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[ { "from": "human", "value": "This way, lads. I'm sure it was hereabouts that I saw the flash." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Macleod!" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Losh me! John Miles, is that you? Are ye leevin?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Scarcely!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Ah! poor fellow, he won't last long!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Won't he! thought Miles, with a feeling of strong indignation." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Much _you_ know about it!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I have been laid up a long time, said a lady, who accompanied the nurse," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "This is one of our latest arrivals, remarked the nurse, lowering her voice as they advanced." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "A poor young soldier--lost a hand and badly wounded--can't sleep. He has taken a strange longing of late for a rose, and I have asked a friend ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "passed on. As Miles became stronger he began to go about the hospital, chatting with the convalescent patients and trying to make himself generally useful. On one of these occasions he met with a man who gave him the sorrowful news that Sergeant Hardy was dead, leaving Miles his...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Officers' House," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Right you are, messmate, or a slap on his thigh, all the marine's points, especially those in which his friend, passing over second causes, referred all their blessings and deliverances direct to his loving God and Fath...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Beg pard'n, Miss Drew, exclaimed the sailor, starting up in confusion, and pulling his forelock," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Mr Molloy! gasped Marion, grasping his hand and looking furtively round," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Yes, Miss, we've all ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Mr Miles!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Ay, Mrs Drew, through God's mercy I am here. But help me: I have not strength to carry her _now_." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "But how did you know we were here at all?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I saw you in the hospital, replied Miles, with a peculiar look." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Your kind daughter gave me a rose!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "But--bu...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Mr Miles, said the wise old lady, with a sudden and violent change of subject," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I don't care a button, leave or no leave, I'll make my way to John Mi-- Hallo!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Hallo!" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Why, John, you're like the ram of an iron-clad! Is it really yourself? Give us your flipper, my boy!" }...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "My mother must be ill," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "So must my Emmy," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Who is that, Miles?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Why, that's my comrade, chum, and friend, whom I have so often written about, Willie Armstrong. Come. I will introduce you." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Oh! how selfish of me! cried the widow, startin...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Look at him--Willie the second!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Now tell me, said the little woman, after calming the baby and putting it in a crib;" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Yes, all right, Emmy." }, { "from": "human", "value": "And is he married to that dear girl you wrote about?" }, { "from": "gpt", ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You have acted rightly, Miles, said the mother," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Prepared for anything! answered Miles, pressing his mother's hand," }, { "from": "human", "value": "It does. Your dear father died a bankrupt. I shrank from telling you this wh...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "baby! and" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Is that the `Soldiers Friend?'" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Ay, that's her, answered the man--and the speaker was Thomas Tufnell, the ex-trooper of the Queen's Bays, and the present manager of the Institute--" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Ay, that's ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I should like _so_ much to see it!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I _must_ have a word with you, my dear sir. It is of importance," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "My dear sir, said the little man, seizing his hand," }, { "from": "human", "value": "I congratulate you." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "You're very...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Soldiers' Friend" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Blessed are they that consider the poor." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Things have changed," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "THE CHRISTIAN GREATNESS." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Miss Davenport has for several years been personally known to me. She is now blind and unable to follow the calling by which, before this calamity befell her, she obtained her living. Having lost her parents in early life, and having few relatives, and none able to assist her, s...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "--and over them at their joyous labor will shine the" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "lighting up field and forest, hill and dale--the whole" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Katharine Ogie" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Steady, boys, steady!--close up! --when a ball struck him. His last words were" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "A good death, boys! a good death! Close up!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I am sorry, but I cannot help the hole in my elbow, I said, calmly and quietly, with a bow and a smile;" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I tore it by accident, yesterday." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I did not mean to hurt your feelings, Mr. Cleave, indeed I did not, sir; my speech was the thoughtless rudeness of a child. I am sorry, very sorry that I was ever so ill-bred and unkind; will you pardon me, sir?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I have nothing to pardon...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Do you ever dance?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Oh, yes, I replied;" }, { "from": "human", "value": "You say 'we.'" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I mean my mother and I; I should have said 'poorly,' perhaps, instead of 'quietly,' And I am bu...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I must certainly have my coat mended soon;" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "How did you find my coat in the dark? I said, smiling;" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Who told you?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "No one; but I discovered it from Sarah; she was unguarded." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Well, sir, said Annie, blushing still, but laughing," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "It is scarcely visible...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I love you with all the powers of my nature, all the faculties of my being--you are dearer to me than the whole wide world beside!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You have abused the trust I placed in you, and acted with duplicity," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "P.S. Pray present my best regards to your mother, who was many long years ago, a very dear friend of mine." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "ST. GEORGE CLEAVE." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "C. BARRINGTON." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Papa has been waiting impatiently for you, Mr. Cleave, she said, in a low, sad voice;" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "My own affairs, Mr. Cleave, he continued," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I must explain everything, and in my own way, he said, with burning cheeks," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You are surprised, Sir, that I should thus call upon you. You are young. But I know very well what I am doing. Your rank in your profession is sufficient guaranty that you are competent to perform the trust--my knowledge of your character is correct enough to induce me not to he...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I told as much to Annie, who alone knew all; and her smile, inexpressibly sweet and filled with thanks, was my sole executorial" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I cannot marry you, Mr. Cleave." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I will frankly and faithfully say _why_ I cannot. I know all--I know your feelings for me once. You went away because you were poor, and you thought I was rich. Shall I be less strong than yourself? I am ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Who can this woman be?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Harvest Home," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Jeu de Paume, where the ardent figure of Mirabeau represents the genius of the Revolution, and from it to" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Louis XVIII. and the Charter, emblematic of the Restoration; how shines on this canvas the" }, { "from": "human", "val...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "We have smatterers and sciolists in abundance, say they," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Dr. Johnson once said, in reply to a remark upon the general intelligence of the people of Scotland, that learning in Scotland was like bread in a besieged city, where every man g...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "She was the prettiest child in the village; if she had lived, we should have had one singer in the choir. I would have taught her. She loved music so much." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Will you leave the wreath here? Where did it come from?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I found it in the choir, said he." }, { "from": "human", "value": "One of the children left it, may be. Any way this is the best place for it. Dear little girl! I shoul...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Were you in the church this morning?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Yes," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "How did the singing go?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Tolerably." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "That's a comfort," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Didn't you hear it yourself?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Oh, yes, after a fashion. I play the organ. It isn't the best situation for hearing. I thought it decent. Particularly the _Gloria in Excelsis_. I was most anxious about that. How did it sound to you, sir?" ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "How do you teach your choir? Whose fault is it that they cannot learn?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Their own fault, answered Summerman." }, { "from": "human", "value": "They've got to learn more than the notes. So they complain. You can't make a singer...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "We must have a centre--an idea, said he." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "And if that be self, then the devil's to pay. Christ is the only absolute idea--the only possible giver of peace, therefore. I mean by Him, His doctrine. He stands for that, _being_ Truth, as he ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "This is my shop, said he;" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Come in, I will show you something," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "He invites me as if I were another boy like himself," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "This is little Mary, exclaimed he, presenting the miniature." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I took it last summer. She died in October. Maybe you will understand now why I said that we should have had a singer, if she had lived." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Come, said Summerman quickly," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Do you find much patronage here?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Oh, considerable, replied Summerman." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Just now more than common. Your likeness is such a good present to make your friend!" }, { "from": "gpt", "va...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Why do you hope that?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Because we met at the church door on Christmas day." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Christmas day. So it is. But it's getting late. How high is the sun yet?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "T...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You may take my likeness, said he." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "You are a good fellow. And it will help pass time." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "How did you want your choir to sing 'good will to men?'" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "From the heart, sir. Full, confident, assuring. They owe that to God and man, or they've no business in a choir." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Do you suppose they co...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Yes, if they only knew what they were about." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "But you explained that to them?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Well, then, yes, if they believed it; for after all, belief is of the heart." }, { "from": "gpt", "val...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You are a happy man, said Mr. Rush, who had listened with attention to this humble story." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "But, he added," }, { "from": "human", "value": "I guess not, said Summerman, in a low tone." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Yes, certainly," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I suppose they are moderate in their wants. They don't require suites of chambers with frescoed ceilings, and walls hung with white satin, rose color, lavender--and the rest. They don't need a four-story palace, with car...