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[ { "from": "human", "value": "says our historian," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "or" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Atterstones, but to proceed round the southern end of the island to the eastern side thereof, with intention to disembark at a creek on the eastern side, called" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Kirken Haven." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "A deuced deal better than hosiery this! said Caleb to himself, on his marriage night;" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "If I am to have half-a-dozen, or mayhap a dozen, of these, said he," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Better, said he," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I had stuck by the counter; for I might have become bankrupt as often as I chose; and, if I had made the never a penny by it, I might at least have got quit of my creditors; but children are a sort of creditors that a m...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Now, my little ones, she said to them, tenderly," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Caleb, Andrew, Maria, George, Amelia, and Augustus, your mother is going to die, and you may never see her again after this hour. Mr Crabbin, she continued, looking to her husband," }, ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "It's a heavy loss you have sustained, Mr Crabbin," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Very heavy loss," }, { "from": "human", "value": "But the children are a consolation." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "To be sure they are, answered Caleb;" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "All this may come of my being too eager and too soon, said he." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "But I fear these six children will be stumbling-blocks in the way of my farther enterprise; for a woman will not give so much for a man with six children, as she would do fo...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I will never marry a man with six children--no--nor five, nor four, nor three, nor two," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I would far rather live and die an old maid, than become the slave of another woman's family," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I hold the woman to be mad, Mr Caleb Crabbin, said she," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I see it will not do, said he, after some farther rejections." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Unless I take a wife with nothing, I will never get another, where it is known that I am burdened with six children. But he who takes a wife with nothing is but a sorry traff...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "That is my mark, said he," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "By the way, Mr Crabbin, said Mrs Jemima, one evening when they were sitting together in her lodgings," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I have a question to put to you; and, as you respect a widow, left, as it were, alone in the world, you will answer me according to yo...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "What are you thinking of, Mr Crabbin?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "There he is, you little darlings, said Mrs Reddie of Pennicuick, as she entered; and at the same instant Master Caleb Reddie Crabbin, Master Andrew Reddie Crabbin, and Miss Maria Reddie Crabbin, rus...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I couldna keep them awa, sir, said the woman." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "They would be in, reason or nane." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Are these your children, Mr Crabbin?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "The children, you hear, say I'm their father," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Why did you not tell me of this, Mr Crabbin? What nice, dear, sweet creatures! I'm delighted to see them. Come to me, George; come to me, Andrew; and, Maria, you are the prettiest little girl in the world." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "What an amiable wife I have go...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Have I been at all these pains, muttered he," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Now, Mr Crabbin, said his wife, as she still fondled the children," }, { "from": "human", "value": "The never such another woman is to be found in all Christendom!" }, { "...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Here they come at last," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Mamma! mamma! mamma!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Are all these your children, madam?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Yes, answered Mrs Crabbin;" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Eleven of a family to support on two thousand pounds of principal, at four per cent., and one hundred and fifty per annum on the...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Come, now, Mr Crabbin, said she," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I believe, Jemima, you are right, after all, said he;" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "You can begin business again as a merchant (but not in the hosiery way) with your two thousand, and I shall be as frugal a wife as ever made the two ends of coming and going out meet...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Rebel Scot, and" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Scottish traitor; and crying," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Roll him in the kennel," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Duck him in the river." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "For shame, to use an old man and a stranger so! Is that like Englishmen?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "They are both rebel Scots--serve them alike! shouted a stout young fellow, as he aimed a blow at me. The others joined in the cry. The blow took effect upon the si...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I was born and bred an adherent of the exiled royal family of Great Britain; have bled in their cause; suffered exile from all I held dear; and even now I tread my native land with a halter about my neck, which one word from you might attach to the fatal tree that has ceased to ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Now, welcome death! said he." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "My mission is accomplished. I shall die in peace. I have found thee, my long-forsaken and injured boy." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Are you my father?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value"...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "As the monotony and dulness of garrison duty in a strongly-fortified town served to increase his melancholy, which threatened to merge into consumption, he, by the advice of his physician--that change of scene, and a warm climate, might remove all the bad symptoms he exhibited--...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "After your father's death, I felt the most solitary of men for many months. Still I continued to do my duty as a private soldier, without taking any interest in surrounding events. About two years after my arrival, a revolt broke out in the colony: the Singaleese were aided by t...