An old wine-bibber having been smashed in a railway collision, some wine was poured on his lips to revive him.
Achievement; the death of endeavor and the birth of disgust.
Architect. One who drafts a plan of your house, and plans a draft of your money.
Rhubarb: essence of stomach ache.
Cat: a soft indestructible automaton provided by nature to be kicked when things go wrong in the domestic circle.
APHORISM, n. Predigested wisdom. The flabby wine-skin of his brain Yields to some pathologic strain, And voids from its unstored abysm The driblet of an aphorism. "The Mad Philosopher," 1697