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314 THIRD BOOK OF MERCY.
THE quality of mercy is not strain'd;
It droppeth, as the gentle rain om heaven, Upon the place beneath: it is twice bless'd; It blesseth him that gives and him that takes; 'Tis mightiest in the mightiest; it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown : His sceptre show the rce of temporal pow'r, The attribute to awe and majesty,
Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings; But mercy is above this sceptred sway;,
It is en roned in the hearts of kings;
It is an attribute to God himself;
An earthly pow'r doth then show likest God's,
When mercy seasons justice.
LESSON XVIII.
S SPEARE.
EXAGGERATED (egz-adje'-), a., heightened, aggravated. F. exagfre, om exaggero, L., I heap up, I increase. Agger, a heap, is said to be om ad, and gero, I carry.
THERMOM1ETER, n., an instrument r measuring the degrees of heat of the air or of any matter. F. thermom tre, from (G.) thermos, heat, warmth, and metron, a measure.
ZE'Ro, n., the cipher of the weather-glass. Zero, F. and I.-a nought. Foo·r'GEAR, n., covering r the feet. A.S. Jot, from fettian, to bear; and gear, from gearwe, A.S., anything prepared or provided, as
dress, rniture, &c., om gearwian, to prepare.
SLEDGE, 'or SLED, n., a carriage that slides, that moves or is drawn
without wheels. D. sle , om slidan, A.S., to slide.
EL1EMENTS, n., the air, winds, or weather: re, air, the earth, and water, are called the ur elements of which our world is com­
posed. F. elements, om elementum, L., of unsettled etymology. CnEQUE (tshek'-), v., o diversify, to rm into parts or divisions of di erent colours, like those of a chess-board. Ohe.s-an intricate
game in imitation of a battle between two armies, named in India
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NORWEGIAN WINTER.