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Show TH ©i ‘Show us the youthful handfome charioteer Firm in his feat, and running his career Prior Cuarror racE. 2 /. [from chariot an race.] A {port anciently ufed, wher chariots were driven for the prize, a now horfes run There is a wonderful vigour and fpirit in th defcription of the horfe and chariot race CuA'RITABLE Addifon adj. [charitable, Fr. fro charité. 1, Kind in giving alms poor liberal to th He that hinders a charitable perfon' from givin alms to a poor man, is tied to reftitution, if he hindered him by fraud or violence. Taylor's Holy Liv Shortly thou wilt behold me poor, and kneelin Before thy charitable door for bread Rowve How fhall we then wifh, that it might be allowe us to live over our lives again, in order to fill'ever minute of them with charitable offices | Atterbury Health to himfelf, and to his infants bread ‘The lab'rer bears : what his hard heart denies His charitable vanity fupplies Pope 2. Kind in judging of others; difpofed t tendernefs ; benevolent How had-you been my friends elfe ? Why hav you that chbaritab/etitle from thoufands, did you no chiefly belong to my heart Shakefpeare's Timon Of a politick fermon that had no divinity, th king faid to bifhop Andrews, Call you this a fermon ? The bithop anfwered, By a charitable conftruétion it may be a fermon Bacon CHA'RITABLY. adv. [from charity. 1. Kindly; liberally; with inclination t help the poor 2. Benevolently ; without malignity Nothing will more enable us to bear our crof patiently, injuries charitably, and the labour of religion comfortably Taylor >Tis beft fometimes your cenfure to reftrain And charitably let the dull be vain Pope CHARITY Lat.]: . [charité, Fr. charitas Of father, fon, and brother, firft were known Milton 2. Goodwill ; benevolence ; difpofition t think well of others My errours, I hope, are onlyithofe of charity t mankind 5 and fuch as my own charity has caufe me to commit, that of others may more eafily exDryden 3. The theological virtue of univerfal love the final object whereof i that incomprehenfible beauty which fhineth in th «countenance of Chrifty the Son of the living God Hovker Peace, peace, for thame, if not for charity =Urge neither charity nor thame to me Uncharitably with me have you dealt. Shakefpeare Only ad Deeds to thy knowledge anfwerable5 add faith Add virtue, patience, temperance; add love By name to come call'd charity, the fou Of all the reft Milton Faith believes the revelations of Godj hope'ex pects his promifes; charity loves his excellencie and mercies Taylor But lafting charity's more ample {way Nor bound by time, nor fubjeét to decay In happy triumph fhall for ever live Prior Charity, or a love of God, which works by a lov of our neighbour, is greater than faith or hope Atterbury 4. Liberality to the poor The heathen poet, in commendin ‘We muft incline to the king; I will look fo him, and privily relieve him go you and maintain talk with the duke, that my charity be not of hi Shaks[pearc perceived The ant did well to reprove the grafshopper fo her flothfulnefs; but fhe did ill then to refufe her L' Eftrange charity in her diftrefs 1 never had the confidence to beg a charity. Dryd To Cuark w. a. To burn to a blac cinder, as woodis burned to make charcoal a ma Excefs either with ‘an apoplexy knock on the head, or with a fever, like fire in a ftrongwater fhop, burns him dow to the ground ; or, i it flames not out, ¢harks him to a coal Grew's Cofmologia Sacra CHA'RLATAN. . /. [charlatan, Fr. ciarlatano to chatter.] Ital. from ciarlere A quack; a mountebank; an empirick Saltimbanchoes quackfalvers an charlatans deceive them in lower degrees. Brogva's Vilg. Err For charlatans can do no good Until they're mounted in a crowd. . Hudibras CuARLATA'NICAL. adj. [ from charlatan. Quackifh; ignorant cowardly foldier an a charlatanical do&or are the principal fubjets of comedy Cozvley. CHA'RLATANRY, 7. /. [from charlatan. Wheedling; deceit ; cheating with fai words CuarrLEs's-waIn Th # / norther conftellation, called the Bear There are feven ftars in Urfa minor, and i Charles's-avainy or Plauftrum of Urfa major, feven Brown's Vulger Errours CrA'RLOCK. #./. A weed growing amon the corn with a yellow flower. Itis fpecies of Mithridate muftard CHARM n. /. [charme, Fr La carmen tin. the charit of Dido to the Trojans, fpoke like a chriftian Dryden 1 never kne Let fall thy blade on vulnerable crefts 1 bear a charmed life, which muft not yield Shakelsea To one of woman born 2. To make powerful by charms 3. To {ummon by incantation Upon my knee I charm you by my once commended beaut By all your vows of love, and that great vo Which did incorporate and make us one. Shalefy 4~ 'To fubdue by fom amaz fecret power; ( to overpower a woma f{o dote upo a man furely I think you have charms.