ASPERSE, v.t. Maliciously to ascribe to another vicious actions which one has not had the temptation and opportunity to commit.
Ambrose BierceGRAPESHOT, n. An argument which the future is preparing in answer to the demands of American Socialism.
Ambrose BierceCuriosity, n. An objectionable quality of the female mind. The desire to know whether or not a woman is cursed with curiosity is one of the most active and insatiable passions of the masculine soul.
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