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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Old Peaky Top," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Reckon they must be trying to get out again," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "While I was mooning away about grandfather and home, that fellow shot me. Lucky he didn't strike closer. But how did I get loose?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I am surely in a bad fix, he reflected." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Wounded--in an open boat--without an oar, or a bite to eat or drink." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Lucky it didn't lodge," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I might as well search the lockers, he said to himself." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "There might be something eatable in them." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "That's a good find, he ejaculated." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Crickey! what is this?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "By jolly! he exclaimed," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I must touch it lighter than this, he said as he put down the keg." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Lord only knows when or where I will get it filled again." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "What is the use of tiring myself out? he thought at last." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "It don't make any difference where I go, or whether I go at all." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "A sail! exclaimed the boy." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "It must be a sail." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I don't suppose they can see me, thought he dejectedly." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "It must be only their topsails that I see, and so small a boat as this would be invisible. Perhaps if they had a glass at the mast head, they might find me. Oh, if I only had a win...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I just can't help drinking, he said to himself in justification of his act." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I reckon it's the wound makes me burn so." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "It is no use, he faltered, as his eyes momentarily filled under a sinking feeling of utter loneliness." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I might as well give up." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I'm getting to be a regular baby, he said aloud." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I wonder what grandfather would say could he see me now. I am at least away from that old feud, if I never was before." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "This beats the nation! was Ralph's next ejaculation." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "This is what one might call pure luck. Now if I only had a pair of oars." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I wonder if the blacks have got possession of the ship at last, and with the thought his heart sank as he realized the certain death to all in case such a thing had taken place." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "If this be so, they have undoubtedly killed every white ab...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Come what will, he resolved," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I shall try to board the vessel. One may as well die one way as another." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I'll help that man off or die for it," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "In heaven's name! cried the boy." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "What has happened? Are any more of you alive?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Come a little closer. The blacks are drunk and have exhausted their ammunition. The magazine is in the lower hold, double locked and they haven't found it yet." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "There is no time for explanations now, said he." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Let us get away from here while those demons are too drunk to know how to hinder us. Heavens, but what a time we've had!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Hurry up! exclaimed Duff coolly, handing out the things all in a heap and scrambling to get through the small aperture himself." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I braced the door, but they are battering it down. Quick, Ralph, pull me through by the arms." }, { ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "What did that?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Sharks, returned Duff sententiously, pointing to several dark pointed fins that now appeared, all making for the schooner." }, { "from": "human", "value": "The rascals are never far away from a ship in these l...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "That cannon is loaded--with slugs and scrap iron. Captain had it done in order to sweep the decks, if necessary. But they gave us no chance and the load is in it yet. Give me an oar. Pull now--for your life! Lucky it is they don't know much about sighting a gun." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Are you hurt?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Leg broke. Shot below the knee. Hist! They are going to try it now." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Overshot--by thunder! cried Duff with an exulting whoop, that ended in a groan of pain." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "We are all right now; the beggars can never reload. They don't know how, and be hanged to 'em!" }, { "from": "human", "value": "You've h...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "It will do until we're picked up; and if we ain't picked up, it will do anyhow." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "He's gone and a good riddance, said he." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "We're short of help, but we can stand the loss of the cub better than that of the boat." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "We must wait, keep cool, and watch for a sail, said the captain." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "In rescue and in keeping these beggars below decks lies our hope." }, { "from": "human", "value": "What will we do when our grub gives out?" }, { "from...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Well now, remarked Ralph, on the conclusion of the story," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "When the sun gets well up, we will take an observation and make a reckoning. Then we'll lay our course for the nearest land. Perhaps we may be picked up--perhaps we won't be. Wha...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "We have a fair wind, Ralph, so square away west by nor'west, and leave this bloody slaver to her fate. I'm sorry for those niggers, for bad as they treated us, we got 'em in the fix they're in. If we speak a vessel we can go back." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Mebbe...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I don't think I can stand it much longer, sir," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Lad, he replied, somewhat sternly," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Give--me--water, he faltered." