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GLOSSARY.

Buster, a roistering blade; used also as a general superlative.

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Darsn't, used indiscriminately, either in singular or plural number, for dare not, dares not, and dared not. Deacon off, to give the cue to; derived from a custom, once universal, but now extinct, in our New England Congregational churches. An im

portant part of the office of deacon was to read aloud the hymns given out by the minister, one line at a time, the congregation singing each line as soon as read.

Demmercrat, leadin', one in favor of extending slavery; a free-trade lecturer maintained in the customhouse.

Desput, desperate.

Doos, does.

Doughface, a contented lick-spittle; a common variety of Northern politician.

Dror, draw.

Du, do.

Dunno, dno, do not or does not know. Dut, dirt.

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A.

A. wants his axe ground, 282.

INDEX.

A. B., information wanted concerning,

207.

Abraham (Lincoln), his constitutional
scruples, 282.

Abuse, an, its usefulness, 295.
Adam, eldest son of, respected, 185-
his fall, 301-how if he had bitten a
sweet apple? 304.

Adam, Grandfather, forged will of, 271.
Eneas goes to hell, 214.

Eolus, a seller of money, as is sup-
posed by some, 215.

Eschylus, a saying of, 199, note.
Alligator, a decent one conjectured to
be, in some sort, humane, 220.
Allsmash, the eternal, 286.
Alphonso the Sixth of Portugal, tyran-
nical act of, 221.

Ambrose, Saint, excellent (but ration-
alistic) sentiment of, 193.

"American Citizen," new compost so
called, 215.

American Eagle, a source of inspira-
tion, 196-hitherto wrongly classed,
199-long bill of, ib.
Americans bebrothered, 265.
Amos cited, 193.

Anakim, that they formerly existed,
shown, 221.

Angels providentially speak French,
189-conjectured to be skilled in all
tongues, ib.

Anglo-Saxondom, its idea, what, 188.
Anglo-Saxon mask, 188.
Anglo-Saxon race, 187.

Anglo-Saxon verse, by whom carried to
perfection, 186.

Antiquaries, Royal Society of North-
ern, 289.

Antonius, a speech of, 194-by whom
best reported, ib.

Antony of Padua, Saint, happy in his
hearers, 275.

Apocalypse, beast in, magnetic to theo-
logians, 209.

Apollo, confessed mortal by his own
oracle, 209.

Apollyon, his tragedies popular, 206.
Appian, an Alexandrian, not equal to
Shakespeare as an orator, 194.

Applause, popular, the summum bo-
num, 291.

Ararat, ignorance of foreign tongues
is an, 200.

Arcadian background, 216.

Ar c'houskezik, an evil spirit, 275.
Ardennes, Wild Boar of, an ancestor
of Rev. Mr. Wilbur, 254.
Aristocracy, British, their natural sym-
pathies, 280.
Aristophanes, 192.

Arms, profession of, once esteemed,
especially that of gentlemen, 185.
Arnold, 195.

Ashland, 216.

Astor, Jacob, a rich man, 211.

Astræa, nineteenth century forsaken
by, 215.

Athenians, ancient, an institution of,

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