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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... death and funerary practices, the desire for immortality, deception (often of self), and, perhaps most sadly of all, selfishness. Could such a compendium produce anything but gloom in the reader? H. P. Lovecraft, who had an uncanny ...
... death and the hope of Hell. Abominable, adj. The quality of another's opinions. Aborigines, n. [1] Persons of little worth found cumbering the soil of a newly discovered country. They soon cease to cumber; they fertilize. [2 ...
... death of endeavor and the birth of disgust. Acknowledge, v.t. To confess. Acknowledgment of one another's faults is the highest duty imposed by our love of truth. Acorn, n. A small nut about which cluster the American patriot's hopes of ...
... Death, hell and the grave as the price of it. S. F. Journal of Commerce. Bait, n. A preparation that renders the hook more palatable. The best kind is beauty. Bald, adj. Destitute of hair from hereditary or accidental causes—never from ...
... Death-blow. Pardon such behavior. Belladonna, n. In Italian a beautiful lady; in English a deadly poison. A striking example of the essential identity of the two tongues. Benedictines, m. An order of monks otherwise known as blackfriars ...
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