Mexican War, 1846-1848 -- Poetry; Slavery -- United States -- Poetry
Aye-Aye, the, an African animal, America supposed to be settled by, 25.
Babel, probably the first Congress, 53
--a gabble-mill, _ib._
Baby, a low-priced one, 98.
Bagowind, Hon. Mr., whether to be damned, 63.
Baldwin apples, 125.
Baratarias, real or imaginary, which most pleasant, 102.
Barnum, a great natural curiosity recommended to, 49.
Barrels, an inference from seeing, 125.
Bâton Rouge, 106
--strange peculiarities of labourers at, 107.
Baxter, R., a saying of, 35.
Bay, Mattysqumscot, 119.
Bay State, singular effect produced on military officers by leaving
it, 21.
Beast in Apocalypse, a loadstone, for whom, 83.
Beelzebub, his rigadoon, 61.
Behmen, his letters not letters, 76.
Bellers, a saloon-keeper, 111
--inhumanly refuses credit to a presidential candidate, 112.
Biglow, Ezekiel, his letter to Hon. J. T. Buckingham, 1
--never heard of any one named Mundishes, 2
--nearly four-score years old, _ib._
--his aunt Keziah, a notable saying of, 3.
Biglow, Hosea, excited by composition, 2
--a poem by, 3, 66
--his opinion of war, 4
--wanted at home by Nancy, 7
--recommends a forcible enlistment of warlike editors, _ib._
--would not wonder, if generally agreed with, 9
--versifies letter of Mr. Sawin, 11
--a letter from, 12, 57, 77
--his opinion of Mr. Sawin, 12
--does not deny fun at Cornwallis, 14, _note_
--his idea of militia glory, 17, _note_
--a pun of, 18, _note_
--is uncertain in regard to people of Boston, _ib._
--had never heard of Mr. John P. Robinson, 27
--_aliquid sufflaminandus_, 28
--his poems attributed to a Mr. Lowell, 33
--is unskilled in Latin, _ib._
--his poetry maligned by some, 34
--his disinterestedness, _ib._
--his deep share in commonweal, _ib._
--his claim to the presidency, _ib._
--his mowing, _ib._
--resents being called Whig, 35
--opposed to tariff, _ib._
--obstinate, _ib._
--infected with peculiar notions, _ib._
--reports a speech, 40
--emulates historians of antiquity, _ib._
--his character sketched from a hostile point of view, 52
--a request of his complied with, 64
--appointed at a public meeting in Jaalam, 77
--confesses ignorance, in one minute particular, of propriety, _ib._
--his opinion of cocked hats, _ib._
--letter to, _ib._
--called "Dear Sir," by a general, _ib._
--probably receives same compliment from two hundred and nine, _ib._
--picks his apples, 125
--his crop of Baldwins conjecturally large, _ib._
Billings, Dea. Cephas, 14.
Birch, virtue of, in instilling certain of the dead languages, 100.
Bird of our country sings hosanna, 16.
Blind, to go it, 98.
Blitz pulls ribbons from his mouth, 16.
Bluenose potatoes, smell of, eagerly desired, 17.
Bobtail obtains a cardinal's hat, 25.
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