without a regulator-a voluntary martyr refusing heaven's best gift-a fruitless blossom on the tree of life-a ship without a rudder, dashed by the waves of despair on the rocks of desolation - sometimes a gilded peg for aspiring relatives to hang their hopes on.

A perturbed spirit, which marriage only can exorcise.

A man of many sorrows, who rises in the morning only to go to bed again at night.

An oak free from ivy; a mule who shirks his regular load; a wild goose in the air, much abused by tame geese in the farm-yard.

A useless appendage of society; a poltroon, afraid to marry lest his wife should become his mistress, and generally finishes by converting his mistress into a wife.

Bait.

One animal impaled upon a hook, in order to torture a second, for the amusement of a third.

Balloon.

A silk bag, with gas in its belly, and a dupe at its tail. A scientific castle in the air.

Ball-Room.

A hot-house for growing artificial manners; the camp of modern Amazons.

Bamboozle.

To address compliments to a jury, a plain woman, or a rich fool.

Bank.

A hospital for congested wealth.

Bargains.

A wise man will foresee inconveniences before he makes his bargain, and an honest man will stand to his bargain, notwithstanding all his inconveniences.-H. Marten.

Bashfulness.

The glow of the angel in woman.

C

Battle.

Spirit of light and life! when battle rears
Her fiery brow, and her terrific spears;
When red-mouth'd cannon to the clouds uproar,
And gasping thousands make their beds in gore ;
While in the billowy bosom of the air,

Roll the dread notes of anguish and despair!
Unseen thou walk'st upon the smoking plain,
And hear'st each groan that gurgles from the slain !
R. Montgomery.

Beauty.

Without the smile from partial beauty won,

O what were man ?—a world without a sun!-Campbell. - The form of Marie Antoinette haunts the groves of Versailles, and makes them sacred,-I say "the form," because it is her beauty, real or imputed, which weaves the spell, and moulds her misfortunes into images of grace. How shallow and false is the notion that personal beauty is a frail and fleeting thing. It triumphs over wisdom and virtue, not only in life but in death, redeems or veils both folly and crime, and sweetens the saddest passages of history.— Talfourd.

Beauty is seldom fortunate when great;

A vast estate, but overcharged with debt.

Hard is the task, and bold the adventurous flight
Of him who dares in praise of beauty write;

For when to that high theme our thoughts ascend,
'Tis to detract-too poorly to commend.
And he, who praising beauty does no wrong,
May boast to be successful in his song;
But when the fair themselves approve its lays,
And one accepts, and one vouchsafes to praise,
His wide ambition knows no further bound,
Nor can his muse with brighter fame be crown'd.

Congreve.

– An ancient impertinent rhyme divides female beauty into four orders, as follows:

Long and lazy, little and loud,

Fair and foolish, dark and proud.

Arrant scandal! The following is the true reading :
Tall and splendid, little and neat,

Fair and pleasant, dark and sweet.

Or, the exact translation :

High and beauteous, little and witty,

Fair and lovely, dark and pretty.

Stars fall to fetch fresh light from her rich eyes;
Her bright brow drives the sun to clouds beneath;
Her hair's reflex, with red streaks paints the skies;
Sweet morn and evening dew falls from her breath.

Nash.

Remember, that if thou marry for beauty, thou bindest thyself all thy life for that which, perchance, will neither last nor please thee one year; and when thou hast it, it will be to thee of no price at all-for the desire dieth when it is attained, and the affection perisheth when it is satisfied.

There's beauty all around our paths,

If but our watchful eyes

Can trace it midst familiar things,

And through their lowly guise.-Hemans.

- All orators are dumb when beauty pleadeth.-Shakespere.

THIRTY REQUISITES OF BEAUTY.

Thirty points of perfection each judge understands, The standard of feminine beauty demands:

Three white-and, without further prelude, we know That the skin, hands, and teeth, should be pearly as snow. Three black-and our standard departure forbids

From dark eyes, darksome tresses, and darkly-fringed lids ;
Three red-and the lover of comeliness seeks

For the hue of the rose in the lips, nails, and cheeks.
Three long :—and of this you no doubt are aware ;
Long the body should be, long the hands, long the hair.

Three short-and herein nicest beauty appears—
Feet short as a fairy's, short teeth, and short ears.
Three large and remember, this rule, as to size,
Embraces the shoulders, the forehead, the eyes.
Three narrow :—a maxim to every man's taste-
Circumference small in mouth, ancle, and waist.
Three round :-and in this I see infinite charms-
Round fulness apparent in leg, hip, and arms.
Three fine and can aught the enchantment eclipse,
Of fine tapering fingers, fine tresses, fine lips?
Three small-and my thirty essentials are told—
Small head, nose, and bosom compact in its mould.
Now, the dame who comprises attractions like these,
Will need not the cestus of Venus to please;
While he who has met with a union so rare,
Has had better luck than has fall'n to my share.

Beauty (Moral).

Ainsworth.

'Tis not alone in the flush of morn,
In the cowslip-bell, or the blossom thorn,
In noon's high hour, or twilight's hush,
In the shadowy stream, or the rose's blush,
Or in aught that bountiful nature gives,
That the delicate Spirit of Beauty lives.
Oh no; it lives, and breathes, and lies
In a home more pure than the morning skies;
In the innocent heart it loves to dwell,
When it comes with a sigh or a tear to tell
Sweet visions that flow from a fount of love,
To mingle with all that is pure above.

It dwells with the one whose pitying eye
Looks out on the world in charity;
Whose generous hand delights to heal
The wounds that suffering mourners feel,
Without a wish, or a hope, or thought,

That light should shine on the deeds it wrought.

He that loves a rosy cheek,
Or a coral lip admires,

Or from starlike eyes doth seek
Fuel to maintain his fires;
As old Time makes these decay,
So his flames must waste away.
But a smooth and stedfast mind,
Gentle thoughts and calm desires,
Hearts with equal love combined,
Kindle never-dying fires.
Where these are not, I despise

Lovely cheeks, or lips, or eyes !-T. Carew.

-Bed.

In bed we laugh, in bed we cry,
And, born in bed, in bed we die ;

The near approach a bed may show

Of human bliss and human woe.-Dr. Johnson.

Bee.

A travelling bagman in the sweetmeat line.
So work the honey bees;

Creatures that, by a rule in nature, teach
The art of order to a peopled kingdom.
They have a queen and officers of sorts,
Where some, like magistrates, correct at home;
Others, like merchants, venture trade abroad;
Others, like soldiers, armed in their stings,
Make boot upon the summer's velvet buds,
Which pillage they with merry march bring home
To the tent royal of their emperor :
Who, busied in his majesty, surveys
The singing masons building roofs of gold;
The civil citizens kneading up the honey;
The poor mechanic porters crowding in
Their heavy burdens at his narrow gate;
The sad-eyed justice, with his surly hum,
Delivering o'er to executors pale
The lazy yawning drone.-Shakespere.