Litchfield enquirer., 1863-08-27
. I1roHrIEID ooN1. 7rHuRsIAY AuoUsT P. Ises

AZ. AUGUST a7, Isea.
 i've: while, nsysFihslens, those ysry people and hos vssy sritsss vosld langh to seorn any man uho ysnsursd te ay. .a brses of days,. : pair q dollass. . ! yahs q sggs." Aa spaa Of books" Bst sctxithstanding tho laueh and the seasp, shs latteF phfases are not only no vosse thas ths formsF, pst they arc mors nearly aeelpess than ths fssmsr i; beeanss thsy d not iaselvs n Ahaasdity. A pair v des. ios sxamplss ss PhysieAl poll bility, luf .As tvo days nas hs esssntially aliks and as asar toessAss- bsiore. altss, or by he aide of each othsr. two thiaGs eanl bs: bst . sospls q days is . HAyslal sspos-I sihilitY, bscauae two days cannot b .inksd' or fastansd togsthsF.s And ihat is suhatAa- tially tsus of ths osAw : aeouplsss Asss dssig- natsd; q, ssga dollas2 snd ooas-whieh, indeed. msy b linksd ot fasesasd tQgsthss, but which in fAes nsys ass =.
 Dsmeas, in ihs ssnss sf dltasa. is . cor ruption which hos no bstsse spdscU for iss sxistsnes than ths fAet that ths sseond sYlls- bls q the word. when sspdsatsd fhon ths firss, signifies something Akia to dsbasemsat. On tho sane piineipls, sssGsiss mighl b ned q the squivalsnskof gssss'liss Ths ssss l. mean and the nsun desseaaor hsss . common signi6sasion, to ~it :bshssiosr. condnct rood or had, as the case might be. If an sducatsd man were to sst about attaching new mean ing to the verb. ,..he would see tho necessity of attaching cognats meaning to the noun. II he made: ::dsmsas signify de6ase, he mud make dsassasosr signify dsbsssssas, the sbaurdity ef which is obvious. Inc lsxicogyApheEs hayA very indiasrentlY disehasgsd their duty in ths premises. For example, Johnson giyss z de- bass" as the secondary meaning. and cites Shakespeare ss aushotity. Bus ~hsnths rsAa- er goss.behind that csrtiacats and sxaminss the autAority for himsslf Comedy ef Erofs, Act ", Scene 3-hs finds tkAt hs has noth- ine but Johnson's tpss dizis for the result. Tho ansecedsnts of the line, s :. Elss hs would nesep Q dssses himsslf," show tAat the position of Shakespearss mean ing ds5s.s by ademsan," is arbisrasiIy assumed by Johnson, because 6ehase may be sub stitutsd for sdemean" without shscting the ssass of the passage. Wsbster blindE fol- lows Johnson ss to the definition and authori- ty, but inttoducss blundsr Of his own, by d ding ( not ussd,n It certainly | " used" i" nsv- ertheless; and hence, this discussion. Woross- ter gives the same definition aad cites Dod- sridesl: and Worcsstsr is t lsast correct in his citation. But the rassags quoted il one of religious rhapsody, in which -ths writer may not have paused much spon words and. be- sidss; Doddidge may b better authority q . theologian thas as philologist
 Consequence is necessarily used in the sense of impossascs, although there is little ia com- mon between the two words Cbsssqisncs and sabssqaence have tho same origin, to vt. the Latin verb seqnor, ts follow, qualified rsspec- lively by the propositions ess and ss6 which have been adopted into the English languass sithout changssa Tho shisf clement os the two words 4hsrstoss. is sssqsssss, and shsy mean specifically . ssessl, souhsthing shas J0l- losss. On the other hand, iatpsfsuses ssisrs b thinss of momsns in shsEssIsss indspsndsnt- ly of what Sollows. Hsues thsfamiliar phrAss. .its of no coiSsqasncs,H ls salssys xsong. Yet hers, also. the ruphsn have failed in their dusy. Johnaon aiyss = sseyepsh asd final definition of eonssqssnse. .imporsanes. ssomsns' | and again eitss iHhakspsars ssrens- ously ; quoting. h support ofAis ds6pitiep, fran Macheth, Act !. Ss.a5
 1 seBut. stis s)ssnss
 And eftsntimss, to win u = our harm.
 The instruments nf dAykNess tslI ns tsuths; Win us with honsst 1i1ss. tc bstssyu n
 In dcspest senssqueses
 Where's, h that vssy sxtsset oa,squ.saes,. il ned h il pimay ssaIs, snd adsspsss is ths word thas sonysys IT. sshss q simpor tancss a sss s'sa 's
 The verb pssdissas (fssn pre and 1sso) mems simply snd sOlsly so v. to aaErn, to dsslars. etes md, SoEtanassly. no ssspaafable lexicsssphss has - 1satl1sd is siys $ my othst dssuition, so thaa shs moss q lsss ques- tiouabls asthority of .fihs d;etionarisi" an not bs oited to aastaia its cosrnptsd uss h the aenss of to Josed =. shis asgumsnt wns prsdieassd on the assumptien," i" .my opinion is prsdicassd on the belief," stc This form q speech is of daily occurlsnos in conversation, in the pulpit, It the bar, in publie messiDgs and in miscellaneous 1ight Iitelature and if it has notyat mals its appsusaaesiathsp spagss q good ~ritsA t Hndoahfsdly rjg do so snons md why Hoti
 Eia1w b n Anel0 as4oe word, having two opposite sigui6casiaps. bat vish this in eon- mOn- -shat both Of them fs1eF tO 70 ohjests and tvo on1v. t neans ass . IT. cttev e tpp in sucb phrasss q 4sitAsr Noadsy sr Tpesdays " tslther John T Rohet 1" sls. An1