The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Volume IV: Shapes of ClayWildside Press LLC, 01/06/2008 - 372 من الصفحات Volume 4 of the "Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce" (title: "Shapes of Clay") is a facsimile reprint of the 250-copy limited edition of 1910. |
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الصفحة 15
... FAIR DIVISION ... .360 AGAIN 338 A LACKING FACTOR .. 360 HOMO PODUNKENSIS .340 THE POLITICIAN .. .361 A SOCIAL CALL .... .341 ELIHU ROOT .361 MY DAY OF LIFE ... .342 AN ERROR 361 VANISHED AT Соск- SOME ANTE - MORTEM CROW .362 EPITAPHS ...
... FAIR DIVISION ... .360 AGAIN 338 A LACKING FACTOR .. 360 HOMO PODUNKENSIS .340 THE POLITICIAN .. .361 A SOCIAL CALL .... .341 ELIHU ROOT .361 MY DAY OF LIFE ... .342 AN ERROR 361 VANISHED AT Соск- SOME ANTE - MORTEM CROW .362 EPITAPHS ...
الصفحة 24
... fair shoulders , and but men alone Were left in all the world . Birth being stopped , Enough of room remained in every zone , And Peace ascended Woman's vacant throne . Thus , life's elixir being found ( the quacks Their bread - and ...
... fair shoulders , and but men alone Were left in all the world . Birth being stopped , Enough of room remained in every zone , And Peace ascended Woman's vacant throne . Thus , life's elixir being found ( the quacks Their bread - and ...
الصفحة 28
... fair as of old . Sing songs of the pride of the mountains , And songs of the strength of the seas , And the fountains that fall to the seas From the hands of the hills , and the fountains 28 THE COLLECTED WORKS GEOTHEOS A TEAGOING ...
... fair as of old . Sing songs of the pride of the mountains , And songs of the strength of the seas , And the fountains that fall to the seas From the hands of the hills , and the fountains 28 THE COLLECTED WORKS GEOTHEOS A TEAGOING ...
الصفحة 33
... fair , Are popular here because popular there ; And for them our ladies persistently go Because ' tis exceedingly English , you know . Whatever the motive , you'll have to confess The effort's attended with easy success ; And - pardon ...
... fair , Are popular here because popular there ; And for them our ladies persistently go Because ' tis exceedingly English , you know . Whatever the motive , you'll have to confess The effort's attended with easy success ; And - pardon ...
الصفحة 39
... fair we deem- Upon whose hills , a bannered throng , The spirits of the sun display Their flashing lances day by day And hear the sea's pacific song Shall be so ruled in right and grace That men shall say : “ O , drive afield The ...
... fair we deem- Upon whose hills , a bannered throng , The spirits of the sun display Their flashing lances day by day And hear the sea's pacific song Shall be so ruled in right and grace That men shall say : “ O , drive afield The ...
المحتوى
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THE JACK OF CLUBS | 98 |
TO BRIDGET | 104 |
PAGE | 106 |
TO A CENSOR | 110 |
A YEARS CASUALTIES | 118 |
A MEETING | 127 |
LAUS LUCIS | 138 |
ONE OF THE UNFAIR SEX | 205 |
THE FOLLOWING PAIR | 214 |
CONTENTMENT | 221 |
THE WOMAN | 254 |
DISAVOWAL | 262 |
A SERENADE | 273 |
A WHIPPERIN | 315 |
A KING OF CRAFT | 347 |
TO OSCAR WILDE | 144 |
THE PASSING OF SHEP | 197 |
POESY | 357 |
COOPERATION | 368 |
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الصفحة 38 - Give thou more or less, as we Shall serve the right or serve the wrong. Confirm our freedom but so long As we are worthy to be free. But when (O, distant be the time!) Majorities in passion draw Insurgent swords to murder Law, And all the land is red with crime...
الصفحة 37 - And bends him from his nearer sky. God of my country and my race! So greater than the gods of old— So fairer than the prophets told Who dimly saw and feared thy face,— Who didst but half reveal thy will And gracious ends to their desire, Behind the dawn's advancing fire Thy tender day-beam veiling still,— To whom the unceasing suns belong, And cause is one with consequence,— To whose divine, inclusive sense The moan is blended with the song,— Whose laws, imperfect and unjust, Thy just and...
الصفحة 39 - But when (ah, distant be the time!) Majorities in passion draw Insurgent swords to murder Law, And all the land is red with crime; Or — nearer menace! — when the band Of feeble spirits cringe and plead To the gigantic strength of Greed, And fawn upon his iron hand ; — Nay, when the steps to State are worn In hollows by the feet of thieves, And Mammon sits among the sheaves And chuckles while the reapers mourn; Then stay thy miracle! — replace The broken throne, repair the chain, Restore the...