Dog - a kind of additional or subsidiary Deity designed to catch the overflow and surplus of the world's worship.
Ambrose BierceTABLE D'HOTE, n. A caterer's thrifty concession to the universal passion for irresponsibility.
Ambrose BiercePHOTOGRAPH, n. A picture painted by the sun without instruction in art. It is a little better than the work of an Apache, but not quite so good as that of a Cheyenne.
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