Famous Quotes / Ambrose Bierce
Ambrose Bierce: "ACEPHALOUS, adj. In the surprising condition of the Crusader who absently pulled at his forelock some hours after a Saracen scimitar had, unconsciously to him, passed through his neck, as related by de Joinville."
Absently | Acephalous | Condition | Crusader |
Forelock | Hours | Joinville | Neck |
Passed | Pulled | Related | Saracen |
Scimitar | Surprising | Through | Unconsciously |