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Corporation. Noun. Derived from corps, Fr., "deceased body," oratio, Lat., "speaking," and ration, Eng., "victuals," and means a moribund body, good for nothing but feeding and spouting.
Excessive Mildness of the Season.—A Hansom Cabman took Sixpence for his fare, the other day, without saying a single word.
"Do you believe in this Table Talking, Matilda, that there's such a fuss about?"
"Oh dear No! Why, the other evening a Table was asked how old I was, and it rapped out Forty! Ridiculous; when I'm not Three-and-Twenty till next March!"