3218 Quotations with Ward.
- 221. Ambrose Bierce: KING'S EVIL, n. A malady that was formerly cured by the touch of the sovereign, ...
- 222. Ambrose Bierce: LETTUCE, n. An herb of the genus _Lactuca_, "Wherewith," says that pious gastron ...
- 223. Ambrose Bierce: LOGOMACHY, n. A war in which the weapons are words and the wounds punctures in t ...
- 224. Ambrose Bierce: LORE, n. Learning -- particularly that sort which is not derived from a regular ...
- 225. Ambrose Bierce: MANES, n. The immortal parts of dead Greeks and Romans. They were in a state of ...
- 226. Ambrose Bierce: MEDAL, n. A small metal disk given as a reward for virtues, attainments or servi ...
- 227. Ambrose Bierce: MOLECULE, n. The ultimate, indivisible unit of matter. It is distinguished from ...
- 228. Ambrose Bierce: NIRVANA, n. In the Buddhist religion, a state of pleasurable annihilation awarde ...
- 229. Ambrose Bierce: NOMINATE, v. To designate for the heaviest political assessment. To put forward ...
- 230. Ambrose Bierce: OBSOLETE, adj. No longer used by the timid. Said chiefly of words. A word which ...
- 231. Ambrose Bierce: OLEAGINOUS, adj. Oily, smooth, sleek. Disraeli once described the manner of Bish ...
- 232. Ambrose Bierce: PRISON, n. A place of punishments and rewards. The poet assures us that --
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- 233. Ambrose Bierce: PROBOSCIS, n. The rudimentary organ of an elephant which serves him in place of ...
- 234. Ambrose Bierce: REDEMPTION, n. Deliverance of sinners from the penalty of their sin, through the ...
- 235. Ambrose Bierce: REDRESS, n. Reparation without satisfaction.
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- 236. Ambrose Bierce: RICHES, n.
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- 237. Ambrose Bierce: SOUL, n. A spiritual entity concerning which there hath been brave disputation. ...
- 238. Ambrose Bierce: VALOR, n. A soldierly compound of vanity, duty and the gambler's hope.
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- 239. Ambrose Bierce: WIDOW, n. A pathetic figure that the Christian world has agreed to take humorous ...
- 240. Ambrose Bierce: ZEAL, n. A certain nervous disorder afflicting the young and inexperienced. A pa ...
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