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the Irish· peasant. Convince him, by plain and impartial reasoning, that he is wrong, and he with­ draws om the judgment-seat, if not with cheer l­ ness, at least with submission; but, to make hi respect the laws, he must be satis ed that they are impartial; and, with that conviction on his mind, the Irish peasant is as per ctly tractable as the na­ tive of any other country in the world.
9. An attachment to, and a respect r males, is another marked characteristic of the Irish peasant. The wife partakes of all her husband's vicissitudes: she shares his labor and his miseries, with constancy and with a ection. At all the sports and meetings of the Irish peasantry, the women are always of the company; they have a great in uence, and, in his smoky cottage, the Irish peasant, surrounded by his mily, seems to rget all his privations. The natural cheer lness of his disposition banishes re­ ection, and he experiences a simple happiness which even the highest ranks of society might justly envy.
Sm JoNAH BARRINGTON. LESSON XVIII.
THE FOUNDER OF MARYLAND.
Co 1TROVERSY, n., dispute; debate, commonly in writing. From controverta.
EMOL1UMENT, n., pro t; advantage. L. emolumentum.
CoNVER1SION, n., change om one religion to another. L. conversio. Pmv'v, a., admitted to secrets of state. F. prive. L privus. PEER'AGE, n., the rank or dignity of a peer or nobleman. From F.
pair.
ENT1m's1As , n., elevation of ncy; exaltation of ideas. asnw..
ExToL', v., to praise; to magnify; to laud; to celebrate. STJ.T'un:, n., a law; an edict of the ·legislature. F. statut.
CHAR'TER, n., a writing bestowing privileges, or rights. L. c arta.
G. ent usi-
L. extol/a. L. statut·um.