A woman by whom the realm is ruled when there is a king, and through whom it is ruled when there is not.
An implement of torture yielded by a goose and commonly wielded by an ass.
The act of repeating erroneously the words of another. The words erroneously repeated.
The purchase of that which neither belongs to the seller, nor can belong to the buyer.
Devoid of all delusions save those of observation, experience and reflection.
The conservatism of to-morrow injected into the affairs of to-day.
The art of depicting nature as it is seen by toads.
Apparently.
A proponent of a new misrule who has failed to establish it.
To recall with additions something not previously known.
A suspension of hostilities.
To seek a justification for a decision already made.
A person distinguishable from a civilian by his uniform and from a soldier by his gait.
Superfluous; needless; de trop.
A law for submission of proposed legislation to a popular vote to learn the nonsensus of public opinion.
A daughter of Hope and Fear, explaining to Ignorance the nature of the Unknowable.
A writer who guesses his way to the truth and dispels it with a tempest of words.
Obstinate in a course that we approve.
In politics, an abrupt change in the form of misgovernment.
A popular entertainment given to the military by innocent bystanders.
An obsolescent appliance for reminding assassins that they too are mortal. It is put about the neck and remains in place one's whole life long.
A favorite weapon of the assassins of character.
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