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[ { "from": "human", "value": "What[FN#95] shall I do next in this matter? said Fergus:" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Yes, what shall we do next in the matter? said Ailill;" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" }, { "from": "human", ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "For my honour's sake, I could not draw back in this matter." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I will not go, he said;" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "It was with no good omen that with which you went to this castle, said Bricriu." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "True indeed is the word that is spoken, said Ailill mac Mata." }, { "from": "human", "value": "The expedition is bad for the honour of the Ulste...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "The Good" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "For him used every seventh day," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Tain bo Morrigna," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "TAIN BO REGAMNA" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "What bringeth thee here? said Cuchulain: said Laeg," }, { "from": "human", "value": "By a cry I was stirred, That across the plain came sounding." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "And whence was the ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "said Cuchulain," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Faebor-bayg-byeo-ill, [FN#110] said the man." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Coom-diewr-folt-skayv-garry-skyeo-ooa is her name, if pronounce it you can! Then Cuchu...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "and as powerful in spell!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "she chanted," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Nay, clearer my fame shall be ringing, the hero replied," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "How canst thou that strife be surviving? the woman replied to his song," }, { "from": "human", "value": "For, when thou with a hero art striving, as fearful as thou, a...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "The word is imda, sometimes rendered" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "as here by Windisch sometimes also" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "A red woman there, with her two eyebrows red, and her cloak and her raiment: the cloak fell," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "That cow is not joyful at being driven by you! said Cuchulain." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "The cow does not belong to you, said the woman," }, { "from": "human", "value": "" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "The cows of Ulster, said Cuchulain,"...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "A dangerous[FN#126] (or magical) woman thou art, said Cuchulain:" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Henceforward, said the woman," }, { "from": "human", "value": "and it has been the Grellach Dolluid ever since." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "If o...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I will beat thee from me, said he," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" }, { "from": "human", "value": "I shall in truth, she said," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" }, { "from": "human", "value": "I will cast at thee with a cast of my ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "is from the Egerton version. The Yellow Book of Lecan gives" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "The Badb thereon went from him, and Cuchulain went to his own house, so that," }, { "from": "human", "value": "COURTSHIP OF ETAIN" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "refers, not to the foxglove, but to the preceding line," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "and that the writer of this gloss gave the same meaning to the rather hard description of the colour of the eyes as is given in the verse translation (vol. i. p. 26), i.e. that the...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "is established for the word; the line possibly means" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "So! do you find it very, very awkward?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "It is hardly worth her while to undertake nursing," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I don't especially mind," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Crazy, do you mean?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "My dear George, Edward would say," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I have sought you, said Montagu, with more than usual care upon his brow--" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I have sought you in consequence of an event that may lead to issues of no small moment, whether for good or evil. Clarence has suddenly left England for Calais....
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "What! he exclaimed," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "What, Master Warner, are you so wedded to your new studies that you have not a word to bestow on an old friend?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "En iterum! he said." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Again, bold Robin Hilyard, and in a scholar's garb! Ha! dou...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Mine old friend, hope sustains us both; and in the wilderness we yet behold the Pisgah! But to my business. Doubtless thou art permitted to visit Henry in his prison." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Not so, replied Adam;" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Ah...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Adam, said the friar, laying his broad palm on the student's reluctant shoulders," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Sapientes, brother," }, { "from": "human", "value": "That's the old form, Adam, quoth the friar, superciliously,--" }, { "from": "gpt"...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "There, said the friar, complacently, and rubbing his hands," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "And for what hast thou kneaded up all this waste of wax? asked Adam." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Forsooth, I knew not you had so much of ingenious art; algates...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Verily, if thou canst do these things, there must be secrets in Nature which I have not yet discovered. Howbeit, though thou art free to try all thou canst against me, thy threats make it necessary that this communication between us should be nailed up, and I shall so order." ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Pooh! we are brothers, and must not quarrel. I was over hot, and thou too provoking; but I honour and love thee, man,--let it pass. As for this figure, doubtless we might pink it all over, and the earl be never the worse. But if our employers order these things and pay for them,...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Oh, hard condition of my life! groaned the sage,--" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Father, said the low and touching voice of one who had entered unperceived, and who now threw her arms round Adam's neck," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Father, thou art ill, and sorely suffering--" }, { "from": "human", "value": "At heart--yes, Sibyll. G...