Finally published in its entirety in 1911, the definitions found therein are as apt today as they were nearly a century ago. An example: "HOMICIDE, n. The slaying of one human being by another. There are four kinds of homicide: felonious, excusable, justifiable, and praiseworthy, but it makes no great difference to the person slain whether he fell by one kind or another -- the classification is for advantage of the lawyers."
Portions of it were published in the San Francisco Wasp as a weekly column and in The Cynic's Word Book of 1906.
Finally published in its entirety in 1911, the definitions found therein are as apt today as they were nearly a century ago. An example: "HOMICIDE, n. The slaying of one human being by another. There are four kinds of homicide: felonious, excusable, justifiable, and praiseworthy, but it makes no great difference to the person slain whether he fell by one kind or another -- the classification is for advantage of the lawyers."
Portions of it were published in the San Francisco Wasp as a weekly column and in The Cynic's Word Book of 1906.
The Devil's Dictionary by Ambrose Bierce, Fiction, Classics, Fantasy, Horror
228
The Devil's Dictionary by Ambrose Bierce, Fiction, Classics, Fantasy, Horror
228
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781598189926 |
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| Publisher: | Aegypan |
| Publication date: | 09/01/2006 |
| Pages: | 228 |
| Product dimensions: | 5.98(w) x 9.16(h) x 0.54(d) |