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- Litigant. A person about to give up his skin for the hope of retaining his bones.
- A man who piously shuts himself up to meditate upon the sin of wickedness and to keep it fresh in his mind joins a brotherhood…
- REVEILLE, n. A signal to sleeping soldiers to dream of battlefields no more, but get up and have their blue noses counted.
- TAIL, n. The part of an animal's spine that has transcended its natural limitations to set up an independent existence in a world of its…
- BIRTH, n. The first and direst of all disasters. As to the nature of it there appears to be no uniformity. Castor and Pollux were…
- MANICHEISM, n. The ancient Persian doctrine of an incessant warfare between Good and Evil. When Good gave up the fight the Persians joined the victorious…
- WEATHER, n. The climate of an hour. A permanent topic of conversation among persons whom it does not interest, but who have inherited the tendency…
- RECONCILIATION, n. A suspension of hostilities. An armed truce for the purpose of digging up the dead.
- LAOCOON, n. A famous piece of antique scripture representing a priest of that name and his two sons in the folds of two enormous serpents.…
- Good-bye -- if you hear of my being stood up against a stone wall and shot to rags please know that I think that a…
- TAIL, n. The part of an animal's spine that has transcended its natural limitations to set up an independent existence in a world of its…
- ARSENIC, n. A kind of cosmetic greatly affected by the ladies, whom it greatly affects in turn. "Eat arsenic? Yes, all you get," Consenting, he…
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