Famous Quotes
37 Quotations with Formerly.
- 1. Thomas Szasz: Formerly, when religion was strong and science weak, men mistook magic for medic ...
- 2. H. L. Mencken: Unquestionably, there is progress. The average American now pays out twice as mu ...
- 3. Ambrose Bierce: BAAL, n. An old deity formerly much worshiped under various names. As Baal he wa ...
- 4. Ambrose Bierce: DAMN, v. A word formerly much used by the Paphlagonians, the meaning of which is ...
- 5. Ambrose Bierce: FAIRY, n. A creature, variously fashioned and endowed, that formerly inhabited t ...
- 6. Ambrose Bierce: FORK, n. An instrument used chiefly for the purpose of putting dead animals into ...
- 7. Ambrose Bierce: JESTER, n. An officer formerly attached to a king's household, whose business it ...
- 8. Ambrose Bierce: KING'S EVIL, n. A malady that was formerly cured by the touch of the sovereign, ...
- 9. Ambrose Bierce: LAUREL, n. The _laurus_, a vegetable dedicated to Apollo, and formerly defoliate ...
- 10. Ambrose Bierce: LL.D. Letters indicating the degree _Legumptionorum Doctor_, one learned in laws ...
- 11. Ambrose Bierce: MINSTREL, adj. Formerly a poet, singer or musician; now a nigger with a color le ...
- 12. Ambrose Bierce: MONARCH, n. A person engaged in reigning. Formerly the monarch ruled, as the der ...
- 13. Ambrose Bierce: MUMMY, n. An ancient Egyptian, formerly in universal use among modern civilized ...
- 14. Ambrose Bierce: OWE, v. To have (and to hold) a debt. The word formerly signified not indebtedne ...
- 15. Ambrose Bierce: PAINTING, n. The art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather and exposing t ...
- 16. Ambrose Bierce: PROJECTILE, n. The final arbiter in international disputes. Formerly these dispu ...
- 17. Ambrose Bierce: RACK, n. An argumentative implement formerly much used in persuading devotees of ...
- 18. Ambrose Bierce: SEAL, n. A mark impressed upon certain kinds of documents to attest their authen ...
- 19. Samuel Johnson: As I know more of mankind I expect less of them, and am ready now to call a man ...
- 20. Doug Larson: Home computers are being called upon to perform many new functions, including th ...