, because the colours of all beasts may be distinguish­ ed in it•
N1IM.u, n., a beast; any living corporeal creature; distinct on one side from pure spirit; on the other, om mere matter. L. animal, om anima, life.
RECE1DING, pt., retreating; going back. L. recedens,-re, and cedens, om ce , I yield, I go back.
AT'TITUDE, n., gesture or· position tted r the display of some pas­ sion or quality. F. attitu , om attitudine, I.; and this om ap­ titudo, L., tness.
GRAT1ITUDE, n., the lively and power l re-action of a well-disposed mind, upon whom benevolence has con rred some important good : -a lively sense of bene ts received or tended. F. 9ratitude, om 9ratus, L., thank l, grate l.
1 1 IINENT, a., threatening, impending. F. imminent, om imminere, L., im, and minere, to stay or hang over.
F THER G A , in the account of his pilgrimage to Jerusalem, relates an adventure, in which the mer­ ci l interposition of divin·e Providence was singular­ ly visible. Mount Carmel, to which he paid a visit, afte1: leaving Nazareth, a ords a haunt to wild beasts, that sometimes renders it dangerous to the unpro tected traveller. A short time be re his arrival, some naval o cers, belonging to an Austrian igate, which bad put into the port of Cai a, came to the monastery, which is situated on the mountain, and which a ords hospitality to strangers. Their visit being ended, they requested a young lad, who acted as a kind of domestic in the convent, to show them a short way down the mountain, to their long-boat. He complied, and after accompanying them a con­ siderable distance, was returning tranquilly to the house of the community, when, on a sudden, he be­ held an enormous panther rushing down upon .
At e sight of this rmidable animal, alone as he was, and without strength to use arms, even if he was provided with them, his sensations may be easily imagined. His knees bent under him, and he lt