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Nectar, n.
[_]
A drink served at banquets of the Olympian deities. The secret of its preparation is lost, but the modern Kentuckians believe that they come pretty near to a knowledge of its chief ingredient.
[Juno drank a cup of nectar]
Juno drank a cup of nectar,But the draught did not affect her.
Juno drank a cup of rye—
Then she bade herself good-bye.
J. G.
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Nose, n.
[_]
The extreme outpost of the face. From the circumstance that great conquerors have great noses, Getius, whose writings antedate the age of humor, calls the nose the organ of quell. It has been observed that one's nose is never so happy as when thrust into the affairs of another, from which some physiologists have drawn the inference that the nose is devoid of the sense of smell.
[There's a man with a Nose]
There's a man with a Nose,
And wherever he goes
The people run from him and shout:
“No cotton have we
For our ears if so be
He blow that interminous snout!”
And wherever he goes
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“No cotton have we
For our ears if so be
He blow that interminous snout!”
So the lawyers applied
For injunction. “Denied,”
Said the Judge: “the defendant prefixion,
Whate'er it portend,
Appears to transcend
The bounds of this court's jurisdiction.”
For injunction. “Denied,”
Said the Judge: “the defendant prefixion,
Whate'er it portend,
Appears to transcend
The bounds of this court's jurisdiction.”
Arpad Singiny.
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