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I--I----" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Rouse up a bit, lad! cried Duff, his tones quivering with excitement and weakness." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "It's a sail--a sail!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Hurray!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Where am I?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "You are on the United States sloop of war, the Adams, homeward bound, replied the officer." }, { "from": "human", "value": "You were picked up six days ago, and have been ill ever since. I am the ship's surgeon."...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "It is likely that your share and Mr. Duff's of the prize money will be considerable, as but for you two we would not have made the capture. As you were deceived when shipping on her as to the object of her trip, you can not be held responsible for the crime committed by her capt...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "This is Chief Quartermaster Gideon Granger, Ralph, said Duff." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Now do you know who he is?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Gideon Granger was my father's half brother, replied the lad at once." }, { "from": "gpt", ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Meeting up with you, however, is about the strangest streak of luck I have happened with yet. But I am none the less glad to fall in with one of my own kin. You're as welcome to me, lad, as I reckon we were to you and Duff, the morning we sighted you off the Cape Verdes. When he...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You shall take me home, he concluded." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Father will forgive us both and we'll liven the old gent up a bit. Perhaps we can get him down where he can taste a whiff of salt air, especially if I make a man-'o-war's man out of his grandson." ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Old People's Home," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "What! exclaimed Ralph enthusiastically, his eyes glowing," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Better than that. When I made known that your share of the Wanderer prize money, and what I could spare would pay your way, captain wrote to his friend at Washington, and the ups...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Palace Hotel," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "In days of old, In days of gold, In days of forty-nine." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "This way to the Palace Hotel, gentlemen!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Well, pard, who be yer?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I am Mr. Arthur Teale's boy, and I want to see him;" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Would some one please tell Mr. Teale his boy was here?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Monte Carlo," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Well, now! Andy thinks it is his youngster come back again that I helped lay beneath the pines, coming thirty years now." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Palace" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Monte Carlo," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Lord of Pine Tree Mountain," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Gospel Peddlers, as the miners called them, had not yet come to the hills to stay. Just as Sam was putting the soil over the rough box, Andy stopped him and muttered something about the boy's prayer. He must say it for him, and he whispered in a broken voice," }, { "from...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Mamma, papa; and, turning, the old man did a strange thing for him. He leaned over and kissed the lad, and whispered," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Mamma, papa! Boy, as long as Andy Malden lives, he shall be both to you." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Yer darsn't do it! Yer old Malden's slave, yer know yer are, and yer darsn't breathe 'less he says so." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Andy's Tenderfoot," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Yer darsn't do it! leered again the same contemptible fellow." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Yer a city kid an' hain't got sand 'nuff to make an ant-hill. I hearn tell yer get the old man to button yer clothes, and yer cry in the dark--guess it's so, ain't it, tender...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Me and yer is cousins, yer know, seein' yer call the old man uncle and he's my sure-enough uncle; so we's cousins, and we ought to be pardners; now yer run the race, get the gold nugget the fellows at the Yellow Jacket have put up, and I'll get Pete's bet, and my! won't we have ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "There she is, the best mare in Grizzly county; ten to one against the crowd! Come in, Job; come up, boys! Let's have a drink around to the success of the Hon. Job Malden, the slickest rider in all the hills!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Throw him, Pete! The thought of awful danger flew through Job's mind: The angry man would do it--Bess must go faster. She was white with foam now, but go she must. He hugged her closer; he sang--how out of place the piece seemed! 'Twas the song, though, that always roused her, s...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Wait till the clouds roll by, Jennie, Wait till the clouds roll by." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Oh, just for ducks! said Job Malden, who, after a celebration of his sixteenth birthday, was returning from one of his favorite quail hunts with" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Shot," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Where did you get those shoes, sissy?" ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Wait till the clouds roll by, Jennie, Wait till the clouds roll by." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "She was a traitor, and so is the boy. I have loved him, fed him, sheltered him, and yet all he cares for is to get my money some day. The world's all alike!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Oh, well, I was afraid Uncle Andy would be fooled when he took that kid in. Regular chip of the old block; his father went to the bad, and he is going fast. He came from the city slums; none of the brave, true blood of the mountains in his veins. Steer clear of him, Jane." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "It's the biggest thing out--beats a horse-race! My! it's a sight! Don't miss it, boys. See you all down at Wilkins', sure." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Nickel John" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "All hail the power of Jesus' name! Let angels prostrate fall." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Bring forth the royal diadem, And crown him Lord of all." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "who greeted him with a wink and a whisper," }, { "from": "human", "value": "The speakin' racket's next!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Oh, that with yonder...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Brethren and sisters, we have knelt at the Lord's table; let us now tell of the Lord's love. Let us have fifty testimonies in the next few minutes. Let us sing, 'I love to tell the story of Jesus and his love.'" