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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Wait a few minutes longer, if you please, says he to the judge," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I may be able to do it yet." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Here he comes!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I give it up, says he, shaking his head," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I wonder who invented the sort of a Christmas we have nowadays? said Ned, as he lighted his pipe and laid the sledge on the anvil." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I'm told that in the big towns an' the cities they start buyin' Christmas presents in the middle o' summe...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Who was that, Ned--I never heard of it," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "An' that's what happened the first plum puddin' that ever was boiled in Balnagore." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "vs." }, { "from": "human", "value": "vs." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "An' sure." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "A barony an' a barony." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "PROUD AS A PEACOCK" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "WHY? By _the author of" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Dick and I." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "HE DID IT FIRST. By _the author of" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Dick and I." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Dick and I" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Christmas at the North, by Merrill, and that of" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Christmas at the South." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "The Nursery" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "The Nursery" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "The Nursery." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "~1.00~" }, { "from": "human", "value": "" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "The Nursery." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "THE NURSERY," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I am very ill, when asked," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "What is the matter, Polly? answered in a dismal tone, and stretching itself," }, { "from": "human", "value": "I am very ill." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "No when it ought to say" },...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Give them, O Father, _all_ you give _me_!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Pussy, now that you are here, I wish to say a few words to you; and it will be for your peace of mind to give heed to them at once. I have seen you several times, of late, looking sharply at that little wren's nest in the pear-tree." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Mee...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Pride shall have a fall," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Tell us a story, grandma." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "A story, child! said grandma." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Why, I never made up a story in my life." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "But you can tell a true story, said Ruth, who was s...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Well, children, sit down, all of you, and I will tell you a true story." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Bernard! Bernard!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Where had John been all this time?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "And why didn't he get to Boston before?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Well, said grandma," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I must tell that in a few words; for my story is gett...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "The captain _had_ to let him go after that, didn't he, grandma?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Of course he did, said grandma." }, { "from": "human", "value": "My father soon settled that point. He took John on board the packet, and brought him to Hingham...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "But is there a Christmas-tree? And does Santa Claus come with his trinkets, and his picture-books, as at the North?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I have a story to tell you, and it is a true story. Would you like to hear it?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "There was a lady in my store to-day, whose husband had promised to make her a Christmas present of a rocking-chair. After she had selected a very nice one, s...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "WHY?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "You must not go in there! said an old dog to a young pup who stood on the white steps of a large house." }, { "from": "human", "value": "You must stay out now." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Why? asked the y...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "The black sheep did it first!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "But why did you go? said the old cow." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "The black sheep went, said the white one." }, { "from": "human", "value": "He did it first." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Oh, why! cried the cow, with tears in her eyes (and the bell that was hung round her neck shook and rang as she leaned over him),--" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "He did it first," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Then why did you jump down that steep plac...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "; and for a little girl a" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Fairly without a Rival." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Ought to find a place in every American Home." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "In no other single publication can there be found so much of sterling literary excellence." }, { "from": "human", "value": "It reproduces the best thoughts of the best minds of t...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Possessed of ~THE LIVING AGE~ and one or other of our vivacious American monthlies, a subscriber will find himself in command of the whole situation." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "The Nursery." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Truly a Treasure of Delight for the Little Ones." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Not only a Primer, but a Superb Present for a Child." }, { "from": "human", "value": "THE NURSERY." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "In cheapness and attractiveness, ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "three months," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Rats," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Herman" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Reckon you'd best git up. Theyuns is agoin' to take you away. To this I only answered," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Water, water." