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.. eltnbliO\ , bd;ef in i" b, inr, .élu, U)' r" .." red : If

u his

tdlimony

cOlllirmeJ

fe\!

othcrs of tbe

fame ch3r ..

I\..

'1c.r

wc CAOnOt Wil:l-h,)lJ. Qur aUCIH lO

" lhe {nuh

t)t

¡lo

Now,

[hOll!~h

lhe

opcr.u ions

na–

" tun: ar\!

go\'crnc.!d

liy

IJ oiturlll l.lWS, .Ulcl

though \Ve

ha"e

nOl

lhe

tdlim~ny

of out' fcnf\:s io Ú vour of a–

" ay

vj(;/t;ti'Jn

of rhcm, {HII,

¡t".

p::lnic~JJI iníl~n

ces, we havc tbe tellirnony of

IhOUjPIUI¡

01"

our fd–

iow-C'rcaturcs, i!nJ {hofe

lOO Illeo

{}ria

i nlc~ri'-' ty,

fW:I)"c!d

motives

\If amhilian or

irat:reH,

" :w<l

goyernt!d

lhe

principl~!

comm:>n

t~llrl.!,

Th:u thcy

wcrc

Jau..1U}

eyc:-witncfrt:s of

there

\rio–

latioos, lhe conIlitullOUof our naturt:

ubliges

bclievc

lhem."

Thc[~

l WQ

e:xamplcs contaio tbe {ubOance of about

400 pa.ges.- l\laking private abrirlgemcnt5 of this

J¡jnd

has

Dlany

advOUltages; it cegages

us ro

n:ad

with

accuracy and anemion;

(¡.'(es (he fubjc(.'[ in Qur

minds ;

and,

\Ve fhould happen to forget, inficad

ef reading (he books :tgain, by glancing a fcw lines ,

we are not enll' io

ponelli.on

ol' the chicf arguments,

hut recall in

geod meafure the author's memod aOO

manDer.

Abridging i, peculi, r1y urcful

t~king

th.

¡¡,b·

nance of

wha.t

delivcr.c:d

PrQft:trcrs,

b e.

jOlpoffible,

cven witb tbe affiflaJ}ce of fhon·band, to

take down,

vtrbalim,

what is faid

;.t

public

[peak.

ero

Befidcs, ahhough

werc praétic;¡Llc, fuch a t;¡·

k o,

wo.ld

be of littlc ufe. E ". ry public rpeaker ha,

circumlocurions, redundancies,

IHmber,

which dertn'e

oot tO be copieu.

AII that i, r..lly ureful may be

comprebended in a

{hOrt

compars.

t:he

plan

of che

cti feourfe,

3.Dd

argumenu employed

l.n

fuppcrt of (he

cliffereDt branchcs be

tak.en

down, you have the whole.

.,..hcfc

you may afterwards cxcend io the fonn of a

difcourfe drefleu in your own language. Tbi. would

aot

only be:

more ranoDa) employrne:nt,

but

wouJd

Jikewifc

3n cxceJlem

method of improving young

meo in

compofu:ion,.

obje:a

toO

tittle

attended

in'

all

our univerfitics. Befidcs,

wouldlJe more for the

honour of profeí(ors ; as it \l.'oold prevent at lean

fueh

¡mmenfc-load. of disjoin,ed and unintelligible rubbiO,

from being handed about by ,he

name

of fuch a man',

leaures.

A GB.IDGEMENT,

in l:nv,

fignifies

tbc

making

declara–

rioe or

plamc

fh.orter

leaving OUt fomething.

.A OR.IDGE M EN T ,

in arithmctic.

SeeA R.tTH r.I ET1~,

vulgar

I,atli~nl.

AJu'rDG!.MBNT,

algebra.

See

AL GE &R A,

O/ tfjua–

ti,,,J .

ABROBANIA, a town and diflriél in Tranryll'ania.

ABROCH.:\1ENT, an old law tcrm whieh fignifies fore–

l1:alliog. Sce

FO REST A LLI NG.

ABROGATION, C,goifie. annulling,

miliog

void, o.

repcaJing

law.

ARROLKOS, ,he name of certain Ibelveo, or banlt. of

rand, about

Icagues

from the

coo.ll

Bu zil

ABRON, a river of France whieh falls into tlae Loire

not fae froro Ne?ers

ABRONO . See A " uO J.

