{"product_id":"the-foolish-dictionary","title":"The Foolish Dictionary","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe FOOLISH DICTIONARY\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAn exhausting work of reference to un-certain English words, their\u003cbr\u003e\norigin, meaning, legitimate and illegitimate use, confused by a few\u003cbr\u003e\npictures [not included] by WALLACE GOLDSMITH.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eExecuted by GIDEON WURDZ\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMaster of Pholly, Doctor of Loquacious Lunacy, Fellow of the Royal\u003cbr\u003e\nGibe Society, etc., etc.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eTo MY DOG,\u003cbr\u003e\nWho first heard these lines\u003cbr\u003e\nAnd didn't run away MAD,\u003cbr\u003e\nI Reverently Dedicate\u003cbr\u003e\nThis Tome.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"A Fool may give a Wise Man counsel.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003cp\u003ePreface.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn this age of the arduous pursuit of peace, prosperity and\u003cbr\u003e\npleasure, the smallest contribution to the gaiety, if not to the\u003cbr\u003e\nwisdom, of nations can scarcely be unwelcome.  With this in mind,\u003cbr\u003e\nthe author has prepared \"The Foolish Dictionary,\" not in serious\u003cbr\u003e\nemulation of the worthier--and wordier--works of Webster and\u003cbr\u003e\nWorcester, but rather in the playful spirit of the parodist, who\u003cbr\u003e\nwould gladly direct the faint rays from his flickering candle of\u003cbr\u003e\nfun to the shrine of their great memories.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksWholesale","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44380059435169,"sku":"humor1043","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0462\/1120\/3233\/files\/18ke7eg-front-shortedge-384.jpg?v=1716881434","url":"https:\/\/bookswholesale.myshopify.com\/products\/the-foolish-dictionary","provider":"BooksWholesale","version":"1.0","type":"link"}