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1. Calvert deserves to be ranked among the most wise and benevolent lawgivers of all ages. He was the rst in the history of the Christian wo d to seek r religious security and peace by the practice of
justice, and not by the cxercis·e of power; to plan the establishment of popular institutions with the enjoyme t of liberty of conscience; to advance the career of civilisation by recognising, the right l equality of all Christian sects. The asylum of pa­ pists was the spot, where, in a remote corner of the world, on the banks of rivers which, as yet, had hardly been explored, the mild rbearance of a pro­ prietary adopted religious eedom as the basis of the state.
LESSON XIX.
THE SETTLEMENT OF MARYLAND.
PAT1ENT, n., a writing, given by the proper authority and duly au­ thenticated, granting a privilege to some person or persons.
E}11IGRA T, n., one who removes om one country or place to anoth­ er. From L. emigro, to emigrate.
LIEUTENANT (lev-ten'-ant), n., a deputy, one who acts by vicarious authority. F.
Prn'NACE, n., a boat belonging to a ship of war; a small sloop or bark attending a larger vessel. F. pinasse.
BARGE, n., a sea-commander's boat; a pleasure boat. Old F. ba e. CREEK, ., a small inlet, bay, or cove; a recess in the shore of the sea,
or of a river. A.S. crecea. D. kreek. F. crique. Welsh, crig ll. Es'TUARY, n., an arm of the sea; the mouth of a lake or river in which
the tide reciprocates; a ith. L. stuariwn.
MAIZE, n., the native corn of America, called Indian corn. PRoPR11ETARY, n., a posse sor in his o n right. F. proprietaire. lNTOL1ERA cE, n., want of toleration; want of patience and charity to
bear the opinions of others. F.
1. BEFORE the patent could be nally adjusted and pass the great seal, Sir George CalYert died, leaYing a name against which the breath of calnmny has hardly whispered a reproach. His son, Cecil Cal­ vert, succeeded to his honours and rtunes. For him,
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