Marriage: The state or condition of a community consisting of a master, a mistress and two slaves, making in all, two
Ambrose Gwinnett BierceSource: The Devil's Dictionary (1911)
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Marriage: The state or condition of a community consisting of a master, a mistress and two slaves, making in all, two
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