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Last night, down there at the bench, the Lord converted my soul. I have been a poor sinner, but I know Jesus loves me, and I wish--I wish, and she looked over to the far rear," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "The mischief take her! he muttered. And Dan leaned over and ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "What shall it profit a man, if he gain the whole world and lose his own soul?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Come, ye sinners, poor and needy, Weak and wounded, sick and sore." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Jesus ready stands to save you, Full of pity, love and power." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Remember your bet, Job!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Yer dursn't go!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "All the fitness he requireth Is to feel your need of him." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Now, let's see Job get religion," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Palms of victory, crowns of glory, I shall wear," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Palms of victory, crowns of glory, I shall wear." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Give it to him, the ornery critter!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "That night in Dean's shanty Sally and Dan and" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Pap" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Oh, you mustn't go without drinking to Sally's health--she's fifteen to-day. See what a big girl she is--what rosy cheeks and big hands! Come, we have the finest cider out; just drink with us to Sally's health." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Why, excuse me, ma'am, st...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Yield not to temptation, for yielding is sin, Each victory will help you some other to win." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Seventy to-night, Job--just to think of it! Twenty years more, perhaps, and then--well, a coffin, I suppose, and six feet of ground--and that's all," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "And heaven," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Bravest thing you ever saw, bo...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You've heard of Lincoln, my boy--old Abe Lincoln? Well, I knew him when we were boys," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Dead! Abe Lincoln's dead, and Zach Taylor's dead--and so the world goes. 'Vanity of vanities, all is vanity,' the Bible says. My father used to read it to us boys, when I was your age. It's true, my boy. Have as little to do with the world as you can, except to get an honest liv...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Now, he said," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Boy, up spoke the old man again," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Take this, Job, put it in your hip-pocket, and the first time any one of the Deans, big or little, insults you, put a bullet through him." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "No! Oh, no! I can't take that! Down at the camp-meeting I promised God to love my enemies, uncle. ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Humph! humph! , said the old man." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Well, I won't argue with you, boy; but as for me, I'd rather trust my hip-pocket when I have to deal with the people of Grizzly county. Do as you please. But I'll keep this revolver, and death to the ma...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Hush, my child, lie still and slumber, Holy angels guard thy bed." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Doc" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "My! he said," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I'd like to hug that deer! I'd like to hug everything, everybody! I used to hate them; I would even hug Dan. Bess, dear old girl, I'll just love you!" }, { "from": "human", "value": "I will lift up mine eyes unt...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Mary Jane, this is awful! Every bone in me is cracked and this silk dress is ruined--yes, is ruined! I tell yer it ain't fit for Mirandy's little gal's doll! And my! I know my heart is broken, too; I can hear it rattle! I'll never come with you and that horrid runaway horse agai...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Aunt Eliza, ain't you ashamed to be deriding me, a poor lone widder with three helpless children! I hope ye are cracked--cracked bad! Horse, humph! I guess my horse is the likeliest in Grizzly county! Yer know yer made all the trouble; any decent wheel would give way when it had...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Our Father which art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. All through he said it, to the reverent" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Amen," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Grizzly Giant," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Grizzly Giant, standing lone and ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Wawona," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "He that keepeth thee will not slumber nor sleep." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Unto us a Child is Born." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Joy to the world, the Lord is come!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "shirt, entered the church, making a way for Andy Malden, who, for the first time in untold years, had crossed the threshold of the meeting-house. The arrival, a few minutes before, of Slim Jim the gam...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "The Christmas bells are ringing over land and sea, The winter winds are bringing their merry notes to me," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Then shout, boys, shout! Shout with all your might; For Merry Christmas's at the door, He's coming here to-night!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Glory to God in the highest, peace on earth, good-will toward men." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "The candidates for baptism will please come forward," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Wilt thou renounce the devil and all his works? Jane nodded yes--how little she knew of the devil! Job answered loudly," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I will --how much he did know!" }, { "from": "human", "value": "The vain pomp and glory of the world? co...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Job, Job, come here!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Wait a minute, Job; I'll go home with you," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Why, what are you doing that for?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Oh, salting the mine, just so it will keep, laughed Andrew Malden--a strange, hoarse laugh." }, { "from": "human", "value": "But mind, Job, nobody needs to know I did it. The mine will keep ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "What's 'salting a mine,' Tony?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Doan' know, Marse Job, unless it's doctoring the critter so you can make somebody believe it's worth a million, when it ain't worth a rabbit's hind foot. Tony's up to better bizness than salting mines." ...