Section F, G and H

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"Section F, G and H"

-- To fall
away. (a) To lose flesh; to become lean
or emaciated; to pine. (b) To renounce or
desert allegiance; to revolt or rebel. (c)
To renounce or desert the faith; to apostatize. "These . . .
for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away."
Luke viii. 13. (d) To perish; to vanish;
to be lost. "How . . . can the soul . . . fall away into
nothing?" Addison. (e) To decline
gradually; to fade; to languish, or become faint. "One color
falls away by just degrees, and another rises insensibly."
Addison. -- To fall back.
(a) To recede or retreat; to give way.
(b) To fail of performing a promise or purpose;
not to fulfill. -- To fall back upon.
(a) (Mil.) To retreat for safety to (a
stronger position in the rear, as to a fort or a supporting body of
troops). (b) To have recourse to (a reserved
fund, or some available expedient or support). -- To
fall calm, to cease to blow; to become calm.

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Notes and Queries, Number 01, November 3, 1849 (page 12) First and Last Things (page 71) Words of Cheer for the Tempted, the Toiling, and the Sorrowing (page 328)

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