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gitives of the Brandywine, insensible of the blood owing om his wound, to the storming of the re­
revolutionary war.
RE DING LESSO N S.
doubt at Yorktown?
LESSON XV.
ADDRESS TO THE SURVIVORS OF THE B T LE OF BU ER HILL, DELIVERED T THE LAYING OF THE CORNER­
STONE OF THE BUN ER-H L MONUMENT.
HEIGHT, n., hill or mountain; any elevated ground. .S. heahtho. BoUN1TEOUSLY, ad., liberally; generously; eely. From L. bonitas,
om bonus, good.
BuNK1ER, n., the name of a hill in Charlestown, in the State of Mas­
sachusetts, U.S.A., celebrated r the battle ught on it in the
Uxu 'TERABLE, a., that cannot be uttered; inef ble; inexpressible. Ju'BILEE, n., a season of great public joy and festivity. F. j1,bile.
L.jubilmn, omjubila, to shout for joy. S. jubileo. I. giubbileo. PPRo'PRIATELY, ad., in a proper manner. From F. roprier, of L.
ad, and proprius, peculiar.
NXOY1ANCE, n., that which annoys or i ures. From Korm. annoyer. RE I1NANT, n., that which remains; abbreviated om remanent. L.
remanens.
SANGUINE (sang'-gwin), a., con dent. F. sanguin. L. sanguineus, om sanguis, blood.
Suc'couR, n., aid; help; assistance. From L. suecurro, sub and curro, to run.
1. V ENER BLE E ! you have come down to us from a rmer generation. Heaven bus bounteously lengthened out your lives, that you might behold this joyous day. You are now where you stood, y years ago, this very hour, with your brothers, and your neighbours, shoulder to shoulder, in the stri r your country. Behold, how altered! The same heavens are indeed over your heads ; tho same ocean rolls at your et ; but all else how changed !
2. You hear now no roar of hostile cannon, you see no mixed volumes of smoke and ame rising from burning Charlestown. The ground strewed with the
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