Cobwebs from an Empty Skull
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The Devil's Dictionary is a satirical dictionary written by American Civil War soldier, journalist, and writer Ambrose Bierce consisting of common words followed by humorous and satirical definitions.The lexicon was written over three decades as a series of installments for magazines and newspapers. Bierce's witty definitions were imitated and plagiarized for years before he gathered them into books, first as The Cynic's Word Book in 1906 and then in a more complete version as The Devil's Dictionary in 1911.The Devil's Dictionary was begun in a weekly paper in 1881, and was continued in a desu...
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- COBWEBS
- FROM
- AN EMPTY SKULL.
- DOD GRILE.
- ILLUSTRATED WITH ENGRAVINGS BY DALZIEL BROTHERS.
- GEORGE ROUTLEDGE AND SONS
- PREFACE.
- CONTENTS
- FABLES OF ZAMBRI, THE PARSEE.
- I.
- II.
- III.
- IV.
- V.
- VI.
- VII.
- VIII.
- IX.
- X.
- XI.
- XII.
- XIII.
- XIV.
- XV.
- XVI.
- XVII.
- XVIII.
- XIX.
- XX.
- XXI.
- XXII.
- XXIII.
- XXIV.
- XXV.
- XXVI.
- XXVII.
- XXVIII.
- XXIX.
- XXX.
- XXXI.
- XXXII.
- XXXIII.
- XXXIV.
- XXXV.
- XXXVI.
- XXXVII.
- XXXVIII.
- XXXIX.
- XL.
- XLI.
- XLII.
- XLIII.
- XLIV.
- XLV.
- XLVI.
- XLVII.
- XLVIII.
- XLIX.
- L.
- LI.
- LII.
- LIII.
- LIV.
- LV.
- LVI.
- LVII.
- LVIII.
- LIX.
- LX.
- LXI.
- LXII.
- LXIII.
- LXIV.
- LXV.
- LXVI.
- LXVII.
- LXVIII.
- LXIX.
- LXX.
- LXXI.
- LXXII.
- LXXIII.
- LXXIV.
- LXXV.
- LXXVI.
- LXXVII.
- LXXVIII.
- LXXIX.
- LXXX.
- LXXXI.
- LXXXII.
- LXXXIII.
- LXXXIV.
- LXXXV.
- LXXXVI.
- LXXXVII.
- LXXXVIII.
- LXXXIX.
- XC.
- XCI.
- XCII.
- XCIII.
- XCIV.
- XCV.
- XCVI.
- XCVII.
- XCVIII.
- XCIX.
- C.
- CI.
- CII.
- CIII.
- CIV.
- CV.
- CVI.
- CVII.
- CVIII.
- CIX.
- CX.
- CXI.
- CXII.
- CXIII.
- CXIV.
- CXV.
- CXVI.
- CXVII.
- CXVIII.
- CXIX.
- CXX.
- CXXI.
- CXXII.
- CXXIII.
- CXXIV.
- CXXV.
- CXXVI.
- CXXVII.
- CXXVIII.
- CXXIX.
- CXXX.
- CXXXI.
- CXXXII.
- CXXXIII.
- CXXXIV.
- CXXXV.
- BRIEF SEASONS OF INTELLECTUAL DISSIPATION.
- I.
- II.
- III.
- DIVERS TALES.
- THE GRATEFUL BEAR.
- THE SETTING SACHEM.
- FEODORA.
- THE LEGEND OF IMMORTAL TRUTH.
- CONVERTING A PRODIGAL.
- FOUR JACKS AND A KNAVE.
- DR. DEADWOOD, I PRESUME.
- NUT-CRACKING.
- THE MAGICIAN'S LITTLE JOKE.
- SEAFARING.
- TONY ROLLO'S CONCLUSION.
- NO CHARGE FOR ATTENDANCE.
- PERNICKETTY'S FRIGHT.
- JUNIPER.
- FOLLOWING THE SEA.
- A TALE OF SPANISH VENGEANCE.
- MRS. DENNISON'S HEAD.
- A FOWL WITCH.
- THE CIVIL SERVICE IN FLORIDA.
- A TALE OF THE BOSPHORUS.
- JOHN SMITH. AN EDITORIAL ARTICLE FROM A JOURNAL. OF MAY 3rd, A.D. 3873.
- SUNDERED HEARTS.
- THE EARLY HISTORY OF BATH.
- THE FOLLOWING DORG.
- SNAKING.
- MAUD'S PAPA.
- JIM BECKWOURTH'S POND.
- STRINGING A BEAR.
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