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21. "Come down," disburse; also rendered in the vernacular by "fork
out." etc. Id.
22. "Cove," swain. "Alexis shunn'd his fellow SWAINS."--PRIOR. See
also SHENSTONE PASSIM.
23. "Mull'd," equivalent to "wreck'd," a term of pathos.
24. "Kinchin-bud," infant-bud. Metaph.; moreover, very tender, sweet,
and touching, as regards the idea.
25. "My tulip," a term of endearment. "Fairest FLOWER, all flowers
excelling."ODE TO A CHILD: COTTON.
26. "The bucket kick," pleonasm for die; as, "to breathe life's latest
sigh."--"To yield the soul,"--"the breath,"--or, UT APUD ANTIQ. "Animam
expirare," seu "efflare," etc.
27. "Chouse," cheat. Syn.
28. "Cutting . . . our stick." Pleon. ut supra.
29. "Here's unto mine!" A form of speech analogous to "Have at
thee."--SHAKESPEARE, and the dramatists generally.
30. "Oh, my eye!" an interjectional phrase, tantamount to "Oh,
heavens!" "Merciful powers!" etc.
31. "Cold crib," cold bed. "Go to thy cold bed and warm thee."--SHAK.
32. "Draw it mild," etc. Metaph. for "Rule your passions, and beware!"
I doubt not that it will be admitted by your judicious readers that I
have substantiated my case. Our monarchical institutions may preserve
our native tongue for a time, but if it does not become, at no very
distant period, as strange a medley as that of the American is at
present--to use the expressive but peculiar idiom of that
people--"IT'S A PITY."
I am, sir, etc., P.
EPITAPH ON A LOCOMOTIVE.
BY THE SOLE SURVIVOR OF A DEPLORABLE ACCIDENT (NO BLAME TO BE
ATTACHED
TO ANY SERVANTS OF THE COMPANY).
PUNCH.
Collisions four
Or five she bore,
The Signals wor in vain;