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'The word ero1der, has nearly slided from our dictionaries in consequence of change in its sig ni6eaon. for which reason it is seldom used by wri- ters, and therefore has escaped the notice of Lex ieossphefs. Il IS, however, still retained in the spoken language, and since in its present applica- ioa is word of mach force, should not be neglec- ted. h the time of Sir PhliP Sidney it meant bal lad dsingeT. since he speaks ofa blind crowder sing ing the ballad of Chsvy Chase. According to Mir Walker, ? crowder is fiddler. But in neither of

 these senses is it understood by the present genera ton. When we now hear one spoken os as

 ercsodT. ~e have presented before us the ldea of a being extraordinary CT whimsical, and in its higher sense hos, within himself