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READING LESSON.S.
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LESSON XIV.
PROGRESS OF CIVILISATION.
!NHAB1ITANT, n., one who resides or dwells in a place. from habitare, L., to dwell, to have, to hold.
F. habitant,
A 1ITY, n., iendship. F. amitie, om amo, L., I love.
TER1RITORY, n., the compass of land or country belonging to a tribe;
a district. L. territoriwn, om terra, the earth.
RUDE, a., coarse, uncivilised. F. and I. rude, om rudis, L., or A.S.
r the, erce; or more probably om hreow, crude, raw. ExuLTA1TION, n., rapturous delight. F. exultation, om salio, L., I
CEN1TeRY, n., a hundred years. L. centuria, om centum, a hundred -a hundred of anything.
PAT1RI IONY, n., a paternal inheritance. F. patrimoine;-L. pater, ther, and mony or monium, a termination-probably the sa 1e as ment in testament (anything meant or intended to testify): a patrimony may, there re, be meant to nourish, to maintain, &c.
Ev'IToR, n., a publisher; he that prepares or revises any work r publication. F. editeur, om e-dere, L., to give out, to publish.
H1sT01RIAN, n.; a writer of cts or events. F. historien, om (G.) histor, one who knows.
EQuA1ToR, n., a great circle on the globe, so called, because equally distant om the poles, and dividing the sphere into two equal parts. L. equator, om quus, even, equal ;-G. eikos, similar, like.
1. THE condition of the resent inhabitants of this country is very di erent om that of their re thers. These, generally divided into small states or societies,
{ had few relations of amity with surrounding tribes, and their thoughts and interests were con ned very much ·within their own little territories and rude habits. Now, however, every one sees himself a member of one vast, civilised society, which covers the ce of the earth, and no part of the earth is in­ di erent to him.
2. In England, a man of small rtune may cast his regards around him, and say with truth and ex­ ultation, "I am lodged in a house that a ords me
com rts which even 1a king could not command 8*