The Unabridged Devil's DictionaryUniversity of Georgia Press, 15.09.2010 - 440 Seiten If 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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... commonly a pretty bad one, no great injustice is done. Forgiveness, n. A stratagem to throw an offender off his guard and catch him red-handed in his next offense. Hospitality, n. The virtue which induces us to feed and lodge certain ...
... commonly placed at some distance from the haunts of our species, in order that they who devour the flesh may not be shocked by the sight of the blood. Abat-voix, n. A sounding brass above a tinkling cymbal. Abba, n. A father who has ...
... commonly found to consist mainly in a high degree of solemnity. Perhaps, however, this impressive quality is rightly appraised; it is no easy task to be solemn. [2.] That rare quality of mind to which monuments are erected by posterity ...
... commonly with the property of another. Spring beckons! All things to the call respond; The trees are leaving and cashiers abscond. Phela Orm. [2.] To be unexpectedly called away to the bedside of a dying relative and miss the return ...
... commonly as a justification of ourselves for having wronged him. Accuser, n. One's former friend; particularly the person for whom one has performed some friendly service. Ace, n. The one-fourth part of the Hand of Fate. Aceldama, n. A ...
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