+-------------------+
| DELIGHTFUL, |
|_easant, Charming_.|
+-------------------+
These boys are bathing in the stream
When they should be at school:
The master's coming round to see
Who disregards his rule.
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E e.
+----------------------------+
| ECCENTRICITY, |
|_Irregularity, Strangeness_.|
+----------------------------+
We often see things seeming strange;
But scarce so strange as this:--
Here everything is mis-applied,
Here every change amiss.
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F f.
+---------------------------------+
| FRAUD, |
|_Deceit, Trick, Artifice, Cheat_.|
+---------------------------------+
Here is Pat Murphy, fast asleep.
And there is Neddy Bray:
The thief a watchful eye doth keep
Until he gets away.
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G g.
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| GENIUS, |
|_Mental Power, Faculty_.|
+------------------------+
A little boy with little slate
May sometimes make more clear
The little thoughts that he would state
Than can by words appear.
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H h.
+----------------+
| HORROR, |
|_Terror, Dread_.|
+----------------+
This little harmless speckled frog
Seems Lady Townsend's dread:
I fear she'll run away and cry,
And hide her silly head.
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