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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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Keep, v. t.
King, n.
King's Evil, n.
Knight, n.
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VOLUME VI
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The collected works of Ambrose Bierce
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Aphorism
, n.
[_]
Predigested wisdom.
[The flabby wine-skin of his brain]
The flabby wine-skin of his brain
Yields to some pathologic strain,
And voids from its unstored abysm
The driblet of an aphorism.
“The Mad Philosopher,” 1697.
The collected works of Ambrose Bierce