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LESSON V.
EXCELLENCE D USES OF THE EYE.
A1GENCY, n., instrumentality. F. a9ence, om (L.) a9ens, p. pt. of agere, to do or act.
lN'NOCENT, a., ultless. F. innocent, om noceo, L., I hurt. EMPHAT1ICALLY, ad., in a signi cant manner; appropriately, rcibly. L. emphatice, om emphasis (L. and G. ),-G. em, and phasis, om
phaein, to speak.
ScuLP'ToR, n., a graver, a carver ; one who cuts wood or stone into
images. L. sculptor, om sculpo, I cut, I carve.
VIS1UAL, a., pertaining to the sight :-the term is applied to what
exercises or lls under the culty of vision or power of sight. F.
visuel. See " Vision," p. 168.
Do rns'T1c, a., pertaining to a house or family. F. domestique; L.
esticus, om domus, a house; G. domos, a house, om mo, I
build.
APPRECIATE ('-she-), v:, to value, to estimate. F. recier, to a price. L. pretiu , price.
Mm'RORED, pt., re ected, thrown, or given back. :F. miroir, a mirror or looking glass, om irer,-L. m.irare, to look, to behold.
ZEAL (zeel), n., warmth, rvour, ardour. F. z le; G. zelos, om zeo, I glow.
ETER1NITY, n., a duration without bounds or limits duration without end :-that which has always been, is without beginning; that which always shall be, is withou ending. F. eternite, om vum, L., an age.
PRUDENCE (proo'-), n., wisdom discreetly applied to practice. _F. prudence, om (L.) prudens, om providens, provident, wise, thought l.
1. BY the agency of this little organ it is, that one of the most innocent and rational sources of recrea­ tion has been opened to the human mind. It is the parent of those delight l classes of elegant science, which have been emphatically denominated the ne arts. By combining the impressions, which it en­ abled them to treasure in their recollection, the ar­ chitects of ancient Greece constructed those noble
edi ces, which, even in their ruins, a ect the mind so forcibly by their mingled grandeur and simplicity. By this sense it is, that the sculptor is enabled to