IMPENITENCE, n. A state of mind intermediate in point of time between sin and punishment.

A subsidiary Deity designed to catch the overflow and surplus of the world's worship . . . . [H]is master works for the means wherewith to purchase the idle wag of the Solomonic tail, seasoned with a look of tolerant recognition.

Creditor. One of a tribe of savages dwelling beyond the Financial Straits and dreaded for their desolating incursions.

HIBERNATE, v. i. To pass the winter season in domestic seclusion. There have been many singular popular notions about the hibernation of various animals. Many believe that the bear hibernates during the whole winter and subsists by mechanically sucking its paws. It is admitted that it comes out of its retirement in the spring so lean that it has to try twice before it can cast a shadow.

Life - a spiritual pickle preserving the body from decay.

An old wine-bibber having been smashed in a railway collision, some wine was poured on his lips to revive him.

Opportunity: A favorable occasion for grasping a disappointment.