--Not I, I affur thee; fetting the attraction of my good parts afide Shake[peare I have no other charms There have been ufed, either barbarous words of no fenfe, left they fhould difturb the imagination ; or words of fimilitude, that may fecond an feed the imagination = and this was ever as wel in heathen charms, as in charms of later times Bacon Alcyone he names amidft his pray'rs Names as a charz againft the waves and wind Moft in his mouth, and ever in his mind. Dryden Antaus could, by magick charms Recover ftrength whene'er he fell Savift 2. Something of power to fubdue oppofition, and gain the affeions ; fomethin that can pleafe irrefiftibly Well founding verfes are the charm we ufe Heroick thoughts and virtue to infufe. Rofcommon Nor ever hope the queen of lov Will e'ex thy fav'rite's charms improve Prior To fam'd Apelles when young Amnon brough ‘The darling idol of his captive heart And the pleas'd nymph with kind attention fat To have her charms recorded by his art #aller But what avail her unexhaufted ftores Her blooming mountains, and her funny fhores With all the gifts that heaven and earth impart The fmiles of nature, and the charms of art ‘While proud oppreflion in her vallies reigns And tyranny ufurps her happy plains 7o CHARM. @. ¢. [from the noun. Addifon 1. To fortify with charms againft evil I, in mine own woe charm'd Could not find death, where I did hear him groa Nor feel him where he ftruck Sbakg{}cm Mufick the fierceft grief can charm Pope ‘5. To fubdue the mind by pleafure = *'['is your grace ‘That from my mutelt confcience to my tongu Charms this report out Amoret Sbm'eg@mrg my lovely foe Tell me where thy ftrength does lie Where the pow'r that charms us fo In thy foul, er in thy eye Charm by accepting, by fubmitting fiway m/[{f- Papt Chloe thus the foul alarm'd Aw'd without fenfe, and without beauty charm'd 1'0}5 Cra'rMED. adj Arcadi Enchanted was the charmed circles where all hi fpirits for ever fhould be enchanted We implore thy powerful hand To undo the charmed ban Of true virgin here diftrefled Sidney Miltat Cua"RMER. 7. /. [from charm. 1.-One that kas the power of charmso enchantments That handkerchie Did an Egyptian to my mother give She was a charmery and could almoft rea The thoughts of people Shakefpeare The paffion you pretended, Was only to obtain But when the charm is ended Dryden The charmer you difdain gined to have fome occult or unintelli{ gible power By thee Founded in reafon, loyal, juft, and pure Relations dear, and all the charitie Concerning charity 5. Alms ; relief given to the poot 1. Words, or philtres, or charatters, ima: 1. Tendernefs ; kindnefs ; love cufe CH 2. Word of endearment among lovers. CHA'RMING. particip. adj. [from charm. Pleafing in the higheft degree For ever all goodnefs will be charming, for eve Spratt all wickednefs will be moft odious in the firft op'ning page O charming youth Dryder So many graces in fo green an ag CuHA'RMINGLY [from charming. adv In fuch a manner as to pleafe exceed ingly She fmiled very charmingly, and difcovered 2 Addifon fine a fet of teeth as ever eye beheld CHA'RMINGNESS. 7. /. [from charming. The power of pleafing CHA'RNEL. adj. [charnel, Fr.] Containing fleth, or carcaffes Such are thofe thick and gloomy fhadows damp M[ Oft found in charnel vaults and fepulchre Ling'ring, and fitting by a new made grave. A CHA'RNEL-HOUSE fro caro #. /i [charniers F carnis, Latin. The Pl:}i th under churches where the bones o dead are repofited If charnel-houfes and our graves muft fen Thofe, that we bury, back; our monument Sba&dfl'""r Shall be the maws of kites When they were in thofe cbarnzl-.baufis, ever one was placed in order, and a black pillar orqcok fet by him CHART. . /. [charta, Lat. A d:fmo ation or map of coafts, for th failors l‘?'.v ule: It is diftinguifhed f;tom a mep by reprefenting only the coalts le The Portuguefe, when they s had dou fin }ifio;ica Cape of Good Hope, found filful " |