2641 Quotations with Thro.
- 161. Ambrose Bierce: QUEEN, n. A woman by whom the realm is ruled when there is a king, and through w ...
- 162. Ambrose Bierce: RECOUNT, n. In American politics, another throw of the dice, accorded to the pla ...
- 163. Ambrose Bierce: REDEMPTION, n. Deliverance of sinners from the penalty of their sin, through the ...
- 164. Ambrose Bierce: RELIQUARY, n. A receptacle for such sacred objects as pieces of the true cross, ...
- 165. Ambrose Bierce: RESPITE, n. A suspension of hostilities against a sentenced assassin, to enable ...
- 166. Ambrose Bierce: RESTITUTOR, n. Benefactor; philanthropist.
- 167. Ambrose Bierce: RETRIBUTION, n. A rain of fire-and-brimstone that falls alike upon the just and ...
- 168. Ambrose Bierce: RIGHT, n. Legitimate authority to be, to do or to have; as the right to be a kin ...
- 169. Ambrose Bierce: RIGHTEOUSNESS, n. A sturdy virtue that was once found among the Pantidoodles inh ...
- 170. Ambrose Bierce: RUMOR, n. A favorite weapon of the assassins of character.
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- 171. Ambrose Bierce: SALAMANDER, n. Originally a reptile inhabiting fire; later, an anthropomorphous ...
- 172. Ambrose Bierce: SCARABEE, n. The same as scarabaeus.
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- 173. Ambrose Bierce: SCIMETAR, n. A curved sword of exceeding keenness, in the conduct of which certa ...
- 174. Ambrose Bierce: SEINE, n. A kind of net for effecting an involuntary change of environment. For ...
- 175. Ambrose Bierce: SERIAL, n. A literary work, usually a story that is not true, creeping through s ...
- 176. Ambrose Bierce: SHERIFF, n. In America the chief executive office of a country, whose most chara ...
- 177. Ambrose Bierce: SOUL, n. A spiritual entity concerning which there hath been brave disputation. ...
- 178. Ambrose Bierce: TABLE D'HOTE, n. A caterer's thrifty concession to the universal passion for irr ...
- 179. Ambrose Bierce: TORTOISE, n. A creature thoughtfully created to supply occasion for the followin ...
- 180. Ambrose Bierce: TREE, n. A tall vegetable intended by nature to serve as a penal apparatus, thou ...
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