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 4 SOULE & BUGBEE'S LEGAL BIBLIOGRAPHY. A VALUABLE BOOK OF REFERENCE. Soule's Synonymes. "A Dictionary of English Synonymes, and Synonymous or Parallel Expressions. Designed as a practical guide to aptness and variety of expression. By Richaj^d Soule." i2mo. Cloth, ^2.00 j half calf, ^3.50. The simplicity of arrangement, and the admirable execution of this work, have already made it a standard. To use t'ne words of a reviewer, it " is the best book of the kind extant." It should be on the desk of every lawyer who wishes to form or to preserve an accu- rate and polished style. "The main design of this Dictionary," says the author in his preface, " is to provide a ready means of assistance when one is at a loss for a word or an expression that best suits a particular turn of thought or mood of the mind, or that may obviate an ungraceful repetition. Even practised and skilful writers are sometimes embar- rassed in the endeavor to make a sentence more clear, simple, terse, or rhythmical, by the substitution of one form of diction for another. It is presumed that they, as well as novices in composition, will find the present work useful in overcoming difficulties of this sort." A specimen page is given below : — 153 Fallingr, n. 1. Decline, decay. 3. Miscarriage, failure. 3. Fault, foible, frailty, lapse, error, slip, sliortcoming, imperfection, de- ficiency, defect, weakness, infirmity, weak side, blind side. Failuro, n. 1. Deficiency, defective- ness, shortcoming. 2. Omission, neglect, fail, non-per- formance, non-observanco. 3. Miscarriage, botch, ill success, flash in the pan, labor for one's pains, losing game, wild-goose chase, sleeve- less errand. 4. Insolvency, bankruptcy, suspen- sion of payment. 5. Decay, decline, declension, loss. Fain, a. Glad, pleased, rejoiced, well- pleased. Fiiin, ad. Gladly, joyful, with pleasure, with joy. Faint, v. n. 1. Swoon, faint away. 2. Languish, grow weak, fail in vigor, lose strength. 3. Be disheartened, be discouraged, be dejected, be depressed, lose courage, be dispirited, be down-hearted, sink into dejection. Faint, a. 1. Swooning, fainting away. 3. Weak, feeble, drooping, exhausted, languid. 3. Small, little, slight, inconsiderable. 4. Dim, dull, not bright, not vivid. 5. Fearfnl, timid, timorous, cowardly, dastardly, faint-hearted. 6. Dejected, depressed, dispirited, disheartened, discouraged. Faint away, Swoon, faint. Faint-hearted, a. Timid, timorous, fearful, cowardly, dastardly, faint. Fair, a. 1. Spotless, unspotted, untar- nished, unblemished, unstained. 2. White, light, blonde. 3. Handsome, comely, beautiful. 4. Pleasant, clear, cloudless, not cloudy, not overcast. 5. Favorable, prosperous. 6. Promising, hopeful. 7. Open, distinct, plain, unobstructed, nnincumbered. S. Frank, honest, candid, ingenuous, equitable, just, honorable, upright, im- partial, unbiassed. 9. Reasonable, proper. 10. Pretty good, more than mlddUng, above mediocrity. Fair play, Justice, equity, fairness, equitablo treatment. Fair-spoken, a. Civil, courteous, oily, bland, smooth, plausible. Faii-y, n. Fay, elf, pigwidgeon. Faith, n. 1. Belief {Wa< prompts to ac- tion), credence, credit, trust, assurance, confidence, dependence, reliance. 2. Creed, persuasion, tenets, dogmas, doctrines, religion, system of religion. 3. Fidelity, faithfulness, truthful- ness, truth, constancy, loyalty. 4. Engagement, promise, word of honor. Faith, interj. [Colloquial,.] Verily, In truth, by my faith, upon my word. I Faithful, a. 1. Trustworthy, trusty, true, constant, loyal. 3. Truthful, RELIABLE, worthy of credit, worthy of belief, to be relied on. to be depended upon. 3. Exact, strict, conscientious, accu- rate, close, nice. Faithless, a. 1. Unbelieving. 2. Perfidious, treacherous, false, un- truthful, truthless. Faithlessness, n. 1. Unbelief. 2. Perfidy, treachery. Falcate, la. (Bot.) ilooked, sicklo- Falcated, ) shaped. Falchion, 11. Cimeter. Falcon, n. Hawk. Fall, V. n. 1. Drop, descend, sink, drop down. 3. Be prostrated, fall down. 3. Sink, be lowered, be depressed. 4. Decrease, decline, be diminished, become less, die away. 5. Sin, err, transgress, lapse, tiip, trespass, commit a fault, do amLss, go astray. 