Mexican War, 1846-1848 -- Poetry; Slavery -- United States -- Poetry
Recruiting sergeant, Devil supposed the first, 10.
Representatives' Chamber, 54.
Rhinothism, society for promoting, 74.
Rhyme, whether natural _not_ considered, 11.
Rib, an infrangible one, 90.
Richard the First of England, his Christian fervour, 23.
Riches conjectured to have legs as well as wings, 62.
Robinson, Mr. John P., his opinions fully stated, 27-31.
Rocks, pocket full of, 91.
Rough and Ready, 111
--a wig, 112
--a kind of scratch, _ib._
Russian eagle turns Prussian blue, 50.
Sabbath, breach of, 27.
Sabellianism, one accused of, 82.
Saltillo, unfavourable view of, 17.
Salt-river in, Mexican, what, 17.
Samuel, Uncle, riotous, 50
--yet has qualities demanding reverence, 66
--a good provider for his family, 68
--an exorbitant bill of, 103.
Sansculottes, draw their wine before drinking, 61.
Santa Anna, his expensive leg, 96.
Satan, never wants attorneys, 22
--an expert talker by signs, _ib._
--a successful fisherman with little or no bait, 23
--cunning fetch of, 27
--dislikes ridicule, 34
--ought not to have credit of ancient oracles, 51, _note_.
Satirist, incident to certain dangers, 28.
Savages, Canadian, chance of redemption offered to, 123.
Sawin, B., Esquire, his letter not written in verse, 11
--a native of Jaalam, 12
--not regular attendant on Rev. Mr. Wilbur's preaching, _ib._
--a fool, _ib._
--his statements trustworthy, _ib._
--his ornithological tastes, _ib._
--letter from, 13, 86, 106
--his curious discovery in regard to bayonets, 15
--displays proper family pride, _ib._
--modestly confesses himself less wise than the Queen of Sheba, 19
--the old Adam in, peeps out, 21
--a _miles emeritus_, 86
--is made text for a sermon, _ib._
--loses a leg, 88
--an eye, 89
--left hand, _ib._
--four fingers of right hand, _ib._
--has six or more ribs broken, _ib._
--a rib of his infrangible, 90
--allows a certain amount of preterite greenness in himself, 90, 91
--his share of spoil limited, _ib._
--his opinion of Mexican climate, 92
--acquires property of a certain sort, 93
--his experience of glory, 93, 94
--stands sentry, and puns thereupon, 95
--undergoes martyrdom in some of its most painful forms, _ib._
--enters the candidating business, 96
--modestly states the (avail) abilities which qualify him for high
political station, 96, 99
--has no principles, 96
--a peaceman, _ib._
--unpledged, 97
--has no objections to owning _peculiar_ property, but would not like
to monopolize the truth, 98
--his account with glory, 99
--a selfish motive hinted in, 100
--sails for Eldorado, _ib._
--shipwrecked on a metaphorical promontory, _ib._
--parallel between, and Rev. Mr. Wilbur (not Plutarchian), 102
--conjectured to have bathed in river Selemnus, 106
--loves plough wisely, but not too well, _ib._
--a foreign mission probably expected by, 107
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