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

AFFLICTION, n. An acclimatizing process preparing the soul for another and bitter world.

TEETOTALER, n. One who abstains from strong drink, sometimes totally, sometimes tolerably totally.

Conversation: A fair for the display of the minor mental commodities, each exhibitor being too intent upon the arrangement of his own wares to observe those of his neighbor.

PHRENOLOGY, n. The science of picking the pocket through the scalp. It consists in locating and exploiting the organ that one is a dupe with.

Peace in international affairs: a period of cheating between periods of fighting

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