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Yes--air--air!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "There, said Adam, quietly, and pointing to the feudal roofs," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Child, child, ye women know not what presses darkest and most bitterly on the minds of men. You know not what it is to form out of immaterial things some abstract but glorious object,--to worship, to serve it, to sacrifice to it, as on an altar, youth, health, hope, life,--and s...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Fair mistress, canst thou prefer this solitary scene to the gay company about to take the air in her grace's gilded barge?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Noble lady, whoever thou art, in thine old age, and thine hour of care, may thy child, like this poor girl, forsake all gayer comrades for a parent's side!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Gentle sir, she said, after a short pause," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Tell her, then, my Sibyll,--tell Lord Warwick's sister to ask the king to give back to Adam Warner his poverty, his labour, and his hope," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Maiden, ca...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "To what this tends, lady, I know not. The Lord Hastings is free to carry his homage where he will. He has sought me,--not I Lord Hastings. And if to-morrow he offered me his hand, I would reject it, if I were not convinced that the heart--" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I knew not, replied Sibyll, bitterly," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Thou art distraught with thy self-conceit, answered the dame, scornfully; and, losing all the compassion and friendly interest she had before felt," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "It hath reached me that certain disaffected men meditate a rising against the king, under pretext of wrongs from the queen's kin. It is even said that our kinsmen, Copiers and Fitzhugh, are engaged therein. Need I caution thee to watch well that they bring our name into no disgr...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Speak shortly, friend,--I have but little leisure." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "And yet, Lord Montagu, my business may touch thee home." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Surely, I know thy face, friend,--we have met before." }, { "from": "gpt", ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "A devilish malice, indeed, said he, when Hilyard had concluded;" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "By your leave, not a step will I budge, my Lord Montagu, quoth Robin, bluntly,--" }, { "from": "human", "value": "I know how these matters are managed at court....
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Why was Sibyll sad?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Thou shalt spare that flower." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Katherine, the loved of thy youth, may yet be thine!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "for the diversion of cards was in its zenith of fashion under Edward IV., and even half a century later was considered one of the essential accomplishments of a well-educated young lady. [So the Princess Margaret, daughter of Henry VIL, at the age of fourteen, exhibits her skill...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "By your leave, fair lady, said Hastings," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I rebel against so distant an exile from such sweet company;" }, { "from": "human", "value": "So gay a presence, she said," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "You wrong their a...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "And what brings the Lord Hastings hither?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Can you never allow for motive the desire of pleasure, fair dame?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "So much do I allow it in you, my lord, that hence my question." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Katherine!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "My lord chamberlain is, it seems, so habituated to lackey his king amidst the goldsmiths and grocers, that he forgets the form of language and respect of bearing which a noblewoman of repute is accustomed to consider seemly." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Pardon, my ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "My child, thou art entangling thy skein, said the lady of Bonville, as she passed one of the maidens, towards the casement, which she opened,--" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "How now, friend Adam? Thou art idle." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Lord Hasti...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "No, flee not, sweet donzell; leave not the desert court, without the flower and the laurel, the beauty and the wisdom, that scent the hour, and foretype eternity. I have conferred with thy father,--I will obtain his prayer from the king. His mind shall be free to follow its own ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "By Saint George! said he, then," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Curiosities of Literature" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "And whither go you thus alone, fair mistress?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "The duchess bade me seek the queen, who is taking the air yonder. My lady has received some tidings she would impart to her highness." }, { "from": "human", "value": "I was think...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Oh, Sibyll! he exclaimed passionately, and yielding to the impulse of the moment,--" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Dare I arede thy silence? Sibyll, thou lovest me--O Sibyll, speak!" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Why this, why this? Thou hadst promised ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Oh, my lord--oh, Hastings! if thy calmer reason repent not these words, if thou canst approve in me what thou didst admire in Elizabeth the queen, if thou canst raise one who has no dower but her heart to the state of thy wife and partner, by this hand, which I place fearlessly ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Hark! Edward summons me, he said, with a feeling of reprieve." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Farewell, dear Sibyll, farewell for a brief while,--we shall meet anon." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Ha! death to the dove Is the falcon's love. Oh, sharp is the kiss of the falcon's beak!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Lead the way, an' we will follow," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "We shall have to go up," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "What! It's only some of my fish. Fish is what they eat, ain't it?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Alcoholism" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "The Drink Problem," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "THE ROARING GALLANT TOWN" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "FOR THE FIRST TIME, HE WAS GOING TO HAVE A GIRL FRIEND" }, { "from": "human", "value": "GILBERT IS COMING HOME!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "MOST SELECT LOUNGE IN THE COUNTY" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "WOG" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "How many bards gild the lapses of time A few of them have ever been the food Of my delighted fancy." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Hancock, the Hackney murderer, is to be executed to-morrow morning in The North London Prison at eight o'clock. It is understood that he has refused the ministrations of the Prison Chaplain and seems indifferent to his fate." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "The five o'clock post, sir," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Oh, very well, Proctor, the doctor answered." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Is everything arranged for Miss Sims and Mrs. Daly?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Yes, sir. Fires are lit...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "SURGIT AMARI" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Forgive me, Julia, she said, in her clear bell-like voice--in America they had said that her voice" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "--" }, { "from": "human", "value": "But I haven't seen him for five months. John, here is Julia Daly at last!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Welcome, the doctor said simply." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "We have been friends so long, we have corresponded so often, it is a great joy to me to meet you at last!" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Dinner at half past six, the doctor called after the...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "This has just come by messenger from North London Prison, sir," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Very well, he said, in a moment or two." }, { "from": "human", "value": "I need not write an answer. But go to the library, Proctor, and ring up the North London...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You don't know, he went on." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Of course you have been out of England for some months. Well, it is this. Hancock is a youngish man of five and twenty. He was a chemist at Hackney, and of quite exceptional intelligence. He was at one time a...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Again! she said in a low voice that throbbed with pain." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "At all hours, in all places, we meet it! The scourge of humanity, the Fiend Alcohol! The curse of the world!--how long, how long?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Ma fe...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I am Dr. Morton Sims, he said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I have a special permit from the Home Secretary for an interview with the convict Hancock." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You are expected, sir, said the giant with the keys." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Step this way if you please." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Good-evening, sir, he said, deferentially, as Doctor Sims was taken up to him." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "You have your letter I suppose?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "I shall have to keep this, sir, he said, putting it under a paper-weight." }, ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "The reception room, sir," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Come in," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "The gentleman to see Hancock, sir," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Wait in the passage till I call you, he said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "How-do-you-do, Dr. Morton Sims. We had your telephone mess...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "My name is Marriott, of 'Barts', said the medical officer." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Do take off your coat, sir, that fur must be frightfully hot in here and you won't need it until you leave the prison again." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Thank y...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Now, then, he said with a rather wan smile," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "That's the execution room, said Dr. Marriott in a whisper, pointing to one of the doors." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "The other's the condemned cell. It's only about ten steps from one to the other. The convict, of course, never knows that. But from the time he lea...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "This gentleman, said the Medical Officer," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Perfectly, sir." }, { "from": "human", "value": "You anticipate no trouble?--how is he?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Quiet as a lamb, sir. There's no fear of any troubl...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You will find it quite ordinary, really, sir. You needn't hesitate in the very least" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Enid and Herbert Toftrees." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "So that's how it first began, Doctor. First one with one, then one with another. You know!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Business was going well. There seemed no prospect of a child just then, so Mary got in with Church work at St. Philip's. That brought a lot more customers to the shop too. Fancy soaps, scents and toilette articles and all that. Dr. Mitchell of Hackney, was a church-warden at St....
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Why did you ask me to come here, Hancock? he said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "You know that I am glad to be here, if I can be of any use to you. But you don't seem to want the sort of sympathetic help that the chaplain here could give you far better than I can. W...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I can't tell you how sorry I am, Dr. Morton Sims. I really can't say enough. I had no idea that the latent toxic influence was so strong. . . ." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "That'll be quite satisfactory, thank you, he was saying," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Not now! said Dr. Marriott, as the executioner came up to him--" }, { "from": "human", "value": "In half an hour. Now Dr. Morton Sims, please come away to my room. Thi...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I must be present at the post mortem to-morrow, he said to himself as a new idea struck him." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "There should be much to be learnt from an examination of the Peripheral Nerves. And the brain too--there will be interesting indications in the...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Fiend Alcohol" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "But, I wonder . . . ?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Myself, arch traitor to myself, My hollowest friend, my deadliest foe, My clog whatever road I go." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Le véritable Amphitryon est l'Amphitryon où l'on dine." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "In the movement" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "An Ode of Horace in Patch, Powder and Peruque!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "The Lamorna Cove" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Ince and Amberley are doing my new book, you know." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Enid and Herbert Toftrees and they were quite at the head of their own peculiar line of business. They knew exactly what they were doing--" } ]