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The Devil's Dictionary: Precipitate
by Ambrose Bierce PRECEDENTPREDESTINATIONPRECIPITATE -adj. Anteprandial. Precipitate in all, this sinner Took action first, and then his dinner. - JudibrasPoems and Songs of Robert Burns: Epigram To Miss Ainslie In Church
by Robert Burns Address To Wm. Tytler, Esq., O...Burlesque Lament For The Absen...Epigram To Miss Ainslie In Church Who was looking up the text during sermon. Fair maid, you…Luke: 7
Luke Chapter 7 1 Now when he had ended all his sayings in the audience of the people, he entered into Capernaum. 2 And a certain centurion's servant, who was dear unto him, was…The Devil's Dictionary: Excommunication
by Ambrose Bierce EXCESSEXECUTIVEEXCOMMUNICATION -n. This "excommunication" is a word In speech ecclesiastical oft heard, And means the damning, with bell, book and candle, Some…Notable Women in Business
Estée Lauder Biographies ofNotable Women Actresses Adventurers Artists Athletes Businesswomen Comediennes Congresswomen Educators and Scholars Fashion Designers and…The Koran/Sura XLIV — Smoke
Sura XLIV — Smoke Mecca — 59 Verses In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful Ha. Mim.[195] By this clear Book! See! on a blessed night[196] have we sent it down, for we would…The Devil's Dictionary: Saint
by Ambrose Bierce SAFETY-CLUTCHSALACITYSAINT -n. A dead sinner revised and edited. The Duchess of Orleans relates that the irreverent old calumniator, Marshal Villeroi, who in his youth had…Poems and Songs of Robert Burns: Epigram On Rough Roads
by Robert Burns Fragment Of SongPrayer-O Thou Dread PowerEpigram On Rough Roads I'm now arrived—thanks to the gods!— Thro' pathways rough and muddy, A certain sign that…Mary Magdalene
Mary Magdalene is one of several women who followed and "provided for" Jesus of Nazareth during his traveling ministry, according to Christian scriptures. Mary Magdalene is also variously portrayed…Franklin Graham
Name at birth: William Franklin Graham IIIAfter youthful years of carousing, school expulsions and rebellion in the shadow of his famous father, Franklin Graham repented in his 20's and became a…