=Alacrity.=

I have a kind of alacrity in sinking.
67
SHAKS.: _Mer. W. of W.,_ Act iii., Sc. 5.


=Ale.=

Then to the spicy nut-brown ale.
68
MILTON: _L'Allegro,_ Line 100.

A Rechabite poor Will must live,
And drink of Adam's ale.
69
PRIOR: _The Wandering Pilgrim._


=Alexandrine.=

A needless Alexandrine ends the song,
That, like a wounded snake, drags its slow length along.
70
POPE: _E. on Criticism,_ Pt. ii., Line 156.


=Alone.=

Alone, alone,--all, all alone;