Jorace

BACK, n. That part of your friend which it is your privilege to

contemplate in your adversity.

BACKBITE, v.t. To speak of a man as you find him when he can't find

you.

BAIT, n. A preparation that renders the hook more palatable. The

best kind is beauty.

BAPTISM, n. A sacred rite of such efficacy that he who finds himself

in heaven without having undergone it will be unhappy forever. It is

performed with water in two ways--by immersion, or plunging, and by

aspersion, or sprinkling.

But whether the plan of immersion

Is better than simple aspersion

Let those immersed

And those aspersed

Decide by the Authorized Version,

And by matching their agues tertian.

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