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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... to exercise the powers of another. Kings are sometimes called God's viceregents. It is to be wished they would always deserve the appellation.” Could any one but an American humorist ever have conceived the INTRODUCTION : XV.
... kings. Very pretty monarchs had it made in the form of three crowns. Abactor, n. One who steals a whole herd of cattle, as distinguished from the inferior actor who steals one animal at a time—a superior stock actor, as it were. Abacus ...
... king, a decent respect for the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.—Oliver Cromwell. Abridgement, n. A brief summary of some person's literary work, in which those parts ...
... king or other great functionary already sufficiently slippery. As sovereigns are anointed by the priesthood, So pigs to lead the populace are greased good. Judibras. Antagonist, n. The miserable scoundrel who won't let us. Ante-chamber ...
... sing; “Priest of Unreason, and of Discords King! Great co-Creator, let Thy glory shine: God made all else; the Mule, the Mule is thine!” G. J. Astrology, n. The science of making the dupe see stars. I8 : THE UNABRIDGED DEVIL?S DICTIONARY.
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