532 Mr, Pickering on the present state of the English languase 
ted in the oc¢avo edition of his work (of 1761) and none of the succeeding 
lexicographers have thought it worthy of notice. 
#urocium, (See Vocab.) From deference to the opinion of the reviewer here 
quoted, I have only said that some English writers use this word. But it is 
certainly in more common use than even the Anglicised term eulogy. It oc- 
curs very often in the Edinburgh Review, British Critic, and other reviews. 
FELLOW-CouUN?TRYMEN. (See F ocab.) A friend has pointed out to me an in- 
stance of the use of this word in Southey’s Life of Nelson, ii. 237. 4mer. ed. 
#1sxk ; the treasury, or exchequer. This word has been proposed by the learn- 
ed translator of Bynkershock’s Quest. Jur. Pub. as an addition to our lan- 
guage. He uses it inthe text of his author, and then has this note: “ As 
we make use of the words fiscal, confiscate, confiscation, why should we not 
adopt in America the word fisk from the Latin Jiscus, which is the root of 
all these derivatives.” Duponceau’s Bynkershoek, p. 51.(chap. vii.) The 
word has not, however, been adopted by any other American writer. 
#ioor, Used in Congress in this expression—To get the floor, that is, to ob- 
tain an opportunity of taking a part ina debate. The English say, to be in 
frossession of the House. “ Lord J. rose at the same time with the Hon. 
_ Baronet,! but the nee decided ae wee Mae Baronet was in possession 
< of the Howse,’ if aa fi | d his rig ‘ees * 7 8 in Par iament Jan. 7, 5: 
1814, as Ph oried in the reataaere 
GoveRNMENTAL. (See Vocab.) I did not think this word had ever been used 
by Znglish authors, but I find it has been, by Mr. Be/sham in his Memoirs 
of George the Third. It is, however, (with the words /iderticidal, royalism, 
and some others) condemned by the Edinburgh Reviewers, who observe— 
that these words “are slight innovations upon the English language, which 
we cannot give up to the ravages of this thirsty reformer, any more 
the English Constitution.” Z£d. Rev. vol. ii. p. 184. ; f 
To Happirr, This extraordinary word is sometimes heard from our pulpits ; > 
and a clerical friend informs me that he has seen it in some of our printed 
sermons: I never met with it in print. 
Iuprovemen?, of asermon; the conclusion, Ex. “To make sai jaigoee 
_ment of the whole,” This expression, though probably much more com- 
mon in this country than in Great Britain, is by no means peculiar to'us. In 
an English review of Sermons by the late Rev. John Drysdale, D.D- 
