The days are then longer than at any other time.
_Migrate:_ To remove from one place to another; to change residence.
_Mildew:_ A disease of plants; a mould, spot, or stain in paper, cloths,
etc., caused by moisture.
_Militate:_ To oppose, to operate against.
_Millinet:_ A coarse kind of stiff muslin, formerly used for the
foundation or basis of bonnets, etc.
_Mineralogy:_ A science which treats of the inorganic natural substances
found upon or in the earth, such as earths, salts, metals, etc., and
which are called by the general name of minerals.
_Minutiae:_ The smallest particulars.
_Monasticism:_ Monastic life; religiously recluse life in a monastery or
house of religious retirement.
_Montagu, Lady Mary Wortley:_ One of the most celebrated among the
female literary characters of England. She was daughter of Evelyn,
Duke of Kingston, and was born about 1690, at Thoresby, in England She
displayed uncommon abilities at a very early age, and was educated by
the best masters in the English, Latin, Greek, and French languages.
She accompanied her husband (Edward Wortley Montagu) on an embassy to
Constantinople, and her correspondence with her friends was published
and much admired.
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