'I suppose you're perfectly certain they don't live at a private idiot asylum?'

This idiot-boy, chosen by God to be anointed with the holy chrism, is only "Tom,""Blind Tom," they call him in all the Southern States, with a kind cadence always, being proud and fond of him; and yetnothing but Tom?

After paying Stoop one dollar and a half (that excellent idiot crying, and vowing that he didn't want it), the rest of the proceeds, deducting enough for fares to New York, were divided equally between the two other creditors; and the panorama and all the appurtenances were left as a joint security for remaining obligations.

You go up to it, in spite of the entreaties of your guide, and find an aged idiot gibbering in her rags.

But we didn't mix much with the ghosts at any time, all except an idiot lad there was in the village, and he didn't know the difference between a man and a ghost, poor innocent!

Nothing to do; and vacant hands Bring on the idiot-pain; He tries to thinkto recollect, But the blur is on his brain.

These from their graves See asses and knaves, Base idiot slaves, With boastings and braves Offer to upfly To the heavens high, With vain foolery And rude ribaldry.