He is a cleverish man: he has read books, and can quote dates, if need be, to spoil a good joke by proving an anachronism.

(Bulwer's Engl.)

Any one, the least acquainted with Voltaire's writings, would know how little he was of an Atheist. He was too clever for such a belief. (Bulw. Stud.)

I'll warrant we'll make up the party,

With two full as clever and ten times as hearty.

(Goldsmith.)

There is nothing more graceful than to see the play stand still for a few moments, and the audience kept in an agreeable suspense, during the silence of a skilful actor.

(Johnson.)

The buckler of Nobilior, quickly and skilfully extended, received a blow which otherwise would have been fatal.

A juggler long through all the town
Had raised his fortune and renown;
You'd think, so far his art transcends,
The devil at his fingers' ends.

Vice heard his fame; she read his bill :
Convinc'd of his inferior skill

She sought his booth, and from the crowd
Defy'd the man of art aloud.

(Bulw. Engl.)

(Gay's Fables.)

He applied himself next to the coquette's heart, which he likewise laid open with great dexterity.

(Addison.)

O'er bar and shelf the watery path they sound,
With dextrous arm, sagacious of the ground;
Fearless they combat every hostile wind,
Wheeling in many tracks with course inclin'd,
Expert to moor, where terrors line the road.

(Falconer.)

now

The visors of both the horsemen were completely closed, but the head was, nevertheless, the great point of assault; and Nobilior, wheeling his charger, with no less adroitness than his opponent, directed his spear full on the helmet of his foe. (Bulwer's Engl.)

1. COARSE, 2. ROUGH, 3 RUDE.

1. Grob, roh, rauh, ungebildet, plump, gemein; 2. rauh,

3. roh, rauh, hart, grob.

roh;

Das erste bezeichnet in dem eigentlichen Sinne die Zusammenseßung und die Bestandtheile von Dingen; das zweite das Aeußere der Dinge, und das dritte die Art, Gestalt und das Ansehen eines Dinges.

Coarse bread, coarse meat, coarse cloth; rough wood, a rough skin;

a rude bark, a rude utensil.

Coarse wird fine, rough-smooth, und rude polished entgegengesezt; ihre bildliche Anwendung ist ebenso:

Coarse language is used by persons of naturally coarse feeling; rough language by those whose tempers are either naturally or occasionally rough; rude language by those who are ignorant of any better.

The figure of Cromwell was, as is generally known, in no way prepossessing. He was of middle stature, strong and coarsely made. (W. Scott's Woodstock.)

Among the rest, Mazeppa made
His pillow in an old oak's shade

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Himself as rough, and scarce less old,
The Ukraine's hetman, calm and bold.

(Byron's Mazeppa.)

Is it in destroying and pulling down that skill is displayed? the shallowest understanding, the rudest hand, is more than equal to that task.

(Burke.)

(Lady of the Lake.)

And then awaked their fire, to steal,
As short and rude, their soldier meal.

1. COEVAL, 2. CONTEMPORARY.

1. Gleichen Alters, gleichzeitig (Zeitgenoß); 2. gleichzeitig (Zeit

genoß).

Das erste wird auf Dinge, das zweite auf Personen angewendet.

The dispersion of mankind and the confusion of languages were coeval with the building of the tower of Babel; Addison was contemporary with Swift and Pope.

(Cumberland.)

The passion of fear seems coeval with our nature. This grievance coeval with the settlements of Spain in the countries situated on the Pacific ocean, is at last redressed.

(Robertson hist. of America.)

Thus far I had been as fully successful in my new line of search as I could desire, having found that great and leading principle of Protestantism, the right of private judgment, starting, as it were, into existence almost coevally with the birth - hour of our faith.

(Th. Moor's Trav.)

O! my coevals, remnants of yourselves!
Poor human ruins tott'ring o'er the grave!

(Young's Night Thoughts.)

Queen lilies! Ye lovely fugitives!
Coeval race with man; for man you smile;
Why not smile at him too? You share, indeed
His sudden pass, but not his constant pain.

