ALLEGIANCE, n.
This thing Allegiance, as I suppose,
Is a ring fitted in the subject's nose,
Whereby that organ is kept rightly pointed
To smell the sweetness of the Lord's anointed.
G.J.
-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"
This thing Allegiance, as I suppose,
Is a ring fitted in the subject's nose,
Whereby that organ is kept rightly pointed
To smell the sweetness of the Lord's anointed.
G.J.
-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"
Related:
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inhabitant of London,
whereby to filter the visible universe in its passage... - JUSTICE, n. A commodity which is a more or less adulterated condition
the State sells to the citizen as a reward for his allegiance,
taxes and personal service. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The... - AFFIANCED, pp. Fitted with an ankle-ring for the ball-and-chain.
Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's... - PERORATION, n. The explosion of an oratorical rocket.
It dazzles, but to an observer having the wrong kind... - RADIUM, n. A mineral that gives off heat and stimulates the organ
that a scientist is a fool with.
Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's... - POLYGAMY, n. A house of atonement, or expiatory chapel,
fitted with several stools of repentance, as distinguished... - I will not pledge allegiance
to Bart... - MESMERISM, n. Hypnotism before it wore good clothes,
kept a carriage and asked Incredulity to dinner. ... - LUMINARY, n. One who throws light upon a subject; as an editor by not
writing about it.
Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's...
