1450 Quotations with Beau.
- 61. Ambrose Bierce: CUPID, n. The so-called god of love. This bastard creation of a barbarous fancy ...
- 62. Ambrose Bierce: DEPUTY, n. A male relative of an office-holder, or of his bondsman. The deputy i ...
- 63. Ambrose Bierce: EPIGRAM, n. A short, sharp saying in prose or verse, frequently characterize by ...
- 64. Ambrose Bierce: FLY-SPECK, n. The prototype of punctuation. It is observed by Garvinus that the ...
- 65. Ambrose Bierce: GRACES, n. Three beautiful goddesses, Aglaia, Thalia and Euphrosyne, who attende ...
- 66. Ambrose Bierce: HAG, n. An elderly lady whom you do not happen to like; sometimes called, also, ...
- 67. Ambrose Bierce: IMMODEST, adj. Having a strong sense of one's own merit, coupled with a feeble c ...
- 68. Ambrose Bierce: INCUBUS, n. One of a race of highly improper demons who, though probably not who ...
- 69. Ambrose Bierce: KING'S EVIL, n. A malady that was formerly cured by the touch of the sovereign, ...
- 70. Ambrose Bierce: LORE, n. Learning -- particularly that sort which is not derived from a regular ...
- 71. Ambrose Bierce: OPTIMISM, n. The doctrine, or belief, that everything is beautiful, including wh ...
- 72. Ambrose Bierce: QUIXOTIC, adj. Absurdly chivalric, like Don Quixote. An insight into the beauty ...
- 73. Ambrose Bierce: RAZOR, n. An instrument used by the Caucasian to enhance his beauty, by the Mong ...
- 74. Ambrose Bierce: REPLICA, n. A reproduction of a work of art, by the artist that made the origina ...
- 75. Ambrose Bierce: STORY, n. A narrative, commonly untrue. The truth of the stories here following ...
- 76. Ambrose Bierce: TIGHTS, n. An habiliment of the stage designed to reinforce the general acclamat ...
- 77. Ambrose Bierce: TORTOISE, n. A creature thoughtfully created to supply occasion for the followin ...
- 78. Ambrose Bierce: WITCH, n. (1) Any ugly and repulsive old woman, in a wicked league with the devi ...
- 79. Ambrose Bierce: WORMS'-MEAT, n. The finished product of which we are the raw material. The conte ...
- 80. Napoleon Bonaparte: What a beautiful fix we are in now; peace has been declared.
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