(Young's N. Th.)

In the judgment of her contemporaries, and that judgment has been ratified by the consent of posterity, Elizabeth was numbered among the greatest and the most fortunate of our princes.

(Lingard's hist. of Engl.)

But the most various, scholastic, and accomplished of such of our literary contemporaries as have written works as well as articles, and prose as well as poetry is incontestably, Dr Southey.

(Bulwer's England.)

1. To COMMUNICATE, 2. IMPART.

1. Mittheilen; 2. mittheilen.

Das erste Zeitwort bezeichnet, mittheilen, was mit Andern gemeinschaftlich genossen werden kann, das zweite Alles, woran ein Anderer Theil nehmen, wovon ihm ein Theil zukommen kann.

Intelligence is communicated; secrets or sorrows are imparted. There is a great pleasure in communicating good intelligence, and in imparting

good advice. Loquacity impels others to communicate whatever is told them; a generosity of temper leads some men to impart their substance for the relief of their fellow creatures.

To each unthinking being, Heav'n a friend,
Gives not the useless knowledge of its end:
To Man imparts it; but with such a view
As, while he dreads it, makes him hope it too:
The hour conceal'd, and so remote the fear,
Death still draws nearer, never seeming near.

(Pope's Essay on Man.)

Turn we, nor will hear

From whom they come, or what they would impart
For man's emolument?

(Young's N. Th.)

To me those happier scenes no joy impart,
But tantalize with hope my aching heart.

(Falconer's Shipwreck.)

1. COMMUNION, 2. CONVERSE.

1. Verkehr, Gemeinschaft; 2. Umgang, Verkehr, Unterredung. Beide Hauptwörter bedeuten einen geistigen Verkehr, doch das erste

Hauptwort größtentheils ohne körperliches Wirken.

A

Spirits hold communion with each other; people hold converse. man may hold communion with himself; he holds converse always with another.

When, freed from earth, unlimited its powers,
Mind shall with mind direct communion hold,
And kindred spirits meet to part no more.

Now, as he climbed the rocky shelf,
Held sad communion with himself.

(Roscoe, Sonnet.)

(Lady of the Lake.)

When thou shalt find the little hill,
With thy heart commune, and be still.

(W. Scott's Marmion.)

I said, with men, and with the thoughts of men,
I held but slight communion.

(Byron's Manfred.)

As one who, destined from his friends to part,
Regrets his loss, but hopes again erewhile
To share their converse and enjoy their smile.

(Roscoe, Sonnet.)

1. CONSISTENT, 2. COMPATIBLE.

1. Uebereinstimmend, gemäß; 2. verträglich, vereinbar, schicklich, passend. Compatibility bezieht sich hauptsächlich auf Plåne und Maßregeln; Consistency, auf Charakter, Betragen und Beruf.

It is not compatible with the good discipline of a school to allow of foreign interference; it is not consistent with the elevated and dignified character of a clergyman to engage in the ordinary pursuits of other men. Truth is always consistent with itself, and needs nothing to help it

out.

(Tillotson.)

Southey is alledged to be grossly inconsistent in politics, and wholly unphilosophical in morals. I hold both these charges to spring from the coarse injustice of party. (Bulwer's England.)

An incarnation of the poet's god

In all his marble - chisell'd beauty, or
The demi-deity, Alcides, in

His majesty of superhuman manhood,

Would not suffice to bind where virtue is not;
It is consistency which forms and proves it:
Vice cannot fix, and virtue cannot change.
The once fall'n woman must for ever fall;
For vice must have variety, while virtue
Stands like the sun, and all which rolls around
Drinks life, and light, and glory from her aspect.
(Byron's Faliero.)

Ah! how unjust to Nature and himself
Is thoughtless, thankless, inconsistent man!

(Young's N. Th.)

Whatever is incompatible with the highest dignity of our nature should indeed be excluded from our conversation.

