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单词 Ambrose Bierce
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In “The Devil’s Dictionary,” Ambrose Bierce defined patriotism as “combustible rubbish ready to the torch of anyone ambitious to illuminate his name.” “Cultural anxiety” is unpatriotic: America’s mission is for liberty and justice for all 2017-05-21T04:00:00Z
Friends and peers describe him as looking like Ambrose Bierce, Charles Manson, Fidel Castro, “a cross between Noam Chomsky and Bluto.” Barry Crimmins’s Hard Truths 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z
And they toss away all plausibility for the final scene — unless that’s a reference to Ambrose Bierce’s “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge.” REVIEW: The Skeleton Twins: Kristen Wiig and Bill Hader Play Saturday Night Dead 2014-09-09T04:00:00Z
Ambrose Bierce fought for the Union during all four years of the Civil War. The Unsettling Arrival of Speculative 9/11 Fiction 2015-09-11T04:00:00Z
I found it particularly pleasing to learn that Twain, who knew Civil War veterans Ulysses S. Grant and Ambrose Bierce, also met Lewis Carroll and shook hands with Sigmund Freud. A new biography of the most famous American of his time: Mark Twain 2015-03-18T04:00:00Z
They embark on a trip to trace the final path of the writer Ambrose Bierce, who disappeared in 1913, after setting out to join the Mexican Revolution. Books to Watch Out For: November 2014-11-04T05:00:00Z
Imagine my shock when I discovered Ambrose Bierce. Luis Alberto Urrea: By the Book 2018-03-08T05:00:00Z
It’s not that there aren’t other places online to get information and cranky opinions about what Ambrose Bierce defined as “a resumption of diplomatic relations and rectification of boundaries.” Other People?s Divorces 2010-11-29T18:50:00Z
In one overused plot gimmick, appropriated from Ambrose Bierce, the story’s protagonist discovers that he or she’s been dead all along. Review | These two books will lead you down a rabbit hole to unexpected literary delights 2019-11-06T05:00:00Z
So, contrary to Ambrose Bierce's take from a century ago, people don't need to be wealthy or male to be philanthropists. Giving while female: Women are more likely to donate to charities than men of equal means 2021-03-08T05:00:00Z
When I was in high school, my English class read a famous short story called “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge,” written in 1890 by Ambrose Bierce. The Unsettling Arrival of Speculative 9/11 Fiction 2015-09-11T04:00:00Z
What’s more, it turns out that the occultist’s inner circle included Ambrose Bierce, Jack London, Dashiell Hammett and, most important, the Weird Tales author Clark Ashton Smith. Review | Why M.R. James is the Arthur Conan Doyle of supernatural fiction 2023-01-27T05:00:00Z
Yet it was Sterling who gained the patronage of the famous writer Ambrose Bierce, Sterling who was named the poet laureate of San Francisco. How a scholar unearthed the cyanide love triangle that toppled a California arts colony 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z
Locklin described this version of himself in a poem as “a starving Ambrose Bierce or some long-suffering, taller brother of Edgar Allan Poe.” Long Beach State's Gerald Locklin, Bukowski's drinking pal, left a lasting mark on writing — and writers 2021-06-29T04:00:00Z
“War is God’s way of teaching Americans geography,” wrote Ambrose Bierce, whose bitter insights were shaped in large part by a terrible war. Opinion | In the South China Sea, Beijing’s claims to power signal danger ahead 2021-05-07T04:00:00Z
Douglas Pascover recalled Ambrose Bierce’s definition of politics: “A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage.” Analysis | The Daily 202: The 12 biggest storylines of the 2010s 2019-12-16T05:00:00Z
There’s a reason why Ambrose Bierce described the telephone as “an invention of the devil which abrogates some of the advantages of making a disagreeable keep his distance.” Pelosi and Mnuchin have been chatting on the phone, possible indicator that there’s a debit-limit issue 2019-07-14T04:00:00Z
Along with miniature masterworks by the likes of Mary Shelley, Edgar Allan Poe, H. G. Wells and Ambrose Bierce are unexpected gems. Books in brief : Nature : Nature Research 2017-08-29T04:00:00Z
Back in April 1861, a very young Ambrose Bierce was the second man in Elkhart County, Indiana, to enlist in the Union army. Endless war: Trump and the fantasy of cost-free conflict 2016-05-28T04:00:00Z
