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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... Once utterly disillusioned, we turn to the realistic and unhumorous study of the scene in an objectively scientific light, or else weave new and conscious illusions in the spirit of phantasy.” True as this statement may be (some of ...
... once confessed: This is my ultimate and determining test of right—“What, under the circumstances, would Jesus have done?”—the Jesus of the New Testament, not the Jesus of the commentators, theologians, priests and parsons. The test is ...
... once meant, at least as adduced from his observation of human beings. Adoration stripped of the “expectant” component would become real, true adoration. Hospitality extended to persons other than one's relatives or cronies would be real ...
... once again resumed publication in the newspapers. Four installments appeared under that title between 22 February and II April in the New York American; only three of these appeared in the Examiner.” After another lull, the column ...
... once to resign, though he was always persuaded to return. Hearst was content to publish Bierce in Cosmopolitan, and Bierce attempted to satisfy Hearst by writing for the magazine from 1905 into 1909; but Bierce was unable to deal ...
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