The Unabridged Devil's DictionaryIf we could only put aside our civil pose and say what we really thought, the world would be a lot like the one alluded to in The Unabridged Devil’s Dictionary. There, a bore is "a person who talks when you wish him to listen," and happiness is "an agreeable sensation arising from contemplating the misery of another." This is the most comprehensive, authoritative edition ever of Ambrose Bierce’s satiric masterpiece. It renders obsolete all other versions that have appeared in the book’s ninety-year history. |
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... English language—Dictionaries—Humor. 2. English language—Semantics—Humor. 3. Vocabulary—Humor. I. Schultz, David E., 1952– II. Joshi, S.T., 1958– III. Bierce, Ambrose, 1842–1914? Devil's dictionary. IV. Title. ps1097.d432000b 423'.02'07 ...
... English language.” The Boni brothers brought out two more printings in 1935 and 1936, and many other editions were published by others. In his introduction to the Hill and Wang edition of the dictionary, Carey McWilliams's enthusiastic ...
... English Language, vol. 2 (New York: S. Converse, 1828). AB quotes the text verbatim, although the emphasis is his. He apparently was unaware that this definition was written by Webster himself for the first edition of the dictionary ...
... English Language (3rd ed., 1992) C: The Cynic's Word Book (1906) Co.; Cosmopolitan CW: The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce (12 vols., 1909–12) D: The Devil's Dictionary (vol. 7 of CW, 1911) Dx : typesetting copy of D E. : San ...
... English to slang. A conspicuous, and it is hoped not unpleasant, feature of the book is its abundant illustrative quotations from eminent poets, chief of whom is that learned and ingenious cleric, Father Gassalasca Jape, S.J., whose ...
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