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tion which opened the civil war. The English sol­ diers, and especially their o cers, were lled with indignation at the rtune of the day : they could not endure, that an undisciplined multitude,-that a ock of Yankees, as they contemptuously named the Americans,-should not only have maintained their ground against them, but even rced them to show their backs, and_ take refuge behind the walls of a
city.
13. The provincials, on the contrary, lt their courage immeasurably increased, since they had ob­ tained a proof, that these mous troops were not in­ vincible; and had made so rtunate an essay of the goodness of their arms.
BOTT .
LFSSON X.
ADDRESS OF THE ROMAN CATHOLICS TO GEORGE W SHINGTON.
RE DING LESSONS.
CoN1FIDENCE, n., an assurance of mind, 01· a rm belief in the integrity of another. L. con dentia.
UNANnr11TY, n., agreement of a number of persons in opinion or de­ termination. F. unanimite. L. unus, one, and animus, mind.
PEcU1LIAR, a., particular; special. L. peculiaris.
Vrn'rLANCE (g soft), n., watchfulness; circumspection. F., from L.
'11igilans.
or individuals. F. L. commercium.
'sTR IENT, n., that which is subservient to the execution of a plan
or purpose, or the production of any e ect. F., om instru111en­
tum, L.
AusP1'c10us, a., vourable; kind; propitios. rom a-picium, _L. PERSUA'sIVE, a., having the power of persuadmg; m uencmg the mmd.
Srn :-We have been long impatient to testify our joy and unbounded con dence, on your being called
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L. ager, a eld, and cultura, culuvat10n.
CoM'MERCE, n., mutual change of goods, wares, &c., between nations
AGRICUL'TURE, n., the cultivation of the ground r the purpose of raism corn and other eld crops r the use of man and beast.