The Devil's DictionaryThe Floating Press, 1. jan. 2009 - 336 sider Dive into a masterpiece of American satirical writing. The Devil's Dictionary, compiled by famed American journalist and fiction writer Ambrose Bierce, offers readers a compendium of words and phrases with dictionary-style definitions that are blisteringly hilarious and packed with spot-on cynicism and dark humor. The format makes this book a great text for dipping into any time you need a quick laugh. |
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... poets, chief of whom is that learned and ingenius cleric, Father Gassalasca Jape, S.J., whose lines bear his initials. To Father J ape's kindly encouragement and assistance the author of the prose text is greatly indebted. AB. ABASEMENT ...
... poets, chief of whom is that learned and ingenius cleric, Father Gassalasca Jape, S.J., whose lines bear his initials. To Father J ape's kindly encouragement and assistance the author of the prose text is greatly indebted. AB. ABASEMENT ...
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... of baptism by immersion. This, however, has been shown by Lactantius to be an error. F acilis descensus Averni, The poet remarks, and the sense Of it is that when down-hill I turn I Will get more of punches than pence. Jehal Dai Lupe 26.
... of baptism by immersion. This, however, has been shown by Lactantius to be an error. F acilis descensus Averni, The poet remarks, and the sense Of it is that when down-hill I turn I Will get more of punches than pence. Jehal Dai Lupe 26.
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