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A milk-white Hind, immortal and unchanged,
Fed on the lawns, and in the rest ranged; Without unspotted, innocent within,
She ar'd no danger, r she knew no sin :
Yet bad she oft been chased with horns and hounds, And Scythian shafts, ;nd many winged wounds Aim'd at her heart ; was often rced to y
And doom'd to death, though ted not to die.
LESSON XXIV.
THE EVERLASTING CHURCH.
lNsTITU1TION, n., that which is set up, ordained, or appointed. F. in­ stitntion, om (L.) institu,o,-in, and statuo, I ordain, establish, or und.
PANTHE'oN, n., a temple of ancient Rome dedicated to all the gods. F. pantheon; I. panteone; G. pantheion, om pan, all, and eos, God..
0A1 ELOPARD (Imm'- or kamel'-), n., a beast so named om its resem­ blance the camel and leopar L. camelopardalis. See "Leop­ ard," p. 22.
DRYD .
SE'Rrns, n., a conjoined or connected succession. L. series, om sero, I knit, I connect or join.
AUGUST', a.,-sacred and venerable. I. and S. osto; L. a u.tus. In pagan times, whatever was consecrated by augury (L. auguri­ um), was styled august.
DYNASTY (di'- or din'-), n., a sovereignty; a succession of supreme rulers. L. dynastia; om dynamai, G., I am powerful.
FA'BLE, n., anything feigned; an invention or story ;-in this place, the ages or times of ction. F. ble. See " Fabulous," p. 95.
PA1PACY, n., the o ce, state, or dignity of the pope;-in this place, the popedom. L. papatus. See "Pope," p. 266.
ANTIQUE (-teek'), n., an antiquity; a ded remain or relic of ancient times. F. antique. See "Antiquity," p. 51.
Hos'TIL a., inimical, adverse; e-like, or suitable to a e. F. lw8tile from hostis, L., a reigner, an enemy.
For "Sacri ce," see p. 163; "A.mphitheatre," p. 186; "Tiger," p. 49; "Ponti ," p. 329; "Twilight," p. 187; and"Eloquence," p. 244.
1. THEm is not, and there never was, on this earth, an institution so well deserving of examination as