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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
  
AVALON
  
CAIN
  
ONE JUDGE
  
AN OBITUARIAN
  
A COMMUTED SENTENCE
  
A LIFTED FINGER
  
TWO DELEGATES
  
MATTER FOR GRATITUDE
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THREE KINDS OF A ROGUE
  
A MAN
  
YE FOE TO CATHAYE
  
SAMUEL SHORTRIDGE
  
AT A “NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT”
  
THEOSOPHISTRY
  
AZRAEL
  
COMPETITION
  
A VISION OF DOOM
  
GENESIS
  
RELIGIOUS PROGRESS
  
THE FALL OF MISS LARKIN
  
A RENDEZVOUS
  
YORICK
  
STANFORD'S WELCOME
  
POSTERITY'S AWARD
  
AN ART CRITIC
  
THE SPIRIT OF A SPONGE
  
ORNITHANTHROPOS
  
TO E. S. SALOMON,
  
DENNIS KEARNEY
  
FINIS ÆTERNITATIS
  
THE VETERAN
  
AN “EXHIBIT”
  
THE TRANSMIGRATIONS OF A SOUL
  
INDICTMENT ON EVIDENCE
  
TO AN ASPIRANT
  
AT THE WHITE HOUSE
  
TIDINGS OF GOOD
  
AN ACTOR
  
FAMINE'S REALM
  
THE MACKAIAD
  
A SONG IN PRAISE
  
A POET'S FATHER
  
A COWARD
  
TO MY LIARS
  
“PHIL” CRIMMINS
  
ON THE SCALES
  
CODEX HONORIS
  
TO W. H. L. B.
  
EMANCIPATION
  
JOHNDONKEY
  
HELL
  
BY FALSE PRETENSES
  
LUCIFER OF THE TORCH
  
“THE WHIRLIGIG OF TIME”
  
A RAILROAD LACKEY
  
THE LEGATEEE
  
“DIED OF A ROSE”
  
A LITERARY HANGMAN
  
AT THE ELEVENTH HOUR
  
A CONTROVERSIALIST
  
MENDAX
  
THE RETROSPECTIVE BIRD
  
THE OAKLAND DOG
  
THE UNFALLEN BRAVE
  
A CELEBRATED CASE
  
COUPLETS
  
A RETORT
  
A VISION OF RESURRECTION
  
MASTER OF THREE ARTS
  
THERSITES
  
A SOCIETY LEADER
  
EXPOSITOR VERITATIS
  
THE TROUBADOUR
  
A FINGER ON THE LIPS
  
THREE HIGHWAYMEN
  
TO “COLONEL” DAN BURNS
  
GEORGE A. KNIGHT
  
UNARMED
  
A POLITICAL VIOLET
  
THE SUBDUED EDITOR
  
“BLACK BART, Po8”
  
A “SCION OF NOBILITY”
  
THE NIGHT OF THE ELECTION
  
THE CONVICTS' BALL
  
TO ONE DETESTED
  
THE BOSS'S CHOICE
  
A MERCIFUL GOVERNOR
  
AN INTERPRETATION
  
A SOARING TOAD
  
AN UNDRESS UNIFORM
  
THE PERVERTED VILLAGE
  
MR. SHEETS
  
A JACK-AT-ALL-VIEWS
  
MY LORD POET
  
TO THE FOOL-KILLER
  
ONE AND ONE ARE TWO
  
MONTAGUE LEVERSON
  
THE WOFUL TALE OF MR. PETERS
  
TWIN UNWORTHIES
  
ART
  
A WAR CRY
  
IN DISSUASION
  
A PREDICTION
  
ANOTHER PLAN
  
A POLITICAL APOSTATE
  
TINKER DICK
  
A PEACEFUL COMMUNITY
  
WITH A BOOK
  
A COMPETITOR
  
GENEROSITY
  
BATS IN SUNSHINE
  
A WORD TO THE UNWISE
  
ON THE PLATFORM
  
JUDGE NOT
  
DESPERATION
  
TO DOG
  
TO A GRABBER
  
MEMORIAL DAY
  
A DAMPENED ARDOR
  
ADAIR WELCKER, POET
  
TO A WORD-WARRIOR
  
A CULINARY CANDIDATE
  
TO ONE ACQUITTED
  
CONTENT
  
AT THE OBSERVATORY
  
THE OLEOMARGARINE MAN
  
THE GENESIS OF CRIME
  
LLEWELLYN POWELL
  
THE SUNSET GUN
  
THE “VIDUATE DAME”
  
