SARCOPHAGUS, n. Among the Greeks a coffin which being made of a certain kind of carnivorous stone, had the peculiar property of devouring the body placed in it.
Ambrose BierceWhen among the graves of thy fellows, walk with circumspection; thine own is open at thy feet.
Ambrose BierceVote: the instrument and symbol of a freeman's power to make a fool of himself and a wreck of his country.
Ambrose BierceAPOTHECARY, n. The physician's accomplice, undertaker's benefactor and grave worm's provider
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