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86 THIRD BOOK OF LESSON XIII.
THE ZEALOUS CHILD.
VIL1LAGES, n., small collections of rustic houses in the country. F. villapes, om villa, L., a house in the country, or a rm-house, wit its appendages.
Sun.'NAME, n., the name added to the Christian name. F. surno , om (L.) super, and nomen, name.
OoMBI1NED, v., united in design. F. combine, om (L.) con, and binus, two.
CouN1TENANCE, n., the ce, system of the features. F. contenance, the visage, the continence, keeping, or composure of the ce, om teneo, L., I hold.
!NGENU1ITY, n., ingenuousness, that is, openness, candour; now gene­ rally used as equivalent to ingeniousness, i.e., subtilty, cleverness. F. ingenuite, om L. genius, from gigno, I beget.
SuAV1ITY, n., sweetness. F. suaiJite, om suavis, L., sweet.
APoS1TLE, n., one sent; applied by way of eminence to those whom our Lord commissioned or sent to preach the Gospel to all nations: it is often applied to persons who do "the work of an apostle,"­ by labouring with extraordinary zeal r the conversion or sancti­ cation of souls. L. apostolus; G. ostolos, om apo, and stcllo,
I send.
Moo'ESTY, n., reserve, decorum; a graceful bashfulness, the e ect of an humble estimate of oneseit: not of vulgarity or timidity. nw stie, om modus, L., measure; modesty being the measure of what is decent or becoming.
DocIL1I'rY, n., tractableness, readiness to learn. F. docilite, om doceo, L., I teach.
ANGEL (ane'-jel), 11., applied particularly to the heavenly spirits; and guratively to such as are extremely beauti l, innocent, or modest. L. angelus ,· G. aggelos (pro. angelos, g hard), messenger.
1. TnE district in which we now are, contains a great many villages, at the ot of a mountain, which the Arabs call bel Ohek, that is, the mountain of the old man, a name which they gave it, because, r the most part of the year, it is coYered with snow. On our arrival, we went to the house of a convert, an acquaintance, om whom we expected a warm re­ ception. vVe were not disappointed; he received us with joy and a ection.
2. As soon as he heard that tμe missionaries were
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