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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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Forma Pauperis (Latin).

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Friendship, n.

[The sea was calm and the sky was blue]

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Friendship, n.

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A ship big enough to carry two in fair weather, but only one in foul.

[The sea was calm and the sky was blue]

The sea was calm and the sky was blue;
Merrily, merrily sailed we two.
(High barometer maketh glad.)
On the tipsy ship, with a dreadful shout,

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The tempest descended and we fell out.
(O the walking is nasty bad!)

Armit Huff Bettle.