(Hawkesworth.)

1. To COMPOSE, 2. SETTLE.

1. In Ordnung bringen, ordnen, beruhigen, stillen; 2. ordnen, in Ordnung bringen, beruhigen, eine bestimmte Richtung geben. Das erste Zeitwort bedeutet, das Getrennte wieder in Ordnung bringen; das zweite, das Gestörte und in Bewegung Gebrachte in Ruhe bringen.

We compose our thoughts when they have been deranged and thrown into confusion; we settle our mind when it has been fluctuating and distracted by contending desires; the mind must be composed before we can think justly; it must be settled before we can act consistently. We compose the differences of others; we settle our own with others.

Thy presence did each doubtful heart compose,
And factions wonder'd that they once arose.

Perhaps my reason may but ill defend
My settled faith, my mind with age impair'd.

(Tickell.)

(Shenstone.)

1. COMPOSED, 2. SEDATE.

1. 2. Gesezt, ruhig, gelassen.

Das erste bezieht sich auf Blick, Aussehen und Seelenstimmung; das zweite auf Betragen, Benehmen und feste Absicht. Im ersten Falle ist es ein besonderer Gemüthszustand, im legtern eine zur Gewohnheit gewordene Fassung, ein Theil des Charakters.

A composed mien is very becoming in the season of devotion; a sedate carriage is becoming in youth who are engaged in serious concerns.

The prisoner soon drew her attention: the steady and composed manner in wich he answered, and the gallantry of his last reply, which were the first words she heard distinctly, interested her in his favour. (Castle of Otranto by Walpole.)

1. To CONCEAL, 2. DISSEMBLE,
3. DISGUISE.

1. Verbergen, verhehlen, verheimlichen; 2. verhehlen, verftellen; 3. verstellen, verkleiden, vermummen.

Das erste Zeitwort bezeichnet, sich enthalten, bekannt zu machen, was man geheim halten will; das zweite und dritte hingegen hat neben der Bedeutung des ersten Zeitwortes auch die, verbergen, indem man einen falschen Schein annimmt. Das erste erfordert nur Vorsicht, die zwei andern erfordern Gewandtheit, Falschheit und List.

We conceal facts; we dissemble feelings; we disguise sentiment. Ridicule is never more strong than when it is concealed in gravity. (Spectator.) Music, when the performers are concealed, affects us with a pleasure mingled with surprise, and reminds us of the natural concerts of birds among the leafy bowers. (W. Scott's Bride of Lammermoor.) something is secretly preying upon your brook reserve; it feels undervalued and outraged, when even the sorrows of those it loves are concealed from it. (W. Irving's Sketch-book.)

She will soon perceive that mind; aud true love will not

The cliffs threw their dark shadow wide on the waters, and the gloom of the evening had so far advanced, as to conceal the discontent that brooded over the ordinary open brow of Barnstable, as he sprang from the rocks into the boat, and took his seat by the side of the silent pilot. (Cooper's Pilot.) Though should I hold my peace, yet thou Wouldst easily detect what I conceal.

as well as in politics.

(Milton's P. L.)

Some writers have maintained that Cromwell dissembled in religion
(Lingard's hist. of England).
Let school-taught pride dissemble all it can
These little things are great to little man.

(Goldsmith.) Good-breeding has made the tongue falsify the heart, and act a part of continual restraint, while nature has preserved the eyes to herself, that she may not be disguised or misrepresented.

(Steele.)

Early on the morning of the day following that which we have commemorated, the Imperial Council was assembled, where the number of general officers with sounding titles, disguised under a thin veil the real weakness of the Grecian empire. (W. Scott's Rob. of Paris.)

1. CONDITION, 2. STATION.

1. Stand, Zustand, Rang, Lage; 2. Stand, Posten, Amt, Beruf.

Das erste Hauptwort bezeichnet größtentheils die Verhältnisse, Erziehung,

Geburt; das zweite cher den Rang, Beschäftigung und Lebensweise.