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Beg, V. To Ask For Something With An Earnestness Proportioned To The Belief That It Will Not Be Given.

Diary, N. A Daily Record Of That Part Of One's Life, Which He Can Relate To Himself Without Blushing.

Reconciliation, N. A Suspension Of Hostilities. An Armed Truce For The Purpose Of Digging Up The Dead.

Opera, N. A Play Representing Life In Another World, Whose Inhabitants Have No Speech But Song, No Motions But Gestures And No Postures But Attitudes.

Debt, N. An Ingenious Substitute For The Chain And Whip Of The Slavedriver.