A Nonsense Anthology by Unknown
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Deinde galumphatus, spernens informe Cadaver,
Horrendum monstri rettulit ipse caput. Victor Iabrochii, spoliis insignis opimis, Rursus in amplexus, o radiose, meos! O frabiose dies! CALLO clamateque CALLA! Vix potuit lastus chorticulare pater. Coesper erat: tune lubriciles ultravia circum Urgebant gyros gimbiculosque tophi; Moestenui visae borogovides ire meatu; Et profugi gemitus exgrabuere rathae. _Anonymous_. [Footnote 1: _Coesper_ from _Coena_ and _vesper_.] [Footnote 2: _lubriciles_ from _lubricus_ and _graciles_. See the Commentary in Humpty Dumpty's square, which will also explain _ultravia_, and--if it requires explanation--_moestenui_.] [Footnote 3: _Sanguis meus_: cf. Verg. Aen. 6. 836, "Projice tela manu, sanguis meus!"] [Footnote 4: _egnia_: "muffish" = segnis; ... "uffish" = egnis. This is a conjectural analogy, but I can suggest no better solution.] [Footnote 5: _susuffrus_ : "whiffling" :: _susurrus_ : "whistling."] [Footnote 6: _spicula_: see the picture.] |
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