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42 THIRD BOOK OF LESSON XVI.
THE FALLEN LEAF.
lNADVER1TENTLY, ad., heedlessly, om L. verto, I turn. MEMEN1TO, n., any object calculated to awaken memory.
L. memento,
om memini, I remember.
RESUME', v., to recommence. L. resumere, om sumo, I take. Ao'ITATED, v., disquieted (17th line); put in motion (36th line).
L. agitatus, om a90, I do or d ve ; and this om ago, G., I
lead.
CoNTRACT1ED, pt., rmed. L. contractu., om traho, I draw. VEN1ERABLE, a., ancient. F. and S. venerable, om venero, L., I rev­
DESOLA1TioN, n., dreariness. F. desolation. I. and L. solare, to make solitary an<l desert.
erence, I honour.
ENJOY1MENT, n., uition. F. e ouement, om joie, joy.
Fo'LIAGE, n., leaves. L.foliatio, om phullon, G., a leaf. P oSPER1ITY, n., good rtune. F. prosperite, om pro er, L., suc-
cessful, and that om (G.) pros, to, and phero, I bear or carry.
1. " THE llen leaf!" Again and again I repeated this sentence to myself, when, after traversing the avenue r some time, I had inadvertently stept into a heap· of these mementoes of the departing year. This trivial ncident broke in upon a gay and buoy­ ant train ofthought; and, as r a single moment I stood xed to the spot, the words of the prophet ll with a deep and pain l meaning upon my heart.
2. I resumed my walk, and would have res. umed with pleasure the train of thought that had been broken, but in vain; and when I again reached the place when the llen leaves were collected, I made a longer pause. With how loud a voice did they speak of the end of all things! how rcibly re­ mind me that those busy projects, which at that mo­ ment agitated my heart, would, like them, de, and be carried away in the tide of life!