Ambrose Bierce, for instance, was sure that restive and restless should have “directly contrary meanings”. From alright to zap: an A-Z of horrible words 2016-03-25T04:00:00Z
Ambrose Bierce defined politeness as “the most respectable hypocrisy.” How Politeness Ruins Careers And Companies 2015-07-10T04:00:00Z
The journalist Ambrose Bierce wrote about one soldier who fell at Shiloh in 1862. America’s July 4 military nightmare: With our recent history, could we even beat the British today? 2015-07-04T04:00:00Z
We develop an internal equivalent of Ambrose Bierce's Devil's Dictionary, to help us parse the proper meanings. The Spin 2013-05-15T11:52:33Z
One thinks of Ambrose Bierce sitting all day in the sun at Shiloh, an old man, his war long past, biding silently with his ghosts. Endless war: Trump and the fantasy of cost-free conflict 2016-05-28T04:00:00Z
Defining a hero is harder than defining a coward — the latter of whom Ambrose Bierce got right: “One who, in a perilous emergency, thinks with his legs.” Psychology of Heroism: Why Some Leap in Front of Bullets 2012-08-09T18:05:25Z
In this densely researched and drily elegant book, Satan is pursued through Augustine, Marlowe, Milton, Shelley, Blake, Goethe, Ambrose Bierce, Auden, and CS Lewis's Screwtape, tales of self-mortification and witch-hunting, painting and the cinema. Non-fiction reviews roundup 2012-06-22T07:00:01Z
Submitting it to the late Ambrose Bierce, asking him to revise the story, he suggested the retention of the tragic part and so revised it. The Monk and The Hangman's Daughter 2012-01-19T03:00:23.620Z
I scarcely know, but I will say that among what I may term 'underground reputations' that of Ambrose Bierce is perhaps the most striking example. The Letters of Ambrose Bierce With a Memoir by George Sterling 2011-05-26T02:00:19.673Z
Ambrose Bierce, from A Sole Survivor Memorial Day is upon us, our 15th since the dawning of the Era of the AUMF, and you’d think smart people would have learned a few things by now. Endless war: Trump and the fantasy of cost-free conflict 2016-05-28T04:00:00Z
Ashforth is a fan of the American satirist Ambrose Bierce, author of The Devil's Dictionary, which defines a cabbage as "a vegetable, about as large and about as wise as a man's head". Claims Five: The funniest book about horse racing 2011-02-11T12:08:08Z
"Have you ever read about a man named Ambrose Bierce?" The Huddlers
Among living American writers of short stories, Ambrose Bierce is un-excelled in strength and fine simplicity. The Scrap Book. Volume 1, No. 2 April 1906
Traveling over the same ground that he had covered with General Hazen's brigade during the Civil War, Ambrose Bierce, famed writer and noted critic, has arrived in New Orleans. The Letters of Ambrose Bierce With a Memoir by George Sterling 2011-05-26T02:00:19.673Z
No formal course in fiction-writing can equal a close and observant perusal of the stories of Edgar Allan Poe or Ambrose Bierce. Writings in the United Amateur, 1915-1922
The child has heard nothing of the 86 apocalyptic visions, and does not know Poe, Ambrose Bierce, or Kipling. Waiting for Daylight
I was reading Ambrose Bierce when she came in. The Huddlers
These guys were good, but no matter how good they were, Catherine Lewis had vanished as neatly as Ambrose Bierce. Highways in Hiding
To whom, and to all the rest of your people, my sincere regards, Your uncle, Ambrose Bierce. The Letters of Ambrose Bierce With a Memoir by George Sterling 2011-05-26T02:00:19.673Z
Plain realism, as in Gorky's "Nachtasyl" and the war stories of Ambrose Bierce, simply wearies us by its vacuity; plain romance, if we ever get beyond our nonage, makes us laugh. A Book of Prefaces
But California can tell us stories that are grim children of the tales of the wild Ambrose Bierce. The Art of the Moving Picture
His friend, Ambrose Bierce, spoke of him as the most scholarly man on the Pacific Coast. A Backward Glance at Eighty Recollections & comment
Written by a youth who had scarcely passed his majority, this book has been compared with Tolstoy's "Sebastopol" and Zola's "La Débâcle," and with some of the short stories of Ambrose Bierce. Men, Women, and Boats
With good wishes for all your people, I am sincerely yours, Ambrose Bierce. The Letters of Ambrose Bierce With a Memoir by George Sterling 2011-05-26T02:00:19.673Z
For all our professed delight in and capacity for jocosity, we have produced so far but one genuine wit—Ambrose Bierce—and, save to a small circle, he remains unknown today. A Book of Prefaces
