1792 Quotations with Times.
- 101. Ambrose Bierce: INFALAPSARIAN, n. One who ventures to believe that Adam need not have sinned unl ...
- 102. Ambrose Bierce: KING, n. A male person commonly known in America as a "crowned head," although h ...
- 103. Ambrose Bierce: LOGIC, n. The art of thinking and reasoning in strict accordance with the limita ...
- 104. Ambrose Bierce: LORD, n. In American society, an English tourist above the state of a costermong ...
- 105. Ambrose Bierce: LOVE, n. A temporary insanity curable by marriage or by removal of the patient f ...
- 106. Ambrose Bierce: MEDAL, n. A small metal disk given as a reward for virtues, attainments or servi ...
- 107. Ambrose Bierce: OYSTER, n. A slimy, gobby shellfish which civilization gives men the hardihood t ...
- 108. Ambrose Bierce: PALM, n. A species of tree having several varieties, of which the familiar "itch ...
- 109. Ambrose Bierce: PHILISTINE, n. One whose mind is the creature of its environment, following the ...
- 110. Ambrose Bierce: PLAGUE, n. In ancient times a general punishment of the innocent for admonition ...
- 111. Ambrose Bierce: PROJECTILE, n. The final arbiter in international disputes. Formerly these dispu ...
- 112. Ambrose Bierce: QUOTIENT, n. A number showing how many times a sum of money belonging to one per ...
- 113. Ambrose Bierce: RELIQUARY, n. A receptacle for such sacred objects as pieces of the true cross, ...
- 114. Ambrose Bierce: RENOWN, n. A degree of distinction between notoriety and fame -- a little more s ...
- 115. Ambrose Bierce: REQUIEM, n. A mass for the dead which the minor poets assure us the winds sing o ...
- 116. Ambrose Bierce: RIGHT, n. Legitimate authority to be, to do or to have; as the right to be a kin ...
- 117. Ambrose Bierce: SCARIFICATION, n. A form of penance practised by the mediaeval pious. The rite w ...
- 118. Ambrose Bierce: SEAL, n. A mark impressed upon certain kinds of documents to attest their authen ...
- 119. Ambrose Bierce: SHERIFF, n. In America the chief executive office of a country, whose most chara ...
- 120. Ambrose Bierce: SORCERY, n. The ancient prototype and forerunner of political influence. It was, ...
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