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I don't think I understand you," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Very likely you don't understand," }, { "from": "human", "value": "But, said the organist," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I wish I did." }, { "from": "human", "value": ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Yes--yes--I'll take the risk," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I want you to tell me honestly, said the other." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "You have taken my picture; what do you think it looks like? That is a fair question." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Like misery," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Is...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You think I'm mad," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Not exactly." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Thank you. But you are a gipsy. Read my fortune." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "You have been unfortunate," }, { "from": "human", "valu...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Suppose you were in my case, said he," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I am not. How can I tell?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I'll tell you what you would be, said he, quickly." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "A month ago worth half a million--to-day not a cent. Brought up like a fool, you would probably be one. Turned out of house, helpless as a baby. You have yourself--master of your wits a...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Are all the men that are born in woods and meadows, and brought up tinkers, like you?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "No, answered Summerman." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Some turn out fools, and some knaves, and some ten times better men and wiser men...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "It's a fire!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Well! well!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Curse God, and die!" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Well! well!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Where's your Good Will doctrine, though?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Safe!" }, { "from": "human", "value": "You eat your words with a vengeance. You preach the best sermon I ever heard, _I_ swear," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Humph!" },...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I might have known such a face would raise the devil," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Then, they are both done for! was Summerman's quick answer." }, { "from": "human", "value": "If you are burnt to death, it's clear you can't be drowned. So, it seems you'...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Mr. Summerman, my boys and I insist on your coming to spend the holidays with us." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Never mind, lad; never mind. You'll be a richer man before night than you ever were before. Here is a year's salary in advance, from the church, sir. You understand. And we all want our daguerreotypes; so order an instrument." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Oh, believ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Hope, by the ancients, was drawn in the form of a sweet and beautiful child, standing upon tiptoes, and a trefoil or three-leaved grass in her hand." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Smell sweet and blossom in the dust" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Poets certainly have found their most constant themes in suffering. When the late Edgar Poe, who prided himself on reducing literature to an art, sat down to write a poem which should attain the height of popularity, he said sorrow must be its theme, and wrote" }, { "fro...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I honor, says Vaughan," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Autobiography" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "He spent, says his amiable biographer, Izaak Walton," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "in a mercantile sense, would have been, on" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "the worst in England, has given us many of these notable" }, { "from": "human", "value": "They live in his still echoing" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Table-Talk, and a...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Yet all these fences and their whole array, One cunning bosom-sin blows quite away." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Thus he sung on earth such hymns and anthems as the angels and he, and Mr. Farrer, now sing in heaven." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "The Pearl." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I know all these, and have them in my hand; Therefore not sealed, but with open eyes I fly to thee, and fully understand Both the main sale, and the commodities; And at what rate and price I have thy love; With all the circumstances that may move: Yet through the labyrinths, not...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Surely thy sweet and wond'rous love Shall measure all my days: And as it never shall remove, So neither shall my praise." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Silurist" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Olor Iscanus." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Englishing, the" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Tenth Satyre of Juvenal, and not forgetting, of course, the lovely" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Amoret. A young poet without a lady in his verse is a solecism which nature abhors. All this, however, as hi...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I would I were some bird or star, Flutt'ring in woods, or lifted far Above this inn And road of sin! Then either star or bird should be Shining or singing still to thee." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Peace" }, { "from": "human", "value": "My soul, there ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Steps of the Temple, a graceful tribute to Herbert, we have the congenial title," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "The Delights of the Muses," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Untwisting all the chains that tie The hidden soul of harmony," }, { "from"...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "On a Prayer-Book sent to Mrs. M.R." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Delicious deaths, soft exhalations Of soul; dear and divine annihilations; A thousand unknown rites Of joys, and rarefied delights." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "The rich and roseal spring of those rare sweets, Which with a swelling bosom there she meets, Boundless and infinite, bottomless treasures Of pure inebriating pleasures: Happy proof she shall discover, What joy, what bliss, How many heavens at once it is, To have a God become he...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "The Name of Jesus, and that stirring anthem," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "The Coronation of Christ --few have read the eloquent production of the canon of Loretto, a canticle from the flaming heart of Rome, addressed" }, { "from": "human", "value": "To ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "who had been his patroness in exile," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "The Weeper," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "The dew no more will weep, The primrose's pale cheek to deck; The dew no more will sleep, Nuzzled in the lily's neck. Much rather would it tremble here, And leave them both to be thy tear." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Steps to the Temple" }, { "from": "huma...