1494 Quotations with Erin.
- 81. Ambrose Bierce: EXILE, n. One who serves his country by residing abroad, yet is not an ambassado ...
- 82. Ambrose Bierce: FORCE, n.
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- 83. Ambrose Bierce: FROG, n. A reptile with edible legs. The first mention of frogs in profane liter ...
- 84. Ambrose Bierce: GNOME, n. In North-European mythology, a dwarfish imp inhabiting the interior pa ...
- 85. Ambrose Bierce: GUNPOWDER, n. An agency employed by civilized nations for the settlement of disp ...
- 86. Ambrose Bierce: INFERIAE,n. [Latin] Among the Greeks and Romans, sacrifices for propitation of t ...
- 87. Ambrose Bierce: LL.D. Letters indicating the degree _Legumptionorum Doctor_, one learned in laws ...
- 88. Ambrose Bierce: LOOKING-GLASS, n. A vitreous plane upon which to display a fleeting show for man ...
- 89. Ambrose Bierce: LORD, n. In American society, an English tourist above the state of a costermong ...
- 90. Ambrose Bierce: MONAD, n. The ultimate, indivisible unit of matter. (See _Molecule_.) According ...
- 91. Ambrose Bierce: MOUSQUETAIRE, n. A long glove covering a part of the arm. Worn in New Jersey. Bu ...
- 92. Ambrose Bierce: PERSEVERANCE, n. A lowly virtue whereby mediocrity achieves an inglorious succes ...
- 93. Ambrose Bierce: PLATITUDE, n. The fundamental element and special glory of popular literature. A ...
- 94. Ambrose Bierce: SORCERY, n. The ancient prototype and forerunner of political influence. It was, ...
- 95. Ambrose Bierce: SYCOPHANT, n. One who approaches Greatness on his belly so that he may not be co ...
- 96. Ambrose Bierce: VANITY, n. The tribute of a fool to the worth of the nearest ass.
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- 97. Ambrose Bierce: WORMS'-MEAT, n. The finished product of which we are the raw material. The conte ...
- 98. Ambrose Bierce: WRATH, n. Anger of a superior quality and degree, appropriate to exalted charact ...
- 99. Ambrose Bierce: YOUTH, n. The Period of Possibility, when Archimedes finds a fulcrum, Cassandra ...
- 100. Ambrose Bierce: ZENITH, n. The point in the heavens directly overhead to a man standing or a gro ...
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