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_i. e_. oaths bearing on the subject. Thus if duels are spoken of he says, _ods triggers and flints_; if clothes, _ods frogs and tambours_; if music, _ods minnums_ [minims] _and crotchets_; if ladies, _ods blushes and blooms_. This he learnt from a militia officer, who told him the ancients swore by Jove, Bacchus, Mars, Venus, Minerva, etc., according to the sentiment. Bob Acres is a great blusterer, and talks big of his daring, but when put to the push