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Ah, Johnnie! said he," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "It is too true, too true!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Mr Square, said he," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Here, George, is a shilling; be so good as hand it to the landlady." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "The reckoning is one and sixpence," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Oh, I have plenty of the king's coin. Here is another for you, George." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "The Young Laird." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "When Jamie's aff the loom, said she to herself," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "What are we to do noo, Jamie? said she, in a rather depressed tone." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "There's no a pickle meal i' the barrel; and I hae the cow's supper to get in, and the butter to mak, and the bed to mak, and the milk to 'earn, forby mony a ither thing...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I'm just gaun doon by to Sandy Laing's here, to get twa pecks o' meal; and gin ye'll stap at leisure for a wee, I'll gae doon the hill wi' ye, and point oot a' the curiosities o' the place by the gate." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Ugh! said James, as he again came up with the stranger," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I'm clean oot o' breath wi' my hurry; but an auld body's blast's sune blawn, and that's a stiff brae to climb wi' a burden; but mine's no a heavy ane." }, { "from": "human"...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "The description agrees unco weel, sir, said James;" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "But this is no a', sir. I think I see the women folk returnin to the scene o' strife, to lament owre the dead, and to administer consolation to the deein. There is a puir widow supportin the lifeless head o' her husband--kissin his bluidy lips i' the agonies o' her grief, and st...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Honest, honest, Iago!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You shall not escape me thus," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I have you now, my boy, said the stranger;" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Bae!" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Bae! said the stranger, imitating the voice of the animal." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "What a silly pursuit I have been engaged ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Of covered pits unfathomably deep, A dire descent, beyond the reach of frost; Of faithless bogs; of precipices huge, Smoothed up with snow" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "The thoughts of home Rush'd on his nerves, and call'd their vigour forth." }, { "from": "...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Hopeless certainty of mind Which makes us feel at length resign'd To _that_ which our foreboding years Presents the worst and last of fears," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Can it be possible, thought he," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "What's that, Jamie?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Hoch, hoch, hey!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "What was that Jamie?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "What was _what_, lassie? said the wondering husband." }, { "from": "human", "value": "I see naething by ordinar." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Man, returned the guidwife," }, { "from...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Hear ye that, then, Jamie? said the guidwife." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "It's no sic a dream, I trow; for that's something awfu." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Deed is't, said James, who was now convinced that the" }, { "from": "gpt", "v...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Wha's there?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "A bewildered stranger," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Weel, said James," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Thank you!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Preserve's a'! cried the former," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "(addressing the stranger, who answered in the affirmative.)" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Aweel, aweel, he continued," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Preserve's a', that's dreadfu! he at length cried out, making a most magnificent jump at the same time." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Flesh and bluid canna endure that--it wad gar a horse swither. Ye'll just hae to thole awee till I get my claes on, lad." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Dear me, man, said he, taking hold of the stranger's arm with the one hand, and a broom with the other," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "O Nanny, Nanny, woman! get up and help's here! The puir callant's fa'en into a drow, and I'm feared he's gaun to dee upon our hands athegither. Get up, woman, and let's try if onything can be dune to bring him aboot again." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Preserve us a...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "How are ye yet? Are ye better noo?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I'm better now, I thank you!" }, { "from": "human", "value": "God be praised that it's sae! said James." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Gie him a drink, Nanny, woman, and he'll b...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Noo, sir, said Nanny," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "The storm without micht rair and rustle, _He_ didna mind the storm a whustle." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "The lad's sleepin as sound as a tap, yet." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Ye'll no like oor coorse way o' livin, sir; but hunger's guid kitchen, they say, and that's no ill sap, I think, for it was just drawn frae the coo yestreen. The stranger assured her that he liked the dish exceedingly well; and Nanny added--" }, { "from": "gpt", "val...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Na, sir! said she," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Thus Epilogism and Dogmatism contended in the mouths of people who had probably never heard of the names of Aristotle and Plato in their lives. But, in my case, both the systems were adopted with advantage. I was resuscitated by the empiric with cold, and recovered by the theori...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Wert thou not so simple, fair Margaret, said the earl," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I would suspect thou hadst no great affection for him whom King Henry calleth the 'Crooked Comyn.' Men may love me for my subtlety and power, from interest; my brothers because I am...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "First rate. How will I get it?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Eleven o'clock!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "AT FIRST OISETTE WAS TERRIBLY SHY" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "The ancient capital." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "AT FIRST OISETTE WAS TERRIBLY SHY. (_See page 37_) _Frontispiece_" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "MR. SAGE . . . WAS WAVING A GREENBACK IN MONSIEUR TREMBLENT'S FACE 18" }, { "from": "human", "value": "BERNADETTE . . . LOOKED UP 21" }, { "from": "gp...