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "How are you, Lieutenant?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "O, said I," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Ah, said he," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "We have none. You know you don't allow it to pass the lines." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Who is to give me the ether?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "We have none," }, { "from": "human", "value": "There is the pain, and here am I. How queer!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Both thighs, said he;" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "No use?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Not much," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Not much means none at all," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "When you've a little leisure, just take a look at my side." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Do it now," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Ball went in here, and out here." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "If you've got any message, you'd best send it...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Send me a drink of Bourbon." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Anything else?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "No." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "It's a little rough, Doc, isn't it?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Just rub my left cal...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Now I feel my thumb,--now I feel my little finger." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Yes, I comprehend. The fractional entities of vitality are embraced in the oneness of the unitary Ego. Life, she added," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Good morning, said he." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "How do you get on?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Not at all, I replied." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Where were you hit?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "O, at Chancellorsv...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Yes," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Is the spirit present?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Ah! said the medium," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Great Heaven! said the lady." }, { "from": "human", "value": "My child! my boy!" }, ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Sister Euphemia, he said, indicating the lady with large eyes," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Sister Euphemia, said the doctor," }, { "from": "human", "value": "I am thinking as you directed me to do." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Are you pre...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "UNITED STATES ARMY MEDICAL MUSEUM, NOS. 3486, 3487." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Good gracious! said I," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Although your sins As scarlet be, and ends with" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Hello! hello! which way now, Mrs. Walker? It'll rain afore you git there, if you've got fur to go. Hadn't you better stop an' come in till this thunder-shower passes over?" }, { "f...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I'm glad to hear you're well, Mrs. Walker said;" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Well, I don't know, Mr. Bowen said, opening the mouth of the horse and looking in it;" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I am sorry about your hay, she answered," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Don't want to hurry you; but if you will go, the sooner the better. That thunder-cloud is certain to bust in a few minutes." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Wait a minute, Mrs. Walker...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "It's going to break away, I see. Don't you think, mother, I had better just run over to Mrs. Walker's, and milk her cow for her?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Go to Miss Walker's!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Go to Miss Walker's!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Yes, mother. You know John Walker is very sick, and Mrs. Walker has been sent for over there. She's very down-hearted about him. He's dangerous, they think; and I thought may be I'd come round that way as I come home, and ask how he was. Don't you think I'd better?" }, { ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Well, I must say! Well, I _must_ say! cried the mother, in exasperated astonishment." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "What on airth is that girl a-comin' to?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "O Jenny, he said, setting down the pail," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "He had come close to her, and he now took the roses and counted them. There were six, sure enough." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Humph! he said, and went on." }, { "from": ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "My grandmother was a great believer in dreams, she said, sympathetically;" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "How stupid of me, Jenny, not to remember that you were being drowned, almost! You must try to excuse me: I am really hardly myself to-night." }, { "from":...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "No, Jenny, not yet,--not quite yet!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "And why not? demanded Jenny; for could any woman, however innocent, or rustic, be without her little coquetries? And she added, in a tone that contradicted her words," }, { "from": "human", ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Shall I tell you, darling, of another dream I have had to-night--since I have been sitting here? The fair cheek bent itself close to his to listen, and he went on." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I have been dreaming, Jenny, a very sweet dream; and this is what it was...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Don't stand looking any longer, for mercy's sake! called the querulous voice from the house." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "You'll get your death of cold, and then what'll become of us all? Saddle your horse this minute, and ride over to John Walker's,--for there's w...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I expected this or something worse, she said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Don't mind, Hobert; so they don't see you, I don't care for the rest. You must not go one step farther: the lightning will betray us, you see. I will say I waited for the rain to slack, and ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "And how and where am I ever to see you again?