REALISM, n. The art of depicting nature as it is seem by toads. The charm suffusing a landscape painted by a mole, or a story written by a measuring-worm.

Birth: The first and direst of all disasters.

Least said is soon disavowed.

INDIFFERENT, adj. Imperfectly sensible to distinctions among things.

HOMŒOPATHIST, n. The humorist of the medical profession.

Noise: a stench in the ear.

RECREATION, n. A particular kind of dejection to relieve a general fatigue.