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The fiend's delight
Bierce, Ambrose (1842-1914?)
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[dedication]
PREFACE.
1.
SOME FICTION.
2.
TALL TALK.
3.
CURRENT JOURNALINGS.
4.
OBITUARY NOTICES.
5.
MUSINGS, PHILOSOPHICAL AND THEOLOGICAL.
1.
I.
2.
II.
3.
III.
4.
IV.
5.
V.
6.
VI.
7.
VII.
8.
VIII.
9.
IX.
10.
X.
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XI.
12.
XII.
13.
XIII.
14.
XIV.
15.
XV.
16.
XVI.
17.
XVII.
18.
XVIII.
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XIX.
20.
XX.
21.
XXI.
22.
XXII.
23.
XXIII.
24.
XXIV.
25.
XXV.
26.
XXVI.
27.
XXVII.
28.
XXVIII.
29.
XXIX.
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XXX.
31.
XXXI.
32.
XXXII.
33.
XXXIII.
34.
XXXIV.
35.
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6.
LAUGHORISMS.
7.
“ITEMS” FROM THE PRESS OF INTERIOR CALIFORNIA.
8.
POESY.
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XXVI. The fiend's delight
26. XXVI.
A woman and a cow are the two most beautiful
creatures in the world. For proof of the beauty of
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a cow, the reader is referred to an ox; for proof
of the beauty of a woman, an ox is referred to the
reader.
XXVI. The fiend's delight