That set must have been a darling when it was new, but there's only just a speck of blue left and the gilt is every bit gone.

A lawless set of young men and boys were Ward's agents, although his connection with them was never made very apparent, and had committed various depredations upon the old man; until one night they made a raid upon his premises, cut down several fruit-trees, filled up his spring, tore down his old barn, and committed various acts of trespass of a grave character.

The whole complex set of statements about the Being, good or bad, sublime or silly, are equally Myths, it may be urged.

They're in there week days jest the same as Sunday; I declare, I really think our haircloth set is showin' signs o' wear!

There can be little entertainment in such books; one set of Savages is like another.' BOSWELL.

The most important set of observations (of planets) was a series of measures of Saturn in four directions, at the time when his ring had disappeared.

One set has been the root of a goodly tree: the other set is being lopped off, like the parasitic mistletoe.

'One set of savages is like another,' iv.

Set was the son of Seb and Nut, and the husband of Nephthys.

In all probability, this precedent will be widely followed, and a set of waxen phonographic cylinders will be a familiar feature in the list of presents at every wedding of any pretensions to smartness.

THE YOUNGER SET is the second of Mr. Chambers's society novels.

A set of weights and pulleys, a pair of parallel bars, two suspended rings, and a leaping-pole are all the necessary permanent fixtures.

'A thieving set of magpies is all them Saunderscadgin 'ere and cadgin there.'

A set of good studs, a gold watch and guard, and one handsome ring, are as many ornaments as a gentleman can wear with propriety.

The first set of presents were big brocade bags, and we called one our "pot au feu" and pretended it was for the ingredients to make bon ménage, and so all the presents that were small enough afterwards we put in there to keep for me.

"A set of knives and forks was the largest item entered on the bill," says Mr. Jones; "the other items were needles, pins, thread, buttons, and other little domestic necessities.

The cheap painted chamber-sets are holiday adorning by the side of the cherry and pine in the bedrooms of his family.

When from the agonizing weight of grief He raised his eyes upon the world again, We showed him how his thoughts might find relief From the uncertain present's heavy chain, Gave his fresh-kindled mind a respite brief, With kindly skill beguiling every pain, And e'en at eve when setting was his sun, From his wan cheeks a gentle smile we won.

(The perfectly square set of the wings as the bird sails is a pretty strong mark, at no matter what distance.)

Set, or Typhon, the brother of Osiris, was the personification of evil.

Very well; but one set, the loftier set, is fitter to survive, and does survive, in what we still commonly call Religion; while the other set, the puerile set of statements, is fairly near to extinction, and is usually called Mythology.

But it appeared to him to have been the intention of Providence, from the very beginning, that one set of men should be slaves to another.

This set of books is an attempt to consult, more closely, and in greater detail than the usual guide-books do, the needs of visitors to the cathedral towns.