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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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Peace, n.
Perseverance, n.
Physiognomy, n.
Picture, n.
Pie, n.
Piety, n.
Portable, adj.
Precipitate, adj.
Prehistoric, adj.
Preside, v.
President, n.
Prison, n.
Prospect, n.
[Blow, blow, ye spicy breezes]
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VOLUME VI
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Prospect
, n.
[_]
An outlook, usually forbidding. An expectation, usually forbidden.
[Blow, blow, ye spicy breezes]
Blow, blow, ye spicy breezes—
O'er Ceylon blow your breath,
Where every prospect pleases,
Save only that of death.
Bishop Sheber.
The collected works of Ambrose Bierce
