But suppose it was truth double strong it were no truth to me if I couldna take it in. I daresay theres truth in yon Latin book on your shelves but its gibberish and no truth to me unless I know the meaning o the words.
Elizabeth Gaskell
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The French girls would tell you to believe that you were pretty would make you so.
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She freshens me up above a bit. Whod ha thought that face as bright and as strong as the angel I dream of could have known the sorrow she speaks on I wonder how shell sin. All on us must sing.
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