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good iends.-J. But it was wicked in me to say
and do things on purpose to teaze you.-P. If you
.did so, that was wicked: but it was nature.-J. Surely, I am not naturally wicked !-P. We are all naturally wicked and naturally good, too : the good­ ness of your nature has now gotten the better.-J. Do you rgive me 1-P. I do with all my heart; and if you ever wish me ill again, pray to God that it may come to pass.-J. hat do you mean 1 Do you think I will ever pray God that any ill ay be l you 1-P. No; I am certain you will not, nor ever harm me in deeds. I only mean to give you a test by which to try your thoughts and words :-Do not llow in thought or by word any purpose that you cannot co mend to God by prayer.
H. D. B.
PICTURESQUE (-resk'), a., suitable r a picture ; tted r the purpose of a painter. I. pittoresco; L. pictura, a picture, om pictu , p. pt. of pingo, I paint.
CASCADE', n., a water ll. F. cascade, from cado, L., I ll. !NNISFAL1LEN, n., a beauteous island, originally·called s Ne.-an, -innis, nfa, or inch (L. insula), an island, and ssan, from the ther of St. Finian, the under of its venerable abbey in the 6th
century.
PA'TRON, n., a protector or guardian. F. and S. patron, from (L.)
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order of time, or according to the years in which the events oc­
curred. F. and L. annales, om annus, L., a year.
THUN1DER, n., a loud, rumbling, terri c noise, which usually llows
lightning. A.S. thunder; L. tonitru, om tono, I roar.
SCENERY (seen'-), n., the appearance of a combination of o ects (in a beauti l landscape, &c.): F. sc ne, and I. S. and L. scena, a scene, from G. skene :-anciently plays were acted under trees, and hence it is used to express the scene of a stage, though properly
LESSON XIX.
L KE OF KILL NEY.
pater, patris, a ther.
AN'NALS, n., chronological records ; histories digested in the exact
it signi es a place shaded by trees.