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be so rash as to attempt resistance. Should he desire it, we shall instantly retire to a convent, or the cata­ combs of Rome, like the rst successors of St. Peter; but think not, as long as we are entrusted with the responsibility of power, to make us by menaces vio­ late its duties."
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PRAYER.
SoLE1LY, ad., exclusively. L. sol m, om solus, alone, and this, pro ably, om holos, G., all or whole. •
PEa'F CT, a., consummately virtuous; thoroughly accomplished. F. parfait, om (L.) per cio,-per, andfacio, I do or accomplish.
lLLIT1ERATE, a., ignorant, unlettered; not having literature. L. l­ literatus,-il, and literatus,-learned or lettered, om litera, a letter.
AnoaE', v., to pray with reverence, humility, and love; to worship. F. adorer; I. and L. adorare,-ad, and orare, to pray. See '' Ora­ tor," p. 201.
PRAY, v., to supplicate, to ask. F. prier, om precor, L., I beseech. Pu 'LICAN, n., in this place, a toll-gatherer, a receiver of public dues or customs. F. piiblicain, om publicus, L., contracted om popu­
licus, now popiilus, the people.
OoMPUNC1TION, n., penitential sorrow; applied to the pangs or stings
attending the recollection of guilt. F. componction. See " Pun­
gent," p. 137.
Pr'ETY, n., the duty and love one owes to God, to his parents, and to his country. F. piete; L. pietas; of unknown origin.
APPR01PRIATE, v., to take, to apply. F. r rier, om L. ad, and proprius, peculiar, om prope, near; as persons draw or keep near them what is peculiar to them or their own.
lN'DIGENCE, n., poverty; the state of being in want. F. indigence, om (L.) indigens, p. pt. of indigere,-in, and ere, to be in want.
1. PRAYER is not a special gift set apart r privi­ leged souls alone; it is a common duty imposed upon every believer; it is not solely a virtue of per ction, and reserved r certain purer and more holy souls : it is like charity, an indispensable virtue, requisite to the per ct as to the imper ct; within the capa­
city of the illiterate equally as of the learne ; com-
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