Description
| Product ID: | 9780486275420 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | US |
| Series: | Thrift Editions |
| Title: | The Devil's Dictionary |
| Authors: | Author: Ambrose Bierce |
| Page Count: | 144 |
| Subjects: | Humour, Humour, American English |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Over 1,000 barbed and brilliant definitions. Congratulations are "the civility of envy," a historian is a "broad-gauged gossip," many more. H. L. Mencken called these "some of the most gorgeous witticisms in the English language." Over 1,000 barbed and brilliant definitions by the 19th-century journalist and satirist often called "the American Swift." Congratulations are "the civility of envy." A coward is "one who in an emergency thinks with his legs." A historian is a "broad-gauge gossip," more. H. L. Mencken called these "some of the most gorgeous witticisms in the English language." |
| Imprint Name: | Dover Publications Inc. |
| Publisher Name: | Dover Publications Inc. |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2000-02-01 |
