BLANK-VERSE, n. Unrhymed iambic pentameters - the most difficult kind of English verse to write acceptably; a kind, therefore, much affected by those….

True, more than a half of the green graves in the Grafton cemetery are marked "Unknown," and sometimes it occurs that one thinks of the contradiction….

All are lunatics, but he who can analyze his delusions is called a philosopher..

Historian - a broad-gauge gossip..

Here's to woman! Would that we could fold into her arms without falling into her hands..

Electricity is the power that causes all natural phenomena not known to be caused by something else.

Eulogy. Praise of a person who has either the advantages of wealth and power, or the consideration to be dead..

Accordion, n. An instrument in harmony with the sentiments of an assassin..

DEJEUNER, n. The breakfast of an American who has been in Paris. Variously pronounced..

PIGMY, n. One of a tribe of very small men found by ancient travelers in many parts of the world, but by modern in Central Africa only. The Pigmies a….

The creator and arbiter of beauty is the heart; to the male rattlesnake the female rattlesnake is the loveliest thing in nature..

Habit: A shackle for the free..

Land: A part of the earth's surface, considered as property. The theory that land is property subject to private ownership and control is the foundat….

DELEGATION, n. In American politics, an article of merchandise that comes in sets..

Rum, n. Generically, fiery liquors that produce madness in total abstainers..

K, n. A consonant; originally precisely that of our H, but altered to its present shape to commemorate the destruction of [one of two lofty columns i….

True, man does not know woman. But neither does woman..

Cynicism is that blackguard defect of vision which compels us to see the world as it is, instead of as it should be..

Dentist: a prestidigitator who, putting metal into your mouth, pulls coin out of your pocket..

PHOTOGRAPH, n. A picture painted by the sun without instruction in art. It is a little better than the work of an Apache, but not quite so good as th….

IMPALE, v.t. In popular usage, to pierce with any weapon which remains fixed in the wound . . . . properly, to put to death by thrusting an upright s….