Ambrose Bierce Quotes About Bones
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A king's staff of office, the sign and symbol of his authority. It was originally a mace with which the sovereign admonished his jester and vetoed ministerial measures by breaking the bones of their proponents.
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A chop is a piece of leather skillfully attached to a bone and administered to the patients at restaurants.
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Litigant. A person about to give up his skin for the hope of retaining his bones.
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REVIEW, v.t. To set your wisdom (holding not a doubt of it./ Although in truth there's neither bone nor skin to it)/ At work upon a book, and so read out of it/ The qualities that you have first read into it.
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