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3. ve :Maria l stainless styled !
Foul demons of the earth and air, From this their wonted haunt exiled,
Shall ee be re thy presence ir.
We bow us to our lot of care, Beneath thy g idance recoi1ciled ;
Hear r a maid a· maiden's p1·ayer, nd r a ther hear a c ld !
VE :MARIA ! .ScoTT
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§ 4. LESSON I.
OF THE EARTH.
GLoB1ULAR, a., round, spherical. I. and S. globoso, f m glolius, L., a round dy, a ball.
Ax'1s, n., that round which anything turns or revolves: an imaginary line passing through the centre of the earth, om north to uth, the extreme points of which are called the poks. L: axis, om axon G and this om agein, to drive rou .
Cmcm1'FERENCE, n., orb, a circle ; thB greatest m sure of the earth round on its sur ce. F. circortference; om circmnfcro, L., 1 bear.or carry round,-circum, andfero, om phero, G i bear or aITY,
GEoG1RAPHY, n a description of e e th, or of parts of the earth. F. g rap ie; L. and G. geographia,-(G.) ge, the earth, aud gra­
phein, to describe.
EQUA1TOR, n., a great circle. See p. 89. DIAMETER, p. 65. TROPICS,
see1"Tropical," p. 26.
EcLIP TIC, n., the ne which the centre of the earth describes in its
annual revolution about the sun, and which corresponds with the . path in which the sun ears to pass in the heavens. F. ecl -
tique, om leipo, G., I leave or quit.
1Earn'IAN, n., a great circle,passing through the poles and the zenith
of any place. exactly dividing the east om the west. F. rneri­ dien; L. mer ianus,· om meridies, that is, medi-dies, mid-day, be­ cause when the sun comes over the meridian of any place, it is then noon or mid-day.
PAR'ALLE OF LAT1ITUDE, n., small circles drawn round the globe ar- · allel to the equator, om which 1 titude is reckoned. F. paral­ l le; G. paratlelos. See "Unparalleled," p. 48, aqd " atjtμde," p. 30
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