FOUR OF A KIND
  
RECONCILIATION
  
A VISION OF CLIMATE
  
A “MASS” MEETING
  
THE NEW DENNIS
  
A RATIONAL ANTHEM
  
INCIVISM
  
FAMINE IN PROSPERITY
  
AN EPIGRAMMATIST
  
FIG LEAF
  
FOR PRESIDENT, LELAND STANFORD
  
FOR MAYOR
  
A MINE FOR REFORMERS
  
IN PICKLE
  
JAMES MONTAGUE, POET
  
A CHEATING PREACHER
  
A CROCODILE
  
THE AMERICAN PARTY
  
UNCOLONELED
  
THE GATES AJAR
  
TO A BULLY
  
A LAND FIGHT
  
COMPLIANCE
  
ARBORICULTURE
  
A HOLIDAY
  
REJECTED
  
JUDEX JUDICATUS
  
ON THE WEDDING OF AN AERONAUT
  
A HASTY INFERENCE
  
A VOLUPTUARY
  
AD CATTONUM
  
THE NATIONAL GUARDSMAN
  
A REAR ELEVATION
  
IN UPPER SAN FRANCISCO
  
NIMROD
  
THE NEW DECALOGUE
  
ULTRA CREPIDAM
  
CENSOR LITERARUM
  
BORROWED BRAINS
  
YE FYGHTYNGE SEVENTH
  
INDICTED
  
OVER THE BORDER
  
TO AN INSOLENT ATTORNEY
  
ACCEPTED
  
A PROMISED FAST TRAIN
  
FROM THE DEATH-COLUMN
  
THE FARMERS' PRAYER
  
ONE OF THE SAINTS
  
A MILITARY INCIDENT
  
SUBSTANCE OR SHADOW
  
THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC MORALS
  
A PLAYWRIGHT
  
THE LEADER OF THE MINORITY
  
CALIFORNIA
  
GEORGE C. PERKINS
  
TO EITHER
  
DISAPPOINTMENT
  
THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW OF THEFT
  
DOWN AMONG THE DEAD MEN
  
THE LAST MAN
  
ARBOR DAY
  
THE PIUTE
  
FAME
  
ONE OF THE REDEEMED
  
A CRITIC
  
A QUESTION OF ELIGIBILITY
  
FLEET STROTHER
  
RECIPROCITY
  
CALIFORNIAN SUMMER PICTURES
  
SLANDER
  
JAMES L. FLOOD
  
THREE CANDIDATES FOR SENATOR
  
A GROWLER
  
AD MOODIUM
  
A SPADE
  
THE VAN NESSIAD
  
VALEDICTORY
  
A FISH COMMISSIONER
  
TO A STRAY DOG
  
IN HIS HAND
  
A DEMAGOGUE
  
IGNIS FATUUS
  
FROM TOP TO BOTTOM
  
AN IDLER
  
THE DEAD KING
  
A PATTER SONG
  
A CALLER
  
THE SHAFTER SHAFTED
  
TO ONE OUT OF FAVOR
  
PRIVATION
  
TO ONE IN CUSTODY
  
FOR A REVISED VERSION
  
THE MORMON QUESTION
  
AN ELECTION EXPENSE
  
WILLIAM F. SMITH
  
JUVENTUS MUNDI
  
TWO GUIDES
  
IN WARNING
  
APPARITION
  
A CREDITABLE COLLISION
  
AN EMIGRANT
  
CONTEMPT OF COURT
  
A PARTIAL ECLIPSE
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THE MUMMERY
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ON STONE
  
ON STONE
  
LORING PICKERING
  
A WATER-PIRATE
  
THE REV. JOSEPH HEMPHILL
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OTHERS
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VOLUME VII THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY
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VOLUME VI

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POESY

Successive bards pursue Ambition's fire
That shines, Oblivion, above thy mire.
The latest mounts his predecessor's trunk,
And sinks his brother ere himself is sunk.
So die ingloriously Fame's élite,
But dams of dunces keep the line complete.
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