9. Vague (pro. vag), indefinite. Pre-sumed', pushed upon or
intruded in an impudent manner.

XCVIII. THE LIGHT OF OTHER DAYS.

Thomas Moore (b. 1779. d. 1852) was born in Dublin, Ireland, and he was
educated at Trinity College in that city. In 1799, he entered the Middle
Temple, London, as a student of law. Soon after the publication of his
first poetical productions, he was sent to Bermuda in an official
capacity. He subsequently visited the United States. Moore's most famous
works are: "Lalla Rookh," an Oriental romance, 1817; "The Loves of the
Angels," 1823; and "Irish Melodies," 1834; a "Life of Lord Byron," and
"The Epicurean, an Eastern Tale." "Moore's excellencies," says Dr. Angus,
"consist in the gracefulness of his thoughts, the wit and fancy of his
allusions and imagery, and the music and refinement of his versification."

1. Oft in the stilly night
Ere slumber's chain has bound me,
Fond memory brings the light
Of other days around me:
The smiles, the tears
Of boyhood's years,
The words of love then spoken;
The eyes that shone,
Now dimmed and gone,
The cheerful hearts now broken!
Thus in the stilly night
Ere slumber's chain has bound me,
Sad memory brings the light
Of other days around me.

2. When I remember all
The friends so linked together
I've seen around me fall
Like leaves in wintry weather,
I feel like one
Who treads alone
Some banquet hall deserted,
Whose lights are fled
Whose garlands dead,
And all but he departed.
Thus in the stilly night
Ere slumber's chain has bound me,
Sad memory brings the light
Of other days around me.

XCIX. A CHASE IN THE ENGLISH CHANNEL.

James Fenimore Cooper (b. 1789, d. 1851). This celebrated American
novelist was born in Burlington, N.J. His father removed to the state of
New York about 1790, and founded Cooperstown, on Otsego Lake. He studied
three years at Yale, and then entered the navy as a common sailor. He
became a midshipman in 1806, and was afterwards promoted to the rank of
lieutenant; but he left the service in 1811. His first novel,
"Precaution," was published in 1819; his best work, "The Spy," a tale of
the Revolutionary War, in 1821. The success of "The Spy" was almost
unprecedented, and its author at once took rank among the most popular
writers of the day. "The Pilot" and "The Red Rover" are consi