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DIS 57 to receive judgment." The word is nOw commonly used to express a difficult or doubtful choice; a vexatious alternative. Dio-astro-doxon, s. from om, dia, through or by, acrT7/p, aster, a star, and oo~a, noxa; glory. The name given to a machine constructed lately by :1\1r. Lloyd, and intended to show the glory of the stars. See E! DOURANlON. Dio-cese, ,5. Sec OIKEO, p. 22. Di.orama, s. Sec OnA'lA, p. 23. Di-phth~ng, s. Sec PllTIIONGOS, p. 26. Diploma, s. from onI"A"'l-'a, diploma (o'7I"AOOS, 'dipWos, double), "double thing, or that of which there is a duplicate. It was originally a letter or writing of a sovereign, conferring a title or dignity, or granting some privilege, of which a duplicate was kept. These instruments were originally written on tables of wax fohled together, whence their name. The term is now restricted to the instrument by which a legalised incorporation, as a university or college, -confers n title or dignit)·, or a privilege to practise in a learned llrofcssion. Diplomacy is the knowlellge of the relations of independent states to each other. Diplomatics is the science of diplomas, or of ancient litcrar)~mOnUlTICnts, public documents, &c. Diplomatics is now more commonly usell to denote that branch of knowledge which ought to be possessed by an ambassador to a foreign court. The art of diplomatics has been cultivated with great assiduity by every country in Europe, for many )'ears past. The principal aim of the Corps Diplomatique (as the J1I'ench term ambassadors) is to discover the movements and intentions of their brethren, and to conceal their own. Disk, s. from 01(m05, diskos, " dish, also '" quoit. The face of the sun or any planet, such us it nppcars to us. Though rach of these bodies is nearl)' spherical, it
58 DUD appears as a circular plane, an,l this is the disk. Tllc disk of a leaf is the whole surface; the disk of a flower is the central part. The discus of the ancients is sometimes called, in English, qutJit, but improperly; the game of quoits is a game of skill. [Quoit is from the Dutch word ceele, and means something which is thrown at a certain object, placed-at a great distance.] The discus was only a trial of strength, as among us is the ga~e of throwing the hammer. [The discus was a dish, as above Incntioncd; it was also a hroad piece of stone or metal used in a gymnastic exercise, wherein he was victor who threw it highest, or to the greatest distance.] Dis-syllahle, s. See SULLABE, p. SO. Di-stich, s. Sec STIClIOS, p. SO. Docimasia, s. from Bolt,par""
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5 THE STUDENT'S MANUAL I 1\ \. I I
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THE STU·DENT'S MANUAL DUNG AN. ETY
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PREFACE TO THE FOURTH EDITION. IN t
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·EXTRACTS FROil! THE PREFACES TO T
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TO THE PItECEDING EDITlOI'S. ix The
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PRELIMINARY REMARKS. To Instructors
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OBSERVATIONS, xvii himself to be ac
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OBSERVATIONS. xix .~. ; I I· till
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OBSERVATIONS. xxi have been, in the
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A E I was c311ed ep-ode concluder!
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Page 35 and 36: 16 LOG Ichthy-o.logy, 'X8us, icllth
Page 37 and 38: 18 MAN Sy].]ogism, lTVV, (sui, for)
Page 39 and 40: 20 MET ChronO-lucter, XPOVOS, chr'd
Page 41 and 42: 22 aNa nomy was so called, because
Page 43 and 44: ORA the building in negen!'S Park,
Page 45 and 46: 26 SKI Ade-phagy, ao'lV, aden, much
Page 47 and 48: --, 28 . SKO Epi-scopal, from cpi-s
Page 49 and 50: so TEC STICHOS, ~"""O;, a rank or r
Page 51 and 52: .' 32 TlJP lIIono-theism, p.ovos, 1
Page 53 and 54: AGO Acrido-phagi, s. Sec PHAGO, p.
Page 55 and 56: 56 ANA Amal-gam, $. See GAMEO, p. 8
Page 57 and 58: ,J 38 ANT Anerno-scope, s. Sec SKOP
Page 59 and 60: I 40 ARC books of the Apocrypha wer
Page 61 and 62: 42 A X I Asparagus, s. from o.lT7ra
Page 63 and 64: 44 CAC Broma, fro;" fJpwila, broma,
Page 65 and 66: 46 eRA Cathedral, s. from I
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Page 71 and 72: 52 C 11 I Cosm-orama, s. See 0 RA)l
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Page 75: -::-. 56 DIL Dia-r-rhrea, s, from O
Page 79 and 80: 60 EMP Eco-nomy, s. Sce NOMOS, p. 2
Page 81 and 82: 62 E P I frequent in French, dcmnez
Page 83 and 84: EUT Eu-pyrion, 3~ from EV, Cll~ goo
Page 85 and 86: 66 GYM Genesis, s~ from I'€Vea'iS
Page 87 and 88: 68 HYB Hept-~rchy,s. See ARCIlE, p.
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Page 91 and 92: 72 LIT iog to destroy them by fire
Page 93 and 94: 74 MAN M. MACIIINE, s. in general s
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Page 97 and 98: 78 MET pier brute, or even n human
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Page 101 and 102: 82 ONO Nyctal-opia, s. from VVI
Page 103 and 104: PAN is every body's business is nob
Page 105 and 106: 86 .PAR 1,an, all, and JlIJlOS, mim
Page 107 and 108: 88 PEN sented to young people about
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Page 113 and 114: 94 PRO by Great Britain, France, an
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Page 117 and 118: 98 STE of eloquence, nnd Wns npplic
Page 119 and 120: 100 S T 0 and snpports the 3d part,
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Page 123 and 124: 104 THE Tele-scope, s. See SKOPEO,
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108 zoo "When in the fonrth month (
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APPENDIX. DIVINATION, SEE MANTEIA,
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APPENDIX. 113 Di,ination ojall kbul
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APPENDIX. 11.5 having been at first
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GRADUATED SERIES OF ENGLISH READING
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Grarluaterl Series qf English Rearl
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Graauated Series if Englislt Readin
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GLEIG'S SCHOOL SERIES. A NEW SERIES
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List of W01'lls in Gleig's School S
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