6. Die, perish, come to destruction. 7. Empty, disembogue, flow, be dis- charged. 8. Happen, befall, come. 9. Become {sv-k, asleep, in love, Ac). 10. Pass, be transferred. 11. Be dropped, be uttered carelessly. Fall, n. 1. Descent, dropping. 3. Tumble, falling. 3. Cataract, cascade, waterfall. 4. Extent of descent. 5. Destruction, death, iiun, tiver- throw, downfall. 6. Degradation, loss of eminence. 7. Apostasj;, loss of innocence. 8. Diminution, decrease, decline. 9. Sinking [of the voice), cadence, close. 10. Discharge (of a river), disem- boguemcnt. 11. Autumn, fall of the leaf. 13. Declivity, slope, inclinarion. Fallacious, a. Deceptive, delusive, de- ceiving, illusive, illusory, misleading, disappointing, false. Fallacy, n. i. Illusion, deception, de- ceit, delusion, mistake, error, miscon- ception, misapprehension. 3. Sophism, sophistry, deceitful ar- gument. Fall among, Come among, happen to be among, happen to be in the cnuipauy of. Fall away, 1. Pine, grow lean, be emaciated, lose flesh. 2. Backslide, apostatize, fall off. Fall back, Kecedo, retreat, give way. Fallibility, n. Frailty, imperfection. uncertainty, liability to error. Fallible, a. Frail, imperfect, weaU, ignorant, uncertain, erring, liable ro error or mistake. Fall in, 1. {Mil.) Come into line, form into ranks. 3. Concur, consent, agree, assent, acquiesce, go with the stream, go witi the current. WALLACE'S REPORTERS (NEW EDITION). We take pleasure in announcing the publication in January, 1882, of a FOURTH EDITION of this work, revised and very much enlarged by the author, with the assistance of F. F. Heard, Esq., of Boston. The last edition, published in 1855, was soon exhausted ; and such copies as have found their way into auctions or bookstores have "sold for many years at extravagant prices. The reason for the delay in pre- paring a new edition of so valuable a book is thus explained by Mr. Wallace in the preface to the forthcoming edition : — The favor which the first three editions of this work received led the author, on the appearance, A.D. 1855, of the last one, to suppose that a fourth edition might at some time, perhaps, be borne with. And, in view of such a possibility, he made, up to the summer of 1857, considerable additions to the then existing volume. Absence from the country for a considerable time from that date, and, after his return, his appointment in December term, 1863, by the Supreme Court of the United States to be the reporter of its decisions, prevented much further work on the book ; and his " revise " was pretty much forgotten. On his retire- ment from office, in 1876, after thirteen years of close labor, and the issue of twenty-three large volumes of reports, his disposition to meddle further with printers' ink and proof-sheets was not strong. The jnulta incommoda, too, which the poet tells us that advancing years bring with them, began to be felt ; among them a condition of the ej-es which rendered any severe use of them a matter desirable for him to avoid. But his book, if any new edition of it was to come forth as a publication of this day, needed a good deal to be done to it. New editions of some old Reporters had appeared since 1855. Some ancient manuscript rolls, too, had since been printed; and his lists, whether chronological or alphabetical, of Reporters were, of course, a quarter of a century behind the times. Certain minor things also — among them the verification of the references in his new matter — required to be seen to ; the whole, if receiving proper attention, needing an amount of labor and care which the author did not feel either inclined or able to give the subject. At this moment a generous friend appeared. Mr. Franklin Fiske Heard of Boston, — well known to the bar by his writings, including among them his con- tributions, through our law-periodicals, to the bibliology of the Reports, and with whom the author had long been in correspondence on that topic, — learn- ing the state of the case, Idndly offered to superintend, at Boston, the publi- cation of the revise, and to supply such deficiencies in it as are above referred to. 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