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Would I were in an ale-house in London! I would2 give my fame for a pot of ale, and safety.—Sh.

3.-ALL, AWL.

All the world's a stage,...and all the men and women merely players;...they have their exits, and their entrances; and one2 man in his time2 plays many parts,...his acts being seven ages. Sh.

Thou art a cobbler art thou?-Truly, sir, all I live by2 is*, with the awl. I meddle with no2 tradesman's matters, nor* women's matters, but2 with awl. I am, indeed, sir, a surgeon to old shoes; when* they are in danger, 12 recover them.-Sh.

4.-ALTAR, ALTER.

For those the race of Israel oft forsook...their2 living strength, and unfrequented left...his* righteous altar, bowing lowly down...to bestial gods.-Milton.

And when* the king was come from Damascus, the king saw the altar; and the king approached the altar, and offered thereon. And he burnt* his burnt offering and his meat3 offering, and poured2 his drink offering, and sprinkled the blood of his* peace2 offerings upon the* altar.-B.

Therefore I have decreed not2 to sing in my cage. If I had* my mouth, I would2 bite2; if 12 had* my liberty, I would do my liking; in the mean2 time2, let me be that' 12 am, and seek not2 to alter me.-Sh.

Now, O king, stablish the decree, and sign2 the writing, that it be2 not changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which* altereth not2.—B.

Fair2 gleams the snowy altar-cloth, the silver vessels sparkle clean; the shrill bell2 rings2, the censer2 swings, and solemn chants resound between.-Tennyson.

5.—Aught, oUGHT.

Can2 aught, except a power divine, the stubborn will subdue!-Hymn.

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"Son of a slave," the Pacha said,..."from unbelieving mother bred2; vain3 were a father's hope to see2...aught that beseems a man in thee.-Byron.

Ah me! for aught that ever I could read2,...could ever hear2 by2 tale2 or history,...the course2 of true love never did run smooth.-Sh.

What seest thou else' in the dark backward and abyss of time?? If thou rememberest aught, ere1 thou cam'st here?... how thou cam'st here2, thou may'st.-Tempest, Sh.

If a man would take as much pains to be what he ought' as to disguise what he is', he might afford to appear like himself.

Then say not man's imperfect, Heaven in fault; say rather, Man's as* perfect as he ought; his knowledge measured to his state and place; his time2 a moment, and a point his* space.-Pope.

6.-ALOUD, ALLOWED.

John Gilpin kissed his loving wife; o'erjoyed was he to find...that though on pleasure she was bent, she had* a frugal mind. The morning came, the chaise was brought, but2 yet was not allowed...to drive up to the door, lest all2...should say that she was proud.-Cowper.

And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, "Cry aloud, for he is a god; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked." And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their2 manners with knives and lancets, till the blood gushed out upon them.—B.

7.-ASCENT, ASSENT.

Still a bare2 silent solitary glen,...a fearful silence, and a solitude...that made itself be felt;...and steeper now the ascent,...a rugged path, that tired...the straining muscles, toiling slowly up.-Thalaba, Southey.

The following Bills received the Royal assent. Some2 murmured, others looked, assent, they had no2 heart2 to speak.-R. M. Milnes.

First, that without the king's assent or* knowledge,... you wrought to be2 a legate; by which power...you3 maimed the jurisdiction of all2 bishops.-Henry VIII, Sh.

8.-AISLE, ISLE, I'LL.

In a wild voice that wondering pleasure calms,...exclaims the child, "Is* this home ours?? Ah me! how like these lovely flowers...to those I trained upon the bowers...of our2 own* Isle of Palms !"-J. Wilson.

The Isles of Greece2! the Isles of Greece! where* burning Sappho loved and sung;...where* grew the* arts of war and peace2; where* Delos rose2, and Phoebus sprung; eternal summer gilds2 them yet,...but2 all2 except their2 sun2 is* set. -Byron.

I'll praise2 my Maker while* I've* breath.-Hymn.

