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The collected works of Ambrose Bierce
Bierce, Ambrose (1842-1914?)
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VOLUME I ASHES OF THE BEACON THE LAND BEYOND THE BLOW FOR THE AHKOOND JOHN SMITH, LIBERATOR BITS OF AUTOBIOGRAPHY
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VOLUME IV SHAPES OF CLAY
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VOLUME V BLACK BEETLES IN AMBER
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VOLUME VII THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY
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Wall Street, n.
[Carnegie the dauntless has uttered his call]
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VOLUME VI
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The collected works of Ambrose Bierce
THE DEAD KING
Hawaii's King resigned his breath—
Our Legislature guffawed.
The awful dignity of death
Not any single rough awed.
But when our Legislators die
All Kings, Queens, Jacks and Aces cry.
The collected works of Ambrose Bierce