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Trust that to me," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Come here, my child! and looking up she saw Grandmother Walker sitting on her horse at the gate. She had in the saddle before her her youngest granddaughter, and on the bare back of the horse, behind her, a little grandson, both their young faces expressive of the sorrow at home...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "We had all the doctors in the neighborhood, she said," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "It's purty hard, Miss Walker, answered Mr. Bowen," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Jenny's Corner" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "And so you think you love me!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "And I know I love you, Jenny, he replied." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I love you so well that I am going to leave you without asking you to marry me!" }, { "from": "human", "value": "You have asked me already, Hobert, she said," }, { "from": "g...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Jinny! Jinny! its high time you was up!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Come, Jinny, come! or I'll know what's the reason!" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Mother, mother! he cried, rushing toward Mrs. Bowen, who stood at the table sifting meal, his gray h...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Be ready to march at daybreak, I recognized the familiar, but unwelcome voice of the Sergeant-Major. Throwing aside my blankets, and leaving the Captain dreamily wondering what could be the occasion of so unexpected an order, I hurried to the quarters of the men of Company D, an...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Old Burnie." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "He died as fathers wish their sons to die." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Dulce et decorum est pro patriâ mori." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Tell me, Doctor, is my wound mortal?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Sanders, it is a fearful wound, and mortal. I am sorry to say it, my dear fellow, but the odds are against you." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Well, I am not afraid to die. I have made ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Lay this house level with the ground, if it is necessary." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Hurrah, hurrah, hurrah!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "We fought with Burnside at Campbell's Station and in the trenches at Knoxville." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Third Year of the War. Speaking of his charge on Fort Sanders, he says:" }, { "from": "human", "value": "The force which was to attempt an enter...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Out of the dust of the Town o' the king, Into the lust of the Green of spring,-- Forth from the noises of Streets and walls, Unto the voices of Waterfalls,-- He who presently Flies is blest: Fate thus pleasantly Makes my nest!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Come into the house!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Where have you been travelling?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "I come from the Orient, I answered. He looked up with a keen light in his eyes." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "From the Orient...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Luise of her husband's _Liebesfrühling_ (Spring-time of Love). She still, although now a grandmother, retained some traces of the fresh, rosy beauty of her younger days; and it was pleasant to see the watchful, tender interest upon her face, whenever she turned towards the poet....
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Sonnets in Armor," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "In Milton's hand, The thing became a trumpet," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Napoleon, a Political Comedy, which did not increase his fame. His next important contribution to general literature was the" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Oriental Roses," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Sunset-red Goethe led Star to be of all the sunset-land: Now the higher Morning-fire Makes him lord of all the morning-land! Where the two, together turning, Meet, the rounded heaven is burning Rosy-bright in one celestial brand!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Orient...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "(probably the Italian _conversazione_ best translates it,) but is applied to a series of short narratives, or rather anecdotes, told alternately in verse and rhymed prose, with all the brilliance of rhetoric, the richness of alliteration, antithesis, and imitative sound, and the...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "until, when you anticipate a hopeless tangle, some bold, bright word leaps unexpectedly into the throng, and resolves it to instant harmony. One's breath is taken away, and his brain made dizzy, by any half-dozen of the" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Metamorphoses." ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Nal and Damayanti, and some years later," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Hamasa, or the oldest Arabian Poetry, and" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Amrilkaïs, Poet and King. In addition to these translations, he published, between the years 1835 and 1840, ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Much I make as make the others; Better much another man Makes than I; but much, moreover, Make I which no other can." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "He who, like myself, unfortunate man! is philologist and poet in the same person, cannot do better than to translate as...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Kaiser Barbarossa," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "He came to meet me In rain and thunder: Spring-blessings greet me Spring-blossoms under. What though he leave me? No partings grieve me,-- No path can lead our hearts asunder!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Lenore" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I saw her once, a little while and then no more: The earth was Eden-land awhile, and then no more. O, might I see but once again, as once before, Through chance or wile, that shape awhile, and then no more! Death soon would heal my grief: this heart, now sad and sore, Would beat...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "May not that be, said he," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "But the old Britons lived also in forests," }, { "from": "human", "value": "I suspect, he answered," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Aus der staubigen Residenz, In den laubigen Frischen Lenz-- Aus dem tosenden Gassenschwall Zu dem kosenden Wasserfall,-- Wer sich rettete, Dank's dem Glück, Wie mich bettete Mein Geschick!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Bem ti vi." } ]