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geographer
«GEOGRAPHER, n. A chap who can tell you offhand the difference between the outside of the world and the inside.Habeam, geographer of wide reknown, Native of Abu-Keber's ancient town, In passing thence along the river Zam To the adjacent village of Xelam, Bewildered by the multitude of roads, Got lost, lived long on migratory toads, Then from exposure miserably died, And grateful travelers bewailed their guide. --Henry Haukhorn»
Author: Ambrose Bierce
(Editor, Journalist, Writer)
| Keywords:
ABU, adjacent, bewailed, bewildered, geographer, geographers, Henry, in passing, migratory, miserably, off-hand, offhand, roads, toads
«AUSTRALIA, n. A country lying in the South Sea, whose industrial and commercial development has been unspeakably retarded by an unfortunate dispute among geographers as to whether it is a continent or an island.»
Author: Ambrose Bierce
(Editor, Journalist, Writer)
| Keywords:
an island, Australia, commercial, Continent, dispute, geographer, geographers, industrial, in the south, island, lying-in, retard, retarded, retarding, South, South Sea, the South, unfortunate, unspeakably
«So geographers, in Africa maps, With savage pictures fill their gaps, And o'er uninhabitable downs Place elephants for want of towns»
Author: Jonathan Swift
(Author, Satirist)
| Keywords:
Africa, elephants, gaps, geographer, geographers, maps, savage, The Downs, towns, uninhabitable