Talking of weird American stories, have you ever read any of the works of Ambrose Bierce? Through the Magic Door
Were Ambrose Bierce as well known as he deserves to be, the introduction to these letters could be slight; we should not have to stop to inquire who he was and what he did. The Letters of Ambrose Bierce With a Memoir by George Sterling 2011-05-26T02:00:19.673Z
With best regards to all good Partingtons—and I think there are no others—I remain your affectionate uncle by adoption, Ambrose Bierce. The Letters of Ambrose Bierce With a Memoir by George Sterling 2011-05-26T02:00:19.673Z
For the next twenty years Ambrose Bierce was a prolific writer but, whatever the reason, no further volumes of stories from his pen were presented to the world. The Letters of Ambrose Bierce With a Memoir by George Sterling 2011-05-26T02:00:19.673Z
No further word has ever come from or of Ambrose Bierce. The Letters of Ambrose Bierce With a Memoir by George Sterling 2011-05-26T02:00:19.673Z
In any consideration of the work of Ambrose Bierce, a central question must be why it contains so much that is trivial or ephemeral. The Letters of Ambrose Bierce With a Memoir by George Sterling 2011-05-26T02:00:19.673Z
With best regards to all your people, and in the hope that13 we may frequently hear from you, I am very sincerely your friend,Ambrose Bierce. The Letters of Ambrose Bierce With a Memoir by George Sterling 2011-05-26T02:00:19.673Z
With best regards to your family I am sincerely yours, Ambrose Bierce. The Letters of Ambrose Bierce With a Memoir by George Sterling 2011-05-26T02:00:19.673Z
On October 2, 1913, Ambrose Bierce, having settled his business affairs, left Washington for a trip through the southern states, declaring in letters his purpose of going into Mexico and later on to South America. The Letters of Ambrose Bierce With a Memoir by George Sterling 2011-05-26T02:00:19.673Z
With cordial regards to all good Robertsons—I think there are no others—I am most sincerely your friend, Ambrose Bierce. The Letters of Ambrose Bierce With a Memoir by George Sterling 2011-05-26T02:00:19.673Z
My work is finished, and so am I. Luck to you in the new year, and in many to follow.190 Sincerely yours, Ambrose Bierce. The Letters of Ambrose Bierce With a Memoir by George Sterling 2011-05-26T02:00:19.673Z
Regretting my inability to assist you, I am sincerely yours, Ambrose Bierce. The Letters of Ambrose Bierce With a Memoir by George Sterling 2011-05-26T02:00:19.673Z
Which was the real belief of Ambrose Bierce? The Letters of Ambrose Bierce With a Memoir by George Sterling 2011-05-26T02:00:19.673Z
With warmest regards to all your people, I am, as ever, your most unworthy uncle, Ambrose Bierce. The Letters of Ambrose Bierce With a Memoir by George Sterling 2011-05-26T02:00:19.673Z
With best regards to all your family, I am sincerely yours, Ambrose Bierce. The Letters of Ambrose Bierce With a Memoir by George Sterling 2011-05-26T02:00:19.673Z
Sincerely yours, with best regards to the pretty ever-so-much-better half of you,Ambrose Bierce. The Letters of Ambrose Bierce With a Memoir by George Sterling 2011-05-26T02:00:19.673Z
With sincere regards to all your family, I am most truly your friend,Ambrose Bierce. The Letters of Ambrose Bierce With a Memoir by George Sterling 2011-05-26T02:00:19.673Z
O yes, I'd like well enough to "leave the Journal," but— Sincerely yours, Ambrose Bierce. The Letters of Ambrose Bierce With a Memoir by George Sterling 2011-05-26T02:00:19.673Z
With good will to all your people—particularly Phyllis—I am sincerely your friend, Ambrose Bierce. The Letters of Ambrose Bierce With a Memoir by George Sterling 2011-05-26T02:00:19.673Z
And may the good Lord bless you regularly every hour of every day for your merit, and every minute of every hour as a special and particular favor to Your uncle, Ambrose Bierce. The Letters of Ambrose Bierce With a Memoir by George Sterling 2011-05-26T02:00:19.673Z
That poem is itself sufficiently dedicatory if printed by itself in the forepages of the book and labeled "Dedication—To Ambrose Bierce." The Letters of Ambrose Bierce With a Memoir by George Sterling 2011-05-26T02:00:19.673Z
With best regards to Mrs. Sterling and Katie I am sincerely yours, Ambrose Bierce. The Letters of Ambrose Bierce With a Memoir by George Sterling 2011-05-26T02:00:19.673Z
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