ORATORY, n. A conspiracy between speech and action to cheat the understanding. A tyranny tempered by stenography.

Meekness: Uncommon patience in planning a revenge that is worth while.

Legitimate authority to be, to do or to have; as the right to be a king, the right to do one's neighbor, the right to have measles, and the like.

RIBALDRY, n. Censorious language by another concerning oneself.

QUOTIENT, n. A number showing how many times a sum of money belonging to one person is contained in the pocket of another - usually about as many times as it can be got there.

A single swallow, it is said, devours ten millions of insects every year. The supplying of these insects I take to be a signal instance of the Creator's bounty in providing for the lives of His creatures.

COMPULSION, n. The eloquence of power.