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READING LESSONS. 37
Co ee was rst brought into France by the mous traveller, M. Thevenot; and a Greek, called Pasqua, who was brought to England as a servant in 1632, rst set up the profession of a co ee-house­ keeper, and introduced the use of the liquor among us.
3. The medicinal qualities of co ee seem to be de­ rived om the grate l sensation which it produces in the stomach. It is taken in large quantities, with peculiar propriety, by the Turks and Arabians; be­ cause it counteracts the narcotic effects of opium, to the use of which those nations are much addicted. Amongst us, co ee is not only used at break st, hut very commonly after dinner.
VEGET LE PRODUCTIONS.
LESSON XIV.
ADHERENCE TO TRUTH.
QUALITIES (kwol'-), n., virtues, accomplishments. Qualitas, L., in general, means kind, manner, nature, &c. ; and is om qualis, of what sort.
UN ER1SAL, a., general. F. universel, om unus, L., one, and verto, I turn.
Mo&' FIED, pt., vexed. L. mort{ catus, om mors, death. Srn ER1ITY, n., candour, ingenuousness. F. sincerite, om cera, L., and this om keros, G., wax. Sine-cera is applied to honey eed
or cleansed om the mixture of wax.
AF'TER 00N, n., the time om mid-day to evening. A.S. fternon; non i om nonus, L., ninth.
Turks.
SIMPLI 1ITY, n., (here means) silliness. L. simplicitas :-sine-plica, means without ld. Plico, L., I ld, from pleko, G., I plait.
GENERos'I:Y, n., the quality of being generous. L. generositas, from genus, kmd.
0ALUM1NIAToa, n., a slanderer. L. calumniato1·, said to be om calu­ tum, th obsolete supine of calvor, I deceive.
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