HOURI, n. A comely female inhabiting the Mohammedan Paradise to make things cheery for the good Mussulman, whose belief in her existence marks a noble discontent with his earthly spouse, whom he denies a soul. By that good lady the Houris are said to be held in deficient esteem.
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EPICURE, n. An opponent of Epicurus, an abstemious philosopher who, holding that pleasure should be the chief aim of man, wasted no time in gratification from the senses.
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BENEDICTINES, n. An order of monks otherwise known as black friars.She thought it a crow, but it turn out to be A monk of St. Benedict croaking a text.Here's one of an order of cooks, said she --Black friars in this world, fried black in the next. --The Devil on Earth (London, 1712)
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GRAPESHOT, n. An argument which the future is preparing in answer to the demands of American Socialism.
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DISABUSE, v.t. The present your neighbor with another and better error than the one which he has deemed it advantageous to embrace.
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CARTESIAN, adj. Relating to Descartes, a famous philosopher, author of the celebrated dictum, Cogito ergo sum --whereby he was pleased to suppose he demonstrated the reality of human existence. The dictum might be improved, however, thus Cogito cogito ergo cogito sum --I think that I think, therefore I think that I am as close an approach to certainty as any philosopher has yet made.
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