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The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction - Volume 13, No. 358, February 28, 1829 by Various
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chin, the smiles that win, the ruby lips, where the bee sips, &c. &c.;
the whole amount being transferred to their private account from the
public stock.

_Resignation_.--Giving up a place.

_A Heathen_.--An infidel to the tenets of ton, a Goth; a monster; a
vulgar wretch. One who eats twice of soup, swills beer, _takes_ wine,
knows nothing about ennui, dyspepsia, or peristaltic persuaders, and does
not play ecarté; a creature--nobody.

_Vice_.--An instrument made use of by ladies in _netting_ for the purpose
of securing their work.

_A Martyr_.--A gentleman subject to the gout.

_Temperate_.----Quiet, an epithet applied only to horses.

_Bore_.--A country acquaintance, or relation, a leg of mutton, a
hackney-coach, &c., children, or a family party.

_Love_.--Admiration of a large fortune.

_Courage_.--Shooting a fellow creature, perhaps a friend, from the fear
of being thought a coward.

_Christmas_.--That time of year when tradesmen, and boys from school,
become troublesome.

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