He was a tree covered with thick foliage, which to the distant eye had charms, but on near inspection there was no fruit to be found; a fig-tree such as our Lord did curse; an oak such as Lucan compared Pompey to,Stat magni nominis umbra.

Rex illius terræ habet palatium nobilissimum inter omnia quæ vidi altissime stat, et gradus et scalas habet altissimos, quorum semper vnus gradus est aureus, alius argenteus:

"Stat terror animis, et cor attonitum salit, Pavidumque trepidis palpitat venis jecur.

Qui stat videat ne cadat.

Amore inconcussus stat mundus, &c. 4490.

He retired to Gray's inn, and soon removed to chambers in the Inner Temple lane, where he lived in poverty, total idleness, and the pride of literature: "Magni stat nominis umbra."

An arbitrary majority will construe the partnership articles to suit their own interests, and stat pro constitutione voluntas.

People talk of Old and New Christmas with woeful faces; and a few, more learned than their friends, cry stat nominis umbra,all which may be very true, for aught

But if I were even to allow, that a Negroe slave is not a subject, (though I think I have clearly proved that he is) yet it is plain that such an one ought not to be denied the benefit of the King's court, unless the slave-holder shall be able to prove likewise that he is not, a Man; because every man may be free to sue for, and defend his right in our courts, says a stat.

The nominative case is that form or stats of a noun or pronoun, which usually denotes the subject of a finite verb.

Adam's rule is this: "A collective noun may be joined with a verb either of the singular or of the plural number; as, Multitudo stat, or stant; the multitude stands, or stand.

Genus immortale manet, multosque per annos Stat fortuna Domus, et avi numerantur avorum.

Figures are in million dollars ($1,000,000) and are mostly for the year 1908, (Stat.

Ash Priors, a small village 1 m. N.W. of Bishop's Lydeard Stat., owes its name to the fact that it once belonged to the Priory of Taunton.

Ashbrittle, 7 m. W. of Wellington (nearest stat.

Athelney, included within the parish of Lyng (with a stat.), is the spot historically famous for having harboured Alfred in 878 when he had to escape before a sudden inroad of the Danes (see p. 12).

Babcary is a village a short distance E. of the Fosseway, 6 m. N.N.E. of Ilchester (nearest stat., Sparkford).

Barrow Gurney is a small village, prettily situated (1 m. from Flax Bourton stat.), with a church about a mile away.

Batheaston, a large parish on the Avon, 2-1/2 m. N.E. of Bath (nearest stat.

Bathford is a village 3-1/2 m. E.N.E. of Bath (nearest stat.

Brockley is a small parish on the road from Bristol to Weston (nearest stat.

c. 10, Stats. of Realm, iv, Pt.

Though by 37 Hen. VIII c. 9, sec. 3 (Stats. of Realm, iii, 996) interest up to 10 per cent.

per annum was permitted, all interest was prohibited by the 5 & 6 Ed. VI, c. 20, sec. 2 (Stats. of Realm, iv, Pt.

c. 8, sec. 4 (Stats. of Realm, iv, Pt.