en lies
A _league_ of grass, washed by a slow broad stream,
That, stirred with _languid pulses_ of the oar,
Waves all its lazy _lilies_, and creeps on,
Barge laden, to three _arches_ of a bridge,
_Crowned_ with the _minster-towers_.

PART V.--MISCELLANEOUS DERIVATIVES.

I.--WORDS DERIVED FROM THE NAMES OF PERSONS.

1.--NOUNS.

AT'LAS, _a collection of maps bound together_: "Atlas," a fabled giant who,
according to the Greek notion bore the earth upon his shoulders.

ACAD'EMY, _a superior grade school, a society of learned men_: "Academus,"
a Greek in whose garden near Athens Plato taught.

AMMO'NIA, _the pungent matter of smelling salts_: "Jupiter Ammon," near
whose temple in Libya it was originally obtained.

BAC'CHANAL, _one who indulges in drunken revels_: "Bacchus," the god of
wine.

BOW'IE KNIFE, _an American weapon_: Colonel "Bowie," the inventor.

BRAGGADO'CIO, _a vain boaster_: "Braggadochio," a boastful character in
Spenser's Faery Queen.

BUD'DHISM, _a wide-spread Asiatic religion_: "Buddha," a Hindoo sage who
lived about 1000 B.C.

CAL'VINISM, _the doctrines of Calvin_: "Calvin," a Swiss theologian of the
16th century.

CAMEL'LIA, _a genus of evergreen shrubs_: "Camelli," a Spaniard who brought
them from Asia.

CICERO'NE (sis e-ro'ne or chi che-ro'-ne), _a guide_: "Cicero," the Roman
orator.

CINCHO'NA, _Peruvian bark_: Countess "Cinchona," wife of a Spanish governor
of Peru (17th century). By means of this medicine she was cured of an
intermittent fever, and after her return to Spain she aided in the
diffusion of the remedy.

DAGUERRE'OTYPE, _a picture produced on a metal plate_: "Daguerre," the
inventor (1789-1851).

DAHL'IA, _a garden plant_: "Dahl," a Swedish botanist.

DUNCE, _a dull, slow-witted person_: "Duns Scotus," a subtle philosopher of
the 13th century. His method of reasoning was very popular in the schools
during the Middle Ages, and a very skillful hair-splitter was called a
Dunse; but at last, through the influence of the antagonists of the
philosopher, the word passed into a term of reproach.

EP'ICURE, _one fond of good living_: "Epicurus," a Greek philosopher who
was said to teach that pleasure is the chief good.

FAH'RENHEIT, _a thermometer that marks the freezing-point of water at_ 32 deg.
(which is different from both the centigrade and the Reaumur thermometer):
"Fahrenheit," the inventor.

FUCHSIA (fu'si-a), _a genus of flowering plants_: "