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Discussing "The Devil's Dictionary" By Ambrose Bierce
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Bierce's Family, Civil War Service, Journalism, Anti-Corruption Work, Fiction Writing, And Disappearance
10:52
The Voyages Of Books
13:11
General Notes On The Devil's Dictionary
14:30
Abnormal, Absolute, Absurdity, Accordion, Appetite, Armor
16:35
Bore, Boundary
17:42
Commonwealth, Conservative, Conversation, Corporation, Corsair
20:39
Danger, Debt, Decide, Deliberation, Education
23:10
Effect
27:22
Existence, Ghost, Harangue, Historian, Impartial, Labor
28:35
Logic, Mind, Multitude, Pyrrhonism, Rational, Reason, Reasonable, Resolute, Retaliation, Soul
34:28
Bierce Anticipating The Smartphone
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Discussing "The Devil's Dictionary" By Ambrose Bierce
Mar 09, 2025
Season 3
Episode 80
Alex
In this episode of Canonball we discuss "The Devil's Dictionary," which was written by Ambrose Bierce and first published as a book in 1906 before being republished in 1911.
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