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CRITE'Riox, n., a mark by which anything is judged of with reganl to its goodness or badness. G. kriterion.
81IRINE, n., a case in which something sacred is reposited; frequently used r altar. L. scrinium. A.S. scrin.
PRo ruL'GATE, v., to publish; to make known by open declaration. L. pro ulgo.
CrtEs'cENT, n., the moon in her state of increase; the symbol of Ma­ hometanism. L. crescens, om cresco, to grow.
PARRICI'DAL, a., relating to parricide, or the murder of a father, or any one to whom reverence is due. L. parricida.
Di1ADE}t, n., the mark of royalty worn on the head; the crown. L. and G. diade a.
UBIQUITY (yu-bik'-we-te), n., existence at the same time in all place_s. From L. ubique.
LEV1EE, n., the concourse of those who crowd around a man of power in the morning. F.
1. HE is llen! We may now pause be re that splendid prodigy, which towered amongst us like some ancient ruin, whose own terri ed the glance its magni cence attracted. Grand, gloomy, and peculi r, he sat upon the throne a sceptred hermit, wrapt in the solitude of his own originality. A mind bold, independent, and decisive-a will despotic in its dictates-an energy that distanced expedition, and a conscience pliable to every touch of interest, mark­ ed the outline of this extraordinary character-the most extraordinary, perhaps, that in the annals of this world e-ver rose, or reigned, or fell. Flung into life, in the midst of a revolution that quickened every energy of a people who acknowledge no superior, he commenced his course a stranger by birth, and a scholar by charity! With no iend but his sword, and no rtune but his talents, he rushed in the list where rank, and wealth, and genius had arrayed themselves, and competition ed om him as om the glance of destiny.
2. He knew no motive but interest-he acknowl­ edged no criterion but success-he worshipped no god but ambition, and with an eastern devotio.n he
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