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my wi , and tell her the whole a air, and get her to
assist me in turning it up."
7. Away, there re, he goes, and acquaints his wi with every circumstance of their good rtune. Her raptures on this occasion may easily be im­ agined: she ew round his neck and embraced him in an ecstacy of joy ; but these transports, however, did not allay their eagerness to know the exact sum; returning, there re, together to the same place where Whang had been digging, there they und­ not, indeed, the expected treasure-but the mill, their only support, undermined and llen.
GOLDSMITH.
LESSON VI.
THE LEOPARD ND PANTHER.
LEor'ARD n., a spotted beast of prey. F. leopard, le ardus ;­ pardus, om parad, Heb to separate.
SPE'crns (shez), n., a class of nature. L. species (anything seen), om specio, I see.
EL'EGANCE, n., beauty without grandeur. F. elegance, om el ans, L., handsome.
V1v'mNEss, n., liveliness, L. vivacita.,-vivo (from_bio, G.), I live. CoN1FLUENCE, n., a concourse. F. co11 uence, om uere, L., to ow. AN1TELOPE, n., a variety of the gazelle, an animal partaking of the
nature of the goat and deer, said to have received its name from the extreme beauty of its eyes. G. antlws, a ower, or anything beautiful, and ops, the eye.
NAT'URA ST, n., one acquainted with the system of natural and ma­ terial being. F. naturaliste, om nnscor, L., I am born.
0PIN1ION, n., notion. }'. opinion, om opinur, L., I think. PREDOM'INATE, v., to prevail. F. predominer, om dominare, L., to
rule. 1
lNDEPEND ENT, a., exclusive. F. indepen nt, not hanging om, om
pendere, L., to hang.
(For signi cation of -ence, -ist, pr , in, and -ent, see pa es 401-3).
1. T Leopard is an inhabitant of the woods of A ica and Southern Asia. The usual length of his