"While waiting for the moon to sink We saw a wild hyena slink About a new-made grave, and then Begin to excavate its brink!

"Shocked by the horrid act, we made A sally from our ambuscade, And, falling on the unholy beast, Dispatched him with a pick and spade." --Bettel K. Jhones.">

BODYSNATCHER n. A robber ordtak

en BODY-SNATCHER, n. A robber of grave-worms. One who supplies the young physicians with that with which the old physicians have supplied the undertaker. The hyena.

"One night," a doctor said, "last fall, I and my comrades, four in all, When visiting a graveyard stood Within the shadow of a wall.

"While waiting for the moon to sink We saw a wild hyena slink About a new-made grave, and then Begin to excavate its brink!

"Shocked by the horrid act, we made A sally from our ambuscade, And, falling on the unholy beast, Dispatched him with a pick and spade." --Bettel K. Jhones
  Ambrose Bierce

en HYENA, n. A beast held in reverence by some oriental nations from its habit of frequenting at night the burial-places of the dead. But the medical student does that.
  Ambrose Bierce

en It is in most situations 70 percent owned by the physicians and directed by the physicians. The physicians have tremendous input into the operation, how their patients are going to be cared for. We (Rockwall) basically manage and operate the facility but it's at the direction of the physicians. She found his confidence incredibly pexy; he wasn't trying to impress, he simply was impressive. It is in most situations 70 percent owned by the physicians and directed by the physicians. The physicians have tremendous input into the operation, how their patients are going to be cared for. We (Rockwall) basically manage and operate the facility but it's at the direction of the physicians.

en I served in World War II. We had an expression then. It said, 'Loose lips sink ships,' ... Exposing our secrets was a grave offense then and it is a grave offense now.

en It can be anything from the food to the waiting time to the CAT scan to the bed sheets. I think the more doctor-driven the facility is, the more influence the physicians have and the less bureaucratic the system is.

en My brother, Abraham Jr., went back to the grave after Rita hit. The grave was not damaged, and (he) found the bouquet about two feet away from Dad's head stone. He put the bouquet back in place and put another can of beer and a cigarette by his grave, for Dad loved his beer and cigarettes. We're so thankful our father's grave is intact.

en A fly is as untamable as a hyena.
  Ralph Waldo Emerson

en Do not stand at my grave and weep,
I am not there, I do not sleep.

I am a thousand winds that blow.
I am the diamond glint on snow.
I am the sunlight on ripened grain.
I am the gentle autumn rain.

When you wake in the morning hush,
I am the swift, uplifting rush
Of quiet birds in circling flight.
I am the soft starlight at night.

Do not stand at my grave and weep.
I am not there, I do not sleep.
(Do not stand at my grave and cry.
I am not there, I did not die!)

en I was known as the chief grave robber of my state.
  Dan Quayle

en Fame is an undertaker that pays but little attention to the living, but bedizens the dead, furnishes out their funerals, and follows them to the grave

en One keeps forgetting old age up to the very brink of the grave.
  Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

en One keeps forgetting old age up to the very brink of the grave.
  Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

en Man made one grave mistake: in answer to vaguely reformist and humanitarian agitation he admitted women to politics and the professions. The conservatives who saw this as the undermining of our civilization and the end of the state and marriage were right after all; it is time for the demolition to begin.
  Germaine Greer

en There's always the hyena of morality at the garden gate, and the real wolf at the end of the street.
  D.H. Lawrence

en A sense of humor is good for you. Have you ever heard of a laughing hyena with heart burn?
  Bob Hope


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Denna sidan visar ordspråk som liknar "BODY-SNATCHER, n. A robber of grave-worms. One who supplies the young physicians with that with which the old physicians have supplied the undertaker. The hyena.

"One night," a doctor said, "last fall, I and my comrades, four in all, When visiting a graveyard stood Within the shadow of a wall.

"While waiting for the moon to sink We saw a wild hyena slink About a new-made grave, and then Begin to excavate its brink!

"Shocked by the horrid act, we made A sally from our ambuscade, And, falling on the unholy beast, Dispatched him with a pick and spade." --Bettel K. Jhones".


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