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 | The collected works of Ambrose Bierce |  |
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[“I had an ovation!” the actor man said]
“I had an ovation!” the actor man said,
But I thought it uncommonly queer,
That people and critics by him had been led
By the ear.
But I thought it uncommonly queer,
That people and critics by him had been led
By the ear.
The Latin lexicon makes his absurd
Assertion as plain as a peg;
In “ovum” we find the true root of the word.
It means egg.
Assertion as plain as a peg;
In “ovum” we find the true root of the word.
It means egg.
Dudley Spink.
| The collected works of Ambrose Bierce | |