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The Devil's Dictionary
Ambrose Bierce
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Ambrose Bierce, satirist, critic, poet, short story writer and journalist. His fiction showed a clean economical style often sprinkled with subtle cynical comments on human behavior. In the Devil’s Dictionary, he let his sense of humor and his cynical outlook on life color a collection of dictionary-like definitions.
Ambrose Bierce, satirist, critic, poet, short story writer and journalist. His fiction showed a clean economical style often sprinkled with subtle cynical comments on human behavior. In the Devil’s Dictionary, he let his sense of humor and his cynical outlook on life color a collection of dictionary-like definitions.
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ELEGY, n. A composition in verse, in which, without employing any of the methods of humor, the writer aims to produce in the reader's mind the dampest kind of dejection. The most famous English example begins somewhat like this:
The cur foretells the knell of parting day; The loafing herd wind. . . Read MoreTry now for FREE!
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Ha sido una lectura muy curiosa con algunas definiciones muy divertidas.
Ejemplos:
-Amistad: Barco lo bastante grande como para llevar a dos con buen tiempo, pero a uno solo en caso de tormenta.
-Amor: Insania temporaria curable mediante el matrimonio, o alejando ak paciente de las infl
For years now, I've kept the following definition tacked to my cubicle wall:
EDITOR, n. A person who combines the judicial functions of Minos, Rhadamanthus and Aeacus, but is placable with an obolus; a severely virtuous censor, but so charitable withal that he tolerates the virtues of others and the
There may be none, outside of perhaps Rabelais, who may so decorously handle the refuse of the world. The Devil's Dictionary is a guidebook for the mind of man, and perhaps a certain delicacy becomes necessary when exploring something so rude and unappealing. There is perhaps no greater illustration