ABROT.'I.J.'lOIDES, tbe game

oí

a {pcci<:. of

co:a1

call-

A 13

porul.

tt is alfo a rynonimc of ,hc artemiC,a.

Se<

A r..TF. MISII\.

AB lt OT ,\t·;O I D ES, , ,,,ir.c men,ioned by Dioreoridoi,

impreguíltctl with liJthernwood .

AH ItOT.H .J UM,;n botany,:l ryoo1\imc orreveral plan" .

Scc

AIlTH11S l A , fl ¡, AG O, SA S·I·OL I NA .

ABRUl'TlON, ;n rurgery . Se. A BDU CTlO H.

AHRUS, in

uot;tny,

lhe triviJl name of the c1ycine. Sce

Gl. YC ItH:.

Al:HtUZZO,

in gcography, the Dame of twO provinces

bd onging

die

N:1ples,

on the gulph

Ve..

n".;e,

ut:lingulfhcd

N~ar(.'r

and F:trtbcr

Abruz2o,

from tht:i r pufition \Vith refpeét tO NapJes.

ABSCE DI~NTlA ,

in rurgery.

terOl .ppl ied to dcc. y–

ed pan s of {he

body,

which, in a olorbid

{late,

are

fcp:mued

from lhe lound. or 10fe thal union whieh

wa~

prefen'ed

a natural nace.

ABSCESS,

in medicine

and

furgcry,

impo(}hume,

any tumor or cavity con13ining purulent matter.

SUaG~RY,

tidc,

O! IIIIW)tlrJ

aó/ce!!" .

ABSCH ARON,

town in

A~a, ~tuatcd

01\

the

",.ne,a

Ibor. of the C. fpiao fea.

ABSCISSE, io mathematics. Sec

C ONle

SEC.,IOIU.

ABSClSSlON,

[¡gure in rhetoric, whereby lhe rpeak–

er !lops /bon in the middle of his dircourre, leaviog

me audience

t(l

make the inference.

A BSC ISSION,

in fu rgcry, lhe fame with amputation .

.'\llSCONSA,

a dark

l, ntho", ufed by lbe monks

the

ceremc.ny

burying their

dead.

ABSENCE.

Seo" law : W hen a perfon cited befate

coure

dces

DOt appear,

and

judgment

prónonneed,

.hat j udgment is raid to be

in abfonc<

No perron

can

ttied criminally in abfeoce.

See

L.6w, tide,

S~lItnlceJ

al¡d their rxecution.

ABSINTHIAT E D

",<di,in",

fueh as are imprcgnaud

with abftnthium or wornlwcod.

AI3SINTHIUM, in botany,

,he

tr'. ial Dame

oC-

.h.

commOD worrnwood

anemWa.

is alfo

fyno–

oime

of {he tanaeerum incanum,

thc

fencelo il.eamutl,

the

anchemis monlana,

achill~a

egypliaca

and

of.

thc panhenium hyflerophorllS. See

AR T EMU1A,

&e.

ABSIS. iD.flronomy, the (, me wi,b ApSlS, whieh' ke.

ABSOLUTE , in

general renfe, denote, a thiAg'.

bt–

ing

independent of, or uccoDnclled with,

30,.

otber;

is alfo \lfed tOexprefs freeclom from aH limitatioo.

AB!OI..UT[

govcrl1nuIII,

is that where1n thc pnocc, en–

limi.ed

by lhe law., is left rolel)' to hi,

0\V0

will.

Se•

G OV ERNM E NT.

A ssoc

uT 8gra.i'j ,

in phyfics,

tile whole f"'te by whicll

a body is urged

dOWDWMds.

See

M t CHA"IC! .

A BSOLV T E,

in mt(aph.yfici,

dcnol t.S a

being tb.u

pof ...

felles ¡ndependcDt exillence.

AB SOL UTION, in general, i. tbe pa.doning or

Jorgi–

ving a guilty perfon.

ABS Ol:\J1'I ON, in civillaw, 15

Centcnct

whereby the

party aecufed is declared innoccnt of the crinw:

lu&d

ru,

ch:lJge.

ABSOI..OTIO I'l, in che canoo

Jaw,

is a

jurKlici1J

where.

by the cccldiaflical oClieers rcmi.t or forgive 1he pem.

ttnt

oJfcndcr, or declare hirn rctlored ro

,he

rf1V)jcL~:i

oí

iDnocencc

confidcJal ioa

bis rep;:ntlt,oce.

A.IlSORBENT