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "and" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Father, Son and Holy Ghost." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Carleau" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Un, deux, trois, quatre, he would murmur. In his wake little Oisette would follow, gay little parrot that she was, also repeating after him." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Cinque, six, sept, huit." }, { "from": "human", "value": "C'est pour Monsieur, le C...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Alouette, gentille Alouette, Alouette, Je te plumerai, Je te plumerai la tÍte, Je te plumerai la tÍte, O Alouette, gentille Alouette, Alouette, Je te plumerai." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "(as she called them), bought her fruit and vegetables because she spoke their tongue. Her manners, too, made her famous throughout the market. As a customer arrived, she would make a deep curtsy, as though Royalty approached, and would say in her rich brogue," }, { "from...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Come in, dear, shut the door, and we'll have a cup of tay." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Over There as they swung along. Then, because some road was closed for repairs, her father had driven into town by a new route and she saw, for the first time, a statue of the l...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I'll travel along with you, and Satan replied," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Before we start, I must go into this great church here and confess my sins, so you wait around this corner until I am done. And the wind said:" }, { "from": "human", "value": "V...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Alouette, stylish Alouette, Alouette, I adorn myself for thee, For thee I adorn the head, For thee I adorn the head, Oh Alouette, pretty Alouette, I adorn myself for thee." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Oh Alouetta." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "MR. SAGE ... WAS WAVING A GREENBACK IN MONSIEUR TREMBLENT'S FACE" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Pappa, she called," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Money talks. Therefore he was somewhat amazed that the owner of the melon did not hand the fruit to him at once; and still more surprised was he to see Oisette Mary give one of her funny little bows and hear her say:" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Pardon Monsieur, c'...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "BERNADETTE ... LOOKED UP" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Stella Maris, she watched a procession about the grounds, little girls making a" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Novena," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Chim-Chime, Chim-Chime" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "THEY DROVE INTO THE CITY" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Adeste Fidelis. Then the mass began. The incense poured up in volumes toward the groined roof. At last Oisette fell asleep on" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "SOME OF THE BOYS ARRIVING ON SNOWSHOES BROUGHT FRIENDS WITH THEM" }, { "from": "human", "value": "...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "which the well-to-do _Habitant_ serves to his guests at this season. Her pockets were full of nuts and raisins, and she was holding a new doll in her arms. As they arrived, every one kissed her on both cheeks, as is the French custom, and every one called out" }, { "from...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Have a care, little one, he said," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Is it a mouse? she ventured," }, { "from": "human", "value": "This box will make a good home for it, he said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "If we find some sand, some stones and...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Vanity, but her Uncle Napoleon told her that the good vicar of St. Remo had named him" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Jean Batiste," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Now, you see, she explained to her uncle," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "she mu...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Queenie," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Carleau, Carleau, mauvais chien," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Bon Jour, mes amis," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Maple Sugar Time." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Waltz me around again, Willie, around, around, around, as they stirred. Oisette felt shy with so many English children and would only say" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Voilŗ" }, { "from": "human", "value": "The dentist's friend," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "We are to study with our eyes and ears to-day and not from books. Can't you come along with us?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "If Madame would trust her little girl to me, I would select the hat at Goodwears Departmental, as we have a message there to change some boots for George; and I recently purchased these sailor hats the children are now wearing in their millinery department. She could wear the ne...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Did he race his horses? asked the little French girl, for horse racing was something she understood. This question made every one in the car laugh, and Oisette was glad when the car turned into" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Rue Notre Dame" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Oh, fair young land of La Nouvelle France, With the halo of olden time romance, Back like a half forgotten dream Comes the bygone days of the Old Rťgime." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "So, you see, said Miss Anstruther, as they finally left this famous spot," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Guy--Gee--Guy --you see," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Guy is the name of the street on which this convent has a visitors' entrance. The French pronunciation sounds like" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Gee, and as the conductor gives both French and Eng...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Mon pŤre et ma mŤre m'ont abandonne, mais le seigneur m'a recivelli. The governess read this aloud to her charges and then translated it into" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "My father and my mother may forsake me but the Saviour will receive me." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Why, I smell Gregory's mixture!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I vote for whichever will have the most about Indians, said George," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "At this moment a party of French politicians entered the enclosure and Oisette's eyes dilated with amazement," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Mon pŤre!" ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Here rest the mortal remains of a Huron Indian baptized by the Reverend PŤre de Brebeuf. He was, by his piety and by his probity, the example of the Christians, and the admiration of the unbelievers; he died aged one hundred years the 21st of April, 1690." } ]