Wake snakes, to get into troubɩe. Wal, well; spoken with great deliberation, and sometimes with the a very much flattened, sometimes (but more seldom) very much broadened. Wannut, walnut, (hickory.) Ware, where. Ware, were.
Whopper, an uncommonly large lie; as, that General Taylor is in favor of the Wilmot Proviso.
Wig, Whig; a party now dis-
solved.
Wunt, will not.
Wus, worse.
Wut, what.
Wuth, worth; as, Antislavery perfessions 'fore 'lection ains wuth a Bungtown copper. Wuz was, sometimes were.
Antonius, a speech of, 181-by
whom best reported, ib.
Apocalypse, beast in, magnetic
to theologians, 222.
Apollo, confessed mortal by his
own oracle, 222.
Apollyon, his tragedies popular,
212.
Appian, an Alexandrian, not
equal to Shakspeare as an
orator, 181.
Ararat, ignorance of foreign
tongues is an, 193.
Arcadian background, 243.
Aristophanes, 175.
Arms, profession of, once es-
teemed, especially that of
gentlemen, 154.
Arnold, 183.
Ashland, 243.
Astor, Jacob, a rich man, 230.
Astræa, nineteenth century for
saken by, 240.
Athenians, ancient, an institu-
tion of, 182.
Atherton, Senator, envies the
loon, 201.
Austin, St., profane wish of,
184, note.
Aye-Aye, the, an African ani-
mal, America supposed to be
settled by, 167.
Babel, probably the first Con-
gress, 199-a gabble-mill. ib.
Baby, a low-priced one, 235.
Bagowind, Hon. Mr., whether
to be damned, 203.
Baldwin apples, 259.
Baratarias, real or imaginary,
which most pleasant, 240.
Barnum, a great natural cu-
riosity recommended to, 189.
Barrels, an inference from see-
ing, 259.
Bâton Rouge, 243-strange pe-
culiarities of laborers at, 244.
Baxter, R., a saying of, 177.
Bay, Mattysqumscot, 254.
Bay State, singular effect pro-
duced on military officers by
leaving it, 164.
Beast, in Apocalypse, a load-
stone for whom, 222.
Beelzebub, his rigadoon, 201.
Behmen, his letters not letters,
216.
Bellers, a saloon-keeper, 248
-inhumanly refuses credit
to a presidential candidate,
ib.
Biglow, Ezekiel, his letter to
Hon. J. T. Buckingham, 147
-never heard of any one
named Mundishes, 148-
nearly fourscore years old, ib.
-his aunt Keziah, a notable
saying of, 149.
Biglow, Hosea, excited by com-
position, 148-a poem by, 149,
207-his opinion of war, 150
-wanted at home by Nancy,
152-recommends a forcible
enlistment of warlike editors,
ib.-would not wonder, if
generally agreed with, ib.-
versifies letter of Mr. Sawin,
155-a letter from, 156, 198
-his opinion of Mr. Sawin,
157-does not deny fun at
Cornwallis, 158, note-his
idea of militia glory, 160, note
-a pun of, 161, note-is un-
certain in regard to people
of Boston, ib.-had never
heard of Mr. John P. Robin-
son, 169-aliquid sufflami
nandus, 170-his poems at-
tributed to a Mr. Lowell, 174
-is unskilled in Latin, 175-
his poetry maligned by some,
ib.-his disinterestedness, ib.
-his deep share in common-
weal, 176-his claim to the
presidency, ib.—his mowing,
ib.-resents being called
Whig, 177-opposed to tariff,
ib.-obstinate, ib.-infected
with peculiar notions, ib.-
reports a speech, 181-emu-
lates historians of antiquity,
ib.-his character sketched
from a hostile point of view,
192-a request of his com-
plied with, 205-appointed at
a public meeting in Jaalam,
217-confesses ignorance, in
one minute particular, of
propriety, ib.-his opinion of
cocked hats, ib.-letter to,
ib.-called Dear Sir," by
a general, ib.-probably re-
ceives same compliment from
two hundred and nine, ib.-
picks his apples, 259-his
crop of Baldwins conjectu-
rally large, ib.
Billings, Dea. Cephas, 158.
Birch, virtue of, in instilling
certain of the dead languages,
238.
Bird of our country sings ho-
sanna, 160.
Blind, to go it, 235.
Blitz, pulls ribbons from his
mouth, 160.
Bluenose potatoes, smell of,
eagerly desired, 161.
Bobtail obtains a cardinal's
hat, 168.
Bolles, Mr. Secondary, author
of prize peace essay, 159-
presents sword to Lieutenant-
Colonel, ib.-a fluent orator,
ib.-found to be in error,
161.
Bonaparte, N., a usurper,
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