MONSIGNOR- A high ecclesiastical title, of which the Founder of our religion overlooked the advantages.

Fear has no brains; it is an idiot. The dismal witness that it bears and the cowardly counsel that it whispers are unrelated.

BEG, v. To ask for something with an earnestness proportioned to the belief that it will not be given.

Learning -the kind of ignorance affected by (and affecting) civilized races, as distinguished from ignorance, the sort of learning incurred by savages. See nonsense.

Damning, with bell, book and candle / Some sinner whose opinions are a scandal. / A rite permitting Satan to enslave him / Forever, and forbidding Christ to save him.

SORCERY, n. The ancient prototype and forerunner of political influence. It was, however, deemed less respectable and sometimes was punished by torture and death.

CLERGYMAN, n. A man who undertakes the management of our spiritual affairs as a method of better his temporal ones.