Descent is the title whereby a man, on the death of his ancestor, acquires his estate, by right of representation, as his heir at law.

the mastful chesnut mates the skies

She has wisely limited her treatment to the British Isles, which contain a sufficient variety of supernatural beings to satisfy the most compulsive collector of arcanities.

And I will be bold to ſay my two girls have had a pretty good education, and capacity, … they underſtand their needle, breadſtitch, croſs and change, and all manner of plain-work; they can pink, point, and frill; …