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READING L SSONS.
of Catholics in Europe is computed at 136 millions. This division of the earth is also distinguished as the site of the chair of St. Peter, acknowledged the cen­ tre of Christian unity, since the time of that apostle. Other regions are, perhaps, more voured with the wealth of nature, but in none have the e ects of hu­ man intelligence, enterprise, and industry, been
more strikingly exempli ed.
THE RAINBOW.
0. B.
How glorious is thy girdle cast O'er ountain, tower, and town,
Or mirror'd in the ocean vast,
A thousand thoms·down !
As esh in _yon horizon dark, As young thy beauties seem,
As when the eagle om the ark First sported in thy beam.
LESSON IX.
MODESTY H Y.

A'MIABLE, a., charming, lovely. F. aimable, om amare, L., to love. SUGGESTED (sug-jest'-), v., prompted or timated: placed under view. F. su ere; om (L.) suggero,-sub, and gero, I place under, put
AGREE1 ABLE, a., pleasing. F. agreable,-gre, om gratus, L., grate­ l, accPptable.
in mind, prompt.
lMPROPRI1ETY, n., un tness. F. impropriete, om (L.) impropri.us, im, and propriu., proper, t.
8PoNTA1NEOUSLY, ad., voluntarily, eely. L. onte, om spon , G . a libation, a voluntary o erin
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