Let not2 ambition mock their2 useful toil, their homely joys, and destiny obscure; nor* grandeur hear2 with a disdainful smile...the short and simple annals of the poor. Nor* you, ye proud, impute to these the fault, if Memory o'er their2 tomb no2 trophies raise2,...where* through the longdrawn aisle and fretted vault the pealing2 anthem swells the note of praise.2.-Gray.

Blest Isle, with matchless beauty crowned, and manly hearts to guard the fair2.-Thompson.

9.-ANTE, ANTI.

ANTE-, spelled with an e, is a Latin prefix, signifying before, either in place or time2; as* antecedent, anteroom, antechamber, anterior, antemeridian, antediluvian.

ANTI- spelled with an i, is* a Greek prefix, signifying opposed to, or in place of; as, antisceptic, antipodes, antithesis, antidote, antipathy, anti-climax.

10.-BASE, BASS.

Things base and vile, holding no2 quantity, Love can2 transpose to form and dignity.-Sh.

Ne'er yet did base dishonour blur our2 name...but with our2 sword2 we wiped away the blot.-Sh.

Small things make base men proud.-Sh.

Did not great2 Julius bleed for justice sake? what villain touched his body, that did stab,...and not2 for justice? What, shall one2 of us,...that struck the foremost man of all this world2,...but2 for supporting robbers; shall we now...contaminate our fingers with base bribes!—Sh.

Bass, spelled with double s, is the lowest part in Music. Men's voices are called Tenor, Barytone, or Bass. The corresponding voices in women, but one octave higher in pitch, are Soprano or Treble, Mezzo-soprano, and Contralto. The violoncello is commonly called the Bass, and the large instrument of that kind, the Double-bass.

11.-BE, BEE.

To be or not to be, that is the question:...whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer...the slings and arrows* of outrageous fortune,...or* to take arms* against a sea2 of troubles,... and by2 opposing end them.-Hamlet, Sh.

There was2 a most ingenious architect, who had* contrived a new2 method for building houses, by2 beginning at the roof, and working downwards to the foundation; which he justified to me by2 the like practice2 of those two2 prudent insects, the bee and the spider.—Gulliver's Travels.

12.-BEACH, BEECH.

You may as well go stand upon the beach,...and bid the main1 flood bate2 his* usual height2, as seek to soften that his* Jewish* heart.-Sh.

I saw from the beach, when* the morning was shining,...a bark o'er3 the waters move gloriously on ;...I came when* the

sun2 o'er that beach was declining,...the bark was still there2, but the waters were gone.-Moore.

There2, at the foot of yonder nodding beech, that wreathes its old fantastic roots so3 high2,...his* listless length at noontide would he stretch,...and pore2 upon the brook that babbles by2.-Gray.

The Wood2-Beech or Common Beech is* a tree varying from 60 to 100 feet in height2. It is* a native of various parts of Europe besides Great Britain*, and a variety is* found in North America. The Beech is remarkable for its smooth thin bark, which* becomes white when fully exposed to the* air. In2 France one2 of the most important uses of* beech-wood2, is for making wooden shoes, called sabots.Cyclopedia.

13.-BEER, BIER.

Jack Cade.-Be2 brave then; for your2 captain is brave, and vows reformation. There2 shall be2, in2 England, seven half-penny loaves sold2 for a penny; the three-hooped pot shall have ten hoops; and 12 will make it felony to drink small beer. All the realm shall be2 in2 common, and in Cheapside shall my palfrey go to* grass. And, when* I am king, (as king I will be2)...Sh.

Beer-houses, an inferior kind of public-house, were* established in England in the year 1830.

Torches were blazing clear, hymns pealing2 deep and slow3...where* a king lay stately on his* bier, in the church of Fontevraud; banners of battle o'er3 him2 hung, and warriors slept beneath,...and light, as the moon's broad light, was flung...on the settled face of death.-Mrs. Hemans.

Come, when the heart beats high and warm...with banquet, song and dance, and wine,...Death, thou art terrible! the tear2,...the groan2, the knell, the pall2, the bier,...and all2 we know2, or* dream, or fear...of* agony are thine.-Halleck.

14.-BARE, BEAR.

O, who can2 hold* a fire in his hand,...by2 thinking on the frosty Caucasus? or* cloy the hungry edge of appetite,...by