The Unabridged Devil's DictionaryUniversity of Georgia Press, 2010年9月15日 - 440页 If we could only put aside our civil pose and say what we really thought, the world would be a lot like the one alluded to in The Unabridged Devil’s Dictionary. There, a bore is "a person who talks when you wish him to listen," and happiness is "an agreeable sensation arising from contemplating the misery of another." This is the most comprehensive, authoritative edition ever of Ambrose Bierce’s satiric masterpiece. It renders obsolete all other versions that have appeared in the book’s ninety-year history. |
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... politicians, clerics, poetasters, and poseurs. When Bierce eventually compiled a book of his definitions, he simply changed the names of the guilty to those who would be recognized by a broader audience. The work showcases not only ...
... political satires, The Fall of the Republic, which he considered his finest work, or a collection of his Little Johnny sketches. His growing frustration with Hearst's editors caused him more than once to resign, though he was always ...
... politics, designed to receive the kicks and cuffs due to the premier or president. Amanofstraw, proofagainst bad-egging and dead-catting. Admirability, m. My kind of ability, as distinguished from your kind of ability. Admiral, n. That ...
... politics, the union of two thieves who have their hands so deeply inserted in each other's pocket that they cannot separately plunder a third. Alligator, n. The crocodile of America, superior in every detail to the crocodile of the ...
... politics, an imaginary rat-pit in which the statesman wrestles with his record. Argonaut, n. An instrument of torture for violently unkinking the small intestine of that religious persecutor, the Pope. (Local.) Argue, p.t. To ...