RIDICULE, n. Words designed to show that the person of whom they are uttered is devoid of the dignity of character distinguishing him who utters them.
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LAUREATE, adj. Crowned with leaves of the laurel. In England the Poet Laureate is an officer of the sovereign's court, acting as dancing skeleton at every royal feast and singing-mute at every royal funeral.
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A funeral is a pageant whereby we attest our respect for the dead by enriching the undertaker.
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HABEAS CORPUS. A writ by which a man may be taken out of jail when confined for the wrong crime.
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MATERIAL, adj. Having an actual existence, as distinguished from an imaginary one. Important.
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