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RE DING LESSONS. 325
And thus, if I the truth must tell, Does his work  nally and wel  Wink'd at our hero as he past:
Your house is  nish'd, sir, at last; A narrow house-a house of clay­ your palace  r another day. ..
NOT the  erce tiger, breathing  om his eyes
Terror and wrath-nor, on a burning soil,
The startled serpent springing  om his coil, No-nor the bolt that cleaves the mountain's brow,
Nor the impetuous torrent's rushing  rce,
That leaps the bounds and rushes  om its course,
 Vith deeper  ar the shepherd's heart can bow, Or scare the shuddering  ock more  ight lly, Than conscience and its horrors harrow me! No-nor the  ry of hell's deep abyss
Hath pow'r to in ict a sharper pang than this, Which sears and withers up my bosom now.
LESSON XX .
 FRIO N DES ERTS.
 MNITZER.
REMORSE.
(From Filicaja.)
PERVADE', v., to spread over. L. pervado,-per, and vado, I go, I spread.
GRANULA1TIONS, n., pieces broken small, like grains. F. granulations. See "Granite,'' p. 223.
MART, n., a place of public tra c. 3£art is a contraction of market, 28 _,


































































































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